Our centre fundraising team is expanding and we're looking for a fundraiser who has strong planning and organisation skills to join our team at Maggie's Barts.

You will utilise effective and efficient administrative and fundraising skills to assist in delivering both financial and non-financial targets which will provide a gateway to all fundraising activity across Maggie’s.

You will assist the Centre Fundraising Manager to implement the fundraising strategy to deliver income targets through proactive donor recruitment and excellent donor care. 

This includes supporting and retaining existing supporters and researching new key relationships with individuals as well as partnerships with local businesses, groups and associations.

You will represent the work, vision and purpose of Maggie’s whilst supporting the delivery of local and central fundraising initiatives and campaigns. This includes presentations, face to face, telephone and written communications. 

There will be a requirement to work irregular hours as well as regular local travel. 

In addition to a rewarding career, Maggie’s offers a range of staff benefits including competitive holiday entitlement, workplace pension, option to apply to continue NHS pension, sick pay scheme and travel and cycle loans.

Please send your CV and cover letter by Monday 14 February 2022 at 11p.m.

The closing date for applications may be brought forward if we appoint a successful candidate prior to Monday 14 February.

Permanent post, part time 30 hours per week

Remote working, with occasional days in our London or Reading office. Role requires travel across London and South East

Salary in the range: £21,211 to £25,923 (£26,160 to £31,972 per annum FTE). £2,675 per annum location allowance payable if based in London (£3,299 FTE)

Parents And Children Together have an exciting new opportunity for a Corporate and Major Donor Fundraiser to help us drive our ambitions forward. 

What we do

PACT is a leading independent adoption charity in the UK, placing children with secure and loving families and supporting them with specialist therapeutic support. Our most recent Ofsted inspection rated our adoption service as “Outstanding”.

We are a well-established charity based in the Thames Valley with an office in Reading and second office in London. Our beneficiaries make up the wider PACT family and are supported through several community projects for children and adults facing multiple disadvantages including domestic abuse, homelessness, debt and victims or perpetrators of crime. Our current community projects include the Alana House women’s community programme and Bounce Back 4 Kids, a therapeutic domestic abuse recovery programme for families.

How you could add value

This new role within our Business Development team will work closely with our Fundraising and Business Development Manager, and others across PACT, to achieve the fundraising targets associated with our business plan, objectives and values.  You will play a significant role in generating income, networks and relationships for PACT by increasing the profile of PACT to be a partner of choice. This role will develop and implement transformational partnerships for the charity.

We are looking for someone with a proven track record of successful corporate and/or major donor fundraising marketing income and business development targets.  An excellent communicator, confident talking to and presenting and writing for a range of stakeholders.

If this is you and you want to make a real difference and join our inspirational team, please visit our website for more information, how to apply and the full job description.

Please submit your application form by 9am Monday 14 February 2022. 

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 22 or Friday 25 February 2022.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Please do not submit your CV, only completed application forms will be accepted.  No agencies please.  We may close this advertisement earlier if we receive suitable applications in advance of our stated close date.

PACT is a supportive and respectful place where people are passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of women, children and families from many different backgrounds.  We continuously look to progress the ways in which we create families and bring people together and encourage applications from people across all communities.  We are committed to ensuring that our people and our services reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and applications from people from under-represented groups are particularly welcomed.

PACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Anyone joining our team is subject to PACT’s Safer Recruitment pre-appointment enquiries. These include the provision of documentation of the right to work in the UK, Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check, overseas police check where applicable and references covering a minimum 5 year period. All opportunities are based in the UK.

The funding landscape for international development, and especially for knowledge-focused organisations is changing fast. Donors are keen to invest in knowledge and knowledge capacities for specific products, services or sectors – such as climate change, disaster risk reduction, youth employment, or to respond to Covid-19. By directing more of their funding to the Global South they are helping to drive the much-need localisation of development work, supporting governments, non-governmental organisations and the private sector to work together to harness the latest evidence, generate new knowledge, and to drive innovation in policy and practice. Both established and new donors, including private sector investors and philanthropists, are using new models of funding to do this, from impact investment to social enterprise to concessional financing. In parallel, investments by global and local technology firms are helping to make digital infrastructure more accessible and affordable, and opening up new opportunities for Southern organisations to develop, access and use digital platforms, tools and services to meet their learning and knowledge needs. With an increasingly global board, a network of experienced advisers, trusted partners, and team of expert staff and associates that bring cutting edge knowledge of how to strengthen capacity and enable learning, and our commitment to equity in knowledge ecosystems we are well positioned to respond to and support these shifts. This role is an exciting opportunity to help a trusted, well-established organisation, highly regarded for the quality of its work and its commitment to effective partnership, to navigate the next phase of its evolution.

