Location: Hybrid working part London Office (Islington, London) part home work
Salary: £41,150-£44,150 per annum inclusive
Hours: 35 hours per week
Closing date:  Tuesday 19 July 2022 at 10.00am
Interview date: 27 July 2022

This is a permanent position. 

We are looking for a Head of Research Partnerships to join our award winning and ambitious type 1 diabetes charity, JDRF, as part of the Research Partnerships Team.

JDRF is the world’s leading charitable research funder of type 1 diabetes, improving lives until we find the cure. We fund and drive medical research to cure, treat and prevent type 1 diabetes; we provide information for children, adults and parents living with the condition at all stages, from diagnosis and beyond; and we give a voice to people with type 1 diabetes and work to achieve increased focus on, and funding for, research to find the cure.

As our Head of Research Partnerships, you will work closely with the Director of Research Partnerships to leverage funds from organisations with similar strategic interests, including those outside the diabetes field. You will also support the Director of Research Partnerships in working with colleagues across the JDRF International network to maximise opportunities for international collaboration and coordination.

This role will also work with the UK type 1 diabetes research community to identify new opportunities, and provide support and encouragement in making best use of funding opportunities relevant to type 1 diabetes.

Key requirements to be successful in this role include:

• an ability to spot strategic opportunities and influence key stakeholders
• superb networking skills
• experience of negotiation and creative problems solving
• excellent communication skills across multiple formats
• a willingness to travel both within the UK and internationally

You will find a vibrant atmosphere and spirited team at JDRF, always striving to make a difference to people living with type 1.

As an employer we offer:

• Flexible working and will consider compressed hours
• Generous annual leave entitlement – 25 days and bank holidays
• Health cash plan
• Season ticket and cycle loan
• Pension scheme

JDRF is the world’s leading charitable research funder into type 1 diabetes, improving lives until we find the cure. We are dedicated to our 400,000 strong type 1 community in the UK and work closely with our international affiliates across the world, including the US, Canada and Australia.

‘JDRF is an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation or age.’ 

Key info

• £57,624 (inclusive of London weighting)
• Reports to External Relations Director
• Full time, Permanent
• Flexible, must work from London office at least once a week plus in person meetings and events
• Closes 12pm, Friday 8 July 2022

This role leads a small team, with responsibility for raising philanthropic revenue from trusts, foundations, corporates and HNWIs. Long term, you will be focused on growth of income, building on an existing springboard of activity to further develop the fundraising proposition.

About the role

As England’s largest social work charity, Frontline’s mission is to create social change for children who do not have a safe or stable home. Through their social work leadership programmes, the Frontline Fellowship and their Innovation Lab they look to develop excellent social work practice, leadership and innovation. They develop social workers to be agents of change, improving the system to have greater positive impact for children and families.

This position offers an opportunity to further establish Frontline’s fundraising proposition. You’ll bring ideas and solutions that package up the work of the charity and demonstrate impact.

The income portfolio is predominantly formed of trusts and foundations funding currently, with plans to diversify and establish further corporate and HNWI relationships. Alongside this, there are opportunities to consider how to best utilise the network of the Frontline Fellowship – alumni who have previously completed one of Frontline’s programmes.

There is an understanding organisationally that fundraising is everyone’s responsibility. This role will continue to drive this culture, establishing support for new activities by working with key stakeholders, senior leadership and trustees, to lead and manage the growth of Frontline’s fundraising programme.

Key responsibilities

• As head of fundraising you will work closely with the external relations director and senior stakeholders to review, refine and implement a long term fundraising strategy, focused on growth and diversification of income.
• With responsibility for the strategic delivering of fundraising you will develop and implement fundraising initiatives, working creatively to establish new income sources. 
• You will manage a small team, remaining hands on and identifying new opportunities with high value partners and individuals. 
• You will design and deliver an engaging programme of cultivation and stewardship activity – focused on working in collaboration with other teams and with a view to securing long term, sustainable support.

Person specification

• Proven expertise of high value fundraising (ideally including trusts and foundations) and raising five- and six-figure donations.
• Experience of leading teams, supporting their development and leading by example.
• Ability to work with senior stakeholders, effectively gaining and utilising their support to further fundraising activities.
• Creative and solutions-focused approach to fundraising – supporting long term diversification and growth of income by identifying new opportunities for support. 
• Target driven with an eye for detail – assessing, prioritising and managing a varied workload of fundraising activity.

Salary: £44,000

Working hours: Full time 36.5 hours Mon - Fri (plus some evening and weekend working)

Contract type: Permanent

Location: The Active Wellbeing Society Head Office - Hay Hall Manor House, Hay Hall Business Park, Redfern Road, Tyseley B11 2BE with travel around Birmingham and other locations as and when required. Note this is a hybrid working post to include some homeworking.

The Active Wellbeing Society are a community benefit society and cooperative working to tackle inequality and promote community wellbeing. Our work with communities cuts across a wide range of policy agendas – from health and social care to transport and planning, community cohesion to climate action, jobs and skills to physical activity – and is increasingly recognised nationally as demonstrating best practice in reaching and supporting those from our most disadvantaged communities and achieving significant system and behaviour change.

