As the leading kidney patient support charity in the UK, Kidney Care UK provides practical, financial and emotional support for kidney patients and their families, and campaigns to improve kidney health and care services across the UK.

Following a period of significant transformation, the Charity has recently launched its new five-year strategy and is looking to continue its growth and development and take the organisation to the next level. It is looking for an inspirational leader to expand our growing fundraising, marketing and communication teams and provide the strategic thinking and ambition that we need to exceed our income, reach and awareness goals.

You will oversee the strategic, financial and operational management of the Charity’s fundraising, marketing and communication functions, and as a member of the Senior Management Team, support the Chief Executive in development of the Charity’s overall strategic direction going forward.

We are seeking an exceptional candidate, self-motivated and with excellent people management and interpersonal skills, capable of representing the Charity at all levels.  You will have a proactive, innovative and collaborative approach with the commitment and passion to deliver significant and sustainable change.

If you have the qualities, we are looking for and would like to play a central role in Kidney Care UK’s future, please e-mail your CV and Supporting Statement to Tina Seaton. If you would like to find out a little more about the charity and the role, to arrange an informal discussion with Paul Bristow, the Chief Executive, please contact Tina Seaton.

Applications will be reviewed as and when they are received, so please do not wait until the closing date to apply.

Closing date for applications: Friday 21st May 2021

Interview dates: Week commencing 14th June 2021

Purpose of Position

Located in London’s Mayfair, overlooking Green Park, the Royal Air Force Club offers first class surroundings and a ‘home from home' to its 24,000 members, predominantly serving and former officers of the RAF and Allied Air Forces and their families. Founded in 1918 and opening its doors in 1922, the Club’s charitable aim is to continue to support the Royal Air Force by preserving and fostering the esprit de corps and traditions of the RAF.

The Royal Air Force Club is a registered charity and over the past 6 months, in response to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Club has launched and executed a successful £500,000 appeal.

We are seeking a specialist fundraiser who will be instrumental in setting up an infrastructure, scoping the tools and developing the income generation strategy for corporate sponsorship, major donors and high net-worth individual givers for the short, mid and long term.  

You will have a strong track record of cultivating relationships with a wide range of supporters and stakeholders and will take ownership of the Club’s income generation strategy for corporate sponsorship and major donors, to develop and deliver a costed annual plan to meet an annual income target. 

The role would suit a highly experienced, self-motivated fundraiser with specialist knowledge and experience in the high/exclusive end of corporate income generation and major donors.   

As a specialist fundraising resource, you will be ‘hands on’ and adept at working under your own initiative, however, you will work closely with the Chief Executive and Club Manager. In addition, the Club also has a Trustee-led Fundraising and Legacies Sub-Committee in place and this individual would work alongside the Committee to help support and guide activity.

You will be joining an organisation committed to delivering outstanding provision for its members, and a staff team committed to the ethos of the Club. 

Your passion and commitment to the cause will be critical to your success in the role, as will your ability to articulate with great confidence, the huge impact that the RAF Club has on its membership, past, present and future. This is a new post, which will be reviewed after one year.

Job Description

The Head of High Value Income Generation will be expected to:

• Develop long term income generation from appropriate local, national and international corporates
• Support Club leadership in developing an income stream from High-Net-Worth Individuals
• Be an ambassador for the Club embodying and communicating our values at all times 
• Lead on development of an income generation plan, alongside the General fundraising plan, to provide a pipeline of income that will grow the existing programme and ensure the Club’s future financial resilience
• Prepare timely follow-up reports, working to demonstrate evidence of impact, outcomes reached, measure value for money and evaluate success and learning
• Utilise the Club’s existing membership and hospitality database to full effect, ensuring GDPR is adhered to at all times
• Accountability for Gift Aid compliance and claims alongside the Director of Finance
• Accountability for compliance and control of the Fundraising Code and GDPR pertaining to fundraising activity

Person Specification

To be appointed the candidate must be able to evidence and demonstrate the following:

Essential:

