ABOUT THE ECONOMIST FOUNDATION

We are a fast-growing charity that uses the journalistic expertise at The Economist newspaper to develop young people’s news literacy.

What we do: We enable inspiring discussions about the news in schools. We give teachers educational news content, resources and training so they can have lively conversations with their students about current affairs. We also bring together schools from different communities for discussions with each other and leading global experts on the issues, using an innovative online platform.

Why we do it: By joining these discussions, young people build news literacy: the knowledge, skills and confidence to make up their own minds about current affairs. This can make a real difference to a young person’s life: news literacy is hugely valuable socially, in education, the workplace and beyond. We prioritise reaching disadvantaged and marginalised young people in a diverse range of communities. 

Our impact: Young people in our core programme, the Burnet News Club, make on average 133% more progress than control group students in news literacy skills including reasoning, healthy scepticism and open-mindedness. More than nine out of ten teachers tell us the programme improves their teaching practice. 

Why now: We live in an age of political uncertainty, major global challenges, misinformation and one-sided debates. It is ever more important to understand what’s really happening in the world, but it is becoming harder to do that. News literacy is increasingly seen as a priority in education, business and politics. We're excited about the opportunity this presents to grow our impact, and we have ambitious plans to do this in the coming two years. This new role is essential for delivering our growth plans.

Our story so far: We are very ambitious about growth, but we're building on a strong track record. The Foundation was set up by our Chief Executive from inside The Economist in 2012. Since then, our core programme has achieved national scale and is running in over 80 schools across the UK, reaching 1,600 young people every week. We have generated growing income from diverse sources including leading trusts, foundations and companies. We are actively engaged with the news literacy community, speaking at events internationally and giving input to the Fair Education Alliance, News Literacy Network and parliamentary inquiries.

ABOUT THE ROLE

A new role to enable our ambitious growth plans

We have a bold strategy to scale up our work. Our vision is for it to become common in UK state schools to have high-quality discussions about the news, both within classrooms and with other schools in different communities and countries.

In 2019 - 2021, we plan to make strides towards this vision by doubling the size of our core programme, reaching many thousands more young people with new programmes and beginning to work internationally. In April, we piloted a project which involved schools in Europe, North America, Australia and Argentina.

This role is an exciting opportunity to be directly responsible for enabling this growth, building on our success so far and realising the potential of our strong brand and existing relationships. Our funders and partners to date have included leading foundations, law firms, consultancies and financial institutions.

You will report directly to the Chief Executive and together with her you will lead the development and delivery of our fundraising strategy.

This is a full time role, or it could be four days per week (salary pro-rata) for the right candidate.

Responsibilities

Working closely with the Chief Executive, and receiving support from her where needed, you will:

1. (50%) Generate new funding and partnership opportunities to secure five-figure donations.
 

• Research and identify the right organisations and people to reach out to.
• Make new connections with trusts, foundations and companies.
• Represent the charity at high-level events, and identify opportunities to do so.
• Organise events or experiences to support cultivation progress.
• Design bespoke partnership proposals.
• Apply for grants from trusts and foundations.
• Influence and negotiate to secure new partnerships and donations.
   

2. (30%) Oversee existing partnerships and donor relationships to maintain and grow long-term support.
 

• Steward relationships with partners and funders, keeping them engaged and feeling appreciated.
• Project-manage partnerships, maintaining excellent communication.
• Put together high-quality and timely reports for trusts and foundations.
   

3. (15%) Help to develop the Foundation’s fundraising strategy, embed a culture of fundraising and drive a focus on growth across the organisation.
 

4. (5%) Help to grow our profile.
 

• Ensure that our communications activities are effective in engaging new supporters, partners and schools.
• Secure opportunities for the Foundation to be represented at events and in influential conversations relevant to our work.

