Title: Fundraising Executive (London)

Hours: 35 hour per week

Location: Remote working with office days required as and when appropriate.

Salary: £25,000 per annum

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays and a great opportunity to develop your career in a growing Charity.

Our client is recruiting for a Fundraising Executive to join their team.

The Company

Our client futureproofs the talent pipeline for hospitality by helping people to get sustained employment through their specialist careers advice and guidance, skills training, tailored employability support, dedicated after care and access to work placements, which launch people into future careers in the hospitality, leisure and tourism industries.

Our client inspires younger people to explore careers in hospitality, giving them knowledge and skills, through their education programmes in schools, colleges and universities.

This charity champions and strengthens the hospitality industry, promoting it as a rewarding and worthwhile career path, collaborating with their business partners to attract and retain talent and equip hospitality businesses with hard-working, motivated and enthusiastic staff now and in the future.

The Role

Working within a highly motivated and experienced fundraising team to support Springboard to access crucial funding via Trusts & Foundations and public funding opportunities, supporting the sustainability of the organisation and its strategic objectives.

A day & month in the life of the Fundraising Executive….

• Supporting the research requirements associated to trusts & foundations and public funding.

• Assisting with the management of local and regional funding accounts – contributing to the bid renewal processes and reporting requirements.

• Contributing to and/or constructing first draft local and regional applications.

• Co-ordinating key elements of our people led work, evaluation processes and evidence of impact requirements.

• Attending and adding value to programme development and budgeting workshops that will attract trusts & foundations and public funding opportunities.

• To support and/or construct public funding first draft pre-qualifying questionnaires, tenders and applications as and when appropriate.

This job is for you if you have…

• Research skills and IT literate / ability to use Excel and PowerPoint.
• Previous experience of constructing funding applications.
• Task driven and able to meet deadlines.
• Excellent verbal, written skills and attention to detail.
• Able to work on your own and as part of a team.
• Desire to work within a highly focused, results driven fundraising team.

Ideally you will….

Driven and highly motivated as a key staff member within a high quality fundraising team. To have the ability to build strong relationships and contribute to securing funds from trusts and foundations and public funders where appropriate. Someone who shares our core values.

‘INSPIRE’  ‘MAKE A DIFFERENCE’  ’CUSTOMER FOCUS’  ’LISTEN’  ’INCLUSIVE’  ’DO’  ’HONEST’

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Northamptonshire and Leicestershire

Our client's community fundraisers are vital to what they do. Without their hard work out in their local communities, they would not have the money to keep their helicopters in the air, their cars on the road and their crews saving lives.

They have an exciting opportunity for not one, but two experienced Community Fundraisers to work under the direction of their Community Fundraising Manager, to deliver some stretching objectives and targets in the region. If you like accountability with the flexibility to design how you make the role a success then they are definitely the organisation for you. This role has a large element of developing new contacts and leads, how you achieve this is up to you. We are certainly more reliant on technology than we ever have been so we will give you tools that you need to make this happen. Alongside developing new opportunities there will be relationship management with existing supporters and also stewardship of their incredible volunteers.

Community Fundraising Executive Requirements:

As this role is predominantly identifying new opportunities to grow the organisation they are looking for an experienced target driven Fundraiser who is comfortable approaching new opportunities for them. They can give you all the support you need to be a success with them. This is a huge opportunity for you to continue to build support for the organisation in an already established region and promote all the fantastic things our client achieves for the community.

They are on a journey to be the organisation of choice and opportunity for the most talented and driven people from diverse backgrounds.

A bit about our client:

Their objective is to save lives, utilising specialist pilots, doctors, and paramedics and with their work centred on saving lives, improving clinical outcomes and being able to react quickly and efficiently to emergencies. They are at the forefront of innovative clinical care and they challenge boundaries. None of this can be achieved without a hugely dedicated team of colleagues, volunteers and the general public.

Location: Northamptonshire and Leicestershire
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 per week
Salary: £25,000 per annum, plus £5,000 car allowance and competitive benefits

Closing Date: 27th May 2022

This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

You may have experience of the following: Fundraising Executive, Fundraising Assistant, Community Fundraising Executive, Community Fundraiser, Fundraiser, Fundraising, Community Engagement, Fundraising Officer, Community Fundraising Officer, Sales Executive, Business Development Executive, Sales Officer, Relationship Management, Partnership Management, Charity, Charities, NFP, Not For Profit, etc.

