We are excited to be working with an international charity who are at the forefront of using food technology for a better future. 

As part of your role, you will be working closely with the Managing Director  to develop, lead and innovate a new fundraising strategy. The main focus will be major donor fundraising however there is a view to grow this focus across multiple income streams overtime. 

For this role, you will need a proven successful track record of securing income from high net worth individuals, and demonstrate strong relationship building skills. You will also have prior experience of budgeting and strategy development. 

The role will be home-based but will be expected to travel to London frequently (once a month). 

Salary: up to £50,000

Closing Date: November 15th 2019

To have an informal chat about the role please call us on 0203 006 2787 or contact us on [email protected]

If enough applications are received, the charity reserves the right to end the application period sooner. If you would like to have an informal discussion, please visit our website for details.

Global Head of Major Giving

EXCEPTIONAL MAJOR GIFTS LEADER REQUIRED TO HELP END FACTORY FARMING

We are looking for a talented Global Head of Major Gifts to lead our successful and growing Global Major Gifts team. Reporting into our Global Director of Fundraising, you will grow our Major Gifts income from the US and EU focusing on Individuals, Trusts and Foundations and explore our potential further with Institutional and Corporate partners.

You’ll work with a dynamic and ambitious team who have produced a significant growth from international philanthropic partners over the past 4 years from £1.8m to £4.5m this year. The added value we particularly seek from this role is helping the organization move into new partnerships and areas. That will be vital to bring to life new programs which require levels of funding ranging from £7million to £21million over the next five years. You will also be leading on integrating Major Gifts within the programs department further and drive high standards and processes for major gifts fundraising within the organization. We need someone with 5+ years’ experience of team management and raising substantial gifts in the international NGO sector.

Global Head of Major Giving Responsibilities:

Internally you will have close liaison with our HQ and international mission-delivery colleagues as well as the wider fundraising team. Leading the team, you will be responsible for translating ambitious programmatic strategies into cases for support, present them to do donors, do prospect research and ensure truly exemplary stewardship.

Global Head of Major Giving Requirements:

We are looking for a senior entrepreneurial major gifts fundraiser. You have a proven track record in achieving growth in major gifts fundraising, boundless energy, world-class communication, and outstanding negotiating and relationship-building skills.

To succeed in this role, you will have a track record of soliciting significant (at least £1m+) gifts from major gifts together with demonstrable success of relationship building, personal stewardship and experience of working at a high level of Major Giving in international markets, with already established relationships and networks.

Please see our website for a full job description and person specification.

About CiWFI - Compassion in World Farming International:

Compassion in World Farming International is a fast-growing and influential campaigning charity that is already transforming the lives of millions of farm animals around the world and seeking to change fundamentally the way our food is produced.

"Ambitious organisation, rewarding cause". Glassdoor, Aug 2019

Location: Godalming, Surrey

Job type: Full Time, Permanent; 37 hours per week

Salary: £55,000 to £60,000 - depending on experience

Benefits: For animals, people and planet: We are on a mission to end factory farming and create a world where fresh air and sunshine are natural parts of any farming system. To expand your current skills, develop your career and make a difference to the lives of billions. We offer 25 days paid holiday; 45 minutes by train from London Waterloo, our international headquarters are in Godalming near Guildford, a picturesque market town on the banks of the River Wey. We occupy modern, bright open plan offices just two minutes walk from Godalming station; Free parking.

Closing date: 8th December 2019
Interviews date: Will take place on a rolling programme throughout the application period.

You may have experience of the following: Head of Major Gifts, Head of Major Giving, Major Donor, Major Gifts, Major Giving, Charity, Charities, Fundraising, Third Sector, Major Gifts Fundraiser, Fundraising Manager, Senior Fundraising Manager, Head of Fundraising, Relationship Manager, Business Development, Donor Management, Campaign Management, Campaign Manager, etc.

