Someone in the UK is diagnosed with a blood cancer every 16 minutes.

Blood cancer is the fifth most common type of cancer in the UK but the third most common cause of cancer death. And, blood cancer patients are one of the most at risk from COVID-19.

Leukaemia UK is a leading UK blood cancer charity created through a recent merger, with ambitious plans for growth to improve the lives of those affected, by funding world class research and ground-breaking care.

We are looking for a Head of Fundraising & Communications for 12 months as a maternity cover. This role will be home based but travel to central London will be required as appropriate.

This role is responsible for:

• Leading the charity’s fundraising and communications strategy and team, to build and sustain awareness, consideration, engagement and support for the charity and our work.
• Playing a proactive role in the overall leadership of the charity as part of the Leadership Team, contributing to the development of strategy and culture, annual operational plans and budgets and effective internal communications.
• Setting clear strategic direction and annual plans to drive ambitious, achievable stretch targets for all income streams, marketing and communications, aligned with our vision, mission and strategic goals.
• Working with the Head of Finance to produce monthly management accounts, quarterly reforecasts, and campaign performance reporting against KPIs.
• Leading coherent and strategic communication of the brand narrative and visual identity, raising awareness of our work, enhancing the profile of the charity and telling our impact story.
• Leading the development of a stewardship and recognition programme for existing & new supporters to bring them closer to the organisation and maximise the value they can add to the charity.
• Leading the development and management of the charity’s digital presence - channels, assets and content - to support growth in income, awareness, reputation, and impact.

Our ideal candidate will:

• Have an AMAZING sense of team spirit, willing to get their hands dirty, daily!
• Work hard, is highly motivated, proactive, team-orientated, a big picture thinker and insight and results obsessed
• Have a willingness to support complex, high value, multi stakeholder projects independently from start to finish
• Want to live and breathe the success of the team and the charity. Has a wealth of experience in fundraising, marketing and communications with demonstrable experience of delivering growth across income streams.

You will probably come from a charity background yourself and have a proven track record of strategic and operational fundraising, marketing and communications success. You will be an inspirational leader but also a strong team player and be as comfortable with hands on day-to-day delivery as strategic thinking and influencing in the leadership team. You will understand the current challenges that charity fundraisers face and bring your own innovations to our approach to public support and engagement. 

The Senior Individual Giving Officer sits within the Public Fundraising Team alongside the Community & Events Fundraising Team

You will be responsible for developing and delivering individual supporter recruitment, retention and development plans that grow the donor base. This role will develop, and project manage a range of projects and campaigns to increase donors, with a particular focus on growing regular giving.

Cure Parkinson’s was set up in 2005 by four people living with Parkinson’s.

In 15 years, the charity they started has made significant progress in the quest for a cure. We have funded millions of pounds of research, made scientific discoveries, and opened new avenues of research. We have made enormous strides in involving people with Parkinson’s in research and given hope to many with the condition. Our innovative approach, which has led to collaborations with the world’s leading researchers and their inspirational work, combined with the active support of thousands of people living with Parkinson’s around the world, is bringing us closer to a cure for Parkinson’s.

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.

We're seeking an experienced fundraising professional  for our Head of Fundraising position.  This is a maternity cover post. Having established our fundraising function just over three years ago, we have grown our income through individual giving and trustes and foundations.  Building on this success, the post-holder will deliver against our fundraising strategy, help to establish a new business development strand of work, and help us to deliver more with and for young people.

This is a great opportunity to to experiement and develop new streams of income for a small charity, helping us to be sustrainable into the future.

Interim Direct Marketing Manager/Individual Giving Manager. Ideally starting on 1^st June or ASAP! Please get in touch ASAP. Remote Working.

Working for a National Health charity, an opportunity to support an Interim period of cover, on a week-by-week basis, ideally starting 1^st June.

As the Individual Giving Manager, you will support two Individual Giving Officers and manage a wide spectrum of Individual Giving acquisition and retention campaigns.

• Responsible for the delivery and optimisation of a programme of direct marketing campaigns through multiple channels including Regular Giving, Gaming, Direct Mail and digital.
• Ensuring all elements of live activities and campaigns are delivered to a high standard, on time and to budget, and comply with fundraising regulations and best practice.
• Plan and allocate work, with a particular focus on the remaining quarters of the year.

Our client is looking an experience Individual Giving Manager who can hit the ground running and provide support in this interim period. You will have people management experience to support two IG Officers to deliver the live and planned programme of campaigns.

A leading health charity is looking for an experienced individual giving professional to develop and lead their individual giving programme.

Ambitious health charity, looking to grow their individual giving income with serious investment in the programme to make their growth plans achievable.

