Fundraising Executive

Home Based / Worthing

Fixed Term - 12-month contract (Maternity Cover)

37.5 hours

£24,000 - £26,000 p.a. depending on depth and variety of experience in a similar role 

St Barnabas Hospices offers specialist palliative care through two hospices: St Barnabas House adult hospice in Worthing and Chestnut Tree House children’s hospice near Arundel in Sussex.

Are you a brilliant and passionate direct marketer looking for your next role?

We are looking for a Fundraising Executive to join our Individual Giving and Digital team. This maternity cover role will be supporting our direct marketing and digital activity, including our large lottery programme. Campaigns cover door drops, telemarketing, canvassing, radio and digital. We need you to be an exceptional fundraiser who is driven by data and insight and has a passion for fundraising.

You will be responsible for maximising income through campaigns and supporting the wider team to deliver activity on time and to budget. You will thrive in a busy environment and go that extra mile to make the difference.

Applicants will need experience and a proven track record of managing fundraising campaigns and a role that juggles many priorities. You will have experience of working in a similar role and have an eye for detail with the ability to multitask.

Why not come and use your talents to join a great team and raise money for a fantastic cause.

Closing date:  8 March 2021 Provisional Interview date: 17 March 2021

Benefits included: Enrolment onto our company pension scheme or the option to continue in the NHS pension scheme, up to 35 days’ annual leave inclusive of bank holidays, Free parking, On-site education support, Option to join Healthcare Cash Plan & Corporate Rate Gym Membership

An enhanced DBS will be sought, if you are successful in this role. The safe recruitment of staff at St Barnabas Hospices is the first step to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults in our care. As an employer we expect all staff and volunteers to share our commitment to safeguarding.

If you have the passion and drive to succeed, please visit our website for an application form and job description. 

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, facilities and services to support staff from different backgrounds.

The information you provide on your application form is the only information we will use to decide whether or not to short-list you for interview.

Fundraising Officer
Reference: FEB20211421
Location: Flexible
Salary: £21,718.00 - £24,294.00 Pro Rata
Benefits: Pension, Annual Leave, Life Assurance
Duration: 6 Months

Do you have the passion, drive, professionalism and enthusiasm to raise funds for the RSPB?

The England team is recruiting for someone to join our dedicated team of fundraisers. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills in fundraising and project management. If you have enthusiasm for the work of the RSPB and can demonstrate your talents and transferable skills for fundraising, we would like to hear from you.

We are looking for an individual who is super organised, self-confident, friendly, energetic and helpful. You will be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and enjoy getting things done whilst working as part of a team. With a keen eye for detail, you are confident managing financial and other numeric information. You are a persuasive and versatile writer. You are confident in presenting your case in 1-2-1 or small group situations. You have a proven ability to manage competing priorities to tight deadlines.

In this role, you will need to:

• Identify potential external funding sources and match these to agreed priority work on our nature reserves, projects and core work, as allocated by the Fundraising Manager, in support of RSPB’s aim to save nature
• Complete funding bids tailored to external funding bodies in order to secure income to fund and grow RSPB work. Working with HQ and region/ country colleagues, ensure our funders have an excellent supporter experience with us and raise their awareness and understanding of RSPB
• Identify the requirements of our funders, including communications requirements and manage the delivery of any funding conditions to optimise opportunities and build effective relationships
• Monitor and ensure accurate administration of funding, in line with the teamwork programme and the RSPB’s project management framework to ensure effective governance and transparency
• Produce regular reports to assess progress and action needed against KPIs to ensure agreed annual performance targets are met
• Ensure funder engagement activity is correctly branded, represents our organisational values and follows governance guidelines to build a strong reputation and brand for the RSPB
• Plan and attend appropriate meetings and events in order to manage funder and partner relationships and advocate the work of the RSPB to grow support in order to save nature

Essential skills, knowledge & experience:

• A-level education or equivalent
• GCSE Maths and English or equivalent
• Understanding of fundraising (grants, trusts, businesses) and donor and supporter motivations
• Understanding of and application of project management
• Proven experience in fundraising/ sales and delivering to income targets
• Proven excellent writing skills
• Able to interpret complex information and communicate it simply to target audiences
• Persuasive communicator and negotiator with the ability to influence
• Able to work under own initiative, with the confidence to ask for support and direction where needed
• Solutions-focused approach, with the ability to overcome setbacks in order to get the right outcome for the RSPB
• Able to organise oneself effectively and prioritise work in order to get the right things done
• Able to deliver a high level of customer service to a variety of audiences
• Competent user of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Proven experience of relationship development in an outward facing role in the not for profit or private sector.
• Proven experience of working as part of a team.

