This is an exciting opportunity for you to make your mark with an established cultural organisation.  The role is Norton Priory’s first fundraiser post, and is funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.  It offers the next career step for an ambitious fundraiser with a desire to create a new fundraising strategy and make a huge different to our organisation.  This post is offered on a fixed term contract basis, to end October 2020.  Extension possible if income targets are met.

Your role:
You will be responsible for developing and launching Norton Priory’s individual giving programmes, legacies and corporate sponsorship schemes.  You will work with the Chief Executive and other colleagues to identify key fundraising opportunities that will enhance the work of the Trust.  Your work will also involve building and maintaining close partnerships with external organisations to maximise fundraising opportunities, and to support the Trust’s vision to build a sustainable fundraising framework.  This will enable the continued development of Norton Priory Museum & Gardens.

You will need to work flexibly, including working outside normal office hours as required to meet the needs of the role and of the Trust.  This will include occasional weekend working and evening working.

About you:
You will be a strong communicator, with excellent negotiation skills, and a good listener.  A motivated self-starter, you will thrive on targets and be driven to deliver against agreed objectives.

You will embrace the work of the Trust, and seek natural synergies with potential supporters and donors to ensure the building of symbiotic relationships with both corporate business and private individuals.

About us:
Norton Priory Museum and Gardens receives 50,000 visitors per year, playing an active part in the local community, and is an independent museum, which is managed by a charitable Trust (Norton Priory Museum Trust Limited).  We are Europe’s largest excavated monastic site, and alongside the stunning museum building, which opened in 2016 following a major rebuilding programme funded by HLF, 42 acres of woodland and a Georgian Walled Garden complete the visitor offer.

RSPCA-WHS is at a pivotal point in is growth and we need someone with the creativity and drive to ensure we are maximising on all income generating opportunities. We are seeking a Fundraising and Events Officer to support the implementation of our Fundraising Strategy. The post holder will work closely with the Operations Manager, staff team and volunteers to increase income from individual supporters, members and through our events.

You will work to integrate our member base in all our fundraising and plan and deliver a programme of events that will raise funds and profile for the branch and support membership growth. You will have experience of either fundraising or events support and will be able to demonstrate experience of budget management. You will be keen to design and implement systems and processes to enable us to deliver our Fundraising Strategy.

This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to grow, develop and gain valuable skills and experience. You will be playing a key role in enabling RSPCA-WHS to help, rehabilitate, love and home animals who have been through the most horrific situations.

Entry Level/Junior Fundraiser

Salary: £18,000

Primary Location: Chell Fundraising Ltd, Unit 2, 263 Woodhouse Drive, Wigan WN6 7NR

Responsible to: Fundraising Director

Primary Working Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm (occasionally evenings and weekends)

Hours: 37.5 per week

Starting: January 2020

About us

Chell Fundraising Ltd was founded to give affordable, high-quality fundraising solutions to charities throughout the UK. We exist to support charities of all sizes with their unique fundraising needs and have a vision to see a time where charities are no longer held back due to lack of funds. We now have an exciting vacancy for a driven individual to join our small and passionate team with opportunities to professionally develop as our organisation grows.

About you

We are looking for someone who shares our vision, has excellent creative writing and verbal communication skills, as well as a genuine heart for the third sector. For this role, fundraising experience would be an advantage although not a requirement as full training will be given. 80% of our clients are churches and Christian ministries. This being the case, whilst it is not an occupational requirement to be a practicing Christian, it would be advantageous if you were familiar with Christian culture in the 21st Century. 

The Role

You will help to deliver a wide range of fundraising packages, each tailored to our client’s brief and supporting our fundraising consultants. When representing a client on any fundraising task, you will communicate on behalf of each client with their specific voice, visions, passions and ethos. Based on your skills and experience this could include:

• Trust fundraising 

• Event Management

• Direct Mail and Online Giving Campaigns

• Major Donor/Corporate Fundraising and Prospect Research

• Fundraising Training

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Please do read through the Job Description and Person Specification for this role before sending a CV and covering letter to our Fundraising Director, Mark Perkins

Stage 1: The first stage of the application process will be an informal phone interview. 

