As Development Officer (Annual Fund and Events) you will be part of an ambitious and skilled Development team. The role involves developing and managing Annual Fund initiatives including telethons, some digital fundraising, and new forms of lower-level giving.
The postholder will also organise some Development Office events, including those related to the cultivation and stewardship of Annual Fund donors across the UK and internationally.
Successful candidates will have knowledge and experience of fundraising and events management. S/he must have knowledge of the importance of fundraising in Higher Education.
APPOINTMENT DETAILS AND HOW TO APPLY
An appointment will be made subject to receipt of satisfactory references and other relevant pre-employment checks. The appointed candidate will be offered a salary that is commensurate with their experience and the seniority of their new role.
We offer 34 days’ annual leave (includes Bank Holidays), contributory pension scheme, on-site parking, use of gym and swimming pool, free lunch plus other benefits commensurate with working for a large Cambridge University College.
Closing date for applications: noon 3rd December 2020.
We are an equal opportunities employer. All employers are subject to a legal requirement under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 to check that anyone to whom they offer employment has the right to work in the UK.
*We reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a significant volume of applications prior to the closing date
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Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (ACT) is dedicated to supporting innovation in patient care at Addenbrooke's and the Rosie hospitals. Whether it's treatment for an emergency, acute condition, pregnancy or long-term illness, we believe that every patient deserves the highest quality of care available.
We are looking for an experienced high value major donor fundraiser with hands on experience of asking for and securing major gifts. You will lead our £1.5M robot appeal to fund a new surgical robot at Addenbrooke’s. As a strong team player, you will have the ambition to drive the appeal, ensuring supporters engage with it and donate at significant levels.
The role will entail managing and growing a portfolio of major supporters. You will find yourself working with amazing clinical teams; from nurses to matrons, surgeons and consultants – to senior hospital leaders and Trustees.
This role is a wonderful opportunity to make a huge impact on the treatment and care offered to patients at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust (ACT) is the only registered charity (no 1048868) dedicated to supporting innovation in patient care... Read more
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Associate Director
We have an exciting opportunity for an Associate Director to lead the charity’s work to significantly increase its reach and impact.
Position: Associate Director
Location: Homebased, East of England
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: Circa £52,000 per annum (Inner London weighting £3,299 per annum or Outer London weighting £1,755 per annum may be applied in accordance to where you live)
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, season ticket loan, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.
Closing Date: 30 December 2020
Interview Date: W/C 11 January 2021
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic interviews may be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application
The Role
This is a truly exciting opportunity to transform the impact we have for people affected by stroke, our people and our charity.
Reporting to the Executive Director of Locality Impact, the Associate Director – East of England, will lead the Stroke Association’s work in their locality to significantly increase our reach and impact. You’ll do this through effective systems leadership, creating and managing relationships with key stakeholders, influencing local policy and practice and overseeing the effective delivery of high quality stroke support.
You’ll lead a motivated and engaged team of staff and volunteers to:
- Increase our impact and reach through systems and community engagement, influencing and service delivery
- Ensure stroke survivors have a strong an influential voice in shaping and improving local policy and practice
- Deliver value to customers who receive and use our locality based and universally delivered services and activities
- Increase consistency in quality and reach of our engagement activities and services, with a focus on addressing health inequalities
- Enable peer support and self-sustaining stroke communities to flourish in the locality
About You
As Associate Director you will have:
- Senior-level experience in advocacy/influencing; service delivery or community engagement and development.
- Senior level experience influencing local or national policy change, ideally in health and social care.
- Substantial experience of holding senior-level relationships with partner organisations, ideally in health and social care / the NHS and a strong understanding of systems leadership.
- Substantial experience of leading high performing teams and large distributed teams (paid staff and volunteers) and an inspiring and motivational approach to leadership.
- Demonstrable experience leading complex change and transformation.
Please refer to the Role Profile for the full list of essential and desirable criteria once you apply.
To full fill the role you must have the right to work in the U.K
When you apply, you will be asked to submit your CV and a covering letter demonstrating how you meet the person specification set out in the Role Profile and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience. Please specify in your covering letter which role you are applying for. Applications from individuals who are seeking flexible working options, including reduced hours or job shares, are welcomed. Please state any preferences for flexible options in your covering letter.
In return…
This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following stroke and to raise stroke awareness in the local population. We offer a host of amazing benefits and flexible working options, with opportunities to progress your career.
About the Organisation
Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.
We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there. We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives. Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.
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Position: Trillion Trees Partnerships and Contracts Assistant (hosted at WCS)
Reports to: Executive Director Trillion Trees (London)
Location: Flexible (preference UK as UK right-to-work required)
Country Program/Sector: United Kingdom
Position Type and Salary: Three days a week / pro rata from circa £25k depending on experience
Internal liaison:TT Programme Officer, TT Management Team
Expected travel: Regular visits to Cambridge, London, Woking [post-covid]
Program Description and Overview:
Trillion Trees - the joint venture for forests formed by BirdLife International, WCS and WWF – is moving into its next phase, with an Executive Director recently appointed, a new organisational strategy launched, and increased partnership and funding opportunities. Accordingly, the core functions of the Trillion Trees (TT) partnership require increased administrative and logistical support.
