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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

IRC UK
IRC UK is part of the IRC global network, which has its global headquarters in New York. Our team in the UK works to raise profile, deliver policy and practice change, and increase funding to help restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Since 2021, IRC UK has also provided integration services directly to refugees in the UK. 

Job Overview
The External Relations (ER) department is comprised of three main but complementary functional areas: Private fundraising, Communications, and Advocacy. The main objective of the department is to enable the organisation to have the resources needed to continue serving  millions of people worldwide in places affected by war and disaster.

The Director of UK Philanthropy will provide leadership and strategic direction for individual high net worth fundraising activities focused on the UK market, ensuring the delivery of significant, multi-year resources for the IRC's global mission. The Director will also serve as the primary high-value fundraising partner to the UK Executive Director as they facilitate cross-team collaboration, accountability, and success among all private fundraising teams in the UK (Philanthropy, Global Corporate Partnerships, Foundations & Trusts, and Mass Markets). The Director will play a leadership role in IRC UK more widely as a member of the UK Senior Management Team (UKSMT). The UKSMT is collectively responsible for achieving the cross-functional goals of IRC UK’s strategy and actively fostering an inclusive workplace at IRC UK.

This role will be responsible for:
•  Leading a team of fundraising professionals focused on raising unrestricted and restricted contributions from High-Net-Worth Individuals.
•  Managing a personal portfolio of significant donors and partners focused on securing six and seven-figure commitments.
•  Facilitating cross-functional collaboration, ensuring strong coordination and accountability across all UK-based high-value fundraising teams as well as with other team leaders in the UK (e.g. Communications, Advocacy, and Programmes).
•  Serve as the high-value fundraising representative on the UK Senior Management Team, directing and progressing strategic goals in fundraising as well as advising on the wider management of IRC UK. 
•  Serving as the primary fundraising/partnerships contact for the IRC's UK Board, leveraging their networks and influence to advance the team's revenue targets.
•  Directly driving the UK Executive Director's engagement in fundraising and external partnership activities.
•  Interfacing closely with US-based and other international colleagues in External Relations to ensure global strategic alignment.

The Director will craft and implement comprehensive fundraising strategies for the UK market, mentor and guide the team to optimise the size and impact of gifts and ensure donor-centric fundraising practices are consistently deployed. This critical role involves developing and implementing strategies informed by bold revenue targets. 

Major Responsibilities

Fundraising and Partnerships
•  Manage a focused, complex portfolio of individual high-value prospects and supporters that results in increasing gifts at the six and seven-figure level.
•  Design and execute customised fundraising and partnership strategies for their personal portfolio, to maximise size and impact of gifts to the IRC.
•  Travel and meet with donors and prospects across the UK and occasionally internationally as required.
•  Achieve personal and team-wide goals and metrics related to visits, solicitations, gifts/pledges closed, and other critical key performance indicators.
•  Serve as the primary staff liaison and resource for the IRC's UK Board on all matters relating to philanthropy and partnerships, ensuring their engagement is maximised for fundraising impact.

Leadership and Management
•  Lead and directly supervise a team of approximately 3 individuals across the UK-based Philanthropy team, inspiring, motivating and challenging them through active mentorship and fostering an environment that supports new ideas and innovative approaches to donor relationship management.
•  Provide comprehensive thought leadership for the team's efforts towards increased financial revenue and other modes of private sector engagement that support the impactful delivery of the IRC's mission.
•  Partner with the Senior Director of International Philanthropy to develop a strategic plan, including setting annual goals and key outcomes for the team. This will include but is not limited to collaborating with the UK Board and Senior IRC leadership in identifying, cultivating, and stewarding donors through strategic engagement opportunities such as meetings and events.
•  Provide strategic oversight and manage collaboration between the UK-based leads of the Foundations and Trusts, Global Corporate Partnerships, and Mass Markets teams, ensuring strong coordination in executing comprehensive donor engagement strategies across the UK market. 
•  Collaborate as a peer with other UK leaders on the UK Senior Management Team, holding collective accountability for achieving the goals of the UK strategy and advising on the wider management of IRC UK to support those goals. 

Executive and Global Collaboration
•  Proactively drive the UK Executive Director's fundraising activities, including identifying and vetting high-level engagement opportunities, preparing briefing materials, and ensuring excellent donor/partner stewardship.
•  Interface and collaborate superbly with US-based colleagues in External Relations to ensure consistent messaging, coordinated prospect management, and alignment with global fundraising priorities.
•  Facilitate the deployment of IRC leaders (including the UK ED and global Executive Board and programme leadership) throughout the donor life cycle to qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward five, six, and seven-figure commitments.

Candidate Requirements

•  Significant demonstrable years progressive experience or proven background of non-profit fundraising experience and expertise in high-net-worth individual fundraising, and/or foundation/trust/corporate partnership development.
•  Demonstrated history of being an empowering and supportive manager to front-line fundraisers.
•  Outstanding communication skills, including writing, listening, verbal presentation, and speaking.

