Beyond the Streets is a small charity with a big determination to see routes out for women experiencing exploitation within the UK sex industry.  Your role is to lead on the maintenance and development of a strong pipeline of grant funding and relationship development of future and existing funding partners, including major donors.

We are looking for someone with great communication skills, high attention to detail, and a track record in building new partnerships and securing high-level funding from grant making trusts and foundations.

This is a full-time job, but with the possibility of a 4 day a week post for the right candidate. We have offices in Southampton and London and are open to flexible arrangements, including home working. We have the experience to invest in people who are interested in this work. 

You will be passionate about supporting women facing multiple disadvantages, as well as being able to support and motivate staff. You will have great communication skills and be able to champion the cause.

Your role will include:

 - leading on the ongoing development of the Beyond the Streets trust fundraising strategy;

 - overseeing the delivery of the Beyond the Streets trust fundraising strategy, ensuring that our relationships with large grant making trusts are well managed;

 - ensuring that all trust fundraising activities are coordinated and delivered to deadline with the Development Officer;

 - leading on the development of a major donor programme

Beyond the Streets is a charity inspired by Christian values. This belief inspires us to work with acceptance, value and mutual respect for all. We promote a healthy work life balance and regularly reflect on our boundaries and our strategy for the year. We genuinely seek to work as a team and ensure that no one is ‘rescuing’ or working outside their allocated hours.

We offer a blended style of working with 3 days working remotely from your home and 2 days a week in our office in London (currently based in Borough) 

You will be joining PEAS at an exciting time as we move into implementing our new ambitious strategy, PEAS 2022-2026 – Growing PEAS schools. Supporting all schools. During this period we will grow our school networks to double their size, launch in a third country and expand our wider impact by strengthening education systems.

As Grants Officer, you will support with the grant management and grant finance for PEAS' major grants, which are essential to the success of PEAS. We are looking for a driven individual who has experience in financial management and accounting, and who is looking for a dynamic role where they can get more hands-on with supporting programme delivery.

Role and Responsibilities 

Grant Management

• Actively work with in-country and UK colleagues to ensure delivery of programmatic activities is on-track, discuss challenges / roadblocks with the team, and assess course correction strategies where necessary.
• Collect inputs from in-country and UK colleagues to prepare and submit high quality programmatic and financial reports in a timely fashion.
• Assist with donor relations, including participating in calls with select donors, representing the PEAS team at donor meetings and ensuring timely response to donor requests.
• Working closely with in-country Grant Leads to co-ordinate monthly Grant Steering Committees for each country.
• Understand, communicate and monitor compliance with donor contract rules and regulations, and advise other team members on compliance.
• Develop grant management tools and templates to make grant delivery as clear and simple as possible.
• Build capacity of colleagues through design/strengthening and delivery of resources, systems and training to reinforce grant management, and ongoing coaching and support to in-country Grant Managers.

Grant Finance

• Work with in-country Finance teams to review, track and analyse project expenditure.
• Lead discussions on the investigation of Budget versus Actual variances, as highlighted by monthly financial reporting.
• Support with the development of proposals and budgets for grants, including designing grant budgets to support PEAS’ strategic objectives.
• Lead on the linking of grant accounting to PEAS’ consolidated management accounts, to ensure efficient year-end grant funds movement reconciliation.
• Lead on co-ordination and preparing information for project audits.
• Provide technical support and guidance on grant requirements to budget holders during the annual budget planning process as well during the budget reforecasting process.
• Supporting in-country teams including the UK team with Grant Finance Trackers, including donor code and tracking of donor spend across PEAS’ financial systems.

The ideal candidate  

Has

• A bachelors degree or equivalent
• AAT qualification or equivalent experience years experience in a related role
• Experience of project accounting and donor reporting, or similar types of financial management
• Experience of working in grant-funded environments
• Strong project management, financial, and data analysis skills
• Strong written skills, able to write in a succinct and engaging way for high-stakes reporting
• Strong attention to detail
• Effective time management, able to prioritise and deliver to strict deadlines

Should be

• Collaborative not competitive - interpersonal and communication skills to build relationships with peers across multiple departments across multiple countries of operation
• Open minded – willing to listen to others and consider new ways of approaching problems
• Resilient and professional – works well under pressure; deals with challenges professionally and calmly and doesn’t let setbacks hold them back or discourage them
• Egoless – prepared to get stuck in
• Entrepreneurial – excited by the opportunity to join a fast growing, fast changing teams; adaptable and able to work flexibly

Working at PEAS

No matter what the role, team, context or country, we are all guided by our values, intrinsically motivated and energetic. We work collaboratively across functions, facing the challenges of balancing access, quality and sustainability together to deliver the best quality outcomes for students.

