This is a fantastic opportunity to join a forward-thinking and multi-award-winning organisation as the new Head of Fundraising and Communications. 

Aspire supports people facing significant barriers to employment, such as homelessness, offending histories, substance misuse or social exclusion, to move into and towards employment, training, education and housing. This recruitment comes at an exciting time in Aspire’s growth. Aspire began in 2001 supporting a small number of people affected by homelessness in Oxford city into employment: we now work with over 2,000 people across Oxfordshire, helping them to achieve significant life changes, and we’re piloting new activity in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. We run multiple, innovative employment and housing programmes including our “Through the Gate” project for ex-offenders, a homelessness prevention service and a Housing First project.

Aspire’s fundraising programme and brand profile has increased significantly over the last 5 years. We have a strong track record of successful fundraising to local and national trusts and foundations, which has enabled us to launch and sustain many of our employment and homelessness programmes. Over the last 18 months, Aspire has also built up a strong programme of year-round events, partnerships and appeals designed to generate unrestricted income for the organisation. In addition, Aspire’s profile has grown significantly with established social media channels, website management, Google Ads and media relations now in place. Further developing Aspire’s fundraising strategy and increasing unrestricted income to support Aspire’s long-term sustainability will be a key aspect of this role going forward.

Overall Purpose of Job: Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and managing one part-time Fundraising Officer and one part-time Communications Officer, the post holder will be responsible for implementing and developing Aspire’s fundraising strategy with a particular focus on increasing unrestricted income and strengthening individual giving, including with major donors. This role is part of Aspire’s Senior Leadership Team. 

Philanthropy Manager
Home/Field Based (with travel to Burford and London)

About Us

Blue Cross is one of the UK’s leading rehoming organisations for animals. We support sick, injured and homeless pets and care for more than 40,000 animals every year through our rehoming, veterinary and education programmes. 

We are now looking for a Philanthropy Manager to join our team on a 12 month maternity cover contract. 

The Benefits 

- Salary of £32,943 - £41,700 per annum
- Pension scheme 
- Employee Assistance Programme 
- Company sick pay
- Life insurance 
- Shopping discounts

If you have had previous success as a High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNWIs) fundraiser, this is a fantastic opportunity to use your expertise to support a charity that has been helping animals for over a century.

You will have the chance to play an important role in our future fundraising success and enabling our work to help thousands of animals. 

This is an exciting time to be joining us as we embark on our new three year strategy across our rehoming, behavioural and veterinary services and you will be able to facilitate the success of each one of these elements of our organisation.

The Role 

As a Philanthropy Manager, you will manage a portfolio of Major Donors, who give over £5,000 per annum, and our High Value (HV) Programme. This is a portfolio of donors giving between £500 - £4,999 per annum.  

Working with the Philanthropy Team, you will manage relationships with Charitable Trusts and HNWIs and ensure the smooth running of the HV Programme to maximise donations and support. 

Additionally, you will provide guidance to an Administrative Assistant who runs the HV programme on a day-to-day basis.

About You

To join us as a Philanthropy Manager, you will need:

- Proven experience as a successful HNWI relationship-based fundraiser
- Experience of creating and managing donor events, including budgeting
- A proven track record of personally asking for, and securing, four, five and six figure gifts
- Current knowledge of Data Protection and GDPR compliance
- The willingness to work occasional evenings or weekends for donor events
- The willingness to travel to meet with donors and to London and/or Burford for team meetings 
- At a minimum, a degree level qualification (or equivalent)

Ideally, you will have proven experience of raising funds for a variety of projects, but this is not essential. A full, valid driving licence would also be beneficial due to travel in the role.

Other organisations may call this role Fundraising Manager, Major Donor Manager, Income Manager, Donations Manager, Partnership Manager, Corporate Partnership Manager, Supporter Engagement Manager, or Senior Fundraising Executive.

The closing date for applications is the 1st March 2020, with interviews scheduled to take place on the 9th March 2020 at our offices in Burford. 

Grade: 3.1

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. For more information on this role, please select the apply button to read the full job description. 