Stage 2: If successful we will then invite you to the second stage interview held at our office in Wigan

Here at Eden Brown we are delighted to bring you a hugely exciting opportunity to help shape the fundraising landscape in Liverpool for the incredible Air Ambulance Service. With particular focus on raising the profile and generating income for the Children's Air Ambulance this role provides a unique opportunity for an experienced fundraiser to engage with supporters to deliver invaluable income that will allow the service to continue to provide life-saving paediatric transfers across the UK. If this role sounds like an opportunity of interest then read on to find out more…...

As Community Fundraising Executive you will be responsible for developing and raising awareness of the charity and driving fundraising across the region. You will need to meet and exceed stretching income targets by creating opportunities through building relationships with individuals, businesses and communities in the region. The role will also involve the management of volunteers and the opportunity to build new beneficial relationships and diversify the charity's income streams across Liverpool. You will also act as the brand ambassador for the Children's Air Ambulance raising the profile of the service's fantastic work! This is a truly fantastic opportunity to join this amazing charity at a super exciting time!

To be considered for this role you should come to us with a significant and varied fundraising background. You must have demonstrable experience generating income from supporters, and developing fruitful relationships from scratch. Most importantly you must be confident, passionate, tenacious and resilient with a 'can-do' attitude and an ability to form relationships with ease.

The role provides the opportunity to work from home (with some travel to the charity's head office in Rugby) and offers a generous car allowance or company vehicle. The organisation is flexible, authentic and passionate and promotes a positive work life balance.

This really is a wonderfully unique opportunity to join this fantastic charity at a hugely exciting time in a capacity that will deliver such a tangible positive outcome. The recruitment for this post is ongoing so get in touch now to avoid disappointment! Apply directly or contact Charlie or Jack for more info!

Charlie -- [email protected] / 0161 2331600

Jack - [email protected] / 0161 2331600

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Location:           Lancashire, base to be agreed with successful applicant

Grade/Salary:       £26,539 - £29,520, depending on experience

Hours of Work:     Flexible, 35 hours per week

This is a very exciting time to join Age UK Lancashire and to play a key role in contributing to delivery of our three year strategy for growth. The successful applicant will join a small, supportive team, committed to raising funds so that the charity can continue to provide essential, high quality, responsive services to the older people of Lancashire, Blackpool and North Sefton.

We are seeking an individual who has a proven track record in developing high value relationships, identifying new supporters, sales, stewarding relationships, securing multi-year pledges and accessing networks of supporters.

This role would suit someone who has a natural ability to build rapport with potential donors, is exceptionally pro-active and self-motivated, enjoys working collaboratively and has empathy with the work of Age UK Lancashire, to grow the income of a charity that has a national name, but a very local identity and focus.

You will develop relationships with individuals, agencies and corporates to generate productive partnerships for the charity including: sponsorship of services; donations of retail stock; pre-retirement course sales.

Have responsibility for establishing and developing our major gifts and individual giving programmes to make a significant impact on the charity’s income from these sources.

Assist in the development of a culture within Age UK Lancashire that engages the wider staff team in productive relationships with donors. 

If you -   Enjoy variety in fundraising, to grow a charity with a very local identity and focus. 

              Are an experienced fundraiser or salesperson with a proven track record.

              Have experience of working with high value donors and enjoy working collaboratively with excellent people                       skills.

              Are an excellent relationship manager, highly pro-active, self-motivated and organised.

We would love to hear from you,  this position could be perfect for you?

The nature of the post will require travel across the area.  A full driving licence, appropriate insurance cover and use of a car are essential. 

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Alison Read, Director of Partnerships and Growth, contact details can be found on our website.

For an application pack and more information, please visit our website. 

Closing date:   28th October 2019 5pm  (early applications are invited)

Interview date: 19th November 2019

Community Fundraising Executive

You will join them as a Community Fundraising Executive, on a full time permanent basis.

Community Fundraising Executive Responsibilities:

Your role will be to directly engage with the region generating new and building upon existing relationships with community groups, organisations, volunteers and supporters of our Charity. It’s important to have your ear to the ground and understand events and organisations that could benefit their Charity.