• Have impact - opportunity to really stretch yourself and contribute to having real impact in improving the life chances of all children through educational opportunity. 
• Part of the PEAS Pod - joining a small team who are extremely effective, proactive, supportive and values aligned
• Collaborative cross-organisation working style - enables employees to develop skills and knowledge outside of their core role
• Flexible working – Typical flexible working options can include working from home and/or flexible hours and we are open to discuss any possible flexible options with employees.
• Annual leave - 28 days for full-time employees, pro-rata for part-time plus bank holidays
• Pension - Eligible employees are auto-enrolled into PEAS contribution-based pension scheme with up to 6% matched employer contributions
• Wellness and wellbeing – Employees have immediate access to an employee assistance programme (EAP) through Health Assured. The EAP provides access to both proactive and reactive wellness and wellbeing services to you and your immediate family 24hrs a day, 365 days of the year.

How to apply

If you are excited by the opportunity of the role at PEAS and have the experience and skills we are looking for, please read the full candidate pack and follow the link to apply. 

Role Outline and Purpose

This role focusses on supporting the food bank network to engage with the Trussell Trust Grants programme and supporting them to gain the skills and knowledge to engage with grants more broadly. The Trussell Trust Grants Programme is wide reaching and in place to support food banks in our network progress with their strategic vision.

Role Responsibilities

• Create resources, guidance and presentations aimed at increasing food banks’ knowledge of grant opportunities and their application skills

• Help upskill and resource the area manager team to fully understand the grants programme and processes and better support food banks

• Offer 121 support to area managers and food banks to engage with the grants programme and suitable external grant funders

• Create and execute a communications plan to inspire the food bank network to engage with the grants programme and inform them of the processes

• Alongside the rest of the Grant Funding team, deal with queries about the grants programme from the food bank network

NZF is looking to add skilled and experienced capacity to its Housing and Work (HWF) team which works on the front-line to help people who are suffering from financial hardship in the UK.

National Zakat Foundation (NZF) gives Muslims around the UK a way to bring their Zakat to life.  It is the only platform with a nationwide reach that helps Muslims calculate and give Zakat to those who should be receiving it in the UK.

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to be right at the heart of our work. Working as part of the HWF Fund, you will be responsible for ensuring that people understand how to apply for Zakat, that their applications are complete with necessary documentation and that they receive help quickly. Your role is key to the distribution of Zakat to Muslims in hardship in the UK and your work will directly affect their experience at their time of need.

 As a Grants Officer, you will have:

• The privilege and responsibility of helping to administer Zakat funds.

• The opportunity to help Muslims in need right here in the UK
• 6-month fixed term contract with the potential for extension
• A salary of £20k FTE
• Full training provided online
• The ability to work from home
• Typical hours of 10am-6pm
• A supportive and friendly team
• Eid holidays

If you want to make a real and direct difference to people in need, and have strong customer service, administrative and communication skills – as well as the integrity and the team spirit vital for the role - then please apply now. We’d love to hear from you.

APF’s vision is to find a cure for pulmonary fibrosis so that everyone affected by the disease has a better future.

We work to achieve this vision by making it our mission to provide support to families, raise awareness, campaign and educate to improve access to the highest standard of care for everyone affected. We are committed to finding a cure through funding research.

Our values drive everything we do:

• Patient led: We empower patients, who are at the heart of everything we do.
• Caring and compassionate: We respect and understand the needs of patients and carers, and help them to get the support they need.
• Striving for excellence: We work with integrity and professionalism in all that we do.
• Open and approachable: We ensure people affected by pulmonary fibrosis feel able to turn to us for advice and support in their time of need.
• Ambitious: We will improve the lives of people affected by pulmonary fibrosis and be bold in the ways we do this.

