Working alongside key partners i.e. existing services, third sector organisations, community groups and individuals, you will support the building of connected and caring communities that can better support bereaved people.  Each Community Development Officer will develop and drive the Connecting Communities project, funded by the Co-op, in a specific geographical location.

The ideal candidate will have community development experience and will be confident in working ‘on the ground’ in a community. They will have excellent communication and listening skills and be able to communicate with a diverse range of people. The role requires flexibility in the working hours and willingness to travel widely within the specific project location. 

Applicants would benefit from living locally due to the travel requirement for the role.

Location: Homebased in Wales

SSAFA’s regional fundraising team, operating across the UK, supporting 90 Branches, are proud to announce this role as part of their strategic growth and ambitious development plans.

About the role

This is a brand new fundraising opportunity that covers the wide range of counties in Wales. Supported by the Regional Fundraising Manager, this role is fundamental in developing, supporting and championing new and existing fundraising initiatives to increase income generation in this area whilst raising SSAFA’s profile. This initiative includes (but is not limited to) trusts and foundations, companies, membership organisations, sports, education and government bodies, high-net worth donors, community-based partnerships, and grassroots fundraising through events and activities.

SSAFA is entering into an exciting period of strategic development within regional fundraising. This may open up a range of opportunities for career development within the team and the organisation. If successful, you will be the first of several Regional Fundraising Officers being recruited throughout the UK.

There will be an occasional need to travel across the UK and to work evenings and weekends at key events.

About the team

You will join a small, well-established and dedicated team who cover the whole of the UK, working with 90 Branches and Service committees. With regular team meetings and a variety of communication mediums you will be given ongoing support, training and mentoring throughout. We are a remote team and well connected to all colleagues. This supports and drives our determination and success.

About you

We are looking for an exceptional candidate, who thrives on challenge. A determined, highly motivated individual, with a track record of securing significant funds through a variety of income streams. A natural communicator with proven success in working with and developing volunteers to support this growth. A confident networker, able to represent the charity to external stakeholders, build relationships and reputation, communicate effectively across the region whilst working from home.

About SSAFA

SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, has been providing practical, emotional, and financial support to our Forces and their families since 1885. Last year our teams of volunteers and employees helped more than 79,000 people in need, from Second World War veterans to those who have served in more recent conflicts or are still currently serving, and their families.

SSAFA understands that behind every uniform is a person. We are here for that person – any time they need us, in any way they need us, for as long as they need us.

Diversity and Inclusion at SSAFA

SSAFA exists to support a diverse range of beneficiaries within the armed forces community, and we believe diversity within our teams is key to ensuring we can deliver our services effectively. We thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a worldwide charity. SSAFA is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We therefore encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.

SSAFA is committed to using the Disclosure & Barring Service to ensure we, as an employer, safeguard those we serve.

Senior Evaluation Officer, Research & Monitoring (Wales)

£27,804 per annum (pro rata for part time hours)

(Ref: SUS 3446)

Full time hours are 37.5 per week – This role is particularly suitable for compressed hours or from 30 hours per week

Base: Hybrid

About the Role

Join us as a Senior Evaluation Officer, where you will use both your research and project management skills, to work on a range of exciting monitoring, evaluation, analysis and research projects within our Research and Monitoring Unit (RMU). Your work will produce evidence on active travel that is transparent and authoritative, helping to shape policy, practice and behaviour across the UK. 

Sustrans’ Research and Monitoring Unit is a leading centre of excellence in active travel research, monitoring and evaluation. Our team work closely with partners from across the UK to ensure we have a clear understanding of the impact of Sustrans’ work and the wider context of the benefits of active travel. 

As the Senior Evaluating Officer, Wales, you will lead your team and project manage the delivery of a range of monitoring, evaluation, analysis and research projects within the RMU, focussing on Sustrans projects in Wales. You will work closely with the Sustrans delivery team in Wales to support their policy and influencing priorities and strategic agenda. 

While we are currently working from home, once Covid restrictions lift, this role will require travel and work at locations as necessary to undertake projects on behalf of Sustrans; therefore candidates should be based within a commutable distance from our office base in Cardiff.

