Head of partnerships jobs

Head of Fundraising

Specialising in Major Gifts, trusts and foundations

Reporting to: Chief Executive

Salary: £40K-£45K

About The Music Works and why we need this role

The Music Works (TMW) is a Gloucestershire charity that transforms young lives through music. We’re specialists in working with young people in challenging circumstances to help them reach their full potential in music, in learning and in life. We work with over 3,000 young people a year in schools and our community music hubs in Gloucester and the Forest of Dean. Here is an introduction to our work: https://youtu.be/zz14_Zi2POY.

The last 5 years have seen a 250% growth in the young people we work with and a 320% growth in our finances and we  now have an annual turnover of £2million. In addition, we opened our new, state of the art music studios in Gloucester in 2021.

Our aspirations over the next three years are to grow our influence nationally and reach over 50,000 young people a year through face to face and digital programmes plus training and qualifications. These developments will require growth in our income of an additional £1.5million.

To date, our CEO (who has a background in fundraising) has led all of our income generating work. We are now too big for this to be sustainable and are seeking an exceptional and ambitious individual to work alongside her, leading and developing major donor and trusts income in order to achieve our ambitions.

The brief

We are looking for an ambitious Head of Fundraising to join our team at an exciting time. The role is primarily to grow our major gifts portfolio from high net-worth individuals ( to an annual six figure sum). The role will also oversee and expand our highly successful trust and foundations programme.

This is a new role with considerable opportunity with networks and existing supporters, and you will work closely with the CEO, trustees and marketing team. We have a strong existing pipeline and loads of events that could be turned into cultivation opportunities. We have a strong cause and a really high track record of success.

We want someone who can grow income and develop a team around this and play a significant role in helping position The Music Works as a nationally recognised organisation showing the power of music to make a real difference to young people’s lives.

Responsibilities

1. Lead the development of our major donor fundraising programme, working over a three year period to develop income in excess of £300K per annum. This will include:

• Developing a strategy with clear KPIs, targets and milestones
• Working with the Trustees, CEO and others to develop a list of potential connections, influencers and donors
• Developing a clear strategy for cultivation that ties in with our events programme
• Working with the events team to put on events or use existing events to cultivate relationships
• Identifying opportunities across the organisation to support the major gifts activity and work with the comms team to develop an inspiring and engaging communications plan
• Supporting the CEO and Board (and potentially a development committee) to make an ask
• Stewarding existing relationships

2. Work alongside the CEO to maximise funds raised from charitable trusts and foundations by:

• Maintaining and building relationships with existing trusts (we are already funded by 40 trusts and foundations)
• Researching and building relationships with new trusts and foundations
• Developing cases for support and making applications or supporting the wider staff team to do so
• Stewarding trust and foundation relationships

General

• Develop a clear understanding for the key aspects of our work and be able to articulate the vision of the organisation in a clear, passionate and confident way to potential and existing donors.
• Develop and implement a process for gathering new potential funders/donors, ensuring no opportunity for engagement is ignored.
• Use and develop the CRM to ensure there is a clear and documented process to record and budget for Major Gift activity
• Promote and comply with all our policies and practices. Undertake any other reasonable duties, commensurate with the level of the post

Person specification

This is a senior role within our organisation  and we are  flexible in terms of your career background.

Demonstrable passion, experience and enthusiasm for working in this sector are more important than qualifications but what we do need is someone who can complement the skills of our CEO and join us ready to immediately add value to our team. 

Do you have:

• Evidence of working with major donor fundraising and trusts and foundations with proven success in achieving gifts over £50K.
• Proven ability to be able to create a clear narrative of need – taking information from a variety of sources and compiling a strong and compelling story
• Inspiring and engaging writing and speaking skills in particular of writing tailored and compelling applications.
• People focussed; The ability to build effective and engaging relationships with donors and funders as well as colleagues and beneficiaries
• Ability to think strategically and creatively about fundraising potential and contribute to the development of strategic planning for the organisation as a whole
• Confident in supporting a CEO and the Board in fundraising, including making an ask
• Experience of curating the Major Donor, Trust & Foundation journey including:
  • putting together a budget and pulling out key elements of this to create a financial story
  • developing cultivation and solicitation plans
  • high value event development and management
  • prospect research and network mapping – both individuals and trusts and foundations
• The ability to remain calm when faced with competing demands on time, adjusting to changing schedules and delivering results.
• A passion for music and the difference it makes to the lives of young people
• A clean driving licence with access to a vehicle.

Details of the role:

• This is a full-time role (37.5 hours per week), subject to normal probation period of 6 months. It is a permanent role but we will consider job shares, reduced hours and flexible working with the right candidate.
• The salary is £40-£45K
• There may be occasional weekend and evening work (TOIL will be given)
• The role will be based at our Gloucester studio but some travel to other venues across the county will also be expected.  We are flexible about homeworking with regular visits to the studios as the success of this role depends on the ability to build relationships with colleagues and beneficiaries at the studios across the county.

Other benefits

• Pension is 3% of basic salary
• Flexible working
• Lots of staff training and development opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme and a shower at work so we encourage you to be active
• Enhanced Maternity policy: 6 weeks full pay, 6 weeks half pay, 27 weeks statutory
• Wellbeing and social programme for staff
• Annual leave entitlement: 22 days plus bank holidays plus all the days between Christmas and new year
• Staff can request additional unpaid leave throughout the year
• A really amazing staff team and culture

Diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our organisation, and we promote equal opportunities. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who reflect the community we serve. We encourage applications from all backgrounds. We guarantee to offer an interview to those with a disability who meet the minimum criteria.

In line with The Music Works safeguarding policy, this job is subject to enhanced DBS checks and satisfactory references. Having a criminal record will not necessarily disqualify you from acquiring the post.

How to apply

If you wish to apply, please submit your current CV and a cover letter by Monday 1st August 2022 

When writing your cover letter, please ensure that you provide specific examples to demonstrate your competencies, achievements and skills addressing the specific criteria set out. We recognise that some of your experience may be from unpaid roles as well as paid employment – please include any voluntary work if it helps to show why you are the right candidate for the job.

The closing date for applications is: 1st August 2022

Post Details 

Job title: Head of Income

Reports to: CEO

Key relationships: Head of Engagement; Campaigns, Policy & Research Manager; Individual Giving Officer and Shop & Supporter Care Officer.

Working hours: 4 days (28 hours) or 5 days (35 hours) per week. We have a flexible working policy and are happy to explore how this could work for you.

Salary: Up to £40,000-£50,000 depending on experience.

