Deputy Director (Business Development)

Full Time 37.5 hours per week

Location: Bradford City Centre (Likely to be home based for much of the time during COVID)

Salary: Circa £40,000 p.a.

The Bridge Project is seeking an experienced and motivated leader to develop and implement the organisation’s business development strategy in partnership with internal and external stakeholders.

The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience of writing and developing winning tenders and experience working in in the substance misuse, criminal justice, health or related sector

In return, you will enjoy a varied, interesting role, working for a well-established local charity, that values its staff and is committed to their well-being and professional development.

Full details of the roles and access to the on-line application form can be found on our website

Please note, CVs will not be accepted.
Latest date for receipt of applications is Friday 4th December

Interviews will be held on 10th or 14th December
 

The role

We are currently looking for a driven and self-motivated Prospect Research & Information Manager to join a small but high performing Philanthropy & Special Events team.

As the sole prospect researcher, the role supports income growth across Philanthropy & Special Events and Corporate Partnerships by leading on the development and delivery of a robust prospect research strategy for Breast Cancer Now. Implementing and embedding a best practice approach and GDPR compliant systems and processes.

The role will identify opportunities to enable the fundraising teams to cultivate financial support from philanthropists, trusts and foundations and companies. You will also lead on mapping activity around senior volunteers and their referrals, and provide event guest lists and attendee briefings.

The role also leads on the management of Breast Cancer Now’s restricted income process ensuring that fundraisers have access to accurate information.

The role offers the opportunity to work with a highly supportive team at an exciting time for Breast Cancer Now as we seek to grow our major gift fundraising.

About you

The successful candidate will be highly motivated with an excellent understanding of prospect research in the non-profit sector. You’ll be an experienced prospect researcher able to support the team in delivering their priorities. You will be an analytical thinker able to easily analyse data to inform the development of the philanthropy strategy.

As a proactive and confident team player, you will be at ease dealing with key internal stakeholders as well as senior volunteers. Whilst the role sits in Philanthropy & Special Events there will be a significant amount of collaborative working across the wider directorate and organisation.

The successful candidate will be excited to be part of an ambitious, focused and supportive wider Fundraising, Communications and Engagement Directorate, which is newly formed with a remit to reach and engage more people than ever before in our work and to develop our fundraising to become a sustainable organisation for the future.

About us

We’re Breast Cancer Now, the charity that’s steered by world-class research and powered by life-changing care. We’re here for anyone affected by breast cancer, the whole way through, providing support for today and hope for the future.

We’re that trusted friend that people affected by breast cancer turn to for caring support when they need it most. The expert authority on breast cancer research who is making breakthroughs and driving forward progress. And a vehicle for change, acting now to make sure anyone affected by breast cancer gets the best possible treatment and care.

We believe that we can change the future of breast cancer and make sure that, by 2050, everyone diagnosed with the disease lives – and is supported to live well. But we need to act now.

Additional Information

Please note that whilst Breast Cancer Now is following Government guidelines regarding working from home, this role will be based within one of our offices (London, Cardiff, Glasgow or Sheffield) and the expectation is that once restrictions are eased that the post holder will be based within one of these offices for the majority of the time. Should you have any queries with regards to this please do not hesitate to contact us. 

Closing date for applications: 9.00am Monday 7 December 2020

First Interviews: Monday 14 December 2020

Second interviews: Thursday 17 December 2020 

Masorti Judaism is looking for a part time Major Donor Fundraising Lead. You will manage our small but effective major donor programme, including holding relationships with our existing supporters, and building relationships with those who might wish to support us in future.

According to the last person to hold the role “it’s such a warm, nurturing place to work, and the donors are so down-to earth, it really feels like family.”

Masorti Judaism is a community development, leadership training and youth work charity, serving as the umbrella organisation for a network of Jewish communities in London and across the UK. We enable our teams of community leaders and youth workers to support over 6000 community members and young people, including many who would otherwise be isolated by the pandemic. 

