Divisional Fundraising Officer

Hft is one of the largest and longest-established charities supporting people with learning disabilities. We work with people with learning disabilities to enable them to live the best lives possible. It's about giving people with learning disabilities the chance to have the kind of lives we might want for ourselves, or for our loved ones. This is what we do and this is why we need you to join our Fundraising Team.

Position: Divisional Fundraising & Supporter Care Officer
Location: Central Support, home based with travel in the Central division, ideally in or around north Birmingham
Job type: Part Time, Permanent
Hours: 21 hours per week
Salary: £19,469 pro rata
Benefits: Hft Plus benefits package (discounts and rewards across shops, restaurants, gym membership and days out), 20 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) increasing to 25 days after first year, contributory pension scheme and life assurance, an Employee Assistance Programme, annual staff award schemes, access to award winning training and development

Closing date: Friday 25 October 2019

About the role:

There has never been a more exciting time to join us. With the implementation of a new fundraising plan, we are ambitious to grow to help even more people with learning disabilities.

We are looking for a passionate and professional individual to join our team to help us engage with new and existing supporters. As the Fundraising and Supporter Care Officer in Central England, you will help maximise income and awareness for Hft by supporting the Divisional Fundraising Manager in developing regional fundraising activity.

You will assist the Divisional Fundraising Manager to achieve ambitious targets by proactively supporting individuals and organisations in their fundraising activities for Hft. No two days will be the same as you’ll be working with services, individuals, groups and corporates, supporting them with their fundraising ambitions.

About you:

We have big ambitions at Hft. However, these can only be achieved with the right people with the right skills and attitude.

The successful candidate may have a proven track record in fundraising or a supporter care administrative role and have ideally worked in the charity sector. But equally you could be looking for your first job in a charity; or someone outside of the sector looking to gain some amazing experience in a brilliant fundraising team. You will be self-motivated and task focused with excellent time management skills.

You will need to:

- Have a full UK driving licence and access to a car.
- Have a sufficient Broadband connection.
- Live in the region stated. Candidates who live outside should highlight an intention to relocate to the area in their covering letter for their application to be considered.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Strictly no agencies please.

You may have experience of the following: Divisional Fundraising Officer, Supporter Care Officer, Supporter Administrator, Customer Services Assistant, Customer Services Administrator, Fundraising Administrator, Supporter Engagement, Customer Service, Accounts Assistant, Administration, Third Sector, Customer Support, NFP, Not for Profit, etc

Ref: 89598

Fundraising Engagement Manager

You will join our dynamic team as an ambitious fundraising relationship manager and help us fight for young lives against cancer.

As a Fundraising Engagement Manager you will maximise income and awareness for CLIC Sargent by supporting and developing regional fundraising activity across North Birmingham, Shropshire and The Black Country.

You will achieve ambitious targets by generating and managing fantastic supporter relationships, proactively building pipelines and securing new business.

Our ambitious team is passionate about fighting for young lives against cancer. We are proud of our clear focus to deliver our strategy by building outstanding supporter relationships.

Fundraising Engagement Manager Responsibilities:

- You’ll be responsible for generating income from corporate partners and community supporters.
- You will recruit, retain, motivate and develop fundraising groups and volunteers.
- This position offers an exciting opportunity to help deliver our national partnership with Morrisons and play a key role in delivering national campaigns.

Fundraising Engagement Manager Requirements:

- The successful candidate may have a proven track record in fundraising or relationship management and generating new business to meet income targets.
- You’ll be an influential negotiator with highly engaging communication, presentation, networking and relationship building skills.
- You will be self-motivated and action focused with excellent time management skills.
- Have a full UK driving licence and access to a car.
- Have a sufficient Broadband connection if home based.
- Live in North Birmingham, Shropshire or The Black Country. Candidates who live outside of the local authority should highlight an intention to relocate to the area in their covering letter for their application to be considered.

Cancer doesn’t discriminate and neither does CLIC Sargent.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

About CLIC Sargent:

An exciting opportunity to join the UK’s largest children’s cancer charity.

“Amazing staff and important cause” – Glassdoor review, April 2019

Location: West Midlands

Job type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: £27,531 per annum

Closing date: 31 October 2019

You may have experience of the following: Fundraising Engagement Manager, Fundraising Manager, Fundraiser, Engagement Manager, Fundraising Executive, Fundraising Officer, Fundraising Assistant, Fundraising Administrator, Sales Executive, Business Development, Charity, Third Sector, NFP, etc.