Location: Remote working and/or our Brixton office. 

Post Summary
Do you have experience in third-sector fundraising, an ability to assess our fundraising needs, and deliver that vision? Could you take our clear mission, compelling campaigns and powerful brand and convert them into engaged supporters and sustainable revenue streams? Are you looking to make a tangible impact at a small human rights NGO? If the answer is ‘yes’ to these, we want to hear from you.

Free Tibet and Tibet Watch are looking for someone with experience in creative digital fundraising to take our fundraising to the next level. We can offer flexible working to suit your needs, a supportive culture that gets results whilst prioritising everyone’s well-being and the freedom to implement your vision. 

About Free Tibet and Tibet Watch
We stand with Tibetans around the world. For their homeland, for their future and against China’s brutal occupation. We keep the eyes of the world on the atrocities being committed in Tibet. Tibet Watch shares evidence that makes them impossible to deny. Free Tibet leads campaigns that make them impossible to ignore. And together, we will build a global movement that’s impossible to resist. Tibet can be free. It must be free – and one day it will be. Together we bring that day closer.

Location
Our main office is in Brixton, South London and we have 18 staff members in total that work across the UK and in our field research team. We expect the post-holder to be in the office one day per week on average, but we are happy to be super-flexible (e.g. 4 consecutive days each month). 

Perks
Benefits include flexible working hours, a robust working from home policy, training and development opportunities, pension scheme, interest-free season ticket loans and a generous annual leave allowance (28 days plus public holidays of leave). 

Equality, diversity and inclusion
Free Tibet and Tibet Watch are actively committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in our workforce. At this time, we are strongly encourage applications from all sectors of society regardless of: age, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity status, religion or belief, race or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, transgender status or socio-economic background. We also welcome applications from those who wish to return to the workplace after a period of absence. Sadly, we can only welcome applicants who have the right to work in the UK at this time. 

Job description
Income & revenue streams

• Oversee all income-generation activity across the organisation. Ensure continuous improvement and innovation and an appropriate balance of fundraising activity across all revenue streams.

• Lead on the recruitment and retention of donors, and work with the Engagement team to ensure that supporter journeys are of the highest standard. 

• Oversee the Fundraising team’s delivery of:

  • trusts and grants fundraising,

  • our legacy programme,

  • mid and major donor work,

  • the Client Relationship Management (CRM) system. 

• Liaise with the Campaigns, Research, Resources team and the Engagement team and the CEO to ensure that campaigning and fundraising activities are seamlessly coordinated.

• Help shape the Income team, developing the income generation skills and internal processes that allow for greater income generation and income targets to be met.

• Write the income section of the annual budget for both Free Tibet and Tibet Watch and manage/report on this throughout the year.

Leadership & management

• Line-manage the Income team, currently two posts. 

• Work alongside the CEO to actively instil an organisational culture of fundraising. 

• Lead on writing and implementing our income strategy. Work with the CEO and managers to write and deliver the overall organisational strategy. 

• Take responsibility for reporting on indicators such as income, return on investment and others as defined by your strategy. 

• Come up with a vision for income generation and ensure that your team is invested in its success from the start. 

• Work with the CEO to help Board members better understand and trust in our income generation and engagement strategy, reporting quarterly to the Joint Boards’ Fundraising Committee. 

General responsibilities

• Participate in regular team meetings;

• Participate in events as required;

• Ensure that volunteers working with your team are managed appropriately by the officer level posts;

• Participating in monthly finance/fundraising meetings;

• Provide regular fundraising reports for the CEO and Boards;

Person Specification
Essential 

• Experience in individual giving fundraising.

• The ability to analyse historic income streams and prioritise fundraising opportunities.

• The ability to deliver income across multiple income streams.

• Someone who adopts a goal-orientated and test and learn approach.

• Commitment to Free Tibet’s mission.

Desirable

• Experience of management/leadership/coaching and developing team members.

• Digital fluency in direct relation to fundraising.

• Broad experience of income generation: 

  • The ability to secure grants from trusts and foundations.

  • Experience with individual giving and major donor fundraising.

  • Experience of working with a CRM.

  • Experience using email marketing and social media.

Application Process
Please send a CV and personal statement by 10:00pm on Sunday 21 August 2022. 

Location: Hybrid working part London Office (Islington, London) part home work
Salary: £41,150-£44,150 per annum inclusive
Hours: 35 hours per week
Closing date:  Tuesday 19 July 2022 at 10.00am
Interview date: 27 July 2022

This is a permanent position. 

We are looking for a Head of Research Partnerships to join our award winning and ambitious type 1 diabetes charity, JDRF, as part of the Research Partnerships Team.

JDRF is the world’s leading charitable research funder of type 1 diabetes, improving lives until we find the cure. We fund and drive medical research to cure, treat and prevent type 1 diabetes; we provide information for children, adults and parents living with the condition at all stages, from diagnosis and beyond; and we give a voice to people with type 1 diabetes and work to achieve increased focus on, and funding for, research to find the cure.

As our Head of Research Partnerships, you will work closely with the Director of Research Partnerships to leverage funds from organisations with similar strategic interests, including those outside the diabetes field. You will also support the Director of Research Partnerships in working with colleagues across the JDRF International network to maximise opportunities for international collaboration and coordination.

This role will also work with the UK type 1 diabetes research community to identify new opportunities, and provide support and encouragement in making best use of funding opportunities relevant to type 1 diabetes.

Key requirements to be successful in this role include:

• an ability to spot strategic opportunities and influence key stakeholders
• superb networking skills
• experience of negotiation and creative problems solving
• excellent communication skills across multiple formats
• a willingness to travel both within the UK and internationally

You will find a vibrant atmosphere and spirited team at JDRF, always striving to make a difference to people living with type 1.

As an employer we offer:

• Flexible working and will consider compressed hours
• Generous annual leave entitlement – 25 days and bank holidays
• Health cash plan
• Season ticket and cycle loan
• Pension scheme

JDRF is the world’s leading charitable research funder into type 1 diabetes, improving lives until we find the cure. We are dedicated to our 400,000 strong type 1 community in the UK and work closely with our international affiliates across the world, including the US, Canada and Australia.

‘JDRF is an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation or age.’ 