• At least 3 years’ relevant experience, including the development and co-ordination of corporate and major donor fundraising, to help support successful capital project appeals
• Sustained and demonstrable success in raising substantial income for similar sized charities from a mix of sources including major gift, community and corporate activities.
• Ability to operate effectively at the highest/senior levels of corporate and major donors
• An excellent knowledge of the corporate world and how best to match appropriate potential sponsors with the Club 
• Expertise in strategic planning and working to and achieving set KPIs
• Ability to manage information and record the profile and fundraising activity of donors on a database
• Ability to multi-task to overlapping deadlines and a good eye for detail
• Ability to make risk analyses and time-cost ratios to focus effort on the fundraising activities that are most appropriate and will have the highest chance of success
• Ability to budget manage to ensure targets are met
• Excellent interrelationship, communication (written and verbal), presentational and arithmetical skills, leading to income generation
• Up to date knowledge of GDPR and fundraising legislation.

Preferred:

• Relevant knowledge or experience of the Royal Air Force, RAF Charities or military heritage
• Certificate or Diploma in Fundraising/Member of Institute of Fundraising

Benefits:

The Royal Air Force Club is a wonderful working environment and we are proud to offer a competitive total rewards package that includes a generous pension scheme, an extensive employee discount programme, learning and development programmes and regular engagement activities.

• Sunday Times Top 100 Not for Profit Employer
• Caterer Top 30 Best Places to Work

As an equal opportunities employer, the Royal Air Force Club is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join The Royal Air Force Club.

The successful candidate will  apply sound methodology, a digital approach and entrepreneurship to build on existing successes and accelerate the growth of income to the Cathedral across a range of activities in a sustainable manner. The successful applicant will believe in and bring new energy to the Cathedral’s ambition and be able to communicate that compellingly to existing and all audiences (including donors).

The Head of Skills Information and Skills Services helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by leading the delivery of regional adult, children and young people’s services to support people with sight loss and their families within the South West & Wales region. This is an office-based role from either Southampton, Reading, Bristol, Exeter, or Cardiff with travel required across the South West & Wales region.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. As a charity, we’re always keen to support flexible working as best we can. We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Diversity

Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

Candidate requirements

To be able to fulfil this role, and provide help to those with sight loss, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• Management qualification or equivalent relevant experience.
• Six sigma and/or knowledge of continuous improvement methodology.
• Proven track record in leading and performance managing a multi-skilled / multidisciplinary team of staff working with vulnerable adults and children and young people, to achieve results balancing local needs against national priorities.
• Experience of developing and delivering a range of people centred services to external customers.
• Experience of working in the third sector.
• Experience of introducing major new initiatives/services which affect organisational change.
• Working with local government on campaigns, improvement of services.  Proven experience of budget management.
• An understanding of customer relations and meeting the needs of a variety of customers.
• An understanding of the principles required for effective financial management.

Desirable

• Experience of managing and working with services for blind or partially sighted people.
• A lived experience of sight loss.
• Qualification working Children and Young People.

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above. As part of your application ensure you provide to evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.

The system does have a time limit, we would advise you to complete your answers and copy and paste into the online form once finalised. Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

Remember to refer to the attached job description and candidate pack for more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

Job title: Fundraising Manager

Responsible to: Director of Business Development

Salary: £30,000 - 33,000 per annum

Location: Penygraig, South Wales / Home Working

Hours: Full-time 

As a family friendly organisation, we recognise that obligations outside work are important and that balancing work and family commitments can sometimes be a challenge.  We offer a range of flexible working opportunities and we would be open to those interested in applying as a jobshare. 

Annual leave entitlement: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Employer pension contributions of 3% 

Introduction

Over the last 40 years we’ve built up an impressive track record of improving the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in society through working closely with the local community. This is an exciting time to join us as we are undergoing a period of transition building a new senior management team.

We are looking for a dynamic, experienced, Fundraising Manager to build a diverse funding base and lead a new fundraising team securing our services into the future, for people in one of the most deprived areas of the UK.

Key Responsibilities

Working closely with the Business Development Director you will lead the small fundraising team. You will lead on statutory fundraising and large bids and you will line manage a team member who will focus on individual giving and digital fundraising and a consultant who will lead on trust and foundation fundraising. 