Skills, attributes and experience
 

• Passion for fundraising. You are energised by making things happen and seeing a plan through to the end. You enjoy connecting people with a cause, you’re bold enough to ask for support and you aren’t disheartened when an application doesn’t succeed.
• Experience writing proposals / pitching / applying for grants to secure donations of at least five figures. Experience securing donations from a range of sources, including individual philanthropists, grant-making organisations or companies, is desirable.
• Ability to think critically and creatively to solve problems.
• Exceptionally strong communicator: able to listen and build rapport. You are able to generate trust in you and the Foundation’s work, and persuade people to give support.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills: able to stay on top of multiple, varied projects and relationships. Adept at balancing short-term demands with longer-term goals.
• Experience planning and managing successful projects and partnerships.
• The drive, adaptability and initiative to move conversations forward and close them. Proven track record turning ideas into actions and outcomes. Able to work collaboratively but also in a self-directed way.
• Passion for our mission and helping us to grow.
• Teamwork: you take ownership of your work and you enjoy working collaboratively and contributing to a supportive team.
• Experience of the charity sector and / or the UK education system is desirable.
   

This role involves working with young people, so you will be required to have a DBS check (which we will organise).

ENJOY THE ADVANTAGES OF A SMALL, FRIENDLY CHARITY WITHIN A LARGER BUSINESS

The Economist Foundation is an independent charity that sits within The Economist but also works quite separately.

As we’re a small organisation, we can test and implement new ideas quickly, and every member of staff has a significant impact on our work and direction. We’re an informal and very friendly team. We make each other lots of cups of tea and we like finding excuses for social activities, which have included walking tours and museum trips, mini golf and ice-skating. We work hard but also flexibly, and some of us use that flexibility to be involved with other projects outside of work, from volunteering to film-making.

The Foundation was named by Escape the City as one of The Escape 100: Best Companies to Escape to in 2019.

At the same time, we have the advantages of a larger company. There are excellent benefits at The Economist Group, including a very good pension plan (the company will contribute up to 11%), private medical insurance, gym discounts and much more. There are plenty of opportunities to learn from the expertise in the company. There is a formal mentoring scheme and a good training programme, and the Foundation works closely with senior colleagues in the editorial team as well as many other parts of the business.

We’re supported by a global media brand which is becoming ever more valued in an uncertain world.

DIVERSITY

We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We know that diversity within an organisation makes it stronger. And we know that maximising our impact depends on reaching and supporting young people, and teachers, from all backgrounds. So we deeply value diversity in all respects, including age, cultural identity, race, colour, ethnic origin, national origin, gender, religious beliefs, disability, class or sexual orientation. We are passionate about continually improving our understanding of barriers to diversity and inclusion, and finding ways to overcome these in everything we do.

To lead on bid writing process of new statutory bids and support trust applications, within the Income Generation team. Producing high quality HIV / Sexual Health bids including: description of service models and budget development, working with regional teams to map local priority and need and incorporating within the bid.

Individual Giving Manager - Fundraising

Location: Vauxhall, London
Salary: £32,770.38 (including Inner London Weighting)
Hours per week: 37.5
Duration: Permanent

Rethink Mental Illness are recruiting an Individual Giving Manager to recruit, develop and retain individual donors as well as use their experience in supporter recruitment and engagement to contribute to the organisation’s ambitious fundraising goals.

This role sits within the Individual Giving, Legacies and Events team and the postholder will work closely with this team, external suppliers and colleagues elsewhere in the External Affairs directorate such as Corporate Partnerships, Communications and Campaigns to develop donation stewardship journeys for different audiences, to deepen engagement and increase lifetime value. More widely than that, they will help to encourage a fundraising culture within the organisation, ensuring supporters are at the heart of what we do and their needs are met.

They will also work in this role to recruit, retain and develop individual donors on behalf of Mental Health UK, which is a charity made up of four founding charities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. (Rethink Mental Illness is the English founding charity.)