As Head of Funding, you will join the organisation at an exciting time as we develop our national profile and delivery. You will lead a team of Development Officers working across a wide range of programme areas, building on the work of the organisation over the last 4 years.

You will be an active member of our Senior Management Team and help shape ideas and thinking as the organisation embarks on the next phase of its future development and growth, including contributions to emerging shifts in our fundraising strategy.

Main Duties

1.Manage the funding & development team, oversee and strengthen our current funding operations

2.Build on our existing portfolio of funding, which includes statutory and commercial tenders, as well as grant funding

3.Ensure funding streams are consistent with TAWS’ core values and strategic goals

4.Ensure existing funding relationships are positively maintained, and relationships with commissioners are effectively managed, undertaking high-level representation when required

5.Lead on the preparation of major funding proposals

6.Track and report on external fundraising trends and help teams match opportunities with strategic priorities

7.Proactively manage the organisational funding pipeline of opportunities and rolling submissions, as a tool for planning and decision-making

8.Ensure funding perspectives are integrated into programme-level strategic plans

9.Support the organisation to realise its income targets

10.Inspire and manage the funding & development team so that they are motivated, flexible and collaborative in their approach, and are developing professionally

11.Cultivate relationships with programme leads and support them in:

12. Developing new projects and services with appropriate funding strategies

13.Achieving quality proposal submissions, including sign-off responsibility

14. Ensuring effective grant management

15. Work closely with colleagues in finance and HR to ensure funding proposals and submissions are fully costed and resource implications are understood.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Knowledge and Experience

·Extensive experience as a leader in a fundraising environment with strong managerial and leadership skills

·Track record of raising both unrestricted and restricted funds, and achieving high value contracts and grants

·Track record of successfully support, motivating, mentoring and managing colleagues

·Experience of developing and delivering on fundraising strategies

·A record in confidently developing networks, building alliances, nurturing ideas and relationships with individuals, new collaborators and funders – including avenues for income generation

·Involvement in at least one of the following: public sector commissioning, institutional/statutory grants, trusts and foundations or commercial bids.

·Experience of project design and development

·Experience of planning and managing budgets

Skills & Attributes

·Good interpersonal skills with an ability to lead a team, build effective working relationships and deal with senior level contacts, both internally and externally

·A collaborative team player who builds on colleagues’ knowledge and expertise to develop innovative ideas and positive learning

·A strategic thinker with the ability to spot opportunities, grasp ideas, generate solutions and operate with initiative, confidence and drive

·Good understanding of communications and an ability to convey the organisation’s mission and added value

·Proven ability in programme and project design, and the translation of complex ideas into fundable proposals

·Good writing skills with attention to detail

·An ability to prioritise and manage a diverse and demanding workload, meet deadlines, and deal with unexpected changes (including occasional evening and weekend work)

.       Excellent written and spoken English

Staff Benefits 

We offer our team members a comprehensive staff benefits offering to include:

• Nest Pension – 8% employer contribution - 3 % employee contribution.
• Heath Cash Plan – giving you discounts on everyday healthcare such as dental, optical, physio, prescriptions & more.
• Employee Assistance Programme (counselling and DRs on call 24hrs a day)
• Life Assurance – x4 your salary paid to beneficiary.
• Annual Leave – 25 days FTE (increasing to 29 days with service) plus 5 wellbeing days
• Flexible working
• Fantastic volunteering opportunities within The Active Wellbeing Society every month

APPLICATION DETAILS

Please submit a Cover Letter and CV addressing the experience you have had relevant to the 'Main Duties' and the 'Knowledge & Skills' sections of the advert, paying attention to the following:

1. Extensive experience as a leader in a fundraising environment with strong managerial and leadership skills
2. Track record of raising both unrestricted and restricted funds, and achieving high value contracts and grants
3. A record in confidently developing networks, building alliances, nurturing ideas and relationships with individuals, new collaborators and funders – including avenues for income generation
4. Involvement in at least one of the following: public sector commissioning, institutional/statutory grants, trusts and foundations or commercial bids.
5. Track record of successfully support, motivating, mentoring and managing colleagues

Closing Date: Monday 18 July 2022 midnight

Due to the high numbers of applications we received for our job vacancies, we may close application windows early, so we would encourage you to submit your application ASAP

We will provide all applicants with an outcome on your application, this will usually be within 1 week of the application window closing.

Successful applicants will be required to be DBS checked prior to starting.

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we, in recruiting for our team we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring. The Active Wellbeing Society is committed to being an equal opportunity employer, we recruit based upon capability and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. At The Active Wellbeing Society we are searching for people who share the passion for what we do with different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences, collectively making a difference.

If there is anything we can do to assist you in your application or preparations to be interviewed for one of our job vacancies please let us know and we can ensure you have a positive and comfortable experience.

Thank you for your interest in working for The Active Wellbeing Society, we look forward to receiving your application.

