Fundraising Jobs in Bermondsey, Greater London
Role Summary
This role will support the expanding Fundraising & Engagement team with all fundraising activities to ensure that good relationships are maintained with all Alcohol Change UK (ACUK) supporters. The Fundraising and Engagement Assistant will undertake the financial administration and recording of all fundraising income as well as being the first point of contact for the team ensuring ACUK delivers high levels of supporter care.
Reports to: Fundraising & Engagement Manager
Direct reports: none
Location: Kings Cross, London, WC1X 9NW (minimum of 3 days per week in office)
Status, hours: Permenant
Salary: Grade E: salary in the range £24,551 to £27,586 (depending on skills, knowledge and experience) plus benefits
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
Fundraising
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Coordinating ACUK’s CRM system (ThankQ) and ensuring data accuracy including:
- New donor details, communications with supporters, gift aid and consent purposes
- Championing data cleansing and monthly de-duping of contacts
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Coordinating all general fundraising enquiries including phone calls, fundraising & engagement email inboxes (providing holiday cover for the training & consultancy inbox) and post.
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Coordinating lead generation from third party challenge event companies and converting leads into participants
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Coordinating fundraising resources and merchandise including;
- Sending out materials to supporters
- Compiling fulfilment reports from online shop and sending over to fulfilment agency
- Monitoring stock levels of fundraising materials and shop merchandise
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Maintaining up to date filing systems
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Supporting with research for Trusts & Foundation applications
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Processing all physical (cash and cheques) and online donations received in accordance with ACUK’s cash handling procedures, including;
- Counting and processing cheques/cash
- Logging all donations on a central post sheet
- Processing and reporting on all donations received through the ACUK website and all third-party platforms
- Ensuring all donors are thanked in a timely manner in line with their communication preferences
- Importing all donation data to ThankQ
Engagement programme
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Act as the first point of contact for enquiries from our volunteers (Community Champions) and, alongside the Fundraising & Engagement Manager, steward our volunteers including the coordination of volunteer activities.
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Identify opportunities for supporters of different types to discover new ways to engage with them (for example helping donors become campaigners or encouraging cultural change activists to become community fundraisers, etc).
Cross-organisational Role
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Work closely with colleagues across the charity to support their work and to act as ‘one team’.
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Work particularly closely with colleagues in the Communications team, optimising opportunities for joint working.
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Contribute actively and positively to charity-wide strategies.
Other Duties
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Continually develop your knowledge of alcohol harm and solutions to it.
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Act as a positive ambassador for Alcohol Change UK at all times.
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Know, embrace and actively uphold the values of Alcohol Change UK at all times.
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Work flexible hours as necessary to meet the needs of the charity, time off in lieu will be earnt for any work required outside of normal working hours.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you for your interest in working for Birthrights. If you are interested in centering anti-oppression in your fundraising work, in embodying an abundance mindset and working in ways that resist fundraising cultures that too often results in burn out, please read on and download our recruitment pack for more information about Birthrights and the role.
About Birthrights:
Birthrights was founded in 2013 with the understanding that at the heart of the poor experiences and outcomes of maternity care for so many people in the UK, is a consistent failure to listen to the voices of women and birthing people and a complete disregard for their fundamental human rights. We champion the rights of women and birthing people through information and advice, training, campaigns, research and legal action. You can read our new ten year strategic framework here Strategy - Birthrights
About the role:
This is a hugely exciting role that will be part of Birthrights Senior Leadership team and play a key part in helping Birthrights’ meet its ambitions and achieve its potential. Birthrights
To date, fundraising efforts have been led by the CEO. We are seeking an experienced fundraising and business development professional responsible for co-ordinating Birthrights fundraising ambitions – including developing and delivering a new fundraising strategy that is aligned with our new organisational strategic framework. We want to strengthen our longer-term financial stability and ensure our fundraising aligns with our commitments to anti-oppressive practices.
About You:
You will be resourceful and organised, with the ability to build great relationships and have excellent co-ordination and administration skills. Your experience may be in one area of income generation or in many, but you will be able to see how you can draw on your experiences to shape and deliver a broader fundraising strategy.
We still want to hear from you even if you don’t meet all our criteria. Please tell us about experiences that have not been included here, but that you feel might be relevant to this role
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About us
SurvivorsUK exists for men, boys and non-binary people who have experienced any form of sexual violence.
We support – by providing services such as a helpline, counselling, ISVA and groupwork.