Webrecruit and Blue Cross are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re seeking your next challenge as a Philanthropy Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Offering grown-up, flexible working, we're talent spotting for a phenomenal local children's charity who are on the lookout for an experienced Senior Community and Events Manager.

It's a brand-new, strategic role with a friendly team and now is an exciting time to join. Income is expected to grow significantly across community and events fundraising over the next 5 years.

You'll lead a team of five fundraisers across Community and Events. The events programme encompasses a mixed portfolio of owned and third-party events and community fundraisers work in defined geographical hotspots to develop and manage current and prospective supporters. Your focus will be to maximise their potential through an increased focus on supporter stewardship, in-memoriam fundraising and product development.

You'll be a creative and strategic thinker with great problem-solving skills. You'll develop relationships with ease and positively influence colleagues at all levels. Positive attitude, friendly and resilient are all things that colleagues might say about you, as well as being someone who demonstrates a commitment to continuous improvement and learning.

This role offers the right candidate a great opportunity to make a real and lasting impact. We're looking for significant experience in community and/or events fundraising and a successful track record in growing income in these areas. An empowering and enabling leadership style is a must; someone who knows how to nurture and drive talented people.

If you are the extraordinary individual we're looking for, please apply with a copy of your CV for lots for detail: [email protected] Amelia Lee is the consultant feeling lucky to be managing this fantastic opportunity.

Closing date: 9am on Thursday 27 February
Interviews: Thursday 5 March

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Development Director
£48,102 - £52,310 dependant on experience
Aylesbury
Full time, permanent 

Established 70 years ago, Action4Youth is based in Aylesbury and is a charity operating across Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and beyond. 

Our aim is to provide fun, often transformational experiences for all young people, whatever their background, ability or disability that not only challenge them but help and encourage them to grow as individuals, build personal confidence and set them new horizons from the perspective of what they can do rather than what they can’t.

It’s all about inspiring young people to become Inspiring Young People.

The organisation is currently in a period of ambitious growth as it increases its influence and reach. The role of Development Director will add energy, purpose and substance to the Senior Management Team as it pushes forward at an exciting time. This is an opportunity for someone with a can do attitude and a strong desire to make things happen.

As part of the Senior Management Team the Development Director will be responsible for leading a small team and its strategy. This is a hands on role.

The successful candidate will be a dynamic individual who has the vision to identify new opportunities to grow income, they will need to demonstrate:

Fundraising and commercial experience.  They will need to provide evidence of successfully forming and delivering a fundraising strategy
A good working knowledge of all aspects of fundraising including corporate, community, trusts and foundations and ideally legacies.
The ability to network, build and manage high value relationships and form strategic corporate partnerships
The ability to motivate and inspire a team to achieve targets and deliver the strategy
Experience and confidence of managing multiple projects simultaneously
Excellent budget management skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

This role will offer an opportunity for the successful candidate to have a direct and tangible impact on the charity by strengthening and increasing our supporter base, expanding our income streams and improving awareness of the charity, helping us to continue to work with and support young people in Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and beyond.

If you are a senior manager with a really strong business and fundraising background and you are  looking to progress your career to the next level or if you are an experienced Director who would like to make a real difference to the lives of young people we would love to hear from you.

The successful applicant will join a supportive, driven, committed team whose desire to achieve is matched by an intention to enjoy work on a day to day basis. The post will be based in an open plan office in Aylesbury and the new post holder should expect to enjoy being part of a collaborative, loud and energetic organisation.

To Apply

Application is in the format of CV and Supporting Statement.  The Supporting Statement should concentrate on the experience and knowledge requirements and be around 1,000 words maximum.

Closing date: Friday 21 February 2020 at 5.00pm   

First interviews: Wednesday 26 February 2020 
 
Final interviews: Tuesday 3 March 2020 

Previous applicants need not apply.

Prospectus is excited to be working with a national health charity to recruit two New Partnerships Managers. You will have the opportunity to work for a charity whose aim is to create a world where there are no barriers for people with sight loss.