We are currently seeking a Head of Fundraising to provide leadership, vision and inspiration across the organisation to drive income generation, grow the supporter base and raise awareness of the Orpheus brand and mission and produce strategies to enable and facilitate delivery of effective fundraising.  This role sits in the senior management team, carries board reporting responsibilities and liaison with senior level networks in the sector.

The Orpheus Centre is an independent specialist College in Godstone, Surrey. We focus on developing independence skills through performing and visual arts and make dramatic improvements to young disabled adults’ lives.

35 hours per week / 52 weeks per year (hours may be altered on occasions according to the needs of the curriculum and organisation) Flexible working considered.

Salary: £55,000 to £60,000 per annum

Essential qualifications, knowledge skills and experience:

• Degree level education (or equivalent experience)
• 5 years+ team management experience in a fundraising/communications role
• High-level fundraising experience of personally securing five/six-figure donations
• Proven success of achieving targets in a capital appeal of £1,000,000+
• Experience of managing and developing a diverse funding portfolio
• Track record of innovation
• Management and development of database/CRM systems
• Familiar with the use of social media/digital communications
• Legislative environment connected to fundraising/communications
• The ability to build and maintain professional relationships
• Outstanding communication skills
• High expectations of yourself, the organisation, other people including staff, volunteers and donors

Having an active interest/experience of performing arts, working with volunteers and related agencies and experience of increasing funds through digital initiatives desirable.

Orpheus is committed to safeguarding and promotes the welfare of all service users. We are committed to the promotion of equal opportunities.

This post is classed as having a high degree of contact with vulnerable adults and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. It is therefore subject to an Enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure Barring Service.

In order to be considered you must be eligible to work in the UK.

Click https://bit.ly/3tAIw1P for a full job description and person specification.

Head of Partnerships 

Dated: June 2022

Contract: Full time, permanent

Salary: £48,000-50,000 per annum 

Start date: Immediate

Location: Home based with potential access to desk space in central London, if required; travel across the UK may be required from time to time as part of role (subject to covid guidance) 

Reporting to: Director of Strategy and Learning

Direct reports: None at this time

Annual leave: 25 days per year plus bank holidays

About the role

The Head of Partnerships is a new and critical role, created as part of our merger with the YMCA George Williams College. We hope the merger will see our quality improvement and training work grow, alongside extending our communities of practice and our offer to them. As such, we created a dedicated post to hold, nurture and grow our approach to working with and through networks, and to oversee our partnership projects. 
 

Networks have long been at the heart of the Centre for Youth Impact’s approach. Built over the last eight years, we deeply value our relationships with our Regional Impact Networks across England, and are excited by the emergence of new relationships in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland – and indeed internationally, particularly building on the legacy of the College. There is now the opportunity to revisit our approach to working with and through networks, particularly in developing a more responsive and ‘tiered’ offer that reflects and responds to the needs, ambitions, and experiences of our different stakeholders. 

The Head of Partnerships will be responsible for implementing a new network strategy, strengthening these relationships (including transitioning existing network leads to potentially new ways of working), and framing the support that we offer to network ‘members’ across the UK (further details on our existing networks can be found here). This will include scoping, defining and implementing our approach to supporting/collaborating with members of the YMCA Federation in England and Wales alongside building relationships with the Federations in Scotland and the island of Ireland, as part of the merger with YMCA George Williams College. There is also the potential to work closely with the Director of Strategy and Learning to consider new international learning partnerships.

Over the past few years in particular, the Centre has been increasing its partnership projects: significant programmes of work with one major partner or funder, including cohort-level evaluation, capacity building and learning partnerships.The Head of Partnerships will also manage a range of partnership projects, working alongside other members of the team to initiate, design, and deliver cutting-edge programmes of work. The post-holder will work closely with the Director of Programmes and Director of Strategy and Learning to ensure that we are integrating our learning from our networks into our wider strategy and programmes of work focused on research, evaluation, and organisational learning. 

The Head of Partnerships will play a strong role in supporting income generation, particularly for our network support activities. The post holder will also contribute significantly to our communications activities, amplifying the work and voices of our networks, and offering our platform in contribution to greater collective impact.

What are we looking for? 

We are looking for an outstanding candidate who is imaginative and responsive, with strong interest and high-level skills in building alliances and collaborations, alongside capacity building for social sector organisations. You will need to have an appetite for understanding and navigating complexity, with an inquisitive mind and interest in youth-focused public policy and system dynamics. An interest and solid understanding of evaluation would be a distinct plus. You will also need to be a strong and confident project manager, with exceptional relationship skills. We take a coaching approach to all of our work, so skills and experience in this area will be a distinct advantage. 

You will have the ability to engage with humility and authenticity with a wide range of people and organisations working to support young people. You will be able to spot and make connections between relationships and areas of work and be alive to changes and patterns in the external policy and practice context and the opportunities they present for our charity. 

Finally, you will be a skilled facilitator, experienced in both designing and delivering workshops and training. You will also be a compelling and confident writer and presenter who can communicate the breadth of our work. You will be comfortable representing us externally and acting as a ‘thought leader’: openly reflecting the evolution of your ideas and thinking, and generously sharing your learning with others.