Management & Leadership

•  To lead, inspire and motivate fundraising staff and volunteers, providing them with clear direction and sound decision-making and enabling them to raise funds and contribute significantly to organisational development.

•  Work with Business Development Director to review and implement fundraising strategy.

•   Manage Digital & Marketing Officer post contributing to development of Communications Action Plan ensuring key targets are met

•  Assist with developing and scrutinising project plans in collaboration with Project Teams, to ensure they are accurate, deliverable and will achieve their objectives.

•  Lead and directly manage a portfolio of key relationships.

Income generation

•  Research potential grant making organisations and analyse their suitability to feed into the grant prospect pipeline to achieve identified targets

•   Research and develop diverse income generation initiatives including a local Lottery, digital fundraising, individual giving, legacy & in memoriam gifts, major donors.

•  Prepare and submit high quality funding applications and reports to grant making organisations.

• Scrutinise project budgets and financial information for applications and for grant reports.

•  Support the account management of successful applications, liaising with the programme project manager and finance team and ensuring that funding and reporting criteria are fully met and specific challenges in relation to programme objectives transparently communicated.

•   Develop and initiate innovative fundraising ideas

Monitoring & Evaluation

•  Maintain and develop the database of contacts: individual donors, corporates, grant making bodies ensuring the General Data Protection Regulations (2018) are adhered to across all income generation activities and that all data collection is in accordance with these regulations.

•  Review grant agreements

•  Ensure all incoming grants are processed in line with internal procedures and best practice guidelines.

•  Ensure prompt and appropriate acknowledgement of all grant income, ensuring all information relating to each grant is accurate, up to date and well organised.

•  Maintain a timetable of deadlines to ensure grant making organisations receive reports and other correspondence as required.

•  Ensure that all donor communications are handled appropriately, promptly and courteously and that complaints and criticisms are logged, investigated and resolved

• Ensure collection of key data and evidence to enhance Valleys Kids case for support. 

Compliance

• To ensure that Valleys Kids fulfils all its legal, statutory and regulatory responsibilities adhering to Fundraising Code of Practise and GDPR legislation.

Person Specification

• At least 5 years experience of fundraising in the Charity/Social enterprise sector 
• Ability to lead or oversee income generation from a wide range of sources including statutory funding, trusts and foundation, trading income and individual giving.
• Experience of managing an effective team, with ability to delegate effectively and to hold people to account.
• A commitment to community development, tackling structural inequality and other barriers to people achieving their potential.
• Resourceful, resilient and innovative, with the ability to manage different priorities
• Interpersonal skills and judgement, which inspire confidence and trust from staff, volunteers, stakeholders and other organisations.
• A strong track record of networking, developing and maintaining external relationships with a wide variety of funders
• An effective communicator orally and in writing, able to articulate our work to a broad range of stakeholders and to negotiate well. 
• Experience of budget and financial management
• An entrepreneurial approach - able to use resources effectively and develop new ideas and gain buy-in to implement successfully.
• Organised, with excellent time management skills and high levels of self-motivation.
• Awareness of Welsh language, culture and the public services context in Wales or a willingness to learn.
• Flexible with a willingness to work outside normal office hours.

The Fundraising Manager will optimise and execute the organisation’s fundraising activities in the UK. You will be responsible for a broad span of duties, from developing email marketing appeals and writing grant proposals to optimising and managing our development database and keeping regular contact with our donors and other stakeholders. Some administrative assistance will be available to support the successful candidate in this role. Please read the attached job description for further details on the requirements for this exciting position!

Application Process:

Please click 'apply' where you will be redirected to the Breathe platform to apply. You will be prompted to submit your CV and a cover letter of no more than 1000 words that answers the following questions:

• How did you find out about this role?
• Why do you want to work for Veganuary?
• What will you bring to our charity?
• Do you have any experience working with Salesforce?
• When can you start?
• What is your salary expectation?

After you have completed some basic information about yourself on the Breathe platform, you will be prompted to upload your application documents (CV and Cover letter). Please ensure that you click ‘upload’ for each document that you attach to save this onto your application. You will need to upload one document at a time. Once you have uploaded all the required documents, click ‘finish application’. If you do not click ‘upload’ once attaching a document, we will unfortunately be unable to see it in your application. 