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Title: Fundraising Integration Executive

Salary: £26,044 per annum

Hours/Contract: 35 hours - flexible working can be discussed

Contract Type: 9 months fixed term

Based: External - Ideally NI/Yorkshire Home based

Closing date: 23rd May 2022

Interview date: 30th/31st May 2022

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a unique team, pioneering the way in which fundraising works with service delivery teams. The Fundraising and Caring Services Integration team works across all fundraising disciplines within Marie Curie, acting as a central point of contact for information, insight and collaboration with Caring Services colleagues.

This temporary role will ensure staff and volunteers based in Caring Services are fully engaged with the business-critical role fundraising plays in the care we provide and how they can best contribute to this.

You will work as part of the national team to support teams across Fundraising, Marketing and Communications, providing insight and local knowledge of Caring Services to help the fundraising team grow and develop our long-term supporter base. The role will involve working at a regional and national level, supporting on specific projects and the team's business as usual activities.

What we are looking for:

• We are looking for someone who is able to multi-task, a good communicator with attention to detail.
• You will have good creative and design skills to help create engaging and inspiring communication tools, internal newsletters and presentations
• A creative problem solver with a can-do attitude
• Organisation and prioritisation skills
• An engaging and inspiring individual with a passion for making a difference

What's in it for you:

• Continued access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
• Continuous development
• Industry leading training programmes
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible Working

Please click apply to go through to our website where you can view the full job description.

Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.

We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

This role will be subject to receiving a satisfactory criminal record check.

Shortlisting and Interviews will happen on a rolling basis so early application is encouraged. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Agencies need not apply.

Better Story is a small digital marketing company making a big difference. We grow the impact and reach of our purposeful clients by telling their story in a powerful way. 

We are looking to recruit a part-time team member who can help us to tell the stories of our wonderful clients. 

Initially you will focus your energy on Christian charity clients, writing fundraising materials for them in addition to creating social media posts, writing and sending emails, newsletters and publishing blogs. It will therefore be useful if you have experience of attending church services and Christian values. 

This is a mid-level role with support provided by an experienced team. You will work closely with other team members and report directly to the COO. 

This is a great opportunity for someone who

• Is a good copy writer
• Is passionate about making a real difference in the lives of those who really need it 
• Loves communicating
• Has some experience of fundraising communications both for print and digital medium and would like to gain more
• Preferably has some graphic design skills, eg canva or photoshop
• Would appreciate the opportunity to learn and progress in a small but growing company

Further Details

• 1-2 days a week (on average – sometimes more, sometimes less)
• Preferably freelance but will consider employed position for the right candidate. 
• Salary £20k (pro-rata)
• You will be working remotely, with occassinoal opportunity for team video calls and in person meetings near Bristol, UK

Job Summary

Job Title: Fundraising Officer (maternity cover - fixed term until 28th April 2023)

Location: This is a remotely-based role and some travel may be required.

Contract: Temporary - fixed term

Hours: Full-Time

Salary: Up to £26,032.00 per annum

Additional Information:       We operate flexi time and flexible working. Full UK driving licence is preferred not essential.

This closes on Friday 20th May and interviews will be held on the 27th May.  

About Thera

Thera Trust are a charity that support people with a learning disability. We are people-centred and we want to demonstrate that people with a learning disability can be leaders in society. You’ll see our dedication to our values throughout of our work.

It’s a fascinating and exciting time to join us as our fundraising team begins to mature, developing the foundations of fundraising programmes to support our activity for years to come.

We are a tight-knit, dynamic and creative fundraising team with a focus on securing the right money for the right purpose and building collaborative relationships with those who support our work.

The projects we support as a fundraising team are wide-ranging and include social enterprise, employability, independence, health & wellbeing and social isolation/loneliness. Charitable funding can make a huge impact on the lives of thousands of people with a learning disability across the UK and you can play a significant role in making it happen.

Trusts and Grants

We are looking for a Fundraising Officer with a difference; someone with creative flair paired with impressive IT skills to maximise the potential of our fundraising CRM system and deliver on our public fundraising, securing income to support our work. You will work strategically with the rest of the team and our subsidiary companies and project teams to deliver the right funding for the right work.

Reporting to the Head of Fundraising, you will work closely with our subsidiary and project teams to develop and delivering public fundraising campaigns, support individual and group fundraisers in their efforts and researching, maintain our fundraising platforms and CRM system and developing relationships to ensure future support.