Trust & Grants Administrator - Main purpose of the role:

• Research and build relationships with grant making trusts and foundations
• Work with the Fundraising Manager to grow awareness and income from grant-making trusts and foundations to fund research and services that will help create a better future for people affected by pulmonary fibrosis
• Develop systems and processes to ensure trust applications and reports are completed to funder deadlines

Main Duties are:

• Using grant databases and other resources to research potential funders and compile prospect lists
• Editing and developing funding proposals and reports to match the criteria of different trusts, ensuring reports demonstrate how grants have helped contribute towards a better future for pulmonary fibrosis patients and their families and are submitted in a timely manner
• Develop a system to ensure grant applications and reports are completed and submitted according to deadlines
• Ensure smooth coordination of relationships with key contacts at grant making trusts
• Ensure all communications with grant making trusts are recorded on our CRM (Blackbaud’s eTapestry)
• Work with APF’s Finance Team to ensure all trust and grant income is recorded accurately, and that funders are thanked in a timely manner
• Work with the Fundraising Manager to develop new and inspiring funding proposals and update reports, including liaising with members of the APF team to collate relevant reporting information
• Contributing towards the development of impact measures to ensure funder requirements are met
• Work on projects as agreed with the Fundraising Manager from time to time

Person Specification

In your application for the role, please provide details of your experience against the selection criteria set out below.

Part one: knowledge and experience

• Experience of working to competing deadlines, prioritising workload and planning ahead to ensure deadlines are met
• Experience of researching grant making trusts, or transferrable skills
• Experience of writing accurate and inspiring copy
• A good understanding of the voluntary sector
• A thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and Outlook
• An understanding of budgeting and experience of ensuring accuracy of financial information
• Experience of using a database (training will be provided for our CRM – Blackbaud’s eTapestry)

Part two: skills and working style

• Excellent communication skills, particularly writing skills
• Ability to tailor communications for different audiences
• Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise workload to meet competing deadlines
• Meticulous attention to detail with good proof-reading skills
• Ability to demonstrate initiative, be proactive and offer a problem-solving approach
• Effective interpersonal skills with ability to demonstrate empathy for others
• Team player and able to be flexible
• Committed to ongoing personal and professional development; positive and willing to learn and to sharing learning with the team

Children in Crossfire seeks to appoint a highly experienced individual to the position of Trusts & Foundations Grants Manager. We are an International Development organisation based in Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland that works to promote and protect the rights of children who are caught in the crossfire of extreme poverty.

Children in Crossfire are currently operating a 5 year rolling plan and wish to develop a Trusts & Foundations Fundraising strategy to support our programme of work in Tanzania, Ethiopia and Ireland as well as the core running costs of the organisation.  This strategy will lead to the expansion of our income from grant making bodies such as trusts and foundations and corporate donors.  Reporting directly to the CEO of Children in Crossfire, the Trusts & Foundations Grants Manager will develop and implement a Trusts & Foundations Fundraising Strategy and lead on all funding proposals to grant making bodies. To date we have successfully secured funds from a variety of bodies such as Irish Aid, UKAid, The Ireland Funds, The Hilton Foundation, Betterways Foundation, William A Cadbury Trust and a number of anonymous donors. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing a Trusts & Foundations Fundraising Strategy and leading on all funding proposals to grant making bodies. This is a role for a highly skilled and motivated person who is passionate about the work of Children in Crossfire. The successful candidate must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a Trusts & Foundations Grants Management role with demonstrable experience in raising significant income targets.

This is a Full Time post based in Derry/Londonderry, however requests to work from home within Ireland & the UK will be considered.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Wednesday 13th October 2021

Do you have a passion for mental health and appreciate the important role nature plays in improving wellbeing? Are you a talented fundraiser with a track record of securing funding from Trusts and Foundations? Are you a self-starter who thrives in an entrepreneurial environment? If your answer is ‘Yes’ to all these questions then this could be the role for you.

About MindFood - MindFood is a small Ealing charity with a big vision: to be the Natural Health Service for the mind in West London. 

