WHFS is looking for an experienced financial specialist to join its team.

As the Head of Finance, you will be responsible for the charity’s financial management and with the Chief Executive, have oversight of HR and IT operations.  A member of the senior team, you will help shape the organisation’s strategy and provide financial modelling to support sustainability and expansion. You will report directly to the Chief Executive and liaise with our Treasurer.

You will be professionally qualified, have a least three years' experience in a finance role and previously acted in a company secretarial role or providing support to Trustee Boards in a finance capacity. Highly experienced in accounting software packages and experience of transitioning from external accounts provision to in-house is desirable.

WHFS is a women-led charity supporting marginalised women in East London. We are best known for Maternity Mates which supports vulnerable pregnant women and our FGM/C survivors and women's health programme. 

Our aim is to support women to improve their health and wellbeing in a meaningful and sustainable way, by giving them the knowledge and confidence they need to do it for themselves. One of the key ways we do this, is to recruit and train local women volunteers to provide emotional and practical support through meaningful relationships.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion. As a women-led charity, our team is representative of the local communities we work with in London.

Interviews will be held on Friday 28th May 2021.
 

Saint John of God Foundation is part of a global group that delivers healthcare in over 40 countries in Africa, Europe, North America, South America, and Australia.  The Foundation is responsible for raising funds for healthcare work in Ireland, Malawi and eight countries in West Africa though raising money in Ireland, UK, and the Netherlands.  The Foundation raises over €8m per year mainly from over 45,000 regular monthly donors.  The Foundation is now seeking to expand its fundraising income with the following key objectives:

1. Increase the base of regular giving.

2. Increase the level of cash/ appeal giving.

3. Maximise the return form tax efficient giving programmes.

4. Increase the proportion of regular and appeal income delivered on-line.

The successful candidate will be responsible for an investment budget of €0.75m.

Purpose of Role

The successful candidate will be responsible for

• Strategic development, budgeting and annual forecasting of all donor recruitment, retention and donor development, including making investment cases for long term growth in Ireland, Northern Ireland and The Netherlands.
• Overviewing of the individual fundraising programme, developing fundraising strategies and managing a range of activities across the whole supporter journey. 
• Taking lead responsibility for the day to day running of the Individual Giving programme including line management of fundraising staff. 
• Advising on the Individual Giving programme of our sister charity in The Netherlands, Hospitaal Broeders.

Principal Accountabilities

1. To have an overview of the entire Individual Giving programme; developing fundraising strategies and managing a range of activities across the whole supporter journey. (50% of time)

• Lead responsibility for planning and co-ordinating all aspects of integrated marketing campaigns, across a range of channels such as D2D, Direct Marketing, Telemarketing and DRTV.
• To be responsible for operational plans for the development of individual supporters ensuring seamless transition from initial recruitment through to on-going tailored communications and retention programmes.
• To be responsible for developing an effective integrated communications programme for cash donors and regular givers, and to be responsible for data segmentation strategies and tailoring communications according to donor profiles.
• To develop and implement donor recruitment strategies including DRTV & D2D in order to achieve strategic goals laid out as part of the organisational strategic plan.
• To be aware of trends affecting the charity marketplace for donor recruitment activity and direct marketing in general, identifying changes, predicting future trends and implications, and making recommendations as necessary.

2. To lead in the budgeting and annual forecasting of the programme, including making investment cases for long term growth (20% of time)

• Play a key role in the annual budgeting process.
• Manage the forecasting and reporting on a monthly basis.
• Co-ordinate analysis of campaigns and constant development of present and future campaigns as a result of learnings.
• Ensure strong supporter engagement via the development of excellent donor operations and management of call centres.

3. To take lead responsibility for the line management of the Fundraising Team (15% of time)

• Manage and develop the team through the annual appraisal process and regular one-to-one meetings.  Be a positive role model, motivate and facilitate personal and professional growth and progression where possible.

4. Other duties where necessary (15% of time)

• Advise on the optimisation programme of the Dutch IG Programme.  The Dutch charity has its own management and staff responsible for fundraising development and delivery.
• Play an active role on the Saint John of God Foundation management team.
• Negotiate with, manage and motivate key agencies and suppliers within their specific area of expertise.

