Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is one of the top environmental charities in the UK.  We have a reputation for innovation in both nature conservation and creating new ways for people to benefit from engaging with the natural world.

As Head of Fundraising and Communications you will develop, lead and drive forward a successful income generation strategy for Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.  The Trust is looking for a dynamic, innovative individual who wants to embrace the challenge of securing a better future for the wildlife and people of Wiltshire and Swindon.

You will be responsible for growing the Trust’s financial resources; increasing membership and raising the Trust’s profile.  You will lead on the development and delivery of a three year integrated Fundraising, Marketing and Communication strategy, while providing support and guidance to your staff, enabling them to maximise opportunities to increase income.

You will bring new insights, techniques and breadth to our income generation.  Your ability and understanding of success in recruiting, retaining and increasing members will play a key role in developing a wider and stronger membership base for the organisation.

You will be an excellent networker and motivator, with the ability to build good relationships with key funders, stakeholders, and partner organisations including regional and national Wildlife Trust staff.   

As a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) you will support the Chief Executive by taking collective responsibility for the management of the Trust and delivery of the Strategic Plan.  You will share in our success and achievements and help to formulate policy and strategy to guide the Trust’s development. 

Play a leading role in supporting young people develop skills for life.

We're Scouts and everyone's welcome here. All genders, races and backgrounds. Every week we give almost half a million people aged 6-25 the skills they need for school, college, university, the job interview, the important speech, the tricky challenge and the big dreams: the skills they need for life.

At a time when communities are becoming more divided, we bring people together. We encourage our young people to do more, learn more and be more. We’re a worldwide movement, creating stronger communities and inspiring positive futures. We welcome talent from all backgrounds and your contribution to help even more young people succeed in life.

By 2025 we will have prepared more young people with skills for life, supported by amazing leaders who deliver an inspiring programme. We are growing, being more inclusive, shaped by young people and making a bigger impact in our communities. We now have over 102,000 girls and have opened over 900 sections in areas of deprivation since 2013. We are working to ensure that we reflect the diversity of the communities we work in across the country.

We now seek a new Head of Member Support who will work in partnership with volunteers to co-create and deliver the organisation’s member facing services in England. Ensuring that high standards of service delivery are maintained at all times and responsible for a team of c.60 field-based staff, they will work to make the Scouts Skills for Life strategy a reality in communities across England.

Working alongside volunteers, you will develop and lead strategies to open new Scout sections, recruit and retain adult volunteers, support the roll out of transformation projects locally and manage critical incidents. You will put inclusion at the heart of the Scouts local delivery in England, ensuring that that Scouts represents the communities it serves.

We are seeking someone with demonstrable record of achievement in a leadership role at senior management level within an organisation of comparable size, scope and complexity. You will come with knowledge and understanding of increasing engagement and developing high performing teams, whilst instilling a strong sense of accountability and empowerment in a values-based culture. Experience of service delivery design and management is also desirable.

We want to attract leaders who are brave, curious and bold, are solution focused and forward thinking and genuinely excited by the prospect of realising our further potential. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Closing date: The is an open recruitment process role.

Please click on 'Apply on Website' to be directed to the Peridot Partners website and to contact the advising consultnat for further information about this role. 

We’re looking for a Head of Fundraising to oversee our voluntary income and bring in funds to help us achieve our ambitious goals. We are a community development, leadership training and youth work charity, serving as the umbrella organisation for a network of Jewish communities in London and across the UK. We enable our teams of rabbis, community leaders and youth workers to support over 6000 community members and young people.

You’ll be a valued part of a dynamic, growing organisation and a welcoming, inclusive and collaborative team. We have a flexible, family-friendly working environment – flexible hours and options for in-person and remote working are the norm. You'll be working with us to fund projects including expanding access to youth work, summer camps and leadership training for young people, community organising courses for volunteer leaders, LGBT+ and racial inclusivity training for community leaders and exciting Jewish educational programmes to connect people to their culture and heritage.

As Head of Fundraising you'll work with current and potential major donors, lead on the creation of annual giving events and campaigns and work with colleagues in grant applications and community fundraising. Visit our website for the full job description, to learn more about our work and values and to learn how to apply. 