About You

We are looking for excellent communicators and creative thinkers with the ability to manage and motivate people, getting the best out of others.

You will use your exceptional analytical skills and draw on your previous experience, of both project management and a wide range of qualitative and quantitative research methods, to apply them to real world projects. 

If you have a track record of scoping, designing, budgeting and reporting on research projects, this could be the role for you.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion. We aim to be a truly inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, in particular from under-represented groups.

What we offer

In return we can offer ongoing working from home (or a nearby Sustrans office when it’s safe to do so) and a truly flexible, supportive and rewarding working environment. 

Wellbeing

• 26 days’ leave per annum plus bank holidays for full-time working
• Ability to buy an extra week of annual leave (pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Staff volunteer days
• 24/7 free, impartial and confidential support service
• We are members of the Green Commute Initiative and Cycle Scheme who both offer cycle to work schemes

Family Friendly

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Flexible Working practices (full time hours are 37.5 per week, Monday - Friday)

Financial

• Group Personal Pension scheme with a 4% or 5% of basic salary contribution being matched by Sustrans
• Bike, computer and season ticket loans
• Discount benefits

Additional information

• Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 23:59, Sunday 23rd January 2022
• Interviews will take place via MS Teams during the week of 31st January 2022

To apply, please complete our online application form. 

About Sustrans

Sustrans is the charity making it easier for people to walk and cycle. We connect people and places, create liveable neighbourhoods, transform the school run and deliver a happier, healthier commute. 

Our vision and mission have never been more relevant. Across the UK, governments are pledging investment and action on walking and cycling. 

We are working together to make a real difference - creating places where everyone can live and travel happily and healthily, and where nobody is excluded.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without the commitment and dedication of our colleagues.

We are proud of our employee net promoter score, being in the top 20% of all employers across all sectors in the UK, due to our energised, friendly and motivated workforce.

Join Sustrans today and help us get things done, together!

Position: Press and Communications Officer
Type: Part-time (17.5 hours per week), fixed-term contract up to 31 December 2022
Location: Office-based in Cardiff, Wales with flexibility to work remotely
Salary: £13,263 - £15,197 per annum (FTE £26,526 - £30,395) plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band D1
Department: MS Cymru team

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

This is a brilliant opportunity to join our hardworking, creative and supportive MS Cymru team.

You’ll be communicating with both Welsh and English speaking audiences, and you must be a fluent Welsh speaker.

We’re looking for a tenacious, proactive Press and Communications Officer to join our team and help us meet our ambitious goals.  

Crucially, you’ll promote and deliver media coverage/strategies to promote our work with a particular emphasis on promoting our fundraising, campaigning and service activity.

You’ll also be our point of contact for media enquiries we receive. And you’ll support the development and delivery of our digital communications, ensuring we have a strong and representative social media presence.

The chosen candidate will have relevant experience (such as a press office, PR agency or journalism), and be comfortable managing competing priorities as part of a busy team. You’ll have excellent writing and communications skills and a positive attitude.

We offer 35 days annual leave (pro rata for part time employees) including bank holidays, travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our Every MS Story strategy.

Closing date: 9am on Friday 28 January 2022

PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.

The successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK. If we do offer you employment, you’ll be required to provide documentation to show that you’re eligible to be employed in the UK before starting employment.

The full list of UK visas and permits that grant you the right to work in the UK can be found on the UK government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and will not be in a position to support you with any visa applications you may make. 

We’re a Disability Confident Employer. We’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.  We’d be grateful if you could complete the equality and diversity monitoring form on our website and submit it with your application

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and/or from ethnic minority backgrounds, where we’re looking to build stronger and better representation among our staff.

No agencies please.

Position: Volunteer Support Officer
Type: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent
Location: Office-based contract with flexibility to work remotely
Salary: £30,310 - £34,923 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band E1
Department: Community Networks

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

We’re looking for a committed and dependable Volunteer Support Officer to help support our 244 Community Network groups across the UK.

Our Volunteer Support team provide high quality support to our volunteers based across our community networks. Our team keep in frequent contact with our volunteers in a number of ways whether it be through phone call, messages/emails or online video-chat. 