Once you have applied, you will receive an email that allows you to ‘review your application’ for the next 24 hours. Please do review your application to check that you have correctly uploaded your application documents.

We are keen to fill this position as soon as possible, so will be interviewing candidates on a rolling basis.

As an inclusive employer, reasonable adjustments can be made to allow any who require additional support to apply for this role. Please get in touch with us if you require such support.

Thank you for your interest in Veganuary!

Public Fundraising Transformation Manager

Your role is to ensure RNIB’s Public Fundraising activity (with a specific focus on Individual Giving activity including Innovation and Development initiatives) continues to optimise customer experience and income generation outcomes. The role will lead projects that will result in increased customer acquisition and lifetime value, enhanced customer experience and development of an Individual Giving programme that is increasingly insight led, integrated, effectively monitored, evaluated and optimised.

Supporting a culture of excellence, this role will help drive the ambitions of the team and ensure individual supporters’ contributions will make this biggest possible contribution towards RNIB’s vision of a world without barriers for blind and partially sighted people.

Public Fundraising Transformation Manager Responsibilities:

• To work with the Head of Individual Giving to develop cross departmental and integrated projects that will improve the performance of RNIB’s Individual Giving and Innovation activity and support the long-term transformation of the programme.
• To lead on and implement the agreed and plans, monitoring and evaluating performance, reporting results and progress and ensuring all financial and non-financial information is efficiently collated and shared with key stakeholders; accurately, clearly presented and delivered to support timely and effective decision making.
• To work closely with colleagues in Insight or with external agencies to identify and commission donor research that will inform donor behaviour and the strategic direction of the Individual Giving programme
• Develop and manage relationships with a wide range of suppliers and agency partners, acting as lead on the regular review of contracts in line with the Legal team policies and procedures and developing new commercial terms and contracts where appropriate
• Play a lead role in annual departmental business planning and the quarterly forecasting of all Individual Giving income and expenditure. This includes identification of opportunities, risks and mitigations across the Individual Giving programme, where appropriate.
• To provide support and guidance to Individual Giving Managers and manage and motivate direct reports. This includes recruitment, induction training, coaching, appraisals and regular reviews
• Work with the department Head and RNIB’s development and learning team to create and implement team and departmental development plans that will support a culture of personal learning, professional excellence and ensure team’s capabilities are aligned with departmental strategy and requirements.

Public Fundraising Transformation Manager Requirements:

• Highly developed project management skills, ideally with experience of applying agile project management principles.
• Knowledge of key marketing principles and experience of marketing to individuals across a number of channels.
• Experience of business planning and overseeing performance management framework.
• Knowledge of marketing or fundraising using CRM systems.
• Knowledge of the compliance, regulatory and legal requirements relating to direct marketing and in particular, UK fundraising and an understanding and awareness of the key issues affecting fundraising and the not for profit sector in the UK.
• Experience of involvement in the preparation of strategic plans and budgets.
• Able to prepare, monitor and control income and expenditure budgets for individuals and teams.
• Experience of developing ways of working with internal stakeholders and managing external agency relationships.
• Management experience to include; recruitment, induction, training, development, dealing with performance issues and implementing and managing change.
• Able to apply the principles of direct marketing to fundraising activities to ensure that plans are customer focused and deliver required results.
• The post holder may be required to travel throughout the UK and to make occasional overnight stays.
• There will be a requirement to attend some meetings and events out of office hours.

Desirable:

• Experience of working in a complex organisation.
• Experience of negotiating and agreeing contracts.
• Understanding of the UK fundraising environment. This include consumer trends, regulations and the supplier and competitor landscape.
• Relevant qualification (degree, MBA, CMS) or evidence of continued professional development..
• Member of Institute of Fundraising.

About RNIB Royal National Institute of Blind People:

We’re the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and we’re here for everyone affected by sight loss. Working for us means working for one of the UK’s biggest charities, supporting almost two million people living with sight loss in the UK.