Head of Partnerships 

Dated: June 2022

Contract: Full time, permanent

Salary: £48,000-50,000 per annum 

Start date: Immediate

Location: Home based with potential access to desk space in central London, if required; travel across the UK may be required from time to time as part of role (subject to covid guidance) 

Reporting to: Director of Strategy and Learning

Direct reports: None at this time

Annual leave: 25 days per year plus bank holidays

About the role

The Head of Partnerships is a new and critical role, created as part of our merger with the YMCA George Williams College. We hope the merger will see our quality improvement and training work grow, alongside extending our communities of practice and our offer to them. As such, we created a dedicated post to hold, nurture and grow our approach to working with and through networks, and to oversee our partnership projects. 
 

Networks have long been at the heart of the Centre for Youth Impact’s approach. Built over the last eight years, we deeply value our relationships with our Regional Impact Networks across England, and are excited by the emergence of new relationships in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland – and indeed internationally, particularly building on the legacy of the College. There is now the opportunity to revisit our approach to working with and through networks, particularly in developing a more responsive and ‘tiered’ offer that reflects and responds to the needs, ambitions, and experiences of our different stakeholders. 

The Head of Partnerships will be responsible for implementing a new network strategy, strengthening these relationships (including transitioning existing network leads to potentially new ways of working), and framing the support that we offer to network ‘members’ across the UK (further details on our existing networks can be found here). This will include scoping, defining and implementing our approach to supporting/collaborating with members of the YMCA Federation in England and Wales alongside building relationships with the Federations in Scotland and the island of Ireland, as part of the merger with YMCA George Williams College. There is also the potential to work closely with the Director of Strategy and Learning to consider new international learning partnerships.

Over the past few years in particular, the Centre has been increasing its partnership projects: significant programmes of work with one major partner or funder, including cohort-level evaluation, capacity building and learning partnerships.The Head of Partnerships will also manage a range of partnership projects, working alongside other members of the team to initiate, design, and deliver cutting-edge programmes of work. The post-holder will work closely with the Director of Programmes and Director of Strategy and Learning to ensure that we are integrating our learning from our networks into our wider strategy and programmes of work focused on research, evaluation, and organisational learning. 

The Head of Partnerships will play a strong role in supporting income generation, particularly for our network support activities. The post holder will also contribute significantly to our communications activities, amplifying the work and voices of our networks, and offering our platform in contribution to greater collective impact.

What are we looking for? 

We are looking for an outstanding candidate who is imaginative and responsive, with strong interest and high-level skills in building alliances and collaborations, alongside capacity building for social sector organisations. You will need to have an appetite for understanding and navigating complexity, with an inquisitive mind and interest in youth-focused public policy and system dynamics. An interest and solid understanding of evaluation would be a distinct plus. You will also need to be a strong and confident project manager, with exceptional relationship skills. We take a coaching approach to all of our work, so skills and experience in this area will be a distinct advantage. 

You will have the ability to engage with humility and authenticity with a wide range of people and organisations working to support young people. You will be able to spot and make connections between relationships and areas of work and be alive to changes and patterns in the external policy and practice context and the opportunities they present for our charity. 

Finally, you will be a skilled facilitator, experienced in both designing and delivering workshops and training. You will also be a compelling and confident writer and presenter who can communicate the breadth of our work. You will be comfortable representing us externally and acting as a ‘thought leader’: openly reflecting the evolution of your ideas and thinking, and generously sharing your learning with others.

Please follow the link to our website for the full JD and person specification.

Prospectus is delighted to be supporting Lumos in the search for a Head of Partnerships (maternity cover contract) position to join their new fundraising team.

Lumos is an international children's charity founded by J.K. Rowling to end the systematic and harmful practice of the institutionalisation of children. Our vision is a world in which all children have the opportunity to grow up and thrive in a safe and caring family or, where there is no alternative, in specialist placements that meet all their needs, respect their rights and ensure they can fulfill their potential.

As Head of Partnerships, you will be responsible for overseeing income generation from Trusts and Foundations, Major Donors, and Corporate Partnerships. With some existing six-figure relationships in place, this role will manage a small portfolio of relationships, whilst developing existing strategy to diversify and grow income generation across these fundraising streams. With a relatively new team in place and with three direct reports, this person will have a leading and strategic role. Working closely with the Deputy Director of Fundraising and Engagement, this role will also be a part of yearly fundraising planning.

To be successful as the Head of Partnerships, this person will need to have proven experience in securing funding from high-value income streams including, trusts and foundations, corporate and major giving. This person will also be a confident team leader and know how to motivate a new team to achieve key strategic and income goals. With strong communication skills, this person will also be able to demonstrate confidence in developing relationships with internal senior stakeholders and developing fundraising strategies to achieve organisational goals.

This role is a full-time contract position for 5-6 months, that will be homebased with occasional travel.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply. If you have any disability and would like assistance with completing an application then please contact Rhiannon Mehta at Prospectus.

If you are interested in applying to this Head of Partnerships position, please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

High Trees was born of the local community 23 years ago, through collective community action to save the old library based in Tulse Hill, turning it into a Community Development Trust. Today, High Trees has grown significantly and is a well-regarded and trusted community anchor in Lambeth, delivering and leading on a range of integrated services to connect people and communities to strengthen skills and build stronger voices.

The Partnerships and Development Manager will sit within the management team of High Trees, taking leadership to ensure the strategic ambitions of our work on partnership working, promoting effective collaboration and best practice in the sector are realised. You will also take the lead on our consultancy offer in these areas.

High Trees has considerable experience of working in meaningful long term partnerships with other organisations in the voluntary sector including leading on partnerships, this role will help us ensure that this work both continues and expands and that we are able to share our learning and best practice with the sector as a whole beyond the reach of the partnerships we are directly involved in. High Trees are at an exciting juncture in this area, developing a range of tools and resources to share with other organisations to support collaborative working practices and system change, and, via this role and the newly created role of Capacity Building Officer, will now be able to further focus on capacity building other organisations.

Alongside the work in this area that is directly grant funding and concentrated on providing this support to other VCS organisations in Lambeth, we are also developing our consultancy offer and this role will take the lead in designing and delivering bespoke consultancy services to a wide range of organisations, whether other VCS organisations, local authorities or the private sector, ensuring all work is in our areas of expertise and in line with our core values.

The role manages our Partnerships and Development team as a whole, which holds responsibility for our Communications and our Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning – ensuring the High Trees voice reaches those it needs to and all our work and communications is underpinned by robust monitoring, evaluation and reporting and managing our Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Officer and Communications Officer to do so. No specific direct experience in either of these areas is a perquisite, as the subject expertise will sit with the Officers, but a clear understanding of the strategic principles of both communications and Monitoring and Evaluation and how these sit within an organisation will be needed.