**UPDATED 12th September**

Looking for the next step in your career progression and the opportunity to work for a dynamic charity that shapes young people's lives, boosts social mobility, and strengthens society? 

This is an opportunity to join an ambitious UK education charity that ensures young people are prepared to thrive as confident, informed and engaged citizens. We help young people have a sense of ownership and confidence in shaping their community and society, to create a more just and fair society and stronger democracy. 

About the Role 

This Head of Partnerships and Engagement role is a chance to join the charity's senior leadership team and progress to a Director role after the first year. The aim of this role is to drive our business development through leading the orchestration of how the charity approaches partnership working at the highest level alongside sector profile and credibility building with strong oversight of communication activities that align across all our teams.

An ability to cohesively deploy, plan and lead our communication functions and maximise our charity’s partnership opportunities, and how these are strategically structured, will be essential for this role.

With the vision of our new Chief Executive, we are aiming to build on our strong foundation of quality corporate programmes and create a wider offer that engages partners of all types across our partners - from courts to school networks, as well as companies. This role will support our programme teams and work with the SLT to look after the culmination of these priority areas for the charity that results in more opportunities, boosted credibility and strong partnership ways of working.

About You 

We are looking for a skilled relationship manager capable of working in collaboration across our programme teams to develop the charity’s sector offering and partnership opportunities alongside aligned communication strategies that support organisational growth, profile and reputation.
You will also work towards improving our educational impact as well as developing network growth that drives successful fundraising.

Your efforts will support the success of a partnerships team currently expanding their corporate offer and assessing ways of aligning this with our educational programmes. You will also lead a communications function with an effective understanding of how this function strengthens our relationships, increases engagement across audiences and boosts our visibility for growth.

For more information on the essential experience required to deliver this role successfully and how to apply please download the Recruitment Pack to find out more. 

How to Apply 

• For full details please be sure to see the Recruitment Pack that includes details of what to include in your application. In place of a generic Covering Letter (which will not be accepted or reviewed), please provide a personal statement answering the 3 questions which are outlined in the recruitment pack.  
• Closing date for applications: 9 am, Monday 11th October. Please note applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, therefore please do not wait to apply. 
• All candidates must have the existing right to work in the UK. 

If you would like to informally discuss this opportunity or have any issues with your application please contact the Recruitment email address outlined in the recruitment pack. 

If you have not heard from us within 7 working days after the closing date, it means your application was not shortlisted on this occasion. We apologise in advance but due to the volume of applications, we cannot provide individual feedback on unsuccessful applications that are not shortlisted.

Please note that Young Citizens is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young people that we work with and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A background or DBS check may be required for any eventual appointment.

About Young Citizens

Young Citizens is an education charity working in primary and secondary schools to help educate, inspire and motivate the active citizens of tomorrow. Since 1989 Young Citizens (formerly known as the Citizenship Foundation), has helped millions of young people understand society’s democratic structures, and the rights and responsibilities of its citizens by running a range of programmes and experiences for young people, with the help of thousands of volunteers. We have a newly appointed CEO and growing remit to work with national partners to influence how we support young people as thriving, empowered young citizens. By joining Young Citizens you will be joining a team that is collaborative, ambitious and dedicated to producing amazing impact for young people through high-quality work with our corporate, foundation, and schools partners.

This role is for a proactive and ambitious individual who will develop and implement a programme of Individual Giving campaigns and products to achieve fundraising targets/budgets and maximise their financial contribution.  You will reach and engage with people directly affected by muscle-wasting conditions and with the general public to generate income.

Please note this is a 9-12 month maternity cover contract.

Applicants

The successful candidate should have:

• Experience in leading Individual Giving fundraising activities in a voluntary sector marketing environment 
• Experience of managing direct mail campaigns
• Experience of budget development and management 
• Proven copywriting, editorial and proofreading skills, with ability to tailor copy to the audience
• Sensitivity and initiative when dealing with donors and families with muscle-wasting conditions

Expectations in the role

• Individual Giving Campaign management and development
• To manage the implementation of the In Memoriam and Legacy marketing strategies and their promotion and stewardship activities
• Budgeting and reporting
• Supporter care
• Line Management of the team

Please download the job description to see full role responsibilities.

About us

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

Benefits

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

Location

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

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

Please note, interviews likely to be held on Thursday 14 October.