RNIB is committed to be led by our customers (blind and partially sighted people), and one of the ways we do this is through active involvement and engagement in many of our work activities, including the recruitment of new members of staff.

Please be aware that blind and partially sighted volunteers may be involved in the recruitment and selection process for this vacancy; including reviewing job applications and CV’s, shortlisting and interviews and selection tests.

RNIB is committed to being an Equal Opportunities organisation and we welcome applications from people with sight loss.

Salary: £40,738 per annum (plus £3603 London Weighting if applicable)

Location: 105 Judd Street, London, WC1H 9NE

Hours: 36 per week

You may have experience of the following: Transformation Manager, Business Transformation, Business Planning, Project Manager, Fundraising Manager, Budget Management, Project Management, Service Delivery Manager, Charity, NFP, Not for Profit, Third Sector etc.

Ref: 98370

Supportability is a sector leading charity that provides high quality, person centred individual and group-based services for Children, Young People and Adults, where we believe people who have disabilities are equally valued and empowered to live full and rewarding lives.

We are looking to appoint a dynamic and experienced Fundraising Manager to:

• Become part of our forward-thinking Charity
• Oversee and direct a small diverse income generation team
• Deliver our new fundraising vision to support our growth and provide greater sustainability
• Raise our profile both locally and regionally and cultivate relationships with donors and funders, with a particular focus on developing corporate partnerships that work for both parties
• Embed fundraising throughout the organisation and with external partners to ultimately benefit those we support and their carers
• Meet and exceed the financial targets for the team

In return you will get:

• Induction and training programme
• Pension
• Healthcare Cash Plan (qualifying period applies)
• Life Leisure discounted memberships (qualifying period applies)
• Cycle to Work Scheme (qualifying period applies)
• Retail Discounts (qualifying period applies)

All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. 

Further information, including the full job description is available on our website.

Overall purpose of the post

The Corporate Fundraising Officer is responsible for building corporate partnerships, developing relationships with, and securing income from, corporate partners to achieve agreed income targets. They work to grow our income to support our work helping single parent families.

Key tasks and responsibilities

• To develop relationships with potential corporate partners to maximise income and achieve agreed annual financial targets
• To carry out research into prospective corporate funders to support the development of the corporate fundraising strategy and help build and maintain a healthy pipeline

• To provide excellent supporter care to all corporate partners to help grow Gingerbread’s relationship with them and generate sustainable income
• To develop, write and present persuasive and innovative proposals that generate new corporate partnership
• To work closely with other Gingerbread teams such as Finance, Communications and Services to develop proposals that are budgeted and allocated correctly and can be delivered effectively

• To ensure that all corporate donations are reported on accurately, on schedule and that any terms and conditions are adhered to

• To keep abreast of trends and developments within fundraising (particularly corporate fundraising) to ensure that Gingerbread is geared up to take advantage of all opportunities

• To maintain accurate, up-to-date records on our CRM Salesforce and in Sharepoint

• To ensure the fundraising pipeline is up-to-date and accurate to assist with management reporting, the development of annual budgets and cash flows and revised income forecasts

• To report on progress against targets and KPIs

• To keep up-to-date with best practices, trends and regulations that affect charity fundraising

• To ensure that staff, volunteers and trustees understand the necessary parts of these so that Gingerbread meets its legal requirements at all times

• To represent the organisation externally, promoting the work of the organisation and developing productive relationships with external stakeholders

• To produce reports against plans for management as necessary, identifying any variances and taking corrective action where appropriate

• To work with the Head of Fundraising and Marketing to ensure strategies are in place for maximising income

Overall purpose of the post

The Fundraising Coordinator is responsible for providing support to the Fundraising Team to achieve agreed income targets, with a particular focus on trust applications to smaller trusts. They will work to grow our income to support our work helping single parent families.