Preferred Experience & Skills
•  Consistent track record of securing 6 and 7+ figure gifts/partnerships from a complex portfolio of diverse donors and prospects, including qualifying prospects and upgrading donors.
•  Proven organisational leadership experience, for example on senior management teams. 
•  Experience in international organisational collaboration, including interfacing effectively with leadership and colleagues based in other countries.
•  Proven experience leading and directly supervising front-line fundraisers.
•  Experience in leveraging and managing a Board or high-level volunteer leadership for fundraising success.
•  Ability to develop creative and multifaceted donor strategy often carried out in partnership with programme staff or senior leadership.
•  Ability to navigate CRM systems.
•  Dedication to fundraising for international development, humanitarian, human rights, gender and racial equality, social justice, and migrant communities

Working Environment
•  IRC UK has a hybrid working policy. 
•  Occasional travel across the UK and internationally as required.

Fundraising Executive
Hybrid/Remote in the North of England
£35,821-£39,255 per annum
Full-time, Flexible and reduced hours considered
Flexible closing date

Are you a passionate fundraiser looking for a new challenge? We’re recruiting to a brand-new Fundraising Executive role based in the north of England.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead income generation and help shape services for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, sight impaired, or deafblind. You’ll drive grant fundraising, tenders, and wider fundraising initiatives working both independently and with teams across the organisation. Enjoy flexible working, generous leave, and dedicated wellbeing support. Ready for your next challenge?

As part of the role you will:

• Help shape the future of our service and drive real change.
• Lead on income generation, design innovative fundraising initiatives and shape vital support for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, sight impaired or deafblind.
• Play a key role in delivering our new Business Development strategy.

To be successful for this post:

• You will have a strong background in grant fundraising, tenders and broader income generation.
• You will have confidence to work independently and collaboratively across teams.
• A creative and strategic mindset with a passion for inclusive services.

About us

Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement (P&A) provides a fundraising and alumni engagement function in support of King’s College London. We are proud to work with colleagues across the university and its health partners to help them serve society through world-leading education, research and healthcare.  Our work also includes a partnership with the Maudsley Charity in support of children’s mental health initiatives between the university’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience and the South London & Maudsley NHS Trust.

We are a committed team that brings together fundraisers working across different channels, alongside colleagues who promote King’s College London’s engagement with its worldwide alumni community. Our work is underpinned and enhanced by a range of dedicated professionals in supporting areas covering proposition development, supporter engagement, supporter operations and business operations.

We have an impressive, well-established track record of success in securing support that allows the university and partners to deliver on their missions. This includes our global, award-winning World Questions: King’s Answers campaign, which set the standard in the sector and enabled us to raise substantial funds to help tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges. Ambitious and innovative, the team has won awards such as a CASE Platinum Award for Fundraising and a CASE Gold Award for Donor Relations and Stewardship. We are strongly values-driven with a focus on sustaining an excellent and supportive culture, which we see as key to creating a successful team that can support the university and its partners in making a real and positive difference to the world we live in.

More on King’s College London

King’s College London is an internationally renowned university delivering exceptional education and world-leading research. The university is dedicated to driving positive and sustainable change in society and realising our vision of making the world a better place.  Through its commitment to exceptional education, impactful research and genuine service to society, King’s College London is creating positive change in its communities, both in London and on the world stage. The Strategic Vision 2029 looks forward to King’s College London’s 200th anniversary in 2029 and sets out ambitious plans in five key areas: 

• Educating the next generation of change-makers
• Challenging ideas and driving change through research
• Giving back to society through meaningful service
• Working with our local communities in London
• Fostering global citizens with an international perspective

About the role

We are looking to recruit a talented Business Support Officer to join the Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement (P&A) team at King’s College London.

The Business Support Officer provides crucial and comprehensive support for the Business Operations team to help ensure the continued success and evolution of the department. It is a fast-paced and varied post that will offer operational and administrative support to cover a diverse range of tasks, from planning and delivering team engagement activity, through to recruitment and onboarding, to supporting on financial analysis and reporting. They work closely with the Business Manager KCL Philanthropy and the People & Talent Manager but will also be a part of the wider Business Operations unit that ensures P&A is an efficiently and smoothly functioning unit.

As a significant part of the role, the postholder will be working closely with the Business Manager to support the work of the Philanthropy teams. The role will work with frontline fundraisers, as well as colleagues across the Department, to support in the processes and administration involved in cultivating and securing philanthropic gifts. They will also play a key role in supporting the Business Manager to drive forward important engagement and coordination across the Philanthropy team. In doing so, they will help support the creation of a high performing culture and allow fundraisers to focus on maximising philanthropic opportunities.

The Business Support Officer will also work closely with the People & Talent Manager, supporting in areas such as recruitment process, developing and organising training programmes and opportunities, and generally supporting on work to create an excellent working environment. This will cover activity in the Philanthropy teams and also more broadly across P&A.

