We’re recruiting for an exciting new permanent full-time role in our highly-skilled Fundraising & Communications department. Supporting the Director of Fundraising & Communications, the role will work with colleagues to develop strategy, deliver effective operations and achieve department-wide objectives. The post also line manages two team members. CBM UK places emphasis on professional development and training for our employees.

CBM is the largest charity focussed on transforming the lives of people with or at risk of disability in the world’s poorest places, reaching over 30 million people globally each year. Working through local partners and based on Christian values, CBM UK raises £9m annually to tackle poverty, prevent blindness, improve health and support disabled people.

Key responsibilities

Working within our Fundraising & Communications department of 19 staff, the role ultimately helps to create extraordinary and wonderful moments in our 45,000 supporters’ lives, with responsibility for:

• Helping to develop, monitor and evaluate fundraising & communications strategy
• Coordinating integrated campaigns, including a major 3 month appeal in spring 2020
• Maximising opportunities from and for our global Federation.
• Improving our supporters’ experiences with CBM.
• Managing 2 talented staff members.

For further information and to apply: Please download a Recruitment Pack. 

Please note: we reserve the right to close any of our vacancies early.

Vacancy Details

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Burghfield Common, Reading

Hours: 35 hours per week

Working pattern: Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm

Interview dates: w/c 2nd December 2019

Salary: £34,688 to £36,729 per annum

We cannot provide sponsorship for the role.

This is an exciting opportunity to work for Guide Dogs in the Reading area.

We are inviting applications for a Fundraising Team Manager (known within the business as Donation Processing Manager) within a busy and dynamic fundraising directorate, as we aim to deliver an outstanding experience for all our supporters.

As a Donation Processing Manager, you will be line managing our busy donation processing team and overseeing day to day activity.

In your application, you will need to evidence, using specific examples, how your skills and experience meet the criteria laid out in the person specification, within the Job Description below. Requirements include;

• Experience of managing payment processing, donation processing or similar work.

• A proven manager with organisational and communication skills.

• Database and data entry process development.

• Excellent levels and processes of record keeping and information retrieval.

• Ability to set clear strategies, objectives, key performance indicators and make management decisions.

For more information on this role, the requirements and our benefits package, please see the documents attached on our website.

How to apply: Applications can be made using the online application form. As part of our safer recruitment policy, we do not accept CVs for job applications.

Working at Guide Dogs

Working at Guide Dogs is much more than just a job. Through the values that guide our work, we make a real difference, and change lives.

We believe that wellbeing at work is about creating an environment to promote a state of contentment which allows all employees to flourish and achieve their full potential for the benefit of themselves and for Guide Dogs.

As a member of staff, we offer you a wide range of benefits to suit your individual needs. These include; 26 days’ holiday plus bank holidays (rising to 28 days after 3 years' service), flexible benefits package and a defined contribution group personal pension plan.

Diversity

Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome, and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from disabled people as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invite to interview for all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

Stockdales is a well-established charity based in Sale, Manchester. We are committed to making a difference to children and adults with learning disabilities and life-limiting conditions and their families through our residential and community services. Each year, Stockdales helps hundreds of people to be the best version of themselves regardless of the challenges they face.

Short Job Description

The fundraising manager and fundraising officer make up the fundraising team at Stockdales. They work closely together to make sure all aspects of fundraising are covered successfully: individual supporters, fundraising volunteers, community groups, companies, charitable trusts/foundations and events. They are also responsible for all aspects of Stockdales’ marketing and PR.

We’re looking for a friendly, well-organised and committed person to join our small but busy fundraising team as our fundraising officer. This is an existing role which has been carefully developed over the last 5 years. Do you have what it takes to make this role your own and shape it even further?

As our fundraising officer, you will enjoy a varied, exciting role, with no two days the same! Your responsibilities will include all aspects of the fundraising administration, managing small scale community events, raising awareness of the organisation locally, putting the content together for our website, social media pages and newsletters (currently 3 times per year) as well as making sure our supporters have a high quality experience.