Key tasks and responsibilities

• To support the Fundraising Team in raising income to fund the organisation’s work helping single parent families
• To carry out research into prospective funders (in particular, but not limited to, smaller trusts and foundations) to support the fundraising strategy and help build and maintain a healthy pipeline
• To manage relationships with a portfolio of smaller trusts and foundations, providing excellent supporter care to help grow Gingerbread’s relationship with them and generate sustainable income
• To submit high-quality, persuasive and punctual applications to these funders to achieve agreed targets as identified in the annual fundraising plan
• To work closely with other Gingerbread teams such as Finance, Communications and Services to develop proposals that are budgeted and allocated correctly and can be delivered effectively
• To ensure that all trust donations within the Fundraising Coordinator’s portfolio are reported on accurately, on schedule and that any terms and conditions are adhered to
• To keep abreast of trends and developments within fundraising to ensure that Gingerbread is geared up to take advantage of all opportunities
• To provide support with individual giving, community fundraising and events as needed
• To maintain accurate, up-to-date records on our CRM Salesforce and in Sharepoint, providing database administrative support to the whole Fundraising Team when needed
• To ensure the fundraising pipeline is up-to-date and accurate to assist with management reporting, the development of annual budgets and cash flows and revised income forecasts
• To report on progress against targets and KPIs
• To keep up to date with best practices, trends and regulations that affect charity fundraising
• To work with the Head of Fundraising and Marketing to ensure strategies are in place for maximising income

The Role

This is an amazing opportunity for an experienced fundraising lead with skills across income generating channels and a hands-on approach, to be involved in establishing and growing a fundraising service in a respected patient organisation charity.

Allergy UK is the only national charity that provides support services for the breadth of the allergic community across the UK. With your expertise and innovation our charity can diversify and grow its income generation through a range of fundraising opportunities, which will enable us to ensure that we can deliver even more support and services to the estimated 21 million allergic community across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. 

Allergy UK’s “new ambition” is a vision where ‘no-one should die from allergy’ and our mission is ‘for everyone in the UK to take allergy seriously’.  At the core of our 5-year ‘strategy for change’ is the exciting opportunity for an experienced Head of Income Generation to contribute to the development and implementation of an income generation strategy and the establishment of Allergy UK as a fundraising charity.

The Head Income Generation will play a key role in raising our national profile, identifying opportunities for growing our income through creating new approaches to fundraising. 

The postholder will be responsible for raising and growing revenue in line with budget expectations and will lead and implement a strategy to increase diversification of income. They will grow and lead a team of fundraisers and be a member of the executive leadership team reporting to the CEO. 

Candidates should have a track record of achievement and leadership at a senior level in income generation, preferably with expertise in the not-for-profit sector.

Key responsibilities are:

• Part of the Executive Leadership Team with responsibility for bringing about and embedding an internal cultural change, with a specific focus on income generation across the charity.
• To contribute to the development, implementation and delivery of a sustainable Income Generation Strategy that is aligned to the charity’s strategic objectives, building support, generating income, and raising the profile of the charity across the UK.
• Work closely with teams across the charity and its trading subsidiary service areas to deliver an implementation plan that supports the Income Generation Strategy and creates a sustainable model for the organisation.
• Develop and monitor fundraising data reporting to inform return on investment performance.

Salary: £45k to 48k depending on experience

Holiday: 28 days plus Bank Holidays

Pension: 3% Employer, 5% Employee

Free Parking

We look forward to receiving your covering letter and CV.

Closing date for applications: 9am on 19th April 2021.

Initial telecom interviews: Week of 26th April 2021

Interviews for selected candidates: Week of 4th May 2021.

If you would like an informal discussion about the post with the CEO then please request in your covering letter.

You could play a role in shaping the direction of fundraising for a charity dedicated to providing compassionate, personalised and holistic care for everyone in our community living with a terminal illness, and for those important to them.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a friendly, passionate team of fundraising professionals to provide leadership and inspiration to colleagues, volunteers, and supporters, managing income streams and beating budgets. You will facilitate the delivery of fundraising to its fullest potential, maximizing income across multiple shared income streams.

You will need to have at least two years’ experience of developing great relationships, with proven record of developing opportunity and growing income across a range of products.  Managing successful partner relationships and delivering engaging, successful events and campaigns is an essential skill along with previous experience in a fundraising, marketing, events or sales role. 

You will manage four colleagues within the team, giving you the opportunity to develop your management skills and to nurture and develop the fundraising managers of the future, helping to shape their careers whilst building your own in this exciting post.

