We are looking for a brilliant colleague who will lead our marketing efforts by promoting our training and subscription offer around the country so teachers can deliver exciting, effective and memorable learning experiences with Lyfta. 

We seek a highly-motivated professional with a proven track record of marketing and sales, ideally within the education sector or similar organisations. You will be passionate about making the world a better place and committed to your own part in that. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys working within a fast-paced start-up environment as part of a small and dynamic team, based in London and Helsinki.

About Lyfta

Lyfta makes awe-inspiring digital learning experiences to foster empathy and global understanding. We have developed an award-winning, subscription-based digital platform where teachers and pupils can access stunning immersive storyworlds and curriculum-based lesson and assembly plans. 

Our theme-based learning experiences are ideal for teaching Literacy, PSHE, Global Citizenship and Art, as well as fostering values and skills such as empathy, self-direction and critical thinking.

With over 500 schools in the UK and Finland, we are looking to build on our strong pedagogy, high quality product, clear strategy and great team to grow and make significant impact over the coming months.

We are a warm, positive, talented and hard-working group of people with a big goal: to contribute to a better world through education.

Diversity and inclusion is at the heart of everything we do with Lyfta - from the immersive stories on our platform, to our team and the way we behave and operate as a company. We aim to nurture a culture that respects and values each other’s differences, that promotes dignity, equality and diversity, and that supports individuals to develop and maximise their true potential.

Purpose of the role

This is a new and exciting role that will be instrumental in Lyfta’s continued growth and success. Working closely with the Co-CEO and the Director of Engagement, the Head of Marketing is responsible for marketing and activity which promotes take-up of our training offer and growth of our subscription base in the UK. The Head of Marketing will also work with the Helsinki team to support the marketing to schools in Finland.

This is the role for you if you...

• Have demonstrable excellence in senior marketing roles (4+ years) ideally in a B2B setting for successful start-ups. Experience with leading marketing efforts in more than one language and/or geographical area is valued 

• Possess deep knowledge of a variety of marketing areas including, but not limited to brand, CRM, PPC, content and PR

• Will strive to know Lyfta’s products inside and out, and, ideally, have a clear and practical understanding of the school environment and the sector more widely 

• Will thrive in a busy start-up environment comfortable with a mixture of hands-on delivery and high-level strategic responsibility

• Have experience of leading an in-house marketing team and managing a network of service-providers for marketing delivery

• Have proven strategic and creative thinking skills and experience of implementing successful, innovative marketing campaigns

Key responsibilities

• Lead on the strategy for marketing, sales and all activities that deliver on Lyfta’s overall strategic plan for growth mainly within the UK education sector, but also in other geographical markets where Lyfta operates

• Lead on the strategy and implementation of systems and processes which support the delivery of Lyfta’s strategic plan for marketing and sales, and continuously improve the accuracy and efficiency of our work towards our aims

• Report and advise on KPIs and ROI of marketing funnels and initiatives, to drive the sales and marketing strategies of the business effectively

• Develop strong and effective internal and external relationships through appropriate communications, cross-team working and networking at all levels

• Oversee the establishment, management and development of mutually beneficial relationships, stakeholders and partners to support the delivery of our marketing and sales strategy, ensuring high standards of collaboration and communication

• Be a key and responsive point of contact and represent Lyfta at a senior level to the wide variety of people and organisations across the sector

• Attend and contribute to relevant internal and external meetings and cross-departmental working groups as required

• Lead on and implement the strategy for our website look and feel, content and SEO

• Lead on and deliver the strategy for brand awareness and marketing collateral, including physical materials, and the look and feel for exhibition space at events

• Develop and deliver promotional campaigns for training and events run by Lyfta

• Develop and deliver marketing campaigns via email, social media and other relevant platforms, testing different approaches to marketing and finding the best practice and tools to drive traffic and generate sales

• Coordinate UK-based events and actively seek out suitable conferences, events, PR opportunities, speaking engagements and awards to apply for 

• Work closely with the Engagement Team to produce blog posts, Lyfta case studies, promotional videos, and materials for events, the website, and other marketing opportunities
   

Essential skills

• Excellent IT skills, including using Google Suite, Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe and PowerPoint

• Outstanding knowledge and experience of marketing, sales, SEO, segmentation, digital and multi-channel approaches

• Confident communicator at all levels, with excellent collaborative people skills

• Experience with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software such as Salesforce, Intercom and/or similar tools

• Highly organised, able to prioritise workload around a diverse range of demands, working independently and as part of a team

• Strong analytical and reporting skills

Please apply by sending a CV along with a covering letter, stating how your skills and experience match the description for this role, to Penny Rabiger (penny at lyfta dot com)

Unicef ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any 
other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children 
than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place 
for all our children. 

