SANE is looking for an entrepreneurial Senior Fundraising Officer with at least 2 years’ experience of developing and implementing trusts proposals and reports. In addition this role will write our two annual appeals and supporter report to indivudals. 

This is a new role within in a professional team of 6 which manages the full spectrum of fundraising, marketing, website and social media activities. The successful candidate will join a hard working and fun department which generates on average £1m per year.

The successful candidate will:

• be creative and determind with a focus on trusts and individual appeals
• be self-motivated, flexible, diplomatic, assertive, with good relationship management skills
• have the ability to work well within a team and independently, undertaking his/her own administrative tasks as required;
• have excellent written, verbal and presentation skills

Job Title and Summary:

The key function of the Director of Fundraising will be to financially enable Soi Dog Foundation to deliver its mission to improve the welfare of dogs and cats in Asia, resulting in better lives for both the animal and human communities, to create a society without homeless animals, and to ultimately end animal cruelty. The Director of Fundraising will have overall responsibility for the fundraising actions, initiatives and outcomes for Soi Dog Foundation

Key Responsibilities: 

Job Purpose: 

• To lead, manage and develop activities of the existing Fundraising Team in line with long and short-term goals of the organisation.
• To implement a robust strategy and vision for the Fundraising Team, raising the organisation’s income and developing significant long-term sources of income consistent with the overall long and short-term goals of the organisation.
• To maximise income from all existing fundraising channels and explore opportunities for new donor acquisition from new revenue streams.

Dimensions

Fundraising

• To provide strong leadership and management of the Fundraising Team
• To lead and manage all fundraising activities or the organisation
• To review and evaluate fundraising programmes, align resources appropriately and to develop the structure to deliver income effectively.
• To deliver a fundraising strategy for the future that will deliver in line with the organisation’s plan and review this strategy at regular intervals with the CEO.
• To achieve annual fundraising income targets in line with the long and short term goals and objectives of the organisation.
• To develop and manage activities to expand the organisation’s individual donor base, exploring and implementing methods to achieve this especially within Thailand.
• To develop and manage relationships with existing and new donors in order to maximise fundraising potential and supporter retention.
• To present the organisation to appropriate donors, funders and networks to secure ongoing and new support.
• To research, test and where appropriate, develop new fundraising ideas and opportunities to generate income.
• To keep up to date with key development and projects in the organisation and maximise the use of relevant project and case studies with the fundraising programmes.
• To keep up to date and comply with current Fundraising legislation and standards of each country and/or regions.
• To develop a major donor fundraising programme and long term legacy making strategy.
• To continue to build the Soi Dog Foundation brand and reputation through fundraising activities.

Budget/Line Management and Reporting

• To manage the fundraising budget, including planning, phasing and forecasting in line with the organisation’s financial procedures.
• To manage, develop and motivate members of the Fundraising Team.
• To ensure communication within and between teams are effective and working relationships are supportive and productive.
• To set clear team targets and priorities and set individual objectives.
• To manage staff objectives against their personal performance on a regular basis.
• To prepare regular management information reports in respect of all aspects of the organisation’s fundraising activities, including performance against income generation targets to the CEO and Board of Trustees.

General

• To contribute to the strategic development and operational running of the organisation with the CEO and other Senior Managers.
• To represent the organisation at external meetings, where appropriate.
• To perform all other reasonable duties as may be required from time to time.

Department and Supervisor: The position reports to CEO.

Skills and Qualifications: 

• Strong leader.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills including excellent presentation and public speaking skills.
• Ability to represent Soi Dog Foundation to other organisations.
• Strategic thinking capabilities.
• Excellent people management skills.
• Able to exercise good judgement.
• Highly professional.
• Ability to work in a complex, intellectually rigorous environment whilst remaining focused on delivering results.
• Problem solving skills.
• Commitment to learning.
• Good financial management skills.