The role

INASP has a strong track record of securing funding for project work from a variety of bilateral and multilateral donors. We have a well-developed strategy and approaches and a business development team with capacity to engage with 'traditional' development funders, including bilateral and multilateral donors and foundations. For this transformative one-year role we are looking for an entrepreneurial, innovative fundraiser with proven experience of bringing in new business, especially within small and medium-sized organisations, to help us to diversify both our range of funders and the type of funding we access. You will work closely with the Executive Director, Director of Programmes, Partnerships and Business Development Manager and Board of Trustees to identify, initiate and develop partnerships with new funders and/or new funding mechanisms, and then to embed them across the whole of INASP. 

Key responsibilities include: 

• To explore new and innovative areas of potential funding and investment, including but not limited to; social enterprise; impact investment; tech philanthropy; funding models for digital platforms and services; digital fundraising approaches. 

• To engage with potential funders and develop new partnerships; especially those which expand our market reach and help us move towards our goals of being more Southern-led and rooted. 

• To connect with existing and new partners to develop competitive collaborative bids. 

• To work closely with the Business Development and Programme Teams to embed promising new approaches and partnerships across all of our Business and Programme development processes. 

We are looking for candidates who have:

• An undergraduate degree and substantial experience supporting business development in an international development context 

• A solid understanding and substantial experience in the international development sector and funding environment, particularly from and for the global south. 

• Experience of working within a small or medium sized organisation with a proven track record of raising funds for digitally delivered work (communities and platforms, technology-enhanced learning) from a range of donors and sources, with good networks in the global south. 

• Knowledge and experience of new and innovative funding mechanisms such as impact investing or other social investment opportunities

• Ability to identify new funding opportunities and develop relationships with funders and partners and a track record of bringing in new business through innovative fundraising. 

• Commercial acumen and skills to pitch opportunities to funder and investors at appropriate levels for the best chance of success, while still commercially viable INASP 

• Flexibility, an ability to deal with uncertainty and to develop new ideas and implement them, working as part of a team to drive new business forwards. 

• Demonstrable commitment to INASP’s values: In it together; Making change last; Every voice counts; Doing things right and work as part of a team to drive new business forwards. 

Terms

Term: One-year fixed term

Location: Flexible. Able to work from home providing a good internet connection. 

How to apply: 

Applications should be submitted via INASP's website.

You will need to submit: 

1. A full CV 

1. A personal statement of no more than 2 sides of A4 outlining how you meet the essential and/or desirable criteria in the job description and what you would bring to the role 

We will accept applications and interview on a rolling basis.

*Are you looking to launch a career in fundraising? Are you a passionate and determined individual that wants to hone your skills to benefit charitable organisations? Would you like to form part of a supportive and inclusive team that will train and challenge you on your career journey?*

Here at Charity Horizons we are delighted to be taking our partnership with Chell Perkins to the next stage and recruiting yet another Fundraising Officer into this exciting organisation. Diversifying the fundraising workforce is something we are hugely passionate about, and by working in continued partnership with the brilliant Chell Perkins we are continuing our focus on attracting new talent into our sector this January! 

Chell Perkins exists to make a very real and lasting impact on the third sector. As an organisation they are wanting to identify, partner with and nurture the next generation of potential fundraisers and we are looking for a Fundraising Officer to join their team! Chell Perkins work with a range of organisations providing them will exceptional and affordable fundraising support meaning that in the role of Fundraising Officer you will have exposure to a huge range of charities and causes. 

As Fundraising Officer you will embark on a training programme that will teach you everything you need to know about fundraising! You will receive robust support and training throughout the 5 year programme and will be responsible for delivering work from day one. With 5 clearly mapped out phases of this programme you will be challenged and stimulated continuously and on completion of the course you will be a fundraising expert, trained in every aspect of the job and capable of talking to clients and organisations of all shapes and sizes. While the programme offers 5 years of learning and guidance, the core element of training is actually conducted in the first 18 months and by this point you will have both qualifications and experience that will set you up for a career in fundraising. 