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

Sands and Tommy’s are forming a Joint Policy Unit, working together towards halving the number of UK baby deaths by ensuring decision makers have access to up-to-date information, and maternity policy is informed by robust evidence.

We are collaborating to pull together evidence and identify the key changes needed to save babies lives, reduce inequalities and improve outcomes. Annually in the UK over 5,000 babies are stillborn or die within the first four weeks of life, with 1 in 5 pregnancies ending in miscarriage and around 60,000 babies born prematurely each year.

We know that 8 out of 10 term intrapartum stillbirths could be preventable with better care. Miscarriage is not ‘just one of those things’ – miscarriages need to be recorded, with standardised access to care across the UK and personal care pathways for women at highest risk. Successful tests and treatments to predict and prevent preterm birth have been developed, but at the moment access to these depends on where you live.

Tommy’s and Sands are members of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance leading a Maternity Consortium that includes National Maternity Voices (NMV), the Pregnancy and Baby Charities Network (PBCN) and a number of community organisations. We will use our collective expertise to join up national and local voices behind a common agenda – to reduce health inequalities for families throughout the whole pregnancy journey from pre-conception and through the first year of a baby’s life.

COVID-19 has cast a spotlight on the fragility of maternity safety initiatives as pressure on our stretched health and social care systems increased. We are now working together to help decision-makers ensure that babies are not at a higher risk of death because of postcode, ethnicity, or income.

This is an exciting time for both Sands and Tommy’s as we embark on this venture together. We have high hopes for the impact that our organisations working jointly in the policy arena will have.

The Head of Policy will be crucial to the success of the joint unit; leading, shaping and coordinating the unit’s work.

We are looking for an independent and assertive problem-solver, a policy expert who can manage multiple priorities, take the initiative, lead the national conversation and is excited as we are about taking the helm of this new venture for both of our organisations.  

About the job

We’re looking for an experienced and entrepreneurial Head of Fundraising to join our fast growing team and help us make a difference to thousands of young people across the UK.

As the Head of Fundraising, you will lead our major gifts income stream, including developing and implementing long term strategies for sustainable growth. You will also lead our trusts and foundations, and develop projects.

You will be a fierce advocate of Bright Futures UK and our work. You will be a core part of the Senior Management Team, reporting directly to the Chief Executive. You’ll have the opportunity to shape and embed Bright Future UK’s culture and values, and manage another member of staff as part of your small team

About us

Bright Futures is the UK’s only charity supporting children and young people back into education after long term medical conditions. Our goal is to make sure every child and young person has equal opportunities and access to education regardless of their illness.

We provide tutoring, befriending, mentoring and workshops to children and young people aged 5 to 24 who have an ongoing mental health or physical illness. Everything programme we offer is fun, free and completely tailor made for the young person’s needs - whether it’s becoming more confident, improving grades, creating better support networks or what’s out there after serious illness. From diagnosis to classroom, Bright Futures UK provides support to young people going through illness every step of the way.

About you

We’re looking for an entrepreneurial candidate who is willing to hit the ground running and play a major part in developing Bright Futures’ donor base, values and culture. If you’re a natural relationship builder with experience of securing 5 or 6 figure gifts from individuals, trusts and foundations, we would love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

•  Work directly with the Chief Executive and SMT ensure delivery of long term strategic goals.
• Develop and deliver fundraising plans for Major Donor and Trusts & Grants income streams, including creating and meeting income targets and KPIs.
• Build, manage and maintain a full and consistent pipeline of prospects and ensuring timely progression through each stage from assignment to stewardship.
• Ensure personalised donor journeys, engagement and funding opportunities.
• Arrange visits and other creative opportunities for prospects and donors to experience first-hand, learn more and become excited about Bright Futures UK work.
• Devise and deliver appropriate stewardship activity and oversee a calendar of major donor and cultivation events.
• Be the lead specialist within Bright Futures UK in Major Donor and Trust fundraising and maintain strong knowledge of relevant legislation and good practice. REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1168039
• Maintain and enhance personal knowledge, skills and networks by playing an active role in the appropriate professional bodies within the healthcare and charitable sector, and keeping aware of and being responsive to sector news and developments.
• Gain and maintain in-depth knowledge and understanding of the Charity’s work, priorities and future plans and act as a spokesperson for the Charity when required, including representing at external events as appropriate.
• Support a learning and development culture and promote and embed Bright Futures UK’s charity values. 