We challenge – by raising public awareness of the issue, and dispelling myths
We build – by creating and facilitating networks for better access to help
Role
SurvivorsUK is looking for a new Head of Fundraising to join our Management team. Directly reporting to the CEO, you will help us to develop our income generation strategy and help to deliver the next stage of our development.
Benefits of Working with Us
- We are a Disability Confident Employer
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to Clinical Supervision, if relevant for your role
- Access to gym at our Hackney Wick offices
- Commitment to your professional development
How to apply
To express an interest in the role and to be considered, please review our JD and Personal Spec and submit the following:
- An up-to-date CV.
- A supporting statement that addresses each of the requirements in the person specification and outlines your motivations for applying. You might find it helpful to use the personal spec requirements as sub-headings in your covering letter.
Closing date: Monday 22nd April 2024 at midday
Interviews: Week beginning the 6th of May. The interview will be held remotely via Teams
We encourage applications from people who share some of the identities of our service users (men and non-binary people), and from people from communities experiencing structural oppression (including Black and Asian, trans and disabled people). SurvivorsUK is committed to continually reviewing and developing our practice as an equal opportunities employer.
Please let us know if you would like any assistance or adjustments during the interview process. We are here to support you in any way we can.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We have an exciting opportunity to join our thriving and committed Community and Membership Fundraising team. Church (Corps) and Community Fundraising Officer is a new role, which is responsible for supporting and equipping Salvation Army churches and centres across the UK to fundraise in their local community to support the mission of The Salvation Army. As the role will be part of a pilot, you will have the opportunity to develop new ways of working, use your creativity to implement new ideas, and will be able to influence how we support local fundraising in the future.
The Salvation Army has 620 churches and community centres, which work at the heart of communities, serving the most vulnerable people, across the UK and Republic of Ireland. Alongside the locally driven operations, The Salvation Army operates centrally co-ordinated and managed social services, including residential programmes for homeless people, residential detox centres, and refuges for victims of domestic violence, and safe houses and services for the victims and survivors of modern-day slavery and human trafficking. You will play a key role in equipping and supporting Salvation Army churches to fundraise to support some of the most excluded people and communities in the UK.
We are looking for someone who is experienced in church-based and community fundraising, has strengths in inspiring others to act, is able to generate and implement new ideas, and is able to work independently using their own initiative.
This is a permanent position based partly at home and partly at your local Salvation Army office.
In order to complete your application please download and read the job profile and any other attachments.
In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement as this forms the basis of our shortlisting.
Appointment subject to satisfactory references and proof of right to work in the UK.
Please note that any Salvation Army employees who are under notice of redundancy and apply for this position will be given priority consideration.
We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.
Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident scheme Leader, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
Benefits: 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro rata for part-time); a contributory pension scheme; season ticket loan; an employee assistance programme.
Please note: we have two positions available
Working hours: Minimum of 35 hours per week, working a minimum of 40% per week at our your local Salvation Army Office
Closing Date: Tuesday, Apr 2, 2024
Interview date: To be confirmed
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Thank you for your interest in the Fundraising Manager role at the Black Equity Organisation (BEO). This is an exciting opportunity for a fundraising professional to broaden their experience and join a new charity with the ambition of dismantling structural racism.
In our start-up phase we have developed a number of strategic relationships with trusts and foundations, corporate partners and high value donors. Our challenge now is to sustain, grow and diversify those income streams. In this pivotal role for the organisation, we are looking for someone who is an experienced and successful charity fundraiser with a proven track record of delivering against stretching income targets and both growing and diversifying income. An entrepreneurial and strategic thinker, you will also be able to spot income-generation opportunities and work with the rest of the team to develop them.
Join our mission-driven team which is focused on paving the way for generational change in the fight against racism and racial inequality.
In return we offer flexible, hybrid working from day one, a 5% employer pension contribution, a generous leave, maternity and parental leave package together with a strong focus on wellbeing and the chance to be part of the task of dismantling structural racism.
To apply please email your CV and cover letter (no more than 2-sides of A4) setting out how you meet the person specification for the role. Please put the subject line ‘Application’ followed by the role you are applying for.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Across England and Wales, YMCA runs as a federation with 80+ local YMCAs working independently to support young people to belong, contribute and thrive in their communities, collectively supporting more than 375,000 young people each year.
YMCA’s work spans Housing, Family & Youth Work, Health & Wellbeing, Support & Advice and Training & Education, and we are the largest provider of safe, supported accommodation for young people in England and Wales, providing a home for more than 20,000 people experiencing homelessness each year.
