Romsey Mill is looking for a skilled and experienced Trusts and Statutory Fundraiser to join with us and play their part in helping to make our vision of a transformed society, where all young people, children and families fully belong, positively contribute and thrive, a reality.

Who we are

Romsey Mill is a Cambridge-based charitable organisation creating opportunities with young people, families and local communities, across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to overcome disadvantage, promote inclusion and develop personal, social and spiritual wellbeing. 

Established in 1980 by local churches and working in partnership with a range of other organisations, Romsey Mill is a charity with a Christian ethos, working openly and inclusively with people of any faith and none.

We encourage and facilitate community members to come together and develop initiatives which generate responses to common challenges, nurture more resilient local communities, and promote equality and social justice.

The role

We are looking to appoint an experienced Trusts and Statutory Fundraiser to our growing team, to submit grant applications to fund our programmed work to transform young lives; in order to secure and grow the current income target of £1.2m.

The post-holder will coordinate and carry out fundraising activities to secure grants and investment from Trusts, statutory bodies, and other funding partners; and communicate with them to grow and maintain positive relationships. 

We will consider applicants who are looking to work full time (37.5  hpw), or part time (minimum 22.5 hours hpw).

Applicants should be positive about working within an organisation with a Christian ethos and with various expressions of faith across all cultures and backgrounds.

This is an exciting opportunity for experienced and aspiring fundraisers to be part of a developing team, with a chance to generate new ideas and relationships; and make an impact with a creative and compassionate local charity making great difference for good with vulnerable young people, children and families in Cambridgeshire.

Our work

Cambridgeshire is a growing county with a resilient economy.  It’s a great place to grow up, but not if you’re poor or experiencing disadvantage.  There is hidden and dispersed poverty in otherwise affluent areas; over 70% of families in poverty in Cambridgeshire live in less deprived areas, and these children often have the worst outcomes. 

The impact that Romsey Mill makes on young lives is rooted in relationships. We create opportunities with children and families, so that they can begin to see change in their own lives and the world around them.   Our team of staff members and volunteers engages co-creatively with hundreds of local young people, children and families, every year. 

Our ethos also encourages positive work relationships, reflective practice, care and support for health and wellbeing, with much enjoyment and laughter along the way. We would love you to consider becoming part of our team.

We aim to interview applicants for this role on 16th and 17th June 2021.

Founded in 1903, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s longest established international conservation organisation. Our vision is to create a sustainable future for the planet where biodiversity is conserved by the people living closest to it. We aim to do this through the conservation of threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take account of human needs. We have become a trusted entity in the world of conservation. Today FFI is active in over 40 countries.

FFI employs circa 500 people across 20 jurisdictions. We have 140 employees in the UK, and 30 expatriate and 330 national employees working across Africa, Asia-Pacific, Eurasia and the Americas & Caribbean.

We are seeking an experienced internal communications specialist to develop FFI’s internal communications and engagement, helping improve organisation knowledge and learning and nurture a culture that helps maximize our impact. This is a challenging and exciting role, with the chance to use your skills to make a real difference to FFI as we strive to protect threatened species and habitats around the world.

With substantial experience of working in internal communications, you will know how to develop effective internal communications strategies and implement them both through delivery of communications initiatives as well as enabling and empowering all staff throughout the organisation to participate in internal communications. You will have a passion for staff engagement, while understanding the complexities and challenges that working across different countries, cultures and functions entails.

You will enjoy working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, where the ability to respond swiftly to changing organisational and team needs is paramount. In return, we offer the opportunity to work for a ground-breaking organisation at the forefront of global conservation, with generous pension contribution, attractive annual leave allowance, and life insurance.

Our offices are located in The David Attenborough Building in central Cambridge, just a few minutes’ walk from glorious historic buildings and museums, the picturesque River Cam, the central market and shopping centre, and a host of cafés and restaurants.

For further details and to apply please click here

The closing date for applications is Monday, 31 May 2021.

We’re recruiting for an exciting maternity fixed-term contract role in our highly-skilled Fundraising & Communications department. Reporting to the Director of Fundraising & Communications, the role will work with colleagues to launch a new strategy and deliver outstanding fundraising, marketing & communications team activity. The post also line manages one team member.