Community Fundraising Executive Requirements:

As this role is predominantly identifying new opportunities to grow the Children’s Air Ambulance in the region so you will be an experienced Fundraiser within Charity and be comfortable approaching new business opportunities for them. They can give you all the support you need to be a success with them and they would like a self-starter highly motivated fundraiser for this region. This a huge opportunity for you to establish a new national charity in a new region and promote all the fantastic things the the company.

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

About our client:

Our client provides two very important functions, which provides paediatric transfers across the UK. Their objective is to save lives, utilising specialist pilots, doctors, and paramedics and with their work centred on saving lives, improving clinical outcomes and being able to react quickly and efficiently to emergencies. They are at the forefront of innovative clinical care and we challenge boundaries. None of this can be achieved without a hugely dedicated team of colleagues, volunteers and the general public.

Location: Liverpool

Job type: Full Time, Permanent, 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £24,000 - £27,000 per annum

Benefits: Company car plus car allowance

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

Ref: 89923

We are looking for a passionate, energetic and enthusiastic Fundraiser to join our fantastic team at St Joseph’s Hospice.  You will be self-motivated with a positive attitude, able to work under pressure on your own initiative as well as being part of a team.  The successful candidate will be educated to A level/degree standard and ideally hold Event Management qualifications. You must have event fundraising experience including managing campaign budgets, be able to demonstrate negotiating skills, have experience of pitching for and negotiating agreements, be able to design and deliver powerful presentations to achieve great impacts on your audiences and be a strong, confident and influencing communicator.

We have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic self starter to join us as an Area Fundraiser based in Chester. You will join us as on a full time or part time permanent contract and in return we are offering a competitive salary of £23,826 - £27,755 per annum pro rata (depending on experience).

Hope House believe that no one should face the death of a child alone. In order to meet the growing demand for our services we have to double our fundraising income in the next 8 years.

Joining us as our Area Fundraiser you will have a proven track record in professional fundraising and/or sales meaning you can help us raise the vital income we need.

Responsibilities of our Area Fundraiser:

- Generating new business through recruiting, managing and developing new corporate and community supporters
- Motivating and influencing supporters, ensuring their long term support for the Charity
- Maximising attendance at Hope House events, challenges and activities

Our Area Fundraiser will be able to:

- Exceed targets and work to KPI’s
- Communicate and build relationships with a diverse range of people face to face and by telephone
- Bounce back from rejection
- Effectively manage budgets and multi-task to meet tight deadlines

A full driving licence and a sound knowledge of the local area together with the flexibility to work frequent evenings and weekends are also essential.

Closing date: Sunday 3rd November 2019
Interview date: Monday 11th November 2019

If you are looking for a worthwhile challenge and a varied job in which your success will make a real difference as our Area Fundraiser, then please click ‘apply’ now! We’d love to hear from you!

The successful applicant will be required to obtain a standard disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

To meet the diverse needs of our client group, we are an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcome applications from all sectors of society.

Passionate about campaigning for change and policy development? This role aims to empower students and student leaders to create change by undertaking research, supporting the development of policy and supporting student leaders to develop campaign plans.  This post holder will coach and mentor student leaders to thrive in their volunteer roles and create a community of champions and ambassadors for the Students’ Union through their participation and involvement, fostering deeper engagement through a positive and transformative experience.

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week

Location: Merseyside, Liverpool

This role are restricted to female applicants, as having regard to the nature and context of the work involved, there is an occupational requirement for someone of a specific gender for reasons of privacy and decency. You will be known in The Prince's Trust as a Prince's Trust Executive. 

We are looking for individuals who engage in challenges with optimism and resilience, who are adaptive, flexible, ready to embrace change and innovation and ideally have experience in one of the below areas:

• Youth Work
• Delivery of Outdoor Learning
• Education Sector
• Employability / Self Employment Sector
• Managing Partner Organisations and Volunteers

You will be a natural and effective communicator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decision for young people. Working as part of a team within a defined geographical area, you will work with clear objectives to ‘connect’, ‘progress’ and help ‘transform’ the lives of young people who need us most. 

You will work directly with young people, volunteers and partners to deliver programmes and activities to support and encourage young people to live, learn and earn!