The core responsibilities of this role include:

• Managing the major donor programme: ensuring every donor or potential donor is being looked after and given a great experience as well as relevant, hand-picked opportunities to support Masorti Judaism’s work
• Managing 5-10 existing major donors: calling them, setting up meetings with you and other team members, updating them on the impact they’ve had using stories and multimedia, gaining insight and offering further opportunities to support
• Managing 7-10 potential major donors: again setting up meetings, gaining insight on what they like or don’t, matching that to the work we’re doing, and giving them opportunities to support financially and otherwise
• Managing invitations to events: we run at least 2 cultivations events each year, plus an Annual Dinner (probably not in person in 2021!). You don’t have to organise them, but you do need to make sure the right people are invited, and are followed up with for personal meetings
• Financial reporting: you’ll need to use our CRM to keep track of donors’ capacity, propensity to donate and stewardship stage, and report monthly on progress against targets
• Depending on your experience you will mentor or support our CEO and Deputy CEO in their major donor relationships, and there is the opportunity to be involved in our other funding streams, including our annual campaign, legacy fundraising and challenge events. 

Required skills and experience:

• Minimum 2 years’ experience holding relationships with donors giving £3,000+ to a charitable organisation (but potentially you’ll have a lot more)
• Ability to work independently, take initiative and manage your own workload
• First rate oral communication and good writing skills
• Interpersonal and relationship-building skills
• Computer literacy including Microsoft 365
• High level of proficiency working with a CRM (we use Beacon, which is most comparable to Salesforce)
• Experience of the Jewish community or Jewish charities (desirable)

Flexible working, location, salary, benefits

We encourage working flexibly, in fact most of us do – talk to us about what will work for you. Right now, the work is remote with the option to come into the office when necessary. Post-Covid it will combine being based in our office in Finchley Central, London, working remotely, and visiting donors in London and Hertfordshire.

Salary: we’re open to a wide range of experience, so the salary will range from £35,000 - £55,000 FTE depending on your experience and track record – those with 2 years major donor experience at the beginning of that scale, those with 7+ and an excellent track record towards the top.

Benefits: pension with 5% employer’s contribution, 20 days holiday a year plus Jewish and public holidays, life/incapacity insurance and generous maternity/paternity benefits after 1-2 years in post

Training opportunities: we encourage ongoing CPD and will arrange training and mentoring as required.

To apply, please send a CV and covering note or for more information contact us to set up a confidential chat. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. 

Masorti Judaism is committed to equal opportunities, inclusion and diversity and welcomes applications from people of all faith backgrounds and none. 

The Sigrid Rausing Trust is a grant-making foundation based in London. Founded in 1995, its purpose is to promote the values and principles of human rights, equality and the rule of law, and to preserve nature from further degradation. In pursuit of these goals, the Trust supports advocacy, creativity, research and scholarship – and has given away approximately £397 million to organisations all over the world. Its current annual budget is £40.85million. The Trust is led by ten Trustees and currently employs 25 staff.  More detail on the Trust’s work can be found on its website.

During 2020 the Trust has begun a review of its communications work.  The incoming Communications Officer will take forward an ongoing review of our internal and external communications, including finalising the redesign of our website.

Purpose of the role

To coordinate and execute the Trust’s internal and external communications activities, working to capture and reflect the ‘voice’ of the Trust. Using this developed ‘voice’ synthesize the Trust’s communications through: website maintenance and updates, social media, and regular updates to Trustees, in close consultation with the Senior Management Team. 

Relationships and reporting lines

The Communications Officer reports to the Chief Operating Officer. Key relationships include the Executive Director, Deputy Executive Director, as well as other programme and operational staff. The role will also include some interaction with Trustees. This newly created position will also manage consultants where necessary.

Main duties and responsibilities

● Work with others to coordinate the development of a communications strategy, ensuring this strategy is regularly updated and evaluated 

● Bring coherence to the Trust’s communications (website and social media accounts and any events and internal communications) to ensure they are aligned with the Trust’s mission, values, and strategies. 

● Use Trust data to inform and support internal and external communications in multiple formats including: updates to Trustees and others as necessary. 

● Write and edit content for the website, in liaison with Programme staff and in accordance with the Trust’s communications strategy.

● Manage the Trust’s social media channels, including developing a social media strategy and maintaining the Trust’s voice on social media in line with our principles and values 

● Research, draft and curate compelling stories that speak to the work and impact of grantees;

● Manage the Trust’s relationships with long-term and short-term communications consultants as needed.

● Support staff and Trustees in external engagements, including any media and speaking opportunities and events. Assist in identifying such engagements where necessary.