CBM transforms the lives of people with or at risk of disability in the world’s poorest places, reaching over 30 million people globally each year. Working through local partners and based on Christian values, CBM UK raises £9m annually to tackle poverty, prevent blindness, improve health and support people with disabilities.

Key responsibilities

Working within our Fundraising & Communications department of 19 staff, the role ultimately helps to create extraordinary and wonderful moments in our 45,000 supporters’ lives, with responsibility for:

• Helping to launch our new fundraising & communications strategy.
• Coordinating integrated appeals, including two exciting Winter 21 and Spring 22 campaigns.
• Improving our supporters’ experiences with CBM.
• Coordinating CBM award applications and funding applications.
• Managing 1 talented staff member.

For full details please download the Recruitement Pack

The Head of Fundraising & Development will oversee, manage and take responsibility for the fundraising function in order for us to deliver our clinical operations now and the growing demand anticipated in the future. 

This is a newly created role and you will be joining the Fundraising team at an exciting time.

Blue Smile is a charity dedicated to transforming the mental health and life chances of children across Cambridgeshire. We are looking for a dynamic and inspiring individual to enable us to implement and drive the fundraising strategy for the Charity and have a positive impact on many children’s lives across Cambridgeshire - giving more children the chance of a brighter future.

Fundraising Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Fundraising Manager, to help a Cambridge based charity increase income from trusts and foundations, major donors and legacies.  

Our client is a local charity that cares about Cambridge and its green landscapes, they protect the green setting of Cambridge and its most valuable landscapes and work to enhance and connect them for people and nature.

Position: Fundraising Manager

Salary: circa £35,000 pro-rata, dependent on experience.

Location: Wandlebury Country Park, Cambridge - This role is suitable for home working combined with team working at the office and site-based activity.

Duration Full-time (37.5 hrs per week) preferred but will consider flexible working arrangements to accommodate work-life balance.

Benefits: 33 days annual holiday entitlement pro rata, includes allowance for Public/Bank Holidays, a pension contribution of up to 5% of gross pay.

Closing date: 10:00am, Monday 17 May 2021

About the role:

As Fundraising Manager you will be a key member of the Management Team, you will co-ordinate and deliver fundraising activity and own the charity’s fundraising targets.

This role potentially covers the full range of fundraising opportunities, the main focus will be fundraising from mid-level donors, legacies, membership and trusts/foundations. The charity’s ambition is to develop a small team who can work to broaden the scope of the fundraising work, there will be opportunities for line management responsibilities if desired.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Increase charitable giving from current supporters.
• Research and identify fundraising opportunities from trusts and foundations as well a major donors and corporate fundraising.
• Develop and promote appealing memorial and legacy giving opportunities.
• Responsible for membership recruitment and retention to achieve annual targets for membership subscriptions. 
• Develop and maintain effective systems to support the fundraising functions of the charity.
• With the CEO, discuss and agree an annual budget for fundraising.
• Prepare accurate, succinct and easy to understand reports on the charity’s fundraising work.
• Ensure that the charity adheres to relevant fundraising legislation, including compliance with the Fundraising Regulators guidelines.

About you:  

To be successful in the role of Fundraising Manager you will be supportive of the charity’s cause; you will use your relationship management skills to strengthen existing funding relationships and use your research and networking skills to identify and cultivate new opportunities.

You will bring with you the following key skills and experience:

• Demonstrable evidence of successful fundraising from individual donors, trusts & foundations and legacies.
• Excellent written and visual communication skills, with evidence of producing effective fundraising content.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to encourage support for the charity and build long-term relationships.
• Knowledge of UK fundraising and data protection regulations.
• An excellent eye for detail.
• Good IT skills (spreadsheets, Microsoft Office suite, database management) and experience of fundraising support systems.
• Experience of administering grants and donations.
• Experience of organising donor cultivation and solicitation events.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a small, friendly and committed management team where you can make a real difference and your work will have an impact, so apply today!