This is a fixed term, maternity cover position, ending 28th April 2023.

This role is remotely based (though the team will be tight-knit, meeting regularly either in person or via phone/video calls) and an element of travelling is required.

We reserve the right to close this advert before the deadline.

There is currently no legal requirement for individuals joining Thera to be fully vaccinated against covid-19, however we do follow Government guidance and believe that they are an effective way to support everyone's safety. There is an expectation of anyone joining us that if vaccinations against any disease/virus become law, then you will be required to follow such guidance, and your contract of employments will reflect this.

Fundraising & Commercial Marketing Manager

• Home Based with some travel to Head Office required
• Up to £42,000 based on experience
• 35 hours over 5 days per week

The role

In this new role you’ll have a hands-on role in managing ambitious campaigns to deliver against fundraising and commercial sales objectives, covering all aspects of marketing (digital and physical, including brand management), supporter comms, website and social media including development and delivery of creative ideas and concepts.

You’ll have a good understanding of what works for fundraising, but an open and inquisitive mind and a desire to test, learn and scale develop new concepts for an untraditional charity audience (the automotive industry). You’ll have the opportunity to share and grow your own ideas as part of an exciting team on the journey towards ‘great fundraising’.

Key points

• You’ll be a team player who thrives in an agile, ambitious environment
• You’ll be happy sharing your own thoughts and ideas, and working to bring them to life
• You’ll be delivering compelling marketing activity that furthers Ben’s ambition and strengthens its ability to deliver on its mission
• You’ll work across the full range of B2B products and services, ensuring pricing, positioning and marketing activities are aligned for maximum impact
• You’ll be responsible for overall brand management of Ben’s fundraising and commercial brands (DoIt4Ben, ILC, BenBall, BenWell etc.)
• You’ll deliver a consistent, high-quality service to all stakeholders, ensuring an experience which often exceeds expectations and delivers the optimum customer satisfaction

Benefits

• A minimum of 33 days, inclusive of Bank Holidays and subject to increase with the length of service.
• Contributory pension scheme – matched at 4%.
• Life assurance 3 x basic annual salary.
• Access to Perkbox, employee benefits platforms, offering free perks and discounts with hundreds of companies and deals available. 
• Enhance Maternity/ paternity Pay
• Employee Assistance Programmes.
• Wellbeing support including access to mental health digital platforms.
• Long Service Recognition.
• Personal Development.
• Rewards and Incentives.
• Free car parking

About Ben

Ben is an independent charity and dedicated partner to the automotive industry, providing support for life for its people and their family dependents. Ben is focused on delivering care and support to enable total health & wellbeing through working and later life.

Ben provides free and confidential advice and support focused on the main areas of peoples’ health and wellbeing: financial, physical, mental and social, supporting people at whatever stage of life. Everyone who works, or has worked, in the automotive industry can access Ben's support.

By working in partnership with automotive industry companies, Ben can help them to support their people through life’s challenges and build a stronger, more resilient automotive industry. Ben is dedicated to working closely with employers to help support their people, and therefore the industry as a whole.

Apply now

If this describes you, and you are ambitious and motivated and want to make a positive difference to people’s lives, get in touch with us.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Digital Community Fundraising Officer to join our newly created Digital Community Fundraising team. You will join us working 35 hours per week and in return you will receive a competitive salary of up to £36,726.83 plus excellent benefits.

Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity with a nationwide network of adoption and homing centres, volunteer-run branches and charity shops. During 2021, we helped 137,000 cats and kittens. That's the equivalent of around 375 cats a day!

The Digital Community Fundraising team is a brand new team sitting in the Community & Events department within the wider Marketing and Income Generation directorate. Working collaboratively with other areas of the directorate, this new team will pave the way for digital community fundraising at Cats Protection. A very exciting opportunity for the right candidate to help shape the portfolio and team.

Responsibilities of our Senior Digital Community Fundraising Officer

As Senior Digital Community Fundraising Officer, you will be responsible for managing, developing, and delivering the digital community fundraising programme, supported by the Digital Community Fundraising Manager, to acquire, convert and retain engaged community supporters. Working across multiple channels, you will increase sustainable net income through a diverse and innovation product pipeline.