What you’ll love about us

We’re a fast-growing charity with a small, close knit team of people who are passionate about our cause.

Because we’re a small but fast growing charity, your influence and potential to make change is huge. We’d love to hear your ideas - in your field or outside it - for improvement, culture and values of the organisation.

We encourage a healthy work/life balance, and champion flexible working. If you’d like to work from home full time, work four days a week or manage your work around caring responsibilities, that’s totally fine with us. So long as you can meet donors and meet your KPIs, we trust you to get your work done in a way that suits you.

We want to support you to build your experience and skills. We’re happy to pay for work-related training, or to support you to work around study if you’d like to further your education.

The difference we make to the lives of the people we work with is huge - and you’ll be able to witness that first-hand. 

We are looking for an experienced Head of Development candidate who will help develop the capacity of new and existing BAME organisations by providing high quality advice, information and developmental support; to offer support in helping these organisations develop resources.

Key Tasks/Duties:

1. To work with the Director and other relevant people to implement transparent and effective grant giving, partnership and development services

2. To manage any grants programme contracted to Voice4Change England and ensure proper monitoring and reporting structures

3. To develop assessments frameworks to assess needs using different levels of frameworks to make sure these are suitable for small, information groups as well as larger organisations.

4. To base development work on identifying some of the structural discriminations faced by BAME groups and develop ways to help groups tackle this; to work with the Policy and Influence officer to ensure that research and trends are available for funders and other decision makers to develop more inclusive and anti-discriminatory services.

5. To develop and implement training and developmental support to help organisations build capacity to overcome barriers and develop; to develop a library of templates and tools that can help with this

6. To build a development programme that helps organisations with holistic development, covering all aspects e.g. governance, strategic planning, quality systems, policies, effective delivery, monitoring and evaluation; to organise this in a way that is appropriate for the level of the BAME group.

The post holder will work remotely but will be required to go into the office once or twice a week. 

Apply now to join our amazing organisation. 

We are looking for a Head of Services to provide leadership to our core services including; our day centre, therapy team, community support work service and case work team.

This is an interim fixed-term role to provide support and leadership to our core services ensuring the services are operating safely and effectively ensuring quality for the people we support and sustainability for the organisation.

All of the roles and skills at Headway East London contribute to our success. If you are interested in the role and you think you don't have all the desirable experience but are passionate and care for our community and have skills you think will be beneficial to Headway East London we would love to receive an application from you. We also welcome applications for this role on a secondment basis.

Closing date for applications is Monday 27th September at 9.00am and shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview which will take place the week commencing 4th October.

The Head of Finance role is pivotal to the success of the charity, ensuring all project, statutory and budget holder reporting is carried out to a high level of accuracy and timeliness.

The Head of Finance will work directly to the Chief Executive Officer as a key member of the senior management team. The postholder will have responsibility for strategic financial planning and for ensuring that the charity has robust financial management and oversight at all levels of the operation. The role requires a strategic, tactical and rigorous approach playing a pivotal role in ensuring the charity maintains a strong and credible position as we continue to grow.

This role will require a minimum of 2 days a week in the office, but flexibility on location on other days.

