There are currently over 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK, and this is expected to increase to 1 million by 2021, and 2 million by 2050.

In response to this, Dementia UK provides specialist dementia support for families through our Admiral Nurse service. When things get challenging or difficult for people with dementia and their families, Admiral Nurses work alongside them, giving the one-to-one support, expert guidance and practical solutions that people need. The unique dementia expertise and experience an Admiral Nurse brings is a lifeline – it helps everyone in the family to live more positively with dementia in the present, and to face the challenges of tomorrow with more confidence and less fear.

The charity has seen significant income growth over the past four years (income has doubled to almost £10 million), and we have ambitious plans to maintain this growth so we can significantly increase the number of Admiral Nurses, and the specialist support they provide.

Philanthropy fundraising will play a key part in this expansion and presents a huge opportunity for growth. The Head of Philanthropy & Partnerships joined Dementia UK in summer 2019 to bring together fundraising from corporate partners and charitable trusts, and to develop a philanthropy programme. The groundwork for this programme has now been done; we have a pool of warm prospects, an engaged events committee, and good connections to high net worth networks across the City and beyond. We now need an experienced Philanthropy Manager to build on and grow these foundations. There is a clear appetite for philanthropy fundraising across all levels of the charity, and the chosen candidate will have both support and independence to raise significant income through major gifts.

Our five-year organisational strategy launches in April 2020, giving us a clear, ambitious vision of the leading role Dementia UK will play in supporting families facing dementia. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to really make their mark on a charity and make a real, tangible difference to the experiences of those living with dementia.

For further information please see attached job description.

Please note only applications including a CV and covering letter will be considered.

Interviews: w/c 23rd March

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) seeks to appoint two newly-created positions within its Philanthropy team. The Senior Philanthropy Leads will both be experienced major gift fundraisers, who will work with a range of prospects and donors to help transform the BHF’s income through philanthropy.

The BHF is the largest independent funder of cardiovascular research in the UK and one of the biggest in the world. Since its creation more than 50 years ago, the charity has worked tirelessly to solve a global problem, and research funded by the BHF has had worldwide impact for those affected by heart and circulatory diseases. Despite this progress, heart and circulatory diseases are still the world’s biggest killers. One in four people in the UK still die of cardiovascular diseases and the figure is even higher around the world.

About the role

The BHF believes that the revolutions taking place in medicine and technology will provide solutions to the human tragedy and economic burden of cardiovascular disease. To realise its ambitions, the BHF needs to raise significant additional funds to accelerate and drive critical research. Raising funds through philanthropy is a key plank of its income generating strategy for the next ten years. 

With over 180 members of staff in the Fundraising directorate, the BHF has recently reviewed its fundraising strategy, and aims to deliver an ambitious, world class, supporter-centric fundraising programme for the whole charity.

Working closely with the newly-appointed Director of Philanthropy, the Senior Philanthropy Lead(s) will drive a programme of major gifts from individuals and charitable foundations. This is a rare and special opportunity to help build a dynamic and successful philanthropy team at a world-renowned charity, directly funding ground-breaking research that will save and improve the lives of people affected by cardiovascular disease in this country and around the world.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have a demonstrable track record in major gift fundraising.  You’ll be entrepreneurial and results-driven with outstanding communication and influencing skills and the presence, gravitas and intellect to operate effectively at all levels. You will be at ease working closely with senior teams across the BHF, including senior academic or clinical colleagues, senior volunteers and prospects capable of giving at the 6- and 7-figure level.

If you support the BHF’s vision of a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases and want to join a new team determined to make its mark, then we would love to hear from you.

About us

At the BHF we understand that you might need a little help balancing your work and home life. Many of our people work flexibly in many different ways. Please feel free to talk to us about the flexibility you may need; we’re happy to explore what’s possible for you and the role. Here at the British Heart Foundation we celebrate diversity and make inclusion part of what we do every day. Diversity and Inclusion forms a main pillar in our People Experience Strategy and we drive our strategy through our diversity and inclusion leaders group Kaleidoscope. Our aim is for all of our colleagues and volunteers to bring their true self to work, so we can beat heartbreak for everyone. 