What we’re looking for in our Senior Digital Community Fundraising Officer

• Proven experience of digital fundraising and marketing, ideally working with external agencies within the third sector
• Proven experience of product development, innovation and testing new products and propositions
• Experience in a community fundraising environment
• Proven track record of achieving income against agreed financial targets
• A good working knowledge of websites, SEO and PPC
• Successful management of sizeable expenditure budgets

What we can offer you:

• salary of up to £36,726.83 per annum plus excellent benefits
• generous annual leave entitlement
• contribution pension scheme
• life assurance scheme
• range of health benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme
• and more

Join us as our Senior Digital Community Fundraising Officer and know you are helping to make a real difference to cats and kittens across the UK!

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications or CVs that are emailed to us directly. Please note any applications received after the closing date may not be responded to.

Closing date:  17th May 2022

Virtual interview date: Week commencing 23rd May 2022

Cats Protection is committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk and protecting anyone that comes into contact with us from harm.  We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

Civitas Recruitment are delighted to be working with a fantastic charity that aid refugees by giving them bicycles. The charity takes second-hand bikes that they then fix and donate to refugees and asylum seekers in London and Birmingham. An exciting opportunity exists for a Fundraising Manager to join the team. As a Fundraising Manager, you will be working closely with the Head of Marketing and Fundraising on developing the fundraising strategy within the charity. You will oversee stewardship processes, alongside the Fundraising Executive. You will develop the charity’s stewardship strategy, alongside the Fundraising Executive. It is a full-time permanent role. Can be home based with regular travel required for events/meetings in London. 

Who are we looking for?

Ideal candidates will have at least three years’ experience of charity fundraising activities and knowledge of generating charity income (IG, community, Events etc). Candidates will have experience using CRM systems and fundraising platforms. You will have experience of supporting community fundraisers to reach targets. You will be able to show an ability to prioritise effectively and juggle multiple demands at once. Excellent interpersonal awareness and communication skills with the ability to listen and understand the needs of others is essential for this role. Knowledge of the refugee sector in the UK and experience of working or volunteering for a charitable organisation would be an advantage however it is not essential for this role.

If the above role description sounds of interest and you feel like you meet the criteria; please apply immediately or for further information, please contact Syed at Civitas Recruitment for a full JD and informal discussion. Early applications are encouraged as we will be reviewing on a rolling basis.

Do you want to join our commitment to ensure no family faces cancer alone?

We are looking for a standout relationship manager to join our fantastic team of fundraisers who work tirelessly to raise funds for Young Lives vs Cancer. This is a role of variety, opportunity and innovation and we are looking for someone who embraces change and constantly strives to achieve more.

Fundraising Engagement Manager Responsibilities:

A great personality and team ethic are really important in this role as you will maximise income for Young Live vs Cancer by coaching our supporters to reach their goals, whilst seeking out new fundraising opportunities for your geographical area. This role sits within the ‘Supporter Experience’ team and we need someone with natural customer service skills who wants to deliver a legendary experience to all of their supporters. Your team of supporters will range from volunteers and individuals, to groups and local corporates.

North East England is a big area filled with some of our most committed supporters but there is so much opportunity to grow support across the region.

This is not your average 9-5 role and we’re not looking for an average candidate. We encourage flexibility and adaptability, and in return offer a strong flexible working arrangement to ensure a healthy work/life balance. Many of the team work condensed or flexible hours to suit individual circumstances and we would love to discuss your needs further at interview.

Fundraising Engagement Manager Requirements:

Experience within a similar role, or within the charity sector, would be great, but we know that a lot of the most important skills in this role are easily transferable from another sector. We want the right person and we will invest in training the right candidate. The skills we are looking for in this role are:

• Strong prioritisation skills
• Great communicator
• Self-Motivated
• Emotionally intelligent
• Master at storytelling
• Epic at relationship building
• Self-Aware
• Great at spotting opportunities
• Influencing/Negotiating
• Compassion
• Bravery
• Integrity
• Team player

The must haves:

• Have a full UK driving licence and access to a car
• Have a sufficient Broadband connection for this home based role
• Live in North East England
• This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
• In return for your commitment, we offer a great reward package, which includes generous annual leave entitlement, enhanced pension and employee savings scheme.

If you think this sounds like you then please have a read of the attached job specification. If you wanted to discuss the role before applying, then we welcome these informal chats.

At Young Lives vs Cancer, we recognise that opportunities for too many people remain a condition of their race, class, sex, disability, sexual orientation – or a combination. This has never been acceptable to us as an organisation. At Young Lives vs Cancer, we do not just accept difference — we value it, we celebrate it, we nurture it, and we thrive off it. We positively welcome your application irrespective of your background.

