The Disability Selection Advisor requires an individual with substantial working knowledge and experience of implementing the Equality Act in order to both navigate the assessment of applicants' suitability (particularly, but not exclusively, those who have a health condition and/or may be considered to have a disability) to commence the Frontline programme and to advise Frontline and local authorities in respect of reasonable adjustments.
This is a vital position in a pioneering organisation and the appointed individual will bring their extensive knowledge of equality legislation to help develop organisational knowledge, improve participant experience and embed disability best-practice into all aspects of our programme. This role sits within the Suitability team so working with the wider group to ensure a joined-up journey for our participants and local authorities is essential.
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About us
The Soil Association is the UK’s leading membership charity campaigning for healthy, humane and sustainable food, farming and land use.
Uniquely we work across the whole food chain, giving us extensive learning from our activities with farmers and growers, processors, supply chain partners, caterers, educators, young people and consumers, which enables us to create well-evidenced, practical solutions and programmes across our food and farming portfolio, examples of which include enabling farmer-led innovation through the Innovative Farmers network, our Food For Life (FFL) programme, an exciting and fast-growing programme that bring schools, nurseries, hospitals and care homes, and their surrounding communities, together around the core ethos of healthy, tasty and sustainable food and working with caterers to improve the quality of 1.8 million meals per day through our Food for Life Served Here standards.
About the opportunity
This is a unique opportunity to help build the collective power of the Soil Association brand and enable the maximum impact from our food and farming programmes. This role comes at an exciting time in the development of our new and ambitious ten year strategy at The Soil Association and we are looking for someone with a passion to make sure we achieve the change we want to see in our world through outstanding communications.
Your role
As our Food and Farming, Head of Marketing and Communications you will lead our Food and Farming (B2B) marketing, communications and engagement activity, across all stakeholder audiences, generating positive behaviour change and contributing to the development of our key programmatic work.
This is a busy, fast paced role, which requires an innovative mindset as we bring together our food and farming communications teams under a new structure, managing a small dynamic team, you will enjoy creating opportunities to grow our funding and expand our capacity around how food is grown, produced and consumed.
About you
You’ll thrive in this role if you are an innovative leader, have a collaborative mindset, the ability to operate with autonomy, be comfortable working across multiple audiences and channels alongside demonstrating a commitment to making a difference in the world. We are looking for a passionate senior leader, with skills and experience to make a real impact.
Commitment to Safeguarding
The Soil Association and FFL are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people that we work with. In accordance with this commitment we ensure that we follow a thorough and safe recruitment and selection process for all roles that work with children. This includes checking against the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) where appropriate. Please note that if you are successful in your application to the role any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.
Our Benefits
Working with us you will have a range of financial and lifestyle benefits, including 27 days annual holiday plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service (pro rata for part-time). For more information on our benefits please visit our website.
Important dates
Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 24th August
Interviews are expected to take place: During week commencing 31 August
To Apply
Please read our full job description for this role.
Please submit your CV with a covering letter (both in Microsoft Word format) to our recruitment team. Your covering letter must cover the “essential” criteria listed in the Job Description. Failure to submit a covering letter may mean your application is removed from the shortlisting process. To support our work on enhancing our advertising reach please complete the Equal ops form too. Please make sure that the file names of the documents you attach contain your name (first name and surname)
Please note we look at applications on arrival and reserve the right to close this vacancy early.
Soil Association is committed to providing equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of their background. We value diversity whilst also acknowledging that people from certain backgrounds are underrepresented in our organisation. If you’re not sure about applying, please get in touch with us for a chat.
Thank you for your interest in supporting our work at the Soil Association
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious and dynamic individual to join the senior leadership of Southmead Hospital Charity.
Why apply? As part of the NHS, and working as Southmead Hospital Charity’s Head of Fundraising, you will:
- Make a difference: If you love the NHS, look no further. Southmead Hospital Charity raises funds for projects that are beyond the remit of the NHS but have a huge impact on the lives of our patients, visitors and staff.
- Shape the future: In this role, you will play a lead role in ensuring that the Charity’s growth continues, fulfilling its potential to make a significant difference to patients, staff and visitors to North Bristol Trust.
- Be part of a dedicated and committed team: North Bristol NHS Trust is a centre of excellence for the South West and beyond. Our pioneering treatments and advances in care are internationally recognised.
- You will have access to NHS benefits, including 27 days annual leave to start & bank holidays and an excellent NHS pension.
If you are from outside the area, Bristol is consistently voted as one of the best places to live in the UK, with a rich history, thriving arts, music, gastronomic and independent retail scenes. It also offers excellent transport links and easy access to the spectacular countryside and coastlines of South Wales, Devon, Dorset and Cornwall. Our offices are based in Southmead Hospital – a state of the art, amazing facility with an excellent reputation.
The role:
The Head of Fundraising forms part of the main leadership of the Charity team responsible for the development and delivery of an integrated Charity strategy for North Bristol NHS Trust, in support of the Trust’s overall strategic plan. The role will provide inspirational leadership, direction and support for the Charity team to achieve key financial targets and objectives.