YMCA England & Wales acts as the national council, supporting each local YMCA within our federation, enabling the development of national programmes and acting as a national voice with Government and decision makers.
We are looking for a corporate fundraising specialist to join the team at YMCA England & Wales at a very exciting time. In the last year alone, we have launched two new multi-year partnerships and tripled income in the Corporate Partnerships function.
The successful candidate will join a supportive, highly ambitious and growing team, and play a key role in implementing our new Corporate Partnerships strategy.
In the last year, we have launched two new multi-year partnerships and tripled income in the Corporate Partnerships function. In January 2024, we restructured the Fundraising team and committed to resourcing functions to best support continued growth.
As Fundraising Manager (Corporate Partnerships), you will:
- Account manage key, strategically important corporate partnerships and relationships, responsible for meeting associated income targets, providing excellent stewardship and delivering growth;
- Identify and develop potential new business relationships and funding opportunities for YMCA England & Wales; and
- Support the implementation of the corporate fundraising strategy, to build YMCA’s reputation as a charity partner and maximise value from existing and potential corporate supporters.
The successful candidate will have excellent commercial awareness, strong communication and interpersonal skills and a demonstrable track record in achieving income targets through corporate fundraising.
To apply for this role, please submit your up to date CV. A cover letter is a great supporting tool for your application.
Our recruitment process is anonymised and candidates' names are hidden. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly those from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, who are currently under-represented throughout YMCA England & Wales. Safer recruitment is important to us and the successful applicant will be asked to provide two references. They will also be required to complete a safeguarding self-declaration, safeguarding training and undertake a DBS check.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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love dogs & cats? Passionate about animal welfare? Do you want to fundraise for projects that deliver sustainable and measurable results
Dogstars' dedicated veterinary team in Sri Lanka has sterilised over 70000 dogs on board a mobile solar-powered surgery suite. But it's not just dogs at Dogstar; we have sterilised 10,000 cats. In 2023, we opened a dedicated feline-only spay-neuter clinic supported by its own Cat Taxi service. In 2024, we have launched in-house training programs for Sri Lanka Veterinary professionals.
We seek a passionate, dynamic, and experienced Head of Fundraising to join our UK team in supporting this vital work and our expansion plans to help even more dogs and cats across Sri Lanka.
Position: Head of Fundraising (Remote Working)
Responsible to: CEO
Location: Remote
Role Type: Full-time - 35 hours per week
Key Responsibilities:
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Develop a comprehensive digital fundraising strategy to support Dogstar Foundation’s mission and growth objectives.
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Identify, cultivate, and manage relationships with donors and key stakeholders through digital platforms.
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Utilise data analytics to drive fundraising strategies and optimise digital campaigns for maximum impact.
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Led the digital fundraising team, setting clear objectives and monitoring progress towards achieving fundraising targets.
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Ensure a seamless donor experience across all digital channels, fostering long-term engagement and support.
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Keep abreast of digital fundraising trends and technologies, adapting strategies to remain competitive and innovative.
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Align fundraising campaigns with broader organisational messaging and branding.
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Prepare and manage the fundraising budget, allocating resources efficiently to maximise returns.
Requirements:
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Proven experience in a senior fundraising role, with a strong background in digital fundraising strategies and campaigns.
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Demonstrated ability to develop and implement successful fundraising strategies that meet or exceed targets.
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Excellent understanding of digital marketing tools and platforms, including social media, email marketing, and online donation systems.
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Strong leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and guide a remote team towards achieving fundraising goals.
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Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, with the capacity to engage effectively with donors, stakeholders, and team members remotely.
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Strategic thinker with a data-driven approach to decision-making and problem-solving.
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Attend 1-2 face-to-face team meetings in London yearly
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A passion for animal welfare and a commitment to the aims of Dogstar Foundation.
Benefits:
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Nest Pension
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Flexible working hours in a fully remote environment.
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Holiday Entitlement of 25 days plus bank holidays. This increases by one day per year for the first five years.
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Opportunities for professional development and growth within a globally recognised non-profit organisation.
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Being part of a dedicated team that makes a tangible difference in the lives of dogs and cats.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
To apply for this role please review the application instructions in the recruitment pack attached at the bottom of this listing. Incorrect applications will not be processed.
Why Get Further?
- 36 days of holidays per year (including bank holidays)
- ongoing learning and development opportunities
- flexible, hybrid and remote working
- quarterly ‘in-person’ team development days at our offices in London
- the joy of working in a progressive and socially conscious, growing organisation where we can have an outsized impact on its success and development.