Please ensure that, along with your CV, you submit a covering letter telling us how you feel you would be a good fit for the role.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Fundraiser, Corporate Fundraising Manager, Community Fundraising Manager, Donor Manager, Major Donor Fundraising, Individual Giving, Philanthropy, Community Fundraising Manager, Trust Fundraising, Partnerships Fundraising, Development Manager, Regional Fundraising Manager, Area Fundraising Manager etc

Face-To-Face Membership Venues Manager
Reference: APR20214891
Location: Flexible
Salary: £25,280.00 - £28,045.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance, 26 days Annual Leave, Sabbatical Opportunities

The RSPB is looking for a new Face To Face Membership Venues Manager to join our amazing Face To Face Membership Team. This is an exciting time to join the UK's largest conservation charity as we launch our saving nature strategy for the next ten years.

The mission of this role is leading and managing a team of Face To Face Membership Venues Officers to successfully book shifts for our growing team of Face To Face Membership Fundraisers to attend. There is a budget to manage for paid venues, and many of the venues we attend will need to be negotiated free of charge.

Your team will have targets to ensure our Face To Face Membership Fundraisers are in the best places to give them the opportunity to meet and inspire the public to support our vital conservation work.

Wellbeing is a top priority, so your team will also need to ensure the Face To Face Membership Fundraisers are travelling within reasonable average time limits, have a variety of venues to attend with access to facilities, and are provided with all the briefing information they need.

You will be responsible for providing your team with the direction, motivation and development they need to understand and achieve what's expected. As part of our annual performance and development cycle, you will work with individuals in your team to create tailored personal and professional development plans, SMART objectives and actions which you will follow up together. You will work with a team of peers to develop and implement best practice in how the wider Face To Face membership Venues Team operates and communicates.

Feedback from venues, Face To Face Membership Fundraisers, their Face To Face Membership Area Managers, and regional Face To Face Membership Operations Managers will also inform how your team functions.

The role requires in particular the ability to motivate a remote team who are mostly working from home around the country, build collaborative relationships, make decisions, act on feedback and hold team members to account for progress with performance and actions, all within an inclusive and inspirational working environment where we all learn together.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Sales/Events Fundraising knowledge
• Experience of successfully supporting and influencing a high performance and target-driven team
• Understanding of legislation/best practice as set out by The Fundraising Regulator and IoF Compliance Directorate in private site fundraising
• Able to inspire others
• Able to build collaborative relationships
• Results-focused
• Flexible and adaptable approach, in an ever-changing environment
• Excellent time management
• Able to get support and buy-in from others
• Able to act quickly in response to performance data and management information
• Experience of working with and influencing external partners and networks
• Experience working in a fast-paced industry and to tight deadlines
• Microsoft Office and spreadsheet skills

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Previous experience of territory management systems
• Previous experience of Customer Relationship Management databases
• At the RSPB we are proud of our positive working culture, and we expect everyone in our team to role model our cultural behaviours - bold, focused, supportive and together.

Closing date: 23:59, 23 May 2021

To Apply and For More Information:

If you would like to apply or find out more about this position, please click the 'Apply' button. You will be directed to our website where you can complete your application.

No agencies please.

Do you have legacy fundraising or donor acquisition experience in which you have managed a busy operational plan?

Do you want to be part of a new and ambitious fundraising team that aims to exploit the legacy growth potential in the animal welfare charity sector?

Wood Green, The Animals Charity, is looking for a new member to join its Legacy and In-memory team, within its Individual Giving department. This role will help to manage and test legacy marketing campaigns with the aim to grow the size of the charity's legacy enquirer and considerer base using various channels such as social media, press, direct mail and direct-response television. This role will also work on recruiting enquiries about the charity's Pet Promise scheme and recruit new in-memory and tribute fund supporters.

The ideal candidate will have strong project management skills, able to deliver campaigns on time and within budget. He or she will need to make decisions based on sound evidence, and always demonstrates an attitude to learn-and-adapt campaigns. He or she will also have strong communication skills able to champion legacy giving and work closely with internal and external stakeholders.

Wood Green will offer you the opportunity to progress your career in an experienced, ambitious and growing fundraising team, with access to support and training to help you excel in your role.