This is an exciting opportunity to plan, develop and manage the Trust fundraising programme at Muscular Dystrophy UK, through the development and delivery of fundraising strategies

Applicants

The successful applicant should have knowledge of trust fundraising processes along with experience of fundraising from trusts in the voluntary sector and working with key grantmakers.

Expectation in the role

• To continually develop and ensure the delivery of the strategic plan for the team to reflect the aims and objectives of the Charity’s overall strategy.
• To recruit, train, motivate and support the team effectively to ensure they are able to achieve high performance, growth and development, as well as the efficient and successful delivery of trusts income, including regular 1:1 meetings, monitoring and reviewing performance against agreed objectives.
• Monitor all current and newly-approved MDUK projects, working closely with the Director of Care, Campaigns and Support (CCS) to plan approaches effectively and liaise with relevant senior staff.
• To play an active part in the development of the charity.

Please download the job description to see full role responsibilities.

About us

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

Benefits

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

Location

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

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

Unfortunately due to the high volume of applications we receive we will only contact candidates that are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of the closing date please note your application has been unsuccessful.

MOSTYN, Wales UK, the foremost contemporary gallery in Wales, is recruiting a Philanthropy Manager to develop opportunities for additional income streams including, but not limited to, Individual and Corporate Giving and Patronage schemes.

This is a new role and an exciting opportunity for an experienced fundraiser to play a key role in enabling the gallery to achieve its vision and mission.

The role is suitable for someone with at least five years’ experience of successful fundraising in the Arts, Charity or Education sectors.

The ideal candidate will have a demonstrable track record of generating significant income, building donor relationships and meeting targets.

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Mae MOSTYN yn chwilio am Reolwr Dyngarwch i ddatblygu cyfleoedd i gael ffrydiau incwm ychwanegol, gan gynnwys Rhoddion gan Unigolion / Corfforaethau a Chynlluniau Nawdd, ond heb fod yn gyfyngedig i hynny.

Dyma swydd newydd sy’n gyfle cyffrous i godwr arian profiadol alluogi’r oriel i gyflawni ei gweledigaeth a’i chenhadaeth.

Mae’r swydd yn addas i rywun sydd ag o leiaf bum mlynedd o brofiad o godi arian yn llwyddiannus ym meysydd y Celfyddydau, Elusennau neu Addysg.

Bydd gan yr ymgeisydd delfrydol brofiad amlwg o greu incwm sylweddol, datblygu perthnasoedd â rhoddwyr a chyflawni targedau.

Profusion is a leading provider of data and marketing services, ranging from consultancy advice, through to the creation and execution of innovation projects and marketing campaigns. We specialise in helping retailers, FMCGs, SMEs and financial services business to grow using the power of data science. Our partnerships with leading academic organisations enable us to bring the best academic thinking into the solutions we offer our clients. 

We are looking to recruit a Head of Education and Philanthropy, this will be to lead on the development of our brand-new Data Academy and philanthropic foundation, which we launched last year, Profusion Cares.

Our ideal candidate will have a strong social purpose and passion for providing opportunities to young people and improving inclusion. They will have an academic background, understanding curriculum planning and how to drive learning outcomes through high quality teaching and learning. They will have project and stakeholder management experience, being adept at bringing different groups of people together to work towards the same goal. They will preferably have some understanding of the charity sector and technical disciplines (e.g. data science, engineering or programming).

Our Data Academy is an exciting new venture that that aims to close the skills gap in the digital world, with a focus on working with socially disadvantaged and underrepresented groups of young people in society, with a focus on ethnic minorities in tech, in particular women, and those whose roles are changing due to automation. We partner with leading universities to deliver accredited programmes in data science and engineering, these lead to paid industry placements and permanent roles in our clients and partners.