Please follow the link to our website for the full JD and person specification.

Head of Education and Training

Dated: June 2022

Contract: Full time, permanent

Salary: £48,000-50,000 per annum 

Start date: Immediate

Location: Home based with potential access to desk space in central London, if required; travel across the UK may be required from time to time as part of role (subject to covid guidance) 

Reporting to: Director of Strategy and Learning

Direct reports: None at this time

Annual leave: 25 days per year plus bank holidays

About the role

The Head of Education and Training is a new and critical role, created as part of our merger with YMCA George Williams College. By bringing together the College’s teaching legacy (including extensive course materials and associated learning platform) with the Centre’s research and insight, we hope to re-establish an education and training function that supports quality relational practice within the YMCA movement and beyond. As such, we have created a dedicated post to lead, design and develop our education and training offer and approach, including the partnerships and relationships that will support it. 

Training and capacity building has long been part of the Centre for Youth Impact’s work, but this has historically focused more on skills for evaluation and learning rather than quality practice in informal and non-formal learning. Our merger with the College creates an exciting opportunity to broaden our education and training activity in response to our learning about quality and impact over the past eight years. It also creates new potential for international learning partnerships to advance and extend our collective understanding. 

The Head of Education and Training will be responsible for designing, developing and implementing a new education strategy, working closely with the Director of Strategy and Learning. This strategy will include the education and training ‘offer’, the partnerships and relationships that support it, a solid understanding of the context/need/demand, and a robust approach to quality assurance.

 We want our education and training offer to encompass a range of modalities, including training courses, programmes of study, modules (that could stand alone or be incorporated into partners’ training offers), workshops, webinars and self-study resources. We would like to explore the role of and potential for accreditation, and for our offer to reflect our range of expertise. This includes:

• The ‘impact to improvement journey’: the design, delivery, and improvement of informal and non-formal provision to ensure that evaluation informs organisational learning;
• A ‘leading for impact’ programme: leadership, team development, collaborative working and shared learning across organisations to facilitate impact; 
• A continuous quality improvement offer focused on the core ‘mechanisms of change’ that evidence suggest support positive outcomes for young people; and 
• Our socio-emotional learning framework that supports practitioners and volunteers to create safe and supportive environments, role model socio-emotional skills, and offer engaging opportunities for young people. 

The Head of Education and Training will play a strong role in supporting income generation, and will work closely with colleagues across the organisation to embed insights from our research and evaluation activity into our education and training offer, alongside communicating with and reaching out to our networks.

What are we looking for? 

We are looking for an outstanding candidate with a deep understanding of relational practice, and how adults and young people learn and develop, social and emotionally. You will need to be imaginative and proactive, with strong interest and high-level skills in building alliances and collaborations. You will need well-developed skills in designing learning content and associated resources, alongside being an exceptional facilitator, trainer and coach. You will need to understand the world of further and higher education, and continuing professional development for youth workers in particular. You will also need to be comfortable bringing those skills into a fast-paced charity setting. An interest in and solid understanding of evaluation would be a distinct plus, as would an awareness of youth-focused public policy and system dynamics. 

You will have the ability to engage with humility and authenticity with a wide range of people and organisations working to support young people and their communities. You will be able to spot and make connections between relationships and areas of work and be alive to changes and patterns in the external policy and practice context and the opportunities they present for our charity. 

Finally, you will also need to be a strong and confident project manager and a compelling and confident writer and presenter who can communicate the breadth of our work. You will be comfortable representing us externally, and acting as a ‘thought leader’: openly reflecting the evolution of your ideas and thinking, and generously sharing your learning with others. 

Please follow the link to our website for the full job description and person spec.

National Numeracy is an independent charity which has a mission to empower children and adults in the UK to engage with numbers so that they can fulfil their potential at work, home or school.

The Head of Finance will work closely with the Operations & Impact Director to provide a stable and flexible finance function to support the charity at an exciting time of growth and development. Working with teams across the organisation, this role is critical to maximising impact through excellent financial management. You will need to communicate with all levels to promote understanding of the finances of the charity, including presenting information to trustees, as well as joining the leadership group in contributing to forward planning and strategy. 

Your key responsibilities will include:

• All day-to-day financial aspects of the charity and the subsidiary company.

• Overseeing all day-to-day transactional processing in Sage 50c Accounts.

• Being an active member of Operational Planning meetings, and working effectively with the project managers and leadership group.

• Preparing all financial reports including consolidated monthly management accounts and reports for Trustees.

• Managing the annual budget process with all associated analysis and modelling.

• Supporting the wider team in preparing bids and costings for new opportunities.

• Monitoring active funding opportunities.

• Preparing Group VAT returns, including partial exemption calculations. 

• Managing relationships with payroll and pension providers.  

• Leading on preparation of annual accounts and communications with the audit team. 

• Establishing, managing and maintainingappropriate administration processes and control systems, and communicating them to the wider team. 