Key responsibilities:

* Work closely with the Senior Development Manager, Legacies to develop the legacy marketing acquisition strategy and tactical plan to grow the pipeline of legacy pledger base.
* Plan and project manage the annual operational plans, managing direct marketing campaigns from end to end using a mix of offline and online channels, which includes DRTV, press, inserts, direct mail, door drop and social media/PPC to grow the existing legacy pipeline.
* Manage the services of multiple suppliers for the planning, creative, media, print and distribution, producing comprehensive written briefs with verbal discussions to ensure the output meets requirements.
* Build relationships and work closely with internal colleagues across the organisation to leverage 'piggy-backing opportunities' as well as helping to champion legacy giving across the charity
* Work with the Database Team to deliver end of campaign results analysis, ensuring reporting data is correct and highlight key observations and recommendations for future activity or further insight requirements.
* Manage a six-figure expenditure budget, allocating budget to channels and products

Person specification:

* Experience of planning and managing donor acquisition campaigns to recruit individual supporters ideally using DRTV, direct mail, door drops, digital, inserts and press.
* Experience of effective management of multiple key suppliers, ensuring service is to agreed standards
* Experience of effective expenditure budget management
* Experience of prioritising and managing multiple campaigns
* Experience of analysing results and using insight to inform strategy and tactical plans
* Experience of building effective relationships with internal stakeholders

c£35000

London or Godmanchester based

Corpus Christi College is seeking to appoint a Senior Development Manager. The newly appointed Director of Alumni Relations and Development is building a team to support the College in a new phase of its fundraising and alumni development activities. The successful applicant will become part of a friendly, close-knit community of Fellows, students and staff, within a beautiful, small historic College, which dates back to 1352.

We are looking for a talented, enthusiastic, well-organised and articulate Senior Development Manager to be part of a dynamic, innovative and supportive team. Reporting to the Development Director, you will play a key role in forming relationships with donors to secure their lifelong financial support to their College.

The postholder manages the Annual Fund, Telephone Campaign, targeted web and mail campaigns, and the College’s legacy programme (The 1352 Foundation Society). Your work on the Legacy programme will continue a centuries old tradition that can be traced back to Margaret Andrews’ will in 1349, which provided the impetus and imagination to found our College.

You will evaluate and deliver newer forms of regular giving projects such as digital fundraising, Giving Days and country specific activity. The post holder also oversees a portfolio of donors and prospects to identify, cultivate, solicit and steward as appropriate. Other key areas will include managing the growth and stewardship of the Friends of Corpus scheme, and our career networking and mentoring platforms. Skilled at building relationships, you will represent the DARO within College and at external alumni events. Through your work you will raise significant funds for the College, with annually agreed targets.

As a senior member of the team, the Senior Development Manager will be central to the achievement of ambitious fundraising goals, with a revival of focus in this area, in line with the strategic plans of the College. This is a career-enhancing opportunity to get involved in the early stages of these plans by working on the articulation of new fundraising projects. The Senior Development Manager plays a key role in maintaining and enhancing the relations between the College, its members, and other potential supporters, encouraging a steady growth of support for Corpus annually.

Candidates should have annual fund, regular giving, direct mail or telephone fundraising experience. The position will suit anyone who is now wanting to offer their services to this exceptional collegiate community, on the cusp of a new fundraising campaign. It is an exciting post for someone who enjoys a busy and demanding workload, is able to manage multiple projects simultaneously, and has a passion for the detailed planning and organisation required to deliver a successful telephone campaign and other mass fundraising events.

This is a full-time, permanent appointment. You will receive a competitive salary, excellent benefits and conditions of employment, including a pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement, car parking and use of College facilities.

About Jimmy’s Cambridge

Jimmy’s Cambridge is one of Cambridge’s leading providers of support and accommodation to people who are and have been experiencing homelessness. We aim to help people get people off the streets and into their own home, backed up with all the support we can offer from our talented and committed team of staff, volunteers and partners.

The Role

This exciting new role is an exceptional opportunity to build, shape and deliver Jimmy's communications offer, in order to help meet our ambitious aims. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive, you will use your passion, experience, and expertise to implement a new communications strategy. This will maximise engagement with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders – supporting us to develop greater community links – and supporting fundraising efforts to run transformative services and projects. 