The principal accountabilities are not meant to be an exhaustive list of tasks. The need for flexibility is required and the job holder is expected to carry out any other related duties that are within the employee's skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed.

Profile

Experience

• Significant experience in Direct Marketing including proven experience in devising and implementing successful integrated direct marketing income driven campaigns to mass market audiences using current best practice.
• Proven track record in generating significant fundraising income.
• Effective financial management, control, and prioritisation of budgets, including annual planning, reforecasting and presenting investment cases.
• Practical knowledge of working with Salesforce or a similar CRM and MS Office, particularly Excel.
• Competency on all social media channels.
• Experience of devising and implementing segmentation, targeting and prompt strategies.
• Experience of managing creative, print and media agencies with practice in negotiating strong commercial agreements.
• Demonstrable experience of leading, managing, motivating and inspiring a team.
• Experience of appraising new ideas and proposals and testing (or not) as appropriate.
• Experience of working for a not-for-profit organisation would be desirable.

Skills (Special Training or Competences)

• Strong analytical ability.
• Positive, results driven individual.
• Proven strategy development, project management and planning skills.
• Robust, confident, ‘can-do’ attitude.
• Creative and innovative thinker motivated by pushing the boundaries.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Core Behaviours

• Change & Improvement.
• Delivery and Implementation.
• Communicating & Influencing.
• Planning & Organising.
• Team Working.
• Decision Making.

Key Relationships

Internal

• CEO.
• Management team.
• IG Team.
• Manager – Netherlands.

External

• Representative agencies
• All fundraising agencies – Telemarketing, print etc

The deadline for application is Sunday April 25th, 2021

Overview Of The Role 

Chell Perkins Ltd is looking for a passionate fundraiser with management experience to support our small, yet dynamic team. 

Key aspects of this role will include: 

• Training and mentoring support: supporting our growing team with the delivery of a full range of fundraising activities on behalf of Chell Perkins’ clients, assisting in high-quality trust applications, strategy formation work, event management, direct mail appeals, online giving campaigns, major donor/corporate fundraising and research activities. 

• Line management responsibilities: logistically supporting the developing fundraising team, managing contract timings and conducting work reviews.

• Client liaison: supporting staff to ensure that all of our clients are looked after and receive excellent communication throughout their contract(s)

• Business development: being an ambassador for our company, promoting our business and attending networking/sector events on our behalf

• Fundraising delivery: you will also manage your own small client case-load

At all times the candidate successful with this role will comply with regulations affecting fundraising, including (but not exclusively) guidelines from the Fundraising Regulator and Information Commissioner's Office. The Head of Fundraising may also be required to assist in the delivery of training and mentoring packages directly to clients.

Chell Perkins Ltd… Who are we? 

There are thousands of charities throughout the UK with the most amazing vision for transforming the lives of those in their communities. However, unfortunately some of these charities are unable to unlock the full potential of their vision due to a lack of finances, resources and/or fundraising expertise. At the heart of it, Chell Perkins Ltd exists to make a very real and lasting impact on the third sector through increasing the availability of high quality fundraising. We achieve this by identifying, partnering with and nurturing the next generation of potential fundraisers to see all charities have access to bespoke, effective and affordable fundraising support.

Before forming Chell Perkins Ltd, we were fortunate to work for charities passionate about developing their staff. They offered us training, sharpened our fundraising skills, challenged us, and invested in our ability to fundraise well.

For the last four years, Chell Perkins Ltd has been trying to pay this kindness forwards through our Junior Fundraising Training Programme and we are now looking for support from an experienced Head of Fundraising to take this programme further. 

Role: Individual Giving Officer

Hours: 37.5 per week Monday to Friday

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £20,000

Holiday: 25 days per year plus Bank Holidays

Based: Overlooking the sea, St Agnes, Cornwall (home based until early July)

Probationary Period: 3 months

Reports to: Head of Mass Giving

Benefits: Additional 1day holiday per year after each year of service, up to 3 years / Employer pension scheme / Flexitime policy with core hours of 10.30am - 3.30pm / 24-hour employee support line / Incredible ocean location

We are Surfers Against Sewage

Surfers Against Sewage is a national marine conservation and campaigning charity that inspires, unites and empowers communities to take action to protect oceans, beaches, waves and wildlife. Our mission is simple: to Create Ocean Activists everywhere.