We are on a journey, and if you join us, you will be part of a community that is committed make a difference to the lives of children and young people with cancer.

Young Lives vs Cancer is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Location: Home-based
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 17.5 hours per week
Salary: £28,357 per annum (FTE)

Closing Date: 5 June 2022
Interview Date: 29 June 2022

May also have experience in the following: Fundraising Engagement Manager, Fundraising Manager, Fundraiser, Engagement Manager, Fundraising Executive, Fundraising Officer, Fundraising Assistant, Fundraising Administrator, Sales Executive, Business Development, Charity, Third Sector, NFP, etc.

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We are recruiting a Senior Fundraising Officer – Trusts and Foundations, who will play a key role in our small and successful fundraising team. A confident and capable fundraiser, you will bring vital capacity to this side of our income generation and work closely with the CEO, Senior Leadership Team and fundraising manager.

About the role:

This senior fundraising officer role is a new position, ideal for a creative and ambitious fundraiser who is seeking a role where there is an opportunity to develop and step-up professionally.

If successful, you will join a small fundraising team where from the start you will enjoy real responsibility. In this new role, you will work on a diverse range of funding proposals and have the autonomy to lead on the management of your own portfolio of funders. You will also work alongside senior staff including our CEO and Senior Leadership Team to develop larger, strategically significant proposals.

Although your main focus will be fundraising from Charitable Trusts and Foundations, you will have the chance to broaden your experience by working with the fundraising manager to develop and maintain the fundraising presence on our website and social media. You will also provide administrative support for the team, including keeping up to date records.

Who we’re looking for:

The successful candidate will have experience of building new and maintaining existing external stakeholder relationships in a fundraising capacity.

They will be confident in their ability to work on a diverse range of funding proposals and reports, including working independently alongside colleagues at all levels of seniority to achieve this.

The right candidate will have excellent written communication skills, and be able to translate a passion for our work into inspiring funding applications, reporting and account management.

They will also be a self-starter, capable of managing multiple priorities and a team player with excellent people skills. Finally they will enjoy build relationships with supporters and inspiring them to continue supporting our work.

Location: Home-based or London office-based (Vauxhall)

Working hours: Full-time (flexible, working minimum of 28 hours/per week considered – pro rata)

Salary: £28,000 per year (outside of London); £31,256 per year (including London weighting)

Benefits: 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata if part-time) and pension

Closing date: 9am on Monday 30 May

Interview date: Week commencing 6 June, with some interviews arranged as suitable candidates are identified.

About Kinship:

Kinship is the leading charity in England and Wales for kinship carers – relatives and friends who raise children when their parents aren’t able to. We offer kinship carers expert advice as well as financial, legal, practical and emotional support and understanding from the moment they need it, for as long as they need it. We’re always there to help with the complicated and stressful decisions that so many kinship families have to make, as well as to celebrate the good times.

Working alongside kinship carers and the children they raise, with their voice and views at the fore, we build communities of support and give everything we have to fight for each family and their rights, as well as to raise awareness of kinship care and secure better support for all those playing this critical role.

Beaver Trust is a small and agile organisation with a mission to restore beavers to regenerate our landscapes. We are recruiting our first experienced fundraising professional to coordinate all aspects of Beaver Trust's fundraising and income generation work to ensure the charity has sufficient funds to achieve its mission and with responsibility for developing and delivering our fundraising strategy.

We consider the beaver a totem for rapid and systemic change across rural and urban landscapes. We are a trusted intermediary, convenor and partner to government, communities and key stakeholder groups.

Over the past two and a half years, we have journeyed from an unknown start-up to become a leading convener and agent of change, aligning the interests and resources of stakeholders from industry, government, conservation and communities to work together in response to the climate and ecological emergencies.

We have achieved a lot together in a short time and are blessed to have engaged a talented team, alliance of partners, committed funders and programmes ranging from beaver release and management programmes and government contracts to policy development and national communications.

The main focus is on unrestricted core funding through donor development and charitable trust bids as well as on public campaigns such as The Big Give. In your first six months you will help us to develop our first CRM system and ensure our fundraising is compliant with relevant fundraising regulations including GDPR and PECR.

Essentials:

• Highly organised coordinator used to overseeing complex applications, programmes and relationships.

• Very strong written, numerical and verbal communication skills, able to present complexity simply and to write compelling fundraising bids.