Desirable skills, knowledge & experience:

• Degree or equivalent
• Professional or academic qualification in fundraising
• Experience of working with volunteers
• Understanding of the charity sector and associated fundraising techniques
• Interest in, knowledge of, and passion for nature

Closing date: 23:59, 18 March 2021

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can complete your application for this position.

No agencies please.

Individual Giving and Lottery Manager

Home Based / West Sussex

37.5 hours per week

£30,000 - £35,000 p.a. depending on depth and variety of experience in a similar role

St Barnabas Hospices offers specialist palliative care through two hospices: St Barnabas House adult hospice in Worthing and Chestnut Tree House children’s hospice near Arundel in Sussex.

Are you a brilliant and passionate fundraiser looking for your next role?

We are looking for an Individual Giving and Lottery Manager to join our Individual Giving and Digital team. This brand-new position will be leading our supporter acquisition direct marketing activity, including our large lottery programme. Campaigns cover door drops, telemarketing, canvassing, radio and digital. We need you to be an exceptional fundraiser who is driven by data and insight to help us transform our existing activity.

You will be responsible for maximising income through supporter acquisition and working closely with the Individual Giving Manager (Retention). You will thrive in an environment that will provide you autonomy and space to shape your role and activities.

Applicants will need extensive experience and a proven track record of managing fundraising campaigns and a multi-channel programme. You will have experience of working at a senior level in a charity of a similar size and the ability to engage others in driving plans forward with energy and credibility.

Why not come and use your talents to join a great team and raise money for a fantastic cause.

Closing date:  15 March 2021 Interview Date: w/c 22 March 2021

Benefits included:

• Enrolment onto our company pension scheme or the option to continue in the NHS pension scheme
• up to 35 days’ annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Free parking
• On-site education support
• Option to join Healthcare Cash Plan 
• Corporate Rate Gym Membership

An enhanced DBS will be sought, if you are successful in this role. The safe recruitment of staff at St Barnabas Hospices is the first step to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults in our care. As an employer we expect all staff and volunteers to share our commitment to safeguarding.

If you have the passion and drive to succeed, please visit our website for an application form. 

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, facilities, and services to support staff from different backgrounds.

The information you provide on your application form is the only information we will use to decide whether to short-list you for interview.

Due to a period of maternity and parental leave, we are looking to appoint a Senior Development and Fundraising Officer for a temporary period of approximately 15 months. The postholder will contribute to the organisation’s overall success by supporting the delivery of our fundraising targets by helping to secure income from Trusts & Foundations, individual giving and the corporate sector. You will be key in strategically supporting and seeking out external funding to provide long term and sustainable philanthropic giving to support the organisation.

The postholder will need a proven track record in successful fundraising from a variety of sources such as the Arts Council, individual giving and trusts and foundations. You will also need to have previous experience of delivering against fund-raising targets and experience of managing sponsor relationships and delivering stewardship.

We are working with a wonderful Christian faith charity who are looking for a part-time Major Donor and Trust Fundraising Manager.

This role will be responsible for cultivating and developing strong relationships with new and existing Major Donors and Trusts. You will lead on creating compelling and bespoke funding proposals and work closely with your team members to develop an innovative major donor strategy.

You will have:

• A demonstrable interest in the Christian faith
• Previous experience working in the charity sector with a strong understanding of Major Donor fundraising
• Experience of securing 5 figure gifts from Major Donors or Trusts and Foundations
• The ability to communicate and negotiate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, with strong written skills

Closing date: ASAP

Salary; £21,000 (£35,000 full-time equivalent)

Hours; 21 per week

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Lucy on 02030 062787 or email [email protected]

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

Winston’s Wish is a national charity supporting grieving children and their families.