The role will suit an ambitious self-starter who can co-ordinate and manage projects and processes across a variety of work areas within business operations, being motivated by working with both people and data. Someone who can build strong relationships across teams to ensure that ways of working are optimised to support our fundraising efforts and our wider department. And someone who will embrace working in a role that requires a degree of autonomy, in the context of a team that prides itself on its open, friendly, and supportive culture.

This is a full-time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract for 12 months. P&A has a hybrid working approach, with a minimum of 40% of time in the office. Typically, this equates to two days per week, but we’re very happy for colleagues to be in more frequently if they so wish.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

• An ability to build strong working relationships, with the ability to collaborate effectively as well as working as part of a large team set-up
• Proven success of good stakeholder management, and comfortable working and communicating with a wide range of individuals, including senior leaders
• Ability to prioritise, manage conflicting deadlines, work well under pressure and manage multiple tasks to deadline
• Highly organised and process-orientated with strong attention to detail
• Proven ability to own activities and manage own workload
• High level of IT literacy, including good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, including the use of databases
• Proven ability to synthesise large amounts of information from a variety of sources, interpret and present clearly

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge and experience of fundraising and working in a fundraising operation. Familiarity with basic fundraising principles and strategies
• Knowledge of a Fundraising Database (e.g. Raiser’s Edge)
• Experience with advising or supporting on people related processes

Closing date: 30 November 2025.

Our charity has grown rapidly over the last five years, with each year bringing new faces and new opportunities. This year, we’re excited to be welcoming a Fundraising Manager to join our team.

In this role, you’ll work closely with our CEO and operations team to deliver our annual fundraising targets, focusing on individual giving, trusts and foundations, and fundraising events/external opportunities. Partnerships are currently managed by the CEO and our Board of Trustees.

We have a fun, joyful working culture and work flexibly and mostly remotely, though you may occasionally need to attend meetings in London or travel for events. Our registered office is in Margate, so if you’re local or fancy a change of scene, you’re welcome to come and work by the sea.

As this is a new role for Not A Phase, we’re looking for someone confident, proactive and full of ideas. You’ll have the freedom to shape and implement your own systems and processes, with full support from the team.

It’s vital that you have an understanding of the issues currently faced by the trans+ community in the UK. We recently launched our new five-year strategy, Joy as an Act of Resistance, which will guide our mission in these challenging times. Your role will be key in helping us achieve it, if you'd like to check it out, you can read it in full over on our website.

We encourage applications from those with lived experience or a deep understanding of the topics we work within.

About You

• Experienced fundraiser, ideally with a background in individual giving.

• Skilled bid writer with a proven track record.

• Lived experience of, or strong understanding of, the challenges facing the trans+ community in the UK.

• Experience developing and managing fundraising events from start to finish.

• Passionate about giving supporters the best possible experience and skilled at building relationships to exceed targets.

• Confident communicator who can engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels.

• Creative, proactive problem-solver who thrives in a flexible environment.

Prospectus are pleased to be supporting our client in their search for a Philanthropy Executive.

The foundation is the charitable arm of the most famous cricket club in the world and owner of Lord's Cricket Ground, the "Home of Cricket". They work in the UK and around the world to provide life-changing opportunities through cricket and to ensure that it can be a game for all. They also serve thousands of beneficiaries each year from some of the most under-served communities in the UK, East Africa, Nepal, Lebanon and Brazil, helping them to fulfil their potential through cricket and spreading the game globally.

The foundation are reviewing applications and interviewing on a rolling basis so please do apply asap and we will be in touch!

This is a full-time, permanent role, paying a salary of £32,000 per annum. The postholder will be working in a hybrid model from their offices in London.

The Philanthropy Executive will be responsible for increasing income from the Foundation’s lower level giving schemes and fundraising campaigns whilst supporting on scheme administration, including compiling funding and impact reports and invoicing. You will help to expand the donor base and prospect pipeline through frequent prospect research.

The foundation are looking for an enthusiastic fundraiser with proven experience in a fundraising support role. You will be proficient in using CRM systems to prospect research, manage donor data and generate insights.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact Ariha Semontee at Prospectus.
 
If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.
 
In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

We are delighted to be working in partnership with World Vision UK. As a global Christian humanitarian charity, World Vision is dedicated to tackling the root causes of poverty and injustice, empowering children, families, and communities to thrive. Through advocacy, emergency relief, and long-term development, they bring hope and transformation where it’s needed most. At the heart of their mission is a deep commitment to demonstrating God’s unconditional love.

We are seeking a meticulous and strategic Prospect Researcher to play a vital role in supporting fundraising growth by identifying, validating and researching potential major donors, mid-level supporters, churches, trusts and foundations, and corporate partners. As part of the Fundraising and Marketing Directorate, you'll help unlock resources that transform lives and bring lasting change to vulnerable communities worldwide, contributing to World Vision's ambitious goal to impact 5.5 million lives and raise £100m in sustainable income by 2029.

