Head of Fundraising & Development

Salary: c. £40,000 to £45,000 p.a., dependent upon experience

Location:  Based at our London office in Bermondsey. There may be some flexibility but we would expect the ability to travel to London at least 2-3 days a week.

Permanent full-time contract.

Construction Youth Trust is a forward-thinking charity whose mission is to help young people reach their full potential and achieve a successful and rewarding career. Working closely with employer partners, we prepare young people for the world of work, support them to build on their skills and confidence and connect them directly with opportunities aligned to their individual strengths and interests. We prioritise young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, under-represented groups and those facing significant barriers to work.

We are looking for a Head of Fundraising & Development to join our friendly team and lead on the Trust’s fundraising and marketing strategy. We are seeking a dynamic, ambitious and persuasive professional who can build on the Trust’s achievements and use our fundraising success as a platform for growth.  The Trust has a wide range of stakeholders – employer partners, trusts & foundations, corporate sponsors, statutory funders, as well as young people, schools, colleges, teachers, careers advisors, community partners and a dedicated team of industry volunteers - so we are seeking someone who can persuade and communicate effectively at many different levels. In addition to developing existing and new income streams for the Trust, an important aspect of this role is ensuring our key messages are communicated in a lively and engaging way that inspires all our stakeholders.  This role would be perfect for a professional who is passionate about young people and is seeking a high level of responsibility across a wide range of fundraising and marketing activities. 

We strongly believe that a diverse and inclusive team is vital to our work. We are especially interested in hearing from individuals who are Black, Asian or from a minority ethnic background and/or those with a lived experience of the young people we support.

If you are passionate about transforming the life chances of young people and are looking for the next step in your fundraising career, please send your CV and a written statement (no more than 500 words) explaining why the role interests you, your track record in fundraising and how you believe you meet the person specification.

Closing date for applications – 9am on Monday 9th August 2021.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All roles are subject to safer recruitment practices, and this position will require an Enhanced Disclosure with Barred list check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

This is a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated individual to make a real impact on the Service Delivery of Wessex Cancer Trust, helping us to reach more people affected by cancer in the Wessex region. 

Delivering services that stand out as trusted, effective and accessible for our clients is critical to our success, and our enthusiastic and passionate services team works hard to achieve this daily. Following a period of 18 months adapting our services to be accessible remotely as well as now face to face again, there are a number of services projects that need to be effectively project managed. We are looking for a Deputy to work alongside our Head of Service Delivery to help drive and deliver these projects and provide cover during her maternity leave which will begin towards the end of 2021. We’re looking for someone who has a background in therapeutic service provision and excellent project management skills. You’ll have excellent communication skills, confidence and authority, so you can effectively deputise for the Head of Service Delivery, ensuring that the team continues to thrive.

Location: Working flexibly with an expectation of regular travel to Guildford

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000

Contract: Permanent, Full time (37.5 hrs pw)

Could you be the voice of Cycling?

Imagine a country where cycling is a safe and natural way most people choose to move around. Imagine a country where air pollution is no longer poisoning our children, obesity has been eliminated and our towns and cities are free of traffic congestion. 

This is the vision we cherish at Cycling UK and we’re on mission to get a million more people cycling. But not just the usual suspects. Our campaigning, engagement, volunteering, and behaviour change programmes are intended to make sure the cycling population more closely reflects the diverse make-up of the UK.

This is an exciting time for a communications specialist to join the team. At a time when cycling is on a boom. Through the lockdown the public have re-found their love for the bike with shops selling out and cycling levels hitting 400%. Exciting as all the UK nations governments have woken up to the wider benefit of cycling to our physical and mental health, to our environment and green transport.

You’ll be a seasoned communications and media expert, ready to profile the charity and take the news to the national media to maximise on cycling’s popularity, build upon the public’s increasing engagement on digital channels and at a time of environmental awareness capitalise on the zeitgeist of this autumn’s COP26 to show just what cycling can achieve.

We need your experience and zeal to lead the team to sell cycling, to shout about our successes, to help us fundraise, to counter the negative perceptions of cycling in the media, society and in decision makers, to make cycling inviting for all.