Key Responsibilities

1. Oversight of the organisations daily financial operations and line-management of the finance team;
2. To keep abreast of all the charity accounting requirements and provide sound and timely financial advice and information to The Executive Team and Board, including monthly management information;
3. To ensure that key financial processes, systems and practices are in place to ensure robust financial decision-making, budget setting, resource allocation and financial performance monitoring at all levels of the charity. Review and update of financial procedures, with reference to Charity Commission checklists, and changing requirements, at least annually;
4. To advise the Executive and Board of Trustees on financial risk and to ensure that financial risk is mitigated through having robust financial practices and contingencies in place;
5. To work strategically with the Exec Team and the Development and Sustainability Team to drive all aspects of income generation;
6. To act as a spokesperson for the charity to funders and in other settings, as required;
7. To act as Company Secretary to the Charity and to ensure that the statutory requirements of this role are fulfilled;
8. Organisation and preparation of information for the charity’s annual audit, liaising with the charity’s appointed auditors;
9. Oversight of income funds to ensure correct use of funds and ease of reporting back to funders, and correct allocation between restricted and unrestricted funds. Provision of financial support to project teams in creating budgets, business partnering and reporting back to stakeholders;
10. Maintenance of monthly bookkeeping and running of management information on Xero, Approval Max, Salesforce and related financial systems;
11. Through supervision of finance staff to ensure that internal and external financial reporting requirements are met by the charity. This includes cash flow forecasting, VAT, tax and Gift Aid issues and routine financial monitoring and reporting at all levels of the charity;
12. Oversight of the monthly payroll & pensions;
13. To manage external relationships with finance-related partners including banks, auditors, pension funds, investment managers and relevant others.
14. To inform the financial aspects of grant and funding applications and business proposals to ensure that all delivery contracts are costed to reflect agreed levels of core business overheads and profit margins;
15. Maintaining a schedule of all contracts held by the charity. To include monitoring and review of contracts in a timely manner that secures the best value and impact for the charity from all contracted arrangements;
16. Work closely with other teams to ensure CRM is robust, up to date and operationalised;
17. To act as a positive representative for the charity and to model the values and principles of the charity in all dealings with funders, strategic partners, staff and service users;
18. To work in accordance with Best Beginnings’ policies, procedures and values;
19. To undertake such other duties as may be required that are commensurate with the scope and level of responsibilities of this post.

We’re an award-winning charity that runs local learning centres in the heart of communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide an innovative education programme which includes practical learning support and motivational and confidence-building activities for children and young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to inspire students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to broaden their horizons and achieve their full potential. From Autumn 2021 we will have 35 centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, with ambitious plans to scale-up our provision further over the coming years.

Our employees are at the heart of the high-quality service that we provide to our students. We currently have a staff team of around 200 and will be expanding this over the coming years. Working under the Director of Finance (who has overall organisational responsibility for HR), we are looking for an experienced HR professional to become our Head of People & Culture, to lead our HR function, to act as the charity’s organisational lead on its culture, and to sit on the charity’s Senior Leadership Team. You will act as the charity’s Senior Leadership Team lead for Diversity and Inclusion for non-programme matters, working with the rest of the Senior Leadership Team to ensure that the charity is an inclusive place to work and there is equity of opportunity at IntoUniversity.

As a charity with social mobility as its core objective, IntoUniversity is wholly committed to equality of opportunity. We work with children and young people from a diverse range of backgrounds, and we believe that our staff team should be similarly diverse and representative. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be, and we recognise that we have much more to do in this regard. We are committed to building a culture where students, staff and volunteers are valued for the unique people they are. We therefore encourage applications from candidates from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds. In particular, we actively and warmly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, male candidates and candidates with a disability as they are currently under-represented within IntoUniversity.

Please note, we will be assessing applications on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to recruit earlier, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Head of Fundraising

• Salary £42,000-£50,000 (depending on experience)
• Full time, Permanent (37.5 hours per week) flexible working available
• London Office
• Reporting to Safe Passage International’s CEO
• Line management responsibilities: 2 x Development Manager, Digital Campaigns and Fundraising Manager (0.5)

Safe Passage International is looking for a Head of Fundraising to take forward the development and implementation of our fundraising strategy. Building on strong foundations that have seen the charity grow income to £1.5m in our first 5 years, of which 60-70% is unrestricted, the successful candidate will lead the continued development and diversification of our income portfolio to support Safe Passage’s sustainable growth over the coming years. The successful candidate will be excited by the prospect of working for a ground-breaking and fast-growing international organisation with registered operations in Greece and France, they will be comfortable leading strategy development as well as taking a hands-on approach, and they will have a passion for work that delivers long-term solutions for refugees.

The successful candidate will manage a motivated team of high achieving fundraisers consisting of one Development Manager focusing on Community income and smaller Trusts, one Development Manager focusing on high-value donations, and one Digital Manager who generates income through Safe Passage’s digital channels.

About Safe Passage International

Safe Passage International was founded in late 2015 in response to what became known as Europe’s modern ‘refugee crisis’. In the past four years we have grown from a small UK project to an international organisation with 29 members of staff supporting refugees to access safe and legal routes to asylum across Europe with offices in the UK, France and Greece.