At Get Further we aim to open doors to opportunity for work and education for learners from disadvantaged backgrounds. The 50% of disadvantaged students who leave school each year without a grade 4 in English and maths are significantly more likely to be locked out of key opportunities in the world of work, apprenticeships and higher education. We support students to achieve these gateway qualifications second (third, or fourth) time around by matching them with highly qualified specialist English and maths tutors, who deliver our award winning, bespoke resit curriculum. Our programmes support students to achieve their qualifications, but also equip students with the knowledge, skills and confidence for learning beyond GCSEs.
Over the last three years, Get Further has experienced a period of rapid growth, increasing the number of students and colleges we work with, and expanding our central team. We are seeking to recruit a Fundraising Officer to work closely with our CEO, Sarah to support the long term sustainability of the charity by identifying and building relationships with potential funders, and submitting funding bids to secure a significant proportion of our income to help more students get further.
The Fundraising Officer will also collaborate with other members of the team to develop a supporter database, produce compelling and tailored funding applications, and contribute to performance analysis and report for our Board of Trustees.
For a full role description, please see the recruitment pack attached below.
Essential Criteria:
- Commitment to Get Further’s mission and values, including passionate about tackling educational inequality
- Motivated to achieve targets, to ensure the charity can reach more young people
- Exemplary communication skills, including creating written proposals and reports, networking, and a talent for expressing complex ideas in simple and effective language
- Ability to tailor communications effectively to varied audiences
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to assess, prioritise and manage a varied and demanding workload
- Desire to learn, develop and advance personal career prospects
- Good numeracy skills to underpin producing budgets for applications
- IT skills – experience of MS Office, particularly Word and Excel
- Excellent spoken communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate Get Further’s mission and work in conversation with potential funders
To apply for this role we require candidates to submit answers to 3 questions in place of a cover letter. Please review the last page of the attached recruitment pack to see the questions. If using Charity Jobs quick apply, please list your answers to the questions in the 'Cover Letter' box, we do not require a separate cover letter!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We are recruiting for a Fundraising Assistant who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients
We are an ambitious Hospital charity with an exciting opportunity to join us on our team as a Fundraising Assistant, initially on a three month contract with potential to extend.
We currently raise between £1-2m a year for East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust which has four sites local to Hertfordshire, including the Lister Hospital (Stevenage) and Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (North London). We are proud to raise funds to enhance the care provided by our wonderful clinical colleagues and to contribute to a positive patient experience. We also support a number of wellbeing initiatives to support our staff. Working for the NHS offers a fantastic benefits package, including a generous pension, agenda for change pay progression, 27 days leave plus bank holidays and flexible working.
About you
Ideally you will already have experience in an administration or customer service role and looking to start a career in fundraising. You will be looking for 20-37.5 hours a week and can work flexibly including some evenings and weekends to support at fundraising events.
Main duties of the job
- Provide support to the department on a range of administrative tasks including, dealing with enquiries (postal, telephone, email, face to face), opening and sorting post.
- Work to build excellent relationships with donors to provide a high standard of customer care.
- Process one-off and regular donations ensuring procedures are followed and information is recorded correctly onto the database and thank you letters are sent.
- Work with cancer centre volunteers to support the team with administration tasks.
- To undertake specific fundraising projects and attend events as necessary or as required to support the department’s fundraising.
- To assist the fundraisers with administration of staff lottery, raffles and prize led promotion and fundraising as required.
- Support all fundraising activity and represent the charity at internal and external events.
- Manage ‘Gift in Kind’ donations and our ‘Gift in Kind’ Campaigns.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is an exciting time to join Stoll in this new role in the Fundraising and Communications Team.
The role is full time and offered as hybrid working. It will support community fundraising activities including challenge and sponsored events, organising volunteer fundraising activities and working with local communities to raise funds for Stoll. The role also supports our communications functions at the organisation.
As part of the role you will;
- Be responsible for achieving agreed fundraising targets and the activity needed to achieve them.
- Be responsible for the cultivation and effective stewardship of both existing and new individual supporters, clubs and organisations.
- Work closely with the fundraising and communications on marketing collateral and using diverse forms of media to promote existing and new fundraising activity to maximise participation in community fundraising events.
- Ensure that all communications and marketing material aligns with brand standards
- Identify, research and develop new income generating opportunities within the community.
- Support and increase our partnerships with local businesses and organisations to involve them with all Community and Events fundraising opportunities and activities.