Work Experience

• A passion for animal welfare and the drive to want to make a difference.
• Experience working in a similar position.
• Be able to demonstrate Senior Management experience in progressive organisational environments.
• Been educated to degree level (essential)
• Post-graduate qualification in management, sales or fundraising (desirable)
• Proven experience of delivering significant income growth and programme development across a number of different areas of fundraising.
• Demonstrate significant personal experience of developing and building successful professional relationships.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills.

Location: The position is based at Soi Dog Foundation in Mai Khao, Phuket, Thailand.

Type of Employment: Full time employee.

Benefits: 

• Five-day work a week 08:00-17:00 with two days off. (May be required to work weekend or flexible time depending on their duties as directed by their Head of Department.)
• 19 annual holidays (including Thai National Holidays 13 days) rising to 25 days with year of service
• Annual Salary Adjustment
• Social Security
• Provident Fund
• Uniform

We are looking for an individual with proven fundraising ability at a senior level in the Voluntary and/or Healthcare sectors, who in conjunction with the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Executive Team, will contribute to the development of an effective strategy for St Luke’s Hospice.

The ideal candidate will take a strategic role in the leadership and management of fundraising activities achieving income targets to ensure the delivery of the Hospice’s charitable objectives now and in the future.

You will aim to inspire, develop and implement an ambitious, innovative and comprehensive strategy which is best in class in the sector, maximising income and increasing the supporter base.

Do you demonstrate first class leadership and management skills and the ability to motivate and develop a diverse team of staff? We want to hear from you!

The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, the RAF’s leading welfare charity, is seeking a fundraising and communications professional with extensive experience in the charity or commercial sector to double its reach to RAF Family members in urgent need.

Since its foundation 100 years ago, the RAF Benevolent Fund has supported past and present members of the Royal Air Force and their dependents who are in need, whether that is through practical, emotional or financial support.

In 2019, the charity launched a three-year, multi-channel and multi-million-pound campaign to double their reach from c.50,000 to 100,000 beneficiaries and to celebrate their Centenary year. They are now looking for an ambitious, experienced fundraising and communications leader to join their team and ensure that the campaign delivers on its targets. The role will support the work of a strong senior management team and a new CEO who joins the charity in Spring 2020.

As Director of Fundraising & Communications you will lead the charity’s income generation, awareness building and supporter, service user and public engagement programmes including the development and implementation of fundraising, communications and marketing strategies.

It is essential that you know how to lead, build and sustain teams and to deliver results. You will have a broad knowledge of fundraising (corporate and major donor fundraising and direct marketing in particular), communications, marketing and digital workstreams and be experienced in developing and implementing new business ideas. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong networking capabilities and proven abilities in delivering against challenging targets.

This is a great opportunity to work for an organisation that makes an enormous difference to the lives of people who have done their duty and made a personal sacrifice for this country.

For an informal conversation prior to applying to this role, please contact Anton Packheiser +44 (0) 7749 858597 or Suzie Spooner on +44 (0) 7960 932 315.
 

Civitas Recruitment are proud to be partnering with a great UK based charity focused on creating a strong Responsible Investment system which is geared towards sustainability and advancement of savers, communities and the environment. The organisation works with some of the largest FTSE 100 companies as well as smaller institutions including asset management firms both within the UK and globally to try and influence investment portfolios on a range of issues including; health, workforce issues and climate change. An opportunity exists to join this fantastic charity as a member of the senior leadership team as the new Director of Fundraising and Communications. The Director of Fundraising and Communications role will oversee the communications team however a large section of the role will be to develop and grow the fundraising function.

Who we are looking for?

Ideal candidates will have extensive experience of developing and implementing a fundraising/business development strategy working at a senior level within an organisation. You will be a natural communicator being able to inspire and influence internal and external stakeholders. Working across a range of fundraising streams, you will also have the necessary expertise to prioritise and raise income. As there will be an existing team to oversee, you will ideally also have experience of developing high performing teams in a supportive environment. Some experience and working knowledge of developing a broad communications strategy overseeing elements of PR, Marketing and Digital is also desirable but not essential. Finally, we are seeking those with a genuine passion for the third sector who can inspire our potential donors and supporters; therefore, experience and knowledge of investment or sustainability would be a bonus but not essential.