You’ll need to be a good all-rounder, think on your feet and work independently and flexible because there will be some evening and weekend work. You’ll also have a flair for creative writing as you will be putting interesting stories together for our newsletters and punchy posts for social media. A ‘head for numbers’, an eye for detail and strong problem solving skills and IT skills are also needed.

Excellent people skills are a must. In this role you will meet all sorts of people from many walks of life, so you will need to be confident and a good communicator. The fundraising team is in regular contact with the people we support too. This might be whilst taking photos, showing supporters round or simply dropping in to say hello. We support people of all abilities, some with severe learning disabilities and complex health needs. It is essential you are comfortable with this.

This is a thoroughly rewarding role for the right person. You might already come from a fundraising background or you may have all of the transferrable skills needed to make this your move into the charity sector. Whichever, if this is you, then we’d love to hear from you!

Job title: Fundraising Lead
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week – some evening and weekend work required
Salary: NJC points 23 (£26,999) to 26 (£29,636) per year
Responsible to: Head of Development
Responsible for: Fundraising Officer
Location: based in Chorley with extensive travel across Lancashire and occasionally to other areas of the UK

Are you ready for your next fundraising challenge? Do you want to join a team that are passionate about improving mental health and wellbeing in Lancashire?

We’re looking for an enthusiastic self-starter, whose skillset matches our ambitious plans to grow the amount of unrestricted income we raise, through the generous support of local people, organisations and businesses.

We’re looking for someone who has experience of fundraising and/or sales, but above all someone who is passionate and shares Lancashire Mind’s ambition to achieve Mental Wellbeing for All.

Lancashire Mind is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, particularly candidates with a lived experience of mental health conditions who fulfil all the criteria within the person specification.

Deadline for applications is 12 noon on Thursday 5th December 2019

Interviews will be held in Chorley on Thursday 12th December – please keep this date free in your diary because we’re not able to offer alternative dates.

The Samson Centre for MS is a self-funded charity providing invaluable physiotherapy and exercise for people living with Multiple Sclerosis. Based in Guildford, we have around 170 members, all of whom have MS.

The Fundraising Manager role is needed to generate voluntary income towards the ongoing operating costs of the Centre. Building links with local community gruops, businesses and individual supporters and leveraging these to bring in income. To lead on fundraising strategy and planning, working with the Centre Manager and Trustees. To write successful bids for funding from charitable trusts and foundations and other statutory funders. To lead on social media presence for the Centre and update Facebook, Twitter etc. To coordinate volunteers for fundraising events as and when required. To attend networking events to increase awareness of the charity and services provided.

Requirements for the role include:

Demonstrable experience of generating income and meeting targets 

Experience of completing grant making trust making applications, ideally corporate fundraising and community fundraising experience too.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, confident at presenting to audiences.

Ability to work independently, self-motivated.

Experience of building strong local networks and relationships with supportres.

Ideally based locally and has the use of a car.

The Big House has a simple mission: to enable care leavers to fulfil their potential.

Through drama and individualised long-term wrap around support we help care leavers overcome traumas experienced in childhood so they can make the complex transition from looked-after child to independent adult. The Big House's main activities are: weekly drop-in drama and employment workshops and the 3-month Open House Project which runs twice yearly.  in 2018 we've moved into our first permanent home which will enable us to begin to expand and develop new programmes across the next five years. 

Through our work we have seen the transformational effect that drama can have on at risk young people’s lives. The strict discipline required to produce professional theatre imparts vital transferable skills including time keeping, focus, team working, effective communication, ability to regulate emotions and make better informed decisions; empowering and equipping the young people with the skills needed to become self-reliant.

We're looking for an experienced Fundraising Manager (Trusts & Foundations) to join our team and work to maximise income for The Big House from trusts & foundations, including corporate and public sector funding and to assist more generally with other fundraising initiatives.

This position will suit a self-motivated person capable of working within a fast-paced environment, with a proven track record in securing multi-year funding and 5 & 6-figure grants towards core costs and project delivery within any related sector. The post-holder will be required to work closely with staff across the organisation to identify funding opportunities, develop cases for support and provide effective stewardship to existing and potential funders.