- Update the database with all income and other information.
This is a great opportunity for someone to learn more about working in a busy and exciting team. If you have knowledge of fundraising and communications and interested in supporting veterans with housing and support services, we want to hear from you.
Closing date for applications: Friday 29th March 2024
Interviews: W/C 08/04/2024
Job Summary
Young Women’s Trust champions young women aged 18 to 30 on low or no pay. We’re here to create a more equal world of work and raise young women’s incomes.
We offer young women free coaching, feedback on job applications and information to help them get where they want to be. We bring together a network of thousands of young women to support each other, build their self-belief, and have their voices heard. We work with young women to campaign for equality in the workplace. And our research provides insight into what young women’s lives are really like, fuelling our campaigns for change.
The Fundraising Administrator is responsible for delivering efficient administrative support to the fundraising team, including income processing, reconciliation of income and data analysis using our CRM (50% of the role) as well as delivering excellent customer service to Young Women’s Trust supporters and programme admin across the fundraising program (50% of the role).
EDI statement and sense of flexible working and workplace culture
Young Women’s Trust strives to be an inclusive and representative organisation. We are committed to appointing individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, lived experiences and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from communities under-represented in our organisation, including ethnically minoritized and disabled individuals. We use positive action under section 159 of the Equality Act in relation to disability or race. This means that if we have two candidates of equal merit in our process, we will seek to take forward the disabled or Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse candidate in order to diversify our staff team.
You’ll be joining a team that will embrace your ideas and support and encourage you to bring your whole self to work.
We can make reasonable adjustments throughout the application process and on the job. If you have particular accessibility needs, please get in touch and let us know any requirements you may have.
Young Women’s Trust is a Living Wage employer and we commit to Show the Salary for every job we advertise. Non-graduates are welcome and we offer a wide range of flexible working options including job share, part-time and compressed hours, different start and finish times and working from home.
We offer:
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays – rising annually to a maximum of 30 days
- Enhanced parental leave irrespective of length of service
- Up to 52 weeks maternity leave - 26 weeks at normal rate of pay, 13 weeks Statutory Maternity Pay, 13 weeks unpaid
- Up to 26 weeks new parents leave at your normal rate of pay
- 2 annual wellbeing days
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Learning and development budget
- Flexible working which is fully embedded in our working culture
Deadline to apply 9am on the 15th April 2024.
You must have the right to work in the UK to apply for this role. We are not able to sponsor work visas for non-British applicants.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Please note that within Settle's career structure and pay scale, this role is a Senior Officer position.
Settle is an award-winning charity that supports care-experienced young people as they move into their first home so they can confidently transition into independent living and thrive.
Benefits
- Scope to take real ownership in a fast-growing charity
- Flexible working arrangements
- Strong commitment to professional development with a dedicated training budget
- Annual performance and pay progression reviews
- Up to 5% pension contribution
- 40 days paid leave per year: 25 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays, 3 days between Christmas and New Year and 4 wellbeing days
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme offering free therapy
- Work phone and laptop
- A supportive and inclusive culture with regular team social events
This is an exciting time to join Settle as we look to invest in and grow our fundraising and development capabilities. As Senior Fundraising Officer, you’ll be working to generate income which will enable Settle to expand its provision, reach its strategic goals and, ultimately, make a real difference to the amazing young people we serve.
You’ll work closely with our senior leadership and support team to help deliver our fundraising strategy. Reporting directly to our Head of Fundraising, you’ll lead on writing grant applications, reporting to funders and managing our prospects pipeline and you’ll support the running of fundraising campaigns and events too. Because this role will have a strong focus on securing trust and foundation income, we are looking for an experienced grant-writer with a track record of writing successful grant applications and securing 5-figure sums, but we’d welcome experience of other types of fundraising too.
In joining Settle, you’ll be joining a fast growing and truly impactful organisation with lots of opportunity for progression and development within our friendly team. We are proud to have been voted one of Escape the City’s Top 100 companies to ‘escape’ to in 2021.
Our vision is a 21st century Britain where no young person is homeless and all young people get a fair chance at doing well.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
You will be a key part of the Fundraising Team, helping secure grants from trusts and foundations to help raise over £1million each year. But your primary responsibility will be evaluating the impact of funding to produce timely reports on outcomes to our numerous funders.
The role is suited to a versatile person who will thrive in a small organisation where a proactive approach is necessary, working with almost everyone in the organisation. Three of your days will be spent on impact monitoring and evaluation, with the balance on fundraising.