Ref: 89754

We are seeking an enthusiastic, creative and energetic individual with a passion for charity fundraising to join our busy and thriving West Midlands fundraising team. You will be responsible for all administrative aspects relating to fundraising in West Midlands, and provide first class administrative support to the whole team assisting them in maximising fundraising opportunities and providing a gold standard service for our donors and supporters, with specific emphasis on marketing, administration, event support and volunteer recruitment and retention.

To succeed in this role you will need an impeccable eye for detail, be an exceptional communicator and a self-starter with excellent time management. You should be prepared to work at a fast pace and be able to prioritise your own workload.

For further details please see the job pack

Legacy Fundraising Coordinator

Location: The Cedars

Status: Permanent

Salary: £16,055 - £20,615

Closing Date: October 25, 2019 5:00 pm

We are looking for a dynamic coordinator to help us grow our vital income from legacies through efficient administration and effective marketing of gifts in wills that have been left to Compton Care. You will be joining a busy and expanding fundraising team and will be helping to deliver a new income generation strategy with a focus on great supporter experience.

Role requirements:

• Manage and administrate a legacy caseload – dealing with enquiries, correspondence, updating the CRM database and ensuring all matters are dealt with in a compliant and legal manner.
• Act as first point of contact for all Legacy Giving enquiries, notifications and pledges.
• Deliver a gold standard supporter experience and a clear communication plan for each pledge or gift in will.
• To effectively market legacies in order to secure pledges from supporters and meet legacy income targets.
• To collaborate with other fundraising team members to deliver and grow key legacy fundraising initiatives such as Make a Will Month.
• Seek to engage with industry professionals such as solicitors, estate and wealth management services etc in order to market Compton Care’s need for legacies.

Qualifications/Skills/Experience:

• Minimum of 5 GCSEs (including Maths and English) or equivalent.
• Experience of Legacy administration
• Knowledge of fundraising databases or commercial equivalent
• IT literate with good experience of MS Office and database systems as appropriate for the role
• Experience of promoting fundraising campaigns, events or products.

Grants and Trusts Fundraising Officer (Grant Makers & Corporate Giving)

Autism West Midlands are the leading charity in the West Midlands for people on the autism spectrum. We use our expertise to enrich the lives of autistic people and those who love and care for them. Our passionate, expert staff and volunteers work across all age groups and abilities, providing direct support.

A diagnosis of autism can leave a family with more questions than answers.  Many parents suddenly find themselves facing a scary and uncertain future. We are here to support the families through the tough times, to offer a helping hand along the way; a life-line or just a friendly ear to listen, understand and advise.

Salary: £22,500 Pro-rata

Hours: 22.5

Location: Head Office (Kings Norton)

The main purpose of the role is:

Many of the community services offered through Autism West Midlands are non-statutory funded. The post-holder will be responsible for identifying and maximising funding opportunities through voluntary funded sources such as charitable and corporate foundations and trusts, grant makers, and major donors. They will make applications to the above, as well as identifying and building relations with potential corporate supporters.

Responsibilities include:

• Research funding opportunities through voluntary funded sources including charitable and corporate trusts and foundations, corporate giving, grant makers, and government grants.
• Write persuasive applications to charitable trusts and corporate trusts as well as making charity of the year applications.
• Manage and develop key contacts at new and existing trust and foundations.
• Write, edit, proof read and following agreement by the relevant personnel, send funding proposals to foundations and trusts in line with the charity’s tone of voice, and branding style.
• Ensure bid applications are completed to the highest standard.

At Autism West Midlands we offer a competitive benefits package including:

• 33 days annual leave (pro rata)
• A fully paid for Healthcare Cash Back Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Assurance
• Specialist Training
• Company Sick Pay
• Company pension scheme
• Regular supervisions and peer support
• Free onsite parking