Skills and experience we are looking for are:

• Extensive accounting experience along with formal qualification or qualified by experience. 

• Experience of accounting software, ideally Sage 50c Accounts.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships across the organisation and with external stakeholders. 

• Excellent experience in Excel and Word, and willingness to get to grips with a range of other software tools and packages, including CRM and project management tools.  

• Experience of systems and processes reviews, to create efficient ways of working. 

• Experience in or an understanding of charity accounting, including partial exemption VAT calculations.

• Company secretarial duties.

We are looking for someone who is flexible, a self-starter and able to use their own initiative. It’s not imperative that you come from the charity sector or that you have held an equivalent role previously, as long as you can show us that you have relevant transferable skills and an understanding of what it takes to be successful in this role, including an understanding of charity finance structures.

National Numeracy is based in East Sussex and is offering significant remote/hybrid and flexible working with this role. If you are not office based, then the expectation is that you will be in the office at least occasionally when the work requires it. The role may include occasional travel to London and beyond.  

National Numeracy is an equal opportunities employer, and all applicants are treated equally and fairly throughout the recruitment and selection process.

In the first instance, please submit a CV with a succinct covering letter of no more than two pages by 9am on Monday 18th July 2022.  Interviews may take place on a rolling basis. Please include in your covering letter an outline of your suitability for the role with reference to the essential skills and experience criteria. Applications without a coveringletter will not be accepted.  

If you are looking for part-time hours, please specify how many hours per week you are available to work.

BMS World Mission is recruiting four key leadership roles, within its newly restructured Department for World Mission.

• Head of Programme - Developing Resilience (Most marginalised)
• Head of Programme - Evangelism and Discipleship (Least marginalised)
• Head of Programme - People on the Move
• Head of Programme - Capacity Strengthening and Cross-cutting (themes)

Are you a leader with experience in leading and empowering dispersed teams in diverse and complex mission contexts? Do you have a passion to see some of the most marginalised and least evangelised communities around the world experience abundant life?

Do you have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with a high level of intercultural sensitivity and leadership experience? Do you also have the ability to lead teams towards collaborative, fruitful mission impact? Have you worked with or supported organisations in a variety of contexts, including in the Global South? Do you have a commitment to seeing mission from everywhere to everywhere, where the members of the Body of Christ share in mission collaboratively? And do you bring significant experience in one or more of the following areas of BMS’ mission priorities?

• Relief and/or International/Community development
• Evangelism, discipleship, and church planting
• Refugee ministry in diverse contexts
• Organisational capacity strengthening, gender justice or creation stewardship

We are looking for four individuals to take on these new and strategic roles within BMS.

Working closely with the Director for Mission, the Heads of Programme (HoPs) will take responsibility for one of BMS’ key programmatic areas of work (Most Marginalised, Least Evangelised, People on the Move) or its Capacity Strengthening and Cross-cutting themes (including gender justice and creation stewardship), while also sharing in the team leadership of the Department for World Mission.

HoPs will line manage specialist leads and oversee the management of BMS mission workers and others, within the team they are responsible for. Oversight of the programme will involve ensuring BMS delivers on its agreed strategic goals and is able to adapt to the changing missional needs of our work with partners around the world.

The successful applicant will be a committed Christian. The nature of this role means that this is a specific occupational requirement. 

Location:                Didcot, UK or within an international mission context where BMS works

Hours:                     35 hrs per week/full-time

Employment:          Permanent

Salary range:          Salary set at the national equivalent of a UK salary of £42,646-47,865 based on relative national salary levels of the relevant Global South/BMS mission context, and  increasing in periodic increments to the top of the band

Closing date:       9 am, Friday 15 July 2022

 Interview:            Planned between 21-27 July in Didcot, England

If you would like to discuss this role with the Director for Mission, Arthur Brown, please contact Elizabeth O’Brien via at BMS World Mission, Didcot to arrange a suitable time.

For full information and to download a recruitment pack, please visit our website for more details. 

Job Title: Head of Programme Funding

Company: Self Help Africa

Location: London / Dublin / Cardiff (or any SHA/UP country office location)

Reports to: Director of Programmes

Hours: Full Time: 37.5 hours Monday - Friday

Job Purpose:

Self Help Africa (SHA) is an international NGO dedicated to the vision of an economically thriving and resilient rural Africa. Headquartered in Ireland, SHA creates scalable and sustainable solutions to eradicating long-term poverty through knowledge transfer, investment, and market linkages.

In 2021, Self Help Africa merged with United Purpose. This doubled our size and created an international NGO that is implementing projects to end extreme hunger and poverty across 17 countries, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. Collectively a part of the wider Gorta Group, which also includes social enterprise subsidiaries Partner Africa, TruTrade and Cumo Microfinance, the organisation will work with close to six million people this year.

The Head of Programme Funding is a senior role in the organisation, responsible for leading the restricted and strategic funding function of the Gorta-Self Help Africa group (i.e. Ireland, UK, Africa, Brazil and Bangladesh, and supporting SHA US). The post is responsible for strategic leadership, developing and implementing restricted funding plans from grant and commercial contracting opportunities and donor strategies and growing income from these sources. The Head of Programme Funding will lead, manage and support a Programme Funding team across multiple countries to deliver high quality work.