To be considered for this role you should come to us with the hunger and drive to embark on a career in the Third Sector and, be excited by the prospect of both learning and training but also of being hands on from day one. You should have an ability to juggle multiple priorities, work towards deadlines and manage a busy and diverse workload. Perhaps most importantly you should be a strong and confident communicator, able to build relationships with a range of audiences and also write in a compelling and creative way. 

This is a truly unique and exciting opportunity to launch a career in the Third Sector in a supportive yet challenging environment. By joining the team at Chell Perkins you will not only embark on the next exciting phase of your career, but you will begin a journey of supporting others and having a positive impact on the development of charities that help so many. Not only will you be well supported in your role, but you will also benefit from a range of perks including the opportunity to gain CIOF qualifications, a monthly allowance to work from a coffee shop and also the option to take a sabbatical after 5 years service. The salary for the role is £18,000, but will rise by £2,000 annually throughout the 5 year programme. 

The role will allow you the option to work remotely from anywhere within Great Britain will require you to travel to meet with charities and clients making the working environment a varied and interesting one. The deadline for the role is Friday 21st January, with interviews scheduled for early February.

To register your interest, or find out more, apply here or contact Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons.

Please note: If you would like to submit an application or express your interest in an alternative format, such as audio or video upload, please contact either Charlie or Leanne who will be happy to advise on this. 

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

Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition and pregnancy.

About us and the role

We want to live in a world filled with wildlife and achieve this through pioneering community engagement and projects that work to Rewild Our Future. To us, rewilding needs to capture both the rewilding of people and nature, where we work to reconnect people to the natural world and to restore functional ecosystems through habitat restoration and species reintroductions.

We are looking for a dedicated person to lead on further expanding our income-generating offerings. The main ways we aim to do this is through corporate partnerships, memberships & donations, corporate and volunteer days out, consultancy work and by running events & conferences.

Our business initiatives all help raise revenues for us and in turn, form a vital component in creating stability for the organisation. Revenues raised through these activities are invested back into our work and projects on the ground to Rewild Our Future.

Who you are

This role is perfect for any self-starter interested in entrepreneurship, collaboration and creating purposeful partnerships, and someone who is enthusiastic about proactive action.

We are looking for someone with knowledge of how non-profits work and a love for storytelling, as this role will involve pitching Citizen Zoo to new prospects, local people and corporate partners. We are seeking a proactive, innovative and nature-loving individual with a passion for fundraising. You thrive by working independently, in an ever-changing environment that requires you to manage competing priorities amongst local, regional and organisational stakeholders.

You are results-driven and have strong relationship building skills. You have a sound understanding of fundraising and the confidence to lead on testing new ways to diversify our income, applying your experience and expertise to further our rewilding ambition. You are culturally curious and empathetic, and seek to learn from multiple local perspectives.

The Team & The Role

We’re a social enterprise with a dedicated and passionate team of rewilders, who mostly work from home. You will work as part of this remote team from home, from our future London office and within our local cabin in Kingston as needs arise. This role will work alongside our Urban Rewilding Officer and CEO to create financial sustainability for Citizen Zoo. We would be delighted to receive applications from anyone keen to work full-time or as a job share.

What you’ll do

This is a very exciting time to join Citizen Zoo as we grow as an organisation, diversifying our projects and income streams. While we have several income streams in place and ideas for expanding others, this role offers a unique opportunity for the right candidate to guide where we focus our efforts through their expertise and know-how.

With this in mind, below is a list of activities we envision this role to focus on:

• Develop and lead on new ways and propositions to drive income generation and recurring income for Citizen Zoo.

• Work proactively to research, identify and approach prospective corporate supporters.

• Account management of current and new partners.

• Increase the number of partners in our Wildbox Initiative.

• Expand our membership base both digitally and offline.

• Develop and lead processes to increase the number of one-off and recurring donations to the organisation.

• Support the delivery of rewilding events, talks and conferences.

• Support with other sales and marketing initiatives where necessary.

Minimum requirements

• A love for nature and rewilding.