Are you interested? We would love to hear from you!

Vacancy Reference Number:

HOEd/P/UK-R1

Position title:

Head of Education

Reports to:

Programme Director

Location:

Muslim Hands, 148 – 164 Gregory Boulevard, Gregory House, Nottingham, NG7 5JE

And

Remotely

Hours of Work:

Full-time, 35 hours per week

Salary guideline:

(Up to) £42,000.00 per annum (commensurate with experience)

Terms of Employment:

Permanent Contract (with a 6-Month Probationary Period)

Application Process & Closing Date:

Send an up-to-date CV and supporting Covering Letter by Email by no later than Friday, 26th March 2021

Approx. Interview & Role Commencement Date(s):

ASAP thereafter

Note: Strong Applicants may be contacted sooner, ahead of the closing date, to hold a Zoom Interview with Muslim Hands.

About Us:

Muslim Hands is a UK faith based international relief and development organisation working in over 40 countries worldwide. The headquarters of Muslim Hands is based in Nottingham, with additional operational function of the - fundraising team located in London. There will be occasional travel between the two locations.

Muslim Hands UK is seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic and passionate individual to lead our Education work. Education is a core part of Muslim Hands Vision and strategy as we grow.

Purpose of Post: to provide strategic oversight and management of the Muslim Hands Education and Orphan Sponsorship portfolio. To ensure Muslim Hands programmes are meeting the needs of the communities we serve and benefit from wider learning from the sector.

Role Overview:

The Head of Education will ensure the implementation of the MH Programmes Strategy within the Education and Sponsorship portfolio.

The Head of UK Education will report to the Director of Programmes and will manage the Education and Sponsorship teams.

The candidate will have demonstrable experience of successful delivery of international education programmes and project management.

Main Responsibilities:

• Strategy
  • To ensure that the MH Programmes Strategy and theory of change for MH education programmes aligns with and in support of MH’s global strategy.
  • Carry out regular performance and annual review of education programmes based on strategic aims and KPIs
• Programme Management
  • Review proposals of proposed interventions to ensure innovative projects and programmes are designed adhering to sectoral standards, principles in accordance with guideline on humanitarian interventions and best practice
  • Effectively coordinate and liaise with partners to ensure education sector good practices are utilised in MH education programmes
  • Ensure the successful implementation of project cycle management tools within MH education and sponsorship programmes.
  • Ensure MH education programmes are in line with sector and international standards on programme quality
  • Support the current education MEAL frameworks and tools and ensure effective programme oversight
  • Ensure the programme is in line with MH policies and procedures
  • Ensure all programmes are in line with due diligence, risk procedures etc.
• Finance and compliance
  • To ensure effective implementation of projects through progress and financial reporting
  • Ensure the MH education programmes meet local and international compliance requirements
  • Ensure documents and relevant procedures are correctly and appropriately applied.
• Networking and Influencing
  • To significantly raise the profile and visibility of MH education Program
  • Represent MH on national and regional platforms. To develop understanding, support and to work in collaboration with education focused organisations
  • Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure the internal visibility of MH programmes
• Capacity Strengthening 
  • Provide insight into education trends to all relevant internal stakeholders and become a champion for education programmes internally and externally
  • Build on current trends such as Education in Emergencies, education partnerships, programmes knowledge and awareness to improve quality of MH education programmes 
  • Ensure the vision, values and aim of the programme continue to be embedded in all areas of work and are clearly communicated internally and externally.
  • Ensuring areas of MH are in line with current education programmes trends
  • Ensure the capacity MH education programmes are reviewed and developed through teacher training programmes, infrastructure reviews, curriculum planning etc.
  • To work closely with colleagues and partners with relevant technical expertise to ensure (planning, monitoring, fundraising, M&E and governance and other appropriate support is available for programmes.
• Communication and Marketing
  • To provide key case studies to the Communication department in Fundraising to create further opportunities by highlighting key stories, which heighten the awareness of the education and sponsorship programmes.
  • Provide all relevant education and sponsorship updates to the Communication department via the programmes reporting officer, including producing quarterly reports for them to share updates with our donors.
• To undertake all tasks and duties in an effective, efficient, transparent, and wholly accountable manner
• Ability to demonstrate current eligibility to work within the United Kingdom.
• Ability to provide a valid DBS certificate (issued within the last year) when requested by Muslim Hands; OR Undertake to provide full cooperation for Muslim Hands to perform a DBS Check at the required level appropriate for this / similar role.
• To demonstrate Muslim Hands’ values and ethics in own working practices, approach, and conduct.
• To support with fundraising activities from time-to-time, including occasionally helping with Live TV Appeals during our peak periods.
• To undertake any reasonable responsibilities as required by line manager