As a community organisation, maximising engagement and communication with our local community is critical to our success. Whilst the role would suit a communications professional, fundraising experience in helping organisations to increase and diversify income streams, steward existing supporters and identify and securing new funding opportunities would be a bonus.

A key part of the role will also be to ensure the impact of our work is clearly communicated to a range of audiences, allowing key stakeholders fully appreciate the difference we make to our local community.

About You

You will have a proven track record of successfully communicating and advocating on behalf of an organisation – either commercial or charitable - and demonstrable experience of customer engagement, and in developing and delivering communications campaigns. Fundraising experience or knowledge of the charitable sector will be a bonus.

You will be a great communicator, with excellent interpersonal skills, able to build relationships and create inspiring campaigns. Jimmy’s has a wonderful breadth of stakeholders that all help keep us doing the work we do, and you will know how to ensure these are valued and are given the opportunity to understand and appreciate the impact their support is making.

eLife is an unprecedented collaboration between the funders and practitioners of research to change the way important results are selected, presented, and shared. Backed by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Max Planck Society, Wellcome and the Wallenberg Foundation, eLife publishes an open-access journal for outstanding new research in the life and biomedical sciences and is creating open-source technology platforms to drive innovation in research communication more broadly. We are now looking for a Community Manager to join our Communities team.

Brief description of role 

Reporting to the Head of Communities, you will use your organisational and facilitation skills, to enrich the experience of the eLife Ambassadors and early-career peer reviewers, and add value to community-led initiatives we support. You will work as part of a small, dedicated team, within a vibrant and progressive organisation, helping us drive behaviour and culture change towards greater openness, inclusivity and integrity in life sciences and biomedicine.

eLife is serious about diversity and inclusion. We’re building a team whose diversity of perspective and experience, and whose respect for one another, make us stronger.

Experience and attributes

With five or more years’ experience in a community- or stakeholder-facing role, you will be independently motivated, committed to diversity and inclusion, responsive and willing to take on a variety of tasks. In addition the ideal candidate should have:

• At least five years experience coordinating volunteers or partner organisations, or managing distributed teams

• Demonstrable track record in managing simultaneous community projects, including delivering high-quality results on time

• Experience in delivering engaging online meetings/events

• Resilience and openness to change

• Excellent communication skills, spoken and written

• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills 

Any of the following will be advantageous but not essential: 

• Broad cultural awareness and a collaborative, constructive attitude

• Familiarity with online collaboration tools and platforms

• Understanding of the academic culture

• Analytical skills and curiosity

• Creative problem solving

Specific responsibilities

• Delivering and monitoring eLife community engagement programmes, especially those aimed at early-career researchers

• Engaging early-career scientists in peer review, especially those from communities underrepresented in eLife’s review process

• Overseeing outreach and the execution of community-building programs such as webinars and small grants

• Offering insights related to community needs and perceptions of eLife practice and policies

Terms and conditions

The post is a permanent position, 37.5 hours per week, and offers a competitive basic annual salary in the range of £32,500-£37,000 (depending on experience) and benefits. The eLife office is based in Cambridge but we may consider candidates wishing to work on a remote basis. Applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to live and work in the UK to be considered for the vacancy.

Our offer

We are a well-supported, not-for-profit, mission-driven organisation. We have a deeply open and inclusive culture, and ideas are welcome from across the company, so you’ll get the chance to really make a difference. The size of the team means you’ll be able to get involved in many aspects of driving behaviour change, innovation and scholarly publishing.

We also offer:

• Great opportunities for your personal and professional development

• Competitive salary and benefits

• 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays

• An open, communicative and inspiring working experience

• The option of working in an employee designed modern office near the centre of Cambridge

• Covered cycle parking, shower facilities, informal working or relaxation areas, free fresh fruit, a fancy coffee machine and snacks in the kitchen

• A sociable and friendly team with interesting social events

• A flexible approach to working hours and remote working

• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay

• Company pension scheme

• Death in Service benefit

To apply

Please send your CV and a covering letter explaining your enthusiasm for this position and why you are a great person for this role. If you get stuck on what to write then here are some suggestions:

• Why you would like to join eLife.