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About Breathe Arts Health Research

The Breathe Arts Health Research team believe everybody has the equal right to lead a happy, healthy and fulfilled life. For some people, however, there are significant barriers to this: ill health, a stressful job, loneliness, or simply living in a society that is not well adapted to their physical or emotional needs. There is strong evidence that the arts can offer people facing these challenges something very special: the chance to discover their creativity and interact with others, giving them purpose and value.  By drawing on this research and breathing music, magic, dance - and much more - into healthcare spaces and communities, we offer people hope, friendship and fulfilment when they need it most. We do this through a diverse range of evidence-based performing arts programmes, co-created with clinicians and artists in order to deliver life-changing experiences.

We have received wide recognition for our innovative, high quality work, including the Action for Children’s Arts Outstanding Contribution Award, NHS England’s Innovation Challenge Award, PwC’s Social Entrepreneurs Club Award and Nesta’s ‘New Radicals’ accolade.  We have featured on BBC Breakfast, London News, ‘Trust Me I’m a Doctor’ and other media. As we now move on from our start-up phase to become more established and sustainable, our ambition is to grow our arts in health programmes and change more people’s lives for the better.  That’s where this role comes in.

About this role

The Head of Development will develop and deliver an effective income generation strategy, taking the lead on managing and growing our relationships with a wide range of new and existing supporters. That means making the most out of some great existing partnerships as well as developing new opportunities, all of which will contribute to us supporting more people.

Breathe is in a great position when it comes to fundraising. We have a strong network of businesses and individuals that are incredibly passionate about our work.  We have a fantastic story and an enthused, engaged set of patrons and ambassadors willing to support our fundraising.  This is a new, standalone role, however all the Breathe team are very engaged in fundraising so the Head of Development will receive excellent, proactive assistance from them, the Managing Director and a network of talented artists ready to participate in events and initiatives in a creative, engaging way.

About you

You are highly empathic and are motivated by building effective relationships.  You’ll have extensive experience in corporate or community fundraising, business development or account management, with a deep understanding of how to build and manage a wide range of partnerships. Specifically:

• You have an aptitude and love for storytelling, being able to influence and persuade both companies and individuals to support Breathe. You can express yourself compellingly in writing and speech, with superb presentation skills
• You are not intimidated by a big financial target (at least £150,000 of income each year)
• You want to work for an organisation that values kindness, innovation and excellence

How to apply

Breathe Arts Health Research is an equal opportunities employer and we embrace diversity within our team. We positively welcome applications from individuals who identify as Deaf and/or disabled and people of all ethnicities.

To apply, please combine into one document (Word or PDF) your tailored CV - up to 3 pages - and a supporting statement - up to 1,000 words - outlining why you want to work for Breathe, why this role appeals, and how you match the criteria outlined in the person specification in the job description. Please also complete an equal opportunity monitoring form and return this with your application. This should reach us by 6pm on 24th November 2019. 

Summary of role

As Head of Partnerships Funding, you will be responsible for the development and delivery of AfriKids’ partnerships fundraising plan; to secure funding for our projects, core costs and future innovation and growth. Over the next year, in line with a new organisational strategy, you will diversify and grow our partnership funding portfolio by building and strengthening the existing pipeline to include: strategic corporate partners; consortium partners and international donors.

Key responsibilities and duties

• You will produce a creative and ambitious plan to raise funding for our projects from “partners”, ie institutional donors, trusts, charitable foundations and companies. This “partnerships plan” should be informed by relevant data and research. Your partnerships plan will include a realistic budget, including what you will need to spend and the income you expect to raise.
• You will line manage a Partnerships Manager and head up the Partnerships Team which also includes a Partnerships Assistant.
• You will ensure the performance of the partnerships team is effectively monitored (eg through Key Performance Indicators) and use this information to amend or update your partnerships plan as needed. For example, if something is not working well, you will pick up on it, decide what to do differently and make sure everyone that needs to know is informed.
• You will work with AfriKids Ghana to ensure strong “programme cycle management”. This is the end-to-end process of designing and delivering our projects in Ghana and your role will be to ensure the requirements of funding partners are met. For example, you will ensure the plans for monitoring and evaluating projects include capturing the information partners want to see or that partner logos are featured as required on uniforms, vehicles, etc.
• Through internal reports and close communication with AfriKids Ghana, you will maintain an in-depth, up-to-date knowledge of AfriKids’ projects and their funding requirements, to help ensure your partnerships fundraising plan remains relevant and maximises opportunities.
• You will ensure all funding partners have a brilliant experience supporting AfriKids by building strong relationships, meeting all contract agreements and finding ways to “go the extra mile” to impress them.
• You will be creative and ambitious in making the most of funding partnership opportunities
• You will produce clear and reliable information for the International Executive Operating Committee (IEOC) and the UK Senior Leadership Team to understand and oversee partnerships fundraising
• Through strategy documents and internal updates, you will maintain a good understanding of our organisational strategy and how your work is making a difference
• You will support AfriKids Ghana in their efforts to secure funding partnerships from Ghana