Our services help people to tackle stress, anxiety and depression in a natural way, by offering free food-growing and mindfulness courses across 2 sites in Ealing. Our courses are a fun balance of learning how to grow food, combined with tips and techniques to improve your wellbeing. As well as learning lots about gardening, participants are introduced to psychoeducational tools such as mindfulness, 5 ways to wellbeing and nutritional advice. 

About the role

MindFood are looking for an exceptional Fundraising & Development Director to work 1 day a week (or 4 to 5 days a month as a freelancer) to retain existing Trust and Statutory funding, identify & pursue new funding opportunities and to look at innovative ways of generating unrestricted income through corporate and community support. They will share responsibility for MindFood’s budget with the Management Team, and support the Finance Director on financial reporting. 

The successful candidate will be part of a small passionate, proactive and creative team. They must demonstrate flexibility and have excellent communication skills to deal with the demands of working for a charity. They will have a high level of initiative, direction and vision.

Duties & Responsibilities

The Development Director of MindFood is responsible for:

• Researching and identifying trusts and foundations whose interests align closely with MindFood’s vision 

• Preparing and submitting compelling applications, proposals and presentations to funders.

• Managing and developing new sources of revenue, including corporate wellbeing days, individual giving, tendering opportunities, statutory funding and community fundraising. 

• Ensuring we are leveraging our new charitable status including taking advantage of gift aid. 

• Identifying and working with partners on joint funding bids that align with our values and strategy

• Working with the Finance Director to agree to MindFood's budget to ensure minimal disruption to services and staff, and eventual growth.

• Reporting on charity development performance against agreed targets and KPIs and ensuring effective reporting to funders and donors.

• Producing quarterly charity development reports for the board. 

• Long range forward-planning and clear reporting of risk.

• Developing new services including structures, strategies and implementation plans

• Collaborating on service design with Programme Director and participants to ensure that MindFood’s programmes are constantly improving and evolving to better help people with mental health difficulties.

• Managing funders’ requirements, all funding applications, evaluation and reporting in a timely & professional manner.

• Stewardship of donors, ensuring that donors are thanked promptly and that their support is acknowledged in our marketing and social media.

• Attending funding events, workshops and other relevant events.

• Communicating funders’ requirements to the team to ensure all expectations are met.

• Maintaining an accurate record of all grants received, bids made and prospective charitable trusts. 

• Supporting on our marketing plan; providing content for our newsletter, contributing to our social media channels and website.

• Working with the Programme Director to develop and implement a strategy for unrestricted income generation, and trading e.g plants or other MindFood products, workshops or consultancy.

• Working with MindFood’s Finance and Programme Directors and Board of Trustees to set the strategic direction and priorities. 

• Assisting in the coordination of MindFood’s board meetings on a quarterly basis and ad-hoc sub groups.

The Trusts and Foundations Coordinator is a key role within SHA’s small but busy Programme Funding Team and will develop our portfolio of Trust and Foundation supporters.

About us

Self Help Africa is an international NGO dedicated to the vision of an economically thriving and resilient rural Africa. Headquartered in Ireland, with offices in the UK (London and Shrewsbury), the US and six African countries, SHA creates scalable and sustainable solutions to eradicating long-term poverty through knowledge transfer, investment, and market linkages. In August 2021 United Purpose joined the Gorta Group of organisations (which also includes SHA, Partner Africa and TruTrade). This is an exciting time to join SHA as the merger of two like-minded and entrepreneurial organisations will be catalytic in nature as we look to tackle the global challenges of today and tomorrow as one unified organisation.

About the role

The role will involve delivering excellent stewardship of existing Trust and Foundation relationship as well as leading on developing and implementing our approach for growing income from this source. Most of our current donors contribute cofunding towards our larger programmes, and the post holder will work closely with country teams to identify the best fit between potential funders and projects. 

The role can be based in our London office, or home based with regular visits to the office. 

About you

We're looking for an experienced Trusts and Foundations fundraiser with excellent networking skills and experience of working collaboratively with global teams. You'll have excellent writing skills, and be able to work independently and manage a busy and varied workload. French or Portuguese language skills would be a bonus, but not essential. 

Application details

For more information and to apply, please upload your CV, application form and cover letter to the SHA website.

All candidates offered a job with Self Help Africa will be expected to sign Self Help Africa’s Safeguarding Policies and Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. Specific roles may require Police/DBS/ vetting.