The post holder will require comprehensive knowledge of fundraising and considerable relationship building skills, with the ability to identify influential contacts both internally and externally.
Leading the Fundraising team, the ideal candidate will have good business acumen, a passion for effective communication, enthusiasm for the NHS and excellent attention to detail. This is a really exciting time to join our team!
Interviews will be held on Thursday, 27 August 2020
Apply now as we are looking to close the advert when significant applications have been received.
For further information about this role, please see who to contact on the NHS Jobs listing by clicking apply.
Royal Osteoporosis Society have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Marketing and Communications to join their team based in Camerton, Bath.
Job Title: Head of Marketing and Communications
Location: Camerton, Bath
Salary: Up to £49,282 per annum
As a member of the Royal Osteoporosis Society team, your role exists to work with colleagues to ensure better bone health for everybody and help people to live well with osteoporosis.
Our mission is to improve the bone health of the nation and prevent osteoporosis by influencing healthcare providers and professionals; supporting services to help our beneficiaries; and drive research. We do this through living our charity values and we all work together to realise a future without osteoporosis.
The way we deliver our vision and mission is important. In this role, the decisions you make and the way you behave to deliver our mission, should reflect our organisational values. We have three guiding values; caring, influential and innovative.
Head of Marketing and Communications - The Role:
As Head of Marketing and Communications, you will lead on the digital marketing and communications strategy, management and creative leadership of the ROS brand, and development of information products and services.
With a current and proven working knowledge of digital content and development, a key part of the role will be in delivering the digital strategy, encompassing our successful digital channels which reach our various audiences.
As a member of the Leadership Team, you will report directly into the CEO, taking responsibility for the delivery of activity on time and within budget.
Head of Marketing and Communications - You:
Essential
- “Can do”; solutions-focused; keen to measure and prove impact
- Strong affinity with and commitment to our purpose
- Experience of leading multi-function teams through change, and supporting behaviour and cultural change
- Experienced line manager
- Highly organised with strong project management skills, and a creative and entrepreneurial ability to identify and develop new marketing and communications opportunities and partnerships
- Experience of influencing people at all levels with strong facilitation and negotiation skills to problem solve and agree consensus
- Strategic thinker with the ability to adapt and drive innovation in an operational environment, leading on planning and co-ordination
- Strong understanding of where / how to collate data, good level of analysis and ability to use insight to inform decisions
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal for a variety of audiences
- Demonstrable experience of planning, implementing and evaluating successful marketing and communications campaigns
- Strong digital strategy and implementation skills
- Strong media relations skills, experience of working with specialist and national news media
- Sensitivity to political audiences and other key stakeholders such as members of the Royal Family
- A pragmatist with a natural ability to problem-solve, be flexible, diplomatic and assertive with good negotiating and prioritisation skills
- Ability to set measurable objectives, evaluate and continuously improve activity
- Proven ability to manage budgets on time and to task
- Understanding of data protection regulations and GDPR 2018 requirements
Desirable
- Experience of Microsoft Dynamics 365
- An understanding of the health sector in the UK
The closing date is Monday 24th August 2020 and interviews will take place the week commencing 31st August 2020.
Please note, we do not accept CV’s, please click ‘Apply’ now to be redirected to our website where you can submit your application for this exciting Head of Marketing and Communications opportunity.
More than three million people in the UK are estimated to have osteoporosis. The impact on their lives is huge. It has been calculated that every minute, someone in the UK suffers a broken bone through a fragility fracture. As the only UK charity dedicated to ending the pain and suffering caused by osteoporosis, the Royal Osteoporosis Society has been making a real difference to people living with osteoporosis for more than 30 years. We help the nation look after its bones and appreciate the importance of bone health for everybody. For those who develop osteoporosis, we are here to help them live well. With our recently acquired Royal title and new strategy, we want to deliver a step change in our reach across the country.
In common with other charities, the impact of the Covid-19 downturn has been challenging. However, we have taken swift action to address the current challenges and are confident that the charity now has the resilience and resources necessary to grow and develop through any future uncertainty. This has included successfully bidding for Government investment in our services, while widening our reach into new funding partnerships.
In new role of Head of Supporter Engagement, you will report to the Director of Development as part of the charity’s Leadership Team. Key responsibilities will include:
- Leading, inspiring, and managing the Membership & Supporter Engagement team
- Bringing a strategic and holistic approach to how we engage with our members, volunteers, and wider supporters, ensuring they enjoy an excellent experience and are inspired to develop and diversify their support for the charity
- Planning and delivering fundraising activity across Individual Giving, Legacies, Trust, Community and Events income streams, working alongside the Head of Corporate & Partnerships to ensure a joined-up approach to fundraising
- Identifying and developing potential new fundraising and income streams for the charity
- Taking responsibility for our Membership income, working with expert colleagues across the charity to ensure that we provide a compelling proposition to potential members
- Deputising for the Director of Development when required
To succeed, you will need a strong background in fundraising, particularly individual and community-based giving. You will be an effective champion for the difference we can make to people’s lives, inspiring your team and our supporters. Innovative and progressive, you will modernise the ways we engage with supporters, working across the charity to understand our different audiences and bringing a strategic approach to how we can encourage their journey to supporting us.
