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.

Brain and Mind Health is one of today’s greatest and most urgent issues. Here at the University of Cambridge, our mission is to achieve significant impact on the global challenges in mental health, dementia, and many other brain and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Senior Associate Director, Brain & Mind Health
University of Cambridge Development and Alumni Relations
£55,751 - £64,604 per annum

We now seek a Senior Associate Director, Brain & Mind Health, to help us realise this ambition and ensure that we can contribute to the prevention, prediction and treatment of disease - from mental disorders to neurogenetic conditions to diseases of ageing such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.

The Senior Associate Director, Brain & Mind Health, will build and implement a new and ambitious fundraising programme, securing 6 and 7 figure gifts in support of students, posts, research and infrastructure. Developing a global constituency of supporters will be key to addressing current institutional needs and opportunities – and foundational in enabling us to realise longer-term ambitions, notably for a significant new capital development.

You will be a talented major gifts fundraiser or equivalent who wants to secure gifts at the transformational level. Collaborative, strategic and innovative in approach, key to your success will be the ability to engage with high-net-worth individuals, senior level staff across Collegiate Cambridge, academics and key stakeholders, both internally and externally.

This position is an exciting opportunity to join a team that works at the cutting edge of what we do at an institution where philanthropy has real impact. We have extraordinary aspirations and know we can make these a reality – come and be a part of our team.

This role is based in central Cambridge; however, the successful candidate may need to work remotely in the first instance. An element of remote working long-term will be considered. This can be discussed at interview.

The closing date for this position is Monday 28th June 2021. 
The interview process for this position is anticipated to take place during the first few weeks of July 2021.

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

Please quote reference DH26707 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.

No agencies please.

The University of Cambridge seeks an outstanding individual for the position of Senior Associate Director, Arts & Humanities. This is an exceptional opportunity for a senior fundraiser who is interested in supporting world-class research and teaching in the Arts and Humanities.

Senior Associate Director, School Arts and Humanities
University of Cambridge
Grade 10, £55,751 to £64,604 per annum

The School of Arts & Humanities is a vibrant and dynamic research community, home to some of the University’s most interesting and varied work. Areas of focus include the societal impacts of artificial intelligence, Islamic art, film studies, sustainable cities, the philosophy of hate speech, the politics of sport and gender in the classical world. In partnership with leading academic institutions in the Middle and Far East and South America, the School has launched a bold new Global Humanities initiative to reimagine how we think about, teach and research the humanities. And the innovative Digital Humanities programme explores how new technologies are transforming art, media and knowledge.

With responsibility for the design, management and execution of the University’s major gifts fundraising strategy for the School, you will be a senior member of the Major Gifts, Schools and Institutions team. You will raise significant financial support for the University’s fundraising priorities, generating six- and seven-figure gifts from individuals, trusts and foundations, and corporations in the UK and internationally.

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

You will join one of the world’s leading institutions as part of a dynamic and innovative team delivering the University of Cambridge’s significant fundraising potential. Development and Alumni Relations reflects the University’s mission - innovating and transforming approaches to fundraising, leading the sector and working at the cutting edge of what we do.

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.

Closing date for this position is Monday 12 July.
First round interviews for this position are anticipated to take place week commencing 19 July.
Second round interviews for this position are anticipated to place week commencing 26 July.

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION

Please click ‘Apply’ to be redirected to our website, where you can download the Candidate Pack and complete your application.
Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

Please quote reference DH26884 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.

No agencies please.

Finance Officer - Flexible within England
Reference: MAY20211087
Location: Flexible within England
Salary: £18,250.00 - £20,246.00 Per Annum, pro rata
Benefits: Pension, 34 days Annual Leave (pro-rata), Life Assurance

Do you have a flair for analysing financial information, overseeing budgets and working with others to get the most from limited resources? We are looking for a Finance Officer to support the RSPB's operational managers across Southern England, delivering our mission to give nature a home.

This role will be responsible for providing comprehensive business support for financial and budget processes and will be the main point of contact for the Finance Business Partner on all major budget and forecast queries.

You will need to work closely with budget managers and Fundraisers across the RSPB's Southern England team and take a flexible approach to ensure that financial support requirements are met.