About The Prince’s Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

To help us realise our vision, we are changing our approach and looking at innovative ways to develop and enhance our ways of working.  This has led to the creation of exciting new opportunities across The Prince’s Trust at all levels based throughout the United Kingdom.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

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2 x Vacancies

1 x Permanent, 1 x Fixed Term until June 2020 (secondment cover)

7% Employer pension contribution

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

We are looking for highly motivated individuals to join our generalist advice team as an Advice Session Supervisor. Ideally, you already have experience of supervision and Quality of Advice Assessments, or you will be an experienced adviser who has a track record in supporting others and is willing to learn.

You will be someone who enjoys working within a busy environment providing support, guidance and feedback to volunteers in order to maintain a consistent quality of advice, and to ensure the provision of an effective and efficient service to the public.

For an application pack please visit our website. 

Closing date for applications: 23rd October (5pm)

Interviews: 28th October 2019

Citizens Advice recognises the positive value of diversity promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds

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Autism Together is an exceptional charity, with the people we support at the centre of everything we do. Having recently celebrated our 50th anniversary we are now looking for a new Finance & Commercial Director to provide financial leadership as we take up the many challenges of the next half century.

As a leading national provider of services to people with autism, you will work with the senior leadership team to take forward our ambitious strategy.

In return, we can offer an excellent remuneration package as well as the opportunity to make a difference to the lives of the people we support.

For more information and to apply, read our attached application pack or click through to our website.

At Autism Together it is our mission to bring richness and joy into the lives of those on the spectrum. No two people with autism are affected in the same way, so we work with every single individual to help them lead fulfilling and meaningful lives.

We started life in 1968, when a group of forward-thinking parents, concerned at the complete lack of services available for their children, decided to stand up and be counted. Since then, we have grown and developed into one of the country’s leading providers of services for people on the autism spectrum, offering a wide range of residential options and day services.

As a highly specialist provider, we recognise that each person has a right to live their life as they determine. Being person-centred is one of our core values and we live and breathe it.

Please ensure that your application details include: your CV, current salary (remuneration) and your notice period.

Closing date for applications is Thursday, 24th October 2019. Interviews will be on Tuesday, 5th November 2019.

Fixed term to 30 September 2022 (subject to performance)

Citizens Advice Halton are seeking to recruit an Employability Officer to work on their Direction Project from Halton’s two offices (in Runcorn and Widnes).

The Directions Project is a new multi-agency, Liverpool City Region wide partnership, funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) with the aim of increasing the employability of local people who are currently unemployed or economically inactive.  Citizens Advice Halton will support eligible local people to: undertake some introductory training in advice areas; receive employability support; and gain sought after employment skills and experience through volunteering. 

Working with the Directions project’s Training Officer to achieve the project’s overall aims and targets, the Employability Officer will also lead on the provision of employability support to the project’s participants for Citizens Advice Halton, across Runcorn and Widnes.

You must be able to show that you have experience of delivering employability support through 1-2-1 and group work to participants including the design and delivery of training and other support interventions, to increase the employability, confidence, and goals of participants.

Leave: 25 days holiday per annum + bank holidays   

Closing date: Thursday 7th November 2019 – 12 noon

Interview date: Within 2 weeks of closing date

Please visit our website for more information on this opportunity and to apply.

We value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination.  We encourage and welcome applications from

suitably skilled candidates from all backgrounds and sections of the community.

With public awareness of mental health higher than ever before, there’s never been a more exciting time to join the Corporate Partnerships Team at Mind. We’re growing and changing fast, but there’s still much to be done.

We’re looking for a Regional Corporate Partnerships Officer to join our successful and growing team. Mind has recently secured a high-profile seven-figure national partnership with a large-scale UK food retailer, for 2019-21. You will support the delivery of this partnership in your region, whilst also managing a small portfolio of your own partnerships. As a skilled relationship manager, you’ll provide first-rate account management and stewardship. You will develop creative fundraising and engagement plans to excite, inspire and maximise income and other opportunities for Mind. 

This role is homebased, covering the North West and Yorkshire, with the potential to be based at the retail partner’s site in Manchester 1-2 days a week. This is an 18-month fixed-term contract.

To apply, please follow the link below to our website.

Closing date: noon 4th November 2019

Interviews: week commencing 11th or 18th November 2019

Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.