Desired skills & experience:

- Educated to degree level in a relevant subject or an equivalent level of experience working in fundraising
- Proven track record of three years working in a direct marketing team, preferably in the charity sector
- Experience of database targeting, segmentation, testing and response analysis and associated impacts on budget monitoring and forecasting
- Proven experience of working to and exceeding targets and KPIs
- Experience of a range of direct mail, telemarketing, digital advertising and email techniques, including complex multi-channel campaigns
- An effective communicator able to write in a succinct, structured way, and able to communicate complex issues clearly to non-specialist audiences; a confident copywriter and editor of own work, excellent attention to detail and an eye for design
- Experience of project managing direct marketing campaigns and supporter journeys, of various types including cash and regular giving
- Experience in working with CRM systems, preferably Salesforce/IMIS
- Sound understanding of relevant fundraising regulations and GDPR

Other organisations Fundraising Manager, Giving Manager, Revenue Manager, Individual Giving Manager, Partnerships Manager, Corporate Giving Manager, Fundraising Development Manager, or Charity Development Manager.

So, if you’re seeking your next step as an Individual Giving Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Working hours: 37.5

Civitas Recruitment are proud to be working with a fantastic children’s hospice based in East London to help source a Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser to join their highly successful fundraising team. The role is a development role looking to build on a candidates account management, relationship management and organisational skills. The successful candidate will have a group of corporate accounts to develop and maintain as well as be a part of the bidding team for larger pitches and clients. You will work with some of the largest recognised names in the world as well as manage smaller local organisation’s who also play a key role with the hospice.

Who we are looking for?

Ideally you will have an existing background in Sales/Account Management whether in the private sector or the non-profit sector. You will have the ability to act as an ambassador for the hospice and be able to represent their work in a professional and passionate manner.

You will be a key member of the corporate partnerships team helping with a range of activities including bid preparation, charity of the year research and applications, researching on prospective partnerships and volunteer management. The ability to learn quickly with good attention to detail will be a key asset.  In addition, you will be a strong communicator both written and oral and be able to prioritise a busy diary and manage stakeholders both internally and externally. This role will also require someone to be creative as new ideas and approaches are always welcome in a dynamic fundraising environment.

Please apply for a confidential discussion and full JD. Early applications are welcome.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate and driven person with excellent leadership skills to be a part of the RSPB's Face to Face Membership Team.

Face to Face (F2F) Membership Operations Manager - North of England and Scotland
Reference number: ylgGP-3
Location: Home Based - preferred to live within Northern England / Scotland
Salary starting at: £29,507 to £31,966 per annum - Applicants should expect under normal circumstances to receive an offer at the bottom of the advertised range
Hours: Full time
Contract: Permanent

The Face to Face Operations Manager role is essential to ensure that our teams achieve the expected targets and fundraising standards to drive income for the RSPB's vital conservation work. The role will require a commitment to achieving income targets and delivering high performance across the team, whilst maintaining impeccable fundraising standards.

To achieve this, an ability to plan ahead for success, bring a sense of fun to your teams and build relationships throughout the RSPB will be vital to ensure the teams feel supported to succeed and a part of the success of the conservation work taking place across the region. If you are a natural leader, with the ability to coach a team of area managers to success by focussing on performance, innovation and development then we would like to hear from you.

The role will manage Area Managers across Northern England and Scotland so a willingness and ability to travel is essential to support your team.

You will be part of a successful and energetic team that is central to delivering the organisation’s work. Help us to give Nature a Home and make a real difference to the world around us.

Closing date: 3 October 2019

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the role profile and application details.

When you make your application please ensure that you include reference number ylgGP-3 on any correspondence.

No agencies please.

