14 hours per week

The Disability Resource Centre (DRC) is one of the leading disability organisations operating in Birmingham, Solihull and the wider West Midlands.

This is a key role within the Yardley Neighbourhood Network Scheme (NNS), which DRC is lead facilitator. You will work with local grass roots organisations and community assets to develop and implement an investment plan for the constituency.

Reporting to the Service Manager, with mentoring support, you will:

• Develop a coordinated investment plan for Yardley
• Implement the plan by supporting community assets to raise income through community fundraising, applications to trusts and foundations, applications for statutory income and develop corporate income.

To apply, please visit our website via the apply button.

Closing date: Monday, 20th June 2022.

* The salary range is £25,928 to £30,696plus London weighting if applicable).

* 25 days, plus 3 additional days in the Christmas/New Year period, plus all public holidays per annum.

* NEA offer a money-purchase, non-contributory pension scheme. 11½% of basic salary will be paid by NEA in the pension. NEA also offers death-in-service cover to state retirement age and enhanced sick pay.

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to work in a small but highly effective charity Business and Partnerships team? In this role you will generate income to deliver initiatives that will make a real impact on the lives of vulnerable energy consumers.

As the Energy Crisis tops the news agenda, our work has never been more needed. Our figures, which have been widely reported in national, regional, and local media show that since April 2022, 6.5 million UK households are now in fuel poverty – that’s one in four.

Our Business and Partnership team lead on securing funds which support the charity’s advocacy, research, and operational work to improve the lives of people struggling to keep their homes warm and safe.

Candidates will have experience to help us develop and maintain our relationships with key stakeholders and charity donors. With the energy crisis continuing to see more people pushed into fuel poverty, you will help us identify new opportunities for the charity at a time when our support has never been more vital to people struggling to cope with the rising costs of energy.

Candidates should:

• Be educated to degree level or have equivalent experience,
• Have a proven track record in income generation and be able to evidence your experience in fundraising or business development
• Be creative
• Have excellent communication and people skills and the ability to write for a variety of audience
• Have good numeracy skills and the ability to draft a budget
• Be enthusiastic, able to work as part of a team and have empathy with NEA’s charitable aims.

The job description provides a list of the duties of the post and the person specification provides the list of essential and desirable criteria.  The location is flexible across UK, and our staff are working on a temporary remote basis. PLEASE NOTE WE ARE UNABLE TO ACCEPT CVs, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO APPLY. 

We are Norfolk’s charity for people living with sight loss and visual impairment. Providing practical and emotional support at our hubs in Norwich, King’s Lynn and Great Yarmouth and in hospitals across Norfolk. Together with social and well-being activities for adults and children, young people and their families, daily living equipment, befriending services and specialist housing, we help those affected by sight loss to live life fully.

About the role

We are looking for a real team player who will work to integrate community fundraising and social media marketing into our volunteers and events teams. This is a time of change for the organisation and the ideal candidate will be someone who is not afraid to embrace and promote new challenges and new technology. This is a multi-tasking role and an ability to prioritise and organise a busy workload is essential. The two sides to the role (community fundraising & communications) are interlinked and there is an expectation to develop this in the role. A can-do attitude is more important to us than a long history of marketing experience, as on-going training and support will be provided.

Vision Norfolk (previously the Norfolk and Norwich Association for the Blind) is going through a period of organisational change, which means the successful candidate will have room for growth and development in this role.

The ideal candidate will have:

· Experience of forging partnerships with companies, clubs or groups, from prospect researching through to pitching

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to develop compelling partnership proposals

· A real passion for team working and collaboration to drive results

· Meticulous attention to detail and data management to drive a new supporter pipeline

· A real passion for working in public fundraising and delivering engaging and inspiring supporter experiences

· Have an excellent knowledge of the best content for different social platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube and a passion for emerging platforms and audiences

· DBS check required at Enhanced level

Please submit a covering letter (no longer than 2 x A4) along with your most recent CV. Please clearly address the points in the person specification with examples in your application.

