The Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation is a small charity that supports teenagers and young adults with cancer across England and Wales.

We are looking for an experienced fundraiser to lead implementation of our fundraising strategy. This fundraising role will encompass building corporate partnerships, community engagement and individual giving.

You will work closely with the charity’s founder and Chief Executive to bring fresh and creative ideas to generating revenue. You will be building a new fundraising stream to capitalise on opportunities including local corporate partnerships (e.g., charity of the year and corporate events); community fundraising (challenge events, school fundraising, third party events); and digital fundraising (with a focus on regular giving).

Up to £20.5k (depending on experience)       

Salary will rise to £22,500 upon completion of successful 6 month probationary period.                           (Full-time – 35 hours per week)

Blended remote and office working

Line Manager: Grants & Operations Manager

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation is looking for a GRANTS OFFICER

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation (CCF) is a registered charity dedicated to improving the quality of life for the people of Cambridgeshire. We work with many partners to:

• Actively inspire philanthropy & increase permanent resources for Cambridgeshire
• Invest in important community programmes through grants
• Provide leadership on critical community issues

Over the past 18 months we have taken a leading role in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. CCF created the Cambridgeshire Coronavirus Community Fund, which raised and dispersed over £1.3m to projects tackling the impacts of the pandemic. 

This has been in addition to our ongoing work. Our unique approach is based upon empowering communities to identify how to enact positive change from the ground up. Located in Cambridge, we work all over Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and are part of worldwide network of Community Foundations on a mission to improve lives and communities in their local areas. In our latest year 2020/21 we awarded over 900 grants totalling almost £3.8 million. The grants support community-focussed organisations helping people from across our county.

This vacancy offers an exciting opportunity to play a key role in our growing team.

Description

CCF aims to deliver a successful grant-making programme that encourages strong applications from voluntary groups and charities, critically assesses them and makes recommendations to Donors to distribute funds.

As Grants Officer you will play a pivotal role in the programme team – assisting with marketing, planning, delivering and reporting on our grant-making programme to ensure targets are met.

Job Specification

• To identify groups and input marketing ideas to reach programme and fund spend targets
• To process/ oversee the processing of grant applications including advising applicants, scrutinizing accounts and governing documents, assessing applications, preparing paperwork, creating reports, evaluating monitoring and attending donor panels
• To take responsibility for end-to-end delivery of certain programmes
• To build specialist knowledge of CCF database
• To take an active role in continuous improvement and best practice initiatives

Profile

Our Grants Officers require:

• Excellent communication skills
• Proven customer-facing skills
• Confident numeracy skills
• Commitment to quality

In addition the successful candidate will have:

• Proven eye for detail - be able to produce, analyse and proofread reports/communications to a high standard of accuracy
• Experience of planning, organising and prioritising workloads effectively
• Demonstrable knowledge of Microsoft Office (and 365) and proven experience of using databases

The successful Grants Officer will be a positive and focused individual who can take the initiative as well as follow prescribed processes. Flexibility, enthusiasm and a commitment to our lively and ambitious team are key to our future.

CCF’s office is based in Cambridge but our approach is a blend of office and homeworking. In order to access the office, which is on Marshall’s airport site, all staff must complete DBS and security checks in order to obtain a security pass.

Some travel to meetings across the county (some rural locations) is required as are occasional evening meetings and events. Driving license and access to a vehicle is desirable.

Salary will rise to £22,500 upon completion of successful 6 month probationary period.

All staff receive 25 days holiday per annum and all staff are auto-enrolled in CCF’s pension scheme provided by NEST.

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Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Due to the volume of responses we receive, unfortunately we are not able to give feedback to individuals. If you have not heard back within 7 days from the application deadline please assume that you have not been successful for the role you have applied for.

We treat everyone equally.

Safe Child Thailand has been supporting children and their families living in Thailand for nearly 40 years. The Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser plays a crucial role in enabling the charity to fullfill its purpose.The successful candidate will be a Trust Fundraiser who has excellent written and verbal communication skills and a strong track record of achieving targets. You must have a proven track record of successful bid writing and implementation of successful fundraising initiatives and processes for trusts and foundations. You will take the lead with bids up to £200,000. You will be a committed team member with a clear focus on objectives, highly motivated and able to work well under pressure.

You will have the skills to deliver increased income to support Safe Child Thailand’s work to safeguard at-risk children and empower them to reach their full potential. 

This part-time role is a combination of home based and office in London SW4.