A key part of the role is focused on relationships – both external and internal – and the candidate will have the ability to communicate with ease with a wide and diverse range of individuals, easily building rapport and embodying High Trees ethos and values.

The Living Wage Foundation was launched in 2011 by Citizens UK to tackle in-work poverty and ensure that workers earn enough to live on and participate in family and community life. Citizens UK is the home of community organising with diverse civil society alliances set up to develop leaders to work on the issues that matter to them, such as the Living Wage. Other projects include PACT (Parents and the Community Together) and Sponsor Refugees to add depth to the impact of Citizens UK’s work.

The Living Wage is a movement of businesses, organisations and people who believe that a hard day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay. The real Living Wage is an independently-calculated hourly rate based on the cost of living and announced each November during Living Wage Week, our annual celebration of a growing network of over 10,000 Living Wage Employers.

The Living Wage Foundation celebrates employers that voluntarily choose to pay the real Living Wage through an accreditation scheme that recognises a long-term commitment to fair pay and has secured pay rises for 350,000 low paid workers.

We are growing our team to support this work and now seek a Head of Partnerships and Campaigns to oversee our national sectoral strategy to grow the number of Living Wage Employers by activating our network, securing influential partnerships and developing broad campaigns encompassing workers, community leaders, employers, media and digital communications to apply pressure and make the case for the Living Wage.

The Partnerships and Campaigns team is new and expanding and we need a leader to shape its growth and focus. The role will be responsible for supporting and directing a team of Campaigns and Project Managers responsible for delivering our strategy to empower others to advocate for fair pay. The successful candidate will lead on the development of our strategy to engage workers and those with lived experience meaningfully in our work, and create cross-organisational collaboration opportunities with Citizens UK community organisers.

Central to our strategy will be our efforts to Make London a Living Wage City, a £4.8m 4-year project to develop 800 leaders and secure over 50,000 pay rises, putting over £635m into the pockets of low-paid Londoners. With a Steering Group co-chaired by the Mayor of London, the Bishop of London and KPMG’s Senior London Partner, the project aims to bring workers, community leaders and employers together to take a sectoral approach to tackling low pay, with an initial focus on Health and Social Care, Hospitality, Cleaning, Creative and Cultural industries. 

Our ambition is to use this opportunity to model cross-organisational collaboration and the role will focus on organisational development to forge internal partnerships and create the conditions for success, whilst working with community organisers, campaign partners and influential stakeholders in London and beyond to forge strategic campaigns to win pay-rises for low paid workers and bring significant employers into the Living Wage network.

This role is vital to the continuing success of the Living Wage campaign, and will enable us to deliver more pay rises and secure hours for workers than ever before.

Closing date for applications: By 9am, Thursday 7th July 2022

Location: London, flexible homework arrangements available

Please click ‘Apply via website’ to be directed to the Peridot Partners website and to contact the advising consultants to discuss this role in more detail.

Senior Strategic Delivery Partnerships Manager

Permanent, Full-time at 35 hours

Office Based, London UK (with a blend of home working)

Salary: £44,335 - £54,891 (dependent on experience)

Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 1st August 2022

Interviews will take place online via video conference on Friday 12th August.

About us

Founded in 1997, GamCare is the leading provider of information, advice and support for anyone affected by gambling harms. We operate the National Gambling Helpline, provide treatment for anyone who is harmed by gambling, create awareness about safer gambling and treatment, and encourage an effective approach to safer gambling within the gambling industry.

The Role

This is a great time for you to join our highly motivate and enthusiastic Quality and Innovations team as our Senior Strategic Delivery Partnerships Manager.

As the successful candidate you will be primarily responsible for the identification, development and management of a range of diverse strategic delivery partnerships. In addition to working closely with other senior managers within GamCare to achieve strategic aims. Through your excellent networking and engagement skills you will generate new opportunities for the charity and extend our treatment delivery reach.

If you are collaborative, inclusive, a strategic thinker, great at networking, are organised and have excellent communication skills…. this post is for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Create a systematic, process-driven approach to partner outreach and relationship management 
• Identification of key strategic partnership opportunities through inbound led follow-up and outbound contacts, and visits 
• Use influencing skills to articulate the benefits of partnering with GamCare to contacts to ensure we develop mutually beneficial relationships 

• Working with colleagues, research partners, identify key players and generate interest and initial contacts 

• Collaborate with senior management and the policy and comms team to align internal ambitions with new and existing partner relationships, and agree key messages for profile-raising 
• Represent GamCare and be an ambassador for collaboration, promoting innovative work and best practice, to enhance GamCare’s reputation 

About you

To be the successful candidate you’ll have prior experience as a Partnerships Manager or similar, preferably within the Third Sector. This will have given you the tools to be an expert networker allowing you to establish strategic, long-lasting relationships.

To thrive in this role you’ll have demonstrable experience in developing and maintaining a pipeline of relationships with individuals, organisations and companies which will have given you results in championing programmes, promoting services and engaging with specific audiences.

As a highly organised professional you’ll be proficient in managing the resources available to you while completing priorities in a structured and efficient way. This way of working will help you to operate effectively at senior levels, work with policy makers and speak engagingly and persuasively in public to inspire confidence with our partners, service users and local communities.

Benefits You Can Enjoy

• 33 days basic annual leave entitlement per annum including bank holidays which increases with service
• A generous Pension Scheme - we contribute 6% and you contribute 2%.
• Discretionary company sick pay from day one of service.
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24-hour support
• Cycle to Work Scheme

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

GamCare are committed to offering the best support to people affected by gambling harms, as such we welcome applications from candidates with lived experience.

Regarding the location for the role, your main place of work will be the London Office and the attendance at the office will be discussed in detail when you start.  We work flexibly in GamCare and so are open to people working, when the role allows, from home. 

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

If you have got any queries about this role, please feel free to contact Recruitment Inbox and the team will be happy to help.

GamCare is committed to processing your personal data fairly, lawfully and transparently in line with GDPR. For further information on GamCare’s recruitment privacy notice please refer to our website.

Job title: Head of Development & Partnerships

Salary/Rate: £47,000 per year (pro rata)

Hours: 4-5 days per week, as preferred by candidate (weekdays, between the hours of 9-5pm)

Status: Permanent

Holidays: 25 days + bank holidays (pro rata)

Location: Home-based (with some travel to prospective members UK wide)

Reporting to: Chief Executive

Job Description

Are you a natural relationship builder with a knack for developing fruitful partnerships and influencing key stakeholders? Got a flair for innovative traded income generation in the charity sector? Keen to put your stamp on a growing, creative, purpose-driven organisation? We are looking for a Head of Development & Partnerships to grow our membership, establish strong relationships across the sector, confidently promote our brand and value, and grow our impact for young people. A hands-on person who can see the bigger strategic picture while getting stuck in and getting stuff done.