• You will produce high quality, timely proposals, pitches and feedback reports to funding partners, being sure to address funder requirements and priorities
• You will proactively seek funding opportunities through our existing relationships with funding partners and by finding new ones
• You will work to grow and diversify our partnerships funding portfolio. This will include understanding and pursuing different types of partnerships (for example, not just relying on traditional grants and exploring opportunities from overseas funders (namely in the US)). While building a mixed portfolio of opportunities, you will ensure there is a sensible balance of low-high risk opportunities, in order for us to have a realistic expectation of what will be raised from partnerships
• You will ensure the partnerships team produce high quality, compelling reports and materials for partnerships funding that meet our branding guidelines and are factually accurate and up to date
• You will ensure the partnerships team keep our database up to date with all of the required information relating to partnership fundraising, in line with our data protection and information security policies
• You will help improve the ways the partnerships team works with AfriKids Ghana for communication and information sharing to work effectively for partnerships funding and also provide our other fundraising teams with useful and up-to-date information about our projects.
• Through research and networking, you will ensure you stay informed about the external context relevant to our partnerships funding. For example, by reading publications and data about child rights in Ghana; learning about what other charities doing similar work are doing; keeping an eye on changes to relevant laws and regulations, etc.
• You will ensure our partnerships fundraising is compliant with UK law and the Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Fundraising Practice

Head of Partnerships
Youth Endowment Fund with Impetus
£55,000 - £65,000

The Youth Endowment Fund is a bold new attempt to put early intervention at the heart of efforts to tackle youth offending. Run by youth charity Impetus, in partnership with the Early Intervention Foundation and Social Investment Business, it is supported with £200m of funding from the Home Office over a 10-year period to support interventions and community partnerships working with 10-14 year olds at risk of being drawn into crime and violence. 

There is an ambition to work with other funders to drive additional resources to this vital work through innovative funding partnerships over the lifetime of the Fund. To achieve this, the Youth Endowment Fund and Impetus are now looking to recruit a Head of Partnerships who will help deliver this funding over the next ten years. 

Focusing on partnerships with bodies such as trusts and foundations (both national and local), corporates, local authorities, other statutory funders and individual philanthropists, the post-holder will develop these relationships and secure significant income that will support and enhance the work of the Youth Endowment Fund.

The Youth Endowment Fund and Impetus are looking for an accomplished and creative senior fundraiser with experience of working across a range of funders who enjoys establishing and building relationships both internally and externally, and has the confidence to work closely with senior leadership, trustees and supporters in order to explore funding opportunities. They will have the awareness to recognise and take the best approach to developing a funding relationship and will enjoy working collaboratively as part of a team. 

This is an exciting and unique opportunity for a pro-active and experienced fundraiser with a passion for supporting young people to help deliver income that will have a direct impact on youth crime and youth offending across England and Wales. 

For further information, including details of how to apply, please click the ‘Apply on Website' button. You will be redirected to the Execucare website.

TPP are recruiting a Head of Innovation and Partnerships - Health services. This charity deliver services across London and surrounding regions. There service includes from giving someone a home, to helping them to get the right mental health support. They support people at the moment of crisis and enable them to build a life beyond a crisis.

Main Purpose of role:
To drive innovation to support our work in integrated health and care delivery, and progress opportunities to build new partnerships and grow and diversify income. This role will take ideas from inception to the point of delivery, working as part of business development and with operational and performance teams, and take a leading role in external facing engagement to bring new players and new investment on board to our work on physical and mental health service delivery.