This is a great opportunity to be part of an exciting new chapter at the Royal Osteoporosis Society, under a new leadership team, as we emerge from a period of restructuring and seek to scale up our impact nationally. If you want a role with strategic oversight of all supporter engagement and a brief to modernise, innovate, transform, and make an impact, this is the post for you.
Our offices are currently based outside Bath, but we may seek to move to a more central position in Bristol or Bath over the next 12-24 months. We have a very flexible approach and this post can be based remotely although we would expect a weekly visit to the office in normal circumstances.
For a recruitment pack with further information, please contact James Stephens at Morgan Law Executive Recruitment. The Closing Date will be 11pm on Tuesday 1st September.
Are you passionate about conservation? Are you a Monitoring and Evaluation expert?
Prospectus is delighted to be partnering with a compelling marine conservation social enterprise to appoint their new Head of Monitoring & Evaluation. Based in Bristol or working remotely with occasional travel to Bristol, this is an exciting full-time opportunity for a strategic leader with a true passion for the environment and community-based conservation.
Reporting to the Executive Director and the Head of Training and Technical Support, the successful candidate will lead our client's M&E Team and will provide insight on the design of M&E work plans. You will mentor the team as well as overseeing M&E best practices and will spearhead the technical aspects of the job, such as guiding technical advisors in the integration of M&E frameworks and methodology. Last but not least, you will oversee delivering evidence and learning workstream targeting high-level training and contribute to policy development through the use of data.
To be successful, you will have a strong demonstrable experience in community-led M&E programmes with a specific focus on environmental conservation and/or rural development. You will have a proven track record of success in leading M&E projects and teams alongside the capability of conducting impact evaluations. Excellent strategic planning and communication with the innate attitude for a multicultural work environment is essential. Experience in working with international NGOs as well as experience conducting advanced quantitative socio-economic and econometric analysis is also desirable.
As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.
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.
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Head of Fundraising – Individual Giving / Legacies
CLIC Sargent must always be there to help families limit the damage cancer causes beyond health. This role will lead our Individual Giving and Legacies portfolio to drive the engagement, income and awareness we need to achieve this.
You will continue to deliver our strategic direction to grow and diversify individual giving and legacy fundraising with a focus on digital and innovative new approaches.
Head of Fundraising Requirements:
You will be a skilled manager and leader, committed to their people and to driving performance through their team and you'll be an expert in supporter marketing, experience and communication, who thinks digitally and innovatively with a track record in successfully managing and growing multimillion pound portfolios.
CLIC Sargent is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
About CLIC Sargent:
Today, 12 children and young people in the UK hear the shocking news they have cancer. CLIC Sargent is the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, and their families, and provides them with clinical, practical, emotional and financial support. You can be a part of helping them cope with cancer and get the most out of life.
Location: Flexible Location
Job type: Full Time, 12 Month Fixed Term Contract, 35 hours per week
Salary: circa £46,500 (outside London); circa £50,000 (London)
Benefits: In return for your commitment, we offer a great reward package, which includes generous annual leave entitlement, pension scheme and season ticket loan.
Closing Date:17 August 2020
Interview Date:20 August 2020
You may have experience of the following: Fundraising Manager, Senior Fundraising Executive, Senior Fundraising Officer, Head of Fundraising, Charity, Fundraising Director, Business Development Executive, Business Development Manager, Sales Manager, Sales Executive, Third Sector, NFP, etc.
Ref: 93800
Location: Bristol, or remote (home working) with travel to Bristol for meetings
Closing date for applications: 24 August 2020
Start date: As soon as possible
Contract duration: Permanent
Remuneration: Competitive salary based on experience
We rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities
Blue Ventures develops locally led approaches to marine management that benefit people and nature alike. By listening and responding to basic needs, we design our models to catalyse and sustain marine conservation, unlocking the potential of coastal communities to manage their resources. We work in places where the ocean is vital to local cultures and economies, and are committed to advancing the rights of small-scale fishers throughout the coastal tropics.
Summary job description
Blue Ventures’ approach is grounded in listening and responding to the needs of coastal communities. We seek to reimagine the relationship between people and conservation, to benefit and empower communities through practical efforts to protect the ocean. The approaches we develop are grounded in our theory of change and underpinned by our learning framework.
We are seeking a Head of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) to provide operational and strategic leadership to our M&E team. The role is responsible for ensuring that good monitoring and evaluation approaches, systems and tools are embedded in all aspects of Blue Ventures’ programmes.
