This is an exciting time to join The Diana Award in a brand-new leadership role within our small fundraising team as we look to build on the success of our current partnerships with well-known funders and corporate partners to enable us achieve our mission 

As the Head of Fundraising and Business Development, you will work closely with the Deputy CEO, the Senior Leadership Team and Management Teams to submit high quality, innovative funding proposals. 

Leading a range of income generating activities, you will be responsible for the end to end process of bid development from identifying opportunities and cultivating leads; developing high quality proposals; and building relationships with prospective partners to ensure the attainment of funding.

You will be responsible for generating a significant percentage of our total annual income through direct income and business development activity. 

You will have a track record of writing successful funding bids and creating powerful partnerships, be passionate about supporting young people and thrive working in a dynamic and ambitious creative organisation. 

JOB DESCRIPTION

Business Development 

• Use your skills, creativity and experience take responsibility for the implementation of our fundraising strategy in response to the evolving funding landscape 

• Responsibility for developing and growing the pipeline, identifying opportunities for funding from a range of sources including (but not limited to) trusts & foundations, statutory sources, and corporate partners. 

• Develop ideas for creative sponsorship and funding opportunities and lead the development and submission of high quality, compelling funding proposals and tender documents to unlock funding. This will also involve identifying suitable partners; presenting proposals and closing deals; drawing up and negotiating contracts and ensuring delivery 

• Work with the stakeholders, our internal researchers and policy team to scope and develop exciting new project proposals.

• Develop fundraising and donor relationships in order to increase unrestricted income. 

• Devise and implement arrangements for our work with corporate partners, including recruiting and managing relationships with corporate partners

• Maintain a thorough understanding of financial targets and progress, liaising with the Finance Manager. 

Strategic Leadership 

• Work alongside the Deputy CEO on the development of the fundraising strategy in line with changing landscape.

• Produce regular update reports for the Leadership Team, Trustees and others as required on the activities and status of business development across the organisation.

• Research and analyse data and trends to inform strategy, contributing lessons learnt into the business planning processes and continuous learning approach. 

• Working closely with the Leadership Team and Management Team in the development of Organisational Strategy and Business Plans. 

• Working with the Director of Programmes, embed all successful projects within delivery teams in a clear and efficient manner to allow them to start delivery in line with expectations. 

 Management 

• Build a cohesive and engaged business development team ensuring the team has clear shared and individual work plans in place with measurable KPIs and regular supervision, appraisals and team meetings to monitor progress. 

• Develop clear lines of accountability, set priorities, and establish robust and timely reporting mechanisms within the team,

• Encourage and support the team to engage in continuous professional development, signposting and seeking opportunities as relevant 

• Contribute to overall leadership and management of Fundraising and Business Development team, while directly line managing the Business Development Manager. 

• Contribute to the wider management of the organisation, ensuring effective business partnering relationships are in place with key functions eg. comms, operations, I&I, fundraising etc. 

• Represent the organisation externally as required. 

• Undertake any other reasonable duties as may be required. 

PERSON SPECIFICATION

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS  

• Either a relevant degree or equivalent experience 

• Substantial experience of successful income generation and development activity, including handling key clients, preparing, costing, pitching and closing proposals, completing tender documents for submission, ensuring delivery of initiatives on time and within budget to the satisfaction of all parties etc. 

• Significant experience of working with corporate partners and statutory organisations. 

• Experience in fundraising and donor relationships

• Demonstrable experience of building and sustaining relationships and partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders 

• Significant experience and demonstratable interest in the youth sector and youth leadership

• Experience of leading, motivating and developing a cohesive, high performing team 

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS  

• Demonstrable understanding of evidence-based programming, including using theories of change to guide programme practice. 

• Skilled in working with multiple stakeholders and funders, including at senior level 

• Good knowledge of the third sector 

• Excellent organisational, planning and interpersonal skills 

• Ability to set and meet deadlines. 

• Excellent communications and influencing skills, including ability to write persuasive and engaging content

• Ability to work as part of and across teams 

• Knowledge of budget and financial management, including setting, monitoring and reporting 

• Knowledge of child safeguarding 

• Excellent decision making and the ability to exercise sound judgement 

• Able to represent the organisation, reflecting its values and priorities 

PERSONAL QUALITIES  

• Entrepreneurial, innovative, personable, collaborative and good at working both in a team and under your own initiative

• Flexible and dynamic, with an ability to adapt and respond quickly to a fast-changing environment

• Confident communicator 

• Ability to quickly build credibility internally and externally 

• Ability to undertake occasional travel around England necessitating overnight stay

Blood Cancer UK is looking for a Head of Digital to lead our digital transformation, embedding digital ways of working across the charity and developing products and services that help us reach more people affected by blood cancer.
 

This is a great role for someone with a strong foundation in digital and good leadership skills to have a huge impact in enabling us to support more people affected by blood cancer and to fund the research that will save more lives.

We have developed an organisational strategy to support our mission to beat blood cancer that has set a medium-term goal for us to reach more people affected by blood cancer. Digital will be a key enabler, and we are looking for a Head of Digital to lead this process.

We have digital experts on our Board and Executive Team, we have started to embrace agile methodology, and our fundraising and information and support teams see digital as key to growth. Above all, we are a charity that knows we need to use digital better and is excited about the journey to get there.

All this means the pieces are in place for the right person to use their skills and experience to make a huge impact on our charity and, in turn, to make a huge difference to the lives of people affected by blood cancer.

You will need to be a champion of digital ways of working and have the ability to develop the culture and processes in the digital team that make it a model for the kind of user-focused, agile, and collaborative way we want to work across the whole charity. But equally as important will be your ability to deliver improvement quickly; our website and our digital marketing are not yet reaching enough people affected by blood cancer, and so you will need to start making progress towards this from your first month in role.

So we need someone who is able to develop and own the digital road map for Blood Cancer UK, making the case for further investment, and identifying and prioritising the developments that will have the most impact for our key audiences. if you are able to take ownership of and lead digital programmes and are pragmatic and focused on problem solving and the bigger picture, this is your chance to use your digital skills and experience to help us beat blood cancer more quickly.

Our new HoD will lead Talawa’s Development Team and be an active and contributing member of Senior Management helping shape and drive Talawa’s development strategy as we approach our 40th anniversary in 2026.

You will develop and implement an ethical fundraising policy to ensure that relationships with our funders benefit Talawa financially and creatively, and further our reputation and mission.

Working closely with the Joint CEOs, you will build Talawa’s fundraising reach to support our exciting growing artistic ambitions by creating innovative individual wealth networks within the Black community. With the Executive Director, you will shape Talawa’s approach to Arts Council England and major trust and foundation supporters both existing and new, to build on our position as the UK’s outstanding Black theatre company. Using leverage from Talawa’s outstanding artistic work and its relationships with young and ethnically diverse audiences, you will create plans for corporate and commercial support and longer term, explore the potential for legacy giving.

You will contribute to Talawa’s overall business and strategic planning, bringing a development perspective to the Senior Management Team by leading and managing the Development function, including management of our Development Officer and ensuring that our collective, organisation wide fundraising approach is maintained and nurtured. You will enable our Board and ambassadors to act as effective fundraisers for Talawa, particularly with regards to building individual wealth networks.

Working with the Executive Director, you will assist with our next National Portfolio funding application to be written January to March 2022. You will create and deliver fundraising events, both in person and online, bringing together new and prospective individual and corporate supporters for our work. Your role will include: shaping compelling approaches and accompanying budgets, creating and delivering donor communications; bringing insights from our company and artists to our supporters; identifying and engaging with future philanthropic trends to maintain a strong overview of the fundraising landscape and ensuring that Talawa can leverage new opportunities. You will also carry out any other duties that may arise to fulfil the main objectives of the post and Talawa’s mission.

You will contribute to the embedding of evaluation across all our programmes to support fundraising and strengthen our case for support. At all times, you will ensure that Talawa’s fundraising activities are compliant with all relevant regulations, including GDPR and Fundraising Regulator guidelines.

This work will uphold and embody Talawa’s company policies, including but not limited to our Equality, Diversion and Inclusion policy.

Location:  Home-based with frequent travel to partner meetings, networking events, etc (predominantly London but could be across the UK).

Travel: Potentially 2-3 team meetings per year in Paris and 1 per year in Dakar. The post-holder may, now and again, be expected to travel for limited periods in the UK or abroad.

Hours: 15-20 hours. We are open to considering flexible terms of engagement.

Contract Type: Part-time, permanent contract

Salary: £60,000 – £70,000 GBP pro rata dependant on experience.

ALIMA´s Spirit & Background

ALIMA’s purpose is to save lives and provide care for the most vulnerable populations, without any discrimination based on identity, religion, or politics, through actions based on proximity, innovation, and the alliance of organizations and individuals. We act with humanity and impartiality in accordance with universal medical ethics. To gain access to patients, we undertake to act in a neutral and independent manner.

Since its creation in 2009, ALIMA has treated more than 7 million patients and today deploys its operations in 12 African countries, carrying out support to 45 hospitals and more than 300 health facilities to care for more than 4,000 patients daily. Whenever possible we work in partnership with local NGOs to ensure that our patients benefit from the best and most relevant expertise wherever it is, whether within their own country or in the rest of the world. In addition, to improve the humanitarian response, we are carrying out operational and clinical research projects particularly in the field of the fight against malnutrition and viral hemorrhagic fevers.

ALIMA’s Team: More than 2,000 people are currently working for ALIMA. The field teams, closest to the patients, receive support from coordination teams generally based in the countries’ capitals. These receive support from the 4 desk teams and the emergency and opening team based at the operational headquarters in Dakar, Senegal. The Paris and New York teams are actively working to raise funds and represent ALIMA. The rest of the ALIMA Galaxy includes individuals and partner teams working on behalf of other organizations such as medical NGOs BEFEN, ALERT Santé, SOS Médecins  / KEOOGO, AMCP, research organizations PACCI and INSERM, Oxford, Bordeaux or Copenhagen Universities, the INGO Solidarités International and many others.

Countries we work in: Mali, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Guinea, Senegal, South Sudan, Mauritania.

The work we do: Malnutrition, Maternal Health, Primary and Secondary Health, Pediatrics, Malaria, Epidemics (Ebola, Cholera, Measles, Dengue, Lassa Fever), Hospitalization, Emergencies, Gender Based Violence.

Role Context

The general objective is to support ALIMA’s medical operations by engaging donors to fund underfinanced activities: emergency support, research and innovation, and talent development. This is a major strategic goal for a fast growing and high impact organization (1.7 million patients a year, 2,000 staff, 73 million Euro budget in 2020).

After a 10 million Euro fundraising campaign in 2017-2021, ALIMA will launch a second campaign aiming to raise at least 25 million Euro in Europe, Africa, and USA by 2025. The development of ALIMA UK will be key to leverage the reach of the 2025 campaign with the help of the 3 campaign committees and the development team based in New-York, Dakar, and Paris.

ALIMA UK was registered as a charity in the UK in 2018 and ALIMA seeks to increase its fundraising in the UK with the recruitment of this first paid position. The ALIMA UK Head of Development will develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for expanding and diversifying ALIMA UK’s funding base with a particular focus on major gifts. He/she will be the key representative of ALIMA in the UK and work closely with the Paris team.

The ALIMA UK Head of Development will be in charge of developing and executing a comprehensive plan for raising ALIMA UK’s revenue in line with the ALIMA Global Major Gifts, Foundations and Corporations campaigns.

In particular, the Head of Development will lead ALIMA UK’s efforts to expand the donor base and increase the sources of revenue from high net worth individuals, private and family foundations, and corporations. The postholder will be charged with managing all aspects of ALIMA UK’s fundraising efforts including individual major gift solicitation, fundraising and outreach events, and foundation and corporation grant outreach.

Role Relationships

The Head of Development will report to the Major Gifts and Partnership Manager based in Paris who coordinates the Global Major Gifts campaign across three continents (Africa, Europe, North America).The incumbent will work closely with members of the Development and Communication teams in Dakar and Paris and with the ALIMA USA team in New York and will interact with members of the ALIMA UK Board of Trustees and with members of the Africa, Europe and North America Campaign Committees. 

Responsibilities

• Develop new funding opportunities with Major Donors, Foundations and Corporations in the UK as part of the Major Donor and Partnership team based in Paris in line with ALIMA’s Global fundraising strategy.
• Support the development and management of a robust prospect pipeline and a calendar of opportunities for engagement, cultivation, and stewardship of donors.
• Research and identify funding opportunities in the UK, craft compelling propositions and proposals for major donors and ensure quality and timely report back on gifts made.
• Take part in the identification and engage ALIMA UK’s board of trustees to actively support and fundraising plans and events.
• Working with the wider development team to deliver bespoke major donor activities including virtual and in-person events.
• Help to position and raise awareness of ALIMA’s role among peers, donors, and other audiences by participating in sector networks and representing ALIMA UK at events.
• Contribute to ALIMA UK’s general management in support to the ALIMA Administration and Finance team in Dakar: maintain accurate records, including in ALIMA fundraising databases for income recording and earmarking, ensure legal and ethical compliance, manage ALIMA’s UK budget and administrative requirements with service providers.
• Work within ALIMA’s giving, antifraud, anti-money laundering due diligence policies and GDPR policies and processes.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will have experience in major donor cultivation and acquisition, with the ability to grow a campaign in a new zone with limited existing network. The successful candidate will be a passionate and effective communicator, both written and verbally and will be keen to develop the presence of international NGO in a new market as the sole representative of the organisation in the country, other than the board of trustees.

The postholder will also be expected to uphold the highest of fundraising standards and maintain full and accurate management information records, ensuring that all fundraising activity undertaken by the role fully complies with UK charitable practices, information management (e.g., GDPR) and fundraising regulation (e.g., UK Fundraising Regulator Code of Fundraising Practice). Key to this role is a deep understanding of ALIMA’s values and humanitarian principles.

Essential Skills/Knowledge

Technical:

• 3 to 5 years of experience of working in an income generating capacity with an NGO to identify, approach, secure and steward major donors giving or capable of giving over five and six figure gifts or 3 to 5 years of experience of working in an income generating capacity in the private sector in business development or account management.
• Experience of developing, networking, and enhancing philanthropic relationships at high giving levels.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering high level stewardship.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with international teams in multiple locations on complex programmes and donor relationships.
• Excellent written skills, including development of compelling communications for donors.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and manage a varied and demanding workload to meet deadlines.
• Experience of developing annual and multi-year budgets and plans.

 Personal:

• Excellent inter-personal, influencing and relationship building skills.
• Excellent communication skills, especially with high value supporters.
• Understanding of and commitment to ALIMA's values and work.

Prospectus is delighted to be partnering with Studio Wayne McGregor to appoint their new Head of Development. Studio Wayne McGregor is the creative engine for choreographer and director Wayne McGregor and the home of his life-long choreography enquiry into thinking through and with the body.

The Head of Development will continue to build on the successes of the newly established fundraising strategy. You will personally focus on building relationship with existing major donors as well as grantors like Arts Council England, and will have an entrepreneurial mindset. Primarily, you will be tasked with promote and expand the company's fundraising capacity in order to generate revenue and support the ongoing artistic vision of SWG.

The selected candidate will have excellent major donor experience and an interest in dance. You will have secured gifts at the five and six figure level and will be able to point to experience of developing distinctive and bespoke fundraising approaches and strategies to different partners and supporters.

To apply

If you have any disability and would like assistance with completing an application then please contact Ryan Burdock at Prospectus.

If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.

We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

Harris Hill is delighted to be partnering exclusively with a wonderful Arts and Heritage organisation to recruit their Head of Development . The Head of Development will be responsible for securing the income and resources needed to deliver a brand new Museum, for all. They will be expected to have a donor-focused, but entrepreneurial, mindset and will have a special focus on, but not limited to, philanthropy, trusts, and individual regular and one-off giving.

This role is perfect for a major giving and trusts professional who is looking for that next step up, but it is also perfect for candidates who want to shape something from the ground up. You will be working with a small, but mighty team who value passion and creativity, but also believe in a healthy work-life balance. They are an incredibly inclusive, passionate, and wonderfully friendly team who are genuinely excited to get a brilliant high-value fundraiser in post.

To be considered for this role you will have experience of:

* working with major donors and have examples of upscaling gifts
* success with a capital campaign and experience of securing high levels of income in a museum, charity, or similar organisation
* securing funding from trusts and foundations such as National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF), Arts Council or similar

If this role sounds like the perfect next step for you and you want to find out more, please do get in touch with Hannah at Harris Hill on mailto:[email protected] or call her on 02078207331.

Salary is £40,000 - £50,000 and this role can be part time or full time.

A CV and supporting statement are required by Monday the 1st of November.

First round interviews will be held in person the week commencing the 8th of November 2021.

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, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

East London Dance is hiring

East London Dance is an arts charity dedicated to championing and growing the east London dance scene. Having just completed our capital project to refit a historic warehouse and create a pioneering new dance and music hub, The Talent House, we are seeking to appoint a Head of Development.

Head of Development

Salary: £35,000 - £37,000

Full-time, permanent

The Head of Development will lead our fundraising strategy with the Creative Director & Chief Executives and work alongside the wider team to cultivate and maintain a diverse range of partnerships for the organisation. You would be joining at a really exciting period as we move into a new home, providing many new opportunities to engage supporters in our work. The role will have the ability to shape our long term development, at a pivotal moment alongside the newly announced Creative Director & Chief Executive job share partnership of Kate Scanlan and Tia Hassan.

Your Profile
You will be an insightful manager with at least three-year’s experience of working within the cultural, charity and/or social enterprise sectors. You will have a proven track record of successful fundraising and cultivating and maintaining a range of supporters for the arts. You will be a confident, persuasive and concise communicator, able to articulate values and beliefs, with a confidence in networking.

Deadline to apply: Monday 25 October 2021, 12noon

For more information on how to apply and a job pack please visit our website.

Prospectus is excited to be supporting Create in the search for a new Head of Development to lead on fundraising strategy and implementation. Create commissions art and architecture in cities that is ambitious, purposeful and useful. They work over long-term, and in ways that can bring agency and positive impacts for local communities, the partners they work with and the artists, architects and other creative practitioners.

This position can be offered as full time, part time or a job share. The office is located in the Barbican, London and is fully accessible. You will adopt a flexible hybrid working style with a mix of office and home days per week.

As the Head of Development, you will work closely with the Directors and as part of a collaborative, talented team, to lead the development and delivery of a new fundraising strategy that will encompass corporate partnerships, high-value giving and grant funding. You will work with bid-writers and freelance experts to deliver new grant funding, and you will personal lead on building the corporate and high-net-worth pipeline as well as managing these relationships to generate primarily unrestricted income.

In order to be successful, you will have experience of fundraising within the arts/culture/heritage/higher education space at either officer or manager level with successes in fundraising from high-net-worth individuals and corporates at five figure level. You will be a champion for effective and efficient use of CRM systems. Importantly, you will be motivated to take the next step in your fundraising career with a visual, social arts organisation.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, particularly those from underrepresented groups in the visual arts sector including Black, Asian or minoritized heritage, those who have faced socio-economic barriers, those who identify as LGBTQ+, and those with disabilities. We are committed to making any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

English Touring Opera is recruiting a dynamic communicator, fundraiser and opera lover to lead on all fundraising, on its relationship with Arts Council England, and on strategic communications. We are seeking a creative, innovative, and self-motivated fundraising and communications professional to sustain and increase ETO’s fundraised income, advance ETO’s media presence via the press and critics and craft compelling stories about the Company and its work for its key audiences and stakeholders. 

ETO is entering an exciting period in 2022 when we will be applying for our next Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation grant. The Head of Development and Communications will support this application to secure a future three years of core funding (2023-2026).

The Head of Development and Communications will hold a key position within ETO’s senior management team working closely with the Director and Producer and will lead the work of the Development department, managing two Development Officers whose primary focuses are on private donor cultivation and Trusts and Foundations respectively. With upcoming investment within the Development function, this role will lead the department towards ambitious income targets.

Fundraised income is vital to sustain ETO’s wide-ranging activity, including its two annual tours to theatres across the country and its extensive Learning and Participation Programme, as well as enabling additional projects, all dependent on galvanising significant philanthropic or in-kind support. The role will also lead all ETO’s public facing and strategic communications, managing the external PR firm in the first instance.

We particularly encourage applications from disabled people and people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, as these groups are currently under-represented in the cultural sector.

Help us shape the future of Manchester for children and young people.

We are looking for an experienced and dynamic third sector leader who is passionate about securing great outcomes for children and young people and can develop a programme of activities and support that consistently delivers meaningful and sustainable impact across the city.

The successful applicant will oversee the development and implementation of Young Manchester’s work supporting the youth and play sector in Manchester, focused on supporting our membership offer, grant making and network support across the city and building strong and strategic partnerships locally and nationally.

The postholder will ensure that children and young people are shaping Young Manchester’s work, in order to maximise opportunities for young people.

There is ample scope for an ambitious, creative and organised person to develop this post and be part of an exciting new chapter for Young Manchester.

Head of Business Development - Charity

We are looking for a Head of Business Development to join the organisation as a senior member of the Business Development Team. You will deliver Hestia’s ambitious business development goals, securing income from a range of sources.

Position: Head of Business Development

Location: London Bridge (with home-working considered for up to three days per week – Covid and new workplace policy dependent)

Hours: 39 (Monday – Friday)

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £49,584 per annum rising to £50,520 per annum after 1 year and successful probation

Closing Date: 15th November

The Role

The Performance and Development Directorate drives the quality assurance of current delivery and designs innovative new services. They continuously seek to achieve improvement and innovation to optimise outcomes for the people who use the services.

Some other main responsibilities of the role include:

• To be responsible for delivering the financial target for successful bid submissions in line with the strategic plan
• Co-design the health offer, including managing the development and implementation of the clinical governance framework and preparing products for market
• Create an operational plan for the work of the New Business team
• Ensure the New Business team keeps abreast of relevant new developments in social care, health, domestic abuse, mental health, offender services and public sector commissioning

About You

As Head of Business Development, you will have:

• Excellent written and presentation skills
• Excellent organisation skills
• Strong research and analysis skills
• Effective influencer
• Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding issues and ability to address them appropriately

So if you want to work for an organisation that offers a culture of learning and development, with access to an extensive range of learning and development opportunities as well as genuine career progression… apply today!

Benefits

• Holiday allowance of 25days/195hours per annum plus 8days/62.4hours public holidays (pro rata)
• Company Pension
• Learning and Development Opportunities (including career progression opportunities across services and departments, a full 9-month induction providing an understanding of all practices and policies to support your career if applicable, a foundation knowledge to attain a Skills for Care Certificate
• Rewards exclusive membership (Rewards is the staff wellbeing and benefits scheme which provides access to fantastic retail discounts, recognise a colleague eCards etc.)
• Access to a range of health and wellbeing support tools including Employee Assistance Programme with Clinical Supervision and flexible working (including holiday trading and TOIL)
• Other benefits such as Eye care vouchers, Travel/Season Ticket Loans and Cycle to work scheme (with up to 40% savings on a new bike).
• If applicable to the role, support you on joining the existing ASYE (Assisted and Supported Year in Employment) programme if you are interested and fit the criteria.

About the Organisation

The charity supports adults and children in crisis across London and the surrounding regions by campaigning and advocating nationally on the issues that affect them. This includes victims of modern slavery, women and children who have experienced domestic abuse, young care leavers and older people.

The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults, children and young people who are potentially at risk, and therefore expect all staff and volunteers to do the same. All staff are required to undertake internal and external safeguarding training throughout their employment.

Applications from candidates with lived experience are welcomed, the organisation is proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

You may also have experience in areas such as Head of Development, Director of Business Development, Director of Income, Income Generation, Head of Income Generation, Head of Partnership and Development, Head of Philanthropy and Partnerships, Head of Income Generation, Head of Fundraising, Fundraising, Fundraiser, Income Generation Manager, Fundraising Manager, Director of Fundraising, Director Income Generation, Income, Income Generation, Income Generation and Partnerships, Health Care, Social Care, Business Development, Major Giving, Major Donor, Individual Giving, Bid Writing, Bid, Charity, Bids and Tender.

Head of Business Development & Fundraising

Stoke on Trent

£53,000 per annum

Our client is looking for a Head of Business Development and Fundraising to lead on the sustainability and growth of new and existing business/funding opportunities.

Job requirements:

Creating successful strategies and plans to reach new business opportunities to grow income streams in line with the Group’s business strategy

Delivering new business opportunities in line with agreed key performance indicators and financial targets

Sustaining current, and securing new, statutory, public sector and fundraising income, commercial income development and partnership opportunities

Identifying opportunities to grow their brands, services and wider commercial and/or primary purpose trading potential in line with the groups vision, mission and objectives

Lead on the design, modelling (including financial modelling), development and delivery of the brand specific growth and sustainability and fundraising strategies and plans

What they’re looking for:

Extensive experience in business development, fundraising and income generation within the charity / not for profit sector, able to evidence securing significant funds e.g. seven figure income generation annually

Experience of developing and successfully delivering organisational strategies and business plans

Strong interpersonal skills; a credible communicator, networker and influencer at a senior strategic level internally and externally

Demonstrable experience in managing, coaching, and developing people and working at all levels

Help them to make sure everyone in their region has access to a happy home. APPLY NOW!

Our client knows that a Group full of people from diverse backgrounds and communities makes them better at what they do. This means building a more inclusive and diverse workplace and promoting equality for all regardless of what you look like, where you come from and who you love. They are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from everyone. They will not discriminate against any applicant or employee because of race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability or belief.

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Job Title: Head of Operations

Hours: 35 hours per week

Contract length: Permanent

Salary: £35,745 - £40,876

Location: Chorley, with some weekly home working negotiable

Are you an experienced manager, with experience in areas such as: HR,  governance, facilities management, and awareness of charity finance? Do you want to join an organisation who are passionate about improving mental health and wellbeing for Lancashire communities? 

To succeed in the role, you will need excellent communication, analytical and organisational skills.

We want someone who demonstrates our values in being Bold, Caring, Open and Real.

This is an exciting time for Lancashire Mind at the start of our new 5-year strategy. We have a growing portfolio of services and increasing numbers of staff; so we need a dynamic, committed, and proactive individual to oversee and support the smooth running of the organisation. This role in particular needs someone who is passionate about developing people and can effectively manage cultural change. We want someone who believes in our vision of a Lancashire where everyone has the opportunity to have the best mental health and wellbeing possible. 

We offer a workplace pension scheme, 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and usually three additional days over Christmas), a sick pay scheme, paid emergency time off to care for dependents, regular supervision, a suite of wellbeing support measures, and a variety of learning and development opportunities.

Please note: This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Deadline for applications: 11am Monday 8th of November

Interviews will be held on the week commencing 15/11/2021

Registered Charity Number 1081427

Registered Company Number 3888655

Lancashire Mind

Main Purpose of the Role

The Head of Fundraising will take a strategic lead and manage a small team of fundraising and communications colleagues to increase income from larger trusts and foundations, corporates and individuals in line with CHASE Africa’s 5-year strategic aims. They will also work closely with the programmes team and our overseas partners to help develop and write strong institutional funding applications.

The ideal candidate will have a track record of securing large gifts and grants from multiple income streams. The Head of Fundraising will also work closely with the Executive Director, programmes team and Finance Manager, and will be a key member of the Senior Management Team, attending trustee board meetings as required.

Background

CHASE Africa is a growing UK-based international NGO working to support rural communities in East Africa. We believe that when people in resource-poor, rural communities are healthy, are able to make informed family planning decisions and live in a sustainable and flourishing natural environment, they are far more likely to have a better quality of life and leave poverty behind.

Since 2012, CHASE Africa has provided over 1 million health and family planning services, supported communities to plant over 200,000 trees and accompanied 9 trusted local partner organisations in Kenya and Uganda to integrate rights-based family planning programmes into their work.

CHASE Africa is a small, relaxed and friendly team, based near Frome in Somerset. We have ambitious plans increase our impact and income over the next 5 years, and are looking for an experienced fundraising professional to help us achieve our aims. The team have developed excellent relationships with a number of UK and overseas trusts, high net-worth individuals and regular donors.

The Head of Fundraising will be responsible for leading the fundraising and communications team. Currently, there are four part-time staff members who report directly to this role (three fundraisers and a Communications and Engagement Coordinator).

Main Responsibilities

Fundraising

• Manage an effective, motivated fundraising team to achieve or exceed agreed targets.
• Write and submit proposals to achieve repeat and new funding to ensure income growth in line with organisational strategies.
• Work with the programmes team and overseas partners to develop and submit competitive larger, and multi-year, grant applications to institutions and trust funds.
• Ensure a pipeline of opportunities is maintained and developed, using the CRM Donorfy.
• Ensure excellent reporting and donor stewardship is maintained across the organisation.

Strategy, Planning and Budget Management

• Lead the fundraising and communications planning process to produce effective strategies which achieve income targets across a range of revenue streams.
• Produce regular income forecasts and contribute to financial forecasts.
• Develop and maintain income tracking and evaluation systems.
• Oversee the fundraising and communications team budget.
• Strive to develop an organisational culture of full cost recovery in all fundraising activities.

Senior Management

The Head of Fundraising will be a member of CHASE Africa’s Senior Management Team (SMT) and the post-holder will be expected to play a proactive role in the management of the organisation, including contributing to:

• Organisational strategic planning, budget forecasts and development.
• Working closely with the Finance Manager, attend monthly finance meetings, and advise the SMT on the availability of funds to support CHASE Africa’s work.
• Ensuring key policies are adhered to, including data protection and fundraising regulator guidelines.

Staff Management

• Agree objectives and work plans through regular 1:1 meetings with fundraising and communications team members.
• Plan and implement personal development plans with team members and undertake annual reviews.
• Recruit and train new team members as and when required.

Anticipated Skills and Experience

Essential

• At least 5 years’ experience in a relevant fundraising role.
• Experience of managing a team.
• Familiar with the international development sector.
• Experience in developing and implementing strategy and direction for fundraising work.
• Proven success in securing six-figure multi-year funding from grant-making organisations.
• Experience in preparing detailed donor budgets from partners’ project plans, budgets, and reports, and reporting against budgets to donors.
• Familiarity with using logframes, theory of change, risk analysis and describing value for money.
• Experience in networking with donors and funders.
• Experience in use of database systems for logging and reporting.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work co-operatively in a team.
• Strong written and spoken English.
• Ability to research, collate and summarise information from a wide range of sources.
• Responsible and accountable with good time management skills.
• Right to work in the UK.

Desirable

• Relevant bachelor’s degree.
• Experience of working in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Experience of securing funding from large institutional funders such as DFID/FCDO, EU, Comic Relief, and managing institutional funding contracts.
• Experience in charity communications and marketing.
• Experience of writing and producing annual impact reports and other publications.
• Experience of corporate fundraising.

What we can offer:

• 25 days paid holiday + bank holidays (pro rata).
• Flexible working.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Variety of learning and development opportunities.
• Potential for overseas travel to visit programmes in East Africa.

Application Notes:

To apply for this role, please consider the job description and person specification. Send your CV (maximum 3 pages) and a 1-page covering letter explaining your interest and suitability for the role by 9am on Wednesday 10th November. Please put “Head of Fundraising” in the subject line.

Please note interviews will take place on Monday 22nd November 2021. Candidates will be notified on Monday 15th if they have been selected for interview.

CHASE Africa is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are open to all talent and we actively ensure that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regards to race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other protected class.