• Our vision is for every person seeking asylum to be able to access a safe and legal route to a place where they can lead a full and dignified life.
• We do things differently - championing refugees’ rights through strategic legal work, advocacy, capacity building and community organising.
• We are focused on achieving systemic change in refugee and asylum policy at both nation-state and international level.

To date over 2,000 individuals have travelled to safety through routes we have opened. We won the 2021 Charity Awards Campaign and Advocacy Prize, and our work has been recognised with awards from Liberty, Sheila McKechnie, the European Parliament and EU Commission as well as chosen as Guardian Christmas ‘Charity of the Year’.

In a year when the need for safe passage for refugees has been brought into sharp focus, you will be joining an organisation at the forefront of advocating for safe routes to protection.

How do I apply?

Please visit our website to read the Job Description and Person Specification for this role and to view details of how to apply in full. 

Closing date: Sunday 3rd October 2021 at 11.59 pm

Please note that only candidates successful in being invited to interview will be contacted. We really appreciate your interest in this role and the time taken to submit an application

Introduction to Borne

Funding for research into complications during pregnancy and childbirth lags far behind other medical conditions. Borne is a young, dynamic medical research charity with great ambition to strengthen the research base and bring about ground-breaking collaboration between clinicians and scientists in order to make scientific breakthroughs possible. We seek to bring about lasting change by finding answers, nurturing talent, and improving care in this pressing area of need. 

Preterm birth is the number one cause of infant death and disability worldwide.  Around the world, 15 million babies are born prematurely. One million children are born too early to survive; and those who do survive often suffer life-long disability. In the UK, over 50,000 babies are born preterm each year. Babies who are born too soon face many challenges. The earlier a baby is born, the more likely their organs will suffer damage or not develop as they should because they are less mature. Each day in the womb is essential to a baby’s healthy development and survival. We invest in world-class early-stage research projects aimed at unravelling the science behind the complex biomedical conditions that lead to premature birth.  We want the best ideas, backed up by the strongest science, to have the greatest chance to succeed.

We are looking for a dynamic Head of Development and Fundraising with the experience, drive and ambition to strengthen and grow Borne’s fundraising capability through major gifts, corporate partnerships and philanthropic trusts and foundations. The incumbent will be a key member of the charity’s senior leadership team, instrumental in driving forward strategic fundraising initiatives that are key to the charity’s continued growth and impact.

Thank you for your interest in Borne. We hope you will seriously consider joining us on our mission to ensure babies are not born too soon.

Borne’s Mission

Borne believes that every child should have the chance of a full and healthy life, unaffected by disability. A baby’s first hours should not be its hardest, or its last.

Borne brings scientists and medical teams together to advance our understanding of pregnancy, and to identify what causes premature birth so that outcomes can be improved.

Capacity building by attracting more of the best scientific and medical minds to this area of research is key to strengthen the base of research into pregnancy and childbirth, and the conditions in pregnancy that may lead to preterm birth.

By investing in big science –the latest technology and bioinformatics expertise – Borne aims to foster collaboration across institutions and geographical borders to accelerate scientific analysis and discovery.

The Role

Reporting to the Chief Executive as a member of the Senior Leadership Team, the Head of Development and Fundraising is responsible for shaping the charity’s fundraising and development strategy, and instrumental in executing the charity’s fundraising strategy in partnership with the Chief Executive, a very proactive Board of Trustees and a Development Board that the incumbent will be instrumental in helping set up.

You will work to secure new income, identify, and purposefully steward fundraising and development opportunities from new sources. You will strengthen relationships with a growing network of major donors, philanthropic entities and corporate partners and individuals, inspiring them with vision, passion, and opportunities to support the charity’s ground-breaking research work.

You will have substantial experience raising philanthropic income at the six and seven figure gift level from high-net-worth individuals, companies and trusts and foundations, and will be comfortable owning the steps it takes to secure that income. You will also have experience in creating fundraising plans and setting targets while initiating, developing, and maintaining excellent relationships with prospects and donors, and building corporate partnerships for long term mutual benefit.

Teamwork is key within Borne’s small, high performing team. The role will suit someone who enjoys working with others, rolling up your sleeves to get stuck in while excited about the prospect of accelerating the realisation of the charity’s ambition and impact.