Our M&E seeks to harness data to empower coastal communities and decision makers in marine conservation and fisheries management, while ensuring we can assess and document our impact and reach. We also provide training and support to partner NGOs and community organisations in using participatory data systems to support community conservation. The Head of M&E plays a key role in leading and energising an internal community of practice that promotes a supportive learning culture and seeks to ensure that Blue Ventures’ M&E is informed by global best practice.
Application Process
Applicants should apply online via Blue Ventures website.
Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and first-round interviews may be conducted with short-listed candidates before the application deadline.
All shortlisted candidates will be contacted within two weeks of the closing date.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Business Development Manager
Start Date: October / November 2020
Duration of work: Full time
Salary: £30,000-£32,000 per annum
Job Description: Temwa is looking for a Business Development Manager to provide leadership and growth to the fundraising department in our charity. The successful candidate will need to be experienced, confident and honest, with a passion for international development.
The Business Development Manager’s specific role will include: managing expansion of corporate fundraising in particular through the Carbon Balance Programme; overseeing the team who manage the fundraising activities; day-to-day management of the UK fundraising office; creating an updated fundraising strategy; planning & forecasting fundraising activities; oversight of the team managing communications, marketing & promotion of fundraising activities, supporting them with information for PR & marketing; and growing & developing the current fundraising programme;
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional to use their expertise and entrepreneurial spirit to expand the income for a dynamic and growing international development charity, as well as to grow the profile of an innovative organisation working in Northern Malawi.
Key Duties:
Lead the fundraising strategy
- Lead the development, implementation, monitoring and review of Temwa’s fundraising strategy, therefore ensuring targets are achieved.
- Report to the Board of Trustees on progress against the Fundraising Strategy.
- Ensure alignment of the fundraising strategy matches with the communications and marketing strategy.
- Act as the organisational expert on all income generation, supporting the team to expand all relevant fundraising streams in the long term.
- Ensure that all income generation is undertaken in an effective and efficient way, maximising the return on investment to the charity.
- Champion best practice, ensuring that all legal standards and best practice compliance standards are not only met but exceeded throughout all fundraising and marketing activities.
- Work closely with UK Programme Quality Advisor and Programmes Manager in Malawi to ensure alignment of income generation activities with community needs
Lead on donor relations:
- Play an active role with the charity’s most significant supporters, ensuring that excellent relationships are cultivated and maintained and effective asks are made, ultimately maximising income.
- Keep oversight of current key donors and their specific requirements.
- Manage donor relations and communication together with the Managing Director, Programmes Quality Advisor and UK fundraising team.
- Contribute to donor reporting, circulate donor reports, and collaborate with Programmes Quality Advisor to ensure programmes yield donor-relevant impacts.
- Ensure that the team is effectively managing the donor journey for all contacts in Temwa.
Providing leadership to and managing the fundraising team:
- Develop, coach, inspire and motivate the team to deliver their objectives and develop their own skills and expertise in their roles, providing ongoing guidance and support for the team.
- Hold regular one-to-ones with direct line reports, ensuring effective performance management of the entire team, with a robust and timely system of appraisals and performance management.
- Ensure every member of the team has clear work plans, understands their objectives and works in a focused way.
- Advertise for and recruit key fundraising team members when needed.
- Support the fundraising team to ensure that they are designing and managing effective marketing and communications that support the fundraising efforts.
- Communicate effectively, both internally and externally, ensuring a flow of communication across the organisation, sharing information, success and good practice.
- Adhere to best practice within income generation and embed a culture of learning within the organisation.
Managing expansion of corporate sponsorship:
- Develop and implement a strategy for increasing corporate fundraising through the Temwa Carbon Balance scheme programme (See Temwa Carbon Balance page on our website) (as part of wider fundraising strategy)
- Grow and& develop SME and corporate partners for Temwa, with support from the Managing Director.
- Act as a key external spokesperson, and play an active role in building the organisation’s profile locally and nationally.
- Make sure the strategy is followed, to ensure increased income in this area.
Managing expansion of individual giving:
- Develop and implement a strategy for increasing individual giving, (as part of wider fundraising strategy)
- Manage individual giving campaigns and online activity with support for the fundraising team.
- Devise a project schedule, researching relevant media, data and financial information.
- Source individual stories and images, briefing internal and external teams and writing copy where necessary.
Growing income streams:
- Develop, manage and evaluate comprehensive budgets which provide performance information for the Senior Management Team and Trustees, ensuring there is shared ownership of budgets within fundraising team.
- Research and develop business cases for new areas of income generation aimed to drive sustainability of income both within current fundraising streams and beyond.
- Manage the implementation of new income generation projects and evaluate their effectiveness.
Senior Management:
- Work with senior colleagues to ensure that the charity can reach all key audiences to successfully achieve its strategic goals.
- Ensure all parts of the organisation understand income generation and fundraising.
- As a member of the Senior Management Team, play an active and integral role in updating the organisation’s strategic plan and helping to shape the future direction of the charity.
Policies and& Procedures:
- Work on relevant policies for the organisation.
- Look at systems used and suggest improvements.