Note: This job description will change from time to time due to changes within the Organisation as well as the updating of procedures within your department.  If there is a major change to your role then a new job description will be produced.

About the Successful Candidate:

Essential:

• Ability to demonstrate current eligibility to work within the United Kingdom
• Must be able to either:

1. Provide a valid Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate (issued within the last year) when requested by Muslim Hands; OR
2. Undertake to provide full cooperation for Muslim Hands to perform a DBS Check at the required level appropriate for this / similar role.

• Uphold Muslim Hands’ Organisational Values

Education:

Essential:

• University Degree (BA, BSc).

Desirable:

• MBA, or masters level degree in International Development or related subject.

• Experience

Essential:

• Experience of programme management in low- and middle-income countries.
• Experience of leading and managing teams.
• Experience on managing education programmes

Desirable:

• Charities/INGO experience.
• Experience of working with institutional donors
• Experience of managing a portfolio of international education programmes

This is a very rewarding position for the right person. If you feel this is you please send your CV with a cover letter explaining why you feel you are suitable quoting the above reference number!!

Deadline for applications is Friday, 26th March 2021, however, we reserve the right to end the application procedure early should the right candidate be found. 

NB: Unfortunately, we will only be able to contact successful candidates so if you have not heard from us by the closure date unfortunately your application will have been unsuccessful.

This is an exciting opportunity to manage and support the development of our regional development fundraising products, materials and communications across multiple audiences, all with the aim to inspire people to fundraise for Muscular Dystrophy UK (MDUK) in their community.

You will manage and support on the running of fundraising activities and campaigns. You will take ownership of our Bake a Difference and Skydive campaigns and support on our flagship Go Bright campaign as well as help bring new and innovative products to our supporters.

Applicants

The successful candidate should have:

• Experience in customer/supporter service.
• Experience of project management from concept to completion
• The ability to think creatively 

Expectations in the role

• To manage our supporter led products including developing and implementing project plans for each activity
• Serving as point of contact for supporters, handling enquiries from our Fundraising Hotline and Fundraising Inbox within agreed SLA’s
• Ongoing usage of Raisers Edge database to support fundraising activity and to ensure a high level of service to our volunteers/supporters
• Recruit, induct and manage a team of office based volunteers to support administrative and development tasks

Please download the job description to see full role responsibilities.

About us

Muscular Dystrophy UK is the charity bringing individuals, families and professionals together to fight muscle-wasting conditions. We bring together more than 60 rare and very rare progressive muscle-weakening and wasting conditions, affecting around 70,000 children and adults in the UK.

Benefits

We appreciate the range of skills and experience our staff have to offer. In return for your enthusiasm and commitment we commit to actively developing and supporting you. We also offer a range of benefits including pension, life assurance, season ticket loan, ride to work scheme, health cash plan, and an employee assistance programme.

Location

This role is based at our office in Southwark, London (although we are still working from home until such time allows). It is within a short walking distance of Southwark and Borough Tube stations. It is also a short distance from Waterloo Station, London Bridge Station and Blackfriars Station. We are also a 5 minute walk from the Tate Modern and Southbank, perfect place to go for lunch during the warm summer months.

In order to apply, please click on the Apply Now button and send your CV with a covering letter detailing why you are best suited for the role.

Please note interviews likely to be held week commencing 3 May 2021 (although we may invite candidates in for interview earlier so early application is advisable).

*Unfortunately due to the high volume of applications we receive we will only contact candidates that are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of the closing date please note your application has been unsuccessful.