How To Apply: 

Please submit your most recent CV and Cover Letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) which outlines your experience to date,  how this relates to the duties and person specification of this role and why you are interested in working with The Big House.

Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Job title: Community and Events Fundraising Officer          

Department: Fundraising

Reporting to: Head of Fundraising

Salary: £26,000 to 28,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Contract: Permanent

Location: Deptford

Closing date: Monday 2nd December 2019 at 12 pm

Interviews: Tuesday 10th December 2019

Hours: 35 hours per week including some evenings and weekends

Annual leave: 25 days plus 8 Statutory Bank Holidays.

About the role

We are looking for a talented and ambitious individual to generate income for the 999 Club through the development and implementation of a Community and Events Fundraising strategy. This will involve reviewing, managing, and delivering the current events and community fundraising programme, safeguarding existing income streams and building sustainable growth through events and community fundraising. 

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and skilled Community and Events fundraiser who is confident and capable in taking the lead on this key strand of our fundraising stream.

You will be supported by the Head of Fundraising. You will also be managing the charity’s social media channels as well as the CRM database.

About you

The ideal candidate will bring experience of successfully building events fundraising streams through different challenge and bespoke events as well developing meaningful relationships with community organisations, schools and faith organisations. They will be results-orientated, managing our events portfolio and developing our income through community fundraising. They will build excellent working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders as they pull together details of life-changing programmes and projects that we are seeking funding for in order to help the people we support to rebuild their lives.

As we are a small team, a team-player attitude is a must, as well as a positive and can-do approach.

If you have excellent communication and event management skills, a natural ability to liaise with stakeholders, and determination to succeed, we would like to hear from you.

About the 999 Club

The 999 Club is a small, community charity of 16 staff making a big impact on ending rough sleeping in Lewisham. 

We believe in building on people’s strengths, aspirations and goals to help break the cycle of homelessness and help them move forward with their lives.

How to apply

Please upload your CV and supporting statement detailing how you meet the Job Description and Person Specification.

For further information please see the attached Job Description. 

Natural Breaks began in 1991 and support people with disabilities across the North West. The charity successfully provides bespoke support in homes, in work, in education, with leisure or social activities and during the difficult transition from children to adult services.

As well as directly supporting individuals to lead a fulfilling and independent life, the charity also provides much-needed respite to their families. Natural Breaks now support over 100 people and their families and has historically been funded by local authorities.

After gaining charitable status in 2016 and developing a new fundraising strategy, Natural Breaks are excited to offer an opportunity for an experienced charity fundraiser to join the team to drive new revenue streams that will secure existing services and allow for an expansion of services for families in the North West. This really is a varied role and offers the opportunity to drive revenue in Trusts and Foundations, Community, Individual Giving and Corporate fundraising.

As this is a brand-new position in the team, the successful candidate will be given the autonomy and trust to deliver on the fundraising strategy, whilst also encouraged to influence senior leadership. The charity prides itself on its positive working environment and excellent track record of staff development and retention. Natural Breaks want their staff to be the best that they can be, to deliver the best possible support. They truly believe leading an ordinary life can be extraordinary.

You may be an experienced generalist ready to embrace an opportunity to work for a progressive and well-managed charity, or perhaps you are a specialist fundraiser seeking an opportunity to expand your knowledge in a supportive environment. Wherever you have developed your charity fundraising experience, we are keen to speak to you about this unique opportunity.

If you think this is a perfect match or your skillset then contact BTA as soon as possible to request an application pack.

Closing date: 9am, Wednesday 27th November 2019

Interview date: Tuesday 3rd December 2019

We are looking for a dedicated person to assist in generating fundraising revenue for Phase 3 of The Prehistory Centre.

Celtic Harmony is a charity that aims to improve the well-being of children, young people and adults through an emotive experience of life in Prehistory, creating a more sustainable future in harmony with the natural world.