Closing Date: 18th June 2022

Shortlisting w/c: 27th June 2022

Interviews: w/c: 4th July 2022

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced 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 £31,629.41 per annum 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 Digital Community Fundraising Officer:

As Digital Community Fundraising Assistant you will be responsible for delivering digital community fundraising product campaigns, product development and exemplary supporter stewardship to all community supporters. You will work across multiple channels with a focus on social media, web and email. You will play a key role in the developing of the community fundraising portfolio through innovation and product development, taking a leading role in the development of Gaming, Facebook Products, DIY Fundraisers and Community Appeals.

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

• Proven experience of digital fundraising, ideally working with external agencies within the third sector
• Specialist knowledge of digital across a range of channels including email, online and social
• Proven experience of product development, innovation and testing new products and propositions
• Proven track record of achieving income against agreed financial targets

What we can offer you:

• salary of up to £31,629.41 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 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: 27th May 2022

Virtual interview date: Week commencing 6th June 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.

Do you have fundraising experience? Do you feel comfortable working form home? We are looking for our missing team member to come and join us and help support Clinks with a healthy income stream and work towards our income srategy. We would love to hear from people who are passionate about changes within the criminal justice system and we actively encourage people with lived experience and/or protected characteristics to apply. We are a home-working organisation but occassionally meet face to face to align our team and strengthen our relationships with colleagues. Please note we do not require disclosue of any convictions at all. Please apply to come and work for an incredible organisation!

Fundraising for an organisation is a fundamental role and for Clinks, we need a new team member to help support our income strategy and work with our wider team to strengthen our pipeline. A passion for the criminal justice system would be wonderful and an ability to work independently is essential for remote working. We also value meeting our colleagues at occassional face to face meetings to build rapport and align our work. We welcome applications from people with lived experience and/or protected characteristics. Please note, we do not require disclosure during application, interview or if you are the successful candidate in post. Please read the job description and apply to work for an incredible organisation.

Could you be our new Fundraising Officer?

Headway Black Country is celebrating its 25th year anniversary in 2022.  We are seeking an experienced and committed Fundraising Officer to join our friendly and supportive team.  Working closely with the Chief Officer and Staff Teams, you will be responsible for the development of Headway Black Country's fundraising activities, securing income through effective fundraising from Trusts and Foundations and also donations, events and community fundraising.

You will develop new fundraising campaigns and develop strong relationships with funders and ensure that impact, measurement and evaluation processes are embedded in all aspects of our fundraising work.

You will be an energetic and enthusiastic individual who is committed to supporting and enhancing the lives of people who access Headway Black Country services. 

To apply, please submit a CV and supporting statement by 9.30am on Friday 27 May 2022.

Your supporting statement (maximum 2 sides of A4) should clearly outline your suitability and experience for the role against the criteria provided in the person specification.  Please include your interest and motivation in applying for this position.

Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 6 June 2022.

Fixed Term Contract (12 months), 37.5 hours per week

Birmingham, West Midlands

Al-Khair Foundation is a UK-registered charity working to deliver humanitarian and development projects worldwide. Founded in 2003, Al-Khair provides emergency aid, medical care, education and livelihood support to vulnerable communities in the UK, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and is committed to supporting these groups to become sustainable active citizens in their society. Al-Khair Foundation is a key development partner of choice for Governments, NGOs, donors and civil society in their respective countries.

The Foundation has witnessed significant growth since we opened our doors in 2003 and our current strategic and business plans make this is a perfect time to join our organisation.

Reporting to the Head of Branches, the key responsibilities of the Fundraising Officer will be that of participating in the development and implementation of our Fundraising Strategy; identify and develop key relationships with donors, volunteers, local community leaders, statutory and corporate sectors; organise fundraising activities and community engagement at the local level; support with the development of programmes and initiatives that increases awareness about the Al-Khair brand and build community links in your assigned location; and assist with the recruitment and induction of volunteers.

For this role, the successful candidate will have a degree level or equivalent qualification; good experience of planning and coordinating fundraising activities and campaigns and of working in a Fundraising capacity, ideally within a charitable organisation; good knowledge of charity sector and of contemporary fundraising techniques; and commitment to diversity.

The successful candidate will also be required to have good communication and IT skills and most importantly, work effectively as part of a team.

For more information and to register and apply for this position, please click on the Apply button to be redirected to our vacancy page.