Who we are looking for:

We are seeking an authentic, energetic, creative and determined Head of Development & Partnerships who thrives on finding creative business development solutions to solve complex social issues and enjoys leading and delivering on a breadth and variety of workstreams. You will join a forward-thinking, ambitious organisation at a critical point in our 30-year history. The post holder will have the freedom to shape the role, develop and establish fresh methodologies and gradually build a team to help sustain longer term growth. This will be a key role in securing sustainable growth to deepen and broaden our impact.

There is scope for it to be shaped by your character and experience, so we encourage you to apply even if your skills aren’t a perfect match. 

Who We Are:

The Foyer Federation is an innovative youth charity working to improve the lives of young people who can’t live at home. Since 1992, we have worked with a network of Foyers to inspire, challenge and quality assure approaches to developing the skills and resources young people need to thrive, not just cope.

We believe all young people can shape a successful journey into adulthood if they have access to the right training, contacts and opportunities to invest in their talents. We’re leading a movement of like-minded organisations and individuals who want to improve the prospects of all young people through an asset-based approach, which we call ‘Advantaged Thinking’. We’re committed to working with our network of Foyers and external experts to improve the ‘offer’ for young people.

Our 30-year history has established us as a trailblazer within the youth housing sector, delivering impactful programmes and challenging the status quo. However, in recent years our brand has been under exposed and under promoted – offering the opportunity for significant income growth to increase our influence and impact. 

Why work for us?

We are a small, energetic and innovative team who work collaboratively to maximise impact for young people. We live our values (Maverick, Savvy, Authentic, Loving and Brave) and prioritise a culture of inclusivity, equity, love and positivity ensuring that a healthy work life balance enables our staff to remain inspired and motivated. 

Our working environment is organic, friendly and varied - we are the kind of organisation that encourages you to experiment and explore in your role. Therefore, you will be able to shape the role, and develop and establish fresh methodologies.

This role will give you the opportunity to work at both a strategic and operational level and gradually build a team to help sustain longer term growth.

Outline of the role:

This is a unique opportunity to influence and drive the strategic growth of the Foyer Federation by generating the revenue and investment to support our ‘Home for Advantaged Thinking’ three-year strategy.

As the Head of Development & Partnerships, you’ll use your expertise and work across the youth and housing sector to bring new organisations into our community of members. You’ll build strong and enduring relationships with a range of strategic stakeholder leads within housing associations and youth projects that provide inspirational Advantaged Thinking services to young people. 

You will also work with the Chief Executive to develop national partnerships with youth sector peers, corporates, and charitable trusts and foundations to enhance our reach and influence.

You will lead on the design and implementation of an external partnership strategy to raise awareness of the Foyer Federation and Advantaged Thinking brand, increasing awareness of our work across the youth and housing sectors, and growing our reach and influence.

We are looking for someone who is creative, articulate, collaborative and commercially aware, who can provide business development leadership and strategic direction, supporting the Chief Executive to grow the organisation and identify new sources of income.

Equality and Diversity

We actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds with different experiences, skills and stories to join us and influence and develop our working practice. By taking positive action around diversity (as permitted in the Equality Act 2010), we will guarantee interviews to eligible candidates who meet the minimum criteria (the Person Specifications laid out in the Job Pack) and self-identify with any of the following groups that we have identified as underrepresented in ours and the wider beyond-profit sector workforce:

• Candidates from Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic backgrounds

• Candidates with lived experience of homelessness

• Candidates with disabilities or learning differences

• LGBT+ candidates

Application:

Follow the link to our website to apply by sending us your completed application, equality form and CV form by 12.30pm, Friday 15th July 2022. 

We are happy to accept video-based applications. First round interviews will be held on the afternoon of 20th and the morning of 21st July via video call with final interviews on the 25th July in London.

What the job involves

You’ll be inspiring and leading new partners to answer the needs of men. By working in partnership, you’ll raise awareness of prostate cancer and income for research and services. You’ll be external facing to share and network, building our partnership capability.

Your weeks will be full of variety, working with colleagues across the charity to enable Prostate Cancer UK to form and develop partnerships that add value and help us fulfil our mission.

What we want from you

We want to hear from you if you’re experienced at new business development creating opportunities that unite us in new partnerships to deliver ambitious outcomes. You will show us that you have lots of experience across a wide portfolio of partnerships. You’re passionate about how focusing on the needs of men we can bring organisations together, delivering awareness and fundraising.

You can show how collaboration works to enhance awareness, engage supporters, and raise money – and you’ll have proven ability to manage your portfolio of new business across these. You motivate others through face-to-face meetings, in social channels, with incentives and with excellent content. You have a deep curiosity about how we can do more and better, with a willingness to test and learn, and test again.

You’re a natural collaborator and work in an empowering and supportive way so that colleagues and teammates are all part of the success in new business that you lead. Engagement with our partner communities is at the forefront of your thinking. Your energy and passion to make a difference in men’s prostate health will be obvious to all who meet you.

Why work for us?

We’re here to stop prostate cancer killing men and damaging bodies and lives. We unite the brightest minds in science and healthcare and the most passionate and caring people to help men live long and live well. As the number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer continues to rise, we continue to make advances in research to focus on radical improvements in diagnosis, treatment and support so that we can build a future where lives are not limited by prostate cancer.

Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we fight for a better future for men.

What we offer

Join our team and you’ll be working at an award-winning charity that will support you to develop your skills and expertise. We’re particularly proud of our agile working arrangements which allow (as appropriate to the role) for flexibility around where and when we carry out our work to ensure we can achieve the best results for the charity, at the same time as balancing our working lives with life’s other commitments!

We also offer a competitive benefits package including generous leave entitlements, season ticket loans, a cycle to work scheme, an enhanced contributory pension scheme, life insurance and group income protection as well as a Health Cash Plan and free advice and support on pretty much anything via our Employee Assistance Programme.

Our commitment

Our teams, supporters, partners, and those living with prostate cancer, come from all walks of life. We draw upon the difference in who we are, what we’ve experienced and how we think to build a future where lives are not limited by prostate cancer. Not only is it the right thing to do, it makes our charity stronger and helps us reach more people. If you share our ambition we would love to hear from you.