You will be joining the charity at an exciting time, with the charity having recently undergone a new strategy and rebrand in 2018.

You will be leading on generating new business income from corporates from a wide variety of sectors.

You will steer the research on new leads, engaging in in-person meetings with potential corporate partners, presenting pitches and presentations, and making the ask in order to generate new business.

You will have experience generating six figure wins from corporate partners. You will be comfortable with working across a range of corporate fundraising approaches; for example charity of the year partnerships, sponsorship, and cause related marketing, restricted donations, strategic partnerships and short-term appeals.

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

Full time – Starting date flexible

Are you a skilled programme manager with the ability to design, secure funding for and deliver outstanding programmes?

Are you an effective communicator and relationship builder with experience of working in partnership with community based organisations?

Do you have knowledge and understanding of community forestry and agroforestry to promote environmental and human well-being?

If your answer is ‘Yes’ to all these questions then this could be the role for you.

International Tree Foundation (ITF) is a charitable company that runs tree planting, forest conservation and tree education programmes in Africa and the UK. ITF supports community-led initiatives that protect, plant and promote trees and forests in order to preserve biodiversity and habitats, reverse deforestation, improve livelihoods and tackle climate change.

The Programmes Manager will be responsible for the efficient and effective management of ITF’s grant giving and grant funded programmes.

St Edmund Hall has an ambitious 10-year vision to develop its teaching, research, culture, finance and to become the most environmentally sustainable college in Oxford. Major gifts will be critical if we are to achieve our goals and we now seek to appoint a Philanthropy Manager who shares our ambition.

The Philanthropy Manager will report to the Director of Development and will work with existing and prospective major donors within our pool of alumni. You will make face-to-face funding requests, building on your experience of securing five and six figure gifts.

There are a number of exciting funding projects that we believe alumni will be keen to support, including capital development of student accommodation, support for bursaries and scholarships and new initiatives to reduce the environmental footprint of the College.

It is anticipated that the successful candidate will be out of the office for 60% of their week, most typically in London. The College is therefore open to applications from candidates who live outside of Oxford provided they are committed to travelling to Oxford once a week (more frequently during induction period and when required to do so).

This is a 2-year fixed-term position and the College is also open to considering flexible or part-time working for this role.

This is an excellent opportunity for a proven fundraiser to play a pivotal role in a successful team and develop their fundraising career.

To be successful in this role, you will have a demonstrable track record in major gift fundraising.  You’ll be entrepreneurial and results-driven with outstanding communication and influencing skills and the presence, gravitas and intellect to operate effectively at all levels.

In return, we offer highly competitive rewards and benefits including generous annual leave entitlement, pension scheme, subsidised bus pass loan, cycle to work scheme loan, season ticket loan, an employee assistance programme, a free lunch whilst on duty and free eye sight testing with a contribution towards the cost of spectacles if necessary and various University of Oxford discounts.

Application Process

Interested applicants should forward the following documents:

1. A Cover Sheet giving the contact details of two referees. One referee should be the applicant’s current or most recent manager or supervisor.
2. A current CV.
3. A covering letter, which explains how you meet the selection criteria for the post.

Documents should be sent in PDF format, preferably by email by 09:00 on Monday, March 16, 2020.  Postal applications should be sent to the HR Manager, St Edmund Hall, Queen’s Lane, Oxford, OX1 4AR.  Shortlisted applicants will be invited to interview soon after the closing date.  Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Please also consider completing the online Equal Opportunity Monitoring Form.  Submission of this form is voluntary and does not form part of the selection process, but we would be grateful if you are willing to return it with your application to assist us with our equal opportunity monitoring.

Asylum Welcome is a respected Oxford-based charity offering support to asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants, advising them on the asylum process, on day-to-day issues and offering a range of practical help. We are looking for a Director who is:

Experienced and talented - in leading the small staff team to co-ordinate over 100 volunteers delivering our front-line services; in working with trustees to address the strategic priorities of quality, efficiency and sustainability; in managing all aspects of a lively charity.

