Wirral Churches’ Ark Project, known as Wirral Ark, has been providing support and guidance for individuals helping to secure permanent long-term accommodation since 1991. The Charity supports people who are homeless. These include isolated people with mental health or drug problems, current and ex-offenders, former rough sleepers, and people who are begging or street drinking. 

The charity has come a long way since its early days and have become experts at working with, and supportively housing, people with complex problems – for example, people with severe mental health problems, a lifelong alcohol addiction, particularly challenging behaviour, or a combination of these and other issues. With a new CEO, strategy and supportive board, the charity is looking forward to a phase of exciting growth. 

They are now looking to appoint a Trusts & Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser who will be responsible for growing income from charitable trusts and foundations and generating income from corporate partners.We are happy to hear from candidates who have experience in either Trust and Foundations or Corporate Fundraising – this is a perfect opportunity for someone to really utilise their past fundraising experience, while gaining experience within new fundraising areas.

Reporting to the Head of Fundraising and Development within a friendly and supportive team, we are looking for a self-starter and creative thinker who enjoys communicating with a wide array of people and who can run with ideas and implement them and really make this role their own! 

HOW TO APPLY 

Please contact BTA to request an information pack, full job description and person specification. 

You are advised to get in touch well in advance of the closing date to give us time to consider your application and pre-interview the strongest applicants. 

Closing Date: Midday, Sunday, 6th June

Interview Date: Monday, 14h June 2021

This search is being conducted exclusively for Wirral Ark by BTA (Bruce Tait Associates). Our leadership team have all worked in the voluntary sector and we use this experience to match organisations and individuals to create great appointments. 

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Individual Giving & Legacy Fundraiser
We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic and experienced Individual Giving and Legacy Fundraiser  to plan, deliver, monitor and evaluate an ambitious and effective Individual Giving development programme for In Memory giving, individual donations, appeals, regular giving, and legacy marketing. You must be able to work well under your own initiative, take ownership of tasks, and contribute as a team player. You will work within a friendly, creative and enthusiastic Fundraising Team, to take the lead on maximising supporter recruitment, donor development and stewardship programmes, ensuring the delivery of significant income growth for our charity.

The ideal candidate will have proven track record in donor marketing, with the ability to think digitally and innovatively to maximise supporter engagement from new and existing donors. You will be a passionate and effective communicator, both written and verbally, and highly proficient in analysing data. You will have the creative flair to lead in the production of imaginative and effective bespoke fundraising campaigns. You will also be an empathetic individual in your communications with patients and relatives ensuring sensitivity and confidentiality at all times.

You will report directly to the Fundraising and Lottery Manager and this role will also involve some line management responsibilities.

Interested applicants should be able to evidence how they meet the criteria outlined in the Person Specification for the post.

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail, please call Judith Stewart, Fundraising and Lottery Manager. Phone number available through the Queenscourt Hospice "Vacancies" page on our website. 

Queenscourt Hospice is an independent charity that provides support for the people of Southport, Formby and West Lancashire. We care for patients with serious illnesses, enabling them to achieve the best possible quality of life at each new stage. We help to do this both in the Hospice and at home through our In-patient unit, Queenscourt Connect and Queenscourt at Home services.  We have a fantastic opportunity for a talented Individual Giving and Legacy Fundraiser with a proven track record of success, to join our friendly team and play a key role in developing our fundraising during our Pearl Anniversary year and beyond.                                                                                                                        

Fundraising Community and Challenge Event 
You will be responsible for the event and campaign management of our challenge events (national and local) and our community fundraising initiatives. You will be a positive influencer and an engaging communicator. You must have the skills required to build successful partnerships with key stakeholders, including local businesses, in order to maximise fundraising opportunities and income generation for our Hospice. You will also be an empathetic individual in your communications with patients and relatives, ensuring sensitivity and confidentiality at all times.

You will be organised, decisive, and creative, working alongside colleagues to ensure that detailed innovative campaigns (including marketing & PR) are developed to maximise support and get the wider community excited about supporting Queenscourt.

Flexibility will be required in this role. It is essential that the successful candidate is willing to travel (mainly but not exclusively across West Lancashire, Southport and Formby), and there will be some weekend and evening work essential to fulfil the duties of the role.

You will report directly to the Fundraising and Lottery Manager and this role will also involve some line management responsibilities, and working closely with Volunteers.

Interested applicants should be able to evidence how they meet the criteria outlined in the Person Specification for the post.

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail, please call Judith Stewart, Fundraising and Lottery Manager. Phone number is available through the Queenscourt Hospice "Vacancies" page on our website.

Queenscourt Hospice is an independent charity that provides support for the people of Southport, Formby and West Lancashire. We care for patients with serious illnesses, enabling them to achieve the best possible quality of life at each new stage. We help to do this both in the Hospice and at home through our In-patient unit, Queenscourt Connect and Queenscourt at Home services.  We have a fantastic opportunity for a talented Community and Challenge Event Fundraiser with a proven track record of success, to join our friendly team and play a key role in significantly increasing our fundraising during our Pearl Anniversary year and beyond.
 