The Direct Marketing team recruits and develops support for Unicef’s work from individual 
members of the public. We do this using a wide range of media including direct dialogue, print, 
DRTV, Outdoor, Radio and digital. We’re a busy, friendly and supportive team where attention 
to detail and teamwork deliver award winning results. We are seeking to recruit a Direct 
Marketing Manager to provide cover while the current post holder undertakes a temporary 
assignment on another project. 

As Direct Marketing Manager (Retention), you will play an important role in the work of the 
Retention team and wider Direct marketing team, helping us achieve our ambitious goals. You 
will have the opportunity to build on strategies in relation to bank activity for our retention 
programme and you will line manage members of the team. 

To succeed in this role, you’ll need to have experience of managing direct marketing based 
fundraising campaigns across a range of different media and developing and implementing 
complex direct marketing programmes. We are looking for excellent communication skills so 
that you can build strong relationships with colleagues, agencies and suppliers. You will be 
skilled at analysing direct marketing results, using these to develop direct marketing strategy, 
plans and budgets. 

TPP is working with a specialist health charity who are seeking to hire a Head of Marketing & Communications. This is a newly created role and you will be responsible for leading a team and delivering excellent marketing and communications activity across brand, content, digital and media.

Your duties and responsibilities will include :

• Maintaining, developing and delivering the Marketing and Communications Strategy and operational plan. Ensuring the strategy, plan and activity directly supports the delivery of organisational objectives through appropriate brand, marketing and communications activities.

• Lead our client's brand activity ensuring the implementation of plans; and effective management.

• Create an informed awareness of our client, and a positive environment for the charity's fundraising, influencing and service delivery.

• Monitor our client's UK audiences, charity sector trends and complete competitor analysis, using findings to inform both strategic plans and operational plans and day-to-day activity.

Your experience will include :

• Substantial experience of marketing and communications, having worked at a senior level with experience of brand development, content, creative services, digital and media.
• Demonstrable experience of planning and delivering integrated strategies and activities across teams
• Setting, managing and delivering against budgets, reporting on KPIs, variances and reforecasting
• Leading a team, providing direction and motivation and delivering effective line management through supervision and development of staff

Head of Engagement (Environmental Charity)

Full-time, permanent

Norwich 

£37,000 to £39,000 per annum 

Would you like to bring people together with nature?

Our client is seeking an outstanding and dynamic Head of Engagement to help them develop and deliver their strategic ambitions.

With a high level of commitment to nature conservation and demonstrable belief in the Trust’s values and objectives could this be the role for you?

In this role you will:

• Lead a professional and committed team to create exciting engagement and learning experiences for all that inspire communities and visitors to understand, value and save wildlife.

• Create inspiring, interactive and engaging programmes and projects for communities, schools, families and adults across nature reserves and in the wider environment of urban and rural Norfolk.

• Motivate, guide and support local communities groups to take action to protect and conserve their local wildlife and wild places.

• Further work with volunteers, ensuring their strategic support and continued commitment to the work of the Trust.

• Significantly expand our engagement programmes and activities by identifying the resources and structure required.

What they’re looking for:

• A passion for developing learning and community action across a variety of audiences. 

• Demonstrable experience of leading formal and informal learning programmes and wider-community conservation projects.

• Great people management skills and the ability to motivate and inspire a diverse, operational, team whilst ensuring they are empowered to do the best in their roles and develop professionally.

• Someone who is commercially astute and collaborative by nature.

• A strong strategic thinker to bring a creative approach across the breadth of the Trust’s engagement activity.

Ideally you would be educated to degree level and experienced in the field, and bring experience of successfully managing change and positive cross-function working. 

About the company:

Our client is the county's largest environmental charity, committed to the protection and enhancement of Norfolk's wildlife and wild places.

As we move through an extremely exciting transformation period with a brand-new organisational strategy and focus. We are looking for an experienced, passionate Marketing Manager to join a newly structured Marketing and Brand team to support the organisation in putting our audiences at the centre of everything we do.