Some of the key responsibilities:
To lead the development of new projects and approaches to support people with physical and mental wellbeing needs with our operational team
To proactively scan the environment for gaps and opportunities to create new interventions to underpin the recovery of our service users
To convene and chair a project steering group, made up of colleagues from business development, operations, performance and policy, in order to analyse emerging opportunities, construct build and shape new projects
To support the delivery of health strategy, including key performance indicators, experience and outcome measures
To act as a bridge between the current operational delivery and external opportunities which emerge from the policy and partnership environment
To contribute to business development net new income and retention. These primarily relate to contracts with local authorities, the NHS and grant proposals
To establish and develop networks linking with local health and social care agencies
To act as an ambassador for the health and social care stakeholders.
To work with the development team to translate our work into key new business, including cases for support, proposals and case studies
Lead on high quality bid writing and applications in line with organisational requirements; ensuring deadlines and reporting requirements are met
Build a short/medium/long term pipeline of income opportunities which can, over time, diversify our income associated with our health offer
Attend key meetings
Organise, with the operational team, events which highlight insight and expertise and place the charity alongside other key player, including CCGs, GP Federations, NHS acute and mental health trusts, regional and national health bodies
Maintain a dialogue with key stakeholders and lead horizon and market scanning to identify new ideas and opportunities to follow up

Key skills:
A track record of developing new business from inception to delivery using a collaborative approach
Experience of driving strong income growth via different channels including at least one of the following: local authorities/NHS Trusts, CCGs, GP Federations / grant giving institutions
Natural ability to create and nurture new, high-value strategic partnerships
A proven strategic thinker, with the ability to develop and implement strategy and formulate operational plans including KPIs
Strong influencing and communication skills (both written and spoken), comfortable operating in a range of environments and across levels of seniority
Good commercial acumen with experience of setting and managing budgets, and delivering against targets
A broad understanding of the policy, operational and economic and financial environment for the charity sector
Desirable: Experience of developing and/or managing services for vulnerable people
Desirable: Experience of co-production and recovery approaches, desirable
Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding issues and ability to address them appropriately.

This role offers great benefits such a working from home and flexible working and much more

Please get in touch ASAP if this is of interest.

Head of Partnerships

A management position, managing partnerships for Creative Mentor Network, a fast growing start-up charity supporting young people to access opportunities in the creative industries through mentoring and work placements.

Start date: Immediately

Salary: £34,000-£40,000 depending on experience, and Soho House all house membership

Location: London Kings Cross

Hours: This is a full-time, permanent role

About Creative Mentor Network

Creative Mentor Network has a mission to make the creative world of work more diverse and inclusive through mentoring. 

We work with partners across the creative industries including Soho House, Sony Music, Sky and Wieden Kennedy to design and deliver bespoke mentor programmes, helping them create meaningful and sustained change to the diversity of their organisations.

Our model is designed so that everyone wins: supportive careers guidance for students; training and development for mentors; access to a diverse talent pool for creative businesses.

About the role

We are looking for a Head of Partnerships to manage the delivery and client servicing for Creative Mentor Network partnerships.

We need someone with experience in a senior client servicing and/or business development role, who will work alongside the Founder and CEO, Isabel Farchy, to lead the team and to scale our work within London and nationwide. 

As we are a small team of four people (currently the CEO, Marketing Manager, Programme Manager and Youth Engagement Manager) this role covers a broad spectrum of responsibility, so being proactive, energetic and a natural problem solver and prioritiser is essential.

We work closely together and always for the benefit of the young people we support.

Your responsibilities

Client Services & New Business:

• Create long-term, trusting partnerships with our clients in the creative industries to grow their involvement with CMN and ensure they renew their partnerships with us, year on year. 

• Own partner relationships. Be the lead communicator with partners to deliver exceptional customer service. You’ll be the main point of contact for partners and the link between our delivery team and our point of contact within partner organisations. 

• Support the Founder to generate leads and foster new partnerships with companies across the creative industries. You’ll attend pitches with the CEO, and eventually on your own, writing proposals and negotiating comfortably and with confidence.