Please apply directly or contact Syed at Civitas Recruitment for an initial discussion and full JD. Applications are being considered on a rolling basis so early interest is encouraged.

About Mencap

We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something really meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You’ll have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential.

Our work includes;

• providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose
• providing advice through our help lines and web sites
• campaigning for the changes that people with a learning disability want

Job Advert

We have a brand new opportunity available for an experience Fundraising Analyst to join us at Mencap based out of London office in Barbican.

As Fundraising Analyst you will be responsible for understanding the behaviours of our current supporter audiences, their propensity to donate, and identify potential new donors. In collaboration with colleagues in Fundraising, you will use your expertise to ensure that accurate customer insight is used to improve existing products and identify innovation in existing projects in order to enhance income.

The Fundraising Analyst will lead the project to map our current audiences to understand the requirements of audience, including user stories, business requirements and user acceptance criteria. As the point of contact for the Fundraising leads in insight led analysis for product performance you will be required to travel across the UK occasionally.

We are looking for someone who already has or is willing to develop a strong understanding of learning disability and Mencap services to demonstrate the impact companies can make to our work and the lives of people with a learning disability.

Please include a cover letter along with you most recent CV to apply for the role.

Benefits

As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.

• 32 days holiday (including bank holidays) increasing to 35 days with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme
• Service related sick pay when 6 month probation is completed
• Eligibility to join Mencap Pension Plan where Mencap matches contributions upto 5% on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings. If you don’t join the Plan you will be auto-enrolled into NEST
• Membership of Mencap Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary death in service live cover AND Income Protection of 50% salary to be triggered at 26 weeks of long term sickness
• Loans for debt consolidation,bikes, computers and phones when you have been with us for 6 months
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via Mencapextras
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Quarterly award scheme and recognition at every 5 years through our YouRock program
• Access to award winning training and development

*T&C's apply based on contract

Career Ready is a social mobility charity that supports students at schools and colleges in disadvantaged areas, giving them the confidence, skills, networks and opportunity to achieve their potential and enjoy a rewarding future. Since 2002 Career Ready has run programmes which connect employers with young people aged 11-18 with mentors, internships, skills masterclasses and wider careers activities that prepare them for success in the world of work. 

Last year, our network of 5,000 volunteers from 1,000 employers, large and small, helped to transform the lives of 69,000 young people in over 400 schools and colleges. Career Ready is also a partner of the Careers Enterprise Company, charged with implementing the national careers strategy in England as a ‘provider of high quality services’ to young people. 

Career Ready makes a remarkable impact on the lives of young people. Their programmes are mapped to learning outcomes which reflect the skills, attitudes and behaviour which employers seek. They enable young people to navigate the careers and education landscape on leaving school or college. Career Ready’s mission is to ensure those from disadvantaged backgrounds are prepared for the world of work and make a successful transition from education to rewarding employment and a fulfilling future career.

ABOUT THE ROLE 

We are seeking an experienced, energetic & innovative fundraising professional to drive the charity towards its projected growth, managing Career Ready’s fundraising, which includes: Corporate partnerships; Trusts and Foundations; Government and other statutory bodies and Individuals. This role is part of Career Ready’s Senior Management Team (SMT).

REPORTS TO: Chief Executive
MANAGES: 2 x Corporate Partnerships Managers and 1 x Fundraising Executive.