• A bachelor degree or similar record of achievement in absence of a degree.

• Experience generating income for a charity or social enterprise.

• Good knowledge of fundraising and how to pitch stories to new stakeholders.

• Demonstrable evidence as a self-starter & finisher with a ‘can-do’ attitude.

• Strong relationship building skills and the ability to win people over.

• Excellent communication skills.

Preferred requirements

• Some experience in digital marketing.

• Experience of partnership development locally or nationally.

• Ability to speak publicly to large groups.

• Business management and coordination experience.

• Evidence of business development & partnership development with measurable outcomes.

• Full driving licence.

Location

This role is based in London, with a requirement to travel around the Capital. We are also looking at new office premises in central or east London, so a commute here on some occasions may be needed in the future.

Benefits

In return for your enthusiasm and expertise, we’ll reward you with a competitive salary and an enviable range of benefits that include 24 days holiday a year (with the option to buy more days) that rises by one day per year of service, as well as pension and life assurance.

Perks

Subsidised gym membership, social events and parties, as well as a day off for your birthday. We’re also proud to offer progressive and flexible working practices designed to give you the work-life balance you need.

Exciting times ahead

This is an exciting time to join us at Citizen Zoo because we have recently been awarded a grant by the Lund Trust to further develop our organisation. We have plans for 2022, which include not only the work outlined in this role, but also work to scale and expand our rewilding projects across London and further afield. This role will add to our small growing team and the successful applicant will become our second full-time team member in one year.

Before you apply

Please have a read of our How We Hire at Citizen Zoo document on this page. We want to make the recruitment process pleasant and not intimidating for candidates and are also committed to making our recruitment fair and unbiased too, so please have a read. 

General FAQs

We received lots of great questions the last time we recruited for a role, so we have included the relevant ones for this role on the FAQs document. Please have a read of these in detail, and in the coming weeks we will also send all applicants a ‘specific FAQ’ once we receive these during the application process.

To Apply

Follow the link on this page and make sure to read our 'How We Hire' and FAQ's documents before applying, as these will help with your application. 

Application Timelines and Deadline

Please submit your application by midnight on the 13th of February. See entire timeline below: 

1. 12th January – Applications opened
2. 13th February – Applications closed
3. 14th – 20th February – Applications reviewed
4. 21st February – Invite applicants for interview
5. 25th February – Interviews held virtually
6. 28th February – Successful candidate offered role

Job Title: Fundraising Officer (Trusts and Grants)

Hours: 37.5 hours, permanent

Salary: £27,000

Location: Home-based / MIDLANDS / able to travel occasionally to Leicester, Nottingham or Birmingham

We are working in partnership with FareShare Midlands, the region’s largest food redistribution charity, fighting food poverty and hunger by tackling waste. They source good quality food that is surplus to requirements from retailers and manufacturers and rely on an army of volunteers to help redistribute food to 550 frontline charities, such as school breakfast clubs, community centres and organisations supporting those who are homeless, unemployed, socially isolated and recovering from addiction. These organisations provide meals and food parcels to more than 35,000 vulnerable people every week.

They are now seeking a Fundraising Officer to lead on the creation, submission and management of a portfolio of trust and grant applications in order to achieve financial targets in line with their growth plans. This is an exciting time to join FareShare Midlands as they develop and expand their operations across the East and West Midlands.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate:

• Experience of securing gifts from trusts, grants and/or foundations, from researching and writing compelling funding applications, to impact reporting
• Experience in prospecting for new business, stewarding funders face to face and managing donor relationships
• Experience of delivering against an income targets
• Ability to keep good administrative records
• Confidence in presenting to a range of audiences

We are seeking a creative individual with excellent communication, persuasion and writing skills. Building good relationships, with the ability to meet objectives and deadlines, and experience of working well in a team is essential.

For more information, please contact Katherine Anderson-Scott, Charisma Charity Recruitment.

Applications should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

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

Closing date: 2 February 2022, however applications are being reviewed and interviews are being conducted on a rolling basis, so please apply without delay to avoid disappointment

Fundraising Officer

Salary scale: £23,000 - £30,000, depending on experience

20 Hours per week, pro rata

Ardgowan Hospice

Ardgowan Hospice is the local hospice in Inverclyde (population approx. 80,000) and has been in operation since 1981.  Each year we care for around 1,000 patients diagnosed with a life-limiting illness such as cancer, heart failure, lung disease, kidney failure or neurological conditions as well as their families.  Support ranges from end of life care, pain management and bereavement support to helping patients return to work after an illness.