Step by Step has an exciting role for a Corporate Partnership Fundraiser to join the existing fundraising team. Step by Step is happy to consider applications from people who want to work Part-Time (0.8) up to Full Time. Happy to receive applications from people with a sales background.

What Step by Step can offer you

• A basic salary of up to £27,000 - £28,000 (Pro-Rata)
• 25 days of paid holiday plus an 8-day Bank Holiday Allowance – pro-rata for PT
• A company pension scheme
• A car parking permit for a local car park
• Smart Health Benefit (access to GP 24/7)
• Life Assurance
• This is a permanent contract
• Hybrid working.

So where is the role based and what about flexible working?

The role is based in Aldershot town centre. Step by Step has a flexible working environment and has a core working pattern between 1000 -1600, allowing colleagues to choose when they want to work outside the core hours. Step by Step also has hybrid working meaning that some days can be worked from home. Step by Step would be happy to work with the successful candidate to devise a working pattern that works for SBS and you.

A bit about us!

Step by Step is a charity that passionately believes in supporting young people who are going through hard times. Our unique step by step approach, providing accommodation, personal development opportunities and specialist support services, identifies and fulfils aspirations.

Each year we work with over 1,500 young people aged 11 – 25 and our team play a pivotal role in empowering young people and preventing homelessness.

The Step by Step team are positive, dynamic, professional, and committed to empowering young people to fulfil their full potential.

Step by Step was incorporated in 1989, so have a long history of working and supporting young people.

What would you be doing?

As a corporate fundraiser, you would be responsible for generating leads from corporate business and turning those leads into long-term partnerships to support the charity.

Develop new ways to increase supporter conversion and engagement.

Work with the wider fundraising team to support annual events.

Support in bid tenders and Trust and Grant applications.

Step by Step is looking for someone who:

• Ideally has at least one years’ experience working in charitable income generation. We would consider job changers from a sales background or accounts/client management background.
• Can demonstrate a history of converting new/cold leads to income regularly.
• Can liaise with industries you have never worked in before.
• Can project management and negotiate.
• Ideally has previously used customer relationship management systems and digital fundraising tools.
• Can find innovative ways to engage with potential partners.
• Ideally experience of Salesforce and can use Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Has a full driving licence, business class insurance and access to a vehicle for work.
• You will be asked to fill out a simple application form and undergo a DBS check

Grants Fundraiser
Ref: GF(2021)Cen
Location flexible; some attendance at the office in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire will be required
37.5 Hours per week
£30,055 per annum

The Grants Team makes a major contribution to raising the funds we need for wildlife and community-focused conservation programmes in the UK and internationally, environmental education projects and the work that ensures that our wetland Centres and reserves offer all that they can for wildlife and people, raising in excess of £3mn pa. Grants form part of the Philanthropy department.

We are looking for an experienced Grants Fundraiser to manage and broaden their own portfolio of grant major funder relationships, including relationship management, prospect development, leading on major applications, compiling reports and complex claims. This is an exciting career development opportunity to maximise the potential of relationships with a wide range of UK and international grantors, including charitable trust, statutory, and lottery funders. The post holder will be the lead for the whole of Philanthropy on some projects and programmes, working closely with project delivery and other teams across WWT. The successful candidate will have considerable influence over developing projects to ensure projects are aligned with both our strategy and fundable. 

We are looking for an experienced career Fundraiser who is an innovative, resourceful, self-motivated, tenacious, well-organised and creative person with very strong communication and numerical skills. The successful candidate will have a track record of securing at least five and six figure grants and be confident of influencing internal and external stakeholders at all levels, supervising colleagues and managing their own workload proactively.

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is a conservation charity that protects wetlands for wildlife and people. For 75 years we have been pioneers in saving threatened wetland wildlife across the globe and are experts in wetland management and creation. Our work focuses on tackling the most pressing conservation challenges including biodiversity loss and climate change. We work with communities living among some of the most vulnerable wetlands in the world, providing leadership and influence to create a sustainable future for our wetlands, their wildlife and the people who depend upon them. We believe that showing people first-hand how extraordinary wetlands are can ignite their passion to help us conserve them, so we provide amazing experiences at our unique UK wetland centres for over one million visitors every year.

In return for your hard work and dedication you’ll enjoy a wide range of benefits including:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service
• Contributory pension scheme (conditions apply)
• Life assurance
• Free car parking and secure bike storage areas
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free entry to all our centres

Closing date: 4th October 2021
Interview date: 13th October 2021 

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website. 