We are an inclusive organisation and would particularly welcome applications from candidates from a broad range of backgrounds. We strongly believe that diversity strengthens our work. If you are already passionate about cycling, that’s great, many of us are too! But if you are simply really excellent at what you do, no matter what your background, that is what matters most to us.

Come and join us for the ride.

Tell us why you are the person to drive impact in this capacity.

Head to our website and explore the job description for full details on this exciting opportunity. Complete the application form expressing why you are the right candidate for this opening and send to our recruitment team (contact details on our jobs page).

Focus on gearing your supporting statement to exemplify how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role, directly referring to both the job description and person specification. This enables the selection panel to assess your relative strengths against the specified criteria.

Apply before 9am Monday 9 August. Interviews to be carried out 24 August 2021.

Are you looking to play a leading role in product delivery at one of the UK’s largest charities?

Do you have previous events and fundraising experience?

If so you could be the Head of Product Delivery we’re looking for!

About the role

As our Head of Product Delivery you’ll drive commercial success across the British Heart Foundations (BHF) portfolio of products and propositions, delivering significant income budgets to fund the BHF’s life saving research.

Leading a team responsible for the successful project management and end-to-end delivery of income generating products including virtual, community, sporting events and special projects, you’ll have overall accountability for the portfolio’s profitability. You’ll lead on products including, but not limited to Heart of Steel and MyBHF as well as Fundraising Events including our yearly London to Brighton bike ride and Pier to Pier swim.

You’ll oversee the delivery, ongoing ‘in-life’ management, continuous improvement and, where necessary, the exit strategies of a portfolio of commercial/fundraising products and propositions, ensuring customer-focused synergies and maximising the quality and consistency of delivery and optimum ROI.

About you

With an excellent understanding and knowledge of a broad range of innovative fundraising activities and events methods and principles, you’ll have previous commercial or fundraising experience as well as previous experience in product Delivery and product/project management experience.

You’ll have a thorough understanding of marketing techniques especially digital marketing and will have previous experience of managing and delivering mass participation, digital and physical events and activities, preferably within a fundraising capacity.

With a track record in marketing and growing significant events and products, you’ll be able to manage and deliver significant and complex budgets as well as managing and developing a diverse physical and virtual events and product portfolio, using customer, market and financial data and insight to make decisions to drive long term growth in profitability.

To be successful in this role you’ll have the following skills and experience:
• A good strategic thinker, able to set long and short-term objectives
• Highly numerate, with strong commercial acumen 
• Excellent analysis skills, able to analyse and interpret insight and performance data and make strategic recommendations based on this insight
• A motivational leader, able to set clear direction and create the culture of a high performing team 
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to develop effective working relationships with external suppliers and internal departments and to inspire teams to deliver against targets who you may not directly manage
• An excellent team player, able to work as part of a cross function team to deliver shared goals, who values others’ contributions but makes the decisions when needed 

About us

By joining our dedicated team, you will be part of helping to create the next big breakthrough, from heart transplants and pacemakers, to stents and clot busting drugs. We will beat the heartbreak these conditions cause.

Here at the BHF we understand that you might need a little help balancing your work and home life. Many of our people work flexibly in many different ways. Please feel free to talk to us about the flexibility you may need; we’re happy to explore what’s possible for you and the role.

Interview process

The interview process will be held over MS Teams.

The British Heart Foundation is currently following Government guidelines regarding working from home. Although the role is based in London, the expectation is that once restrictions are eased, we will follow a blended approach between office and home working.

LOCATION: Home-based, with occasional visits to HQ

Overcoming MS (OMS) is the wor­­­ld's leading multiple sclerosis healthy lifestyle charity.

We share the evidence behind the OMS program focussing on the everyday practical things that people can do to improve their health and quality of life. This includes following a plant-based diet, supplementing with vitamin D, exercising and using stress management techniques articulated in the OMS program.

We aim to inform, support and empower everyone affected by MS to lead a full and healthy life. We provide information, including webinars and OMS podcast. Our OMS Circles are a supportive worldwide volunteer group network. We campaign and fund open access to research into how lifestyle influences MS.