Benefits to you:

• Opportunity to gain experience in a fundraising role in a growing charity
• Enable you to 'make a difference' and the charity to improve well-being for more children, young people and adults.
• In-house and External Training
• Work as part of a dynamic charity team

The ideal candidate will have:

• educated to degree level
• some experience in fundraising desirable but not essential
• excellent verbal and written communications skills
• good organisational skills
• able to use your initiative
• ability to work in a team
• good communication skills- verbal and written
• adaptable
• strong IT skills with experience on Apple Mac
• ability to prioritise and work well under pressure
• your own transport due to rural location of office and site

Apply soon as we run an ongoing assessment for good candidates.

Please click on apply and complete the application form on our website

Reporting to the Head of Fundraising and Investor Relations in this exciting newly created role, you will be working with the Investor Relations Manager to contribute to the expansion of Reall’s funding base.  This will be achieved by attracting new finance from major institutional donors (amongst others) and managing the relationships you build.

We develop, refine and share innovative housing models that unlock the political will, capital investment and end-user finance needed to create the conditions for hard- working families in Africa and Asia to secure their own home.  

We do this because affordable homes not only provide a fundamental human right, they unleash unimaginable human potential to shape a future of gender parity, climate resilience, clean water and air, renewable energy and socioeconomic justice. We believe that the best way to realise this future is by working in open collaboration using an open-source approach, so that the best ideas can be adapted and adopted around the world. You will be part of building an affordable homes movement that will improve the lives of 100 million people across Africa and Asia by 2030.

This role will be based in Coventry, though it may require occasional international travel. You will be working 35 hours per week, with a 1 hour unpaid lunch break, and office hours are 9am to 5pm.  We are open to flexible working patterns, subject to the objectives and outcomes of the role being met.  We are a small team (35 people) who achieve big things!

For more information please visit Reall's website.

Key Responsibilities:

• Secure new large-scale finance through researching and progressing funding opportunities
• Programme and proposal design, bid writing, pitching and developing performance measurements, in line with the wider fundraising strategy
• Initiate, develop and maintain strong relations with potential funders
• Manage funder due diligence assessments, monitor progress against agreed funder targets, fulfil funder reporting requirements, and ensure compliance with other contractual obligations
• Monitor trends and opportunities across institutional donors, major foundations and the impact investing sector
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of stakeholder needs within the institutional donor, major foundations and impact investing space
• Contribute to the ongoing development and revision of Reall’s fundraising and funder relations strategy
• Lead on designated networking and presenting opportunities
• Develop, maintain and update effective CRM / management information system

Person Specification:

Education:A relevant degree or equivalent professional qualification

Experience:At least four years’ experience in major fundraising and funder relationship management within the international development space

Key Competencies:

Essential

• Experience of securing funding from and working with major institutional donors, large foundations and/or multilateral bodies
• Proven experience of proposal development, bid writing and pitching, grant contract management, funder reporting and monitoring
• Effective relationship manager
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent computer literacy including word-processing, databases, spreadsheets
• Strong research skills
• Strong influencing and negotiating skills
• Good numeracy skills and ability to analyse and report on financial performance
• Understanding of and experience in the international development sector

Desirable

• Understanding of the social enterprise and impact investment space
• Experience of financial services products

Personal Qualities:

• Great communicator
• Systematic and thorough 
• Learning attitude
• Conscientious and responsible
• Constructive, flexible and helpful 
• Culturally sensitive
• Works well under pressure
• Innovative and entrepreneurial
• Able to work with minimal supervision, use initiative and drive results
• Able to prioritise own workload and to see a task through from start to finish

Salary: £ 25,000 - £27,000

Duration: 35 hrs per week, 1 year fixed term (renewable)

About Providence Row

At Providence Row, our vision is that everyone has a safe home and a community in which to belong. In order to achieve this, we want to support and accompany people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness on their journey to recovery, especially those who are most vulnerable and least likely to access services elsewhere.

We work with around 1,700 homeless and vulnerably housed people a year in London, offering an integrated service of crisis support, advice, recovery, learning and training programmes. Central to our work are our core values of Compassion, Respect, Inclusiveness, Empowerment and Justice.  These inform the content, style and delivery of all our services.