In this important role, you'll proactively identify and qualify new major gift prospects using a range of internal and external sources, conducting detailed research to assess giving potential, affinity, and influence. Working closely with relationship managers across Major, Mid-Level, Trusts & Foundations, and Church teams, you'll ensure they have the insights and tools to prioritise prospects, build effective donor journeys, and steward relationships for maximum impact. You'll support systematic prospect management, provide concise, high-quality profiles and briefing notes to equip fundraisers ahead of meetings and events, and produce regular reports on the prospect pipeline and fundraising KPIs. You'll also contribute to horizon scanning, identifying new opportunities in the external landscape that align with World Vision's mission and fundraising strategy.

This is an excellent opportunity to use your research and analytical skills to directly support life-changing work with vulnerable children around the world.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate:

• Proven extensive experience in the field of prospect research
• Strong understanding of GDPR and ethical considerations in data gathering and donor profiling
• Expertise using CRM platforms for prospect tracking and portfolio management
• Ability to interpret and validate data from multiple sources

Come and be part of a mission-focused organisation where your research expertise will directly contribute to bringing opportunity, dignity and lasting transformation to vulnerable children and communities across nearly 100 countries. By equipping fundraisers with high-quality research, you'll help unlock resources that transform lives and bring lasting change to those who need it most.

This role is subject to a Enhanced DBS check, which will be carried out by the employer.

For more information, please contact Nick Thomas, Senior Consultant, Charisma Charity Recruitment. Your application should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

Charisma is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment processes. If you have any reasonable adjustments or wish to apply for this role under the Disability Confident Scheme, please confirm in your application, or contact our Operations Teams separately. Charisma will ensure all candidates who disclose that they wish to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and that meet the minimum criteria for the role will receive an opportunity to interview with the Charisma Consultant representing the vacancy.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law.

Location: Hybrid / Milton Keynes (2 days per week onsite)

Closing date for applications: Applications are being reviewed on receipt and interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. When a suitable candidate is found the role will close, so please apply without delay to avoid disappointment.

Contract: Permanent
Salary: £39,434–£46,109 (London) / £35,294–£41,969 (North)
Closing Date: 1st December
Interviews will be held w/c Monday 8th December

Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for a Corporate Development Manager to join our ambitious Corporate Fundraising Team.

About us

We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently. Centrepoint provides homeless young people with accommodation, health support and life skills, helping them back into education, training and employment.
Our mission is simple and bold: to end youth homelessness by 2037.

Together with our partners, we support over 16,000 young people each year.

About the team

This is an exciting new role within our growing Corporate Development function, part of a 12-strong Corporate Fundraising team. The team has secured significant income growth over the past three years, and this position forms a key part of our strategy to increase high-value fundraising through proactive new business acquisition.

You’ll work closely with colleagues across Fundraising, Partnerships and the wider organisation to create compelling, strategic corporate partnerships that deliver meaningful impact for young people.

Hybrid Working

Centrepoint operates a hybrid working model. The requirement is a minimum of 50% of your working week spent in the office. For most full-time colleagues, this means attending the office for five days over a two-week period (e.g., two days one week and three the next).

About you

You will be an energetic and strategic new business fundraiser with:

• Experience securing high-value, multi-year corporate partnerships
• A strong track record in cold new business acquisition and developing ambitious, tailored proposals
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders
• Strong financial planning, budgeting and reporting capabilities
• Experience managing pipelines through CRM systems such as Raisers Edge
• A collaborative working style, with the confidence to work across diverse teams to shape impactful partnerships

What you’ll be doing

• Securing new corporate partnerships worth £100k–£1m, from both warm and cold leads
• Managing a dynamic pipeline, using Raisers Edge to report on progress, insight and pipeline health
• Developing strategic, compelling proposals and pitches that meet partner and organisational needs
• Leading the development of a new Corporate Advisory Programme, supporting a network that drives introductions and opportunity growth
• Supporting the Senior Corporate Business Development Manager with large-scale (£1m+) bids and planning
• Ensuring a seamless transition of new partners to the Partnerships team, enabling long-term success
• Delivering project work that improves team performance, win rates and income growth

What we’re looking for

• Experience securing or developing high-value corporate partnerships
• Strong negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills
• Confidence handling multiple priorities and deadlines
• Clear, accurate financial reporting skills
• Experience writing winning proposals and presenting persuasively
• A commitment to Centrepoint’s values and our mission to end youth homelessnes

Why join Centrepoint?

In return for your efforts, you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training, and a wide range of benefits, including:

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 27)
• Healthcare cash plan
• Private medical insurance
• Income protection
• Employer pension contributions of 5%
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Interest-free travel loan

At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.

Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Corporate Development Manager click ‘Apply’ now!

£35,000 pro rata = £28,000 per year for 30 hours per week.

Living Sport’s aim across Cambridgeshire & Peterborough is

“To improve health, happiness and wellbeing by supporting people to be active”.