We’re dedicated to protecting the ocean and we won’t stop until it’s completely clean, safe and protected for everyone, forever.

Our projects target coastal environment issues including marine plastic pollution, water quality, climate change and ocean protection.

From our headquarters in St Agnes, Cornwall, we protect beaches, monitor water quality, organise beach cleans, run educational programmes, lobby government and industry, report pollution and campaign for the conservation and protection of our ocean.

Together we are the voice of the ocean, together we are #generationsea

Our vision is simple…

Thriving ocean, thriving people.

This simple phrase captures everything that matters to us, not just in SAS, but humankind. It’s a mantra, a motto, a rallying cry to drive us on, with a huge collective goal to help tilt our delicate planet back on its axis. This sounds huge, but when you love what you do, and work as one, that future draws ever nearer.

We value…

• Openness: Together, we’re passionate, down to earth campaigners, born out of the community, with a deep unrelenting love of the ocean. We believe in building diverse, inclusive and active communities.
• Dynamism: We are dynamic, radical, active, energetic doers and campaigners. From the beaches to the front benches, we bring people together, empowering them to get stuck in and make real change happen.
• Authenticity: We are human, doing our best. When we don’t get things right, we learn from it. We believe in authenticity. You can’t fake trust.
• Creativity: We are creative and entrepreneurial. We move fast, think far and believe the future is bright. From our humble home, we make waves (of all shapes and sizes) to improve our greatest gift. A healthy ocean = a healthy society.

About the Role

We are committed to saving the ocean but we have our work cut out for us. Every day 8 million pieces of plastic pollution find their way into our oceans. Nowhere is safe and plastic pollution can now be found on every beach in the world.

We have exciting plans to grow unrestricted income to give us the flexibility to best protect the ocean and we’re looking for a talented and motivated person to help grow our Individual Giving programme.

You’ll be joining a small and skilled team to grow our income and inspire new members and donors across the UK to support SAS.

Working closely with the Head of Mass Giving you will help develop and deliver the individual giving programme, recruiting new donors and members and creating inspiring communications to engage and retain them, while raising vital funds.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project manage and create a number of donor and member communications and appeals across multiple channels within agreed timescales and budgets
• Work with external suppliers, including freelancers, direct marketing and telephone agencies on key campaigns to develop creative briefs and evaluate copy and artwork to ensure campaigns are delivered to brief and to a high standard
• Create engaging content for monthly email communications for members and donors
• Produce the member’s magazine, working closely with the Head of Communications and internal teams to plan and source content and manage external suppliers including designers, copywriters, print and mailing houses.
• Manage day-to-day relationships and schedules with external suppliers to ensure appeals and communications are produced on time
• Manage the external print and fulfilment of member and donor appeals and communications, ensuring quality of service and value for money
• Collaborate and build relationships with colleagues in other teams to identify and implement cross-working opportunities and find inspiring content
• Create engaging social media content, particularly for Facebook and Instagram to inspire supporters to support our appeals and join as members
• Monitor results of campaigns and identify recommendations to improve future performance
• Proof copy, artwork and data, ensuring that creative is delivered to highest standard of quality
• Provide interim cover for communicating with fundraisers and promotion of community fundraising activities to our wider supporter base
• Contribute towards the development of new, innovative approaches across the Individual Giving Team
• Keep up-to-date with developments in the fundraising sector, particularly in relation to best practice and compliance regulation and ensure these are followed on all campaigns

About You

We’re looking for a creative and motivated individual with experience of working in a marketing or fundraising role.

You will have experience online marketing tactics, copywriting and creating content to recruit, develop and retain customers or supporters.

Above all, you’ll have a passion for direct marketing and the desire to work in a high performing team.