This West Midlands based children's hospice provides vital care and support to children suffering from life limiting and life threatening illnesses, and their families. With three purpose built hospices, the environment provides a home-from-home environment, as well as facilities including a hydrotherapy pool; multisensory rooms etc. and is a hugely supportive environment for families going through an extremely difficult time. With huge support in the local area, the hospice has a wonderful reputation.
Currently recruiting for an Area Fundraiser to be home based and cover the Birmingham region; this is a great opportunity for someone with previous existing fundraising experience and expertise to join an organisation with huge fundraising potential and a warm, caring environment.
Key responsibilities within the role will include:
* To raise unrestricted funds for the charity by proactively meeting potential and existing supporters
* To proactively ask individuals, organisations, and groups of people for funds to support the work of the organisation
* To generate income from best corporate fundraising practice including COTY, sponsorship, employee fundraising, volunteering, CRM, and payroll giving, against agreed targets
* Working closely with the Events team to promote individual and team participation, or sponsorship of, mass participation and other fundraising events
* Recruit event participants to the charity's own events and challenge events
* Actively promote opportunities in your area for supporters to engage in third party challenge events including overseas treks, parachute jumps, running events, and bike rides
* Prioritise activity to achieve annual budgets and targets
* Create and execute annual Area Plans to deliver against financial targets through a calendar of fundraising events
* Build and develop a robust pipeline across all community stakeholders
* Research and identify local businesses, establish strong business networks
The successful applicant will have the following skills and experience:
* Proven success in a sales or fundraising role with a focus on customer acquisition, retention, management and development
* Track record of managing and developing relationships with individual donors or customers
* Proven track record of identifying, pitching and securing new support
* Experience of developing, delivering, and monitoring an annual fundraising, sales, or marketing plan
* Good understanding of fundraising principles and practices
* High level of communication skills, including the ability to present and speak publically
* Influencing and networking skills
* Self-motivated in order to achieve objectives; ability to prioritise own workload, and meet deadlines
If you'd like to be considered for this role please send your CV to [email protected] or call on 020 7939 7448 to have an initial chat about the position.
Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), race, religion or belief, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

You as the new Retail Community Fundraiser will play a pivotal role in the growth of income generation and support for the charity.

With a current portfolio of 11 shops and plans for expansion, the successful candidate will be responsible to drive community engagement, the need to raise awareness and funds is vital within community groups, businesses and friends of life groups. The successful candidate will also need to successfully recruitment volunteers to support this work in the areas surrounding our shops.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who loves connecting and building authentic relationships with people from all walks of life with varied interests and passions, can identify unique opportunities to engaging new areas and people, making Life their charity of choice and can do so by adapting strong communication skills.

You will need to be confident in speaking to groups, securing opportunities, recruiting and managing volunteers and attending events. You will be passionate to grow on our supporter base and develop income streams so we can save more lives.

We are looking for a highly motivated, tenacious and donor focused individual, who will enjoy the challenge of optimising relationships whilst taking the charity to new audiences. Previous fundraising, sales or marketing experience is desirable, along with strong existing connections.

Scope & Purpose:

The post holder is responsible for securing income and managing relationships with community groups, local businesses and volunteers. Building upon a supporter base you will develop income and awareness nationally through a variety of fundraising activities and events.

Full time – 5 days per week (7 hours a day)

Temporary contract for 12 months or until the substantive post holder returns

Closing date: 9am, Monday 4th November

Interview date:  Wednesday 13th November at our office in central Birmingham

Children’s Liver Disease Foundation (CLDF) is a national charity based in Birmingham. We take action against the effects of childhood liver disease, providing information, support, research funds and a voice for all affected. At least twenty children are diagnosed with a liver disease every week in the UK.  CLDF is the only UK charity dedicated to fighting all forms of childhood liver disease, for which there is still no cure. With innovative support programmes and development plans to increase our reach even further, the charity never stands still. Please find out more about the difference we make on our website.

We are looking to recruit a confident and efficient Office Manager to provide maternity cover for a 12 month period. This is an important and central role within the charity and you will be responsible for all areas of office administration, taking the lead to ensure the day to day smooth running of the office. You will possess a natural ability to think on your feet and find solutions to operational challenges. No day is ever the same. You will need a flexible, calm, proactive approach with a can do attitude and be willing to develop within the role.

Key responsibilities include implementing and maintaining IT hardware and software systems (including telephones); management of the charity’s database (Raiser’s Edge); direct mail communications; administration and implementation of all office Health & Safety (including holding the posts of First Aider and Fire Marshal); managing the office volunteer workforce; overseeing and advising on the charity’s GDPR/Data Protection compliance; providing administration for the management of CLDF’s research portfolio and supporting the Chief Executive in all administrative matters relating to recruitment and HR, safeguarding and governance. For a full summary of all operational duties and responsibilities please refer to the job description.

The role requires someone who is hard-working and tenacious, has the ability to work on their own initiative, with excellent organisation and time management skills and who thrives in a busy yet small team environment.

If you have a proven track record in office management and administration, with the drive to play a supportive role in helping the charity achieve its goals and an empathy for the life changing work we do, then we’d love to hear from you.

Overview

Our vision is for a society where people have the autonomy, capacity, resources and skills to become the architects of their own destiny; where our individual wellbeing is recognised as being bound up in our collective responsibility to and dependency on each other; and where all of us feel empowered as agents of social change to make a difference – whether at an individual level or more widely.