We do this by increasing opportunities to be active and participate in sport and physical activity throughout Cambridgeshire & Peterborough. We work by connecting, influencing, developing people and organisations to deliver high quality events and activities across local communities.

We are entering an exciting new phase of growth, and we are looking for a passionate and strategic Fundraising and Partnerships Lead to help us secure the resources we need to expand our impact.

As our Fundraising and Partnerships Lead, you will play a pivotal role in driving Living Sport’s income generation strategy. You will lead on developing and managing relationships with funders, writing compelling bids and growing support from trusts and foundations, corporate partners and CSR programmes.

Fundraising and Partnerships Lead

Location: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Salary: £35,000 pro rata

Terms: 30 Hours per week

Permanent

Key Responsibilities

· Lead on fundraising strategy implementation with a focus on trusts and foundations, corporate giving and CSR.

· Identify, research and secure funding opportunities, developing high quality bids and proposals.

· Build and maintain excellent relationships with funders and partners.

· Develop engaging corporate partnerships, connecting businesses with meaningful opportunities to support physical activity initiatives.

· Monitor funding pipelines and income targets, providing regular progress updates and insights to the leadership team.

About You

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Experienced fundraiser who thrives on building relationships and crafting compelling stories for support.
• Proven track record of securing income from trusts, foundations and corporate partners.
• Strong bid writing and story telling skills, with the ability to translate complex projects into engaging proposals.
• Excellent relationship management and funder stewardship experience.
• Understanding of CSR and corporate fundraising, and how businesses can support social impact initiatives.
• Experience in charity, health or sport sectors.
• Are flexible and willing to work evenings/weekends when needed.
• Have a full UK driving licence and access to transport

As a high energy and ambitious team, we are looking for a colleague who will help us meet our aims, who lives our values and culture. We believe in empowering our staff and work based on trust and respect in a supportive environment.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including hybrid working and a commitment to health and wellbeing for our team as well as a positive culture. We offer:

· Enrolment to the Health Shield Health Scheme including health cash plans and wellbeing services

· Cycle to work scheme

· Access to a pension scheme

· Hybrid working – staff are expected to work at the office twice a week

· Annual leave (25 days pro rata) plus bank holidays and an additional 3 days between Christmas and New Year

· Volunteer Day – an additional day of paid leave each year to volunteer in the local community

We are proud to be one of 41 Active Partnerships across the country funded by Sport England – join us on a positive journey to impact change in the communities we serve.

Living Sport is committed to providing equal opportunities for all and is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults participating in sports and physical activity from harm. For further information please consult the Living Sport website.

As part of our commitment to providing a safe environment for children, young people and adults at risk, applicants should be aware that this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Criminal Record Check.

Please submit a covering letter explaining why you are the best person for the role against the attached JD and Person Spec and an up to date and detailed CV that covers all work to date including relevant role-related experience and/or qualifications and any gaps in employment.

Fundraising, fundraiser, charity, income generation

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: £35,000.00 per year

Expected hours: 30 per week

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Saint Ives PE27 4AA

Community Fundraising & Individual Giving Officer

Salary: £30,000–£32,000 FTE (depending on experience)
Hours: Part time, 22.5–30 hours per week (flexible, with some evenings and weekends)
Location: Hybrid – mainly home-based, with meetings across Aylesbury Vale
Contract: Permanent

At Youth Concern, we create spaces where 13–25 year olds in Aylesbury Vale can feel safe, be real and be themselves. Through our Drop-in Centre, counselling, and homelessness prevention projects, we help young people overcome challenges and build brighter futures.

We’re a 46 year old charity with a strong local reputation, healthy reserves and ambitious plans to open a new Youth Hub. With the introduction of our Beacon CRM system, we’re ready to grow and diversify our income and we’re looking for a proactive fundraiser to help make that happen.

The role

This new role is ideal for a creative, relationship-led fundraiser who enjoys variety. You’ll lead on community fundraising and individual giving, strengthening supporter relationships, growing income, and delivering engaging campaigns and events.

You’ll work closely with our fundraising-experienced CEO, Finance & Communications Manager and volunteers, in a supportive environment where initiative is encouraged and micromanagement isn’t our style.

Key responsibilities:

• Deliver our fundraising strategy across individual giving, community and corporate income.
• Build and maintain long-term relationships with supporters and local partners.
• Use and develop our Beacon CRM to manage data and segment audiences.
• Plan and deliver creative multi-channel fundraising campaigns.
• Support community fundraising initiatives and events.
• Produce inspiring fundraising materials with the wider team.

There’s already strong local support, from the MP, local football club and community partners, and plenty of new opportunities to build on.

About you

You are already working in fundraising and could be ready to step up into a broader, more autonomous role. You will bring:

• Experience or understanding of individual giving, community, or corporate fundraising.
• A confident, relationship-led approach and strong communication skills.
• A genuine empathy for young people and the ability to connect with a wide range of people.
• Confidence using CRMs (ideally Beacon) and an understanding of their value in supporter management.
• A proactive, organised approach and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• A collaborative, can-do attitude and passion for creating opportunities for all young people so they feel safe, seen and supported.