SPECIFIC DUTIES:

1. Fundraising Management

• Deliver a strategy to generate increased income over a three year period from a wide range of donors, including corporate partners, trusts and foundations, high net worth individuals, governments and other statutory donors in line with Career Ready’s existing organisational strategy
• Review performance against income targets
• Liaise with Career Ready’s finance staff regarding budgets, expenses and income forecasts
• With the Director of Programmes and Events Manager, maintain a list of sponsorship opportunities that can be made available to stakeholders
• Present regular reports and updates to the Senior Management Team, the Finance and Fundraising Committee and National Advisory Board
• Update and maintain a library of grant applications and case studies for use in future applications
• Keep effective records of fundraising activity in support of performance management
• Manage online and other resources which support fundraising activity
• Maintain pipeline of forecasted income across all fundraising disciplines to ensure a surplus each financial year

2.  Corporate Partnerships

• Support the Corporate Partnerships Managers to ensure they are delivering successful partnerships and generating new business to support organisational goals, and managing own portfolio of partners where required
• Develop long-term sustainable relationships with corporate partners
• Develop and implement an annual business development plan to meet income targets
• Secure 2-3 new high value corporate partnerships to ensure sustainability of corporate income over next 3-5 years

3.  Trust and Foundation Fundraising

• Continue to build on the annual Trust and Foundation fundraising plan to meet income targets
• Lead the development and submission of grant applications. This may require considerable liaison with the Trusts and Foundations and coordination with colleagues to ensure that outputs and deliverables are realistic and realisable
• Manage the reporting and control aspects of successful grants. This will require coordination with colleagues to ensure outputs and financial targets are recorded and reported

4. Individual giving and major donor fundraising

• Working with the Fundraising Executive to develop an individual giving plan to generate new regular donors and individuals who fundraise for Career Ready e.g. running marathons, bake sales etc.
• Develop an individual giving supporter journey to ensure high levels of donor care at all stages of the relationship
• Lead the development of a major donor strategy to generate new high value donors and maintain relationships through high quality donor care

5. Government, Public Sector and other Statutory Fundraising (“Statutory funding”)

• Liaise with the Chief Executive and other colleagues to identify and respond to statutory funding opportunities. This will include maintaining contacts with government departments and publications to source funding opportunities.
• Lead the development and submission of statutory funding applications and tenders. This may require considerable liaison with colleagues to ensure that outputs and deliverables are realistic and realisable.
• Manage the reporting and control aspects of successful grants. This will require coordination with colleagues to ensure outputs and financial targets are recorded and reported.

6.  Other Responsibilities

• Manage a business development and fundraising team
• To contribute to the development of Career Ready as a senior member of staff
• Provide and attend team meetings, training and other meetings as required
• Maintain effective working relationships with Career Ready’s internal and external stakeholders
• Work within Career Ready policies and procedures
• Support the delivery of Career Ready’s strategy and business plan
• Undertake other duties and projects as required by the Chief Executive

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

1. Knowledge

• a detailed knowledge of Trusts and Foundations and corporate fundraising
• an understanding of events, individuals and major donor fundraising
• a knowledge of the education sector (or a similar charity, business, education sector) is desirable

2. Skills

• able to develop and deliver an annual fundraising and business development plan
• ability to develop longer term strategies to increase fundraising income from year to year 
• ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• ability to write concise and well-structured bids/applications and reports
• ability to manage income budgets
• able to work under pressure to meet deadlines
• ability to organize others effectively by delegating and overseeing business development and fundraising activities
• ability to use online resources (databases and social media)

3. Experience

• experience of developing fundraising plans and strategies
• experience of improving fundraising performance
• a successful track-record of developing strong relationships with funders/commissioning stakeholders
• success in generating income from Trusts and Foundations
• experience of business development and/or corporate partnerships
• direct or close indirect experience of at least two of the following fundraising specialisms: events, individuals, including major donors and statutory fundraising
• management responsibility

4. Qualifications

• A recognised fundraising qualification is desirable

SALARY AND BENEFITS:

• Up to £60,000 pa, depending on experience
• Plus 6% contribution to personal pension plan, subject to 3% employee contribution
• Interest-free season ticket loan
• Annual leave: 25 days per annum plus bank/public holidays. The office is also closed between Christmas and New Year and there are an additional 2 days of leave available in August.

An enhanced criminal record (DBS) check will be required for the role.

TIMETABLE:

Closing date for applications: Friday 24 January 2020, 5 p.m.

Interviews held week commencing Monday 10 February 2020.                           