Key Responsibilities

Funding Strategy and Donor Engagement

· Develop and implement plans and strategies to maximise income from statutory and foundation donors, expanding the organisation’s donor base.

· Network and represent SHA externally with donors and contacts, and in donor funding-related groups and networks.

· Contribute to organisational strategic planning with expertise on the restricted donor funding landscape.

· Mainstream and support the execution of a key relationship management system.

· Represent SHA UK in London/UK at events.

· Maintain overview of restricted annual income and co-funding requirements.

· Liaise with the Fundraising department to coordinate and track co-funding bids.

· Report on progress against plans and strategies, including tracking potential pipeline funding and expenditure and income budgets.

· Provide updates to the management team and board on progress towards increasing funding from statutory and foundation donors.

· Prepare updates for the UK board and attend meetings to present Programme Funding work.

Team Management and Leadership

· Lead, manage and support the Programme Funding Team to be high-performing and achieve income targets.

· Line manage direct reports, including coordinating workloads and assigning donor leads.

· Support the Programme Funding Team to achieve KPIs through regular support and identifying development opportunities as required.  

Proposal Development

· Have overall responsibility for developing high-quality funding proposals for statutory and foundation donors from opportunity identification through to submission/contract signing.

· Support the Programme Funding and Country Teams to identify, research and advise on funding opportunities and coordinate cross-organisational teams to respond to them.

· Develop and maintain internal review and approval procedures, to ensure the quality of submissions is as high as possible.

· Work closely with colleagues in the Programmes Department, who lead project design, to contribute to the assessment, research and design of programmes for unsollicited proposals and specific donor funding opportunities.

Donor Relationship Management

· Oversee the development of donor strategies to maximise relationships and funding from statutory and foundation donors.

· Ensure the Programme Funding team is up-to-date on donor strategies and priorities, and ensure relevant staff, such as Country Directors and Senior Management, are briefed on donor activities.

· Work closely with Programmes Department colleagues to support and/or lead contract negotiation with institutional and foundation donors.

Commercial Contracting

• Lead the growth and development of SHA’s commercial contracting portfolio, including collaborating with Finance, HR and Programmes to improve systems and processes.
• Track commercial contract opportunities and maintain knowledge of contract holders and potential prime partners.
• Identify and develop strategic relationships with potential commercial contract partners in order to improve SHA’s external profile. Liaise with country teams, SHA US and the management team as required.
• Prepare high-quality capacity statements and tender documents in response to commercial contracting opportunities.

Programme Funding Team and Miscellaneous

· Develop and manage Programme Funding team processes to improve coordination and quality, liaising with colleagues across the organisation as required including IT, Finance and the wider Programmes Department.

· Work with colleagues within the Programme Funding Team, and across SHA, to improve the standard of proposal and report writing and donor relationships, and ensure funding opportunities and contracts are managed according to donor requirements.

· Ensure the Programme Funding Team’s donor information is up-to-date in Self Help Africa’s management information system.

· Keep up-to-date on developments in relevant sectors.

Key Relationships:

Internal

· Executive Director

· Director of Programmes (line manager)

· Programme Funding Manager

· Programme Funding Coordinators

· Director of Fundraising Ireland and UK (Liaison)

· Programmes Department (Liaison)

· Country Directors / Heads of Programme (Liaison)

· Finance, Internal Audit and HR (Liaison)

· SHA US Inc.

· Partner Africa

· TruTrade

External

• Restricted/strategic donors
• Partners – NGOs, private sector, academic institutions

Knowledge, Experience and Other Requirements

Essential

· Minimum of seven years’ experience of securing institutional funding.

· Minimum of seven years’ experience working with large and diverse multi-nationality, multi-location teams.

· Evidence of success in winning large (multi-million GBP) donor funding grants/contracts.

· Experience in leading, inspiring and being part of a programme funding team.

· Evidence of building, managing and developing key funding relationships.

· Experience of managing and prioritising team workloads, meeting tight deadlines and working under pressure.

· Excellent written skills including proposals and reports and strong interpersonal, networking and influencing abilities.

· Strong and creative oral presentation skills and experience.

· Strong numeracy and analytical ability, with ability to develop and understand complex budgets and expenditure reports.

· Commitment to Self Help Africa’s vision.

Desirable

Ability to speak/understand French and Portuguese

To Apply - Please submit you cover letter, CV and appliaction form (available to download from our website) through the careers page on our website. 

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Self Help Africa is an equal opportunities employer.

This is an exciting time to join Muscular Dystrophy Support Centre (MDSC) as Head of Fundraising! We are a small charity that is looking to grow and is ambitious to increase our impact. We are a dynamic, supportive and committed team, and we offer a flexible working environment.