The closing date is 17th July 2022, but please note we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates as applications come in, so please apply as soon as you can, as we may close the vacancy early. Applications must be submitted by 23:45 UK time on the closing date.

Interviews: By arrangement. Currently scheduled for 27th and 28th July 2022

We are a non-profit organisation seeking an experienced fundraiser and strategic partnership builder to help us with the next stage of growth for our venture support programme networks and business centre communities.

We are looking for someone passionate about the challenges we are seeking to address, and the social enterprise business model we use. You should be ambitious for growth and impact, as well as for personal growth and progression. You will need to be aware of the range of different approaches to fundraising and social investment.

You will need to be experienced in:

• Relational fundraising with a track record of generating significant resources
• Tender and bid writing, with evidence of success
• Researching funding opportunities
• Business development, strategic relationship building and networking
• Written, verbal and presentational communication

Details:

• Location: Cambridge, with occasional, reimbursed travel to other centres. We also offer a hybrid working model.
• Hours: Fulltime, Mon to Fri, 35 hours a week preferable but we will consider 4 days (28 hours).
• Salary: Up to £45k per annum
• Contract: Initial 12 months, extendable on basis of successful activity.
• Reports to: CEO of Allia Impact Ltd.
• Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship

Benefits

• Company pension scheme; free on-site parking; Bike2Work Scheme
• Life Insurance
• Flexible working
• Casual dress
• Wellness programme
• Previously awarded the best not for profit employer in the Eastern Region.
• Be a part of a community that drives innovation with a focus on addressing environmental and social challenges.

About Us

Allia Impact Ltd, part of the Allia charitable group, is seeking an experienced fundraiser and relationship builder to help us with the next stage of growth of our impact venture support ecosystem of business centres and programmes. This role may also be known within the company as Head of Funding.

Allia Impact runs a range of Venture Support programmes to help entrepreneurs build an idea into a business; start-ups to scale & grow and small businesses to establish and thrive – with impacts focussed on job creation, underserved communities and addressing social and environmental challenges. It also leverages innovation, entrepreneurship, and tech for good to address key issues in society (such as Net Zero, homelessness and AgeTech) through a suite of programmes, initiatives, and collaborations.

Allia Future Business Centres provide space, community and a thriving ecosystem where start-ups and ventures are supported to achieve positive environmental and social impact.

As part of our growth strategy, we have identified the need for a Head of Funding (Fundraising) to support the expansion of Allia Impact’s ventures support work and to expand the geographical footprint of the Future Business Centres. The key priorities are:

1. Identifying and securing funding sources to maintain and grow our range of venture support programmes which currently operate in London, Cambridge and Peterborough. As these are free to attend, and demand no equity, we rely on external funding to support us to deliver this impact service. Aiming to expand to new prospective locations in London and Eastern England.
2. Helping to secure the resources to expand our network of Future Business Centres also in London and the East. From small hyper-local hubs that focus on community support and transformation, to larger centres that act as innovation communities for impact businesses and start-ups, we are ambitious to grow our reach.

Typical funders have included EU (ERDF), local authorities, corporates, charitable trusts and individual philanthropists, and will be similar going forward except for the transition from EU to UK-based government funds. In the tech for good and innovation challenge space, collaborations with family offices, venture capital, and corporations are potential funding routes as well.

Our programmes and centres are of interest to all these types of funders and we have good track record and relationships to build on. It is a positive opportunity for growth and scaling the impact we can achieve to more locations, working as part of a team with committed colleagues.

Our people are pivotal to our success, and we have grown expediently. We are an equal opportunities employer which embraces diversity, inclusion and flexible working. We offer a great working environment, true team working ethos, good benefits and much more.

To Apply:

We are committed to equality and diversity for our ventures, tenants, colleagues, volunteers, trustees and supporters. We value the strength that comes with difference and the positive contribution that diversity brings to the communities in which we serve. We are working to increase diversity and would particularly welcome applications from groups that are currently under-represented, including those from a BAME background.

To apply for this role, please send an up-to-date CV. We may ask you to provide a supporting covering letter highlighting your skills and experience along with why we should consider you for the role and your salary expectations. 

All applications should be submitted by 22nd of July but we will begin interviewing before then so early application is advised.

Partnerships Manager

Purpose: The Education and Employers charity’s flagship programme Inspiring the Future connects tens of thousands of volunteers from the world of work to state schools across the country to inspire the next generation. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead on managing relationships with our major charity partnerships including Bank of America, Health Education England (NHS Ambassadors) and Maritime UK.         

Reports to: Director of Operations & Programmes

Location: We have a central London office but are open to flexibility on location / hybrid working provided the successful applicant can attend London offices once or twice a week.

Remuneration: £32k - £37k (depending on experience) 

Additional Terms: Excellent package including 30 days paid holiday, exclusive of Statutory Holiday; competitive pension scheme; a staff volunteering allowance of up to 5 days; additional family friendly benefits including enhancements to Statutory Payments; and training and development opportunities. More details here

Appointment Terms: Permanent – Full time. 

About Education and Employers/ Inspiring the Future

Education and Employers is a UK-based charity launched in 2009 which aims to “provide young people with the inspiration, motivation, knowledge, skills and opportunities they need to help them achieve their potential”. The charity believes that every young person in our country, wherever they live, whatever their parents or carers’ circumstances, should have the chance to meet a diverse range of volunteers, hear first-hand about jobs and the world of work and be aware of range of opportunities open to them in their future lives.

Underpinning the charity’s work are our values: Inspiring, Inclusive, Innovative, Impactful, Integrity

The charity runs the programme Inspiring the Future (and Primary Futures for primary schools) connecting state schools to a diverse range of volunteers from the world of work for both in-person and virtual activities. Inspiring the Future is internationally recognised and works with a range of partners from central and local government to FTSE 100 companies and entrepreneurs. It has been featured on ITV, BBC, OECD the World Economic Forum. We also run Inspiring Governance the free governor recruitment and support service. This Department for Education funded service aims to get highly skilled volunteers to serve as governors in some of the most disadvantaged schools in England and in so doing help raise educational achievement.

The role

Working closely with the senior management team and colleagues across the organisation, the successful candidate will be leading on the account management of our major employer partnerships. Key partnerships with employers and professional associations from across the world of work are integral to the work we do as an organisation, contributing not only towards our reputation and network but also recruitment of volunteers for our programmes, delivery of campaigns and projects as well as funding.