This role requires a variety of skills and experience. We recognise it’s unlikely you’ll have experience in all these areas, but if you think this sounds like you, please apply!

We offer

• Flexible, hybrid working.
• Pension scheme (5% employee / 3% employer).
• 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays (pro rata) + an extra day’s leave on your birthday!
• Mobile phone, mentoring and access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
• A friendly, values-led team where your ideas and initiative will make a real difference.

Join us at an exciting time of growth and help shape the future of fundraising at Youth Concern.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

At Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital (BWC) Charity, we believe there’s always more we can do for our women and sick kids. It’s our mission to raise the vital funds needed to make a real difference to all who use our hospitals and to make our hospital feel just like home.

We are looking for an ambitious, passionate and confident individual to join our charity.  An integral role, you will provide operational, administrative, account management and customer service support and build and maintain long-term relationships with our charity supporters

To thrive in this role, you’ll need to be an ambitious individual, with the skills to work in a 
fast-paced environment. You’ll be required to:
• Manage accounts and registrations, successfully motivating and inspiring supporters 
to increase the charity’s total number of annual eventers. Responding to all inbound 
enquiries in a prompt and efficient manner.
• Work closely with the Challenge Events Manager to deliver flagship events such as the 
Great Run Series, overseeing up to three third-party events per year. 
• Monitor digital fundraising challenge participant groups, managing admin processes 
through GivePanel and JustGiving and coordinating with fulfilment partners to ensure 
supporters receive their fundraising packs on time.
• Support the wider public fundraising team with administration tasks such as dispatching 
fundraising materials, processing personal data, maintaining donor records on Salesforce 
and working with the Supporter Services Team to create, monitor, improve and 
automate excellent supporter care journeys.
• Plan and deliver risk assessments, logistics, income and expenditure, account 
reconciliation and evaluations to shape future recommendations and continuously 
improve effectiveness. 
• Attend supporter or charity-organised fundraising events, always acting as a proud and 
inspiring ambassador for the charity. 
• Build and maintain relationships with key supporters, utilising the Fundraising Hub to 
communicate information about the impact of the charity and the changing fundraising 
needs.
• Maximise all opportunities with supporters and potential fundraisers, using persuasive 
and motivational skills to drive support for the charity on a long-term basis.
• Lead on the creation of event content for the charity website and social media platforms 
with support from the wider events team and Marketing and Communications Team.
• Input into existing and future plans for data capture, making updates and additions 
to policies and procedures, being responsible for developing and meeting a range of 
performance KPIs.
• Support with key strategic projects to ensure the charity’s sustainable income growth 
and impact within the hospital

If you think you have the qualities we are looking for and the desire to contribute, please download the Job Information Pack and then send through your CV and covering letter explaining how you meet the criteria for the role and making clear why you would like to be considered for it.

The closing date for return of applications is midnight  1 December Interviews will be held in Birmingham on 11 December . Please note, we will close applications early if we receive sufficient applications. 

Battersea is entering an exciting phase of innovation and transformation as we embark on our new five-year strategy. With increased investment in income generation from 2025, we are expanding our team to drive the growth necessary to achieve our organisational goals. Our fundraising team bridges the journey of the animals in our care with the wider public, demonstrating how their contributions enable us to support every dog and cat.

This is a new role working across Battersea’s Philanthropy, Partnerships and Commercial (PP&C) fundraising team, to help drive income growth and maintain strong funder relationships.

The primary focus of your work will be prospect identification and qualification for an upcoming capital campaign. This will include new major donor prospects and charitable Trusts that support capital projects.
You will also be responsible for undertaking due diligence on individuals, corporations and trusts that are supporting Battersea in order to inform our colleagues about potential financial and reputational risks, empowering them to make informed decisions about our partnerships.
You will be an integral part of the capital campaign, managing the prospect pipelines, tracking prospects as they move through the cultivation cycle and supporting the fundraisers with their cultivation. You will also write and contribute to event biographies for our Special Event program during particularly busy periods.
You will ensure that all research output is compliant with GDPR and will share data protection expertise with other team members.

What we can offer you:
In return for your commitment to our cause and to recognise the value of our employees, Battersea offers a range of benefits to support the wellbeing of our employees. These include:

• 36 days of annual leave (inclusive of 8 days Bank Holiday leave allowance) per year for full time employees (pro-rated for part-time employees).
• Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes.
• Employee Assistance Programme and access to Wellbeing Resources.
• Generous pension contributions - up to 10% employer contribution.
• Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture every year.

We are also committed to providing learning and development to our employees. During your time with us, we provide support for your professional and career development, including access to digital and in-person training programmes, leadership and management training, mentoring and much more.

Diversity and inclusion:
We are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive experience for all staff, volunteers and trustees and those hoping to join us. We operate an anonymised shortlisting process and actively seek to ensure our process is fair and equitable for all.