You’ll be experienced in providing complex support to volunteers, demonstrable experience of volunteer support and management qualities and the ability to ability to solve problems and use a creative approach to overcoming issues and challenges.

You’ll respect the unique contribution of every individual and works positively in a diverse environment and able to work effectively as part of a geographically dispersed team and with geographically remote stakeholders.

We offer 35 days annual leave (pro rata for part time employees) including bank holidays, travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our Every MS Story strategy.

Closing date: 9am on Wednesday 2 February 2022

In order to apply for this role, please submit an updated CV and supporting statement indicating how you meet the criteria as set out in the person specification in the attached job description.

The successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK. If we do offer you employment, you’ll be required to provide documentation to show that you’re eligible to be employed in the UK before starting employment.

The full list of UK visas and permits that grant you the right to work in the UK can be found on the UK government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and will not be in a position to support you with any visa applications you may make. 

We’re a Disability Confident Employer. We’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.  We’d be grateful if you could complete the attached equality and diversity monitoring form  and submit it with your application.

As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, the HR team will anonymise your CV and supporting statement before forwarding to the shortlisting panel.  

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and/or from ethnic minority backgrounds, where we’re looking to build stronger and better representation among our staff.

No agencies please.

RSPB Cymru is recruiting for a Senior Fundraising Officer to join our Grants, Trusts and Corporates team.

Senior Fundraising Officer - Wales - (Full-Time) Maternity Cover
Reference: DEC20216951
Location: Flexible in Wales
Salary: £25,280.00 - £28,045.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Annual Leave, Life Assurance
Duration: March 2022 - March 2023

This role can be based at either the RSPB Cardiff or Bangor offices but is likely to include some home working. If you have enthusiasm for nature conservation and the work of the RSPB and can demonstrate your talents and transferable skills for fundraising, with an emphasis on grants, trusts and corporates, we would like to hear from you.

We are looking for a motivated individual with enthusiasm, resource and initiative, who can collaborate across teams to deliver high-quality funding bids. You will join project teams, develop excellent relationships across RSPB Cymru and UK teams and with a range of significant funders and partners, in order to directly contribute to income generation.

The role will involve you working alongside the Head of Fundraising Development the rest of the team to develop and implement fundraising strategy. You may line manage Fundraising Officers, lead on large scale, complex funding bids and multi-stakeholder partnerships. We are looking for experience of leadership, working with and through others to achieve results, being part of project teams, extracting the best from individuals and achieving success through partnership working.

You will make a significant contribution to developing projects and be responsible for compiling high quality funding applications to secure income for our fantastic portfolio of work including nature reserves, visitor facilities, people engagement and nature recovery projects. Bidding for funds will require an individual with persuasive writing, an eye for detail, an inquisitive nature and confidence with finances.

We are looking for demonstratable experience in:

• Grants, Trusts and Corporates Fundraising
• Budget creation and financial competency
• Working with or within the charity sector
• Collaboration across teams and with external partnerships
• Ability to plan a funding or advocacy approach and negotiate a successful outcome
• Balancing funder or partner’s desired outcomes, whilst maintaining organisational/project priorities
• Leadership
• Understanding of the geography, culture and political scene (Welsh policies) in Wales

And with skills in:

• Persuasive and succinct verbal and written communication
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to self-start, prioritise work and meet deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Competent computer skills with emphasis on Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Teams etc)
• Developing internal and external relationships

Closing date: 23:59, 25 January 2022

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website. 

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

No agencies please.

Within our Wales Region (South Wales) we are looking to recruit a Youth Development Lead on a fixed term 6 months contract covering maternity leave, who will support our Young People activity in one of our key areas.  This role will support activity across South Wales and can be home based with flexibility needed to travel across the region.

As a Prince’s Trust Executive, you will work directly with young people, volunteers and partners to deliver programmes and activities to support and encourage young people to live, learn and earn. We are looking for individuals who engage in challenges with optimism and resilience, who are adaptive, flexible, ready to embrace change and innovation and ideally have experience in one of the below areas:

• Education Sector
• Employment or Employability Sector

We’d like to hear from candidates with a range of experience however we are particularly interested to hear from anyone with experience of the Education Sector and/ or who has directly worked with young people.