You will need to develop and nurture effective working relationships with people at all levels and ensure confidential and sensitive financial matters are handled professionally.

The role is 0.6 full-time equivalent, meaning an average of 3 days per week, although we expect this to flex occasionally in response to peaks in workload, for instance at the end of the financial year.

This role is based flexibly and can be based at home - where a suitable home-working environment is in place - or within an RSPB office. Because this role will primarily be supporting the team across Southern England, our preference is for candidates to be based in the south. However, given most aspects of the role can be conducted remotely, consideration will be given to candidates across England.

Key responsibilities include:

• Act as Finance Officer for operational regions and functional teams; and the main point of contact for the Finance Business Partner on all major budget and forecast queries
• Coordinate and support timely receipt of budget forecasts and check accuracy of data in order to meet internal budget deadlines, including managing budget spreadsheets and working with budget holders to populate this for at forecasts and annual budget setting
• Establish, maintain and develop effective relationships with people at all levels on behalf of the Operations Director, to ensure confidential and sensitive financial matters are handled appropriately and professionally, for example when dealing with salary information
• Coordinate and attend budget review meetings in order to provide advice and support and contribute to the examination and challenge of data and budget assumptions
• Provide an overview of monthly management reports and transaction reports, highlighting any anomalies or errors to budget holders and provide support to make transaction amendments in order to ensure accurate tracking of all income and expenditure
• Co-ordinate and support year-end processes and raise paperwork required by the Finance Department to support accurate completion of yearly annual accounts, including grant accruals, carry forwards and compliance within given timeframes
• Provide support on country and/or UK-wide agri-environment payment schemes in the region, to include tracking payments, monitoring income, providing information for grant accruals, identifying agreements that are ending and supporting any transition to new schemes as applicable, working closely with the reserve and Rural Surveyor teams where required
• Provide support to Project Managers in setting up and establishing project budgets and for all project lifetime forecasts thereafter
• Work with the England Fundraising team to support budgeting, tracking, forecasting and claiming of externally grant-funded projects
• Provide eBIS support to the Operations Director and Area Managers as required, including processing of invoices.
• Provide timely and accurate information and support to Operations Director and Area Managers, enabling them to complete periodic budget reviews at key points in the year
• Provide basic finance training for new staff as part of their induction and ongoing development

What we need from you:

• Five GCSEs (or equivalent) to include Maths and English.
• Good working knowledge of Excel spreadsheets and ability to use other Microsoft Office applications including Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Experience of working with and understanding complex budget information.
• Sound financial analysis skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people within and external to the RSPB, both verbally and in writing.
• Good organisational and time management skills

Closing date: 23:59, 18 July 2021

To Apply and For More Information:

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

No agencies please.

Offering flexible working and huge opportunity for growth and professional development, we're looking for a talented Fundraising Officer with experience of trusts, foundations and institutional funders to join this friendly team. You'll work with colleagues across the globe developing innovative conservation projects that will inspire and motivate potential funders to get involved.

This is a full-cycle trust fundraising role designed to keep you engaged by working collaboratively and in synergy with international programmes teams and partner funders. Climate change and the preservation of our natural world are more important than ever before. You'll raise money to create protection areas to stop extinction and tackle important crucial issues like the illegal killing of birds.

As part of the world's largest nature conservation partnership, you'll work on a unique local-to-global approach. Looking to expand institutional and trust relationships with someone hungry to learn, hone and develop their fundraising skills, you'll also gain international experience working in a digital world finding innovative ways to attract and refresh funder engagement with the cause.

On our wish-list:

* Either a track record of generating income from institutions, trusts, foundations, EU or corporate foundations
* Or an international programmes expert looking to make the move into fundraising
* Exceptional communication and collaboration skills
* Ability to work with stakeholders both internally and externally to develop innovative and effective ways to grab funders' attention
* A passion for (rather than working knowledge of) wildlife, conservation and nature

Relaxed culture and atmosphere with ability to be based either from office in Cambridge or remotely with travel for meetings. Fantastic benefits package including 12% pension contribution.

Please apply initially with a copy of your CV for lots more information. Amelia Lee is your consultant for this role.