We are looking for an experienced relationship manager to support our partnerships with Bank of America (BofA), lead corporate supporter of Inspiring the Future, Health Education England (HEE) major funder of the NHS Ambassador programme and other funded partners including Maritime UK, Amazon Web Services, BP and others. The role focuses on supporting the organisations to ensure effective, successful, well-established partnerships and providing a key point of liaison.

The successful applicant will be expected to develop a strong network of contacts within partner organisations including attending their offices as appropriate. They will also work with colleagues in mobilising partner employees to volunteer their time to support students through Inspiring the Future and related programmes, planning and coordination of bespoke employee engagement sessions with groups of students and developing appropriate projects and resources.

This role also provides a fantastic opportunity to develop significant skills both within the not-for-profit and corporate sectors through the partnership work.

Our charity aims to tackle the ingrained stereotypical views that children often have about the jobs people do based on their gender, ethnicity and socio-economic background. As such we are keen to ensure our own workforce is diverse and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for jobs with us.

Key accountabilities

Relationship/Account management

• Take responsibility for the stewardship of major partners covering any particular projects, initiatives and campaigns as directed, ensuring they receive a positive experience of working with the charity, and have experienced the benefits of a mutually beneficially partnership, all with the aim of extending the relationship including opportunities for fundraising.
• Successfully deliver the high value corporate partnerships with BofA, HEE, Maritime UK, BP and others. Ensuring that outcomes are appropriately measured and we meet all KPIs agreed.
• Maintain a strong personal network and high personal visibility across partner organisations to promote Inspiring the Future and Inspiring Governance to maximise employee engagement; acting as the principal point of contact for Inspiring the Future and Inspiring Governance enquiries from employees.
• Work with each organisation to engage their employees with Inspiring the Future and other programmes including Inspiring Governance
• Promote the partnership internally within each partner organisation as appropriate, using internal newsletters, video, intranet, direct mailings and case studies to recruit new employee volunteers and celebrate engagement.
• Working with the Special Events Lead to plan and deliver volunteering opportunities virtually and, as appropriate, in person in sites and schools across the UK. Inviting local school groups to meet volunteers to gain career insights; provide creative opportunities for departments and employee networks.
• Produce and disseminate guidance, and provide necessary resources, for employees taking part in Inspiring the Future volunteer events including presenting at ‘lunch and learn’ events with employees.
• Working alongside the Salesforce Manager to regularly conduct reporting for funded partners to measure progress and impact, analysing their volunteer data and school engagement activity and tying this into conversations around decision making/future planning.
• Working with the Director of Operations and Programmes to produce annual partner reports showcasing the partnership.

Strategic Planning

• Supporting the development of strategic plans for partnerships to deliver upon the aims of the partnership, ensuring the charity’s Senior Management team are kept up to date with programme and plans to secure funding in the next cycle.

• Reviewing and enhancing resources and materials for employer engagement.
• Liaising with the Head of Inspiring Governance Programme - Employer & Volunteer Engagement to ensure that activities are complementary
• Keep up to date with current corporate issues, sector research and fundraising trends.
• Support the Business Development Manager in developing new employer bids and pitches and onboarding any new corporate partners.

Line Management

• Line Management of the Special Events Lead who organises and facilitates showcase activities across partnerships.
• Fostering a strong team environment including regular meetings, performance development reviews
• Ensuring appropriate training is delivered for staff necessary for their roles

Other

• Other ad hoc administrative tasks to support the team as needed

Person specification

Skills/ Knowledge/ Expertise

Essential

• Experience in successful relationship management - of managing multi-stakeholder relationships and programme management. Ability to engage confidently, articulately and sensitively with stakeholders and partners at a range of levels of seniority up to and including board level
• Excellent, planning, prioritisation, time management, and organisational skills in order to effectively manage multi-faceted projects to agreed timescales, deadlines and budgets
• Polished presentation skills, adapting to different audiences and opportunities and including the ability to speak to research finding and create effective presentations.
• Excellent written communication skills. Fluency in written and spoken English
• Understanding of the corporate social responsibility landscape and knowledge and interest in the education and / or employment sector
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent knowledge and practical application of Microsoft office tools

Desirable

• A passion for supporting young people in realising their potential
• Knowledge of the education and employment sectors including careers support for young people and corporate social responsibility agendas
• Experience of working in a small team
• Understanding of risk management and data protection

Personal Attributes

• Uphold our charity’s values - Inspiring, Inclusive, Innovative, Impactful, Integrity
• Flexible – responsive to changing operational context and new opportunities
• Team Player: working collaboratively and flexibly to achieve outcomes and is keen to add value to the organisation’s culture and ethos
• Able to undertake some occasional work in the evenings and at weekends
• Able to travel in the UK if required

Other

• Able to undertake some occasional work in the evenings and at weekends
• Able to travel in the UK if required

Application process

The Education and Employers charity values having a diverse workforce.  We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. We offer a range of inclusive employment and family friendly policies as well as flexible working arrangements in order to support staff from different backgrounds. 

The closing date for applications is 9pm on Sunday 17th July 2022.  Interviews will take place online in the week beginning 25th July. 

Please note we will only consider applications with both a CV and covering letter and applications will only be accepted from those with the right to work in the UK with a valid passport/visa. 

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered under any circumstances. 

The Charity is fully committed to safeguarding those in our care. We plan our recruitment processes to ensure effective timelines for any required vetting processes such as enhanced DBS, qualification, reference and identity checks. The Charity also ensures that each staff member is appropriately trained for their duties with a comprehensive induction process on commencement. 

Head of Education and Training

Dated: June 2022

Contract: Full time, permanent

Salary: £48,000-50,000 per annum 

Start date: Immediate

Location: Home based with potential access to desk space in central London, if required; travel across the UK may be required from time to time as part of role (subject to covid guidance) 

Reporting to: Director of Strategy and Learning

Direct reports: None at this time

Annual leave: 25 days per year plus bank holidays

About the role

The Head of Education and Training is a new and critical role, created as part of our merger with YMCA George Williams College. By bringing together the College’s teaching legacy (including extensive course materials and associated learning platform) with the Centre’s research and insight, we hope to re-establish an education and training function that supports quality relational practice within the YMCA movement and beyond. As such, we have created a dedicated post to lead, design and develop our education and training offer and approach, including the partnerships and relationships that will support it. 

Training and capacity building has long been part of the Centre for Youth Impact’s work, but this has historically focused more on skills for evaluation and learning rather than quality practice in informal and non-formal learning. Our merger with the College creates an exciting opportunity to broaden our education and training activity in response to our learning about quality and impact over the past eight years. It also creates new potential for international learning partnerships to advance and extend our collective understanding. 