WWT is an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be considered solely on merit.

No agencies please.

Chiltern Music Therapy is looking for someone with a demonstrable track record in researching Trust and Foundation funding opportunities and generating a forward pipeline of applications. Excellent analytic, written, and verbal communication, and interpersonal and presentation skills are essential.

The successful candidate must have the ability to write compelling funding propositions with strong influencing skills to ensure effective outcomes.

The role requires excellent IT skills, use of Google Workspace and Salesforce or a similar CRM database is advantageous.

The successful candidate must:

• Scope and prioritise funding opportunities from Trusts and Foundations, raising a minimum income of £50,000 in the first year
• Liaise with the delivery team to support project/programme concept development for new grants
• Write grant applications and project/programme budgets (with support from our Finance team) 
• Manage the donor support journey for Trusts and Foundations and liaise with funders during
• the application process
• Steward Trusts and Foundations relationships from enquiry, to application, to grant receipt, reporting and renewal while ensuring compliance with funder requirements
• Write informative and appealing reports for required due dates
• Contribute to fundraising campaigns and social media content in collaboration with our Communications Lead
• Support other team members by jointly reviewing strategy, updating plans and monitoring and evaluating activities of the team.

Salary and Hours:

• The role is fixed term for 1 year on a PAYE contract.
• Hours can be flexible within our core hours of Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. Monday is a desired working / part working day.
• Occasional out of hours meetings and/ or events in the future.
• Open to remote working within the UK and/or optional office-based time in Chesham, Buckinghamshire.

About Chiltern Music Therapy:

Chiltern Music Therapy is an award-winning, not-for-profit organisation that provides Music Therapy
and Community Music services to people of all ages and with many different needs. This opportunity is ideal for someone who wants to:
● lead and develop funding opportunities from Trusts and Foundations
● work in a friendly and supportive environment
● join a forward-thinking and pioneering organisation working in the field of arts and health
● grow into the role as Chiltern Music Therapy goes from strength to strength

Over the 18 months, Chiltern Music Therapy has adopted a new way of working, taking away traditional hierarchy and introducing self-managing teams. Our teams work collaboratively to support our communities while at the same time valuing each other for our individuality and different experiences that we all bring to the organisation. We encourage and support all team members to participate in decision-making and business development as well as personal development in areas of their choice. A full induction about self-managing teams and our way of working will be available to the successful candidate.

Harris Hill are excited to be working with a children's hospice to find the their next Grants and Trusts Fundraiser . It is a really great role that can be based entirely remotely or based in Hampton. All UK applicants are welcome to apply .

The post holder will work closely with and report to the Head of Major Gifts and will also work closely with the Director of Fundraising to access relevant care information which may add value to the trust application processes.

Main responsibilities for this role are:

* Support the major giving plan and its implementation of income from grant-giving sources 80%
* Source care funding project information and maintain throughout the fundraising team 20%
* Working with the Head of Major Gifts to plan and implement short and longer-term strategies to maximise income from grant-giving sources with a key focus on sustainable funding
* Responsibility for maintaining and developing an accurate database of Grant and Trust activity to enable the effective reporting, monitoring and analysis of Trust projects, activity and achievements
* Refresh and implement the trust stewardship plan including preparation of high-quality donor reports and ensuring compliance with funder requirements

Experience required:

* Relevant experience of working on 5/6 figure Trusts and Grants
* Excellent proposal and copy writing skills and the ability to write compelling funding propositions and reports for funders with the ability to match projects to a prospective funder's interests
* Excellent research skills set

If you would like to have a chat to learn more about this role and to receive a full job description please contact Hannah at Harris Hill on [email protected] or call her on 02078207331.

The hiring manager is seeing applications as they come in so please get in touch ASAP to not miss out.

Salary is between £32,000 - £36,000

Harris Hill Charity Recruitment Specialists operates an equal opportunity policy and commits to treating all of our candidates and jobseekers fairly. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

For the past 25 years, Refugee Survival Trust has existed to support Refugees and Asylum seekers seeking safety in Scotland to find a route out of poverty and connect with other people within the community. Hundreds of people seeking asylum and refuge in Scotland face extreme poverty, destitution, and homelessness as they struggle to support themselves and their families. This incredible small charity has a vision of a welcoming, inclusive, safe Scotland for refugees and asylum seekers, where all live free of destitution and have the means and opportunities to realise their full potential and help over 2000 people every year.