• Create outbound leads. You’ll be setting up email campaigns and tracking the progress of new partnerships, developing and improving our existing processes so we can begin to forecast our revenue more accurately.

• Work with the Marketing Manager to plan partner events which strengthen our existing relationships and provide an opportunity to showcase our work to potential new partners.

Project Management:

• Use project management tool Asana to oversee the team delivering Creative Mentor Network programmes.

• Line manage CMN’s programme team of 2 to ensure each partnership meets and exceeds KPIs.

Strategy:

• Innovate the CMN product offering to effectively engage more industry partners, increase our impact and create efficiency as we scale nationally.

About you

We are looking for a dynamic leader from a startup / client services / partnerships / business development role, who is fired up to use their experience to make a difference. The right person will be… 

• Passionate about equality and supporting young people.

• Friendly, personable and confident to build strong partnerships with clients. 

• Good communicator, in writing and in person.

• Commercially focused, with a track record of over-delivering sales targets. Able pitch to confidently to clients, and assertive enough to chase opportunities.

• Highly organised, attention to detail, with a proactive approach to improving processes.

• Brilliant at line management and getting the best out of those around you.

• Comfortable working in a startup environment, taking ownership of your role and seeing what needs to improve.

• Experience managing projects from conception through to implementation.

Philanthropy Manager  

Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 per annum

Permanent, full-time

Based in London

Working with the Director of Philanthropy and the Philanthropy Team, you will work creatively to devise and lead new fundraising initiatives/events that form an integral part of Young Enterprise’s fundraising strategy. 

Your work will contribute to an annual budget of £3.3m and raise income from entrepreneurs, company founders and philanthropists, utilising your personal and income generating skills.

The successful candidate will have a track record of generating personal income of £200 - £300k annually. You will be experienced in engaging senior business leaders and entrepreneurs and demonstrate an ability to pitch and negotiate. A tenacious self-starter and can-do attitude are essential to enthuse existing and prospective supporters.  You will be proactive and innovative in your approach to prospect for new donors and build your own pipeline. You will have strong organisational skills, experience of managing a pipeline of prospective funders and be confident in accurate income forecasting.

Full details can be found in the attached Job Description.

If this role appeals to you, and you meet the necessary criteria, we would love to hear from you.

Please send your current CV and a covering letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) as soon as possible.  Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.  Interviews will take place on an ongoing basis until the vacancy is filled.

Clore Leadership was launched in 2003 by the Clore Duffield Foundation, to support and provide the professional development required to sustain the UK’s great cultural institutions, and international reputation for artistic excellence and innovation. 

In the sixteen years since, the programme has succeeded in creating a sought-after cadre of creative and cultural leaders, and inspired investment in leadership on the part of governments, agencies, foundations and charities both nationally and internationally. It was and remains an exemplary intervention in our sector – Clore Leaders, some 2,220 alumni, are thriving and the investment in them is reaping significant rewards.

Our vision is for a society enriched by arts, culture and creativity, and Clore Leadership’s role is to cultivate excellence and innovation in the leadership of culture to help us get there.

One of the strengths of Clore Leadership has been its ability to flex and design the programme in response to the needs of the sector; the world has changed and the demands on cultural leaders today are also notably altered. With a significant award from Arts Council England’s Transforming Leadership Fund and the support of a wide range of other funders, we enter an exciting new phase, building on our successes in learning and professional development to innovate and extend our reach. 

Our new strategy sees us responding to the demands for cultural leadership in the 21st century, and our new post of Head of Strategic Partnerships and Impact will play a key role in achieving these ambitions. Working closely with the Director, the Head of Strategic Partnerships and Impact will lead the management of stakeholder relationships and fundraising, paying attention to demonstrating the value and relevance of Clore Leadership and its outcomes. To do this, they will commission and manage a portfolio of research and evaluation, harnessing the evidence to demonstrate impact and generate learning.

Candidates should possess experience of successful partnership-working with a wide range of stakeholders; a proven track record of fundraising in the cultural/third sector; and ideally, experience of strategic commissioning and/or transferable research and evaluation expertise.