• Examples demonstrating you’ve got the experience and attributes we’re looking for.

• Any blogs and email groups you read or would recommend.

• Any communities and events you attend or are involved with.

• Any books you’ve read that stood out.

• ​Links to Twitter/LinkedIn/personal websites/blogs that you’d like us to read.

The closing date for applications is Friday, 4th June 2021 at 5pm (BST). Interviews will be arranged remotely via GoogleMeet or Zoom video-call.

Reference ID: CM/2021-05/CJ

No agencies please.

This is a brand new role to Cambridge SU, and an exciting opportunity to help shape the way that we communicate with our members and the wider Cambridge community. As this is a maternity cover, we have a clear idea of what we would like to be achieved in this time. This role is suitable for an ambitious, driven, Marketing and Communications specialist looking to take on an exciting challenge. You’ll join our friendly and fast-paced Membership Engagement Department, and lead the Marketing and Communications team

In short, this role is responsible for ensuring that everyones knows exactly what Cambridge SU is up to. The role-holder will be responsible for ensuring regular communications are reaching across the collegiate university, so that students are informed and aware of how the SU is working for them. The role-holder will ensure that the SU brand is protected and strong, that all outputs are of a high quality.

Key projects for this maternity cover:

• Developing and delivering a communications and engagement strategy with the Marketing and Communications Team
• Developing our use of mailing lists, and identifying best practice for email segmentation
• Setting up and monitoring relevant analytics and reviewing SEO of all Cambridge SU websites 
• Supporting the delivery of regular press releases and blog posts from teams and sabbs across the SU
• Reviewing and distributing assets across the collegiate university 
• Explore ways to increase advert productivity

* Temporary working from home required due to Covid-19 pandemic*

Please see the information pack and submit the following no later than 9.00 am Monday 31st May.

1. CV
2. Supporting statement outlining why you're interested in this vacancy, what you'll bring to the role & outlining relevant experience (maximum two sides A4).

You can contact the SU if you'd like to arrnage a time discuss to role further via phonecall.

This is an opportunity to play a part in delivering transformational approaches to solving what is one of the greatest challenges facing society today - to secure a sustainable future for biodiversity and society.

The Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) is a unique collaboration between the University of Cambridge and leading internationally-focused biodiversity conservation organisations whose mission is to secure a sustainable future for biodiversity and society through an effective partnership of leaders in research, education, policy and practice.

We seek a talented major gifts fundraiser with the ability to help develop long-term holistic partnerships with high-level donors to ultimately secure financial support for the Cambridge Conservation Initiative's most critical priorities. This role is an exciting chance to support the philanthropic development activities for CCI. The successful candidate will work with pioneering academics in one of the most prestigious University's in the world and with leading international conservation organisations.

Collaborative, strategic and innovative in approach, the Associate Director will be responsible for developing new, and building on existing, high-value partnerships with philanthropic donors. Key to success will be the ability to engage with high net worth individuals, senior level staff across CCI, academics and with key stakeholders both internally and externally.

This role provides a unique opportunity for someone who is entrepreneurial, passionate and innovative, has a strong track record in major-gift fundraising or equivalent commercial experience, and is looking to have a major impact in the field of conservation.

This role is based in central Cambridge, however the successful candidate may need to work remotely in the first instance. This can be discussed at interview.

First round interviews for this position are anticipated to take place week commencing 21st June 2021.

Second round interviews for this position are anticipated to take place week commencing 28th June 2021.

Please quote reference DH24719 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Director

• based in Cambridgeshire and surrounding areas
• home-based
• part-time - this role is primarily offered with a view to the individual working 2.5 days per week, however due to the nature of this role and the needs of the charity, flexibility is required and therefore you should ideally be available to work up to 3 days per week, including 4 Saturdays a year for Trustee Board meetings
• flexible working policies and practices

Evolve Counselling (working name ‘Evolve’) is a long-established charity with a successful track record. Our business model is to provide high quality counselling to corporate clients at full cost, generating a surplus to pay for low-cost, high quality counselling for private individuals who can’t afford going rates for counselling sessions. 