You will be a natural and effective communicator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decisions for young people. Working as part of a team within a defined geographical area, you will work with clear objectives to ‘connect’, ‘progress’ and help ‘transform’ the lives of young people who need us most. 

Salary: circa. £24,000 pro rata (circa. £29,000 Full Time Equivalent)

Location: Home-based

Hours: 30 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

We have a diverse and exciting opportunity available for a Senior Policy and Public Affairs Advisor to join the team! This is a part-time, home-based role with remote working based in Wales. Join our External Affairs Directorate at the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association. We proudly operate a trusting, collaborative, and hybrid working environment to allow flexibility.

About the role

As a Senior Policy and Public Affairs Advisor, you will be working with the Public Affairs Manager to plan and deliver the Association's public affairs and policy activities across Wales.

The key purpose of this role is to effectively deliver the MND Association's influencing, campaigning, and lobbying priorities to improve care, services, and support for people with MND, their carers, and families.

This opportunity will be varied, consisting of responsibilities including communicating the Association's position on policy issues to the Welsh Assembly and Government, ensuring alignment of work with the NHS Wales, Local Health Boards and other local authorities and external organisations; You will also support the implementation of a public affairs and campaigns strategy across Wales.

What are we looking for?

A good understanding of the political system in Wales, experience of responding to policy consultations and delivering campaigns and public affairs is key criteria.

Excellent communication, interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills are essential for this role, you will be developing and managing high level relationships with key decision makers and policymakers.

Occasional evening/weekend work and travel to meetings and events will be required.

Verbal and written communication in the Welsh language is advantageous but not essential.

For full role responsibilities please view the job description.

How to apply?

We would love to hear from you and encourage early applications.

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, apply online now and submit a supporting statement and CV.

About Us

The MND Association was founded in 1979. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We also fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND. The Association also campaigns and raises awareness so the needs of people with MND, and everyone who cares for them, are recognised, and addressed by wider society.

We operate a hybrid working environment within a flexible office space using the latest technology and digital infrastructure. This, together with a high level of trust and performance driven culture, gives staff the freedom and flexibility to work in the best way for them, the Association and, most importantly, people with MND.

We are committed to equality and value diversity. We are working hard to remove perceived and actual barriers to participation for people with and affected by MND, current and future staff, volunteers, and stakeholders.

Important Notices

The MND Association operates a hybrid working culture and therefore we are open to discussing the possibility of variable hours, remote or home working, flexible start, and finish times etc.

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

Our selection process will be multi-stage; this may include video call screening, psychometric assessments, and competency-based interview/s.

We request that recruitment agencies do not contact us in relation to this role. We work hard to fill our roles directly and if assistance is required, we operate a PSL, which currently closed for review. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies/ head-hunters.

Within our Wales Region (South Wales) we are looking to recruit a Youth Development Lead who will support our Young People activity in one of our key areas.  This role will support activity across South Wales and can be home based with flexibility needed to travel across the region.

As a Prince’s Trust Executive, you will work directly with young people, volunteers and partners to deliver programmes and activities to support and encourage young people to live, learn and earn. We are looking for individuals who engage in challenges with optimism and resilience, who are adaptive, flexible, ready to embrace change and innovation and ideally have experience in one of the below areas:

• Education Sector
• Employment or Employability Sector

We’d like to hear from candidates with a range of experience however we are particularly interested to hear from anyone with experience of the Education Sector.

You will be a natural and effective communicator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decision for young people. Working as part of a team within a defined geographical area, you will work with clear objectives to ‘connect’, ‘progress’ and help ‘transform’ the lives of young people who need us most. 

Elrha is looking for an experienced Innovation Manager to apply their skills in Elrha’s fast-paced and creative Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) This is not a fundraising role; the HIF aims to improve outcomes for people affected by humanitarian crises by identifying more effective and scalable innovative solutions. 

Our Innovation Managers are passionate about identifying the most pressing humanitarian problems, analysing opportunities for innovation, working with sector experts to investigate solutions and designing funding calls (innovation challenges) to address them. This role presents an opportunity to develop credible technical expertise and a respected profile in humanitarian innovation. 