Many Refugees cannot return home or are afraid to do so due to war, tribal and religious violence, and often experience feelings of pain, struggle, and hopelessness. Being at risk of extreme poverty, homelessness, trafficking, and modern slavery can result in mental, physical, and emotional trauma. RST provides emergency grants for asylum seekers facing homelessness and extreme poverty, travel grants, and bus passes for women seeking asylum who are heavily pregnant or have recently had a baby. In addition to this, RST supports refugees to access education and employment and provides temporary community accommodation for those who would otherwise be homeless, and provide trauma-informed support.

Refugee Survival Trust needs a Grants and Trusts Fundraiser to join them to focus on securing funds and ensuring the sustainability of the charity. Reporting to the CEO, you will be responsible for the developing and implementing the fundraising plan, including digital campaigns, and contributing to our overall fundraising strategy. You will build relationships, write compelling funding applications, create campaigns, and come up with new and innovative ideas to capture the minds and hearts of potential philanthropists. Growing and cultivating relationships with funders and increasing the charity's presence is a vital part of this role.

The successful candidate will have significant experience of successful trusts and grants fundraising and a track record of designing and delivering successful online fundraising campaigns with substantial digital fundraising or digital marketing experience. You will have exceptional writing skills to engage, influence, and secure funding with the ability to identify, create and edit strong fundraising content. You will possess organisational and project management skills with the ability to maintain clear, accurate records, have excellent time management, and the ability to manage multiple conflicting priorities. The appointed Grants and Trust Fundraiser will be target-driven and results orientated with an ambitious resilient approach. Joining an inclusive environment, you will be a collaborative worker who is self-motivated, proactive, and be able to work autonomously.

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for an independent, driven, and creative individual to join a small, committed team who deliver incredible impact. If you have a great work ethic and share this charity's values, then please consider this as your next career move.

Grants Manager

We are seeking an experienced Grant Fundraiser to join a dynamic and fast moving Charity

Our client is a national charity which works to transform the lives of disabled children and their families, this is a fantastic time to join them as they are going through an exciting period of growth.

Position: Grants Manager

Location: Homeworking with regular travel to Newcastle-Under-Lyme

Salary: up to £35,000 basic plus £5,000 bonus

Contract: Full time, permanent (Flexible working hours)

About the role:

As Grants Manager you will lead the Grants Team in driving forward exciting organisational programmes and initiatives, by securing external funding.  Engaging with grant-making trusts and foundations, you will explore and identify opportunities for funding, developing relationships with grant managers and foundation trustees.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Generate income by research, design, writing and submitting applications and appeals for funding
• Assist in the development of bid winning proposals
• Develop and present short, medium and long-term funding strategies
• Deliver a targeted programme of trust and grants fundraising.
• Identify, profile and prioritise new trusts to develop a funding plan to achieve income targets
• Review existing and previous funders to assess potential for further collaboration

About you:

To be successful in the role of Grants Manager you will be a confident and effective grant fundraiser, with a strong track record in producing successful, high quality applications and tenders, with the ability to identify and work closely with private trusts and foundations. You will be able to communicate compelling messages in written form and have excellent interpersonal skills to influence and engage with individuals at all levels.

In return:

You will have the opportunity to work for an amazing organisation that is conducting ground-breaking research, potentially changing the way some disabilities are treated, affecting millions of people around the world. They offer a fantastic benefits package including:

• Excellent working conditions within a neurodiversity friendly building
• Good work-life balance
• Health and wellbeing initiatives including free on site exercise classes
• A collaborative working environment
• Casual dress code for non-client facing roles
• Opportunities for volunteering
• Opportunities for training and development
• Support with professional CPD
• Employee and volunteer awards
• Social events
• Recommend a friend scheme

You may have previous experience of: Trusts Fundraising Officer, Foundations Fundraising Manager, Trusts and Grants Fundraising Manager, Fundraising Manager, Trusts Fundraiser, Trusts and Grants Fundraiser, Fundraising Partnerships Manager, Trusts, Foundations, Supporter Engagement, Bid Writing, Bid Writer, Bids, Bids and Tender, Key Relationship Manager, Trusts Executive, Trusts and Grants, Senior Trusts, Senior Trusts and Foundations, etc.

This is an exciting new opportunity at Age UK Lewisham and Southwark - a dynamic and innovative values-led local charity that provides a wide range of services and support to older people in South London.