To apply, or to download further information on the required qualifications, skills and experience for the role, please click on 'Apply now' and quote reference 4429. The closing date for applications is 27th November 2019.

This is an outstanding role for a driven and ambitious philanthropy professional looking for a career-defining opportunity. If you are excited by the prospect of developing first class fundraising campaigns and are seeking an environment that will enable you to thrive and grow then we want to hear from you.

Fundraising at Evelina London and Guy's and St Thomas' hospitals is ambitious and high achieving but there is so much more still to do. The Philanthropy programme is still relatively young and the post holder will take the lead on driving the current philanthropic fundraising programme for the hospital, developing and launching the next Evelina London Campaign to expand current facilities and personally inspire potential donors to give.

We are looking for an exceptional fundraiser and leader with excellent interpersonal and relationship development skills and the ability to be both a strategic and creative thinker.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Title: Head of Fundraising

Reports to: Director General / CEO

Salary: £45,000 - £45,000 depending upon experience

Based at: 74 St Annes Road, Woolston, Southampton, SO19 9FF

Hours of work: Full-time [37.5 hours per week]

Team Association: Fundraising Team

Charity Shops

Job Purpose

• To develop and implement fundraising plans (for Corporate Partnerships and Events as a top priority) to achieve voluntary and statutory income goals in support of Sailors’ Society mission.

• To develop new and innovative areas of income, in line with the charity’s digital vision, through fundraising and commercial opportunities

• To grow income through creative fundraising product development and exemplary donor relations management.

• To manage the fundraising team which comprises of Corporate Partnerships and Events as a top priority

• To develop and implement strategies for Community fundraising.

• To provide management and accountability to staff with responsibilities for fundraising. This includes the performance management within organisational systems, policies and strategic direction.

• Have international oversight of the ambassador groups across all regions

• Work with teams in partnership outside of the development department, particularly in Media & Advocacy and Programme, to ensure effective communication, coordination and help drive income across multiple channels to support program.

Profile and Scope

Sailors’ Society is looking for an enthusiastic, professional, full-time Head of Fundraising with a wide-portfolio of operational and in depth corporate fundraising experience. The preferred candidate will have:

• Line management and team development experience with a proven ability to lead a multi-disciplinary fundraising team

• Budget management skills to deliver net income and ROI

• Proven knowledge and strong experience and expertise of fundraising across Corporate Partnerships/CSR, and Events as a top priority.

• Good understanding of community fundraising.

• Experience of securing event sponsorship from corporate partners

• Experience of recruiting participants and volunteers for events

• Experienced in building relationships, both internally and externally

• Considerable experience and track record of successful fundraising products across traditional and digital & social media

• Highly developed competence in working cross-functionally to ensure all Sailor’s Society audiences receive the best service and impression at every touch point

• Great attention to detail and ability to work under pressure

Reporting Relationships and Organisational Fit

The Head of Fundraising will report directly to the Director General/CEO who is accountable for the Society’s Development income. The Head of Fundraising is expected to take a lead in implementing, improving and delivering the international fundraising strategy working with multiple direct line reports.

This role is a critical to developing the Society’s international fundraising reach and you will form an important part of the Society’s management team in turning vision in to reality. 

Location

The post is located in Sailors’ Society Southampton offices and the Head of Development is expected to live in working week commuting distance.

The post holder will also be expected to undertake national and international travel, as well as occasionally work during weekends and outside core business working hours, where necessary, and undertake tasks as required

Key Responsibilities:

Strategy Development, Budgets & Planning & Key Processes

• Work closely with the Director General / CEO to build and develop the overall international fundraising strategy, realistic annual budgets and reforecasts to ensure its successful implementation and its performance monitoring to ensure alignment into the organisational planning process

• To meet income and expenditure targets and closely track the income and expenditure of the team

• Variance report on actual figures against budget on a monthly basis with narration to be used for team updates and management committees and board meetings.

• Work with multiple teams from across the organisation to consider income generation through their activities and facilitate/encourage across team working

• Ensure all income streams are supported with robust and efficient documented end to end processes, operational plans, ambassadorial support, income targets and performance measures.