This varied role includes managing an innovation portfolio through fostering effective partnerships and supporting to grantees to achieve maximum impact. The role requires the ability to work autonomously whilst proactively collaborating with sector and technical experts. It also aims to lead the development of technical innovation expertise both internally as well as externally. 

We are looking for exceptional candidates with a good mix of skills and experience across three areas: innovation, facilitation, and project management. 

1. Innovation: You will bring significant experience of developing creative innovation journeys and bringing ideas from conception to completion. You will have strong project management expertise to lead innovation processes in collaboration with key stakeholders and sector experts. Candidates will need a firm theoretical and practical grasp of key innovation concepts, tools and approaches. We welcome experience from the private, public or voluntary sectors.
    
2. Facilitation: The role requires the ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with diverse stakeholders and audiences, bringing excellent verbal and written communication skills. You will need to demonstrate a track record of organising and facilitating interactive, inclusive and accessible workshops — both in person and remotely - and convening interdisciplinary and diverse groups. Your communication skills will extend to the ability to write and talk about Elrha’s work, presenting compelling stories about our innovations to achieve maximum impact within the sector. 
    
3. Project management: Our innovation managers  need sensitive management skills to lead projects addressing complex issues in an ethical and thoughtful way.  Given the nature of our areas of work, (eg Gender-based Violence (GBV)), it is essential that applicants are able to manage projects in a sensitive and appropriate manner. 

The successful candidate will  be in a position to build a technically credible and respected profile in the relevant thematic humanitarian sector(s), and  provide excellent technical oversight and effective management across this thematic portfolio of innovation grants. We anticipate that this role will support our GBV and Water, Hygiene and Sanitation (WASH) portfolios, though prior experience in either specific area is not a requirement.

Please demonstrate clearly in your application how your experience is different from standard programming or delivery experience. For example, how have you drawn on innovation tools and approaches to identify and solve priority problems? Please note that we will assess your communication skills on the quality of your personal statement and CV as well as any presented achievements. 

About Elrha 

Elrha is a global charity that finds solutions to complex humanitarian problems through research and innovation. We fund and support projects that go on to shape the way in which people across the world are supported during a crisis. We are based in the UK, but our roles have a global reach. We’re an established and respected part of the humanitarian community, working closely and meaningfully with our fellow networks and actors to make change happen. 

Remote Working 

Elrha employees are currently working remotely within the UK in line with UK Government guidance. In Spring 2022 we will transition to flexible and hybrid ways of working (i.e. a mixture of remote/home and office-based working) as social distancing restrictions ease. 

We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview. 

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion 

Elrha is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBTQ+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. 

Salaries and benefits 

Jobs are positioned within the salary structure on the basis of evaluation. New employees will usually be appointed at the bottom of the grade, however the appointed salary may also take into account the relevant experience a candidate brings to a role. Elrha is committed to paying staff in a fair and equitable way and will benchmark all salary offers in line with the pay of existing staff. 

Elrha also has a comprehensive benefits package including 25 days holiday entitlement which increases year on year, 5% employer pension contribution (3% employee contribution) and life cover. 

 Pre-employment Checks 

Any employment with Elrha will be subject to the following checks prior to your start date: 

• a satisfactory police record check to include a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and/or an International Criminal Record Check (If applicable) 

• receipt of satisfactory references 

• proof of eligibility to work in the national location for this role 

Elrha is a wholly owned subsidiary of Save the Children. We are able to benefit from a range of support services provided by Save the Children UK, including recruitment systems. For this reason you will be directed to Save the Children UK’s job portal upon clicking ‘apply’. 

Please ensure you read the full job description and complete the Personal Statement as requested in the application process. We look forward to hearing from you. 

Closing date: 30 January 2022 Interviews: w/c 7 February 2022 

Job Purpose:

The Director of Income Generation is a critical role, enabling the Charity to achieve its objectives and ambitions to sustain and grow its palliative care and support services for children with life-limiting conditions, and their families, at our hospice and in the community across Wales. The Director will develop, lead, and implement a strategy and programme of diverse income generation activity to accelerate the growth of fundraising and achieve sustainable income in a manner that is consistent and compliant with fundraising regulation.