Deadline: Monday 28th June
Interviews: w/c 5th July

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Senior Philanthropy Officer
Salary: £28,000 - £35,000 per annum
Contract: Full time Permanent, 37.5 hours per week
Location: Centenary House, St Mary’s Street, Huntingdon, PE29 3PE & Homeworking 
Reporting to: Director of Fundraising

Magpas Air Ambulance is an emergency medical charity saving lives across Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and the East of England. Operating 24/7, by air and land, Magpas Air Ambulance are called to the sickest patients in our community and are specially trained to carry out treatments and procedures usually only available in hospital. This saves vital time, protecting lives and reducing disability.

Our award winning fundraising team are looking for an experienced Senior Philanthropy Officer to lead and develop our portfolio of trusts, corporates and major donors.  You will use your fantastic fundraising, stewardship and proposal writing skills to build relationships and inspire donations managing your own pipeline of prospects and funders as well as supporting our £3million Capital Campaign to fund our new airbase.

You will be joining a friendly, supportive and passionate team and an organisation focused on growth and development. If you think you can lead the development of philanthropy at Magpas Air Ambulance, then please get in touch.  We would love to hear from you.

Role Summary:

• Identify, develop and manage a portfolio of funders including trusts, foundations, corporates and major donors to meet financial targets
• Maximise income through the development of co-ordinated stewardship and excellent relationship management
• Produce compelling proposals, reports and presentations through in depth research and attention to detail
• Proactively research and source funding for and in relation to specific projects and programmes of work
• Effectively manage pipeline ensuring new funders are identified and approached, report monthly on progress against target
• Support the Chief Executive, Director of Fundraising and the Capital Campaign Committee to raise £3million from the Future 50 appeal to build a new airbase for Magpas Air Ambulance

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Significant fundraising experience with at least 3 years in a senior fundraising role raising income through trusts, corporates or major donors
• Proven ability to secure four and five figure gifts (experience of six figure gifts desirable)
• Effective relationship management skills and a proven ability to cultivate long term relationships with funders
• Experience of developing a strong case for support and compelling propositions and presentations
• Experience of working on and contributing to a capital appeal
• IT skills, particularly with Microsoft Office and a familiarity with grant-making IT applications
• Ability to analyse and interpret financial and operational statistics and other complex data sets 

Personal Attributes:

• Excellent writing and proof reading skills required
• Can communicate confidently and appropriately with people at all levels internally and externally
• Ability to present with confidence in front of various audiences
• Ability to take on challenging situations whilst maintaining a systematic approach to solving problems

All offers of employment are subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Closing date: 5pm on 2nd July 2021. 
Interview date: 7th July 2021

Please note that we reserve the right to remove this advert prior to the advertised date, dependent on the level of response received. You are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience.

We are currently operating on blended working from home and the office, following COVID -19 safe working practices. Please make sure that any application clearly demonstrates that you live, or will be living within a commutable distance of the main place of work.

If this opportunity interests you, please click the Apply button to be directed to our recruitment page, where you can download the job description and complete your application for this position.

Magpas Air Ambulance is committed to providing equality of opportunity and valuing diversity for all current and prospective staff, volunteers and Trustees. We aim to create an environment where everyone can be the best they can be, where they feel welcome and are free from bias and discrimination. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

If you do not hear from us in 2 weeks from the closing date, unfortunately this means you have not been shortlisted to the next stage of the selection process.

No agencies please

Grants and Trusts Officer
Salary: £26,000 – £29,000 per annum pro rata dependent on experience
Hours: Part - time (15 hours per week)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Arthur Rank Hospice, Shelford Bottom Cambridge (with an option to work from home)

About Us:

Arthur Rank Hospice Charity has an outstanding reputation for excellence in palliative and end of life care. We support people in Cambridgeshire, who are living with life-limiting illnesses and advance conditions. Our positive and practical services deliver care, counselling and education, helping patients to live well and their families to live on.

About the role:

The is an exciting opportunity for a Grants and Trusts Officer to help secure significant income through building relationships with and applying to Charitable Trusts, Foundations and Non-statutory Funding Bodies to fund general and specific hospice projects. You will be researching and identifying appropriate funders whose criteria match hospice needs for development, preparing cases for support and submitting compelling written bids and complex grant applications as appropriate. You will be the key to helping the hospice grow it’s income in a sustainable way to continue its abilities to supporting families throughout Cambridgeshire.