Candidate to take up post as soon as possible.               

TO APPLY:

If you are interested in the role, please apply online by submitting your CV and a covering letter that demonstrates clearly, through examples, how your experience meets the requirements of the role and what attracts you to Career Ready. Please provide details of your current salary.

Please note that if your application is not accompanied by a covering letter your application will not be considered.

Registered Charity Numbers 1092891 (England & Wales) SCO43678 (Scotland)

A fantastic opportunity for someone who is keen to help an excellent charity innovate in supporter engagement.

The Direct Marketing Executive will help create a new regular giving product and provide a fresh take on this impressive charity’s payroll giving programme.

The charity has 12 people in its individual giving team, and is set to generate income of over £8m in 2019/20. In 2020/21 there will be more investment in people, systems and products, and an aim to grow the supporter base by over 15,000.

The team needs someone to bring experience of acquiring new donors and supporters from various channels (direct mail, digital, face-to-face), and of developing new acquisition products. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about finding improvements, and is keen to help an excellent charity innovate how it engages potential supporters.

Job specification

The charity needs a Direct Marketing Executive to:

• take ownership of the project management of private site fundraising
• help to revitalise payroll giving, working with the corporate team
• manage twice-yearly cash appeals
• support a senior executive on the trialling of a new regular giving product

Person specification

This role would best suit:

• a passionate and driven acquisition specialist who has a proven history of working well with external agencies and managing projects
• someone with experience in payroll giving (desirable)
• someone who is ambitious, an effective team worker and keen to learn.

To apply for this role, please click Apply with Charityjob to submit your CV to Ellie Taff at QuarterFive Fundraising Recruitment. If your experience is a good fit, we will send you a job description and arrange a briefing call or meeting that will provide you with all the information required to formally apply. QuarterFive aims to proactively support your job search, so we may also consider your details for other job vacancies to enable us to find a position that is most suitable for you.

• Are you a change agent who loves to create energy around new ways of working?
• Do you live, breathe and drive excellence?
• Do you flourish in a creative environment that demands innovation and collaboration?
• Do you have a proven track record in casting vision, developing strategy, delivering
• successful fundraising plans and developing brand?
• Do you love people and relentlessly strive to enable a team to reach its full potential?
• Do you have a passion for the whole mission of God throughout the world?

God may be calling you to lead Communications for BMS.

BMS World Mission is seeking to appoint a Director of Communications and Funding who will play a key leadership role in mobilising thousands of churches and individuals to pray for and financially support our work around the world.

This role is the lead external interface on BMS’ corporate communications.

This role is responsible for the way BMS is presented publicly and handles all risk and opportunities related to brand, fundraising and corporate communications in order to maintain, and build upon, BMS’ reputation and support in the UK.

This role will lead a team who:

Develop all external-facing communications in order to recruit and retain donors across a variety of audiences and channels, and build on existing church relations to encourage funding and prayer, promoting the vision and ethos of BMS.

Review and develop BMS’ messaging to ensure relationships with individuals, churches and corporates, primarily in the UK, are maximized.

This role works strategically with the Board and the Executive Director Team in the leadership of BMS World Mission and in the implementation of BMS strategic and operational plans.

If you have any questions about this role the recruitment pack provides contact details to arrange a conversation. For the full recruitment package and to download an application form, visit BMS World Mission website. 

About us

Cherry Trees is a small but innovative charity in East Clandon, near Guildford. We are a life-line for our 100 plus families and provide exceptional specialist short breaks/ respite for children and young adults aged 0-19 with a range of complex disabilities including learning, physical and sensory impairments. The time they spend with us in our home from home environment gives their families a much needed rest from the day to day demands of their caring role.

Who we are looking for

We are currently recruiting for a Head of Fundraising team.

Our ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal, written and communication skills and be ready to accept the challenge to lead our Fundraising team, increase awareness of our charity and raise the funds integral to the vital services we provide.

You will be an energetic self-starting professional, a strategic thinker and able to demonstrate previous success in income generation through a variety of fundraising channels and leading a team. You will have a strong drive to meet targets and understand how to best nurture and expand the donor base.