- Create procedures that will improve the efficiency of all our fundraising activities.
Experience, qualifications and requirements:
Essential
- Experience of working in a senior fundraising role
- Certificate or diploma from IoF essential
- Demonstrable track record of setting and achieving fundraising income targets
- Experience of leading a team to achieve an organisational goal
- Experience of working within small and large NGOs or charities
- Ability to write compelling bids/business cases and reports
- Excellent written and communication skills essential
Desirable
- Experience of leading the development and implementation of a fundraising strategy
- An understanding of trust and institutional fundraising
- Experience of leading and managing fundraising departments
- Experience of working within an international development charity
- Experience of marketing and communications desirable
- Experience of working with websites desirable
Our goal at Temwa is to harness the power of bringing communities together. We partner with communities in Malawi, empowering local people to end poverty and transform their own futures. We inspire local communities in the UK to help bring about this change. When communities come together. Temwa means ‘love, within a community,’ in the language of Tumbuka. We are Bristol based charity committed to empowering remote African communities to end poverty and transform their own futures.
We know that without the central involvement of the communities in a project we cannot do anything that lasts. Temwa draws on 17 years working with remote communities in Malawi to understand that many of the challenges faced by poor rural communities are linked and mutually reinforcing. To make a lasting change, we partner with the communities and work through local structures to tackle the various causes of poverty simultaneously, not just symptoms.
We have a highly skilled team of 24 full time employees in Malawi implementing this work, based out of two offices in the Northern Region. Our UK office, based in Bristol, comprises a small fundraising and operations team of five staff (three are part time, two are full time), 1-3 volunteer interns and a wider family of volunteers and supporters, committed to achieving this goal.
To apply, please send a CV (2 page maximum) and covering letter (2 page maximum)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
HOURS: 30 – 37.5 hours a week (0.8 – 1.0 FTE)
CONTRACT: 12 month fixed term (maternity cover)
SALARY: £33,000 pro rata
REPORTS TO: CEO
BASED: St Agnes Lodge, St Paul’s, Bristol (with some homeworking required during the Covid-19 pandemic)
The Green House provides free therapy to children, young people, and adults affected by sexual abuse at any point in their lives. With over 30 years of experience working in this area, we have built up a strong reputation for making a difference to the lives of those who have experienced trauma, through the delivery of quality services with proven outcomes.
We are seeking to recruit an experienced and committed person to join our senior leadership team as our Development and Fundraising Manager.
You will be a skilled and strategic fundraiser with a proven track record of winning and maintaining statutory and grant income. Your knowledge of the current funding environment and your clear eye for new opportunities will assist you as you create and implement The Green House’s fundraising and development strategy.
You will have the opportunity to learn about the lifechanging impact of our services, and from this explore and develop new ways of fundraising for The Green House that amplify and honour the voices of survivors.
You will play a key role in developing our new strategy as part of our dynamic leadership team. This strategy will give us a clear and ambitious mandate for change, and identify much-needed projects for which you will need to secure funding.
For more information about this post, as well as the person specification, please visit our website
Applications can be made by emailing your CV and a Letter of Application. The letter should be no longer than 3 sides of A4 evidencing
- Your suitability for the role and how you meet the criteria listed in the Person Specification.
- Your philosophy and approach to creating a fundraising and development strategy and what makes this approach effective
- How you see the role of a Fundraising and Development Manager in a leadership team that is aiming to implement a programme of organisational change and growth
Please also include the names and contact details of two referees who know your work well – one should be a current or recent employer.
The closing date for applications is 9am Monday 17th August 2020.
Interviews will take place on Friday 21st August 2020.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Impact & Learning Lead
Flexible UK Location (ideally within a commutable distance of Bristol)
About Us
Development Initiatives (DI) is an international development organisation that focuses on putting data-driven decision-making at the heart of poverty eradication.
Our vision is a world without poverty that invests in human security and where everyone shares the benefits of opportunity and growth.
We provide rigorous information to support better decisions, influence policy outcomes, increase accountability and strengthen the use of data to eradicate poverty.
We are currently seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation, Impact & Learning (MEIL) Lead to join our team and take on an engaging office and home-based role.
The Benefits
- Salary of £40,000 - £45,000 per annum, dependent on experience and location weighting
- Pension (5% of salary)
- 25 days’ holiday + option to buy/sell holiday
- Up to five days’ paid leave for charitable work volunteering to address poverty and/or help vulnerable people
- Smart casual dress code policy
- Flexitime and homeworking options
- Cycle to work scheme
- Simply Health Cash scheme with employee assistance programme
- Paid professional fees and study leave
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption/sick leave policies
If you are an experienced professional with experience of monitoring the impact of research and policy change programmes and a track record within policy units, think tanks or CSOs, this is an exciting opportunity to help a ground-breaking organisation perform at their best.
Your work will enable us to grow, improve the way we work and support us to achieve our vision of ending world poverty and creating sustainable communities.