Main duties include:

• Developing a strategy for how the hospice can maximise income generation from Charitable Trusts, Foundations and Non-statutory Funding Bodies.
• Monitoring the Grants and Trusts sector to ensure all sources of available funds are maximised.
• Analysing and managing the research into who to approach so that the hospice can have the best chance of securing income including analysis of the hospice’s databases. This will require extensive research, analysis and relationship building.
• Developing a calendar so that the hospice can plan for bids and meet all external submission deadlines.
• Preparing bids for submission ensuring they present an effective case for support and provides all relevant information requested by the prospective funder.
• Maintaining an accurate, effective database on the hospice system of all contacts and relationships with supporters.
• Providing evaluation reports for Trust and Grant bodies to update on progress.

What we need from you:

• Ability to fundraise from charitable trusts and foundations and statutory bodies
• Ability to produce in depth, motivating and inspiring proposals and funding reports
• Excellent bid writer, with experience of winning a variety of grants and trusts and building relationships with funders or stakeholders

We know we wouldn’t be able to do any of this without our amazing staff, so we offer a range of benefits including:

• Personal Pension Plan (with ability to retain membership of NHS Pension Scheme subject to qualifying criteria)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Study leave
• Lease cars (eligibility criteria applies)
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Staff Survey and staff Forum
• Access to Occupational Health Services
• Flexible working
• Ongoing training
• Payroll Giving option
• Group Life Assurance
• Long Service Awards
• Social events
• Christmas savings scheme and staff discounts to our in-house Bistro and Salon HD.

Closing date: Sunday 4th July 2021

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to find out more about this position, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website where you can download the job description and application form. 

We are committed to inclusivity, respect, fairness, engagement and equality of opportunity for our patients and their families, our staff and trustees, our volunteers and our supporters.

We value the strength that comes with difference and the positive contribution that diversity brings to our community. Therefore, candidates with a disability that meet the minimum criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

We are also working to increase diversity throughout the organisation and we particularly welcome applications from BAME people who are currently under-represented.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

No agencies please. 

Job Description

Job Title:            Development Officer – Institutions

Reporting to:      Head of Trusts and Foundations

Hours:                   Monday to Friday (37.5 hours per week)

Location:              Cambridge, UK

Start Date:          ASAP

Overview

CAMFED (Campaign for Female Education) is an international non-profit organisation tackling poverty and inequality by supporting marginalised girls to go to school and succeed, and empowering young women to step up as leaders of change. Since 1993, CAMFED’s innovative education programmes in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania and Malawi have directly supported more than 4 million students to attend primary and secondary school.

Job Purpose

As a key member of the fundraising team, the Development Officer - Institutions will primarily support the development and delivery of the Institutional fundraising objectives, covering both Trusts and Foundations, and Corporates, working closely with the Head of Trusts and Foundations and the Manager of Corporate Relations. S/he will also provide support to the wider Development Fundraising team to increase income through prospect research, proposal support and effective data management.

Specific Accountabilities

Research and administration

• Support the Team with research and due diligence profiles, particularly on Trusts and Foundations and Corporates
• Work with the Head of Trusts and Foundations and the Manager of Corporate Relations to create information, materials, thank you letters and acknowledgements for Institutional donors, according to the Global Fundraising Structure and SOPs
• Maintain accurate data records in Salesforce
• Uphold GDPR regulations at all times and manage complaints within best practice guidelines
• Other duties as assigned.

Proposal support and development

• Support the development of 12-20 proposals or reports per year for the Development Fundraising Team in the role of “proposal support” or “relationship support” within the institutional fundraising stream
• Develop good knowledge of CAMFED’s current programmes and grants through working with the development operations team to support in the development of proposals
• Research country and programme specific statistics, contextual and organisational information for proposal development
• Write elements of proposals for the institutional team
• Maintain accurate salesforce records in accordance with the Salesforce for Fundraising protocols and Global Fundraising Structure and SOPs.