MDSC’s mission is to transform access to physical therapies for people with muscular dystrophy (MD) in the Midlands. Established in 2012, MDSC was set up and led by people with, or affected by, MD. From our main centre in Coventry, and with satellite clinics in Birmingham, the Black Country, and Leicester, we currently support over 450 adults with MD, by providing specialist physiotherapy, osteopathy and complementary therapies on a long-term basis.  We are the only organisation in the Midlands region to do so, and one of only two in the UK.

In 2019 MDSC received monies from the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) underpinning our 5-year strategy to increase our service user numbers and therapy hours offered.  By 2025 we plan to be supporting over 1,100 people with MD and be providing therapy at two more satellite clinics in Worcestershire and Northamptonshire – improving access for people with MD in the Midlands to vital therapies that enable them to live well with their condition. 

We currently receive around 37% of our income from NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (charitable activities income) and the remainder is voluntary income which the postholder will be responsible for (35% is from trusts and foundations, 19% from NLCF and the balance from service user donations / community fundraising).

The role of Head of Fundraising is a key leadership position, and its purpose is to inspire others and generate income. With the support of everyone within the Charity the post holder will be championed to meet income targets that will enable us to enhance and expand our services over the coming years.

This role would be great for an established Head of Fundraising, or a candidate who has deep trusts and foundations experience and who would like to build on and diversify their fundraising skills base, enhancing/ developing their leadership capabilities. The role offers a unique opportunity to work collaboratively with a small, highly dedicated team and to work with service users, allowing you to experience the direct impact of your work on the lives of our service users. 

Before you start an application for this post, please ensure that you:

• Have read and understood the requirements of the role
• Meet all the essential criteria in the Person Specification
• Are available for and able to take part in an interview (details as to whether this will be face to face or online will be confirmed at the time of shortlisting) on Tuesday 12 July 2022, and a second stage interview on Wednesday 20 July 2022

Thank you for your interest in our Head of Fundraising position at The Fire Fighters Charity.

This is an exciting and dynamic time to join our organisation, coming at a transformative, seminal moment in the 80-year history of the Charity. We traditionally maintain strong income and support directly from our beneficiaries in the Fire and Rescue Services and now we’re substantially increasing our presence and resources to impact significant growth in regional fundraising and individual giving.

The Head of Fundraising will be responsible for taking strategic leadership of the engagement of these audiences through a ‘digital first’ approach to supporter acquisition, individual giving, community, regional and events programmes, supported by improved data insight and analysis.

Already successful with regional fundraising teams and individual giving income streams, you will have significant management experience and data skills, along with demonstrable success identifying opportunities, new digital fundraising trends and growing sustainable engaging donor journeys.

Our Fundraising and Individual Giving team is geographically widespread – we support the UK Fire and Rescue Services by raising the £10m funds each year needed to operate the Charity’s services which meet the physical, mental, and social wellbeing needs of our fire services community. We are unique in that we are the one and only charity that supports the Fire and Rescue Service community; the skilled UK workforce that is our services team are experts and specialists; this is our USP!

Trust, respect, and pride in our emergency services has never been higher post- pandemic; subsequently, the growth, interest, and awareness of our work for the Fire and Rescue Service offers a key window of opportunity to maximise income, by articulating a strong, powerful narrative, a relevant, authentic case for support to donors, individuals, beneficiaries, and organisations who are proud to donate to The Fire Fighters Charity.

Location: Based at our Head Office in Basingstoke. Hybrid working arrangements will be considered.

Salary per annum: £54,944.00 plus car allowance
Permanent, full time. Working hours are 37.5 hours a week

Closing date for applications: 9am Monday 4 July 2022
Interviews will be held: w/c 11 July 2022

First round of interviews will be held remotely via video call w/c 11 July.

HEAD OF FUNDRAISING

About the role

We are looking for a full time Head of Fundraising to join the Fetcher Dog Charity at an exciting time of growth and development.

The role reports directly to the Chairman and will as such be a key member of the team, sharing the collective responsibility to deliver the organisation’s strategy and vision.

As the Head of Fundraising, you will be a self-starter and have the ability to work autonomously and as part of the wider team to provide the necessary fundraising skills which will enable the charity to achieve its fundraising targets and organisational development strategy.

You will have substantial fundraising and management experience, a talent for building relationships and a proven track record in securing funds from statutory resources, foundations, trusts, major donors, legacy, and many other avenues.

Most importantly you will be enthusiastic about pro-active action with compassion and empathy towards our cause.

Once established in the role, you will then be given the opportunity to build the fundraising team and experience in managing a team would be ideal but not essential.