Our philosophy is to work together as a multi-disciplinary team helping to maximise quality of life by reducing physical and psychological symptom burden of an increasingly infirm patient group with a higher prevalence of co-morbidity.  Overarching this we have a small senior management team made up of the CEO, Director of Care, Head of Corporate Development and Head of Finance who support and oversee the care management and delivery of our services to our community.

This is an exciting time to join the hospice as the fundraising team is expanding, with ambitious goals to raise the vital funds needed to be able to deliver our aims, of which the new candidate will be a part.

As well as a competitive salary, new starters will have 25 days annual leave (+ bank holidays), pension contribution (optional) and training opportunities.

Job Description

Ardgowan Hospice is seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate to join our small and effective fundraising team.

The successful candidate will develop, manage and deliver a successful and sustainable Fundraising Plan that achieves reliable income through an annual programme of fundraising activities from a variety of sources.

The role requires experience of using databases, with particular knowledge of Raiser’s Edge, and the ability to collate and analyse data and produce reports of a routine and non-routine variety.  Experience of undertaking fundraising research and delivering high levels of donor/supporter care are also essential.

Candidates will ideally have at least 2 years fundraising experience including use of fundraising data bases and donor stewardship.

If this is you, please apply to join our creative and professional hospice team in this exciting year ahead, as we raise over the £2.2million needed to deliver our expert care.

Permanent – 35 Hours

We have big goals over the next few years.

We’re going to be fighting for mental health in a way we never have before.

Together we’ll be working to make sure everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets the support and respect they deserve.

Will you join us?

We’re going to be fighting for mental health in a way we never have before. Together we’ll be working to make sure everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets the support and respect they deserve.

Our amazing Community Fundraising team is looking for a Fundraising Officer to help us meet our ambitions. As a Fundraising Officer, you will support the delivery of a portfolio of supporter-led/DIY and small business fundraising. You will manage end to end fundraising activity that ensures Mind’s thousands of supporters have an incredible experience.

You will work broadly across our portfolio but be based either in our Mind offices in Stratford or our Mind Cymru offices in Cardiff. We are expecting to return to work in our offices for a minimum of 2 days a week in 2022 and you will also take part in occasional events work at weekends/evenings.

You will play a pivotal role in the Community & Events Fundraising team helping us reach and exceed our target of circa £11.6 million NET income by 2025. Come and join us

Closing date: 6th February 2022

Mind reserve the right to close the vacancy to applications earlier, should we receive a high volume of strong candidates – therefore we encourage an early application.

This position will initially, in line with current and potentially future guidance, be based from home. Post lockdown this role will retain some flexibility but post holders will be expected to be in the office a minimum of two days thereafter (or more, depending on the arrangements of your team).

Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please refer to the Job Description while completing your application as candidates will be shortlisted based on how closely they match the criteria.

As an integral member of the Fundraising Team, the Centre Fundraising Organiser will be based at Maggie’s Oxford and support the delivery of a wide range of fundraising activities for our Oxford centre, to maximise income for Maggie’s.

You will welcome and support visitors within the Oxford centre in their fundraising for Maggie’s as well as in the local communities, and ensure they are motivated, informed and supported.

This is a demanding role in a fast-paced environment where priorities change frequently. 

We are looking for someone who is passionate about bringing people together, building dialogues and listening to ideas. 

You will have strong IT skills in Microsoft Office packages including Word, Excel and Outlook, and the internet and the ability to organise a wide variety of activities at any one time.

You must be able to organise, co-ordinate, record and use data. Attention to detail, strong communications skills and excellent numeracy skills alongside a positive and friendly approach is essential. 

There will be a requirement to work irregular hours as well as some local travel.

In addition to a rewarding career, Maggie’s offers a range of staff benefits including competitive holiday entitlement, workplace pension, option to apply to continue NHS pension, sick pay scheme and travel and cycle loans. 