MS is a complex neurological condition that currently has no cure. It is estimated that some 2.8 million people are living with MS around the globe, with the disease more common in the ‘Western world’. It affects people in the prime of their lives, aged between 20-40 years old, and affects three times as many women as men. In the UK alone, there are around 130,000 people living with MS, and a further 6,700 diagnosed each year.

OMS has entered an exciting new chapter in the charity’s evolution having launched a new strategy ‘Find Realistic Hope and a Full Life, Find OMS’ .We want to become even more visible, accessible, energetic, vocal, collaborative and impactful. The new Head of Digital will join us at a pivotal moment in our organisation’s journey, as we seek to embed our new digital programmes, begin to capitalise on opportunities to scale and expand our work across the globe.

Purpose

This is an excellent opportunity for someone to take the next step in their professional career.  As our brand-new Head of Digital you will lead Overcoming MS’ digital agenda, providing a strategic steer and an operational oversight of our digital projects portfolio, our digital content and engagement activity and plan for new projects in line with the OMS community needs and the fundraising strategy.

You will provide strategic direction for and manage a small and dynamic Digital team and will work with the OMS Senior Leadership Team to ensure we achieve demonstrable impact in the digital space and across our digital, content and data related projects that underpin our organisational strategy.

You will be a talented digital leader who is deeply committed to making the most of digital technologies so they can best meet the needs of people and communities. You will be a digitally innovative and creative individual, who thrives in a fast moving and dynamic workplace. You have an ability to come up with, try, test and implement new digital ideas and tools.

One of the top priorities initially will be the completion of our data and CRM (MS Dynamics) related programme of work. The ability to work with 3rd party suppliers will also be key in the day-to-day aspect of the Head of Digital role.

Key accountabilities

As Head of Digital, you will enable and support the implementation of our data, digital and content projects, and ensure that our focus on digital developments help deliver our overarching strategic plan.

You will work with your team and the OMS leadership colleagues to ensure that we have adequate resources allocated to large and small projects and can reassign as timelines shift, prioritising where necessary. Working with the digital and data team you will ensure progress and process is transparent to stakeholders throughout the lifespan of the projects.

Detailed responsibilities

1. Data (35%)

• Enable the completion of MS Dynamics implementation making sure the wider OMS team is upskilled to make the best use of the system.
• Oversee the implementation of our data management roadmap, making sure our processes for data capture in key business areas are optimised.
• Oversee data analysis function and its ongoing development so that OMS grows into a data-driven charity.
• Oversee the relationship with our external supplier(s).

1. Digital development, content and marketing (45%)

• Lead the digital engagement team to ensure the OMS digital development programme is prioritised, agreed projects delivered effectively and efficiently.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and our external digital suppliers to accurately scope future digital solutions, researching best answers, platforms, tools and technology to meet the organisation’s objectives through community engagement and user testing.
• Ensure the digital engagement strategy is effective and responsive to the evolving needs of the OMS community, drawing in volunteer and specialist contributor input to content production, campaigns and appeals.
• Ensure our content strategy makes the best use of all appropriate channels to reach our priority audiences, and results in high quality customer journeys.
• Oversee the development of appropriate documentation that underpins successful, well-scoped and estimated projects with measurable success criteria and user requirements fully scoped.
• Ensure all digital projects are implemented to our agreed project management process that ensures we consistently deliver projects which are of a high-quality and within agreed budgets and timelines.
• Oversee the work of our digital suppliers making sure the relationship is positive, productive and collaborative.

1. Strategy and leadership (20%)

• You will be a member of the OMS Leadership Team, comprised of the CEO, Head of Programmes, Head of Fundraising and our US-based special projects lead, contributing to strategic planning and delivery.
• You will oversee all digital risk across our infrastructure including data and cyber security.
• You will contribute to annual business planning and budgeting exercises making sure our resource planning is effective.
• You will keep abreast of digital technology trends and developments, bringing back helpful intelligence to the team and identifying new opportunities.

For further details pertaining to this role, please review the attached Job Description.

Do you have a passion to lead a successful team, driving change and supporting businesses as they embed CSR, sustainability, human rights and ethical practices at the core of their operations?  STOP THE TRAFFIK (STT) is growing and is now in need of a Head of Business Engagement and Transformation.