Deadline for applications: 11th June 2022

Due to the expected high response for this vacancy, we reserve the right to close this campaign once we have a suitable pool of applicants.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, faith or disability. Only candidates with the right to work in the UK will be considered. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Role Overview
This is an exciting time to join The Haven Wolverhampton’s (THW) Fundraising Team as we grow and move into a new chapter of our work. We’re a small team so you’ll need to have the kind of attitude that means you like to get stuck in and support with a range of fundraising activities. We work closely together towards a team target (we’re not interested in pitting one fundraiser against another), planning various activities, arranging events, and supporting volunteer fundraisers and donors, so if you want to be part of a supportive and collaborative team, you’ll probably like our style.

If you’re someone who can tell us about your previous professional fundraising success, we’d really love to hear from you. You’ll need to tell us about your experience of raising funds, the successes and pitfalls, and what you’ve learnt along the way. We want to know about you and what makes you tick, we want to hear your ambitions and what makes you excited about working at THW.

Whilst your role is about raising income, as a team we’re focused on the bigger picture and we’re looking for someone to join us who is truly passionate about transforming the lives of women and children.

Ultimately, this is what the money we raise is all about – facilitating change.

We’re not looking for perfection, we want congruence, creativity, accountability, and passion. If that’s you, take a look at the JD and Person Spec to find out more. Hopefully we’ll be reading your application to join us soon.

Closing date: 05 June 2022
Interview Date: 16 June 2022

Department Business Development
Contract type Permanent , Part Time
Hours 21-25 (Hybrid) 
Salary £25,500
Benefits Competitive

Ref: 132716

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.

Fundraising Manager

Plant Your Future is an international grassroots environmental charity with the vision of a restored Amazon Rainforest. To achieve this, we’re working to promote sustainable farming with Peruvian smallholder farmers, empowering them to adopt agroforestry and generate sustainable incomes through sale of sustainably harvested fruit, timber and carbon credits. Our work is not only an effective way to tackle climate change, but it also reduces the deforestation pressure on the rainforest and helps protect irreplaceable high conservation value rainforest biodiversity, including threatened animal and bird species. To date, we have helped 17 rural communities in the Loreto and Ucayali regions of the Peruvian Amazon to plant over 150,000 trees. Right now, we’re in the middle of a significant scale-up, with a plan to plant one million trees by 2025 

This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated self-starter with a successful track-record in fundraising to help Plant Your Future continue to grow and achieve its goal of planting a million trees and beyond. 

You will be working closely with the Board of Trustees, as well as other volunteers. The role is home-based, although ability to travel to donor meetings, events and to meetings with the PYF Trustees is expected.

Apply online through charityjob with a cover letter and CV explaining why you want to work with Plant Your Future and the expertise you bring.

For further details, please see the attached job specification.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Digital Community Fundraising Assistant 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 £24,538.69 per annum 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 Digital Community Fundraising Assistant:

As Digital Community Fundraising Assistant you will be responsible supporting the delivery of the agreed community fundraising products and campaigns from conception to delivery, ensuring campaigns are delivered on time, to the agreed audience and within budget to the highest quality.

What we’re looking for in our Digital Community Fundraising Assistant:

• Proven experience of digital fundraising
• Proven administration experience
• Experience in a customer care/service environment
• An understanding of the principles of data protection

What we can offer you:

• salary of up to £24,538.69 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 Digital Community Fundraising Assistant 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:  27th May 2022

Virtual interview date: Week commencing 6th June

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.

Are you a strategic and creative thinker who can build and develop new and existing networks and relationships? Do you have an in-depth knowledge of the fundraising sector including grant making trusts and foundations? Are you keen to help give children who’ve had a difficult start in life an equal chance of a bright future? We are very passionate about what we do and are seeking a Fundraising Manager to maintain and develop important income streams for our organisation.

Who we are
Adoption UK is the leading charity providing support, community, and advocacy for adopters, adopted people and all those parenting or supporting children who cannot live with their birth parents. With a presence in all four nations of the UK, Adoption UK works with those with lived experience, professionals and politicians to bring about real change in people’s lives.

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. We welcome your application whatever your background or situation. Under-representative groups such as ethnic minorities and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to build a career with us. We don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture, we want you to enrich it.