Position: Marketing Manager – ‘Early Stages’
Reference: DL72
Type: Permanent, full-time (35 hours per week)
Location: MS National Centre, NW London
Salary: £33,885 - £39,276 plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Grade F, Level 1
Department: Marketing and Brand

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job 
This role will focus on ensuring we are always being led by insights from people affected by MS in order to meet their needs and beyond. We want to ensure we are empowering our community as well as providing a platform as well as being a powerful voice for our community. Co-production is essential and working with our community will be central to all our actions.

We’ll create a clear and purposeful brand story that everyone can understand and talk about that will provide a more consistent experience of the MS Society. People with MS will be engaging at scale in an integrated range of services that empower them to understand their rights, manage their condition and achieve their goals.

The Marketing Manager – ‘Early Stages’, will take the lead on ensuring the quality, consistency and strategic development of our marketing for people with and affected by MS typically in the early stages of their condition. They will be responsible for engaging with the following MS Community segments; People who might have MS, Newly Diagnosed and People living well with MS. Within these segments they will be responsible for ensuring that we are always led by insights, raising the awareness and understanding of the MS Society, growing our supporter base, driving action and ultimately bringing these key audiences closer to our charitable purpose.

We offer 27 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays), travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our new 5 year strategy.

Part of this exciting transformation will include an office move for our current National Centre in Cricklewood, NW London to a different location in London. We are currently defining where and what type of accommodation this will be and we really want our staff to be involved in that decision and therefore we don’t envisage a move before Sept 2020.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 24th February 2020

In order to apply for this role, please submit an updated CV and supporting statement indicating how you meet the criteria as set out in the person specification in the attached job description.

We would be grateful if you could complete and submit the equality and diversity monitoring form available on our website.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity. 

No agencies please.

There are 1 million people in the country directly affected by blood cancer and we need to reach more of them to allow them to benefit from our services & information, and to engage them in shaping our research and campaigning priorities. An agile, digital first approach will be critical to our ability to deliver for people affected by blood cancer. We are clear that our primary audience is people with blood cancer and their immediate support network.

To assist us during an exciting transformation period, Bloodwise are seeking a Digital Marketing Manager for a 6 month FTC with potential to extend, with expertise in developing and executing a digital marketing strategy that encompasses all digital channels including email, social media, SEO, SEM, PPC and web.

The successful individual will lead and deliver digital marketing focused on our ambition to beat blood cancer and will actively work with teams across the organisation to provide sustainable return on investment. 

If you are seeking a new project that will give you the opportunity to make a difference and help beat blood cancer and you feel you have the knowledge, skills and experience we need, please apply with a covering letter setting out how you match the requirements of the job specification along with a current CV.

Join us on our journey to beat blood cancer!

Please note applications will be reviewed on receipt and if a suitable candidate is appointed we may bring forward the closing date of this role at our discretion.

We are looking for  a Marketing Officer to support the Marketing Manager in devising, implementing, monitoring and reporting on imagintive and cost-effective campaigns to drive ticket sales for our visitor offer and events.  The successful candidate will also have a responsibility for growing digital media by developing engaging and timely content.  The successful candidate is required to have an excellent understanding of digital communication channels and campaign targeting, with project management skills.

Head of Programmes

Full-time at 35 hours (Office Based, London, UK)

Salary: £52,000 - £62,000

Permanent

GamCare is the UK’s leading provider of advice and support to problem gamblers and their loved ones.

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and experienced Head of Programmes to strategically develop and lead on GamCare’s programme of engagement and awareness-raising projects.

After a number of successful fundraising initiatives in 2018/19, GamCare has developed several large-scale projects and significantly grown its engagement and awareness-raising activities in the past year. This growth has resulted in the formation of a Programmes Team, whose function is to deliver these varied projects coherently and consistently in line with GamCare’s mission and strategy. 

Programmes currently include two national programmes (focused on women and young people), seeking to raise awareness of gambling issues and provide outreach into communities, as well as several more developmental areas of work such as activity in the criminal justice system and with the armed forces community.  Funding is from a mixture of corporates, trusts and foundations and statutory sources.

As Head of Programmes you will lead this team with passion and energy, building commitment and driving a learning culture across it with a focus on knowledge sharing and evaluation.  You will have significant experience of project operations and oversight, including budgeting and risk management.  You will be able to think and engage strategically – ensuring projects fit into wider organisational goals, but with an operational focus, having a clear view across the projects and an eye for detail.