Essential:

• Experience of working in a marketing or fundraising role
• Knowledge of digital direct marketing techniques
• Able to write engaging copy and create content for a variety of audiences
• Knowledge of email marketing tactics and hands on experience of using email marketing tools e.g. Campaign Monitor
• Experience of creating social media content
• Ability to use content creation tools e.g. Canva
• Highly organised, with good planning and project management skills
• Ability to work in a team towards multiple deadlines
• Strong relationship building skills
• Ability to work independently and flexibly to manage competing priorities and deadlines
• Ability to take initiative to solve problems
• Strong attention to detail
• Highly computer literate
• Awareness of the importance of the Data Protection Act and GDPR
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to team needs
• Inspired by SAS’s mission and vision
• Full, clean, UK driver’s licence

Desirable:

• Experience in a donor or customer acquisition
• Experience of monitoring results and reporting against plans and budgets
• Experiencing in a fundraising role
• Understanding and experience of data analysis
• An eye for spotting opportunities and enjoy contributing to strategy

How to Apply

To apply, please send your CV and cover letter explaining why you want the role, how your skills and experience meet the requirements and what you can bring to the team.

Closing Date: 10pm Thursday 20th May

Interview Date: Interviews expected to be held w/c 31st May via video call

Surfers Against Sewage values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

About the role

Are you an enthusiastic fundraiser looking for a new challenge? Do you want to bring your skills in delivering engaging supporter stewardship and your capacity for creative thinking and collaboration to help more families facing dementia get the support they need?

Then join Dementia UK as Individual Giving Executive. This is an exciting opportunity for you to be part of a passionate and nurturing organisation with a highly committed and friendly workforce who share a passion for providing specialist and compassionate dementia support for everyone who may need it.

There are currently over 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK, and this is expected to increase to 1 million by 2025, and 1.4 million by 2040. In response to this, Dementia UK provides specialist dementia support for families through our Admiral Nurse service.

Individual Giving (IG) fundraising is a key income stream to support the charities ongoing growth, through developing engaging fundraising campaigns and delivering high quality, timely and personalised stewardship to recruit new supporters and retain existing supporters.

You will be responsible for managing and monitoring acquisition and retention activity across a range of channels including direct mail, digital, print and telephone. You will focus on the engagement and stewardship of new and existing supporters as well as being involved in the development of new marketing campaigns.

As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, we shortlist on the basis of responses to the application questions only. Although we need a CV, it will not be used to shortlist and so candidates need to make sure they fully answer the questions.

Interviews: 25th May 

Looking to develop your experience in individual giving and team management?  Interested in how fundraising databases can help develop campaigns? Are you confident, full of ideas and eager to learn? If so, then this is the role for you! We are looking for an Individual Giving Manager to join our close knit fundraising team.

This is a great opportunity to develop your existing experience of individual giving, legacies and databases and take on more responsibility, along with building on your management experience. With the launch of our lottery scheme this year, it’s also a chance to use your ideas to help develop our campaigns.

We’re looking for someone with in depth knowledge of Raisers Edge or an equivalent database and excellent copywriting skills to create digital appeals.  You'll be a self-starter and problem solver who is well organised and calm under pressure.

Currently the team is working from home, but we are looking to move to hybrid home/office working from the autumn.

Richard House is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults.  Successful candidates will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

We are excited to be working with the wonderful Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice who are in search of an experienced Individual Giving Manager. This is a wonderful organisation who dedicate their work towards providing free high-quality care and support for people with terminal illnesses and their families. Over the past year, the hospice has received immense support from individuals, and it is an exciting time to join them during this great period of growth.

As part of your role, you will be driving forward income through various direct marketing channels which include, regular giving, fundraising appeals, lottery, legacy, and in-memory giving. You will be managing a talented team of 4 and an income of circa £350,000. You will also work closely with the marketing team to build on their digital fundraising campaign, as well as championing data, allowing you to implement strong stewardship plans from the analysed data.

You will need:

• Experience of implementing and developing an individual giving strategy
• Proven experience of managing a team
• Experience of managing 6-figure income and expenditure budgets
• Experience and knowledge of digital fundraising

Closing Date: 20^th May 2021
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000
 

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call me on 020 30 062787or email [email protected].

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we are experts in charity recruitment and excel at matching fundraisers to charity jobs. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically and supporting people to find their perfect fundraising jobs.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

Camphill Village Trust has one simple vision… To see more people with learning and other disabilities lead a life of opportunity. We have an exciting opportunity for an Individual Giving Manager to join the team and play an integral role in enabling the charity to fulfil this vision. Camphill Village Trust is a leading, long established and progressive UK charity that encourages, enables and supports over 500 people across a range of housing and support models and through a range of urban and rural communities and services. This is a hugely exciting time to be joining the Fundraising team as the charity is looking to grow and develop and this role will provide the opportunity for someone to develop this already successful and critical income stream.