Mostly on-site, you will be able to introduce a hybrid WFH approach once settled in the role.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Impact Evaluation & Fundraising Manager is essential to delivering The Avenues Youth Project’s (AYP) financial targets by writing bids, measuring the impact of our work, and reporting back to funders.
You will be a key part of the Fundraising Team, helping secure grants from trusts and foundations to help raise over £1 million each year. But your primary responsibility will be evaluating the impact of funding to produce timely reports on outcomes to our numerous funders.
The role is suited to a versatile person who will thrive in a small organisation where a proactive approach is necessary, working with almost everyone in the organisation. Three of your days will be spent on impact monitoring and evaluation, with the balance on fundraising.
Mostly on-site in our fantastic youth centre in London W10, we will consider a hybrid work from home approach once settled in the role.
ABOUT THE AVENUES YOUTH PROJECT
Our Vision
We believe that every child and young person should have the opportunities to realise their potential, whatever their life circumstances.
Our Mission
Our mission is to deliver high-quality recreation activities and skills training to young people in West London, to help them fulfil their potential and boost their long-term outcomes.
Our Values
Our values are:
1. SAFE + COMPASSIONATE
2. POSITIVE + JOYFUL
3. EMPOWERING
4. TRUSTWORTHY
5. COMMITMENT to COMMUNITY
These values are at the heart of what AYP does and all staff are expected to live up to them at all times.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Work with the Chief Executive and Grants Funding Manager to match potential funders to forthcoming programmes.
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Write applications to a selection of potential funders, developing relationships with grants managers.
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Understand and communicate SLAs and design relevant data capture with our Programme Team.
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Schedule all reporting requirements and ensure that donors are communicated with in a timely way, using their preferred methods.
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Design data collection tools such as questionnaires, write and update monitoring and evaluation resources for our youth work team.
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Analyse data and write into easy-to-understand reports.
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Participate in budget meetings with the Programme Team and Finance Manager to ensure programme budgets are met.
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Develop strong relationships with our partner organisations, collaborating on shared projects and attending meetings.
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Take the lead role in ensuring the youthwork database (Plinth) is maintained and kept up to date, and reports are produced for CE and trustees.
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Support the Fundraising Team on fundraising activities where necessary.
The job is not limited to the above duties, as the organisation develops and at different times of the year the priorities may shift leading to additional reasonable responsibilities as the role requires.
ABOUT YOU
- Minimum of 3 years' experience in charity fundraising or impact evaluation.
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
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Outgoing personality with the ability to build positive working relationships with staff, trustees and other key stakeholders.
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Collaborative, with a ‘can-do’, supportive attitude, ability to embrace and deal with challenges and openness to creativity in order to bring about effective change.
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Organised and energetic with good time management and an ability to meet deadlines.
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Financially literate, and at ease with budgets and spreadsheets.
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An understanding of, and empathy for, the current issues that young people face.
ANNUAL LEAVE AND BENEFITS
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33 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
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Pension scheme contributions
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24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
HOW TO APPLY:
If you are passionate about working with young people, please send us your CV and a cover letter explaining why the role interests you and how you meet the person specification by clicking 'Quick Apply' on Charity Jobs.
The deadline for all applications is Sunday 21st April 2024, 23:30.
Interviews to take place at the end of April. We are looking for candidates to start at the beginning of June 2024.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Background
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. MAP is the leading UK charity delivering health and medical care to those worst affected by conflict, occupation and displacement, in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Gaza, and Lebanon.
MAP is in a period of ambitious growth and rapid development, as we respond to the massive humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon. Due to this growth, we are seeking a Director of Fundraising and Marketing to lead the development and delivery of an ambitious and data driven fundraising strategy.
Purpose of role
The purpose of this role within MAP is to build a high-performing fundraising and marketing team in the UK, and in new international markets, to drive and stabilise significantly increased fundraising performance across a range of income streams. The post holder will lead the development and delivery of an ambitious and data driven fundraising and marketing strategy to successfully deliver MAP’s new five-year vision.
Primary responsibilities
This job description does not form part of your contract of employment and can be amended from time to time as the needs of the organisation require.
The job holder will have the following key responsibilities:
Leadership
- Champion fundraising across the organisation.
- Be an inspiring ambassador for MAP and ensure this is reflected in the strategies, outputs, and behaviour of the fundraising team.
- Actively contribute to leading Medical Aid for Palestinians as a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT).