Responsibilities

As Head of Fundraising, you will need to:

• motivate and facilitate supporters to maximise the funds they raise
• inspire new supporters to raise money, while maintaining and developing relationships with existing supporters
• organise traditional activities, such as sponsored outdoor events and house-to-house collections of donated goods and money
• develop new and imaginative fundraising activities, many of which involve organising events
• raise awareness of the charity and its work at local and national levels, e.g. giving talks to groups or seeking photo opportunities with the media
• develop and coordinate web-based fundraising including merchandise partnerships and sales
• increase funds by researching and targeting charitable trusts whose criteria match the charity's aims and activities
• develop and implement a strategy for individual and corporate supporter recruitment and development
• recruit, organise and manage volunteers to carry out various functions within the charity
• oversee corporate fundraising, including employee giving and matched giving from employers
• manage and update databases to record donor contact and preference information
• write applications and mailshots, using direct mailing to reach a range of potential and current donors
• carry out risk analysis and balance time-cost ratios to focus effort on the fundraising activities that are most appropriate and will have the highest chance of success.
• At some point, implement a “Legacy” department within the charity 

Skills

You will need to show:

• Communication skills
• Knowledge of not-for-profit charities
• An understanding of fundraising
• Confidence in exploring new ways to diversify our income
• The ability to work alone and in a team
• IT and social media skills
• Administrative and project management skills
• Creative thinking
• Ability to build and maintain professional relationships
• Good organisation and initiative

About the Charity – Our objective

Thousands of dogs are born on the streets of Bosnia every year, condemned to face cruel acts by locals, starvation, disease, and brutal and inhumane deaths. The dogs are rounded up by dog catchers and often placed into kill shelters that provide no care, food, or comfort, with many starving to death or dying of exposure.

Fetcher Dog aims to rescue as many of these dogs as possible. We have many local rescuers, picking up stray street dogs and removing as many as possible from kill shelters. All dogs are taken to safe and secure facilities where they no longer have to fear cruelty. They are fed and cared for and are taken to local veterinarians who help us nurse them back to health. We give them everything they need for a fresh start and the best possible chance of a happy, healthy life.

Fetcher Dog then finds forever homes for these dogs in the U.K. These dogs have been through so much that they desperately deserve wonderful families, and we aim to pair all of our dogs with the best forever homes that we can find.

Type: Full Time / Permanent

Salary: £30,000-£45,000 Dependant on experience

Location: Remote however there will be requirements to travel to our two locations in Kent and Birmingham as well as any other locations necessary to fulfil the requirements of the role.

Hours: 40 hours a week to include evenings and weekends where necessary

Deadline: ASAP

Fetcher Dog is a Charity Commission registered charity- Charity Number 1182392.

Hunter Merrifield are very pleased to partner with Autistica to find a high-performing, relationship-driven Head of Trusts and Foundations to lead on the income stream. Autistica is the UK’s autism research charity. Their mission is to create the breakthroughs which will enable our community to live happier, healthier, longer lives.

Job Title: Head of Trusts and Foundations
Organisation: Autistica
Salary: £48,000
Contract: Permanent, Full time
Location: Old Street, London (One day a week in the office, minimum)
Closing date: Tuesday 19th July 2022
Required: CV and Cover Letter
Benefits: Hybrid working, Core hours (10:00 – 16:00), supportive team culture and much more.

Main Responsibilities
 

• Research potential new trusts and foundations to develop a strong pipeline of multi-year, strategic asks and partnerships.
• Work alongside colleagues in corporate and major donor teams to identify new opportunities to raise funds.
• Work with the Director of Fundraising to leverage new trusts and foundations, and opportunities through Autistica’s Board of Trustees.
• Lead the planning and delivery of the trusts and foundations fundraising strategy, to grow income in this area and meet the team’s annual target.
• Line manage the Trusts and Foundations Manager, supporting them to achieve team goals and develop their skills and knowledge.
• Work closely with the Science team to work with the stewardship and management of restricted grants secured towards research projects.

Personal Specification
 

• Demonstrable experience of regularly securing six-figure grants, and a track record of meeting targets and deadlines.
• Experience of producing timely, high-quality reports and delivering exceptional stewardship of trust donors.
• Ability to assess, comprehend and manage complex written and financial information quickly and accurately.
• Highly developed written communication skills that result in the production of clear and persuasive proposals and reports.
• Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with donors and operate at a senior level.
• Proven ability to form positive and productive relationships with internal stakeholders.

This role is perfect for someone looking to lead a Trusts income stream. The right person will feel confident implementing high quality procedures, whilst having an entrepreneurial approach to their work.

To find out more and to apply, please contact Stuart Milliner at Hunter Merrifield.

Along with the charity we want to practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout. 

THE ROLE

Start Network has an exciting opportunity for a Head of Assurance focusing on provision of internal risk management and due diligence for members, while ensuring compliance to regulations, including legal and donor requirements. The role provides an assurance service to the senior management and wider team. Internally, the role is responsible for ensuring risk policies and processes are in line with our vision and values, as well as regulation. At a network level, the role will work with colleagues to develop risk models and frameworks involving strategic, programmatic and operations risks.

Candidates must have proven experience in compliance and assurance, probably gained through work in audit, compliance or risk management. Candidates will have the ability to think creatively and innovatively, developing solutions to challenge the status quo. Experience of working in an agile, complex environment is essential with an ability to operate at strategic and operational levels. Candidates should also have proven ability to develop and implement organisation-wide risk management strategy and framework. Membership of a professional body such as the Institute of Risk Management or similar is desirable.