The Role
As the Monitoring, Evaluation, Impact & Learning Lead, you will play a vital role in helping Development Initiatives to measure the impact of our work. We seek to trace the cause and effect of our research and data on policymaking and poverty reduction.
Specifically, you will provide expertise and leadership to our organisation, building upon existing MEIL systems and working across all content areas to ensure we deliver on our strategic objectives and make impact through our work.
Specifically, you will:
- Guide and support us to effectively plan for, measure, report on and learn about our outcomes and impact
- Ensure that we embed the concept of impact throughout our projects and portfolios
- Form close relationships with theme leads, engagement leads and project sponsors
- Work closely with our Head of Development to ensure that clear frameworks for impact are created
- Help inform our impact narrative for marketing and branding purposes
- Ensure that the project management systems for MEIL are robust and aligned with our approach
- Identify the impact of research and data on policymaking and poverty reduction
About You
To join us as a Monitoring, Evaluation, Impact & Learning Lead, you will need:
- Previous experience of monitoring the impact of research and policy change programmes
- To have worked with policy units and/or with think tanks, CSOs or similar
- Experience of developing and delivering effective training and capacity building programmes and learning
- An understanding of development processes with experience and knowledge of policies around poverty-related issues and/or open data and development
- Knowledge of best practices and industry standards in monitoring, evaluation, impact, and learning
We would like to hear from you if you have worked as a Project Manager, Monitoring, Evaluation & Impact Manager, MEIL Manager, Monitoring & Impact Manager, Project Impact & Evaluation Manager, or Project Impact Manager.
The closing date for this role is the 21st August 2020.
Webrecruit and Development Initiatives are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
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Bristol
About Development Initiatives (DI)
Our vision is a world without poverty that invests in human security and where everyone shares the benefits of opportunity and growth.
We are an independent international development organisation that focuses on putting data-driven decision-making at the heart of poverty eradication.
We are currently looking for a Fundraising Officer to join us and help grow our income.
The Benefits
- Salary of £28,000 - £33,000 per annum
- Pension (5% of salary)
- 25 days’ holiday + option to buy/sell holiday
- Up to five days’ paid leave for charitable work (volunteering to address poverty and/or help vulnerable people)
- Smart casual dress code policy
- Flexitime and homeworking options
- Cycle to work scheme
- Simply Health Cash scheme with employee assistance programme
- Paid professional fees and study leave
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption/sick leave policies
If you have experience of developing high-quality fundraising proposals, this is a great opportunity to join our pioneering organisation and ensure that we can continue to play a constant and consistent role in combatting poverty.
We work in a fast-paced environment where we need to be able to respond to new situations quickly and creatively. As such, we need amazing people on our team to help us achieve our goal of ending poverty and ensuring support is provided to those across the world who are most vulnerable.
We are truly passionate about our vision and provide a culture of transparency and innovation where teams are encouraged to think outside the box and empowered to perform at their best.
The Role
As a Fundraising Officer, you will help to maintain and grow our income and expand our pool of donors, particularly with trusts, foundations and private investors.
Working closely with the Head of Development, you will research and identify potential new funders, research, draft and submit grant applications, build relationships with donors and provide procurement and administrative support during final funding negotiations.
Specifically, you will:
- Research the global funding market to identify new opportunities and potential calls for propositions
- Manage and co-ordinate our Income Research Group
- Support the development and submission of proposals
- Manage the proposal development budget
- Help to cultivate new donor relationships
About You
To join us as a Fundraising Officer, you will need:
- At least three years’ experience of developing high-quality and successful fundraising proposals
- International development and/or third sector experience
- Demonstrable experience of researching funding sources aligned with organisation strategy and funder criteria, timelines and processes, the creation of cases for support and outstanding applications, and relationship building
- Excellent networking and negotiation skills
- Knowledge of the international development and humanitarian assistance fields, ideally including familiarity with complex development or humanitarian projects or programmes in an international NGO or similar environment
- A strong academic record in subjects demanding excellent written English
Other organisations may call this role Fundraising Executive, Fundraiser, Trusts Fundraiser, Trusts & Foundations Fundraiser, Fundraising Co-ordinator, or Grants Fundraising Officer.
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Working hours: 35 hours per week
Hours: 22.5 (3 days) per week. Specific days to be confirmed.
Location: East of the UK (this includes North East London, into broader regions of East Anglia. This role may suit someone living in or close to Postcodes NR, IP, CB, CO, CM, SS and North East London).
Interviews: Initial interviews on 24th September. Final interviews on 1st October.
TLG Volunteer Programmes are available for churches who have a heart for the struggling children and families in their communities. For Early Intervention (EI), we train, equip and support volunteers to coach children for an hour a week in school. For Make Lunch (ML), we train and support volunteers to provide nutritious meals and activities during the school holidays.
The TLG Regional Leader role offers a unique opportunity to manage a cluster of EI Centres and ML clubs within the Eastern areas of the UK (including North East London, into broader regions of East Anglia). The ideal candidate will be a very organised, strong relationship builder with a vibrant Christian faith.