- Work closely with the SMT to ensure that appropriate processes and systems are in place across the organisation, including delivery against KPIs.
- Attend and actively participate in MAP’s Board meetings and relevant Board Committee meetings providing updates, necessary reports, and feedback on MAP’s fundraising and marketing.
- Lead cross-organisational projects in line with organisational strategy and direction.
- Build strong working relationships with colleagues across the organisation at all levels, adopting and encouraging a collaborative working approach.
- Keep abreast of, understand, clarify, and implement new or changes in relevant thinking and legislation, especially those directly affecting fundraising.
- Monitor and manage risk in accordance with MAP’s risk management policy.
Fundraising
- Lead the development and delivery of an ambitious and data driven fundraising strategy across a range of income streams to successfully deliver MAP’s new five-year vision.
- Build and inspire a high-performing and results-oriented Fundraising Team focused on delivering sustainable income to maintain and build on recent organisational growth.
- Ensure that MAP’s fundraising is supported by appropriate business/activity plans, and sound financial plans and budgets; and that performance is regularly monitored and evaluated against plans and budgets.
- Set, monitor, and deliver annual income and expenditure targets.
- Foster a culture of ambition and innovation and support the team to research, develop, and implement new fundraising approaches to recruit new donor groups across all income streams.
- Drive change and implement new ways of working across fundraising and the wider organisation in support of fundraising effectiveness.
- Manage relationships with key supporters and stakeholders and attend meetings and networking events to unlock new opportunities.
- Strengthen and build on existing supporter relationships, ensuring that all supporters receive a first-class experience.
- Support the team to develop professional and engaging fundraising materials including fundraising propositions, applications, proposals, appeals, pitches, and reports.
- Take overall responsibility for fundraising compliance and ensure that in all relevant areas, MAP complies with the law, regulation, and stakeholder and contractual obligations with third parties.
- Maintain oversight of the supporter database to ensure integrity, legal compliance, and suitability for MAP's fundraising strategy.
Fundraising Development
- Work with the Head of Individual Giving to deliver and implement a strategy which prioritises both the retention and acquisition of new donors, enhances the use of digital products, platforms, and channels and delivers the highest standard of supporter care and donor stewardship.
- Work with relevant colleagues to deliver a new strategy and plan which prioritises deepening and strengthening existing relationships and building a strong pipeline of new prospects to deliver multi-year funding from major donors, high profile supporters, trusts, foundations, and companies.
- Lead the adoption and use of a newly installed Microsoft Dynamics CRM to effectively support data-driven decision making and relationship management to generate supporter insights in support of increased fundraising.
- With the CEO and SMT, agree and invest in a scaled-up approach to fundraising internationally.
Brand and Marketing
- Working in collaboration with the Director of Advocacy and Communications, lead the development and delivery of an integrated marketing and communications strategy that is driven by audience insight.
- Build and inspire a high-performing and results-oriented Marketing Team to build a community of supporters by delivering a seamless supporter journey that promotes MAP’s work and delivers greater income generation.
- Ensure our brand and identity are strong and supported by authentic high-quality messaging, delivering integrated campaigns across all our channels that turn increased recognition into active support for MAP’s work.
- Increase brand awareness and brand attribution, creating an authentic and compelling voice for MAP which centres on Palestinian voices, including the voices of the people MAP serves.
- Empower teams across MAP to successfully deploy our brand.
- Work in partnership with the Director of Advocacy and Communications to ensure content is up to date, factually accurate and to manage reputational risk.
People Management
- Create a high-performing team that is ambitious and passionate about MAP’s vision.
- Provide line management to direct reports, setting, and monitoring individual performance objectives and motivating the team to be innovative and professional in its thinking and delivery.
- Ensure all fundraising staff receive consistent and motivating direction and feedback to enable them to work to the best of their ability.
General Responsibilities
- Support the mission, ethos, and values of MAP.
- Carry out other associated duties as may arise in line with the broad remit of the position.
- Support and promote diversity and equality of opportunity in the workplace.
- Be flexible and carry out other associated duties as may arise, develop, or be assigned in line with the broad remit of the position.
- Maintain and improve competencies through continuous professional development.
- Abide by organisational policies, codes of conduct and practices.
- Treat with confidentiality any personal, private, or sensitive information about individual organisations and or clients or staff and MAP data.
Profile
The following offers an aspirational view of our ideal candidate profile; however, we encourage applications from candidates with a wide range of experiences and backgrounds, especially those from underrepresented groups.