In this newly created role you will build partner relationships, inspire and develop a small team and drive our business consultancy forward.  Our ambition is to create a business engagement and transformation team that is world leading.  Will you be the person to lead this team?

Key activities the postholder will be expected to do include:

• Negotiate new project engagements and partnerships and manage, develop and deepen business/commercial relationships and collaborations.
• Identify and develop new service offerings and methodologies that increase the effectiveness and impact of our work.
• Work as part of the STT global leadership team, contributing to STTs strategic development.
• Line manage a small team of Project Managers, but always encouraging, supporting and collaborating with, other teams across the group.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Proven experience in developing / implementing ESG or CSR strategies within a business. 

• Demonstrable experience of building strategic relationships and influencing change.
• Experience of leading a team with a clear vision, and developing their skills and talents.
• The ability to project manage, deliver to tight deadlines and evaluate outputs and impacts. 
• The ability to able to inspire a vision of change in commercial clients from multiple sectors.

If you are passionate about human rights and driving culture change to irradicate modern slavery and to put human rights at the core of business’ strategies, then this could be the role for you.

As well as having the opportunity to work on the cutting edge of a high-profile global issue, staff are rewarded with flexible working options, a generous holiday allowance, up-skilling and training opportunities and a 7% employer contribution pension.

Further details and information about how to apply can be found on the STOP THE TRAFFIK website download the documents by clicking "Apply" on this page .  We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups. 

Applications close at midnight Tuesday 17th August.  Early applications are encouraged.  Interviews will be held in Central London on 24th & 25th August.

Please note that applicants must have the right to work in the UK.  STT is not in a position to help with sponsorship or visas.

1 Year Fixed Term Contract

Full-time (40 hours per week inc breaks)

£30,594 per annum

Head of Governance

Agile working

22 hours per week

£48,270 - £51,395 + £4k London weighting if applicable

About the role

Good governance and compliance is fundamental to our success as a membership organisation and charity. The Head of Governance is a new role responsible for ensuring the NHS Confederation follows effective, transparent and accountable governance and compliance procedures which comply with the good practice and fulfil charity and statutory requirements.

About you

Essentially, we are looking for a highly knowledgeable individual who has experience of advising organisations on governance matters, both internally and externally, and has a strong understanding of best practices in organising governance within business, ideally within the charity sector. To be successful you will be skilled at forming positive relationships with key stakeholders at all levels of seniority.

This is a brilliant opportunity for a highly motivated individual who has the knowledge, experience and confidence to shape and take forward our governance, risk and compliance strategies.

Our commitment to you

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive environment for our staff. A place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of inclusive employment policies including family friendly policies and flexible working and we have range of channels to support staff from different backgrounds including our staff networks and a staff forum.

As well as joining an organisation with an inclusive and learning culture, you will receive an excellent reward package, including 30 days annual leave with the opportunity to buy/sell, salary sacrifice pension scheme, flexible working and a range of other benefits.

To Apply

Please download the job description and complete the application form from our website. As part of our equality and diversity recruitment process we carry out blind shortlisting and therefore do not accept CVs. 

Basic DBS check will be required for the successful applicant.

Application deadline: 11:59pm on Sunday 15th August

Interview date: w/c 23rd August via MS Teams

The Head of Support Services will create a positive, supportive culture of personal growth, underpinned by a holistic and empowering health and wellbeing approach. Supported by the trustees, the CEO, staff and service users, the post-holder will be a leader and will provide a constant stimulus for self-improvement in a learning, supportive and diverse environment. They will provide high level and efficient management of Betknowmore UK support and community programmes, including:

• North London gambling community support hub

• Peer Support services, including the Peer Aid programme

• Bespoke projects, including Women’s Recovery Programme, Digital Hub and activities, Experts by Experience engagement and support

  The post-holder will work to ensure successful service provision and outcomes. Recruit, train and supervise a team of staff/mentors/volunteers to deliver support and community activities. Oversee service integration or collaboration with the National Gambling Treatment Service (NGTS) partners and other key stakeholders.