Cherry Trees is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS will be required for this role.

How to apply: To apply please click on the 'Apply' button to recieve our application form and job description.

The Head of Public Fundraising will provide strategic leadership and oversee the delivery of all aspects of national mass participation fundraising activity.

Working closely with colleagues across the organisation the successful candidate will grow the charity’s supporter base using innovative new products marketed to their target audiences.  You will create sustainable sources of income, primarily unrestricted, achieving a competitive return on investment for each income stream.

Previous experience of public fundraising is essential for this role, ideally including generating income from two or more of the following income streams, community, events and/or individual giving.

For further information or a confidential discussion about the role please submit your CV via the link below.

Applications are considered on a rolling basis.

Closing date: 9am 3rd February 2020

NFP Consulting is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

About Alfanar

Meaning ‘beacon’ in Arabic, Alfanar is the Arab region’s first venture philanthropy organisation, using social investment to change dynamics in slums, villages, refugee camps and other vulnerable communities.  We identify and back ambitious social enterprises working in vulnerable communities to sustainably educate children, employ youth and economically empower women. We multiply the impact of our funding with high-engagement management support and a relentless focus on impact growth and financial sustainability.  The social enterprises Alfanar backs represent a bold and hopeful side of the Middle East often overlooked in the headlines. Over the past 15 years, we have invested in 34 social enterprises across Egypt, Lebanon and refugee communities, tangibly improving over 65,000 lives.  We began work in Jordan in 2019.  For more on Alfanar, see our annual reports on the website. Alfanar is a registered charity in the UK, with a registered branch in Egypt.  Alfanar has a sister 501(c)3 in the US and affiliate in Lebanon.  We currently have representatives in London, Cairo, Beirut and Amman.

Scope of the Job

Are you a strategic thinker and a relationship builder?  We are looking for an experienced fundraising professional in the non-profit space who can help envision and oversee the future of Alfanar’s fundraising, partnerships and outreach strategy.  Working alongside the Executive Director, senior management and Trustees, in this brand-new role, you will develop and lead on the execution of Alfanar’s global fundraising strategy, with a focus on: a) steadily growing and diversifying Alfanar’s streams of income, among institutional donors, including corporates, foundations and international aid organisations, b) ensuring greater funding certainty and stability for our venture philanthropy work and c) enhancing Alfanar’s brand by developing strategic partnerships. The Development Director will be supported by a full-time Development Coordinator and will have access to support from a full-time Administrative Coordinator.

In 2019, Alfanar approved an ambitious growth strategy, which aims to deepen the impact of our venture philanthropy work in Egypt, Lebanon and refugee communities, while growing our venture philanthropy work to new countries, scaling one of our successful social investments, and exploring impact investing.  To grow our impact along these lines, Alfanar’s income and pool of partners must grow, income sources require diversification, and our fundraising systems need full time attention and professionalisation. 

Alfanar’s Development Director will be responsible for developing and delivering a global fundraising strategy that allows us to achieve the goals of our growth strategy, ultimately enabling Alfanar to expand its reach and impact through social enterprise. This will mean developing a clearer and more effective fundraising and partnership strategy.  The position requires a candidate who can draw on Alfanar’s wealth of experience partnering with individuals, institutions and through events, and will be open to applicants based in the UK (we are open to considering candidates based in the US or the Arab region).

Responsibilities

- Fundraising Strategy: develop and execute on Alfanar’s three-year fundraising strategy, with a focus on growing voluntary income and corporate support.

- Donor Stewardship: set efficient and tailored strategies for communicating with and deepening existing donor relationships.

- Major Gifts: develop relationships with donors who can make major gifts.

- Corporate Partnerships - develop partnerships with growing number of corporates that can committed to changing the region.

- Donor Reporting: improve and manage Alfanar's donor reporting system to ensure greater engagement and more efficient reporting. Ensure financial and narrative reports to donors are timely and of high quality.