We understand the value of diverse voices, perspectives, and experiences to help us deliver even more for our dogs and cats, and we welcome applicants from all sections of the community.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we will ask about any adjustments you may need at application and/or interview stage, and if you are offered a role with us, we’ll talk to you about any workplace adjustments you may need to help you perform at your best. 

More about us:
At Battersea, we aim to never turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We give each one lots of love, expert care and get to know their characters and quirks so we can find them a new home that’s just right for them. Join us and help us be here for every dog and cat, wherever they are, for as long as they need us.

Acceptable use of AI:
At Battersea, we value expertise. We recognise each candidate that applies to us will have a range of expertise they can offer us, so we want to hear about this in your own words. We understand the support that generative artificial intelligence (AI) software can offer but it can also lead to numerous applications presenting as generic and impersonal. This makes it difficult to gain understanding of your unique experience.

To best showcase yourself, we encourage you to write your responses without the assistance of AI. If you require the use of AI software to aid in completing your application, we ask you use the generative responses as a prompt for writing your answers and avoid copying and pasting. You must also ensure the information presented in your application accurately reflects your experience.

If you are successful to the interview stage of the recruitment process, we ask that you follow the below guidelines on the use of AI at interview stages:

Acceptable use:

• Researching sector trends, company information, or general interview tips.
• Practicing interview questions with AI tools to improve communication skills.
• Using AI to support with structuring your responses.

Please do not:

• Submit AI-generated responses as your own during the interview.
• Use AI to impersonate or misrepresent your experience or skills.
• Use AI tools during real-time interviews.

Closing date: 28th November 2025
All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.

Interview date(s): Week commencing 8th December 2025

For full details on the role, please download the recruitment pack.

To apply for the role, click on the "Apply" button below

This is a hands-on and varied role for someone who enjoys planning, organising, and making things happen. You’ll take the lead on delivering Day One’s events programme from fundraising challenges and third-party events to awareness and engagement activities that raise our profile and connect new people to our cause.

Your main focus will be on logistics, planning, and delivery ensuring each event runs smoothly, safely, and reflects Day One at its best. You’ll also be developing new opportunities, or supporting engagement events such as Major Trauma Awareness Week and campaigns that complement our services and mission

Reporting to the Head of Public Fundraising you will champion Day One’s values and behaviours, working collaboratively across teams to ensure that all our internal and external events reflect our mission and priorities.

You will bring a positive, proactive, and resilient approach, with the ability to innovate, influence and drive results. You’ll also play a key role in shaping our future plans, helping us grow our income in the years ahead as we develop and roll out our new organisational strategy.

The post holder’s primary duties and responsibilities are as follows: 

Fundraising & Third-Party Events

• Plan, coordinate, and deliver Day One’s calendar of fundraising events, including challenge and third-party activities.
• Grow opportunities for individuals, teams, and partners to take part in events that raise funds and awareness.
• Manage event logistics, budgeting, risk assessments, and delivery on the day with our preferred suppliers.
• Steward flagship event participants, such as those taking part in the London Marathon and Great North Run.
• Ensure participants from other challenge events are handed over smoothly to the Relationship Fundraiser and Fundraising Assistant, who will lead on their stewardship and follow-up.

Awareness & Engagement Events

• Work closely with the Marketing & Communications Officer to plan and deliver awareness and engagement events such as exhibitions, conferences and networking events.
• Lead on all logistics and coordination from venue bookings and set-up to equipment, displays, and volunteer support.
• Represent Day One at events, helping to raise our visibility and strengthen relationships with partners, supporters, and professionals.
• Support the Marketing & Communications Officer with the delivery of campaigns like Major Trauma Awareness Week and other activities that raise Day One’s national profile.

Planning & Delivery

• Develop and maintain event plans, schedules, and budgets, ensuring events are efficient and well-organised.
• Build strong relationships with suppliers, venues, and event organisers to ensure value for money and quality delivery.
• Review and record event outcomes to support learning, improvement, and future planning.
• Balance multiple projects moving seamlessly from one event to the next or planning ahead for the year-round events calendar.

Teamwork & Values

• Work collaboratively across fundraising and communications to deliver joined-up campaigns and consistent messaging.
• Champion Day One’s values and behaviours, ensuring every event reflects our mission and priorities.
• Bring a positive, proactive, and flexible approach ready to problem-solve, adapt, and make things happen.
• Play an active role in helping Day One grow its reach and income as we deliver our new organisational strategy.

Please refer to the attached recruitment pack for more information. If you think you could be the right person to fulfil the exciting responsibilities of this role, please apply.

Please also be aware that we use anonymous recruitment methods when submitting shortlists for all our roles and we only work with organisations that are happy to engage with us in this way.