Self Help Africa strives to be an Equal Opportunities Employer

OVERVIEW

The twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss are the most serious issues of our time.  In response to this, Earthwatch Europe, has developed an ambitious and impact-driven new strategy to help tackle these issues. It is an exciting time to work at Earthwatch Europe as we raise new funds to implement these plans.

We are looking for a motivated and organised individual to play an integral role in implementing the trusts and foundations fundraising strategy.

This is a unique opportunity for a bright individual who is seeking to develop their fundraising career with a pioneering environmental organisation. We require someone who rises to a challenge and who is confident to use their own initiative.

Working within the Fundraising and Communications team, you will help support the Senior Manager and Director to investigate funding opportunities, keep the team up to date with developments in the sector, keep records up-to-date, create reports for our funders and write funding applications. This role will help deliver an ongoing pipeline of funding bids and ensure that our applications stand out from the crowd. 

Earthwatch is an environmental charity with science at its heart. We drive the change needed to live within our means and in balance with nature. We do this by:

• connecting people with the natural world
• monitoring the health of our natural resources
• informing the actions that will have the greatest positive impact

RESPONSIBILITIES

Role purpose:

To support Earthwatch fundraising activities by carrying out research into trusts and foundations, writing funding applications and reporting to funders on impact achieved.

Key Deliverables

• Carry out research into grant-giving trusts and foundations, including production of quarterly horizon-scanning reports

• Update existing databases of funders with funding opportunities for Earthwatch’s projects and programmes
• Support the development of a stewardship programme for existing grant-making trusts and their trustees
• Help create impactful reports for funders of Earthwatch’s projects and programmes
• Assist the Senior Philanthropy Manager in writing and preparing proposals for funding
• Support contact management processes by maintaining and updating information on our CRM system
• Support with larger-scale funding applications
• Support the wider Fundraising and Communications team, for example by researching major donors and assisting with our events
• Help monitor and record the team’s progress against objectives and KPIs
• Provide administrative support to the Fundraising and Communications team
• Build strong relationships with other internal departments to understand Earthwatch’s work and articulate it in compelling cases for support
• Undertake any other duties which may be reasonably required within the scope and level of the position and contribute to wider activity and the overall success of the team

The above list of job deliverables is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope and level of the post

REQUIREMENTS

Essential:

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Proactive ‘can-do’ attitude, drive and enthusiasm to carry out tasks to conclusion
• Organised and tenacious, with meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to work to deadlines and prioritise workload
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively
• Experience of databases and efficient data entry skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
• Willingness to be flexible and carry out a range of administrative tasks to ensure delivery within a small team
• Proofreading skills
• Commitment to the mission and values of Earthwatch
• Graduate-level qualification or 3 years’ equivalent experience

Desirable:

• Experience of the environmental charity sector
• Experience of working within a fundraising team
• Experience of trusts and foundations and/or philanthropic fundraising
• Experience of Microsoft Dynamics 365 or equivalent CRM systems

Location: Oxford, UK. Earthwatch offers flexibility to work remotely within the UK
Department: Fundraising and Communications
Reports to: Director of Philanthropy / Senior Philanthropy Manager
Direct reports: None
Salary: £20,000 - £24,000, dependant on skills and experience
Contract: Open-ended
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week (Mon-Fri). Flexible working options will be considered

Deadline for application: 31 October 2021
Interviews: To be held virtually 10/11 Nov 2021

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK; Earthwatch is unable to support visa applications.

Charity: Beyond Carnism
Role: Fundraising and Development Manager (Trusts & Major Donor)

Salary: up to £40k / $54k / €47k
Contract: Full-time, or part-time (lots of flexibility, to secure the perfect person)
Location: Remote, anywhere globally

Deadline: Sunday 24th October 2021

The Charity

In line with UN sustainable development goals, the world needs to reduce its meat and dairy consumption by 50% by 2040, if we want the planet to remain inhabitable. Huge amounts of resource and effort are already going into the development of plant-based proteins, reshaping global food systems and rethinking modern farming techniques.

But an important and often overlooked piece of the puzzle is taking the global population on that journey. We need to win hearts and minds, convince people of the need for change, if we’re going to affect substantial change in the time available.