We are currently seeking an experienced Digital Fundraising Officer to develop and implement a digital fundraising strategy at Winston’s Wish.

We are looking for someone with proven successful experience in digital fundraising/ marketing and audience engagement via digital channels. You should have experience of using digital platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube, digital management tools such as Buffer, and WordPress. Enthusiasm for developing engaging digital content to secure funds and an understanding of acquisition focused campaigns are essential to this role. You should be a creative thinker with strong team working skills, excellent communication skills, and the ability to handle tight and conflicting deadlines.

This is a permanent position, either home-based with regular travel to our Head Office in Cheltenham, or office-based in Cheltenham or Hove if preferred. In return we can offer an interesting and rewarding environment where you can make a real difference as part of a great organisation.

Individual Giving Officer

Full Time or Part Time Roles available, Permanent

Based at our office near Lewes with the option of regular home working

Salary c £25k.

Are you a brilliant direct marketer looking for your next role? Would you like to help give animals a better life?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate, organised, and highly analytical person to join our small, dynamic fundraising team.

You will be joining us at Raystede at an exciting time as we set out to maximise our established Individual Giving programme. We are looking for a highly organised and data driven individual to lead and develop our Individual Giving programme across a portfolio of fundraising activities including regular giving, cash appeals, and face to face fundraising.

You’ll be given plenty of opportunity to lead on new campaigns, work collaboratively on innovative fundraising strategies, and grow your own experience in individual giving, supporter engagement, and direct marketing. You will be analytical, with an eye for design, and the ability to spot a compelling fundraising appeal.

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have proven experience in a successful direct marketing, fundraising, or supporter acquisition role.
• Have excellent project and time management skills.
• Love to manage and interpret data with strong analytical and financial skills.
• Are results and target driven, with a can-do attitude.
• Have a passion to go the extra mile, keeping excellent donor care and animal welfare at the heart of everything we do.

If a rewarding and fulfilling career is top of your requirements along with working as part of a great team and giving animals a better life, then this job is for you.

How to apply – application form

Closing date for applications is 12 noon on Monday the 15th March

Interviews will be held on Friday the 26th March

Are you a strategic thinking marketer who can create and coordinate first-class campaigns using a range of marketing strategies? Are you an outstanding communicator with first-class project management skills and a good understanding of product development? 

Triangle is an innovative values-based Social Enterprise and we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced marketing and communications professional to join our friendly team. This newly created role will support our marketing strategy and manage the development of our products and materials.

We’re looking for a confident and forward-thinking individual who can take the lead on marketing campaigns, ensuring integration of marketing activity across all channels. You’ll have responsibility for our website, ownership of our social media accounts and management of our email service provider. 

We’re also looking for someone who can conceptualise, plan and deliver new projects. You’ll have responsibility for developing and delivering the annual product plan for Triangle and supporting the team with the scoping of projects, including identifying strategic objectives and developing new approaches to meeting them.

We work to enable people to achieve their highest potential through developing and supporting a suite of tools for promoting and measuring personal change, called the Outcomes Star. An understanding of the social sector, psychological approaches and how people change would be an advantage.

You can download the full job description and application form from the careers page on our website to see if this is the next step for you.

About the role

This is a key position within Triangle that requires strong liaison across the whole organisation. The post is full time and combines two related and overlapping roles:

• Marketing Manager (around 3 days pw) with responsibility for co-ordinating and driving Triangle’s marketing  activities.  This is a new role for Triangle, with marketing to date shared between different roles and a consultant
• Product Manager (around 2 days pw), with responsibility for managing and coordinating the development of Outcomes Stars and related products and materials. This is to cover work carried out by a staff member who now has other responsibilities within Triangle.

Our decisions about the development of new products are based on a range of factors including our understanding of the market for those products.  Marketing messages and plans draw heavily on our learning from the product development process and can involve working closely with collaborators. The two roles are described separately for clarity although, in practice, many day-to-day activities will relate to both aspects.