- Communications: ensure that Alfanar’s fundraising messages are in line with brand guidelines and coherent across fundraising documents and public channels

- Events: work with Executive Director, Board members and event organisers to support the planning and delivery of high-quality fundraising events that build Alfanar’s brand awareness and generate support for Alfanar’s venture philanthropy work.

- Staff Support: supporting Alfanar’s senior management and Country Directors to fundraise in their own jurisdictions, from companies, foundations, and donor agencies.

- Keep abreast of opportunities and current trends in fundraising to achieve the organisation’s fundraising targets.

- Monitor income and expenditure against allocated budget and identified targets.

- Work closely with the Executive Director on special projects, as needed.

- Manage Development Coordinator to achieve goals of new fundraising strategy.

Personal Specification

- Strong non-profit fundraising experience, preferably in major gifts or corporate fundraising.

- Proven experience in securing significant support from major individual donors and corporates

- Fundraising experience with foundations and other institutions is desirable.

- Experience in developing a growth-oriented fundraising strategy and delivering on it.

- Experience in developing strong relationships at senior levels.

- High level of comfort with face-to-face solicitations.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, presentation and negotiation skills.

- Passionate about sustainable social development, venture philanthropy, social enterprise and social investment in the Arab World; experience in the sectors of education, women’s economic empowerment and youth employment is desirable.

- Fluent in English; good command of Arabic highly desirable; French is also desirable.

- Optimism, flexibility and creativity in recognising and responding to opportunities, whilst working within parameters set by the organisation.

- Demonstrable evidence of working collaboratively in a small team.

- Evidence of demonstrating leadership in setting, achieving and stretching goals.

- Ability to travel internationally as required (4-8 weeks per year)

- Ability to occasionally work out of office hours as required

New Schools Network

New Schools Network (NSN) is an independent charity improving the life chances of young people by supporting the creation and long-term success of new schools. NSN finds talented people and organisations, supports them to establish new free schools across the country and, through the Academy Ambassadors Programme, places high calibre business people as non-executive directors on boards of multi-academy trusts. The organisation is particularly focussed on supporting new schools in areas of high economic and social disadvantage and low educational performance.

By offering advice, guidance and support, the charity has been instrumental in helping hundreds of groups of parents, teachers, charities and schools to establish new schools, and has placed over 1,400 non-executive directors on boards of multi-academy trusts. Over the last six years, NSN has expanded its activities to support the ~740 or so free schools that are open or have been approved to open. With over 500 free schools already open and more in the pipeline,  this is an exciting time to join NSN to improve the quality of education in England by managing the work of NSN’s Delivery Team.

Next challenge for NSN? 

1. The Government has reitereated its commitment to free schools.  There has never been a better opportunity to drive the creation of new schools especially in parts of the country where the quality of existing local schools is not good enough.
2. In 2017, NSN launched an income-generating service that provides intensive support to groups during pre-opening. We believe there is potential to extend the support we provide to ensure that, once open, these schools have the support and tools they need to succeed.
3. The Academy Ambassadors programme has delivered consistently beyond expectations on the DfE grant to recruit to boards and now needs to consider enhancing and developing its services,  including looking at income-generating services and potential for philanthropic funding.
4. NSN has offices in London and Manchester and around 40 members of staff. The organisation currently has an annual turnover of ca. £2.5 million, which is comprised of a grant from the Department for Education and charitable donations.
5. Demand for NSN’s services to the education sector is increasing and we need to grow our income in order to meet the need. So we’re launching an ambitious programme to increase our fundraising income in the next five years.
6. To achieve this, we are keen to appoint a new Head of Fundraising and Partnerships to shape and deliver the future organisational funding for NSN . This is a genuine opportunity to influence and collaborate to take the organisation to the next level. We are hoping to meet with candidates who will have strengths in a range of fields - even if they do not have every element of experience highlighted below.
7. If you thrive on challenge, can handle high levels of accountability and have a proven track record of success, we can offer you the chance to engage in an interesting challenge, whilst contributing to changing the face of education across England.