Forward-thinking - in responding to changes in the circumstances for asylum seekers and migrants, to changes in their needs, and in advocacy locally and nationally on asylum and migration issues.

Please upload a letter of application which specifies how you meet our criteria, alongside your CV.

Interviews likely to be in the week of 23rd March.

We have an exciting opportunity in our new Ronald McDonald House at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. We are looking for a Deputy House Manager who will be responsible for the House Operations and line management of the Front of House Team at our site relocation opening this summer.

Working with your House team and reporting to your House Manager you will strive to create a safe and welcoming environment for our families to stay in during difficult times. The right candidate will be a motivated individual who enjoys working as part of a team and shares our vision of wanting to keep families close to their sick child. This is a great opportunity for someone with operations experience and line management experience or ready for the next challenge in his or her career.

At Ronald McDonald House Charities UK we build and run Houses that provide a ‘home away from home’ for families who have a sick child in hospital. To do this, we recognise the importance of having strong support in our House teams.

Download the Candidate Pack which will provide you with more information about the role, salary and employee benefits.

Communications Manager
Little Wittenham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

About Us

Earth Trust is an environmental learning charity, conservation manager and a working farm. We are the proud guardians of 500 hectares of farmland, woodland and wetland, as well as the Wittenham Clumps, two ancient hills topped by the oldest known planted hilltop beeches in England.

It is our mission to provide accessible natural green spaces that everyone can visit and help visitors engage with the environment. And, with over 150,000 visits every year, we are one of the most visited, free to access green spaces in the South-East.

As we continue to strike a balance between farming, conservation and accessible green spaces, we are now seeking a Communications Manager to join our team in Little Wittenham which is easily commutable from Oxford, Reading and High Wycombe.

We are offering this role on a full or part-time basis, working 25 – 35 hours per week.

Your Rewards

- Salary of £27,000 – £32,000 per annum (pro rata if less than 35 hours)
- Benefits package

This is the ideal role for a proven communications professional with great project management skills and an incredible story-telling style to advance their career with our successful environmental charity.

You’ll have the chance to tell our story, engage with those who support us and bring new stakeholders and interested parties on board. Engaging with further audiences and supporters is key to our mission and our sustainability and so you will be playing a vital role in our organisation.

We’ve got a rich history dating back more than 50 years and a bright future where we intend to reach more people, continue our vital conservation work and become involved in more projects and exciting work.

2020 is the start of an incredible decade for us. We’ve received a water Environment Grant to support our wetlands, our Gateway programme to improve our Earth Trust Centre is underway and we have an exciting strategy to guide us through to 2023. Want to help us write our future? Apply today.

The Role

As our Communications Manager, you will communicate stories from our organisation and our work in order to raise our public profile and engage with more potential visitors and supporters.

Promoting our organisation in line with our ambitious five year strategy and site redevelopment plans, you will particularly focus on organisational development, our Gateway programme and key projects such as River of Life II.

Specifically, your role will involve:

- Producing clear communications that develop interest, increase support and funding and meet our objectives
- Building visitor expectations and demand for projects and services
- Developing communication plans which connect a wide range of audiences with our projects
- Implementing targeted communication campaigns
- Using digital technologies, events and publications to deliver our message
- Creating digital communications, identifying digital objectives and improving areas such as SEO
- Managing our website development for consistent improvement and innovation
- Developing content for the website and our social media
- Ensuring our events maximise opportunities to communicate with our audiences

About You

To be considered as our Communications Manager, you will need:

- At least five years’ experience in a communications planning and delivery role
- Project management experience with the demonstrable ability to manage processes, contractors or suppliers and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver project objectives
- The ability to interpret complex information and create powerful and engaging stories for differing audiences
- A demonstrable creative approach to developing, implementing and evaluating communication activities

Other organisations may call this role Public Relations Executive, PR Executive, Copywriter, Content Manager, Marketing Campaign Executive, Campaign Manager, Digital Communications Manager, Marketing Communications Manager, or Marcomms Manager.

Webrecruit and Earth Trust are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re seeking so take your next step and really do something incredible with your career as our Communications Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.