We have been steadily growing for the last 43 years and over that time the environment in which we operate has changed dramatically. Under the outgoing Director we have largely completed a far-reaching programme of governance, management and systems reform. We now require a leader to manage and grow the charity, to develop and implement a comprehensive fundraising and income-generation strategy and to ensure robust governance.

Like so many charities we were hit by Covid19, but we have comprehensive recovery plans in place. One of these is to place increased emphasis on business development and fundraising. The new Director will work closely with the Business Development Manager and fundraising consultants to diversify and increase the charity’s income.

Evolve is looking for an experienced professional with proven ability to manage a small team of professional staff, engage positively with a wide range of stakeholders, attract funds, and generate income through fundraising. The Director will lead a small and dedicated team to provide the necessary vision, leadership, and fundraising skills which will enable the organisation to achieve its strategic and operational plans and meet fundraising targets.

If you have experience in the voluntary sector, an understanding of mental health challenges and have the ability to lead, collaborate, network and inspire we would love to hear from you. An enhanced DBS check is required for the role.

Are you passionate about the power of research to change lives? Do you want to inspire, inform, and engage people about the progress being made in dementia research?

We are looking for a confident, creative and proactive individual to join us as Public Engagement Officer. In this role, you’ll work to make dementia research accessible and inspiring to the public through supporting researchers to embed engagement, and delivering online and in-person events and participatory projects. You will help to deliver our Inspire Fund public engagement grants, which provide funding for projects that engage on the topic of dementia and research. Reporting to the Public Engagement Manager, you’ll work with a range of teams across the charity, spotting opportunities and creating tools and activities to increase engagement with dementia research.

The successful candidate will have a degree or equivalent experience in life sciences, and a track record in designing, delivering and evaluating successful public events and projects. As a new role at this level, you will have the opportunity to shape it and make a significant contribution to the charity’s public engagement activities.

Alzheimer’s Research UK is the UK’s leading dementia research charity dedicated to diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure. Backed by our passionate scientists and supporters, we’re challenging the way people think about dementia, bringing together the people and organisations who can speed up progress, and investing in research to make life-changing breakthroughs possible.

Main tasks of role:

• Design, deliver and evaluate public events and projects.
• Facilitate, train and support dementia researchers to develop and deliver public engagement and involvement.
• Assist the Public Engagement Manager with running the Inspire Fund grant scheme.
• Act as a point of contact for dementia researchers and Inspire Fund grant holders, and maintain working relationships with them.
• Design compelling and innovative activities and resources to support engagement.
• Assist in the delivery of large-scale public engagement projects and work to promote them and ensure their long-term success.
• Build partnerships with individuals and organisations to work together to develop new ways to engage the public with research.

What we are looking for:

• Degree in a life science subject or equivalent experience.
• Experience of designing, delivering and evaluating successful public engagement.
• Experience of discussing health or research matters with the public.
• Excellent communication skills, including networking and presentation skills with a range of audiences.
• Ability to communicate appropriately with people affected by dementia and their families.
• An eye for creativity and innovation in public engagement.
• Experience creating compelling content for digital channels, including web, emails and social media social media.
• Project management skills and experience.
• Negotiating, influencing and problem-solving skills.
• Developed organisational skills with a strong attention to detail.
• A confident and friendly manner; would feel at ease representing the charity to a range of audiences to a high level.
• Working with independence, drive and initiative.

Location: Granta Park, near Cambridge.

Salary: Circa £28,000 per annum, plus benefits

Please download the Vacancy Pack for more details.

The closing date for applications is the 23 May 2021, with interviews to be held on the either the 7, 8 or 11 June 2021. We would encourage applicants to submit their application at the earliest opportunity as the closing date may be brought forward at any time. Should we wish to contact you to arrange an interview on any other date this will be based on the availability of the candidate and the panel. Please indicate in your cover letter if you are unable to attend on a particular day.

In order to be considered, please create an online account using our Online Recruitment System which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies Page. You will be able to attach a CV and covering letter to your application, track your application and view other vacancies that may be of interest.

To view further details about this role and the benefits of working for us please visit the Alzheimer’s Research UK website.