Coordination of Institutional programmes

• Support the Head of Trusts and Foundations and the Manager of Corporate Relations in the development and delivery of the Trusts and Foundations and Corporate programmes
• Create and maintain reports and data in Salesforce that inform the Trusts and Foundations and Corporate programmes, including dashboards
• Support the Head of Trusts and Foundations and the Manager of Corporate Relations in effective stewardship of existing donors through outreach, developing materials and event support
• Work with the Manager of Corporate Relations on the CRM strategy, as a subsect of the Corporate strategy, to respond in a timely manner to requests for partnerships and steward appropriately
• Proactively identify and research potential prospects to add to the Institutional pipeline of opportunities
• Any other duties as required.

Knowledge, Experience & Skills Required

• Commitment and passion for CAMFED’s values, mission and vision
• Strong communication skills - written and verbal with the ability to develop content for a variety of audiences
• Proactive, ability to work to tight deadlines, prioritise tasks and manage multiple workstreams
• Ability to research, analyse and collate information
• Working knowledge of databases and Google Suite would be advantageous although training will be given
• Ability to take initiative and develop solutions to challenges as they arise
• Effective team-working skills
• Attention to detail
• Eligibility to work in the UK.

Up to £20.5k (depending on experience)                                                          Closing Date: 28th June 2021

(Full-time – 35 hours per week)

Line Manager: Grants & Operations Manager

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation (CCF) is a registered charity that has taken a leading role in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. In just eight months CCF created the Cambridgeshire Coronavirus Community Fund, which raised and dispersed over £1.3m to projects tackling the impacts of the pandemic. This has felt like ‘our moment’ and we have been honoured to be able to enable something so positive during a very difficult time for Cambridgeshire.

Our response to the pandemic has been in addition to our ongoing work. Our unique approach is based upon empowering communities to identify how to enact positive change from the ground up. Located in Cambridge, we work all over Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and are part of worldwide network of Community Foundations on a mission to improve lives and communities in their local areas. In our latest year 2019/20 we awarded 750 grants totalling £2,427,000. The grants support community-focussed organisations helping people from across our county.

This vacancy offers an exciting opportunity to play a key role in our growing team.

Description

CCF aims to deliver a successful grant-making programme that encourages strong applications from voluntary groups and charities, critically assesses them and makes recommendations to Donors to distribute funds.

As Grants Officer you will play a pivotal role in the programme team – assisting with marketing, planning, delivering and reporting on our grant-making programme to ensure targets are met.

Job Specification

• To identify groups and input marketing ideas to reach programme and fund spend targets
• To process/ oversee the processing of grant applications including advising applicants, scrutinizing accounts and governing documents, assessing applications, preparing paperwork, creating reports, evaluating monitoring and attending donor panels
• To take responsibility for end-to-end delivery of certain programmes
• To build specialist knowledge of CCF database
• To take an active role in continuous improvement and best practice initiatives

Profile

Our Grants Officers require:

• Excellent communication skills
• Proven customer-facing skills
• Confident numeracy skills
• Commitment to quality

In addition the successful candidate will have:

• Proven eye for detail - be able to produce, analyse and proofread reports/communications to a high standard of accuracy
• Experience of planning, organising and prioritising workloads effectively
• Demonstrable knowledge of Microsoft Office (and 365) and proven experience of using databases

The successful Grants Officer will be a positive and focused individual who can take the initiative as well as follow prescribed processes. Flexibility, enthusiasm and a commitment to our lively and ambitious team are key to our future.

CCF’s office is based in Cambridge but our approach is a blend of office and homeworking. In order to access the office, which is on Marshall’s airport site, all staff must complete DBS and security checks in order to obtain a security pass.

Some travel to meetings across the county (some rural locations) is required as are occasional evening meetings and events. Driving license and access to a vehicle is desirable.

Salary will rise to £22,500 upon completion of successful 6 month probationary period.

All staff receive 25 days holiday per annum and all staff are auto-enrolled in CCF’s pension scheme provided by NEST.

Apply

To apply either download an application form here or email Grants and Operations Manager Viv Atkinson to request one.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Due to the volume of responses we receive, unfortunately we are not able to give feedback to individuals. If you have not heard back within 7 days from the application deadline please assume that you have not been successful for the role you have applied for.

We treat everyone equally.