• Lead process improvement initiatives and ensure short term corrective actions and longer term improvements are managed timely.

People Management

• Provide team leadership and management support for the Corporate and Events team and act as a professional role model.

• Take an active role in supporting the team on participant and sponsorship recruitment through multiple media (phone, online, social media)

• Develop and maintain a high performing team engaged in fundraising

• Support the team in delivering income and expenditure targets

• Ensure the team follow policies and procedures

• Undertake performance management in line with our policies

• Manage team meetings, one to one meetings and ensure constructive feedback is provided to team members on a regular basis

• Ensure personal objectives are set and monitored and staff appraisals are managed in a timely manner

• Encourage learning and professional development among reports and ensure appropriate training is provided where required to enable personal growth and productivity and talent management.

Corporate & Events Fundraising Management

• Ensure all fundraising activities are fully budgeted and planned

• Undertake tenders for suppliers where needed

• Oversee fundraising activity planning timelines and manage the teams deadlines

• To improve existing processes for Corporate Partnerships/CSR, Events & Community.

• Oversee the research and advertisement of fundraising activities to enable people to take part and fundraise on our behalf with little support from us

• Manage sign off on fundraising materials to be on budget and to a high standard

• Oversee the development of risk registers for fundraising activities, minimising risk to the organisation and staff.

• Work with a range of internal teams or external agencies to develop and deliver marketing and PR for fundraising activities.

• Research relevant projects and gather collateral for marketing materials

• Maximise the use of the database for management of the fundraising activities

• Oversee the fundraising activities evaluations and ensure lessons learnt are captured and applied for future activities.

• Ensure an excellent supporter journey for our event participants to include recognition and development of their support

• Ensure consistency and strength of the case for support and donor value propositions across the full range of donor touch points

• Collaborate with Program and Media & Advocacy to develop best communications content to build into campaigns and programs

Relationship Building

• Work with our networks of Ambassadors and volunteers to deliver fundraising activities on our behalf

• Act as a key contact with external agencies ensuring high quality, accurate delivery of fundraising activities and marketing materials on time and budget

• Establish and maintain close day to day working relationships with internal departments to ensure the effective delivery of all areas of your responsibility

• Build relationships with key individuals and organisations internationally, with a particular emphasis upon supporting the Director General / CEO to begin fundraising in new territories, for example (including but not exclusively) India, North America and China.

Compliance

• Ensure that we comply with relevant charity legislation and best practice as it applies to your areas of fundraising.

Person Specification (minimum requirement)

You are likely to have developed your portfolio of fundraising skills over time in a national or international charity and can demonstrate considerable experience in individual, mass-market giving. You will have had several years of line-management experience in more than one area of fundraising and are looking for more managerial responsibility. As a graduate, you will have taken opportunities to improve your professional competence.

Benefits

• Free onsite parking
• New modern building
• Friendly atmosphere
• Life assurance benefits
• Flexible working hours
• Out of town with easy access to main transport links

We are looking for an experienced fundraising professional to shape, lead, and implement a comprehensive fundraising and supporter engagement strategy; to initiate, grow, and sustain voluntary income streams; to increase the involvement and value of existing supporters; and garner new avenues of support.

THE ROLE

The Head of Fundraising and Supporter Engagement will be responsible for:

• Designing and overseeing a comprehensive supporter journey strategy to manage and grow income, as well as non-financial support, from all sources 
• Nurturing relationships with existing major funders, stakeholders and supporters (including individuals and churches); increasing representation to these audiences and raising the profile of the organisation
• Identifying and help prioritise new potential supporters and sources of funding, and devise strategies for engaging those individuals, churches and trusts
• Implementing professional fundraising practices and processes (including full-cost recovery, bid writing, database management); overseeing, monitoring and reporting of fundraising activity and results, and reporting to funders
• Reviewing, and developing, the current fundraising strategy
• Planning a number of fundraising campaigns each year for individual and church audiences in conjunction with the Creative Director and creative team
• Lead the supporter engagement team in the delivery of excellent customer service
• Bringing together the ideas and skills of the supporter engagement team with strategic and professional implementation of the charity’s objectives
• Working closely with colleagues to develop and produce communications and marketing collateral to support and promote the recruitment of donors and increase engagement with other audiences
• Working proactively with other members of the UK Management Team to cultivate a vibrant culture that ensures the organisation and ministry is served with excellence and passion
• Providing concise and accurate briefings and regular reports to the Management Team
• Working closely with colleagues to collect and use data, consistent with fundraising and data protection requirements
• Acting as an ambassador and advocate for the work of the Charity where appropriate
• Undertaking other related tasks to benefit the organization