As Individual Giving Manager you will be tasked with the exciting challenge of developing an individual giving strategy covering the key areas of donor acquisition and retention. Camphill Village Trust benefits from a highly committed and generous supporter base so a large part of this role will be focussed on developing new individual giving initiatives, encouraging and inspiring existing supporters to give again or increase the level of their support. Leading on donor acquisition campaigns, you will work closely with the marketing team to develop a range of products such as direct marketing, inserts and digital marketing. This truly is a wonderfully unique opportunity to join highly reputable and successful organisation in a varied and interesting capacity.

To be considered for this role you should come to us with significant experience implementing successful individual giving strategies and of leading direct marketing campaigns. You should possess a sound knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices of donor acquisition and be able to communicate effectively with donors via a range of mediums. You should be known for your ability to build relationships with ease and be a compassionate empathetic individual. An ability to work effectively as part of a team as well as with a high level of independence is essential, and you should be easily able to work on your own initiative. This is an inherently values based organisation with a positive culture and clear mission, and in order to thrive in this role you will need to be supportive of the charity’s values and passionate about it’s wonderful work.

As a national charity, the Trust is able to consider applicants from across the UK who are willing to work through Microsoft Teams and attend meetings in any of our nine communities. However, candidates should be aware that the Appeals Office is in Botton Village on the North York Moors and occasional office presence will be beneficial.  Travel to the office may be paid for candidates living some distance from the office. Part-time applicants will also be considered and the organisation offers a range of generous benefits while actively promoting a healthy work-life balance.

The recruitment for this role is ongoing, and the position will close when a sufficient number of suitable applications have been received. If you wish to express an interest in this role, please apply directly or contact Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons for more information. 

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

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Individual Giving Manager to join our Fundraising and Communications team. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £43,380 pa plus benefits. You will lead the development and implementation of the Individual Giving and Legacy programme to achieve a step-change in voluntary income using direct marketing techniques across a broad range of channels.

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop the supporter retention strategy and communications plan, planning and coordinating a diverse range of activities and campaigns to retain and develop individual supporters
• Deliver major income generation campaigns for individual supporters including The Big Give and appeals around key periods, leading on the development of creative, full campaign implementation and analysis
• Develop a new digital fundraising strategy to increase engagement with individual supporters and share skills, learnings and resources between teams
• Develop a supporter acquisition programme, ensuring the optimum combination of audiences, products, propositions and channels and test new ways to generate income
• Develop a legacy marketing strategy to engage supporters in legacy conversations and longerterm, to increase legacy and in memoriam income
• Manage, support and develop the Supporter Care and Engagement Officer to establish a donor centric approach, ensuring the highest levels of donor care at all times.
• Champion internal use of the new Salesforce CRM and lead the improvement of systems and processes to embed professional fundraising operations
• Utilise data and insights to evaluate performance, report on campaigns and provide learnings for future activities

The ideal candidate will have the following skills, experience, and knowledge:

• Substantial experience of working in direct marketing across a wide range of channels and a proven track record in growing income.
• Experience of successfully developing and implementing integrated direct marketing campaigns
• Experience of relationship management and supporter care.
• Experience of end to end campaign management.
• Experience of producing engaging and impactful copy for a variety of fundraising materials and audiences.
• Experience of managing budgets and forecasting for fundraising campaigns.
• Experience of overseeing CRM systems .
• Experience of line management freelance staff or volunteers.
• Experience of working in the charity sector.
• Substantial knowledge of direct marketing and the ability to develop strong fundraising propositions.

• An excellent understanding of digital fundraising and social media and a knowledge of current trends.
• Knowledge of legacy marketing and in memorium fundraising.
• The ability to evaluate, critique and edit creative materials including concepts, copy and design.
• Proven project management skills demonstrating the ability to manage several campaigns at the same time.
• Good working knowledge of GDPR and all relevant fundraising regulation.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent.