In steps Dr Melanie Joy, internationally respected psychologist and award-winning author, with her theory of Carnism. I would definitely recommend reading their website for a full explanation of it, but in basic terms it is about helping people see that their dietary choices are a result of a belief system and not objective fact. It isn’t true that eating animal products is normality, with vegetarianism and veganism being aberrations, both are conscious choices.

It isn’t logically coherent that we can justify the eating of some animals and not others, or that which animals are and are not acceptable to eat varies so wildly around the world. Until people are fully aware of the choices they’re making, they can’t truly exercise their free will in these choices.

For an engaging introduction to their theory, I would recommend taking a look at this mesmerising video: https://youtu.be/XumGZk_LPX8

This isn’t about brow-beating meat eaters, but about getting us all on the same page in finding pragmatic solutions to some of the most serious problems being faced by our species.

The Role

After a number of years of incremental growth, the charity has substantially grown from $400k - $600k over the past 2 years – fuelled by the release of a number of best-selling books, increased campaigning and exposure, and an explosion in donor interest.

This role will be focused on continuing to build fruitful relationships with their existing donor base and building from that platform to secure sustainable growth into the future. Their donor profile is predominantly HNWI, with some foundation and mid-level giving as well. The lion’s share of future growth is likely to come from their major donor programme, but they are looking for someone who can think creatively about the funding mix and who will be given the autonomy to explore different opportunities.

What we’re looking for

• A passion for animal welfare and climate change.
• Experience in growing a major donor portfolio.
• Experience of managing a varied funding mix.
• A first-class communicator, with a passion for writing and an eye for detail.

If you’re finding your interest sufficiently piqued, please do fire over a current CV and let’s find some time to discuss the role in a little more detail.

I’ll end this advert by saying that I personally think the team over at Beyond Carnism are incredible. They are such a delight to work with and their culture is so inclusive, friendly and supportive that I know you would love them if you met them.

BACKGROUND

Together for Girls is a global partnership working to end violence against children and adolescents, particularly sexual violence against girls. The partnership pays special attention to the gendered dimensions of violence, and its impact on health, education, and human rights. We envision a world where every young person is safe, protected and empowered.

Founded in 2009, the Together for Girls partnership includes more than 20 national governments across sub-Saharan Africa, Central and South America, Southeast Asia, and Europe, as well as civil society organizations, UN entities, development partners and the private sector. Our collective work uses an innovative three-pronged model based on data, advocacy, and action.

The partnership is supported by a small secretariat team of eight U.S.-based team members, and three international team members. To further our work, we are seeking to recruit our first ever Director of Development that will join a team of people deeply committed to the cause of ending violence against children and lifting up survivors’ voices.

Role Context

The Director of Development will report to the CEO and will be a key member of the senior leadership team. The incumbent will plan, organize, and lead global fundraising from foundations, trusts, major donors and bilaterals and will set and meet global fundraising targets with the aim of raising at least $2 million each year through new funding opportunities and by working with our existing donor network.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a multi-year global fundraising strategy to diversify and grow income streams supporting Together for Girls’ mission and its long-term goals, fiscal health, and organisation-wide priorities.
• Develop and nurture relationships with existing and potential donors and secure contributions from global foundations, trusts, major donors, and bilateral donors.
• Analyse and map existing prospect research to develop a robust donor pipeline.
• Manage a resource development prospect pipeline to provide accurate revenue projections and utilize performance benchmarks and data to drive business intelligence, analysis, and forecasting.
• Collaborate with Together for Girls team members to package Together for Girls’ work in a way that aligns the organizations’ core organizational strategies with changing donor strategies and landscape.
• Create and maintain the operational systems required to manage donor cultivation, stewardship, and research to ensure efficiency, effectiveness, and alignment with grant/funding guidelines.
• Help to position and raise awareness of Together for Girls among peers, donors, and other audiences by representing the organisation and participating in sector networks.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will be a passionate and effective senior fundraiser who can engage with donors at all levels and is driven by the opportunity to further develop Together for Girls to end violence against children and adolescents. The successful candidate will be responsible for enabling the organisation to achieve its ambitious income targets to help protect our life-changing work.