This key role involves training, leading and supporting new and established TLG EI and ML Programmes, working mainly with the Volunteer Coordinators who are leading their team of volunteers. The Regional Leader will be required to support progress against set key performance indicators to ensure the best possible support is given for thriving programmes.
TLG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and their families and expects all staff including volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check. The role will require you to travel. You will also be expected to attend events & meetings during the year as required along with visits to National Support.
We would welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds to enable us to better reflect the needs of the communities we serve.
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Job Title: Executive Assistant/ Administrator
Reports to: Reports to CEO
Salary: £30,000-£35,000, depending on experience
Hours: 40 hours per week, with flexibility to work the occasional Saturday morning to meet deadlines (2 to 3 times a year)
Location: UK, largely working from home, with a two to three-day residential monthly meeting (on average)
Contract type: 6 months initial contract, likely to be extended subject to funding
Date: September 2020
About FaithInvest
FaithInvest is an international, not-for-profit membership organisation and registered Charity for religious groups and faith-based investors worldwide. We assist faith groups to invest in line with their values. Our aim is to grow the scale and impact of faith-consistent investing. We support religious groups in moving more of their funds and resources into investments that will achieve the environmental and sustainable development impacts they seek to implement in the world.
Job Summary
We are seeking a full-time, experienced, high performing and flexible Executive Assistant/ Administrator who is eager to join a young and ambitious organisation at a critical point of its expansion and development. This is an excellent role which will pay a salary of circa £30-£35k. It involves remote working, with some monthly UK-based travel. A flexible and adaptable approach is needed on a weekly basis as FaithInvest works with partner organisations across various time zones.
Job Profile
The Executive Assistant/ Administrator will support the senior team, particularly the Chief Executive Officer and Membership Director, being a ‘go-to person’ for information relating to projects, contacts and the network. This post balances administrative responsibilities to the executive leadership team and the Trustee body, and wider organisational responsibilities, particularly in relation to grants and reporting. It also involves close liaison with key colleagues such as the Head of Finance and Administration.
This is a busy and challenging role within a small but friendly team. The successful candidate will need to have demonstrable expertise in a full range of administrative tasks, including diary management, dealing with confidential correspondence, managing mail/email and ensuring the senior team is fully prepared ahead of all meetings. The successful candidate will be highly organised with a keen eye for detail, possess high level IT skills, with an ability to multi-task as well as prioritise. They will be well organised, flexible and able to work proactively on their own or as part of a team, dealing with a range of matters whilst demonstrating initiative and sound judgment. They will be confident in dealing with FaithInvest’s wide range of partners, funders and members and able to operate at a senior level while also demonstrating the core administration skills needed. These will include updating FaithInvest’s online customer relationship and office databases with contacts and information and taking responsibility for delegated tasks in respect of data maintenance, accuracy and cleansing. This is a pivotal role for the organisation as it cuts across all areas of operation and will continue to be of influence as the organisation grows.
FaithInvest’s team is based largely in the South West. The full-time role involves working from home, with a two to three-day residential monthly meeting (on average), most of which will be in Bristol or London.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Day to Day Support to Executive team and Trustee Body
- Executive assistance to the Senior Team, consultants and Board, including:
- diary management
- coordinating meetings and calls
- undertaking proactive e-mail management ensuring that urgent e-mails are promptly picked up, responded to and actioned as appropriate.
- arranging Board of Trustees meetings
- liaising with the Board
- preparing agendas and taking minutes, including for weekly team meetings.
- Administrative support to the work of the senior team, including:
- liaising effectively with colleagues to set deadlines for projects and tasks
- assisting the Communications department in the preparation of presentations and papers
- proofreading
- formatting documents
- collating information for funding proposals and grant reports
- taking responsibility for an overview of collective and individual deadlines within the team, e.g. for grant proposals and reports
- Support and coordination with the Head of Finance and Operations including
- travel, meetings and hospitality bookings
- the timely submission of reports and information to official bodies, as required for the charity to ensure compliance, and other legal requirements.
- Updating our customer relationship management system (Salesforce) and other systems (eg, our online office database, Office365) with contacts, documents and information.
Specific Project Support
- Joining specific projects or events for defined periods to provide general support and coordination
Additional responsibilities
This post has no budgetary or line management responsibilities
Qualifications and Education
Whilst degree level education is preferred, candidates with significant experience in administration will also be welcomed
Skills and Knowledge
Essential: Microsoft Office suite - Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint.