Job description

The Individual Giving Manager will:

• Develop and lead the individual giving programme, reporting to the Head of Individual Giving, who has a strong individual giving background and will be an excellent manager and mentor
• Project manage existing regular giving and cash campaigns, with a focus on growing the supporter base from new and established audiences
• Help develop, test and launch new products, including lottery and Facebook lead generation and conversion
• Manage external agency and supplier relationships
• Plan, track and report on financial and non-financial campaign targets and results
• Work with other income stream managers to ensure cross sell opportunities are fully explored
• Work collaboratively with all departments, particularly marketing and communications
• Line manage and develop a fundraising assistant

Person specification

The position would best suit:

• An experienced individual giving professional who is looking for a great way to grow into a senior management role
• A self-starting, solutions focused, curious, ambitious and driven fundraiser who wants to work with like-minded people
• An effective communicator and organised project manager, who can manage and prioritise concurrent complex activities
• A resourceful, supporter focused individual who can spot opportunities, overcome challenges and take pride in individual and team achievements

Closing date: 21 May 2021

I am looking for an Individual Giving Manager to join a wonderful Children’s Hospice. This role will give you the opportunity to develop and implement a strategy for increasing income across all individual giving streams.

You will have the opportunity to work closely with the legacy and in memory teams to develop some really interesting and thought-provoking campaigns. Over the past year, this charity has flourished and income has grown steadily, making it a great opportunity to really make this role a success.

The successful candidate will need:

• A sound knowledge and understanding of individual giving
• Knowledge of budgets and experience of reporting financial performance against targets.
• In depth knowledge of Raisers Edge or similar database
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively in a wide range of audiences.

Closing Date: asap

Salary: £32,000

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Lucy on 02030 062787 or email [email protected].

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

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

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

Job title: Individual Giving Manager
Pay: £21.15 + 2.55 HP
Hours: 35 Hours p/w (can be flexible)
Contract: Temporary weekly rolling contract (2 weeks +, probably longer)
Location: Homebased/Remote

I am collaborating with one of my favourite charity's to find them a temporary Individual Giving Manager to join their team! This role is to start on the 1st of June, and will be on a weekly rolling temporary contract.

This is a hands on management role, supporting their two Individual Giving Officers to deliver campaigns. The Individual Giving Manager will lead on their regular giving project, and three other campaigns currently being worked upon. You will also be responsible for planning and allocating work; particularly looking ahead to Q3/Q4 activity (financial year is Jan- Dec).

You will be responsible for programme delivery and ensure all elements of live campaigns are delivered to a high standard to time, to budget, and comply with fundraising regulations and best practice.

To be considered for this role you will have experience of people management in this field. This position is ideal for someone who has been an Individual Giving or Direct Marketing Manager with vast experience in direct mail, regular giving and fundraising (retention). This position will be remote and you will need to have access to a working computer.

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.

Here at Doorstep Library we believe in the power of words to take you places. We are a not-for-profit community organisation dedicated to bringing the gift of books and the joy of reading into the homes of families across London who need our support, reading with them and their children to inspire a love of books, of stories and storytelling, and to instil a lifelong passion for reading.

Equipped with a reading stool and a supply of books, our volunteers are right on the doorstep, ready to use books to fuel children’s natural love of stories, fire their imaginations, and encourage their appreciation of reading. Our goal is to help each child develop the self-confidence and essential skills they need to access all the opportunities that will come their way in life. Whether in person, or online, we are there to support children and families who need us most. 

The organisation has gone from strength to strength and the postholder would be joining the organisation at a time of growth. In 2020, we had a successful year of fundraising in which we met targets and expanded our donor base. Now in our 10th year, we will shortly be expanding into our fourth London borough as well as launching our new Virtual Reading Corner service – bringing our unique service to even more families. In the 3 years ahead our organisations income will need to increase to support these plans and extend our reach.

Job Purpose:

• Strategic responsibility for fundraising, including partnership development and maintaining the charity’s strong relationships with our wide range of funding partners;
• To work closely with the SMT and actively contribute to the overall strategy and direction of the charity;
• To manage and build upon the income streams for the charity;
• To manage the charity’s fundraising operations including coordinating prospect research and prioritisation, managing workflows, and ensuring effective stewardship of donors, corporate supporters and trust and foundations grants.

Responsible to: CEO;

Responsible for: Fundraising strategy, partnership development and relationship building.  Managing the Fundraising Manager.

About the role

We are looking for a Head of Fundraising and Partnerships to report to the Chief Executive Officer. The successful candidate will sit on the Senior Management Team, working closely with the CEO, Head of Operations, Head of Programmes and Head of Marketing & Communications.

You will have substantial, proven experience of working in fundraising and of developing and sustaining partnerships, ideally in the third sector, and of how to build financial sustainability into a fast growing organisation. You will be a highly organised people-person and will be responsible for line managing the Fundraising Manager.

You will bring excellent communication skills and the ability to inspire others about our work.  With outstanding interpersonal skills, you will have the ability to forge new relationships and you will thrive on enhancing our current partnerships, and identifying and creating new ones. 

Finally, you will be truly passionate about the work that we do to support children and families in disadvantaged areas of London. As part of our expansion we are currently setting up new on-the-ground projects and launching our brand new online reading service (Virtual Reading Corner).