Head of Fundraising and Partnerships

Key Responsibilities  

• You will lead from the front in cultivating and managing donor relationships and serve as an active ambassador for us in the charity fundraising world.
• You will be a key member of NSN’s Senior Management Team and will play an active role in cross-organisational strategy-setting, operational planning, resource allocation and  governance.
• In collaboration with the Director, you will set and lead the implementation of NSN's fundraising strategy, to drive the organisation forward, whilst working in partnership with the senior management team and the Trustees.
• You will enjoy building new partnerships and relationships to further the charity’s aims and seeing the financial returns for your efforts as reflected in the donations received.
• You will devise and deliver a new 5-year strategic funding plan for NSN, that will include exploring and developing new sources of funding to ensure the charity’s long-term financial sustainability and future proof the people capabilities within the organisation.
• You will develop and lead a multi-faceted campaign to identify and/or build new donors for NSN. The result of your efforts will be a robust, reliable and diverse income streams from individual donors, grant making trusts and corporate supporters.
• You will be accountable for managing the relationships with donors and ensuring an effective stewardship and retention plan is in place.
• You will be a key contribution to the financial management of NSN, with accountability to ensure NSN’s financial viability and longer term sustainable future.
• NSN is recognised as a thought leader in education – as the Head of Fundraising and Partnerships you will play a vital role in enriching the debate and driving change in education, through creating and enhancing the strategic partnerships with key public, private and philanthropic partners.
• You will be comfortable acting as a high-profile advocate for NSN, both publicly and privately, to build public awareness and influence policy-making around new schools policy.
• You will focus on making decisions using data, whilst you work with the Director of Finance and Corporate Services to monitor and evaluate the success and quality of NSN's work, whilst shaping future strategic initiatives.

Key Skills

• You will have prior evidence of having successfully cultivated new relationships and partnerships that have resulted in tangible outcomes, including a track record of securing multiple five and six figure donations.
• You will bring good strategic and analytical skills, coupled with the gravitas and credibility to represent NSN and the sector with a wide range of stakeholders and audiences.
• You will be a credible senior leader with a strong track record in developing and managing a complex donor pipeline,  from cultivation, to bid presentation and ongoing relationship management.
• In the past you will have set and implemented a fundraising strategy and vision (within a medium sized business).
• You will be able to demonstrate that you are comfortable enagaging with, shaping and presenting organisational messages effectively to a variety of difference audiences.
• You will have extensive experience of developing and implementing new commercial offerings; especially knowledge of sponsorship and and/or developing new funding streams for a not-for – profit organisation.
• You will be politically astute with an excellent understanding of Government and Parliament and the ability to build cross-party alliances.
• You will be able to demonstrate a belief in the importance of a good education for all children, you will believe in the free school policy and the potential for high quality multi-academy trust boards to improve education across England.
• This is a hands-on role, you will be self-motivating and enjoy inspiring others to thrive in a dynamic environment. 

Details and how to apply

Salary

£40,000- 45,000 dependent on experience.

Benefits

• 25 days’ annual leave, with an additional day for each year of service

• Office closure between Christmas and New Year- additional leave not taken out of your annual leave allowance

• 2 days of study/charitable leave per year to allow you to take on charity work, further study or school governor activities

• Season ticket travel loan scheme and cycle to work scheme

• 10% pension contribution

Contract

Full-time, permanent.

Closing date

5pm, 24th January

Location

Vauxhall, London. The role will require travel across England from time to time. 

Reporting

• Reports to: Director / Director of Finance and Corporate Services

How to apply

To apply for this role, please e-mail with your CV and a covering letter explaining why you are the right person for this job. Please also include details of your current salary and notice period.

Interviews

Candidates must be available for a first interview on 30th January, there may be a short telephone interview depending on the number of strong applications.

We are working exclusively with Praxis to recruit a Head of Fundraising, they are looking for a successful fundraiser who is a strategic thinker, you will need to have a strong Trust Fundraising background and also take responsibility for the IG programme.