By working collaboratively with communities we aim to bring about sustainable change on an social, environmental and economic level; to do the social knitting required to create stronger and more resilient communities and to support communities to identify, mitigate and remove the barriers that prevent them from living active and connected lives.

As Project Development Officer your role will be to help develop and sustain new and exciting projects that promote community wellbeing and tackle inequality. Working as part of the funding team you will be responsible for identifying and researching new opportunities, building strategic partnerships and writing funding applications.

Main responsibilities of the role

1. Work with colleagues to scope, develop and sustain projects in line with our strategic aims and objectives
2. Research and identify suitable opportunities for development, including managing a funding pipeline
3. Produce high quality funding bids including writing and editing copy, collating case studies and other response material as appropriate
4. Ensure that deadlines are met and that submissions are managed in a timely way
5. Work as part of the funding team to regularly review and continuously improve processes around fundraising in the organisation
6. Develop strong working relationships with key stakeholders (internal and external)
7. Keep abreast of new and emergent thinking across wellbeing, community development and tackling inequalities
8. Supporting our staff and communities to develop skills in fundraising
9. Carry out all duties as may be reasonable assigned from time to time and with the level of this job description
10. Work to embed the organisational culture required to implement the mission, aim and values of the society

Experience and Knowledge

1. Track record of working autonomously and collaboratively in a dynamic, fast paced and challenging environment
2. Experience of carrying out research-based tasks
3. Strong written and communication skills, ability to write, review and edit copy to a high standard
4. Skilled at summarising complex ideas in writing
5. Evidence of being creative and entrepreneurial in approach
6. A good understanding of the political and social landscape of Birmingham
7. Ability to plan, prioritise, achieve targets and deliver to deadlines
8. Experience of strong partnership working, interpersonal and negotiation skills
9. Highly proficient in use of Microsoft Word and Excel
10. Passionate about tackling inequality and community wellbeing.

Performance Management

If appointed you will agree in consultation with your line manager, a Performance Development Plan, which will include a range of performance criteria with hard and soft outcomes, which your success will be measured against. Hard outcomes will be concerned with the achievement of tangible outputs which fulfil the company’s strategic and business aims. Soft outcomes will emphasize your personal development, direction, commitment, trust and self-regulated behaviour which is at the centre of your approach to people and partners.

How to apply

This vacancy will be live until Friday 25th October 5pm. If you would like to be considered, please apply with both your CV and covering letter FAO Naomi Lynch.

 If you are successful, you will be invited to interview during w/c 4th November.

This is a full time post based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, supporting four hospital charities - Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity, Heartlands Hospital Charity, Good Hope Hospital Charity and Solihull Hospital Charity – which all work together with the administration carried out at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham offices.

The Grants Assistant will work closely with other members of the hospital charity, in particular the Senior Grants Assistant, to efficiently administer the grant making programmes at each of the four hospital charities.

Working as part of a team the post holder will have specific responsibility for accurate inputting of charitable orders, checking suitability of grant requests, correspondence with suppliers and procurement teams.

The post holder will also learn how the Charity proactively seeks feedback on its grant programme, and will be actively involved in sending out and obtaining grant review forms and passing on interesting case studies to the Charity’s communications team.

Ammalife is growing and we need a professional with integrity to use their initiative to help drive our vision forward. You'll be working alongside a committed team of volunteers to tackle maternal mortality in some of the poorest parts of the world. You'll be managing our operations so that good ideas have impact.

Reporting to the Chairman and the Board of Trustees, the Operations Manager will be responsible for overseeing the day to day running of the Charity and he/she will be instrumental in maintaining good governance within the Charity. To these ends, the Operations Manager will be a full member of the Executive Board. As a small charity, there will be times when flexibilityand task sharing with the Projects Officer and volunteers will be required. In the main however, the post holder will be responsible for the following:

• To be the primary point of contact for the Charity
• To ensure good communication with the public, donors, our Patrons, and partner organisations via emails, newsletters, the website and social media.
• To build and maintain an appropriate CRM and database of donors, taking account of data security.
• To maintain a volunteer database and manage volunteer activities in collaboration with others on the Executive.
• To develop a pipelinefor projects (with Ammalife's advisory clinicians) and oversee the management of the Charity’s projects.
• To support the chairs of the Charity’s meetings (Board of Trustees, Executive Board, AGM).
• To liaise with our media volunteers to ensure a high profile for the Charity’s activities.
• To develop, review, and update operational policies in line with legal and statutory requirements.
• To populate and maintain the Charity’s risk register.
• To facilitate the production of the Charity’s statutory annual returns.
• To represent Ammalife externally and build relationships with key stakeholders to optimize funding opportunities.
• To keep up-to-date with changes in the legal and regulatory external environment as it impacts upon charities
• and fundraising.
• To work with outside agencies and consultancies where appropriate. 
• To manage the Projects Officer