Role Specification

Development and delivery of the charity’s fundraising strategy

• To work closely with the CEO and trustee board to lead on the development, planning and delivery the Doorstep Library’s 3-year fundraising strategy, with further development of a longer-term strategy beyond this initial period;
• To manage and build upon the income streams for the charity;
• To take a lead on application bids, including managing, monitoring and evaluating all funding applications;
• To work closely with the SMT and actively contribute to the overall strategy and direction of the charity;

Grow, develop and sustain our partnerships and income streams

• To lead, deliver and grow our existing relationships with all of our funding partners; foundations, corporates, independent schools and individual donors;
• To identify new potential partners, working closely with the CEO and board of trustees to develop these partnerships;
• To establish a corporate supporters programme and individual giving campaigns, plus develop effective stewardship systems;
• To have responsibility for retaining and engaging the charity’s supporters, this includes providing formal reports and updates on the work of the charity;
• Working with the Marketing and Communications teams to effectively communicate the impact of our work to internal and external stakeholders;

Line Management

• To have direct line management responsibility for the Fundraising  Manager;
• To create an environment where the team feels fully supported and enabled to grow and develop under your management;

General

• To carry out all duties and responsibilities in line with Doorstep Library’s policies and procedures;
• To undertake additional duties as from time to time may be required.

Salary - £40,000 per annum – permanent

Hours – 35 per week

Benefits – 6% pension contribution, 25 days per annum annual leave, flexible working arrangements (including working from home part of the week).

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

An exciting opportunity to become the first Head of Fundraising and Development of ALQST for Human Rights, an award-winning independent NGO established in 2014 that works to defend and promote human rights in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. We conduct on-the-ground research, engage in international advocacy, and campaign on behalf of victims of human rights abuses. 

Reporting to the Executive Director, and working closely with our small and dynamic team, you will be responsible for initiating and leading our fundraising strategy in order to maximise donor engagement and funding opportunities. 

We are seeking to recruit a Head of Fundraising and Development who will raise income from trusts and foundations, diversifying our portfolio of institutional support and enhancing our financial resources. 

You will manage a portfolio of trust and foundations relationships and will develop strong partnerships with funders, working collaboratively across the organisation to develop proposals for new projects and core support, playing a key role at an exciting time of growth for the organisation.

Head of Fundraising, London with some remote working, full- or part-time, £48,000 - £52,000 (pro rata) plus benefits

The Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) is a rapidly-growing charity seeking a Head of Fundraising to join its friendly and supportive team.  This role is an excellent full- or part-time development opportunity for a talented fundraising professional looking for career growth. 

AREF invests in developing talented young African health researchers. Our vision is to improve the quality and impact of health research in Africa by building a community of inspired African health researchers who deliver world-class, life-saving research to all – in Africa, by Africa, for Africa.  With the rapid growth in demand for our capacity-building awards, the Head of Fundraising will join our time at an exciting time to lead our fundraising activity and build on our successes to date.

About the role

You will be responsible for leading and managing our fundraising activities.  We seek someone that is skilled, knowledgeable and experienced in fundraising from major donors, philanthropists, corporates, trusts and foundations and grant-making bodies.  Working closely with the AREF Chief Executive and with the support of an Executive Chair who has extensive international networks, you will be located in the UK and will undertake occasional travel in the UK and possibly internationally to raise funds.

What you will do:

• Build on existing relationships and develop new opportunities to secure gifts from trusts and foundations, corporates, major donors and other grant-giving bodies
• Ensure excellent relationship management with all prospects, donors and funders
• Refresh the fundraising strategy to maximise income for immediate and long-term needs
• Prepare bespoke cultivation plans and develop compelling cases for support
• Build on existing monitoring systems, reporting procedures and due diligence processes to support continued growth of fundraising income

What you will bring

• Substantial experience working in a senior charity fundraising position
• Track record of securing at least four- and five-figure donations
• Significant experience of trusts & foundations and major donor fundraising
• Experience of fundraising for health research or international development
• Excellent writing skills
• Outstanding skills in relationship-building with prospects, donors, trustees and colleagues
• Strong organisational, analytical and budgetary management skills

What we offer

• The opportunity to make a real difference to health in Africa.
• A salary in the range of £48,000 - £52,000 (pro rata), dependent on experience.
• 36-hour flexible working week, usually worked over 5 days (hours from 0.6-1.0 FTE considered). 
• 30 days annual leave
• Double-matched pension contributions for eligible employees (up to max 10% employer contributions)
• Health-related benefits e.g. and employee assistance programme
• Hybrid working (office and remote)
• Working with a dedicated and friendly team

How to apply

• provide an up-to-date CV which includes your contact details, education and vocational qualifications, memberships of professional bodies, career history and explanation of any breaks in your employment history.
• provide a brief supporting statement setting out why you are the right candidate for this role making reference to the job description and the person specification. The case that you make and the way that it is presented will form a key part of the shortlisting process.
• complete our equal opportunities monitoring and declaration form.
• let us know if you are not able to make any of the assessment or interview dates (the pre-arranged dates can be found in the application pack).

A copy of the recruitment information pack and equal opportunities monitoring and declaration form are attached as separate documents to download.

Closing date:  27 May 2021 at 09:00 am

Interview date:  10 June 2021