 What you’ll be doing

This position is responsible for managing and growing the charity’s income from third sector funders, including grant making trusts and foundations and major donors. You will develop and deliver ambitious fundraising campaigns that are compelling to funders interested in making a long-term difference to young people and families.

Who you are

With a background in income development and implementing fundraising  policies and processes, you are a strategic thinker with the ability develop and submit compelling bid applications, ensuring income against Adoption UK’s strategic priorities. You will have:

• Significant income development experience and knowledge of grant making trusts and foundations;
• Delivering complex projects on time and to budget;
• Considerable experience in writing persuasive proposal documents and bids;
• Experience of managing multiple stakeholders including grant managers and major donors;

What we offer

This is a permanent contract, working 35 hours per week, attracting a salary of £35,199 per annum. We offer remote/hybrid working and positively embrace flexible working, recognising that employees may wish to balance work and family/home life. We are happy to discuss your circumstances at interview stage.

Our benefits include generous annual leave which accumulates with service, Christmas closure, development days, employee assistance programme, enhanced family leave and enhanced sick pay.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect everyone working with us to share this commitment.

If you have a passion for making a difference and share in our vision for adoptive and kinship care families, we would love to hear from you.

Before completing the application form, we highly encourage you to download the candidate pack. This pack contains the Role Profile and guidance notes which will help you to complete the application form against the criteria we are looking for, if you have skills that you believe can support this role and they are not covered in the criteria, then please still apply and let us know in your application pack.

The closing date for applications is 17 June 2022. Interviews are expected to be on 24 or 28 June 2022.

This role is also associated with the following titles:

Trusts and Foundations Development Manager, Fundraising Manager, Trusts and Philanthropy Fundraising Manger, Income Development Manager, Third Sector Income Development Manager

Fundraising Insights Manager

Closing Date 5th June 2022

Interview Date 14th June 2022

Income Generation

Permanent – 37.5 hours per week

Hospice Pay band – D (£33,561 - £40,503)

Location: Hybrid working including Erdington and Selly Park sites

The Hospice Charity Partnership, formed from Birmingham St Mary’s and John Taylor Hospices, is looking for a Fundraising Insights Manager to join the Income Generation Team.

Are you an experienced Data Manager? Do you have experience of gathering and analysing data in the third sector and sharing your insight with colleagues?

If so then we have a fantastic opportunity for you to join the fundraising team as a Fundraising Insights Manager.

Working to support The Hospice Charity Partnership in achieving its vision to reach more people across our communities and growing voluntary income.

This role is responsible for the management of the Donorflex CRM system, which incorporates all data for fundraising and engagement purposes and records all voluntary gifts and Gift Aid.

Working across the department, you will take ownership for the delivery of high-quality data processing, ensuring systems capture the right data about supporters so the charity can plan insight-led activities to raise the voluntary income needed for The Hospice Charity Partnership (HCP) to achieve its goals.

Reporting directly to the Head of Fundraising Partnerships & Supporter Experience one of your main objectives will be to collect & analyse data to understand who our supporters are and how we can enhance and maximise income and engagement utilising this information.

The ideal candidate will have substantial experience of managing and working with fundraising databases, good analytical skills, attention to detail and problem solving, as well as the ability to interpret information and quickly assimilate data and spot inconsistencies/patterns. Significant experience of working in a fundraising setting directly supporting donors and having a comprehensive understanding of the supporter journey and related processes would be an advantage, as well as a thorough understanding of data protection and confidentiality in the context of fundraising and finance.

If you have the skills and expertise and want to make a difference to people living with a life-limiting illness, this could be the role for you.

We do not have a sponsor’s licence and are unable to support Visa applications.

We value each person as an individual - whether they are colleagues, patients, family members, carers or supporters, every person matters. We embrace diversity of culture, background and environment knowing it enriches our workplace and our relationships with our local communities. We are committed to building a culture of inclusion and belonging. We would love to hear from you; about what makes you uniquely you, and how this opportunity will support you to succeed.

Candidates can be put off applying for a job when they have caring responsibilities and may not think they can achieve the flexibility they need. We are keen to hear from you, and whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution.