This post is fixed term until 01/03/2022 due to funding.

Sandwell Council has established a pilot to transform local services using a community development approach, developing community lead projects in partnership with the voluntary sector aligned to Vision 2030, the council’s strategic objectives and local town priorities.

We are seeking two experienced community development workers to join our Community Partnerships Team, delivering an ‘Asset Based Community Development’ approach.  You will play a key role in developing partnerships and engagement activity, building sustainable relationships with communities across Sandwell. With the ability to empower and motivate others, you will work closely with local voluntary sector organisations, coproducing projects to support local identified needs, building strong, effective relationships with communities and partner organisations, promoting a community development approach.

You must be a strong team player and an excellent communicator, who has experience of community development work.

You will also need to evidence 5 GCSE grade C or above, including English and Maths and it is important for the successful candidate to hold a qualification by a recognised and accredited body in youth and/or community work OR significant experience in community development work.

If you are looking for a new challenge and enjoy working in a varied role, making positive changes within communities then, this could be the role for you.

Our Values; Trust, Unity and Progress make us unique, they define how we do things and are reflected in the way we behave. They are important to us, guiding and shaping our organisational culture. Our values are key to us achieving Sandwell’s Vision 2030 and also guide us when we recruit.

This advert will close as soon as sufficient applications are received. Therefore, you are strongly advised to complete and return your application as soon as possible. When completing your application please refer to the supporting documents attached.

Prospectus is excited to be supporting the Sophie Hayes Foundation in their search for a new Head of Development to lead the growth and diversification of income as the organisation expand their impact as part of their new 5-year strategy.

The Sophie Hayes Foundation is the UK's only charity focused solely on ensuring all women survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery achieve complete and sustainable freedom, through an independence that can only come with the ability to live and work without fear.

As the Head of Development, you will be a key member of the new Senior Management Team. You will work closely with the CEO and the board to lead and develop the fundraising strategy to diversify and grow income. You will build strong relationships with existing and new funders, including trusts and foundations, corporate partners and high net worth individuals. You will refine case for support, processes and policies as well as being responsible for the delivery of income targets.

To be successful, you will need to have experience of developing and delivering fundraising strategies to achieve targets of £500 - 800,000. You will have experience of fundraising from trusts and foundations, corporate partners and/or high net worth individuals. You will have a proactive approach and an enthusiastic attitude to make things happen. A commitment to the mission and a strong belief in your capacity to make a positive impact is also essential.

You will need to have the desire to grow and adapt in a fast-paced environment. There will be support for you to develop in your role as the fundraising team grows.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply.

The office is located in Central London although all employees are working remotely at the moment. This is a part time position where you will work 30 hours a week, this organisation is happy to consider flexible working and partial home working in the future. We would be happy to discuss these options with you.

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.

We have a clear pathway to achieve our vision of a democratic and just and inclusive England and Wales. The Head of Development is the critical additional member of our senior management team to help turn vision into reality.

The Green Party is looking for a Head of Development who can lead our development strategy to support our plans to win the next 100 Green councillors, our next Members of Parliament and to get Green policies implemented across England and Wales.

You will bring specific skills and expertise and have responsibility for:

- Growing our membership and supporters;

- Growing our income, doubling over two years;

- Ensuring our members derive value from their membership.

You will have experience and skills in fundraising, marketing, membership support and external communications. We won’t need you to be an expert in all these areas as you will have an excellent team to support you. This role is fundamental to taking the Green Party on the next stage if its journey. We hope you can join us.

ETT is seeking a dynamic, ambitious and strategically focused Head of
Development to work closely with the Executive Producer and Artistic Director,
as well as a dedicated Board of Trustees, to develop new prospects and
strategic funding opportunities for the organisation.

Our new Head of Development will help foster a culture of collaborative
fundraising across the organisation, working with the team to identify
development opportunities and secure funding from a range of sources.
Applications are invited from individuals with significant experience in
fundraising to help us grow this emerging area of our operations.

This is a new role at ETT. We are looking to diversify our income and this role is
an opportunity to work on the organisation’s strategy and fundraising activities
from the ground up. We are looking for a Head of Development who is keen to
work with us to implement new practices and build our fundraising strategy,
pipelines and processes. It is intended that the following responsibilities will
become part of the role over time. We’re a small team and the Head of
Development will be a key member, involved in all aspects of our work.
 

HOW TO APPLY

Applications should be made by emailing:

• A full CV.
• A covering letter, no more than 2 sides of A4, outlining your interest in and suitability for the role in line with the Responsibilities List and Person Specification.
• The names and contact details of two referees who are able to comment on you professionally. Please indicate how long and in what capacity your referees have known you. Please note, referees will not be contacted without your permission.
• A completed Equal Opportunities. This form will be separated from your application documents before review.

If you have a passion for your community and are a confident and experienced fundraiser, especially if you bring experience of working with philanthropic donors and trusts, read on.  We can give you a fantastic opportunity to work with some of the amazing philanthropic and corporate donors in Buckinghamshire.

This new role will play a vital part in supporting Heart of Bucks ambitions for the future; to grow our influence and to increase our capacity to support the many fabulous not-for-profit groups doing such good work in our County.

The role will principally be outward-facing, and the focus will be to generate new funds and to nuture and maintain our relationships with existing fund donors. You will work with our enthusiastic and energetic CEO, as well as with our re-formed Fundraising Board.

You will lead a small development team who will also work to ensure that Heart of Bucks has a well-recognised, strong and coherent public profile and delivers the best events. 

Main Duties

• Growth of corporate, Public Sector, and private philanthropy supporter base and new funds.
• Stewardship of existing donors.
• Design, delivery and continuous improvement of all business development projects
• Design & management of events, marketing, and fundraising campaigns, in conjunction with the Marketing and Communications Manager.
• Lead the Development team.

The full job description is attached to this advert. You are strongly encouraged to read it in full before applying as it includes information about the experience and skills we are looking for, as well as information about what will be looking for in your application letter.

ASN has a solid income stream of individual giving, with both one-off and more than 1,100 regular donors. We want to both retain and grow this income base and work with our individual supporters in the widest way possible, encouraging them to also fundraise and network on our behalf. This will build on our robust pre-pandemic community fundraising and which we are keen to reboot/pivot online. We have the beginnings of a small major donor income stream, which we believe has potential to grow. Our trusts and foundations programme is also small, but as we develop more work within Europe, we believe this could grow through targeted approaches to funders of European work.

Reporting to ASN’s Founder & Director, you will help to develop and implement Abortion Support Network’s Fundraising and Communications programme. You will work with a network of volunteers with varying levels of experience to grow and diversify ASN’s income through individual giving, major gifts, community fundraising and trusts and foundations. You will develop and implement ASN’s communications strategy, ensuring our messaging and brand is consistent across online (incl. website, social media) and offline channels, ensuring that our fundraising and communications are linked up. You will also work with the Director and our Bookkeeper to ensure that our income projections and budgeting are in line with fundraising activities and goals and support ASN’s wider financial management processes.

We’re looking for someone with high attention to detail, who is both self-motivated and a team player, someone with social justice values who wants to be part of a dynamic and growing organisation to provide critical support to people who want abortions. 

Key responsibilities include: 

• Developing, reviewing and implementing ASN’s fundraising and communications strategy 
• Working with ASN’s team of fundraising and communications volunteers to achieve income targets and associated communications KPIs 
• Managing the recruitment, induction and ongoing support of all ASN fundraising and communications volunteers 
• Developing and implementing innovative individual giving campaigns to grow monthly and one-off gifts 
• Developing bespoke ‘Case for Support’ for prospective and current major donors to ensure retention and year-on-year growth 
• Conducting due diligence and prospect research on prospective major donors to ensure high-quality relationships 
• Ensuring regular communications with individual donors, keeping them up to date with our work and the impact their donations have had, ensuring retention remains at or above industry standard 
• Developing and implementing a strategy to ensure database growth through acquisition
• Supporting Trusts & Foundations volunteers to develop a robust prospect pipeline 
• Working with the Community Fundraising and communications volunteers to develop and implement community fundraising events and support groups who would like to fundraise for ASN, both online and when possible in person 
• Working with Social Media Volunteers to ensure interesting, relevant and consistent content across platforms (incl. Instagram, Twitter, Facebook) 
• Working with ASN’s Director and Bookkeeper to develop and monitor budgets and income forecasts based on existing and planned fundraising activities 
• Assisting with forecasting, management accounts and reporting across financial KPIs to the Director and the Board of Trustees
• Updating and maintaining the database in line with the General Data Protection Regulations 
• Implementing the Equal Opportunities Policy into daily activities 
• Undertaking any other duties as may reasonably be required in this post 
• Keeping abreast of key fundraising and communications trends and issues and the regulatory environment. Ensuring that standards are set, procedures followed, and issues acted upon or communicated to relevant staff 

PERSON SPECIFICATION 

Essential: 

• Four years of experience in fundraising and/or communications 
• Demonstrable experience in developing and running successful online individual giving campaigns 
• Proven experience in running acquisition campaigns, with a detailed understanding of retention rates, lifetime value etc. 
• Demonstrable understanding of how varying fundraising income streams can intersect i.e. regular gift into a major gift 
• Demonstrable experience in working across a range of communications channels
• Proven experience in recruiting and managing volunteers 
• Proven experience of forecasting income and creating budgets
• Ability to plan strategically and implement those plans 
• Exceptional organisational skills with experience of managing multiple tasks and prioritising effectively 
• Excellent communication skills including a high level of attention to detail, both written and oral
• Ability and willingness to work as a team and to use own initiative
• Excellent presentation skills, confidence in making personal approaches and representing ASN externally 
• Computer literate and confident in using all MS Office software 
• Financially literate with ability to analyse and contribute to budgets, management accounts, financial reporting and forecasts. 
• Knowledge of a fundraising database 
• Ability to travel internationally on an occasional basis 
• Willingness to work, if required, on evenings/weekends 

Desirable: 

• Experience in fundraising in other territories (i.e. Poland and other countries in Europe) 
• Experience in other forms of fundraising such as Major Giving, Trusts & Foundations and/or community fundraising 
• Experience of financial management within a small charity 
• Experience of using platforms including or similar to Donorfy, MailChimp and various payment platforms (Fundraise Up, Stripe, Apple Pay, PayPal, etc) 
• Experience working with the press and fielding press enquiries

Personal Attributes/Qualities: 

• Post-holder must be pro-choice. This will be evaluated at interview 
• Trustworthy, patient, flexible and a good relationship builder 
• Ambitious, innovative, target-driven and self-motivated
• Enjoy working as part of a team 
• Open to new ways of working, learning new tasks and skills as required 
• Committed to building meaningful, personal relationships with our supporters 
• Strongly motivated by success and passionate about seizing opportunities as they present themselves 
• Driven by the desire to give our supporters an excellent experience 

Inclusion 

Abortion Support Network especially encourages applications from People of Colour, LGBTQ+ people (we are a trans-inclusive organisation), people with disabilities, and people who have experienced other exclusion or marginalisation. We have tried to make this recruitment process as accessible as possible, but if you have particular needs please get in touch and we can think together about how to make this process more accessible for you. 

INTERVIEW PROCESS 

Please submit CV and cover letter of no more than two pages detailing why you would suit the role and any other information you believe to be relevant. Deadline for applying is Wed 17 March by 9 pm.  

Successful applicants will be invited to take part in a two stage interview process, both conducted over Zoom or Skype. The first interview will include skills testing. The first round of interviews will be scheduled to take place Monday 29 March and the morning of Wednesday 31 March.

Reading Mencap has a vacancy for a new post of Head of Business Development

£40,000 FTE pro rate for 30 hours per week

Initially home based during the pandemic and subsequently based at our main building in Alexandra Road, Reading, the role will lead on developing and implementing Reading Mencap’s income generation strategy and development of new business opportunities in the town.

Please send completed application forms  by the closing date of 10th March 2021

Read Easy is a small, but rapidly growing charity that delivers life-changing opportunities to adults who struggle with their reading. We are, in fact, the only national organisation attempting to offer a proven, confidential, free, one-to-onereading coaching programme for the thousands of adults in our communities who can’t read at all or who struggle to read.

We are looking for someone who shares our passion and has the initiative, skills and experience to really drive our fundraising so that we can extend our reach to all parts of the country. The role will also include some responsibility for communications and PR.

Over the last few years, our work has received a considerable amount of national and local TV, radio and other media coverage and our fundraising to date has demonstrated that there is growing interest amongst funders to support what we do. Candidates for this post will need to have the motivation, initiative and persuasive abilities to further develop that interest, so that we can realise our ambitious plans for growth. 

There are exciting times ahead for Read Easy and we are looking forward to welcoming a new member to our small Head Office team.The culture is friendly, focused, mature and hard working. This role is for 3 - 4 days per week (exact hours to be agreed on appointment) and could be partly home-based, but would require at least one day per month to be worked in our office in north Gloucestershire.

For more information about this role and the requirements for applications, please download the job description.

Head of Partnerships

Do you have a proven track record in sales and networking? Are you passionate about seeing children released from poverty in Jesus’ name? Does the opportunity to combine both sound like the dream job for you?

We are looking for a for a Head of Partnerships to establish, build, maintain and grow key relationships with existing and potential Church Partners and create innovative strategy to effectively deliver against agreed targets.

Position: Head of Partnerships

Location: Home-based. The successful applicant will be required to undertake business travel throughout the Republic of Ireland

Salary: €45,000 - €50,000 pa + benefits

Hours: 35 hours per week over a flexible working pattern with some Sunday working

Closing Date: 10am 16th March 2021

Interviews: Interviews via ZOOM w/c 29th March 2021.

At the heart of the charity’s ministry is a relentless passion to act on its faith and empower every child left vulnerable by poverty: a purpose embodied in the phrase “Releasing children from poverty in Jesus’ name”.

The work is Christ centred, child focused, and church based.

About the Role

As the charity’s Ireland Head of Partnerships, you will create innovative strategy to maximise the number of child sponsorships from churches and local events across Ireland. This role will allow you to utilise your strategic planning, excellent networking experience and confident public speaking to make a lasting difference to children living in poverty.

Responsibilities include:

• Actively maintain and promote the organisations Christian ethos and values
• Create innovative strategy to develop and grow the charity’s Ireland’s presence and sponsorships
• Maximise the number of child sponsorships from churches and local events
• Maximise ‘beyond sponsorship’ income
• Work collaboratively with the charity to effectively meet objectives

About You

To flourish as Head of Partnerships, you’ll need:

• Sales and marketing experience with a proven track record of managing a sales process from beginning to end, generating opportunities, managing a portfolio of relationships, closing sales skills and achieving sales targets.
• Excellent networking ability preferably with Church leaders with an understanding of the challenges they face in their ministries.
• To be a confident and effective public speaker with experience of preaching within Churches.
• Confident and competent communicator across all levels, including presenting and reporting to the board of trustees.
• Educated to at least A level standard and/or be able to show relevant work-based experience in a results driven organisation.
• Core office/administrative skills.
• A full driving licence.

The charity is a child-focused ministry; it believes every child should be known, loved and protected. One area of the interview will explore your personal commitment to child protection. A satisfactory Garda Vetting check will be a requirement once a conditional offer of employment is made to successful candidates.

Please note the charity can only consider applicants who presently have the right to work in the Republic of Ireland.

You may have experience in areas such as Partnerships, Head of, Director of Partnerships, Relationships, Church, Sponsorship, Sales, Sales and Marketing, Marketing, Account Manager, Marketing Coordinator, Marketing Executive.

Here at Charity Horizons we are delighted to be supporting Family Fund in their search for a Head of Fundraising to join the team at this busy and exciting time. Family Fund is the UK’s largest charity providing grants for families on low incomes raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people. Last year the charity provided over 89,000 grants or services worth over £33 million to families across the UK, and with 93% of families telling the charity that the pandemic has had a negative impact on their child’s health and wellbeing, Family Fund are now committed to supporting families to recover from this uniquely difficult period. 

As Head of Fundraising you will take the lead in successfully delivering Family Fund’s fundraising strategy, managing all aspects of income generation and supporting the wider team. The charity has recently secured an exciting 6 figure corporate partnership so this vacancy will also provide an opportunity to play a leading role in managing this. You will also be responsible for governance, budgeting and managing processes related to fundraising, ensuring best use of available resources in order to maximise income.  With a recently written 5 year strategy, this role provides a hugely exciting opportunity to implement growth in what promises to be a transformational year. 

To be considered for this role you should be a skilled fundraiser with significant experience leading and managing teams. Experience across a variety of income streams is essential, and any specific experience in individual given desirable. You should be a resourceful and creative leader with strong communication skills and an ability to develop relationships with funders and create compelling proposals for support. A large part of this role will involve internal stakeholder management so you should be comfortable working cross departmentally and be able to influence others and engage them easily to encourage their support.

This is a contract position to cover a maternity period of 9 months. As a result of the impacts of Covid-19 this role will be home-based for the foreseeable future meaning we are able to consider people outside of the office’s locality in York. Family Fund has adapted to the pandemic in a proactive manner meaning teams are working successfully from home and people are well supported and connected as they work remotely. 

We will be recruiting for this role on an ongoing basis, and when we have a sufficient number of suitable applicants the role will close. This is an incredibly exciting job role that provides a wonderful opportunity to make a real difference to families across the UK – apply now, to avoid disappointment! To register your interest, or find out more, apply directly or contact Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons.

Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition and pregnancy.

An exciting opportunity to become the first Head of Fundraising and Development of ALQST for Human Rights, an award-winning independent NGO established in 2014 that works to defend and promote human rights in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. We conduct on-the-ground research, engage in international advocacy, and campaign on behalf of victims of human rights abuses. 

Reporting to the Executive Director, and working closely with our small and dynamic team, you will be responsible for initiating and leading our fundraising strategy in order to maximise donor engagement and funding opportunities. 

We are seeking to recruit a Head of Fundraising and Development who will raise income from trusts and foundations, diversifying our portfolio of institutional support and enhancing our financial resources. 

You will manage a portfolio of trust and foundations relationships and will develop strong partnerships with funders, working collaboratively across the organisation to develop proposals for new projects and core support, playing a key role at an exciting time of growth for the organisation.

We are looking for an experienced and ambitious fundraiser who is ready to make a step up in responsibility. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape our strategy and take the lead on developing new income streams.

TalentEd is a fast-growing charity dedicated to creating a fair education system. We match retired teachers with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to boost their confidence, aspirations, and attainment through tailored tuition. 

We are at an exciting stage in our journey. Having doubled our beneficiaries year-on-year in 2020-21, we are on track to do the same again this year. We were selected as one of only 33 providers to deliver the government’s flagship National Tutoring Programme, and this year we also launched an exiciting new Maths Masterclass programme in partnership with best-selling maths writer Dr. Simon Singh.

The role will involve managing existing partnerships with funders such as Garfield Weston or Nesta, as well as bringing in new funders. This year’s fundraising target is £250,000, and we have ambitious plans to grow that significantly in future years.

TalentEd is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or personal circumstances.

Prospectus is excited to be supporting the team at FOUR PAWS UK in their search for a new Head of Fundraising. This organisation has a global impact on animal welfare whether it be rescuing abused animals from captivity or lobbying government for legislative change that improves the lives of millions.

FOUR PAWS UK has two main fundraising objectives; to continue to grow net income to fund national and international campaigns, rescues and sanctuaries and to diversify the UK fundraising programme to ensure long term sustainability.

As the Head of Fundraising reporting to the Director (UK) and working closely with the international Director of Fundraising, you will play an instrumental role towards achieving these objectives. You will lead a team of six with oversight across individual giving, digital, major donor, corporate, trusts, supporter care and database. You will lead on strategy and foster a culture of innovation as well as best practice in fundraising.

To be successful, you will be an experienced team leader and motivator. You will have particular expertise across individual giving and digital fundraising, with experience of using a wide variety of channels both on and off-line. You will also have an ability to build an integrated fundraising strategy across the other areas of the team (major donor fundraising, supporter care and database).

If you are passionate about animal welfare and if you are looking to play a key role in a growing and ambitious organisation then please do get in touch to find out more.

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

We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply.

The office is located in Central London. This organisation is happy to consider flexible working, partial home working. We would be happy to discuss these options with you.

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. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis therefore we may close the position sooner than the stated closing date. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

Refuge is the UK’s largest provider of specialist services for victims of all forms of gender-based violence (domestic, sexual, so called ‘honour’ violence, modern slavery and human trafficking, prostitution, forced marriage, stalking and FGM). Every day we support over 6,000 women and children in our national network of services.  These include Independent Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Advocacy services (IDVAs/ISVAs and IGVAs), community outreach, specialist refuge accommodation, sanctuary services, culturally-specific services and the Freephone 24 Hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline. We advise Government and lobby hard to keep violence against women and girls high on the public agenda. We run award-winning prevention and public education campaigns, manage a busy press office and website, and we are an accredited training provider. We give a voice to the voiceless.

1. Lead the ongoing development, implementation and evolution of the Fundraising strategy.

2. Lead the fundraising business planning processes; including monitoring, key performance indicators evaluation and reporting.

3.Collaborate with the finance team to review and improve our financial planning and processes, including:

a. Working closely with a business partner to introduce financial analysis, supporting Fundraising Heads to identify trends in income and plan effectively for the future

b. Review of the management accounts and other financial reporting tools

c. Leading on restricted funding management from the fundraising side, to ensure best practice and compliance

d.Ongoing sharing of information and modelling best practice.

It is essential to the development of Refuge's service delivery that the post holder is able to respond fexibly to changes in the requirements of this post. This job description is therefore a guide and not an exhuastive list of all responsibilities the post holder may have over time.

Competitive salary offering annual progression within points of the salary grade, 28 days annual leave increasing to 30 days, pension scheme with People’s pension that includes a 6% Employer contribution, comprehensive EAP.

Refuge is proud to be a leader in its field and an employer of choice with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development. We offer the first Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) accredited qualification for our profession. 

Please visit Refuge’s website for further details and other opportunities.

Closing Date: 11 March 2021

Interview Date: 24 March 2021

This is a permanent and full time role with 37.5 hours per week.

An basic Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role.