Job Summary:
- Increase efficiency of support to TT Executive Director, Management Team and Programme Officer primarily, but at times other key individuals across partner organisations to deliver objectives and key performance indicators
- Manage effectively donor and website enquiries, responding appropriately and ensuring timely engagement with internal and external stakeholders
- Working with, and with the support of the TT Programme Officer
- to maintain and manage the database of TT documents and materials
- to plan and deliver Trillion Trees events, including virtual, in-person, internal and external workshops and meetings, and external events
- To deliver accurate collective reporting in a timely manner to TT Steering Committee, donors, and partners
- To monitor and support reporting on budgets and expenditures relating to cross-cutting TT programme activities
- To expand coordination and communications support as TT moves into a growth phase
Major Responsibilities:
- Act as the focal point for TT core functions, serving as first point of contact for the TT joint venture internally and externally, especially general queries, to ensure referral to the appropriate person within TT
- Coordinate logistics of meetings and conferences (virtual and in-person meeting bookings, preparation of agenda and other documentation); assist with logistics at the event, and record minutes
- Manage the Executive Director’s calendar and coordinate calendars of Management Team
- Provide administrative support in the preparation of internal and external reports, and other communication materials
- Maintain TT partnership files and electronic filing systems
- Coordinate publication production for TT (liaising with internal and external entities)
- Organise day-to-day financial payments and coding of expenses
- Organise travel arrangements and itineraries such as flight bookings, visas, and accommodation
- Manage incoming enquiries, emails, calls and arrange postal services as required
- Coordinate the administration of induction for new TT staff
- Provide general office duties, such as ordering supplies and equipment
- Any other reasonable duties as requested by TT Management Team
Donation/Project Coordination
- Working with the BirdLife team [where TT accounts are housed], assist in grant management to ensure compliance to BirdLife and donors’ administrative and financial procedures
- Assist in coordination of outgoing grants, including but not limited to drafting agreements, facilitating Legal and Finance reviews, coordinating agreement execution, overseeing compliance, and project reporting deadlines
- Distribution of funds raising grants, as appropriate, to partners/projects
- Request and organize monthly expenditure data, and input to project finance spreadsheet(s)
- Raise invoices and process payment requests
- Working with BirdLife, ensure donations logged correctly, complete monthly financial coding and reconciliation, gift aid claims distributed, and donor relationships are managed
- Support the monitoring of web-based giving, whether via TT platforms or in partnership with TT partners’ teams
- Working with the BirdLife financial team, create and manage an electronic post log and donation reporting system
- Support monthly reports with updates on donations from individual givers, and send thank you letters
- With support from TT core, work to ensure timely delivery of content to donors, whether individual, corporate or institutional
Minimum Requirements:
- Demonstrable organizational skills, in particular coordination of internal communications, preferably significant experience working in a Team Administrator / Exec Assistant or equivalent role
- Experience of/knowledge of the requirements and implications of working across diverse departments, globally, and in juggling fluctuating priorities is highly desirable
- Experience of knowledge management/client management systems a plus, including usual office software
- Experience developing and reviewing contracts (legal training preferred)
- Experience coordinating or facilitating multi-stakeholder sign-off, particularly on agreements or partnerships
- Excellent spoken and written English; ability to craft compelling narratives around complex topics
- Proactive attitude, ability to work independently and manage competing priorities; strong interpersonal skills
- Budgeting and/or accounting knowledge and understanding of forest protection and/or restoration would be an advantage
- Experience working successfully in teams; experience with teams across organisations and/or with international teams is highly desirable
- Candidate must have permission to work in the United Kingdom and willingness to travel to partner offices in Cambridge, Woking, London and Oxford
Application Process:
Interested candidates, who meet the above qualifications should apply by including an application letter and CV together with salary requirements and the names and contact information of three references by 23:59 13 December 2020.
WCS Background (host for Trillion Trees):
Trillion Trees core functions are hosted at The Wildlife Conservation Society (“WCS”). WCS is a not-for-profit corporation founded by statute in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society. WCS saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through research, science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature. That mission is achieved through our global conservation programs (WCS currently oversees a portfolio of more than 500 conservation projects in 65 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and North America, and the oceans between them) and through the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks–the Bronx Zoo; the New York Aquarium; and the Central Park, Queens, and Prospect Park Zoos (the City Zoos)
WCS is an equal opportunity employer and the organization complies with all employment and labor laws and regulations that prohibit discrimination in hiring and ensures that candidates from all backgrounds are fairly and consistently considered during the recruitment process. We are dedicated to hiring and supporting a diverse workforce. We are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment and look for future team members who share that same value
The organization provides equal employment opportunities for all qualified candidates. The organization does not discriminate for employment based on age, color, disability, gender identify, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by laws and regulations
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.
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