The role

The Fundraising Officer plays a pivotal role in our small but committed team. Working in close collaboration with the Corporate Development Manager and the Community Fundraising Manager, the Fundraising Officer is responsible for all aspects of corporate and community volunteering, including liaising with companies (partners and non-partners), brokering agencies and internally. Other responsibilities include account management, developing new business, delivering supporter engagement events and general fundraising admin.

The ideal candidate

Passionate about contributing to providing quality support to some of the most vulnerable and excluded people in London, you will have the drive and ambition to proactively and effectively grow a key area of Providence Row’s income generation and volunteering support.

The ideal candidate will have excellent organisational skills with great attention to detail and strong communication skills. They will be confident in working with internal and external stakeholders and able to come up with innovative ideas and solutions to engage supporters.

You will be a team-player who wants to work with like-minded people in a vibrant and friendly fundraising team, while contributing to the success of both the fundraising department and the wider organisation to help make positive lasting changes in people’s lives.

To apply, please visit our website.

The deadline for applications is Wednesday 4th December 2019

Date of interview: 9th or 10th December 2019

Providence Row is a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales; company number 07452798 registered charity number 1140192.

Unicef ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

We are currently recruiting for a Fundraising Strategic Writing Executive to join the Resource Hub at Unicef UK. By providing analysis, insight, case creation, proposal and report writing, high value fundraising product management, prospect research and departmental administrative support, the Resource Hub is critical to Unicef UK’s success in maximising the value of our most critical partnerships.

As Strategic Writing Executive, you will lead the proposition and impact report development process for Unicef UK’s high value supporters, including philanthropists, corporate partners and trusts and foundations by managing internal stakeholder relationships and information flows, and drafting compelling and tailored propositions, impact reports and investment cases in support of a broad range of international programmes, initiatives and strategic goals.

To succeed, you will need to have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to work to tight deadlines, manage multiple conflicting priorities and build strong relationships with multiple stakeholders.

We’re recruiting!

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join us as Fundraising and Grants Lead in our Development team!

This is an integral role and you will play a pivotal part of the organisation’s fundraising strategies.  Working together with the Head of Development, you will secure voluntary income for the Inspire North group.

Your role will be to identify new leads and development opportunities, securing large-scale grant funding and overseeing community fundraising initiatives.

To be successful in this role you will be enthusiastic, have great communication and analytical skills along with the ability be proactive in managing your workload.

What's essential is that you love what you do.  We want you to enjoy coming to work every day and to care about your job, your colleagues and our service users.

If you think you can do a remarkable job for us, then we'd love to hear from you – please download the role profile for more information.

You will be joining Inspire North, the parent company to Community Links and Foundation whose core values are: People, Integrity, Collaboration and Passion. 

Closing Date 8th December 2019

Interviews to be held on 17th December 2019

We aim for our workforce to reflect the diverse and exciting region we serve.

Fundraising Manager
Salary: £37,000- £39,000
Reports to: Head of Supporter Development
Line Management: Supporter Relationship Officer
Location: Head office, Hammersmith

One in five of us in the UK are currently living in poverty, 14 million people. Disproportionally affected amongst those are the most vulnerable in our communities; 4.5 million children, one in three households in poverty that include someone with a disability or mental ill health; minority ethnic communities; single mothers and those fleeing domestic abuse; homeless people and care leavers.

Turn2us gives people essential support in the face of life-changing events to help avert a worsening crisis, and then supports them to build financial sustainability and thrive. They also collaborate with specialist agencies and other organisations to help tackle the causes and symptoms of poverty.

The role

The Fundraising Manager will be responsible for maximising income from existing supporters through direct marketing and relationship management. You will lead on planned direct marketing appeals, building engaging supporter journeys and donor events. This will require bespoke written and face to face communications to build relationships with Turn2us supporters and secure their longer term commitment. This will include developing and delivering a mid-value donor programme through a tailored and personalised relationship building approach.

What we are looking for

This role requires a relationship fundraiser, who is creative and enjoys building long lasting relationships with donors and committee members. A background in direct marketing is essential, including multi-channel campaigns – will be crucial.

We are looking for a dynamic self-starter, able to grow engagement and long-term commitment from our existing supporters using a combination of communication channels – generating new income from people who share our belief that no one in the UK should live in poverty.