Curator: Japanese Collections
Asia
Full-time
Permanent
£36,742 per annum
Application Deadline: 02 October 2019 12:00 Midday

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the British Museum to appoint a Curator of the Japanese Collections. The Japanese Collections at the British Museum are among the finest outside Japan, comprising some 36,000 works consisting of paintings, prints, archaeological materials, ceramics, sculpture, metalwork and decorative arts, and dating from prehistory to the present. The Museum's Mitsubishi Corporation Japanese Galleries, recently refurbished, showcase these fine collections to a wide international audience,

Reporting to the Keeper of Asia, the post-holder will work with the Japanese collections to the highest international standards, cataloguing, researching, curating, publishing and recommending acquisitions and exhibitions.

We invite applicants with a PhD or Master's degree in Japanese Art History, or equivalent, and fluency in both English and Japanese. You will have experience of working as a university lecturer/researcher or Museum curator, and have excellent IT skills.

The ideal candidate will be confident in communicating to internal and external stakeholders in the UK, Japan and globally at all levels. You will be able to deliver major projects to set deadlines and manage a diverse workload effectively. A publication record of research papers and other publications on the history of Japanese art and archaeology is required. Specialist knowledge in a field of the Japanese decorative arts is desirable.

This is a great opportunity for an outstanding relationship builder who loves to inspire people to make a difference. The Charity for Civil Servants are expanding their team, and this is an exciting time to be joining this highly successful occupational charity. We are looking for high calibre professionals who have the ability to engage and inspire donors so that we can continue to support civil servants, past and present, offering practical, financial and emotional support.

Charity Ambassador
Permanent
Full time | 36 Hours per Week
£23,000 - £26,000 pa
Home Based (with extensive travel)
Croydon (London)

The role:

In this role you will be an integral member of our national field engagement team. With comprehensive support and a high level of autonomy, we believe this position offers a genuinely attractive and interesting opportunity. This is a full time permanent position and you will be responsible for developing brand awareness and engagement within your region. The majority of your time will be field based, visiting offices and work places, presenting to serving Civil Servants.

As well as increasing awareness of what we do and the range of services we offer, the role involves identifying potential new donors and volunteers and raising funds through new and existing channels.

Your key objectives will be to:

• Achieve revenue/fund raising targets that will support the strategic growth plan and mission of the Charity.
• Help identify, cultivate and secure donors.
• Develop, care for and grow the volunteer and donor database.
• Support volunteers to create and run fundraising events.

What we are looking for:

While fundraising experience is desirable, we are open to applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and full training will be provided. You will need to be organised and self-disciplined with the ability to work diligently to deadlines while managing your own time. A background in sales or business development would be useful.  You need to be comfortable presenting face to face to a large audience and have a natural, charismatic and empathetic personality. You will also need to be a strong networker with great time management skills, capable of researching, emailing and calling senior decision makers, getting involved with volunteers, fundraising activities, promoting awareness, leading fundraising discussions and running presentations.

In this role you will be well trained and well rewarded. Salary £23,000 to £26,000 depending on experience + car allowance and expenses. It is a Permanent, Full Time position, but we are willing to consider flexible working for the right candidate.  A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential as there will be extensive travel within your region and from time to time you will support colleagues in other locations. 80% field based.

The Charity for Civil Servants is one of the largest occupational charities in the UK. We support civil servants, past and present, when times are tough, listening without judgement and offering practical, financial and emotional support. People came to us for assistance over 48,000 times last year and we distributed 2.2 million in financial support. We are one of the 100 Sunday Times best not-for-profit organisations to work for.

Closing date for applications is 5pm, Friday 11th October.

To Apply and for More Information:

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

No agencies please.

Samaritans has an exciting opportunity for a motivated, enthusiastic individual to join our Community and Events Team as an Events Fundraiser. This is a full time, one-year maternity cover.

You will manage Samaritans’ participation in a variety of third-party sports and challenge events, including Ride London, and will to help grow our participation in treks and other challenges. You will be managing all aspects of your events the from the marketing and recruitment of participants to stewarding them through their events journey and beyond, including on the day support at selected events.

You will be an extremely organised person that works well individually and as part of a team. You will be able to demonstrate high attention to detail, whilst managing changing priorities in a fast-paced role.