Cambridge Acorn Project is looking to hire a Fundraising Manager for the first time. This is a unique opportunity to join the organisation at a key point in its development and to work closely alongside the C.E.O. to develop our fundraising strategy and support sustainable growth so that we are able to reach more children and families every year.

The right candidate will be passionate about supporting the wellbeing of children who have experienced trauma and adverse childhood experiences and, equally, about tackling childhood inequality. For the right candidate this will also be an exciting and rewarding role, with the opportunity to really stamp your own vision on the fundraising strategy, in particular around corporate and community fundraising. It will also present a real opportunity for the right candidate to support a small charity to develop its vital services, widen its reach and broaden its impact on the lives of children and families. This will be a unique and varied role and offers the opportunity to join a supportive and passionate organisation which invests its resources very strongly into front-line delivery.

Horatio’s Garden is looking for an enthusiastic, experienced Fundraising Officer to join our growing fundraising team and help make a difference to the lives of people with spinal injuries. We are seeking someone who is progressing their career and is looking for a new opportunity to join a dynamic charity - you will be given ongoing support, training and mentoring throughout the job.

Horatio's Garden builds and looks after beautifully designed garden projects in NHS spinal injury centres, supporting everyone affected by spinal injury through the most challenging times of their lives. We work with well-known, leading garden designers and architects to create outstanding spaces in the heart of the NHS. We then maintain the gardens and deliver therapeutic activities in collaboration with the clinical teams.

We currently have five garden projects in Salisbury, Stoke Mandeville, Oswestry, London and Glasgow with a sixth due to open early next year in Wales and a further in design phase in Northern Ireland with further capital projects planned over the next 5-10 years.

If you have experience of building relationships with Trusts and Foundations and businesses to contribute to sustainable income growth and would like to further develop your skills within a dynamic charity, we would love to hear from you. 

This is a full time role, with some requirement for travel to our Head Office in Salisbury, but we are willing to discuss flexible working arrangements at interview. 

Please apply by submitting your CV and a covering letter, outling how you meet the requirements outlined in the job description and person specification. 

Horatio's Garden is an equal opportunities employer. 

Fundraising Administrator

Permanent, Full Time (37.5hrs per week). Part time candidates will be considered.

Manchester City Centre

Starting Salary £19,308

As the only UK aid and development charity to have shared the Nobel Peace Prize, The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) is an energetic, inspiring and forward-thinking organisation. Wars and conflicts erupt, subside and end. But they leave behind millions of landmines, unexploded bombs and unsecure arms. These pose an every-day danger for decades and disrupt the lives of communities for generations. At MAG, we believe that whenever and wherever wars happen, ordinary people should not be the ones who pay the price.

We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic individual to join our fundraising team here with us at MAG. You will be the first point of contact for all our supporters and will ensure that donors are praised appropriately.  This is a fantastic opportunity to support the delivery of our fundraising activity.

This will be an office-based role out of our Manchester City Centre Office, with the occasional opportunity to work from home, this will be a varied and challenging role where you will develop a wide range of fundraising experience. You will be responsible for handling donations from supporters, recording these on our fundraising database and liaising with the Finance Team as well as undertaking other administration to support our fundraising appeals.

This could be an ideal first Fundraising position for anyone wishing to get into Fundraising and we are looking for someone with strong administration skills with a great eye for detail.  You will be an excellent communicator and team player and be able to develop relationships with supporters. You will also recognise that volunteers can make a real difference to MAG’s success in saving lives and building futures.  Overall, you will be an outgoing team player, pro-active, determined and keen to help MAG achieve its lifesaving work.

Please note that as part of MAG's commitment to safeguarding, this post is subject to background checks before an offer of employment is confirmed.

For further information on the role, and details of how to apply, please visit our website by the closing date of 30th January 2022.

Regrettably we are unable to respond to every application. If you have not heard back from us within 3 weeks of applying, it means that your application has not been successful.

Applicants who are non-residents of the UK will need to provide documentary evidence of their eligibility to work in the UK

Aspire seek an experienced Fundraising Officer to transform the accessibility of personalised employment support and secure housing in Oxfordshire for people facing disadvantage, marginalisation, isolation and homelessness today. We're looking for someone experienced in creating community-based fundraising activities, events, and engaging local people to get involved in exciting and meaningful opportunities.