This role will report directly to the Managing Director.

We are seeking a Senior Manager to lead our highly rated Social Care mental health and accommodation services in Brighton and Hove.  Senior Managers are responsible for client services within their area of operational responsibility, including management, quality, delivery, strategic relevance, development, financial planning and control, compliance, profile and reputation.  They also play an important role in the development of BHT’s strategic and corporate objectives and are responsible for the delivery of associated service level objectives and plans.

The post holder will be able to successfully lead, motivate and support teams and individuals and bring extensive experience of working effectively in partnership with internal and external stakeholders including clients and service users.  A proven track record of strategic and operational planning and delivery and policy implementation is required along with the ability to network and negotiate with sensitivity.  A commitment to trauma informed and recovery orientated practice is also essential.

Payment for on call; Weeknight £22; Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays £45

37 hours per week, based in Brighton and home working

Annual Leave entitlement starts at 25 working days (pro rata)

5.5% employer’s pension contribution (the level of this is reviewed annually)

Each year Sightsavers receives over £10m from gifts in the wills of our generous supporters. Administering these gifts sensitively and professionally is vital for us to continue to grow this key income stream and eliminate avoidable blindness and promote the rights of people with disabilities through our work.

Sightsavers are recruiting for a new position, a Legacy Administration Manager who will play a vital role within our growing in-house Legacy Administration team.

About the role

Reporting to the Head of Legacy Administration, the Legacy Administration Manager will manage and operate the administration of all legacies received by Sightsavers in the UK and Ireland, liaising with Executors, Solicitors, Trust Corporations, together with Legacy Managers/ Officers at other charities. Key duties include:

• managing and developing our small, dedicated legacy team
• maximising potential funds for Sightsavers, whilst protecting the reputation of the charity
• optimising the collection of legacy income in line with current legal frameworks
• complying with internal and external audit and compliance requirements in relation to legacy administration
• providing a legal and advisory service through the Head of Function
• maintaining all case documentation and records
• responsibility for and managing of the Legacy Officer

About you

We are looking for an individual with outstanding customer service and strong technical and influencing skills as well as bags of tact and diplomacy and a team ethos.  You will have:

• previous experience in Charity Legacy Management or equivalent areas of specialism in the legal sector, ideally with managerial responsibility, with the Institute of Legacy Management Certificate CICLA (Certificate in Charity Legacy Administration), STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) qualification or equivalent.
• demonstrable experience of working in a senior position in the legacy department of a charity or Probate department of a firm of Solicitors, Bank or Trust Corporation.
• Good finance and accounting knowledge, particularly estate accounts, investment management and share valuations.
• Strong knowledge of relevant Charity Law legislation.
• Strong knowledge of relevant Probate and Trust Law and procedures. Working knowledge of Data Protection Act.

This is an involved role and further details may be found within the job description.

The team are all currently working from home but once the office reopens, our expectation is that we will need the successful candidate to be able to travel to the offices in Haywards Heath, West Sussex (RH16 3BW) at least one day per week. It’s an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts.

As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Closing date: 14 March 2021

We anticipate that remote interviews will take place in late March 2021.

Trustees

Cats Protection

Board meetings (if not virtual) are usually held at the National Cat Adoption Centre in Sussex or at an off-site location.

Cats Protection is the UK's leading cat welfare charity. We're working towards a world where every cat is treated with kindness and an understanding of its needs. Since we were founded in 1927, we've helped a huge number of cats and kittens - rehoming over 2 million and positively impacting the lives of millions more.

We help over 200,000 cats and kittens every year through our network of over 210 volunteer-run branches and 37 centres. However, our work doesn't stop with rehoming thousands of cats a year. We also promote the benefits of neutering to prevent unwanted litters from being born and becoming the abandoned cats of tomorrow, and seek to educate people of all ages about cats and their care.