You’ll have some previous experience of working in a similar role and be warm, engaging and able to build strong relationships with your event stakeholders.

If you enjoy communicating with a wide variety of people, you will be a great match for our fantastic team.

About Samaritans

At Samaritans, our vision is that fewer people die by suicide. We believe it is preventable and that by working together we can give people the support they need before they reach crisis point. We are one of the most trusted charities in the UK and ROI, and we answer a call for help every six seconds. We have around 175 staff and more than 20,000 volunteers based across 201 branches giving emotional support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We don’t just hear you, we listen.

Our Location

Our Central Office is located in a converted mill in Ewell, Surrey which is just over 30-minutes by train from Waterloo and 15 minutes from Wimbledon. As an employer we offer a good range of benefits, including 25 days’ holiday, 3 well being days, flexible working, free parking, Health Cash Plan, Pension and interest-free season ticket loans.

To apply

Please download and read the full job description and application from our website. Completed application forms should be emailedby 9am on Monday 7th October 2019.

Could you help families through one of the most challenging and emotional times of their life? One in seven babies are born premature or sick and needing care on a neonatal unit – this isn’t what most parents expect for their baby. Join the leading national charity dedicated to supporting babies, families and NHS staff at this critical time.

Role Summary

Bliss is an award winning, digital first organisation looking for two Fundraising Officers to join our supportive and ambitious Community & Events Fundraising Team.

You will have experience of working on fundraising events, with a particular emphasis on marketing and stewardship, and will have a passion for delivering an excellent supporter experience to anyone who chooses to raise money for Bliss.

For the Running Events Officer role, the ideal candidate will have experience of working on events like the London Marathon or the Great North Run for charity, and will be able to work on their own initiative to look after the full portfolio of running events that people take on for Bliss.

For the Fundraising Events Officer role, we are looking for someone who has experience of community fundraising who has the creativity and passion to grow our branded community events such as Bake for Bliss or Bliss Little Heroes.

This role is advertised as full time, but we would welcome applications from candidates seeking to work part time.

For more details please view the job description and person specification attached to this advert and also available on our website.

Why work for Bliss?

Bliss values and celebrates the work of its Fundraising Team and our organisation’s strategy prioritises a mix of digital and traditional ways of building relationships with supporters. We understand that we all have different priorities at home and we therefore offer a mix of financial and non-financial benefits including 25 days paid holiday, flexible working practices, time off for volunteering, learning and development via peer to peer, blended, cascaded and self-directed learning and family friendly policies. Please see the JD for more details.

How to apply

Interested applicants are requested to submit the following documents by clicking “apply online” below, or via post to: HR Officer, Bliss, 4th Floor, Maya House, 134-138 Borough High Street, London SE1 1LB

• CV
• Supporting statement explaining how you meet the criteria in the person specification
• Equal opportunities form

Recruitment Timeline

• The closing date for applications is midday on Monday 30 September 2019 but please note that early applications may be prioritised
• The first round of interviews is provisionally scheduled for 3-4 October at the Bliss head office
• Second round interviews will be arranged for the following week as needed

It is Bliss’ policy not to contact applicants who have not been invited for interview so if you have not heard from us by 3 October you should assume that, on this occasion, your application has been unsuccessful.

ActionAid UK is recruiting for a Fundraiser Engagement and Monitoring Officer to reinvigorate our direct dialogue programme, through training, inspiring and engaging face to face and telemarketing fundraisers.

ActionAid is an international charity that works with women and girls living in poverty. Our dedicated local staff are ending violence against women and girls and helping change lives, for good. We won’t stop until women and girls are out of danger, out of poverty and on track to create the future they want.

Our Fundraiser Engagement and Monitoring Officer will also take responsibility for carrying out regular compliance monitoring of telemarketing and face to face agencies.