About Aspire

Aspire is a multi-award-winning employment charity and social enterprise, established in 2001. Practicing our values of being “Ambitious, Supportive, Participatory, Inspiring, Reliable and Enterprising”, Aspire supports people across Oxfordshire and the Thames Valley area, who have faced significant challenges in their lives such as homelessness, offending histories or substance misuse to find sustainable employment and housing, to break the complex cycles of re-offending, poverty and homelessness. Aspire provides 121 employability support alongside work experience on their own social enterprise businesses.

Aspire is a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation, enjoying rapid growth and tackling some of the most complex social issues that our communities are facing. Last year, Aspire supported over 2,000 local people experiencing disadvantage to move closer to employment and housing and achieve remarkable, lasting change.

Overall Purpose of Role

Aspire is excited to announce that we have a new opportunity for an experienced Fundraising Officer to join our small and dynamic Fundraising and Communications team. This post offers an excellent opportunity for someone wishing to apply their fundraising skills and knowledge, to transform the accessibility of personalised support and secure housing in Oxfordshire for people facing disadvantage, marginalisation, isolation and homelessness in our local community today. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

This role has oversight of the community, events and individual giving programmes, and the right candidate will have a proven track record of fundraising, achieving high standards and growing fundraising income. You will have a significant impact on developing our community-based fundraising activities, creating and accessing exciting and meaningful opportunities to engage individuals, schools and organisations through both face-to-face and virtual means, prioritising donor retention, community building, and ensuring fundraisers are cultivated, stewarded and thanked.  

Key tasks and Responsibilities

Key tasks and accountabilities are intended to be a guide to the range and level of work expected of the post holder. This is not an exhaustive list of all tasks that may fall to the post holder and employees will be expected to carry out such other reasonable duties which may be required from time to time.

Fundraising

• Maintain and develop relationships with existing supporters through targeted communication and stewardship, using direct mail and e-communications through Salesforce, Aspire’s database
• Establish and lead on the development and delivery of our community fundraising and events (virtual and face-to-face events, challenges etc) programmes
• Inspire new supporters to raise money for Aspire, by nurturing and building relationships with community organisations, local businesses, schools and individual fundraisers, and actively pursue opportunities to grow this area of fundraising
• Recruit and steward event participants, working with colleagues to maximise opportunities across the organisation

Strategic Direction

• Work in conjunction with the Head of Fundraising to have a good overall understanding of all revenue streams
• Contribute to the development of a strategic plan to guide fundraising activities

Communications

• Work with the Communications Officer to raise the profile of the charity with regards to fundraising opportunities and successes across our community

Administration

• Maintain the fundraising database, Salesforce with all community-related leads and fundraisers, as well as activities related to individual giving
• Write and design materials for fundraising aimed at the community and our individual donors
• Contribute updates on fundraising for quarterly Newsletters
• Write appeals and direct mail in collaboration with other members of the team
• Work with the Communications Officer to maintain the website up to date with regards to fundraising activities and opportunities, and ensure these are accurately reflected in our database
• Maintain other fundraising documents e.g. ongoing fundraising spreadsheet of opportunities

Other

• Stay abreast of fundraising good practice and legislation, ensuring compliance with the Charities Act and the Institute of Fundraising and FRSB codes of practice

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• Demonstrable experience of community fundraising or the ability to clearly show transferable skills
• Experience of individual giving
• Experience of working to targets and deadlines
• A passion for supporter stewardship and proven experience of driving supporter relationships and community fundraising engagement
• Excellent writing and numeracy skills
• Excellent standard of IT including Microsoft Office and databases - experience with Salesforce system is desirable
• Confident, friendly person with excellent communication skills
• Adaptable team player
• The ability to act in line with our values: Ambitious, Supportive, Participatory, Inspiring, Reliable, Enterprising, including by adopting a positive and customer service based approach to operational work
• Able to value the diversity of everyone you work with, to be respectful of others and open to differing views and approaches

ShareAction and the global system of finance

It is said that “money makes the world go around” but the global financial system in its current form is in danger of making our world a very inhospitable place indeed for future generations.

Though it has lifted many out of poverty, today the global financial system has an oversized impact on many of the existential challenges we face. The growing gap between rich and poor in terms of both income and health, as well as climate change and biodiversity loss, are all examples of this. Investment, lending and insuring decisions can enable destructive and exploitative industries or they can support a transition to a more sustainable way of living and use of precious resources. The latter approach is known as responsible or ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investment.