Closing date: 10am, Monday 17 May 2021

If you would like apply for this role, please click ‘apply’ now

Momentum Children’s Charity is a local organisation that supports families whose children have cancer or a life-challenging condition. We were founded 17 years ago by our current Chief Executive and have grown enormously over that time. We currently have partnerships with six local hospitals who refer families to us for support, which ranges from therapies and counselling, to respite holidays and special family experiences.

It’s an exciting time for us, as our vision is to expand further to meet the needs of even more families. To support this growth, we need to raise awareness and the profile of the charity, as well as substantial funds to deliver our support programme. We have an ambitious three-year strategy, which includes broadening our reach into new geographical areas and, in turn, this opens the opportunity to increase our profile, supporter base and fundraising activities in new communities across South-West London, Surrey and Sussex.

The Head of Fundraising will play a crucial part in helping us achieve our vision. Reporting to the CEO, you will be a key member of the Senior Management Team, working alongside our Head of Strategic Development, Head of Service Delivery and Head of Finance and HR.

You will have overall responsibility for Fundraising and Marketing activities, leading and inspiring a small but dedicated team. We want you to bring fresh ideas and lots of enthusiasm: in return, you have our guarantee that we recognise the value and need to invest in fundraising. We’re doing a lot of great things already, but we know we’re not perfect! In particular, we hope you can develop our Individual Giving, Community and Events income streams, and support the other key fundraising areas in reaching their potential. You’ll be joining us as we launch a fabulous new brand design which, alongside a compelling children’s charity cause and plenty of fundable activities, makes our charity a genuinely exciting place to be!

Are you looking for your first managerial role? Do you have a background in Individual Giving?

We are working with this much loved health charity to recruit an IG Manager, you will be responsible for the individual giving programme, legacy and in memoriam giving, as well as overseeing recording of income to the database

The Role
Work with the Head of Fundraising to develop and implement a strategy for increasing income across all individual giving streams.
Manage the individual giving programme
Achieve the annual targets agreed for all areas of individual giving.
Prepare detailed income and expenditure reports
Assist the Head of Fundraising with preparing the annual budget and report monthly on performance against targets.
Implement the legacy fundraising programme, promoting legacies to internal and external audiences.
Set, monitor and manage income and expenditure budgets in conjunction with the Head of Fundraising.
Management of the Database Administrator.
Responsibility for day to day management of Raisers Edge

The Candidate
A sound knowledge and understanding of individual giving, legacy and in memory fundraising.
Knowledge of budgets and experience of reporting financial performance against targets.
In depth knowledge of Raisers Edge or similar database, including ability to interrogate data and run complex queries and reports.
Experience of creating both written and electronic appeal materials.
An understanding of the role of social media in communicating with supporters.
Excellent knowledge of the Data Protection Act, GAYE, Gift Aid and Fundraising Regulator statutory requirements

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

Change Please is an award-winning social enterprise operating in the homelessness sector. We want to see a world in which there is no more homelessness. We train and employ people experiencing homelessness as baristas, support with housing, the Living Wage, mental well-being and then into onward employment with our partners in the hospitality and catering sector.

We are looking for a senior fundraiser to join our team as a Head of Fundraising. Reporting directly to the Director of Impact and Fundraising, this is an exciting time of organisational growth and impact following Covid-19. The postholder will build the department and lead on funding strategy.

Following a successful year, we are looking for someone who can deliver on our organisation’s strategy and vision. The Head of Fundraising will recruit and lead a dedicated team of fundraisers and consultants to bring in funds to help us achieve our mission.

We want someone who can provide the vision, leadership and fundraising skills to achieve our targets and development programme. We want someone with substantial fundraising experience from Trusts and Foundations, excellent at building relationships, organising funding pipelines, reporting and securing funds from a variety of sources. Experience in more than one discipline will be an advantage.