Desirable: Experience of Salesforce, Apple Macs
Essential proven ability
- Demonstrable expertise in a full range of Executive Assistant/Administrator tasks, including diary management, proactive email management, dealing with confidential correspondence, minute taking, document preparation, updating and maintenance of online office databases
- Demonstrable experience of being able to work proactively on their own or as part of a team
- High degree of IT literacy (experience of Microsoft Office, and preferably also Apple Macs)
Experience
Minimum of 5 years working in an Executive Assistant/ Administrator role
Essential personal qualities
- Highly organised
- Good communication skills
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Able to work independently but also as part of a team in a busy and changing work environment
- Able to work calmly under pressure and keep to deadlines
- Flexible, resourceful and adaptable in approach to deal with changing requirements, especially for travel arrangements in response to frequently changing diaries
- Able to prioritise workload effectively
Desirable qualities
- Good understanding of the UK charity sector and structure
- Experience in a smaller office environment
Out of hours working and travel
While usual working hours are Monday-Friday, 9.00 – 17.00, a flexible and adaptable approach is needed on a weekly basis as FaithInvest works with partner organisations across various time zones. Therefore there may be a call or meeting out of these hours.
On average there will be a two to three-day staff residential each month, and some occasional international travel.
Holiday Entitlement
20 working days per annum in addition to the normal public holidays.
Application Process
To apply please send your CV and a cover letter.
Please note that CV’s sent without a cover letter will not be considered
Application Deadline: 31st August 2020
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INDIVIDUAL GIVING & DIGITAL FUNDRAISING EXECUTIVE
Central Bristol
Part time - 17.5 hours per week, flexible working hours, permanent contract
£23,500 pro rata + pension
FRANK Water is a Bristol-based charity and wholly owned trading subsidiary, working domestically in the UK (through the charity and the CIC) as well as overseas in India and Nepal, with a vision of a future where everyone, everywhere has access to resilient water resources for generations to come.
FRANK Water is now seeking to appoint a part-time Individual Giving & Digital Fundraising Executive on a permanent contract, joining a small, passionate team.
This role will report to the Head of Operations & Fundraising and will work closely with the Corporate & Community Fundraising Executive.
As the Individual Giving & Digital Fundraising Executive, you will increase individual giving and digital fundraising through developing and implementing plans in line with the organisational strategy and values.
The ideal candidate will take ownership of all aspects of individual and digital giving, ensuring that we’re appealing to the right audiences, building strong digital appeals and regular giving campaigns to ensure a sustainable, regular income in order for the organisation to plan long-term development.
You’ll communicate the organisation’s purpose and unrestricted funding needs in a clear, consistent way to potential and existing supporters through engaging, insightful and persuasive communications, building a community of long-term supporters.
The successful candidate will be proactive, organised, and a great communicator with a keen attention to detail. You will be donor focused with a gift for quickly building strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and possess a self-motivated, tenacious, and can-do attitude.
This opportunity will suit an individual with at least two years’ experience of working in a similar role within the charity sector. It is essential you have a passion for our cause and a desire to develop an understanding of all aspects of our work, with the ability to travel throughout the UK as required.
Key responsibilities and duties:
- Support strategic oversight to securing income from individuals and through digital methods, managing relationships to achieve a target agreed annually
- Co-ordinate and grow the charity’s regular giving programme, planning a schedule of regular communications with current donors and ensuring the highest level of stewardship
- Plan, market and deliver at least 2 fundraising appeals each year (building to 4) and support the Corporate & Community Fundraiser to secure funding pledgers for matched funding appeals
- Manage the charity’s current portfolio of major donors, research new prospects, prioritise contacts and develop new relationships
- Research, identify and introduce new legacy fundraising partnerships
- Ensure strong and consistent stewardship of the IG donor portfolio
- Support the management and development of the charity’s Ambassador Programme
- Maintain and develop a detailed contact history with existing and potential IG funders and partners
- Compile fundraising content for the newsletter, social media campaigns and the website
- Manage and maintain the charity’s online giving platforms, ensuring processes are seamless
- Research and develop new virtual fundraising opportunities
- Support the development of a funding strategy, helping to deliver a significant increase in value and consistency of the charity’s unrestricted income
- Support the development of the team budget, forecasting income and monitoring success
Key Skills & Abilities
- The ability to think creatively
- A proven track record of quality lead generation
- A proven ability to engage and nurture new and existing supporters
- Excellent presentation and communication skills
- The willingness and ability to work within a small organisation with a small and part-time staff team operating from an open-plan office environment
Essential Experience & Requirements
- At least two years’ experience in voluntary/individual or digital fundraising
- A proven track record of managing and nurturing individual donor relationships
- Experience of meeting and exceeding targets
- Experience of using and capitalising on the benefit of a supporter database
- Passion for FRANK Water’s cause and desire to develop an understanding of all aspects of our work
- Flexible and willing to travel throughout the UK, with occasional overnight stays
If you feel you have both the experience and background to successfully undertake this role, then we want to hear from you. To apply, please select the button shown to submit a CV and covering letter outlining why you wish to be considered for this role. The closing date is Monday 17th August 2020 at 10am. First interviews will be conducted virtually on Thursday 20th and Friday 21st August 2020.
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Other organisations may call this role Fundraiser, Digital Fundraising Executive, Individual Giving Fundraiser, Fundraising Executive, Fundraising Officer, or Digital Fundraising Officer.