Borne are ambitious to double its annual income from £1.5 million (pre-COVID) to over £3 million p.a. by delivering sustainable income growth from a strong network of support.

The Candidate

We are looking for someone who:

• Is a strategic thinker that can be target driven to deliver on objectives on time and within budget; able to demonstrate an ability to identify new opportunities for developing the charity’s development and fundraising programme.

• Has highly developed communication and interpersonal skills; persuasive with both internal and external stakeholders demonstrating a natural ability to understand donor motivations and able to be highly influential and responsive to senior-level individuals in articulating an inspiring and compelling case for major philanthropic support of Borne.

• Is comfortable engaging senior academics, scientists, clinicians, and researchers with an intellectual curiosity to understand and communicate complex scientific areas of research.

• Is a motivated self-starter who has a real ‘can do’ attitude working within a small team.

• Can craft and manage compelling bids and proposals for fundraising purposes; capable of negotiating funding agreements with follow-through on impact reporting and the proactive stewardship of relationships.

• Models leadership qualities and behaviours within the charity that is empowering of colleagues and team members.

• Is IT literate with experience of using Microsoft Office and can harness the power and potential of CRM to support a data and process driven approach to fundraising.

• Has a clear understanding and experience of relevant regulatory compliance, international tax codes, and ethical codes of practice associated with fundraising

• Is educated to graduate level or equivalent with experience of raising funds for higher education or medical research desirable.

ICEH Projects and Finance Manager

Department of Clinical Research

Salary: £40,611 to £46,119 per annum, inclusive.
Closing Date: Sunday 10 October 2021
Reference: ITD-CRD-2021-18

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is a world-leading centre for research and postgraduate education in public and global health. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice. 

We are seeking to appoint an experienced Projects & Finance Manager to join the International Centre for Eye Health Team. This is an exciting new role managing education and capacity development projects which strive to improve eye health worldwide.

The successful applicant will be responsible for the project management of an extensive portfolio of eye health projects with responsibility for financial management and reporting of complex budgets, funder liaison, business development and human resource management. In addition, it is anticipated that the post holder would manage a small number of research grants.          

The portfolio of eye health education and capacity development work includes: 

• MSc in Public Health for Eye Care (including scholarship fundraising), 
• Short Course in Global Eye Health, 
• Community Eye Health Journal (in English / French / App) – with >25,000 readers, 
• VISION 2020 LINKS Programme (an extensive international capacity and clinical training through North – South and South-South network programme),
• ICEH Open Education online with 7 courses (>34,000 users) across two platforms.
• New programme to develop both an online Post graduate certificate and diploma.
• New programme in development on “Knowledge Exchange”, in the area of global eye health and public health.  

Additional background information about these areas of work is available on the ICEH website.

The position will be part of the ICEH Professional Services Team and will have line management responsibility as well as providing operational support to several educators, researchers and projects in the wider ICEH team. The role holder will have strong management skills with ability to train and motivate staff members and excellent financial skills with experience of the oversight and reporting of complex budgets. They will have proven experience of providing high-level proactive project and operational support for multiple projects and staff in a busy office environment, including submission of funding proposals and budgets.

The role holder will be self-motivated, with the ability to work independently and proactively, taking the initiative to solve difficulties and issues whilst delivering a large output of work and responding flexibly to changing situations. The role will require excellent communication skills to liaise with team members, LSHTM central services, existing and potential funders, collaborators, partners, and external institutions. An interest in international development and working knowledge of business development and funder terms and conditions including Full Economic Costing (FEC) methodology would be a bonus. Further particulars are included in the job description.

The post is full time, 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and fixed-term until 31 October 2022. The post is funded by various funders and is available as soon as possible. The role is funded for one year with possibility of extension depending on available funding. 

The salary will be on the Professional Services salary scale Grade 6 in the range £40,611 - £46,119 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service. Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Applications should be made online via our website.Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm on the closing date.

The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as “Please see attached CV” will not be considered acceptable.

Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.  

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We believe that when people feel respected and included, they can be more creative, successful, and happier at work. While we have more work to do, we are committed to building an inclusive workplace, a community that everyone feels a part of, which is safe, respectful, supportive and enables all to reach their full potential.