We have a number of exciting job opportunities for Operation Assistants to provide excellent administrative support for new and existing volunteers, fundraisers and fundraising events and activities for the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

Acting as a contact for fundraising and event enquiries and activities, you'll provide a high level of customer service delivered through inbound, outbound and fulfilment administrative activity (telephony, postal, fax, email, and web based) to BHF Volunteers, Fundraising colleagues and external suppliers.

You'll contribute to the continuous development of activities, systems and processes relating to all aspects of fundraising, event administration and financial processing.

About you

With excellent customer service and communication skills, you'll be able to communicate and liaise with many individuals daily in a professional manner, ensuring they're provided with the correct information.

You'll be a strong administrator with excellent written and verbal communication skills. Highly efficient and organised, you'll have strong time management skills. With previous experience of developing strong working relationships you'll ensure that information and knowledge is shared amongst the team to ensure we provide a world class service.

Experienced at handling sometimes challenging communications in a professional, confident and empathetic manner, while also recognising when to escalate queries, you'll have a strong commitment to providing excellent customer service. You'll be resilient, able to meet deadlines, solve problems and manage your workload in a timely manner.

You'll also be able to personally maintain and develop your own performance and contribute to the performance of the wider Operations Team to meet or exceed agreed targets, service levels and BHF strategies / policies.

About us

When you work at the British Heart Foundation, you become a part of medical history. Part of a world leading organisation that has played a role in decades of life saving breakthroughs, from heart transplants and pacemakers to stents and clot busting drugs. And we're not about to stop any time soon. We are here to beat heartbreak forever. To stop heart and circulatory diseases devastating families. And if you want to help us get there sooner, you could be the Operations Assistant we need.

How to apply

To apply for this role please use the apply button to be redirected to our career site.

Department: Expert Advice Team

Contract Duration: 12 months

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

We’re looking for a Business Support Officer to manage our two Business Support Administrators and support teams within the Advice & Advocacy Directorate. This is a great opportunity to use your administrative skills, management experience and previous project work to assist with our policy development, advice giving and advocacy.

You’ll be working in a fast moving environment where the work is varied, so you’ll need to be flexible and have a proactive approach to problem solving, good organisational and excellent IT skills. You’ll be responsible for managing the workload of the Admin Function, prioritising and dealing with stakeholders requirements.

You’ll be the first point of contact for people who need help with a wide range of tasks and will support with admin tasks like booking transport, processing finances, assisting with the organisation of meetings/events and coordinate a variety of project work.

If you would enjoy providing admin and project support in a fast-paced environment in our friendly division and have excellent communication skills we look forward to hearing from you. 

This is a fixed term 12 month position. The role is full-time and the salary is £24,654 + London weighting of £3,520 if applicable.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

Interview date: 06/11/2019

RESPONSIBILITIES

Administrative responsibilities: 

- Act as the central point of contact for Code Your Future(CYF) Birmingham for external parties, volunteers, students and other CYF programmes.

- Act as the central point of contact for the city for CYF management.

- Oversee and organise accounting, expenses and funding processes.

- Organise the booking of venues for CYF classes and events, childcare and, where necessary, transport for class purposes.

• Manage the licensing of laptops, modems and other hardware to students; manage relationships with hardware licensors.

Programme development and sustainability

- Liaise with volunteers, students, CYF management and third parties to help develop the direction of CYF Birmingham as an organisation.

- Develop partnerships with other organisations to help support the functioning of regular classes as well as to support training and employability for students/graduates and the sustainability of the CYF Birmingham programme.

- Take an active role in student recruitment and build relationships with suitable organisations to facilitate this.

- Process student and volunteer applications for the course and arrange meet-ups when required.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Suitable candidates should be able to demonstrate the following attributes in their application and interview:

- The ability to self-organise and simultaneously manage a range of tasks required to fulfil the responsibilities of the role

- An understanding of, and empathy for, the issues that may face the students attending CYF

- Proven experience of delivering information effectively, including via presentations

- An understanding of the organisation and delivery of small scale projects

- An ability to coordinate multi-disciplinary teams of volunteers

- Good office IT skills using Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Gmail and Calendaring applications

Working Hours

This is a full-time role and includes an expectation that some weekend working may be needed to support student & mentor needs during class sessions.