Cats Protection welcomes applications from volunteers in all roles across the charity as well as external candidates to complement the current Board. The new Trustees will be joining at an exciting time as Cats Protection moves forward to develop and implement the new strategic plan. With long serving Trustees reaching the end of their terms, Cats Protection is seeking up to three Trustees who bring a strategic insight in one or more of the following areas:

• experience of governance in a comparable size charity

• experience of strategic financial management of a large, complex organisation

• experience in audit/risk management

Cats Protection is committed to achieving greater diversity in its board and welcomes applications from currently under-represented groups at Board level including people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, and disabled people.

To learn more about this unique opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please read the full appointment brief, on the Prospectus website, which can be reached by clicking on the “Apply on Website” Button.

Deadline for applications: Monday 12 April

Interview with Prospectus: w/c 19 April and w/c 26 April

Panel with Cats Protection: w/c 17 May and w/c 24 May

Final interview for preferred candidates with the Board of Trustees: w/c 7 June

Winston’s Wish is a national charity providing support to children who have been bereaved. Our vision is of a society in which grieving children and young people get the support they need, when they need it. This could not be a more important time for bereaved children and young people in the UK.

Our Helpline and online services are the heart of our offer to these children and young people and the thousands of parents, carers and professionals who support them. For twenty years our Helpline service has offered high quality information, advice and guidance to hundreds of thousands of parents, carers and professionals. Demand grows every year, and our Helpline is the referral pathway into our Children and Young People’s Service, offering bereavement support across the country through remote, digital and face-to-face services (selected localities only).

We estimate to support approx. 15,000 children and young people annually through our Helpline and the newer services that sit within our growing portfolio of online services: the ASK email service, Live Chat, and Crisis Messenger text service.

We are always improving and developing our services to meet the changing needs of children and young people. This year, as part of our Transforming Delivery programme, we have added a vital new service to this list: the Family Bereavement Support Service, which works sessionally and remotely with parents and carers to help them support the grieving children and young people they are caring for.

Following the planned retirement of our current Associate Director, we are currently looking to recruit an Associate Director of Helpline and Online Services to join our team and take us on the next stage of our journey at a critical time.

If you think you’ve got the passion, the skills and the energy to take our support as far and wide as we think is needed, then we’d love to hear from you.

The location of this role is flexible, with availability to travel to our Head Office in Cheltenham when required.  Due to COVID-19 this role will be remote/home-based for the foreseeable future. This will be reviewed periodically in line with Government guidance

As Digital Communications and PR Officer you will be at the forefront of an exciting charity who have been funding medical breakthroughs for over 65 years. You will be responsible for a breadth of comms activities including leading content strategy online across a range of digital platforms and offline including selling in ideas to media and developing national media stories.

The successful candidate will have experience in either medical or scientific research or pharmaceutical based communications and be a confident copywriter in order to hit the ground running in this role. You will join a small yet dynamic team and the organisation offer a supportive working environment, and the opportunity to navigate your own ideas and push boundaries.

You can work remotely, with the ability and willingness to travel in on an ad-hoc basis/when required for key meetings/work for example. The office is based in Sussex.

Key responsibilities will include:

- Develop digital content plans for warm audiences to reflect relevant subject areas for the charity as well as support fundraising appeals.

- Develop engaging communication packages of research which can be used by fundraising staff to communicate with their varied audiences.

- Produce multimedia content, including video stories, infographics, blog posts, web stories and other content to support charity activity.

- Grow our social channels

- To act as the charity's focal point for media activity on medical research and to nurture productive relationships with journalists and researchers.

- To source, develop and manage relationships with families and write up their stories to provide copy for fundraising appeals, publications, social media and so on.

Your previous experience:

- Proven ability to write about medical research and complex issues clearly and effectively.

- Ability to identify and translate interesting stories from research findings.

- Experience of developing, implementing and evaluating content plans covering digital platforms.

- Experience of using monitoring and evaluation tools to help understand how digital and social activity is performing.

Salary £33,000. Benefits include 22 days annual leave plus additional closure days between Christmas and New Year and a Group Flexible Retirement Plan.

The charity will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, so please get in touch ASAP to start the conversation.

Interviews will take place via zoom, as soon as they hear from a suitable candidate.

To find out more about the opportunity, please do get in touch by emailing your CV to [email protected] or calling 02078207305.