Charity People is heading up the search party for one of the North West's biggest, most recognisable charity brands with a lifesaving mission. We're looking for a creative fundraising specialist to take on the role of Strategic Project Lead, bringing their expertise in corporate partnerships and events fundraising.

Part time, 3 days per week
Maternity contract until March 2022
Salary £34,141 FTE (£20,485 pro rata)

Working closely with the Director of Income and Engagement, you'll be playing an important part in developing the organisation's future strategy.

With a varied and exciting workload, you will be responsible for compiling and managing a yearlong plan of events and projects, as well as diversifying and maximising income. There will be a focus on engaging new partnerships, enhancing the supporter experience and developing the donor pipeline, all whilst broadening brand loyalty and keeping the charity up to date and on trend with new innovative technologies being used across the sector.

On our wish list for the perfect person:
* Innovative and experienced Corporate Partnership fundraiser
* In-depth knowledge of events
* Fantastic communicator (both verbally and in writing)
* Excellent networker who can engage potential partners and other external stakeholders
* Project management skills

The charity has spent time and energy creating a flexible, agile working culture with life and family-friendly working policies.

Home/office split to suit candidate preference with bases in Merseyside and South Manchester.

For lots more detail on this exciting role, please send a copy of your CV in the first instance to our North West consultant, Amelia Lee.

We're meeting candidates on a rolling basis so please apply ASAP to avoid disappointment.

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.

Membership Recruitment & Customer Care Advisor
Location: Flexible*
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £30,055 per annum

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is the UK’s leading wetland conservation charity.  We are pioneers in saving threatened wetland wildlife, a centre for excellence in conservation science and experts in wetland management and creation.  Around a million visitors a year engage with wetland nature at our ten sites around the UK, and we work nationally and internationally in key locations to balance conservation with sustainable livelihoods. 

We have recently completed a review of our strategic priorities which includes ambitious targets for developing bigger and better wetlands, encouraging more people to take direct action for these unique places, and ensuring key decision makers around the world realise the essential role wetlands play in restoring nature, combating climate change and enhancing health and wellbeing.

In order to continue our vital wetlands work we need to generate much needed revenues and funds from supporters, visitors and commercial activities. To help with this an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Membership Recruitment and Customer Care Advisor to lead on the delivery of a focussed strategy of membership recruitment at our sites and to support and make a key contribution to improving visitor experience and commercial sales.

*This position can be based anywhere in the UK as it will involve frequent travel to all of our 10 sites

You will support our sites to meet and exceed their targets for membership, retail, catering and other associated trading operations by monitoring the performance to identify interventions required to improve performance through advice, guidance, training and the highest standards of visitor service.

This role requires you to work across WWT directorates including training and development and supporter engagement. You will work alongside the Head of Commercial, Head of Retail and Head of Catering and support Centre Managers and Trading Managers and their teams at sites.

The successful candidate must be able to work on their own initiative, have the key skills required to support, influence and constructively challenge senior managers and existing procedures and processes and propose new approaches. You will have proven experience of motivating, enthusing and inspiring confidence within commercial teams and be influential enough to gain the support of the site teams to deliver and exceed targets.

In return for your hard work and dedication you’ll enjoy a wide range of benefits including:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service
• Contributory pension scheme (conditions apply)
• Life assurance
• Free car parking and secure bike storage areas
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free entry to all our centres

Closing date: 24th May 2021
Interview date: 3rd June 2021

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you wish to find out more about our inspiring work, please click the apply button to be taken to our website where you can complete your application for this position.

WWT is an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be considered solely on merit.

Registered Charity Number England & Wales, no 1030884 and Scotland, no SC039410

No agencies please.

The Queen’s School, Chester, is an Independent School for girls aged 4-18 in the heart of the city of Chester. At Queen's we educate and empower young women to lead and shape the world they live in. We offer a stimulating education in a rich and varied learning environment, and the results speak for themselves.  We are proud to be a Times Top 100 school for A-level results, and girls make outstanding academic and developmental progress across the board. Queen’s provides a warm, nurturing environment which both inspires and supports girls, offering numerous opportunities that encourage them to embrace challenges in order that they may achieve their absolute best. Our goal for every Queen’s girl is that she leaves us able to think independently, collaborate confidently, and aspire globally.

A new opportunity has opened to join us as our first Fundraising Manager.  Working closely with our Director of External Relations, the Headmistress and the Development Committee, the Fundraising Manager will be responsible for creating, implementing and delivering the fundraising strategy and management of our fundraising approaches, activities and results over the coming years. In particular, the post holder will focus their efforts on fundraising for our bursaries fund and for the creation and implementation of specific capital campaigns, such as our current Astroturf project.

We are looking for candidates who are confident in their ability to operate at this strategic and operational level and who bring experience of working with individual donors to deliver successful income generating activities.  Candidates should have worked in similar roles and be able to demonstrate exceptional skills in all forms of relationship management and communication. The drive and ability to work towards ambitious targets and deadlines is also essential. Comprehensive knowledge of both UK charity and tax law is essential, as it applies to charitable giving and inheritance law, as well as experience in servicing committees comprising senior volunteers.

If you think you have the talent and experience for this role and are committed to our mission to educate and empower young women, we would love to hear from you.