ShareAction’s vision is of a world where the financial system serves our planet and its people. Our mission is to define the highest standards of responsible investment and to drive change until these standards are adopted worldwide. We work towards our mission by:

• advocating for change in the investment industry using our research and rankings
• campaigning with allies to strengthen investor stewardship and change corporate behaviour
• pushing for public policy reform to transform the financial system

Position

2022 sees us at a critical juncture for people and planet, and so too is the work of ShareAction to harness the power of the investment system for good. As we continue to ramp up the level and the pace at which we are working, our Fundraising team is playing a critical role to ensure this can happen. We are looking to recruit a new Fundraising Manager to support the development and maintenance of a portfolio of committed trust, foundation and statutory funders, ensuring that ShareAction has sufficient income to match our ambitions for growth.

Key responsibilities:

• Leading on, or being a key contributor to, securing 5-7 figure multi-year grants from UK, EU and Global trusts, foundations and statutory sources across a range of social and environmental issues.
• Working alongside our Senior Fundraising Manager to ensure a co-ordinated and collaborative organisational approach to fundraising, including regular planning and update meetings with project teams, frequently reviewing and updating Fundraising resources and knowledge-sharing opportunities, and maintaining up-to-date and thorough records on Salesforce and SharePoint.
• Cultivating and maintaining positive funding relationships through timely reports and updates, meetings and events as appropriate.
• Supporting colleagues across SA to construct fundable projects and submit high quality bids and applications, working with finance to construct accurate costings for proposed work.
• Working with the Senior Fundraising Manager and the Fundraising Assistant to ensure all monitoring, evaluation and learning processes are robust and effective and meet the varying needs of our funders.
• Taking a strategic approach to identifying and researching prospects and leading where necessary on opportunities for raising income for new and existing programmes and projects.
• Maintaining a professional knowledge of trust/foundation and statutory fundraising within the UK, EU and more widely, and identifying appropriate learning opportunities in association with the Senior Fundraising Manager in order to facilitate this.

Please note that this list isn’t exhaustive and the role might change slightly from time to time.

Requirements

We are looking for a passionate, determined individual, with the following experience and skills:

ESSENTIAL

• Demonstrable experience in trust and foundations fundraising, ideally with bid/proposal writing experience for 5-7 figure projects.
• Excellent English communications skills, both written and verbal and have the ability to communicate complex information and ideas.
• Exceptional organisational, project and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure, plan and prioritise work effectively and meet deadlines.
• Ability to prioritise and manage multiple competing priorities, completing work to the highest standard.
• Experience of using CRM systems to manage a Trusts and Foundations portfolio, ideally Salesforce.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word and Excel.

DESIRABLE

• Experience in statutory fundraising.
• Experience in EU/US based trust and foundation fundraising.
• Experience in fundraising for public health/health and/or medical causes.
• Experience in fundraising for climate, environment, social welfare, equality, poverty causes.
• An understanding and passion for the role of the investment system in driving positive change in corporate behavior.
• Experience of working with Office 365, particularly SharePoint.

Other information

Hours: Full-time, but with some flexibility possible

Contract type: Permanent

Salary: £36,000-£39,000 plus 8 per cent pension (non-contributory) and benefits including a healthcare scheme

Deadline for applications: 9am, Monday 7 February 2022

ShareAction values and respects all differences in people (seen and unseen) and welcome applications from all backgrounds, communities and industries. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities and so if you are not 100 per cent sure that you meet all the requirements but believe you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and use the application questions to tell us about your experience and what you hope to bring to this role.

We also actively encourage staff to work in ways that best suit their needs and our flexible working policy outlines many of the options available- such as part-time and term-time working, job sharing, home working and working compressed hours. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

ShareAction’s London office is based in vibrant Bermondsey and a short walk from London Bridge underground and national rail. Remote working will remain the norm for many ShareAction staff as we continue to face the Covid-19 pandemic, with office space available in London for those who wish to use it.

Please note that to be considered for this post you must be legally eligible to work in the UK. Due to current restrictions we are unable to hire anyone that isn’t already living in the UK. Due to our size we are unable to sponsor visas.