Desired Skills and Knowledge:

• The ideal candidate will have a minimum 10 years of experience in increasingly responsible positions in fundraising and non-profit management building new donor bases and directing and coordinating the identification, solicitation, and stewardship of funds.
• Demonstrated success in raising significant gifts ($100,000+) from foundations, trusts, major donors, and institutions, from USA and international sources.
• Demonstrated experience in gauging organizational capacity to implement and successfully achieve donor deliverables and desired impacts.
• Institutional knowledge and experience working with Together for Girls’ partners is a huge plus given the complexities of the partnership.
• A deep understanding and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and the ability to work effectively with people from diverse racial, ethnic, class, age, abilities, gender, and sexual orientation backgrounds.
• High level written and oral communications, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Entrepreneurial approach to building fundraising programs.
• Highly sophisticated and enthusiastic relationship and network-builder that is diplomatic, analytical, trustworthy with personal and professional integrity.
• Experience of developing, networking, and enhancing philanthropic relationships at high giving levels.

Languages:

• Must be fluent in both verbal and written English.
• Language proficiency in Spanish, French and/or Swahili is a plus but not required.

Culture and Values

Together for Girls team seeks to create a courageous, inclusive, and flexible culture that empowers our staff to have the capacity and ability to deliver change. We strive to build and maintain psychological safety, trust, and accountability among team members in order to foster honesty and openness about our needs and challenges while also prioritizing self-care. We are a small, ambitious team that punches way above our weight and are proud of our work environment that is based on the values of respect, courage, empathy, agility, and collaboration. This is coupled with a strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion that underpins our work.

Location:   Remote flexible location in the USA, Canada, or Europe.

Hours: Flexible work environment. 20 hours per week arranged according to candidates’ preference with availability for core office hours to be confirmed. Also potential for full time role.

Contract Type: Part-time/full-time, permanent or consultants’ contract.

Salary: The base salary for the position is $150,000 - $180,000 (pro-rata for part time), which will be adjusted based on the candidate’s cost of living in the city/country in which they reside.

Work Permits: While the Together for Girls secretariat is headquartered in the United States and the majority of the team resides in the U.S. at this time, it does not have the ability to offer work visas or other visas to any non-U.S. citizen team members. The candidate must have the ability to legally work in the country where they reside, either as a consultant or as an employee for Together for Girls.

Daryl Upsall International actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. In recruiting candidates, we seek candidates with the proven skills required, irrespective of race, gender, religion or belief, age, disability, or sexual orientation.

Position: Head of Individual Giving
Contract: Maternity cover for up to 12 months
Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week)
Location: Office-based in London, N4 (with flexibility to work from home)
Salary: £52,585 - £57,952 per annum plus excellent benefits  
Salary Band: Band H2
Department: Individual Giving team

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

We’re looking for an exceptional person to lead our Individual Giving and Legacies programme, responsible for raising over half of the Society’s income. Managing a team of three direct reports, and six in total, this role will be accountable for meeting agreed income, expenditure and activity targets.

As part of our leadership team, you’ll work with colleagues across the MS Society to deliver our new Income Generation Strategy and keep Individual Giving at the forefront of our priorities. Working closely with our Digital team you’ll ensure that Individual Giving at the MS Society evolves and that Legacy income is maximised.

You’ll currently be in a Head of role, or an experienced Manager and will understand the complexities of Individual Giving programmes and legacy marketing.

You’ll have a track record of achieving substantial income targets and managing complex budgets, success in leading a team to deliver a multi-million pound, multi-channel programme while growing income across new channels, and experience of working cross-organisationally to achieve goals.

Please note this is a maternity cover for up to 12 months.

We offer 35 days annual leave (pro rata for part time employees) including bank holidays, travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our Every MS Story strategy.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 25 October 2021

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The successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK. If we do offer you employment, you’ll be required to provide documentation to show that you’re eligible to be employed in the UK before starting employment.

We’re a Disability Confident Employer. We’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.  We’d be grateful if you could complete the equality and diversity monitoring form on our website and submit it with your application

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and/or from ethnic minority backgrounds, where we’re looking to build stronger and better representation among our staff.

No agencies please.

This is an exciting new role for GWT which will look to generate additional revenue from a variety of sources including grants, trusts, foundations and corporate. The postholder will help to grow and support the charity by identifying future business opportunities.