Experience
- Extensive relevant experience and a proven track record of delivery of income growth across multiple fundraising channels in a fast-paced and rapidly changing context.
- Knowledge and/or experience of fundraising through direct marketing, trusts and foundations, corporates, major donors, challenge events, community fundraising, and digital marketing.
- Experience of relational databases and of analysing and presenting data to make informed decisions.
- Experience engaging and stewarding relationships with donors at all levels.
- Proven experience producing successful proposals for large scale projects.
- Experience planning, prioritising, and managing multiple projects simultaneously from start to finish.
- Experience in international fundraising.
- Experience in strategic planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Experience managing staff across different fundraising areas.
- Experience working at SMT and reporting at Board/Trustee level.
- Experience working with international teams and/or on international issues. (Desirable)
Skills
- Significant gravitas and an excellent networker, communicator, and influencer who is at ease and skilled in representing and promoting an organisation with different audiences, at different levels and in different contexts.
- Highly proactive and effective at collaborating with others, building relationships and partnerships.
- Excellent judgement, including in balancing short and long-term priorities, focusing on key issues, and identifying and managing both opportunities and risks.
- Ability to undertake a complex management role in an international organisation, leading a very busy team and schedule.
- Excellent project management, budget and forecasting management, and resource control skills.
- Persuasive communication skills with the ability to present and convey complex ideas and issues clearly and coherently.
- Strong decision-making skills and ability to translate priorities into operational goals and plans.
Knowledge
- Significant knowledge and understanding of all aspects of fundraising including philanthropy, partnerships, individual giving, and legacy giving.
- In-depth and up-to-date knowledge of charity law, fundraising regulations, standards, and best practice.
- High level of competence in CRM software and social media.
- Commitment to maintaining standards to promote trust and confidence in MAP’s fundraising initiatives.
- An understanding of the work of MAP and the issues facing Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees.
Personal Traits Desired
- Commitment to MAP’s mission, services, and the right to health.
- Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice and equal opportunities.
- An ability to apply awareness of diversity issues to all areas of work.
- Commitment to the values and ethos of MAP.
- Prepared and able to travel occasionally to Lebanon, the occupied Palestinian territory, and Israel and pursue new business opportunities anywhere in the world.
- Able to work flexibly in emergencies and to meet specific deadlines including some evenings and weekends.
Daryl Upsall International actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. In recruiting candidates, we seek candidates with the proven skills required; irrespective of race, gender, religion or belief, age, disability or sexual orientation.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
We are seeking an experienced and ambitious individual who can take on the role of Fundraising Officer.
Fundraising Officer
Location: Home-based
Hours of Work: 30 to 37.5 hours
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £24,000 to £26,000 per annum, pro rata
Reporting to: Head of Income Generation
Air Ambulances UK
Air Ambulances UK (AAUK) is the national charity supporting the lifesaving work of the UK’s air ambulance charities, enabling them to save even more lives every day.
Purpose of Post
The Fundraising Officer will be a key member of our ambitious and friendly Income Generation team helping to support the team across a number of national partnership income streams.
The role will have responsibility for responding to enquiries via post, email and telephone, and ensuring income and general information is captured accurately on Donorfy (CRM system).
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and develop a mixed pipeline of national partners and prospects including researching, making approaches, applications, and stewardship activities.
- Coordinate and support fundraising campaigns and events for partners.
- Responsible for welcoming, assisting and responding to enquiries AAUK receives over telephone, email, and post.
- Responsible for thanking national supporters, adapting, and personalising templates as needed to deliver high quality thank you letters in a timely manner.
- Enter and maintain accurate records on our fundraising database, Donorfy including financial information and to proactively identify how to improve processes.
- Provide general administrative support across the team as required.
Benefits
- 36 days annual leave including Bank Holidays FTE
- Access to an employee assistance programme
- Work from home allowance
- Access to the Blue Light Card and Blue Light Events
- Pension contributions
- Development opportunities
Closing date: Please do not delay your application as we will be reviewing applications when received and scheduling interviews as soon as possible.
We may close this vacancy early if we believe we have enough strong applications to be able to successfully fill the role.
TO APPLY:
If you feel you have the skills and experience we’re looking for, please apply now!
Please read the attached Job Description before applying by CV and covering letter. Your covering letter should clearly and succinctly demonstrate how you meet the person specification.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
AAUK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.
No agencies please.
If you feel you have the skills and experience, we’re looking for, please apply now!
Application is by CV and covering letter. Your covering letter should clearly and succinctly demonstrate how you meet the person specification.