Main Job responsibilities

• Strategy and planning
  • Create and update fundraising strategy with Director of Impact to develop and achieve income targets
  • Maintain up-to-date list of prospects and opportunities for funding from a wide range of sources
  • Lead the annual fundraising planning process to produce effective strategies to achieve income targets
  • Identify new funding opportunities to achieve agree long-term goals and targets
• Monitoring and evaluation
  • Develop and review monitoring and evaluation systems in line with funders’ and Change Please’s requirements
  • Maintain calendar and organise reporting requirements for funders
  • Writing clear reports for funders
• Fundraising / writing
  • Write excellent and persuasive written applications and material
  • Develop new donors
  • Lead on new funding streams for Change Please
  • Oversee management/reporting of Trust income/expense programmes
  • Writing applications for awards relative to Change Please’s work
• Budgeting and finance
  • Ensuring that the department is in budget
  • Produce effective project and funding budgets with fundraising team
  • Working with Finance Team and Treasurer
  • In cooperation with the executive director, lead the development of any long-term strategy to achieve
• Management and people
  • Overseeing work of freelance fundraisers and fundraising team (to be recruited)
  • Managing workload and performance through regular one-to-one line management discussions
  • Plan and implement personal development programme for team members in all relevant skills
  • Undertake annual performance reviews

Person Spec

• At least five years’ experience in a similar role
• Demonstrable track record of Strategic Fundraising
• Successful, significant and relevant achievement at management level in a comparable organisation
• Experience of utilising the strength of an organisation brand for charity/business development
• Proven track record of meeting challenging income targets
• Proven ability to build, manage and develop key stakeholder, client and donor relationships
• Experience of developing and implementing strategic and business plans
• Proven track record in fundraising that has directly resulted in increased income for an organisation
• Effective dissemination of information to large and diverse groups
• Strong leadership skills.
• Track record of bringing innovative creative thinking and fresh ideas to an organisation and/ or its services
• Commitment to Change Plesae’s work and beneficiary group

YMCA DOWNSLINK GROUP

Head of Fundraising

Brighton, East Sussex, UK

Permanent Contract

37 Hours per week

£43,000 to £45,000 per annum (pro-rata)

This is a fantastic opportunity to support YMCA DownsLink Group to transform the lives of vulnerable young people across Sussex and Surrey. The Head of Fundraising is a key role in helping us to achieve our mission by growing fundraised income from individuals, organisations and other funding bodies.

We are an ambitious organisation, seeking to make a big difference to the lives of vulnerable young people in our community and we are now looking for a dedicated, fundraising professional to support our fundraising ambitions.

We are looking for an individual who is target driven, enjoys making connections and building relationships and who has natural commercial acumen and a positive, creative energy.

We are looking for a passionate, driven individual who wants to make a real difference.  Someone who is brave enough to sometimes take the more challenging path because this is the right path towards real change.

This person will enjoy the challenge of creating shape where there may be ambiguity and creating a sense of possibility across an organisation.

Key Requirements:

Demonstrable experience of growing fundraised income across all fundraising streams including specific experience of individual and high net worth income fundraising. Must have very strong, persuasive, communication skills, able to influence audiences at all different levels of seniority and experience.

The position comes with excellent benefits, including 27 days annual leave per annum (plus bank holidays), a company sick pay scheme, a life assurance policy of 2x your annual salary, a health and wellbeing cash plan, and a cycle to work scheme. Please download a job pack for more information about other benefits offered.

If you are an applicant interested in this post and would like an informal discussion having read the job pack, you can email us and your query will be forwarded.

YMCA DownsLink Group welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We value diversity and promote inclusion, which we demonstrate through our activities, as well as in our policies and working practices. Reinforced by our culture and values, we seek to create an inspiring and inclusive place to work.

YMCA DLG requires all staff and volunteers to be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and to respond proactively to safeguarding concerns. Successful applicants are required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Closing date for applications: Monday 17th May 2021 at 9am

Interview date: Monday 24th May 2021

To apply, please visit our website.

Please note that we do not accept CVs. When submitting your application please save your application form as ‘your full name APPLICATION’ and put the job title/location in the email subject line. Please submit your application as a Word document where or PDF (we cannot accept Pages) via email.

The Head of Fundraising & Development will oversee, manage and take responsibility for the fundraising function in order for us to deliver our clinical operations now and the growing demand anticipated in the future. 

This is a newly created role and you will be joining the Fundraising team at an exciting time.

Blue Smile is a charity dedicated to transforming the mental health and life chances of children across Cambridgeshire. We are looking for a dynamic and inspiring individual to enable us to implement and drive the fundraising strategy for the Charity and have a positive impact on many children’s lives across Cambridgeshire - giving more children the chance of a brighter future.