As the issue climbs the social, political and media agendas, it is an exciting time to join both GamCare and the gambling support sector as a whole. As Head of Programmes you will work closely with the Head of Development and Director of Development to identify and prioritise opportunities for further growth within this context. The successful candidate will be a senior leader able to communicate a clear vision and with a passion for supporting those affected by gambling harm.

To apply, please go onto the GamCare website and complete an application form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Survey.

Please note we do not accept CVs

If you would like acknowledgement that your application has been received, please ensure the application is attached and put the following subject in your email:

Job application: <name of vacancy>

Please note that if the subject is not correct, you may not receive a confirmation.

Previous applicants need not apply

To discuss the role further please email Mike Kenward (Development Director). Application forms forwarded to this email will not be accepted.

Closing date for applications is 11th March 2020

Interview dates: 16th-18th March 2020

Interviews are scheduled to take place in London

28 days annual leave in addition to public holidays, excellent non-contributory pension.

This brand new role will identify, build, engage and grow an online communities, developing a framework giving people the space and power to influence and play an active role in the League, with the aim to mobilise communities into action, be it donating, campaigning or advocacy.

You will have an excellent opportunity to develop and deliver the League’s social media and online digital strategy; combining a data driven approach with a passion for multimedia content and storytelling; and to set KPIs and analyse results and campaigns, translating qualitative and anecdotal data into recommendations.

Managing the Social Engagement Coordinator, as a team you will develop and communicate the League’s shared vision, through social channels being an advocate for the League,  and engaging in online dialogues with our communities; and internally, working collaboratively with the marketing, fundraising and campaigns teams to integrate all marketing channels and deliver the campaign activities online.

You will have at least four years’ experience in a senior media/digital role with demonstrable experience of developing a successful online digital/social engagement strategy, based on testing and metrics and experience using creativity and immersion in social media.  Alongside SEO, ‘Search and Social’, content management knowledge you will have strong management skills.

Our benefits include generous holiday entitlement of 28 days in addition to public holidays, excellent non-contributory pension scheme, discounts on shopping and cinema, working in a dog friendly office, most importantly working with a passionate and committed team.

The League Against Cruel Sports is Britain’s leading charity working towards a kinder society where persecuting animals for ‘sport’ is in the past. 

Redefining what is acceptable and inspiring change, we were instrumental in helping bring about the landmark Hunting Act 2004. Driven by compassion and empowered by knowledge, we manage sanctuaries to protect wildlife, carry out investigations to expose law-breaking and cruelty to animals, and campaign for stronger animal protection laws and penalties. 
 
United, we will end animal cruelty in the name of ‘sport’.

As we move through an extremely exciting transformation period with a brand-new organisational strategy and focus. We are looking for an experienced passionate Marketing Manager to join a newly structured Marketing and Brand team to support the organisation in putting our audiences at the centre of everything we do.

Position: Marketing Manager – ‘’Advanced MS’’
Reference: DL71
Type: Permanent, full-time (35 hours per week)
Location: MS National Centre, NW London
Salary: £33,885 - £39,276 plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Grade F, Level 1
Department: Marketing and Brand

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job 
This role will focus on ensuring we are always being led by insights from people affected by MS in order to meet their needs and beyond. We want to ensure we are empowering our community as well as providing a platform as well as being a powerful voice for our community. Working with our community will be central to all our actions.

We’ll create a clear and purposeful brand story that everyone can understand and talk about that will provide a more consistent experience of the MS Society.

The Marketing Manager – ‘Advanced MS’, will take a lead on ensuring the quality, consistency and strategic development of our marketing for people with and affected by MS at a more advanced stage in their condition. They will be responsible for engaging with the following MS Community segments; Learning to manage my MS, Living with MS for many years. Within these segments they will be responsible for ensuring that we are led by insights, raising awareness and understanding of the MS Society, growing our supporter base, driving action and ultimately bringing these audiences closer to our charitable purpose.

We offer 27 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays), travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our new 5 year strategy.

Part of this exciting transformation will include an office move for our current National Centre in Cricklewood, NW London to a different location in London. We are currently defining where and what type of accommodation this will be and we really want our staff to be involved in that decision and therefore we don’t envisage a move before Sept 2020.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 24th February 2020

In order to apply for this role, please submit an updated CV and supporting statement indicating how you meet the criteria as set out in the person specification in the attached job description.

We would be grateful if you could complete and submit the equality and diversity monitoring form available on our website.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity. 