● Keep informed of trends in communications and philanthropy and in the fields in which the Trust works in order to proactively identify and act on opportunities to collaborate with peers and other stakeholders to advance priorities. 

● Provide internal communications support, such as compiling and editing reports to the Trustees.

● Oversee the Trust’s brand identity, ensuring coherence and continued development as required. 

● Utilise communications tools and services such as Adobe Creative Cloud, Google Analytics, and Mailchimp.

• When required work with programme team to review communications activities in grantee proposals and reports.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Knowledge, qualifications and experience

● A relevant degree or equivalent experience in communications. 

● Five to seven years of professional experience in communications with progressively increasing responsibility, ideally working on the Trust’s focus areas;

● A skilled writer and editor with a track record of telling stories of positive impact;

● Prior experience of working with charities, non-governmental organisations and/or trusts and foundations;

● Knowledge of philanthropy in the human rights, conservation and/or arts fields;

● Design skills or demonstrable interest in design as applied to communications;

● Experience of working in different national and regional contexts desirable, ideally in the Trust’s focus regions (Europe, particularly Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans, the Former Soviet Union,  the Middle East and North Africa; East and Southern Africa);

● Excellent written and spoken English. Knowledge of other languages relevant to the Trust’s focus regions a plus.

Key competences and skills

● Ability to identify, write and edit engaging stories, and a sensitivity to nuance in language and meaning;

● Ability to produce original, clear, concise content within tight deadlines; a meticulous proof reader and copyeditor.

● Understanding of women’s rights, LGBTI people’s rights and / or other group’s rights and demonstrable experience of integrating these issues into communications products 

● A keen focus on detail and accuracy while keeping sight of big-picture goals;

● Facility with social media and website content management, including Wordpress and other packages, and a drive to stay current with evolving digital technologies;

● Organised, with an ability to prioritise and manage competing demands;

● Collaborative, with excellent interpersonal skills, ability to adapt for a range of audiences, sensitive to cultural communication differences, and ability to work well others;

● Understanding of audiences, ability to identify different stakeholders and navigate between them. 

● Takes initiative but knows when to seek advice and guidance;

● Good judgment and self-awareness;

● Integrity, humility and a sense of humour.

Other requirements

SRT is only able to consider applications from candidates who already have the right to live and work in the United Kingdom. 

How To Apply

*We have extended the deadline date to midnight 3rd January 2021** Interviews will now take place on 19th & 20th January 2021. Second round interviews will take place on 26th January 2021.

We ask you to submit CV and supporting letter in a word document by midnight on  3rd January 2021. Your supporting letter should demonstrate how you meet the person specification. Please note that the CV and supporting letter should be no more than two pages in length each. This length restriction is intended to limit the effort required of applicants, and enable a quicker first stage review on the part of the Trust. 

Sitting in the centre of the organisation this role provides resourcing and exprtise to our teams working across the world. The Senior Manager for Civic Action Campaigns and Capacity Building will oversee the design, development and delivery of ISD’s global civic action campaigns and capacity building programmes. Working with ISD staff across programmes and regions, the post holder will develop a range of capacity building models and resources as well as ensuring the successful design and delivery of civic action campaigns both offline and online. 

Primary responsibility for this position will consist of driving success in two ISD programmes: Young Cities and the Youth Civil Activism Network (YouthCAN). The post holder will have a broad remit across the organisation and responsibilities including: 

• Working with youth and a range of partners to design, develop and deliver innovative civic action capacity building and campaigns focused on countering hate, polarisation and extremism across multiple regions
• Working with partners locally and internationally to empower youth and municipal leaders to challenge hate, polarisation and extremism, while enhancing collaboration between youth and local governments to develop best practices for youth engagement
• Engaging audiences such as youth, community organisations, practitioners and municipal leaders to build their individual capacities and facilitate more inclusive and effective campaigns and youth programming
• Working with teams across ISD to produce civic action campaigns, models and modules for a range of audiences across a number of regions and programmes
• Taking ISD’s existing civic action capacity building models beyond youth programmes
• Managing individual direct line reports as well as working closely and collaboratively with other ISD teams across regions and programmes

The first 12 months of role will include additional responsibilities to cover maternity leave for the Young Cities Senior Manager:.