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Essential

• Committed Christian in agreement with the organisation’s vision*
• Sympathy with the purpose, ethos, and objectives of Lifewords
• An active Christian faith with an openness to engage in and lead devotions in the office
• A team player who can work with independence, intelligence, drive and initiative
• Flexibility, calmness and the ability to work under pressure

Desirable

• Clean UK Driving License
• Willingness to travel in UK and some overseas project visits as and when required including occasional nights away from home

OUR OFFER

Work arrangement and salary:

• This is a full-time role primarily working with our team at our offices in Waterloo, central London
• Permanent contract (subject to six months’ probation)
• 23 days paid annual leave (plus Bank Holidays and the office closure between Christmas and New Year)
• Salary: c.£45,000 pa plus 10% contribution to pension and life assurance cover

HOW TO APPLY

Send your full CV (including responsibilities and relevant achievements) and a covering letter of no more than two pages which should include the following:

• Your motivation and relevant experience for this role and how you meet the Person Specification (please do mention your fit with the Christian faith* and motivation we seek in this leader)
• A specific example of your fundraising or supporter engagement experience, clearly explaining what its impact / results were and your own personal contribution

Closing date for applications is 12 noon on 28 November 2019

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 3 December 2019

Applicants must be able to prove that they have the legal right to work in the UK

* The successful applicant must have a commitment to the Christian faith and share the vision and ethos of Lifewords (see the ‘About’ section of our website). This is an occupational requirement under the UK Equality Act 2010

Head of Development

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance

London, UK

Competitive salary and benefits

With a reputation for innovation and forward-thinking, and as the UK’s only conservatoire of music, musical theatre and contemporary dance, Trinity Laban is internationally recognised as being at the fore-front of training in its art forms.

This is an exciting time to join Trinity Laban.  We have plans to transform our sites and spaces, and significantly grow philanthropic income and engagement to nurture the creative talent within our diverse community.

Reporting to the Director of Corporate Affairs, you will lead a small and motivated development team.  Working closely with the Executive team and senior managers to contribute to the leadership of the Trinity Laban, you will play a key role in achieving ambitious fundraising targets.

You are confident in your ability to operate at this strategic level and have substantial experience of working with philanthropists to deliver highly successful income generating activities.  To succeed in this role, you will be an inclusive and collaborative leader with experience of motivating teams, and your innovative approach and entrepreneurial spirit  helps you to achieve outstanding results.  Your approachable manner will help you quickly gain the trust of those around you, and inspire donors to support Trinity Laban and our work in developing outstanding creative talent.

For more information on this unique opportunity to make a transformational impact in the cultural sector, please contact our recruitment partners, Richmond Associates.  Please visit their website to download a detailed candidate pack with information on how to apply.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 10AM MONDAY, 2 DECEMBER 2019

The Head of Development will take strategic and operational responsibility for fundraising within the UK across all giving levels and programmes up to major gifts arena, and manage a team of high-performing fundraisers. Key to your success in this role will be your track record of securing philanthropic gifts at the 6-figure level or more, as well as your ability to influence to motivate and lead others. Your credibility, pragmatism and resilience, and ability to show good judgement when working with key stakeholders, will inspire those around you.

The Head of Development will be responsible for two direct reports and for raising a minimum of £1.8 millon in new philanthropic gifts. 

If you have a track record of senior-level fundraising and a demonstrable understanding of the importance of philanthropy for higher education, we’d like to hear from you. 

A full job description is available on our website. Please visit our website and select 'Oriel's People' then 'Non Academic vacancies'.