The Head of Education and Training will be responsible for designing, developing and implementing a new education strategy, working closely with the Director of Strategy and Learning. This strategy will include the education and training ‘offer’, the partnerships and relationships that support it, a solid understanding of the context/need/demand, and a robust approach to quality assurance.

 We want our education and training offer to encompass a range of modalities, including training courses, programmes of study, modules (that could stand alone or be incorporated into partners’ training offers), workshops, webinars and self-study resources. We would like to explore the role of and potential for accreditation, and for our offer to reflect our range of expertise. This includes:

• The ‘impact to improvement journey’: the design, delivery, and improvement of informal and non-formal provision to ensure that evaluation informs organisational learning;
• A ‘leading for impact’ programme: leadership, team development, collaborative working and shared learning across organisations to facilitate impact; 
• A continuous quality improvement offer focused on the core ‘mechanisms of change’ that evidence suggest support positive outcomes for young people; and 
• Our socio-emotional learning framework that supports practitioners and volunteers to create safe and supportive environments, role model socio-emotional skills, and offer engaging opportunities for young people. 

The Head of Education and Training will play a strong role in supporting income generation, and will work closely with colleagues across the organisation to embed insights from our research and evaluation activity into our education and training offer, alongside communicating with and reaching out to our networks.

What are we looking for? 

We are looking for an outstanding candidate with a deep understanding of relational practice, and how adults and young people learn and develop, social and emotionally. You will need to be imaginative and proactive, with strong interest and high-level skills in building alliances and collaborations. You will need well-developed skills in designing learning content and associated resources, alongside being an exceptional facilitator, trainer and coach. You will need to understand the world of further and higher education, and continuing professional development for youth workers in particular. You will also need to be comfortable bringing those skills into a fast-paced charity setting. An interest in and solid understanding of evaluation would be a distinct plus, as would an awareness of youth-focused public policy and system dynamics. 

You will have the ability to engage with humility and authenticity with a wide range of people and organisations working to support young people and their communities. You will be able to spot and make connections between relationships and areas of work and be alive to changes and patterns in the external policy and practice context and the opportunities they present for our charity. 

Finally, you will also need to be a strong and confident project manager and a compelling and confident writer and presenter who can communicate the breadth of our work. You will be comfortable representing us externally, and acting as a ‘thought leader’: openly reflecting the evolution of your ideas and thinking, and generously sharing your learning with others. 

Please follow the link to our website for the full job description and person spec.

Head of Philanthropy (12 months fixed term contract - maternity cover)

Location: Kings Cross, London (Francis Crick Institute) with hybrid working

Contract: Fixed term contract, full-time, part-time, flexible working, with a minimum of 3 days a week in the office

Salary: From £70,000 per annum

Application method: In our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, we operate an anonymised shortlisting process. Please therefore ensure that you have completed the work history section of the application form and answered the application questions. CVs are required for all applications, however they will not be reviewed as part of the shortlisting process.

Closing Date: 12th July 2022. You are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time once we have received sufficient applications.

For the full job description, person specification and details of what we offer, please refer to the candidate pack here:

Are you an experienced major gift fundraising leader looking for your next career move? Come join the Francis Crick Institute, one of Europe's largest biomedical research facilities, in this exciting role as Head of Philanthropy, working in partnership with Cancer Research UK.

Reporting to the Director of Philanthropy, you will lead the development and delivery of our fundraising and campaign strategy for the Crick.

Cancer Research UK (CRUK) is the world's leading independent charity dedicated to cancer research. A substantial proportion of our scientific funding supports our four core research institutes, including the Francis Crick Institute.

The Francis Crick Institute is Europe's largest multi-disciplinary biomedical research facility under a single roof. As an incubator of early talent, the Crick's scientists pursue excellence on the international stage, generating discoveries that will transform our understanding of health and disease. Its aim is to improve the treatment, diagnosis and prevention of human disease. This state-of-the-art facility opened five years ago, bringing together 1,500 researchers and staff to work collaboratively and innovatively to find solutions to some of the biggest medical research challenges, including cancer, cardiovascular conditions, neurodegenerative illnesses and infectious diseases.

CRUK and the Crick work together in fundraising and are in the planning phase of a major global fundraising campaign set to launch in 2023.

About the role

• Working with CRUK and Crick leadership, scientists and volunteers to develop the expertise and structures required for transformative philanthropy for the Institute
• Developing strong internal & external relationships, creating the success conditions for connecting major and principal gift prospects to high quality and multidisciplinary science
• Rigorously managing prospect portfolios and develop written prospect strategies under an agreed annual plan to generate an income target each year
• Working in collaboration with the CRUK and Crick staff to ensure high quality stewardship and recognition plans for all Crick's donors
• Identifying, qualifying and directly canvassing new donor prospects
• Line management of a dedicated team and drawing additional support from the wider CRUK & Crick teams where appropriate

About you

You are an experienced major gift fundraiser with a track record of success and a seasoned and collaborative fundraising leader with excellent people management skills.

You will be passionate and interested in biomedical science and discovery and may be looking to move into a new fundraising sector (charity, biomedical research) or perhaps hoping to build your experience: working with senior leadership, managing a small team, and delivering a flagship fundraising programme and campaign.

You will also have:

• Extensive experience in fundraising at seven figure gifts levels, preferably within the health charity or education sector
• A record of success in expanding a donor base through an established cultivation cycle and programme of stewardship
• Fundraising campaign and team leadership experience
• A strategic mind, with experience in developing written prospect strategies
• The ability and desire to articulate the CRUK and Crick case for support with passion and enthusiasm
• Superb interpersonal skills and be comfortable making direct contact with individual donors to discuss interest and commitment.
• The highest ethical standards and a deep respect for philanthropy.
• Strong emotional intelligence and influencing skills, with the ability to work within a complex environment, balancing a range of different stakeholder interests is critical

What's in it for you?

This is an exciting time to join one of UK's most successful high value fundraising teams. Cancer Research UK and the Francis Crick Institute aim to grow philanthropy income and our high value fundraising team. This role will allow you the opportunity to engage with some of the world's leading philanthropists and help them to develop a meaningful and important connection to our work and organisations. Our benefits package includes excellent annual leave and pension allowances along with additional discounts on a variety of lifestyle subscriptions and events. And ultimately, you'll know that you'll be changing lives through your work.

This position is based at the Francis Crick Institute with some time spent at the CRUK Head Office in Stratford, London.