Responsiblities 

1. Researching, designing, writing and submitting detailed funding applications to support our services.
2. Securing additional income from a variety of corporate bodies including sponsorship.
3. Maintaining and strengthening relationships with existing and potential funders.
4. Contributing to the implementation of organisational and delivery projects, within the context of GWT’s Corporate Plan.

Responsible to: Chief Executive Officer

Benefits

Hybrid working – we currently work flexibly with each member of staff agreeing the best working arrangement to ensure your wellbeing. Options include home, office and remote working. If you would like to discuss further please contact Alison Clyde via our website.

Other benefits:

• 36 days annual leave allowance (includes public holidays)
• 6% employer pension contribution
• Travel expenses covered if travel is required

About us

GWT is recognised as Scotland’s national centre of excellence in the field of intergenerational practice.  Our vision is to live in a country where different generations are more connected and everyone has the opportunity to build relationships that help to create a fairer society. Our mission is to develop, expand and improve intergenerational practice.

GWT provides a range of training opportunities, a yearly programme of meetings and thematic events and a national conference. Our programme of work involves facilitating 18 local networks across Scotland, three thematic networks (Ageism, Intergenerational Housing & Research), pilot projects and active partnerships in academic research. Next year our intergenerational week campaign gets very exciting as we go global. GWT lead the campaign in partnership with country leads from Wales, England & Northern Ireland. Next year we will see another 8 countries getting involved from as close as Ireland and Spain to further afield in America, Mexico and Australia.

The charity has a strong track record in developing intergenerational work across Scotland, we have built trusting partnerships with international experts from across the globe and have recently secured core funding from the Scottish Government for the next three years. We are now in a strong position to grow with the help of a creative, ambitious and proactive Funding Bid Writer who will work alongside the CEO/Board to develop strategies and plans for significantly increasing income during the next five years.

Application notes

Please download the Job Description & Person Specification below to find out more about the role. Applications should be sent by end of day on Wednesday 3rd November 2021.

Applications will be assessed as and when they are received.

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced fundraiser with a background in securing income from charitable trusts and foundations to join our team. Groundswell has rapidly grown over the past few years; our #HealthNow campaign alongside the expansion of our Homeless Health Peer Advocate (HHPA) services and research consultancy across the country has grown our brand, networks and impact. Our turnover is just over £2million, bought in by a small but effective team generating income from a range of voluntary and statutory sources. Within Fundraising and Communications, we have a Director and a Communications Officer; yet colleagues across the organisation generate income from statutory sources and our social enterprises (research and training). We’re always working together to be as effective as possible.

This is an incredibly exciting time to join Groundswell – the value of taking a health approach to the homelessness crisis combined with our unique insight into the lived experience of homelessness is generating interest and opportunities. Nevertheless, we know that with the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, changes in commissioning and competition amongst charities who have had to change their fundraising approaches, means the future is unknown.

Working at Groundswell brings you a busy, positive, and enthusiastic environment which you’ll benefit from no matter where you are based. There is no shortage of dedicated staff and volunteers full of ideas on how to overcome homeless health inequalities and influence the sector to use the insight of lived experience to develop solutions to homelessness. You will be a crucial part of the team, working closely with the Senior Management Team, particularly the Fundraising and Communications Director to maintain relationships with our network of existing funders and grow Groundswell’s income. You will be experienced in trusts and foundations but enjoy variety in this role, for example engaging with corporate or individual supporters or assisting SMT with a statutory funding process. You will be a flexible worker with strong organisational, research and written communication skills. You will pride yourself in collaborative working to ensure the most successful chance of securing income, whilst being a self-starter who can manage their own workload effectively.

Application Process

1. Application

To make an application, please submit your CV along with a cover letter which explains:

• how you meet each of the areas outlined in the person specification contained in the job pack below and
• why you are interested in doing this job.

We are taking applications on a rolling basis and will consider them as they come in. Please submit your application via the link above or as contained in the job pack.

Interview

If you are shortlisted based on your application, we will invite you to an interview at Groundswell.

If you would like an informal chat about the role before applying, please email Becky, the Fundraising and Communications Director, via the details in the job pack and they will get back to you.