  A key aspect of the role will be to work closely with people presenting with gambling harm issues
  and/or people affected by this issue. The Head of Support Services will oversee sustainable recovery interventions that may include structured psycho-social 1:1 and group activities, counselling and therapy, peer and mentoring support, with services co-produced by clinician and health professionals, and insight and knowledge from experts by experience. Experience of gambling support and treatment and /or harm minimisation programmes is desirable, but not essential.

  Working with other members of the SMT, they will input into management of the charity, as well as supporting grant, contract and tender submissions, operational management, governance, performance and contract monitoring and outcome reporting. This will include financial planning and budgeting. Adherence to health and safety and equal opportunities and diversity policies is expected at all times.

This exciting Head of NLG position has been created at the National Governance Association (NGA) at a critical time. Governance has risen on the political and school improvement agendas and this newly won tender, from the Department for Education, to deliver support to schools and trusts where it is most needed provides more opportunities for NGA to deliver our charitable objectives. 

We are looking for a knowledgeable and experienced individual to join our Professional Development Team as we are now able to offer Department for Education funded external reviews of governance to support those schools and trusts who need it most.

The Head of NLG will liaise with Regional Delivery Directorates, Local Authorities and Dioceses to identify eligible settings, and oversee the effective matching, delivery, reviews and recommendations made through the new NLG support service.

Managing a small internal team and a team of NLGs with a wide variety of expertise, they will ensure key objectives are met and that the service contributes to improved governance and therefore better outcomes for pupils.

This will be a challenging role where governance expertise in both maintained schools and trusts will be key alongside excellent networks and interpersonal skills with strength in project management and leadership.

Benefits of joining NGA include:
25 days annual leave + bank holidays
Pension contribution at 7%

Closing date for applications: 12:00 noon on Monday 9th August 2021

Role Purpose: Community Connex Limited is recruiting for a Head of Finance and Operations, a key leadership role within the senior leadership team of the organisation.

This is a stunning opportunity for a qualified Accountant with experience of working in a senior finance role of a charity. 

We are looking for a talented all-rounder who can lead and inspire a team and be hands-on to produce financial and management accounts, manage our IT resources, ensuring the delivery of a compliant, comprehensive, flexible, and a proactive finance service which supports business needs and objectives.

This is a full-time role of 35 hours/week, reporting to the CEO and responsible for a business manager and 2 finance officers.

Reporting to the CEO, the jobholder will be responsible for the following key duties:

• Working closely with the Chief Executive to support the delivery of the charity’s activities and provide assurance to the Trustee Board about our financial activities ensuring we comply with all financial regulatory requirements.

• You will be accountable for the development and implementation of an effective financial accounting function.
• Line manage a small team motivating them to deliver high performance and quality customer experience.
• Lead the annual budgeting process, contribute to the annual business planning activities, and provide strategic financial advice to the CEO, and Trustee Board.
• Produce quarterly management accounts, including analysis of income and expenses against predicted budget for the year and forecast expenditure to year end providing explanations and solutions to help mitigate risks.
• Lead and manage external auditors to ensure the production of statutory audited consolidated accounts (SORP) for the Charity.
• Developing and implementing financial strategies and financial control processes
• Providing high level financial analysis support to new business proposals and projects.
• Manage our IT resources to ensure efficiency, effectiveness, and value for money.

Our ideal candidate will

• Have recent charity SORP experience working in the charity sector.
• Be a Qualified Accountant with solid post qualification experience.
• Be prepared to be hands on within a small finance team.
• Have excellent communications skills, working with and supporting stakeholders.
• Experience of line management, and senior leadership
• Experience using QuickBooks or other financial accounting packages is essential

In return we offer a range of benefits including:

• Flexible/Hybrid working
• Pension up to 5%
• Death in service insurance
• Perkbox

We are committed to safeguarding, equal opportunity, and we guarantee an interview to all applicants with disabilities meeting the minimum criteria for the post.

Please note that the position will be filled as soon as a candidate with matching application is received and interviewed.

The Economic Change Unit (ECU) is seeking a highly strategic, dynamic, experienced and effective political operator to lead our policy, public affairs and influencing programmes aimed at accelerating the transition to a fair, sustainable and resilient economy. 

You will have a deep commitment to ECU’s vision and purpose, a sophisticated understanding of politics and how political change occurs, a track record of successful political influencing, significant experience in dealing with complex policy issues, and demonstrable skill and passion for leading and motivating others.