Leading the Income Generation function, which comprises fundraising, philanthropy and supporter care, and ensuring compliance with fundraising regulation, the post holder will set the pace and ambition levels, inspiring, motivating and coaching the teams to be innovative in their approach to fundraising and philanthropy. Leveraging data to inform campaigns, and striving to build outstanding supporter stewardship, the Director will coach and develop this team to deliver the highest possible returns on investment in all of our fundraising and philanthropic activities.

The Director of Income Generation will develop partnerships and supporter relationships and build our public profile, collaborating with colleagues in Care Services and Marketing and Communications to increase visibility and understanding of the important role Ty Hafan plays in the lives of children and their families, in turn generating increased support and income.

Responsbilities to include:

• Lead the strategic direction for all philanthropic, fundraising and stewardship aspects of income generation.
• Lead the development and implementation of multiple fundraising strategies to maximise income, with clear fundraising plans outlining income projections, focused activities, and investment necessary to develop sustainable income streams.
• Take primary responsibility for the implementation of the income generation business plan and the budget.
• Accelerate income growth in a sustainable manner across a diverse range of income streams and collaborate with other directorates to embed a culture of income generation across the organisation clearly linked to the Charity’s mission.
• Build, lead and develop the Income Generation team to deliver the strategy, setting clear objectives aligned to the income generation strategy, and ensuring colleagues are effectively performance managed, and their personal development enabled.
• Provide vision and motivational leadership in line with Tyˆ Hafan’s values, ensuring that all income generation areas are commercially focused, outward looking, and responsive to market changes.
• Oversee the development and implementation of an effective approach to training and development of colleagues.
• Champion and role model our values, empathy and trust with all internal and external relationships
• Foster the development of a positive and supportive culture within the organisation. To lift others up and to give voice, agency and equity to all.
• Understand and communicate the wider organisational strategy and challenges, fostering a culture of collaboration through strong internal working relationships.

Person specification to include:

• Proven credentials evidencing a broad range of fundraising activities, including legacy and major donor fundraising, donor development, grant-funding, corporate, events and community fundraising.
• Significant successful experience in a senior fundraising role, delivering income growth across multiple channels. 
• Experienced leader, with proven credentials as a member of a Senior Management Team/Executive Team, ideally at Board level, with demonstrable evidence of collaborative working to achieve the best for the organisation. 
• Demonstrable evidence of meeting targets and maximising return on investment in a challenging environment. 
• Experience of developing and implementing successful innovative income generating activities/ streams.
• Significant experience of leadership with a focus on creating highly engaged and performing teams. 
• Experience of leading and overseeing budgets including setting, measuring and performing against KPIs.

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes to include:

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. 
• Strong commercial acumen, with an ability to present and interpret data in a coherent manner. 
• Sound knowledge of Fundraising regulations and an awareness of wider charity regulations. 
• Excellent IT skills.
• A strategic thinker who is decisive and highly resilient.
• High levels of personal motivation, passion and determination. 
• Creative, innovative and resourceful.
• Thrives on inspiring, building and managing teams. 
• A high degree of integrity and self-awareness. 
• Credible and persuasive, able to inspire and motivate others. 
•  Caring, collaborative and professional (in line with the Charity's values). 

The Head of Income Generation and External Affairs is responsible for telling our story and powering our team. This is a new role and represents an extraordinary opportunity to join a leading sport for development charity that uses the appeal of Cardiff City FC to change lives.

The purpose of the role is to provide strategic leadership for the Foundation’s income generation and external affairs including fundraising, marketing and communications activities. You will help power our team by driving our income generation strategy with a focus on income generation across the income spectrum.

You’ll tell our story by leading on our external affairs with a focus on raising awareness and building our audience. You will have strategic leadership experience of income generation and/or external affairs and demonstrate an ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships. As a member of our senior team you will contribute to the strategic leadership of the organisation as a whole, to ensure the achievement of our goals and deliver maximum impact for our beneficiaries. We’re interested in your potential and want to build a strong high-performing team full of complementary experiences, not a group of people with the same perspectives.

We’re looking for the best candidates so we’re happy to talk flexible working to suit your circumstances. This includes home working and/or working from other locations, flexible working patterns, annualised hours, compressed hours and part-time hours. 