We are recruiting to a new Fundraiser position, to help us generate new sources of income from business supporters and local communities – as well as supporting our leadership team to finalise strong grant and contract applications. The postholder will work closely with the CEO and the whole team to develop new ways of engaging with local businesses and communities to increase our impact and further develop our work with older people.

Equality and diversity matter to us. If you think you’d be suited to this role we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. 

Closing date: 9am on Monday 27 September 2021

This is a really exciting time to bring your fundraising skills to Bristol Zoological Society. We have embarked on a major capital fundraising campaign to support the establishment of the new Bristol Zoo to the current site of Wild Place Project.

We are looking for a Grants and Impact Officer to join our expanding Development Team. The post holder will support our Grants and Trusts Manager in securing funds for the new Bristol Zoo. They will also work closely with our Head of Public Engagement in measuring the impact of our activities and presenting this to our funders.

 If you are ready for next challenge, passionate about conservation and thrive on variety, we would love to hear from you.

We recognise the value that diversity adds to our work and organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, as we value having a diverse pool of applicants to find the best person for the role.

Please review the Job Description/Person Specification in detail for more information.

If you’d like to apply, please complete the application form below, and upload to submit. The closing date for all applications is 24th September 2021 at 12 noon (UK). 

Parking onsite at Bristol Zoo Gardens is discretionary and not guaranteed, we encourage our employees to travel in a sustainable way.

Now, the need for our unique programme of cancer support and award winning centres is greater than ever, and we have ambitious plans for growth with new centres planned across the UK.  As part of this we have an exciting opportunity for a Trusts and Statutory Fundraiser to join our team.

With at least two years experience in a similar role, such as securing grants from trusts and foundations and/or other grants givers, you will enjoy researching, analysing and collating information on prospects and producing bespoke funding proposals and reports often to tight deadlines. 

Strong communication skills and the confidence to present tailored information to a diverse audience is critical as is a good eye for detail and a consistent approach to account management and record keeping.

You must be able to manage a wide-ranging workload, often with competing priorities and to balance independent working on discrete projects and ongoing tasks.

The location for this role is flexible, please contact a member of our recruitment team for more details.

In addition to a rewarding career, Maggie’s offers a range of staff benefits including competitive holiday entitlement, workplace pension, option to apply to continue NHS pension, sick-pay scheme, and travel and cycle loans.

MySight York is a thriving local charity in York providing a varied range of services that help people live well with sight loss. We have a great opportunity to join our team as a Fundraising Manager.

In this role, you will be a vital member of the team, responsible for the preparation of applications, manage the administration of grants and develop the relationship with numerous Trusts and Foundations..

You will build relationships with key stakeholder’s locally, regionally and nationally generating income primarily from trusts and grants.

Working with the Chief Executive you will develop a robust Fundraising Strategy whilst increasing awareness of the needs of people with sight loss and the positive difference MySight York make to the lives of blind and partially sighted people, their friends and families.

Appointment is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references.

This role will support the Head of Grants and be an integral part of the Grants Team at NHS Charities Together (NHS CT). An important aspect of this roles is to ensure the delivery of the grants programmes to member NHS charities, with a focus on providing positive impact for the NHS above and beyond statutory responsibility.

The postholder will be a key point of contact for grants queries, reviewing and assessing grant applications and ongoing relational grant management. They will prepare papers for grant reviews by the Grants Advisory and Review Panel, summarising grant applications for grant meeting consideration and Board review. The postholders will enhance our offer to member charities through the development and delivery of Grants+ support and input into future grant strategies and programmes. This is an exciting time to join this small and agile team.

We are looking for one Senior Grants Officer (1 yr fixed term) Circa £28,000 - £32,000

We distribute the donations we’ve raised through a grants framework via our 240 NHS charity members and wider network. We have a national impact by working with our members, in collaboration with the Department of Health and a variety of other stakeholders in healthcare, to support the NHS to go above and beyond for patients, staff, volunteers and local communities.

We recognise the wide ranging and holistic nature of the health sector and have a particular focus on encouraging partnership working across our communities in providing the very best impact to support the health of our nation.

We’re uniquely placed to understand, through our engagement with both our members and the wider system, where the needs are and where our grants can fund initiatives to be most impactful nationally.

These vital funds and services are above and beyond what the NHS alone can provide, touching lives and making a huge difference to millions of people when they are at their most vulnerable.

For the right candidate we will consider flexible working options.