Working closely with the Executive Director, the Head of Movement-Building, and senior staff in ECU’s movement partners, you will:

• Provide ongoing analysis of the current UK (and wider international) political context and identify opportunities to influence relevant policy, practice and debate;
• Identify and build relationships with potential allies and supporters across a range of sectors including politics, business, trade unions, the media, and civil society;
• Lead on design and delivery of comprehensive programme strategies combining policy development, advocacy, communications and campaigning to achieve our goals.

The role is available either full-time (5 days / 37.5 hours per week) or part-time (4 days / 30 hours per week).

This is a really exciting time to join a relatively new organisation occupying a key role in the new economy movement as we set up our team and embark on a new strategy. This is a new role, and we are open to discussion about what the best job title should be.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, and are keen to particularly encourage applications from the following groups of people who are underrepresented in our sector: women, black people and people of colour, and people from a working class background. If you are interested in the role but unsure whether you meet the role requirements please get in touch for an informal chat.

Please see the recruitment pack on our website for contact details and further information on how to apply.

About the opportunity

As we embark on our new and hugely ambitious strategy to 2030 we are seeking a Head of Trusts and Major Donors with the drive and determination to really grow our fundraising. You will lead the Trust and Major Donor teams, and work with the Executive Team, to fundraise for a range of diverse and inspiring projects.

This is an exciting time to join a committed team who are focused on deepening relationships with our current funders and finding new trusts and major donors to support our work.

About you

We are looking for a brilliant relationship builder, and excellent communicator with a passion for meeting and exceeding supporter needs. You will have proven experience of developing and delivering a strategy to grow income and will enjoy leading a busy team and successfully securing significant major donations. You will have the skills to turn complex programmes and projects into compelling proposals.

We are offering this as a full time role, but would consider 4 days per week if that suited the right candidate. Please get in touch if you want to explore this further.

Do you want to make a difference to the lives of people who are affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence?

Splitz Support service is an innovative charity wanting to end abuse and help people and their families recover. We have 105 staff and a burgeoning team of volunteers working across the South West providing responsive, victim focused and trauma informed support.

It is an exciting time to join Splitz Support Service and we are seeking an ambitious, experienced and innovative HR professional to lead the HR and Learning and Development function to ensure it supports and delivers strategic organizational development and positive cultural change and contribute to the charities new strategy and brand.

Please refer to the Job specification for more information on the role.

BFI H22 is an ambitious, nationwide preservation and access programme. Our mission is to preserve the UK’s most significant pre-digital film, TV and moving image works so they can be safeguarded and made available for audiences today and future generations.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage H22 to meet its defined targets, budgets and timetable and prepare H22 documentation and reporting
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders, including attending, organising and leading meetings, representing the H22 perspective to facilitate successful delivery
• Guide programme activity to closure and support the digital and access initiatives within the programme to deliver a lasting legacy for the BFI collections
• Line management and professional development of up to four team members

Experience & Skills

• Proven experience as a delivery manager or other managerial position to deliver large scale, complex projects on time and to budget
• Experience in data analysis, reporting and budgeting
• Evidence of successful stakeholder management, relationship building to lead, influence and communicate with others at all levels to deliver outputs
• Proven ability to work in an agile culture, across a complex organisation, to matrix manage delivery through other teams, recognising resource limitations and providing solutions

We support diversity and inclusion, and as an organisation recognise that we need to address under representation within our teams. As such we strongly welcome and encourage applicants from our under-represented groups; who identify as D/deaf and disabled and/or are ethnically diverse.

We guarantee a first interview to our under-represented groups who meet our minimum requirements. How we are doing, including our pay gaps and our commitment to Black Lives Matter can be found on our website.

This role is predominantly based at BFI Stephen Street, however, in response to the current Covid-19 pandemic all team members are currently working remotely from home until the foreseeable future.

You will enjoy benefits such as our pension scheme, excellent support for working parents, 28-33 days annual leave, tickets to BFI festivals and events plus many others.

Further details about the post can be obtained by visiting our website.

The closing date for applications is midnight on Monday 09 August 2021

First interviews will be held on Wednesday 18 August 2021