• Ability to link fundraising requirements with organisational budgets and financial reporting.

• Willingness to support programme teams with securing the necessary funding and working with colleagues to ensure we report back to our supporters in a timely and impactful way.

• Highly competent use of IT skills, preferably Google Suite, and high standards for visual content.

• Strong presentation skills and confidence in engaging with donors and the public.

• Light-hearted, kind, fun-loving, hardworking, committed and driven to deliver our mission.

We are truly committed to ensuring greater diversity and gender equality within our organisation and board and welcome applications from everyone with the qualifications and experience we need.

If you believe that you have what it takes to succeed in this role and share our values and ambitions, then we would love to hear from you. You will find more information about the role and how to apply on our website along with further information about our work and our plans for the future.

Do you want to inspire, and do you want to do something that contributes to building a healthier world for everyone? Are you tenacious and persuasive and able to lead, develop and grow a regional team helping to achieve British Heart Foundation (BHF) fundraising goals?

Would you like a people-focussed role where every day you have a direct impact on funding life-saving science?

If so, you could be our new Area Fundraising Manager for the North West (Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside). This is a great opportunity to lead an already established and successful fundraising team, to deliver yet more income, to help accelerate our science breakthroughs and save more lives. 

 About the role 

When people affected by heart and circulatory diseases are in need, they turn to us. With our research we give people hope. With our expert advice and training, we give people knowledge and support. In this role you'll have a direct impact by helping fund our life saving research and helping to build a healthier world for everyone.

In this role, you will lead, manage and offer hands-on fundraising support to a dedicated team of Fundraising Managers to deliver targets. This is an exciting role as you will be personally responsible for growth in the North West region, you’ll be able to help develop the team to reach their fundraising goals and potential through implementing best practices and innovate income generation.

With a strong working knowledge of the regional area, you’ll work with some talented Fundraising Managers to devise and deliver local plans in order to maximise income, future proof funds and strengthen community engagement and awareness of the BHF.

You’ll also lead the team to proactively build and develop fundraising groups, recruiting individual volunteers and supporters. Delivering performance reports and budgets to forecast and track progress with a focus on monitoring income against strategic objectives.

You will help steward new relationships with corporate partnerships, fundraising groups, and high value individual prospects. You’ll be responsible for the account management of some of the more complex supporter relationships and partnerships whilst developing the team’s ability to secure transformative donations.

You’ll be leading a brave, informed, compassionate, and driven team, you’ll work with BHF colleagues and volunteers to unlock new opportunities. You'll have the opportunity to make a real difference and impact in your community, help grow our BHF supporter network, and raise funds to power remarkable research breakthroughs.

This is a rewarding and fast-paced role, in an exciting field team. No two days will be the same as you'll be working with individuals, groups, and corporates, supporting them with their fundraising ambitions.

About you 

You'll have excellent people management skills and have experience of motivating teams to deliver targets. You'll enjoy training, coaching, and directing your team to succeed and you can promote and embed a culture of learning and best practice. You’ll have the ability to identify opportunities, focus the team and individual activity to maximise success.

You’ll be data driven you’ll be able to provide insight and analysis to identify and nurture opportunities as well experience of preparing, monitoring, analysing and presenting financial information as well as being confident setting targets.

You’ll have excellent communication, presentation and public speaking skills, with an ability to motivate and inspire your team and our supporters.

A creative thinker, with strong operational planning and prioritization skills. You'll also have exceptional problem-solving skills only matched by your ability to bring the BHF to life and tell stories about our research that influence and motivate.

The team combines experience from the private, public and third sector and we're looking for someone to join us with:

• Business acumen with proven experience of meeting and exceeding targets and working to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Demonstrable track record of success in managing field fundraising, sales or marketing.
• Strong communication and networking skills and a proven ability to build long last relationships at high level
• Proven ability to produce budgets and performance reports
• A track record of writing proposals that are engaging and concise 
• Demonstrable experience of PR, communication and marketing activity

You must be part of the local community and live in the North West (Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside) or be able to relocate to this region. If you intend to relocate, please make this clear in your submission.

You'll need a full UK driving licence, have your own car, and the ability to work evenings and weekends are sometimes required. You can work under your own initiative from a home base whilst still contributing positively to your regional and national team.