Closing Date – Tuesday 9th December

First round interview Monday 15th December - virtual

Second round interview in-person, date TBC

Are you ready to make a difference? Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for an ambitious face-to-face specialist to join us as our Face-to-Face Acquisition Manager. We are keen to hear from highly motivated individuals with a proven track-record of successfully delivering large scale agency fundraising programs.

For this role you'll be required to work from our Farringdon, London office one day per week. Some weeks this may be slightly more, others slightly less.

About us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

About you

As our Face-to-Face Acquisition Manager, you will set the standard for brilliant, effective fundraising putting our supporters are at the heart of everything we do. Working with the Senior Manager and Direct Engagement team you will take the lead, bringing both fundraising and operational expertise to deliver strong data driven campaigns, ensuring its success day to day. 

In this role, you will:

• Manage the team to drive the success of our face-to-face agency program, meeting and exceeding KPIs and targets through effective management of stakeholders.
• Manage budget allocation and optimisation across channels, ensuring resources are utilised efficiently.
• Lead the implementation of compliance and safeguarding programs, maintaining the highest standards.
• Support delivery of our innovative fundraiser engagement program, optimising performance and motivation.

• Utilize data-driven insights to adapt campaign delivery and drive continuous improvement ensuring supporter insight and data analysis play a pivotal role in decisions.

• Build strong relationships with agencies through direct engagement and site visits, ensuring transparency and excellence.
• Collaborate with internal teams to improve processes and deliver exceptional results.

To be successful, it is important that you have:

• Experience of managing the delivery of end-to-end face-to-face fundraising activity.
• Experience of task managing a team to deliver results.
• An in-depth understanding of the F2F landscape and different agency models.
• Experience of designing and delivering exceptional training to drive engagement.
• Knowledge and experience of the compliance environment for charity marketing.
• Experience of managing budgets.
• Ability to analyse, interpret & explain results with a focus and drive on results.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission, and values.

 What we offer you:

• A diverse, unique role where no two days are the same, with huge capacity to build and acquire new personal and professional skills and create your own scope to make change within one of the world's leading international charities.
• Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.
• To have the best (and happiest) employees we focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health, and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
• We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day.

Ways of Working

The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK. However, for this role, you will be required to work from our Farringdon Office- London 1 day a week, some weeks this might be slightly more, some weeks could be slightly less Please note that travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense. The role requires you to regularly visit teams throughout the UK, costs of which will be covered by SCUK. 

Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think. 

We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here. 

Director of Integrity (2494)

Location: Oxfam House - Oxford, Oxford / UK (Flexible)

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Hours: 36 hours per week

Salary: circa £70k per annum

Job Type: Open ended

Closing Date: 8 December 2025

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

The Role: 

Oxfam is seeking a Director of Integrity to lead our global efforts in promoting ethical behaviour, safeguarding trust, and ensuring accountability across all areas of our work. This pivotal role will champion integrity within the Oxfam Confederation, shaping a culture that values transparency, fairness, and responsibility.

Key Responsibilities 

• Promote Integrity & Ethical Behaviour
• Work collaboratively across the Oxfam Confederation to embed integrity and ethical practices into all aspects of our operations.
• Strengthen Risk Management & Prevention
• Contribute to developing a proactive approach to risk, focusing on the prevention of crime, misconduct, and breaches of trust.
• Build Trust in Speak Up Systems
• Enhance confidence in Oxfam’s whistleblowing mechanisms, ensuring staff and stakeholders feel safe to raise concerns.
• Lead Investigations
• Oversee investigations into crime and breaches of Oxfam’s Code of Conduct, ensuring fair, thorough, and transparent processes.
• Ensure Compliance & Reporting
• Guarantee timely and accurate reporting to donors, regulators, and other stakeholders, maintaining Oxfam’s reputation for accountability.
• Drive Training & Prevention Initiatives
• Lead the design and delivery of training programmes that strengthen awareness, prevention, and ethical decision-making across the organisation. 

What we are looking for: 

We’re looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam's mission to end poverty and is personally aligned to our feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do.

An ideal candidate for the role will also be / have: 

• Relevant professional qualifications in investigations and risk management
• Extensive experience of managing staff working on workplace or criminal investigations in complex organisations and settings
• A strong record of leading change in a related field such as Integrity, risk management, whistleblowing or assurance reporting
• Experience of working with and reporting to governance
• Proven ability to build strong working relationships and collaborate to achieve workable solutions to complex problems
• A strong record of accomplishment of strategy development and implementation
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and experience of training or public
• Excellent influencer with an ability to adapt influencing styles to different contexts, and deliver organisational change through others.
• Highly resilient individual with excellent self-care
• Willing to travel worldwide as necessary

We offer: 

We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and a range of other benefits.  

From the day you join Oxfam we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more.  

You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer  

Flexfam: 

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you.  

How to apply: 

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.   

Our values and commitment to safeguarding 

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our  are recruited to work for us. 

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation. 

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the .  In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures. 

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply. 

About us 

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good. 

 is a member of  of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.  

A thriving diverse Oxfam: 

It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today. 

To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.