We will look to you to develop and deliver engaging training and inspire sessions to external agency fundraisers. To ensure the wider Acquisition teams meets our training and engagement targets, you will be tasked with implementing a fundraiser engagement calendar to motivate agency fundraisers throughout the year.

In order to succeed within this role, it is essential that you have proven experience of confidently delivering training and or workshops to large groups and therefore that you have good presentation skills and feel comfortable commanding a room of fundraisers.

As you will be regularly liaising with external agencies and fundraisers, it is essential that you have the ability to quickly build trust and an excellent working rapport with  external stakeholders and that you are able to engage and motivate varied audiences.

We are keen to receive applications from those with strong organisational and project management skills, as you will need to be process driven with the ability to work collaboratively and to stick to agreed deadlines.  

As our Fundraiser Engagement and Monitoring Officer, you will be expected to work with your colleagues to support our ‘Every Support Matters’ ethos; ensuring that individual supporters’ needs are fully considered at every point of contact.

We are particularly keen to receive applications from those with experience of working within an Individual Giving or similar context and from those with a good understanding of international development and or humanitarian relief work.

It is important that you have a strong knowledge of the Fundraising Code of Practice, data protection requirements and other relevant legislation.

If you have this skillset along with a passion to work within an organisation committed to improving the lives of women and girls, please apply.

Interviews will be held on the 1st of October 2019.

ActionAid is passionate about supporting flexible working. If you would like to discuss flexible working options, including the possibility of a job share for this role, there will be space to do so during the interview process.

ActionAid is committed to driving improvement through digital channels, tools and ways of working. We will ensure that we provide the technology and the training to enable all staff to perform their roles to the best of their abilities. In return, we ask that all staff are committed to continually improving their digital skills and knowledge within the working environment. Our recruitment processes will evaluate the digital skills of all applicants.  

The Women’s Equality Party is seeking an experienced and ambitious, senior fundraiser to drive income from individuals and through events. We are at a pivotal point in our growth and need to develop our fundraising strategy to ensure we are maximising on all income generating opportunities. The post is for 4 days a week.

You will have exceptional face to face skills alongside the ability to develop and operationalise our Fundraising Strategy. You will build and strengthen key relationships with existing and potential High Net Worth Individual donors and work to increase income from our regular supporters and members. Through leading our crowdfunding campaigns and stewarding and expanding our vital network of supporters you will help WE continue to grow and deliver our ambitious campaign and election strategies. To achieve all this, you will be keen to develop our systems and processes to support the Fundraising Strategy,

This role presents an exciting and unique opportunity for the post-holder to make it their own. The Party’s central office is a small, dynamic team and as well as three direct reports, you will work closely with our communications and campaigns staff. This will suit someone passionate about equality, self-driven and with an impressive track record of raising funds.

WE are looking for:

• Experience and demonstrable track record in growing income from one or more income streams including experience in mid-level and / or major donor fundraising
• Experience of developing and managing relationships with prospective and existing donors and of developing and stewarding donor journeys  
• The ability to maximise on income through bringing together membership and fundraising strategies
• Ability to work within a target driven environment, to work effectively as part of a team and on your own initiative
• Experience of developing and implementing at least one of the following:
  • fundraising strategy,
  • appeal strategy and / or
  • events strategy
• Excellent interpersonal relationship building skills demonstrated through the ability to deliver exceptional donor care and the ability to command respect at all levels, network and communicate the vision of the Women’s Equality Party to a wide variety of stakeholders
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written with the ability to write compelling proposals, pitches and / or appeals for support and donor reports
• Ability to be an inspiring, motivating and effective team leader and play a key leadership role as a member of the Senior Management Team
• Experience of line management and ability to develop a small team, which will include managing those with direct line reports
• Knowledge of, and commitment to, the aims and values of the Women’s Equality Party
• Knowledge of the principles of major donor and individual giving fundraising
• Understanding of the rules and restrictions for political fundraising
• Able and willing to work occasional unsocial hours and outside of normal office hours as required

To apply for this role, please submit to us:

• an up-to-date CV, with examples of fundraising targets you have achieved
• a supporting statement addressing the requirements of the person specification (maximum two sides),
• an equal opportunities monitoring form (optional)

Please submit applications no later than 23.59pm on Monday 30th September. Interviews will be held the week commencing 7th October 2019

The Women’s Equality Party values equality and diversity, and welcomes applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. In relation to this post we particularly welcome applications from BAME candidates as these communities are under-represented within WEP at this level.