In your supporting statement, we would like you demonstrate:

• Managing a team and how you help them deliver income targets
• Pitching and winning a partnership or project with a focus on identifying and securing the opportunity 
• An example of growing income and networks 
• Experience of managing a complex high-value corporate and/or individual relationships 
• Your passion for our cause 

About us

Everything we do comes back to funding life-saving research into all heart and circulatory conditions including heart failure, stroke, and vascular dementia. Every hour of research we’ve ever funded, every item we’ve ever sold, every campaign we’ve ever run, all the support we’ve ever given. The donations we receive are used to make people’s lives healthier and longer.

We celebrate diversity and make inclusion part of what we do every day. It sits at the heart of our people experience. Our aim is for all of our colleagues and volunteers to bring their true self to work.

Here at the BHF we understand that you might need a little help balancing your work and home life. Many of our people work flexibly in many different ways. Please feel free to talk to us about the flexibility you may need; we’re happy to explore what’s possible for you and the role.

What can we offer you

We offer excellent benefits including generous annual leave, private medical insurance, dental health cover, pension, and flexible working. We commit to actively developing you and offer learning and development opportunities to support, inspire and help you unlock your full potential. To find out more about benefits available at the BHF please download our benefits document on our website.

Interview process

This is a two stage interview process. The initial interviews will be held virtually via MS Teams. 

This is an exciting opportunity to join our prevention team.

Community Safety Officer (Homes)
Job reference: REQ000148
Location: Luton
Salary: £29,174 per annum rising to £31,895 per annum
Package: 37 Hours Per Week, Flexi-time Scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme, 24 Days Annual Leave Plus Public Holidays Full time
Job category/type: Protection

About the role

In this role, you will be required to identify, plan and deliver community safety programmes and campaigns aimed at people in their home. To provide support to Station Commanders and Home Safety Advisors in implementing the Service’s community safety strategies, policies and plans with an emphasis on reaching the most vulnerable for a home fire safety visit in line with Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s).

You will produce accurate statistical and performance analysis reports on prevention activity and incidents in the community in accordance with Service performance reporting requirements.

You will also provide training about fire safety in the home to internal personnel/volunteers and external groups/organisations.  To share knowledge and expertise on these specialist areas, advocating referrals for the most vulnerable to fire for a Safe and Well visit from partners and when appropriate facilitate training to partners to allow Safe and Well delivery on our behalf.

About you

You will have in-depth experience and involvement with project work, the production of reports and the development of new procedures.

You will have strong interpersonal skills and be able to confidently deliver messages to internal and external audiences including young people for the purpose of relaying community safety messages. You should have the ability to use Microsoft computer applications, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

You will hold a driving licence with no pending issues and must be willing to work outside the normal contracted hours to attend events and functions in the evenings and weekends.

Application closing date: Monday 6 June 2022
Interviews will take place on Friday 17 June 2022

To Apply:

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The appointment will be made subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance.

This is a public-facing role and it is essential to have the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English.

Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is an equal opportunities employer that welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service’s recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Adults, Children and Young People and all staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.

No agencies please.

WR Fundraising Recruitment is delighted to be working with an inspirational national children’s literacy charity. This is a fantastic opportunity to join and lead their small yet dynamic fundraising team.

This is a rapidly growing charity with ambitious plans that is looking for an experienced fundraising professional to join as their Head of Fundraising. Someone capable of taking the lead on their various income streams, building on new and existing funder relationships and motivating the team to generate the funds needed to continue the important work that they do.

Head of Fundraising

Hybrid Working (3 days a week in office)

Full Time – Permanent

Bedfordshire

Salary - £43,000 - £48,000 per Annum

Duties will include:

• Working with the CEO to develop a fundraising strategy in line with the organisation’s objectives
• Being responsible for preparing income and expenditure budgets for the Fundraising department
• Researching and developing new sources of funding
• Managing key relationships with existing donors and grow these to become a sustainable long term income stream
• Being responsible for the growth and development of all income streams
• Managing and motivating the fundraising team

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of leading a team within the fundraising sector

• Experience of working within fundraising across multiple channels
• Experience of working to and achieving ambitious targets
• Experience of fundraising strategy development
• Excellent written skills with an ability to write compelling and informative bids and reports
• Strong interpersonal, networking and relationship building skills

To apply and for further information, please email a copy of your CV in the first instance.

WR Fundraising Recruitment are passionate about bringing together talented fundraising professionals with fantastic organisations. We’d love to hear from you if you are looking for a new fundraising opportunity.