NoFit State Circus are looking for a motivated, ambitious and organised Development Manager with a genuine passion for the arts and the work we do.

You must be excellent at building and nurturing relationships, able to think long term and strategically, and adapt to various needs of the ever-changing world around us. 

NoFit State is the UK’s largest contemporary circus company, and every year we engage with 120,000-150,000 people of all ages and backgrounds from across Wales, the UK and the world.  We have exciting plans ahead – you and our supporters are integral to making them a success, there’s never been a better time to join us and be part of it.

Purpose of the Role

To support the strategic development of the company through designing and delivering the company’s overall fundraising and development strategy to achieve established financial targets. As a senior manager you will work with the Executive Team to define and then achieve agreed financial targets. 

Main Responsibilities

Develop and implement the company’s development strategy including (but not limited to):

-  Public Funding (including both ACW and ACE)

-  Trusts and Foundations

-  Corporate supporters and sponsors

-  Private giving (individual donors and major givers)

• Research, identify and draft applications, pitches and asks to appropriate funders/supporters, cultivating relationships and securing support to achieve defined targets
• Manage and nurture the ongoing relationships with current and past supporters/funders
• Plan, manage and deliver a planned programme of development events
• Design and deliver reporting processes that are fit for purposes and satisfy funders’ and supporters’ requirements
• Manage the Development Team
• Support Finance Officer and Company Administrator in financial reporting of designated funds
• Manage development budgets

Working hours: Full time

We can offer a hybrid working pattern combining home working with office based periods of time to ensure a good work/life balance.  Our office and the people within it are open, engaging and warm.

See us in action

Our current show, Lexicon, is in Cardiff from 15 December until 15 January and is a good opportunity for you to experience a bit of what we do.  If you are thinking of applying for the role of Development Manager and would like a complimentary ticket to the show, please email Lizzy at NoFit State.

NoFit State is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments during the application or recruitment process and we’ll be happy to support you. 

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Key dates

Closing date for applications: 3pm, Monday 24 January 2022

Interviews:                                     Week commencing  31 January

Indicative start date:                    March

Starting salary:£30,000 per annum, depending on experience, subject to review

Texting for Testing: Project Worker

Location: Cardiff (working from home)

Salary: £24,855 a year (£14,913 pro rata)

Hours: 21 hours per week

Fixed Term Contract for 12 months

This project has been supported with an educational grant via the Gilead UK and Ireland Fellowship Programme

Job Purpose

An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone with experience of working with or alongside the NHS and an interest in HIV, sexual health and/or health promotion to manage “Texting for Testing”, a project rolling out a proven health intervention in which GPs text a recommendation and link for free HIV testing to all adult patients on their list.

Based with Pride Cymru and working from home as part of Fast Track Cardiff & Vale, the successful candidate will need to be well organised and have an understanding of the role of and pressures on GPs within the Welsh NHS.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with Cardiff & Vale GPs, specialist clinicians and Health Board to encourage participation, ensure a smooth rollout and maximise the health impact of the project, including attending cluster meetings and promoting the project to clusters and individual GP practices
• Act as a point of information for participating GPs, their surgery staff or any individual enquiries relating to the project and to HIV testing in general
• Promote the project through social media activities in liaison with Fast Track Cardiff & Vale’s Social Media Officer
• Liaise with relevant participating agencies and other stakeholders to promote the project and gain their support and collaboration
• Maintain records across the intervention activities, enabling us to evaluate and report the impact and progress to the funder and stakeholders
• Document activities and produce an easy-read how-to guide to enable other Health Boards and Fast Track Cities to learn from our findings
• Work with volunteers and contractors to design and deliver project materials and activities
• Work with Cardiff University researchers to evaluate the impact of the project
• Report monthly to the Fast Track Cardiff & Vale Steering Group and participate in supervision and other meetings as required from time to time.
• Deliver the project on time and to budget, keeping track of expenditure and reporting any potential variances.

Please apply by submitting a detailed CV and covering letter for consideration which outlines how you match the criteria in the person specification.

We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community and encourage them from underserved and under-represented groups.

The closing date for applications is midnight at the end of Monday 14th February. Interviews will take place on Thursday 17th February.