Civitas Recruitment are proud to be working with a fantastic charity which creates amazing theatre production with and for the homeless community. This is a truly great opportunity for an experienced Trust and Foundations/Individual Giving fundraiser to join their team to ensure income is generated to continue with the existing suite of programmes as well as build capacity for future growth.

Who we are looking for?

Ideally you will have previous experience of raising funds through Trust and Foundations or Individual Giving. You will naturally be a well organised individual who can develop a pipeline of work and have excellent written communication skills. You will also have a passion for the non-profit sector and be collaborative in your work style as you will be working in a small team. Finally, you will be a natural networker who is accustomed to working with a level of autonomy to agreed targets and objectives. Please apply in full confidence with Civitas Recruitment for an informal discussion and JD.

We’re an award-winning charity that works in partnership with universities to provide local learning centres where young people are inspired to achieve. We currently have 31 centres across the UK and have ambitious plans for several more, including new centres in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Norwich.

Effective fundraising is essential to the success of the charity and the fundraising team is an integral part of the charity’s operation, working closely with our delivery and head office teams. Our fundraisers come to work each day knowing that they are helping to change the fortunes of the UK’s most disadvantaged young people.

As a Fundraising Officer you will be part of a highly effective team of eight with an impressive track record of raising funds from charitable foundations, corporate partners, universities and individual donors. Our aim is to raise £8m in the 19/20 year, and this role will be vital to achieving this.

We are looking for someone keen to launch a career in fundraising, with the determination to succeed in a competitive and demanding environment. You will need to be a resilient and proactive individual, who is keen to develop skills in relationship management. In order to produce high quality bids, you will be someone who loves writing, has excellent writing skills and great attention to detail. You will also be someone who is interested in learning about fundraising methods and excited by the opportunity to work on a range of fundraising projects.

Crucially, you will have a genuine passion for the mission and values of IntoUniversity. From day one, you will be given the support you need to become an accomplished professional fundraiser. You will develop a range of skills including: prospect research, prospect pipeline management, bid writing and donor stewardship and engagement. You will also gain valuable insight into the planning and execution of fundraising campaigns.

If you believe you have the qualities we are looking for and you want to work with us to bring about positive change for many of the UK’s most disadvantaged young people, then we would be delighted to receive an application from you.

Civitas Recruitment are proud to be working with a great established charity based in central London which focuses on the family network; looking to ensure that complex problems are given the support it requires to aid families to flourish and individuals within it to realise their potential. The charity is involved in the delivery of a range of services as well as training and guidance. The role of the Deputy Head of Fundraising will be to support the external facing fundraising element managing a small team with a focus on Corporate Fundraising as well as manage the Supporter Development team members. This is a great opportunity to develop your fundraising experience as it will allow oversight and for the successful candidate to build experience of other fundraising streams. Please note that this is a 12-month Fixed Term maternity cover.

Who we are looking for?

Ideal candidates will have extensive fundraising experience with a focus on Corporate Fundraising (new business and account management). You will possess excellent leadership skills and previous line management experience along with budgetary responsibility will be an advantage. You will be a natural networker having the ability to manage internal and external stakeholders and be able to articulate your thoughts and messages. The role will involve inputting strategically to the external facing fundraising streams and will be well suited to someone who is willing to work across streams including major donor, events, community etc. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to gain further senior management experience and for those looking to make a great impact on the developing areas of fundraising streams for the charity.