No agencies please.

Contract type: Fixed-term (nine months), Part Time (hours negotiable up to 80% FTE)

Do you have a strong background in marketing and events management? Do you have experience of leading successful marketing communications? Do you have an interest in health and social care policy?

The Nuffield Trust is looking for a creative and highly organised individual to join our high performing Communications team to develop the Trust’s marketing strategy and build on our stakeholder engagement work.

You will work alongside the Events & Marketing Officer to shape and deliver a high-profile and impactful events programme for health and social care leaders and policy-makers.

You’ll spend your time:

• Developing a marketing strategy – mapping our current audience profile to improve the way our core audiences are managed and increase engagement with new audiences
• Developing and delivering audience plans as part of integrated communications strategies that promote our research projects, publications and other outputs
• Identifying ongoing opportunities for improving the way we use and manage our data in Salesforce to gain deeper insights about our key audiences
• Working with the Director of Communications to generate a balanced events programme with a wide range of content which reflects corporate strategic priorities
• Working with the Events & Marketing Officer to manage the delivery of our events on time and to budget, with high satisfaction ratings from delegates

We’d really like to meet you if you have:

• Experience of leading successful marketing communications, ideally in a not-for-profit environment
• Experience of developing a marketing strategy, and an understanding of the current trends and tools used within audience development and marketing communications
• Experience of working in events management and of delivering high-profile conferences on time and to budget
• Excellent project management and organisational skills
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, and the ability to write and proof materials for sense and accuracy

To apply, please go to the Nuffield Trust website via the Apply button and complete the online application process by 5pm on Friday 6 March.

Offers of employment will be conditional upon the receipt of two satisfactory references.

Applications from job seekers who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EEA candidates may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post as we are unlikely, in these circumstances, to satisfy the resident labour market test. UKVI requires employers to complete this test to show that no suitably qualified EEA or EU worker can fill the post. For further information please visit the UKVI website.

Closing date: 5pm Friday 6 March

Interview date: Wednesday 18 March

The Nuffield Trust is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and appointed solely on their suitability for the post irrespective of ethnicity, gender, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, marital/civil partnership status or religion/belief.

Strictly no agencies.

War Child has an exciting vacancy for a Head of Gaming as part of our growing Fundraising and Marketing department. We’re looking for a dynamic person with expertise from the video games industry to lead our award-winning team of specialist gaming fundraisers. The successful candidate will be able to deliver and build upon our gaming strategy as well as inspiring the team to continued success. As a result, they will have a direct impact on the lives of children who have been affected by conflict.

The Head of Gaming is responsible for leading War Child’s award-winning Gaming team as part of the wider Fundraising and Marketing department.
Your key objective is to deliver on the organisation’s gaming strategy and to grow income by working with the International video games industry as well as gamers themselves to help War Child deliver quality programmes to an increased number of children in conflict zones.
Gaming has been highlighted as one of War Child’s most important target sectors for innovation and growth. As the strategic lead for all of War Child’s approach to the video games industry, you will be uniquely placed to deliver a lasting impact on War Child and the children we serve.

• Lead the Gaming team to maximise the value War Child receives from current or future gaming partnerships.
• Accountable for building and delivering the Gaming Team Strategy.
• Accountable for the development and delivery of the Gaming annual plan and income and expenditure budget ensuring we maintain a high return on investment.
• Accountable for marketing and promoting all gaming activations to maximise audience engagement with support from War Child Digital teams.
• Accountable for wider operational decisions and communications on behalf of War Child as part of the Management Team including shared accountability for the Operational Risk register, a key management tool.
• Bring your global experience and understanding of international trademarking to international activations and collaboration with global partner charities.
• Line manage the Gaming team, ensuring they are contributing to team objectives while supporting them with their personal and professional development.
• Manage the external Gaming Committee comprised of senior leaders in the industry ensuring we can maximise their impact for War Child.
• Manage risks related to all Gaming Partnerships

Job title: Retail Marketing Manager

Region: London, Haig House

Directorate: Fundraising

Contract: Permanent, full time 35 hours per week

Salary: £40,952 per annum (£36,500 per annum plus £4452 London Weighting)

About The Royal British Legion

The Legion is at the heart of a national network that supports our Armed Forces community through thick and thin – ensuring their unique contribution is never forgotten. We’ve been here since 1921 and we’ll be here as long as they need us.

Our Values and Behaviours

Does the following describe you?

• A desire to provide a great customer service and support

• Enjoy and thrive when working in teams and with others

• Passionate about supporting the Armed Forces community and honouring their contribution

• Come to work each day to be the best you can and to learn and develop

• An encourager, eager to share your knowledge and experience to help others

If so then we would like to hear from you ….

The Role

The purpose of this role is to deliver key marketing objectives for the Poppy Shop, the official online shop of the Royal British Legion – to drive sales, deliver growth through new customer acquisition and overall brand awareness of the Poppy Shop. Specifically, the role will be:

• Responsible for the advertising and marketing of all Poppy Shop products, ensuring marketing communications are relevant to the target audience, timely and an effective use of budget.

• Working with the buying function to create and execute a multi-channel marketing plan based on new and existing products that will drive topline revenue and interest for the Poppy Shop.

• Using product knowledge and customer insight to create campaigns that are supporter focused, engaging and drive customer action.

• Liaising with external suppliers and internal functions to ensure marketing plan is executed on time, on budget and in keeping with the main Legion brand activities.

The successful candidate will have strong demonstrable experience in marketing within a multi-channel retail environment, including full project management of integrated direct marketing, advertising and other customer communication campaigns. Ideally, the successful candidate would have experience in planning, executing and reviewing digital marketing campaigns. They will also be comfortable controlling and planning marketing spends, monitoring ROI, and be able to demonstrate success in achieving commercial targets.

The candidate will be customer focused and have strong planning, organising and communication skills.

The role is based at the Royal British Legion Head Office - Haig House in London. Willingness to work outside of normal office hours when appropriate, such as Remembrance-tide is important.

How to Apply

Please apply by clicking ‘Apply Online’

Closing date: Monday 2nd March 2020

The Social Interest Group (SIG) is new and innovative and was formed as a charity in 2014. Its sole aim is to be a vehicle to develop and strengthen the charities that are within it, so they in turn thrive and do social good.  Currently supporting Penrose Options and Equinox Care.  Penrose Options provides person-centred support, health and social care for people with a history of offending and mental ill health. Equinox Care provides personalised support, care and recovery to people with multiple and complex needs. This includes people who experience mental ill health, drug dependence and alcohol dependence.

We are seeking a highly motivated and passionate Head of Fundraising and Relationships to lead on the development and implementation of our fundraising strategy.

This is a crucial role within the organisation and involves building funding relationships with existing and new strategic donors, applying for funding, and working with the Director of Development, Marketing and Communications and other colleagues, to diversify funding streams. The Head of Fundraising and Relationships focuses on generating unrestricted income through developing large, multi-year and strategic funding proposals, securing new funding relationships and managing a small but well-performing team.

Main Responsibilities will include:

• Lead from the front in cultivating and managing donor relationships and serve as an active ambassador for the Social Interest Group in the charity fundraising world.
• Responsible for all elements of applying for funding applications including identification of opportunity and writing. Support will be provided by the Bid and Marketing Coordinator as well as the Assistant Bid Writer.
• In collaboration with the Director, set and lead the implementation of the Groups fundraising strategy, to drive the organisation forward, whilst working in partnership with the Executive and Senior Management Team and the Trustees.
• Devise and deliver a strategic funding plan for the group, that will include exploring and developing new sources of funding to ensure the charity’s long-term financial sustainability
• Play an active role in cross-organisational strategy-setting and operational planning for Fundraising and engagement

What we are looking for in the successful candidate:

1. Evidence of having successfully cultivated new relationships and partnerships that have resulted in tangible outcomes, including a track record of securing multiple five and six figure donations
2. Track record in developing and managing a complex donor pipeline from cultivation, to bid presentation and ongoing relationship management.
3. Set and implemented a fundraising strategy and vision
4. able to demonstrate that you are comfortable engaging with, shaping and presenting organisational messages effectively to a variety of difference audiences.
5. experience of developing and implementing new commercial offerings; especially knowledge of sponsorship and and/or developing new funding streams for a not-for – profit organisation.

Why work for us?

• Excellent core and on-going training aligned with personal development plan
• Access to employee assistance programme
• Medi-cash which includes the following:
• Discount gym membership
• Routine eye tests, glasses and contact lenses
• Dental treatment via NHS or Private
• Physiotherapy, Indian Head Massage and a range of other therapies
• 25 days holiday increasing to 26 days after 2 years and increasing 1 day per year up to 30 days annual leave
• Life Assurance