Profusion Cares founding principles are to use data for social impact; to engage employees in the company’s philanthropic efforts and to develop their skills; to build our brand reputation and partnerships; and to similarly engage clients to address societal issues. It channels the skills and spirit of our talented people into making social impact and finds ways to share our products and facilities with communities that can benefit from our support.

You will have good potential for personal and career development, learn from and share knowledge with a range of talented, highly skilled and internationally diverse team of colleagues. All of this while embarking on an exciting journey with a pioneering, fast-growing company situated at the heart of London’s Tech City, in a brand new role you can shape to be your own.

Key responsibilities

You will be leading on the development of our Data Academy, which has the following key propositions:

• A young person development pathway, working with schools and Universities to provide practical business experience whilst developing into data professionals, with a particular focus on using this as a route to diversify the profession and offer opportunities to under-represented groups.
• Training and up-skill programmes for in-house data teams and C-suites.
• Re-skilling programmes for business professionals to support them to move into data roles.
• Building organisations’ in-house data teams.

Working with our Head of Data Science, who is a Professor who is also a visiting lecturer in AI and Statistics, our CEO and our Commercial team, you will be at the heart of making the Academy happen. Working with our Head of Data Science to develop the curriculum for the different pathways, building and managing key stakeholder relationships, project managing the different streams of work, engaging with the students, leading relevant events, reviewing and refining the programmes for future years.

You will also be responsible for the development and continued success and development of our Profusion Cares foundation. The foundation is driven by our ‘cares champions’ across the organisation, looking to use data for good and engage with local schools and the community to increase our social impact.

• Working with the CEO, Director of Internal Operations and Head of Data Science to develop the strategy for both the Data Academy and Foundation, and develop and manage the programme plans and budgets to ensure this is delivered.
• Lead on stakeholder engagement with universities, business, schools, charities and potential funders. Build and develop the partnerships which will make our ambitions for both the Academy and the Foundation a success.
• Develop funding proposals, where applicable, to attract additional funding to support the development of both the Academy and the charity initiatives.
• Engage with education establishments and training providers to identify the pipeline of talent for the Academy.
• Work with our Commercial team to ensure uptake of the Academy offer from business to ensure the learners have access to great opportunities through which to learn.
• Work in partnership with Universities and the Head of Data Science to plan a fit for purpose curriculum, for our different levels of learners which both meets the needs of employers in the data space and sets the learners up for success with the required workplace skills.
• Work with our Data Science team to equip them to be effective mentors for our learners during their programmes.
• Work with the marketing and commercial teams to define the different offerings, and develop collateral and materials to support our offering for Academy and Cares, to attract suitable young people onto courses and engage business in the offering.
• Work with the marketing team to offer high quality events to support the Academy and Cares offers.
• Engage the profusion cares champions to ensure that we continue to embrace local schools and the community to offer mentoring, workplace visits, skilled employee volunteering, space giving for charities and fundraising.
• Project manage all streams of activity for both the Academy and Cares to time and to budget.
• Gather feedback from all key stakeholders and regularly review and refine our programmes over time.
• Work with the Head of Data Science to expand our Academic partnerships internationally.
• Recruit and manage our Trustee Board for the Foundation.
• Recruit and manage our Advisory Board for the Academy.
• Any other ad hoc responsibilities that might be reasonably required.

Personal Specification: Knowledge, Experience and Skills

We are looking for someone with a passion and drive to make change in society, with a particular interest in providing opportunities for disadvantaged young people and closing the skills gap in the digital and data space. You will need to have a proven experience in designing and implementing education programmes that make an impact and be able to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Knowledge & Experience

• You will have a strong academic background and understanding of the education system gained either in secondary, FE or HE. Including designing accredited courses and working with 3rd party providers.
• Exceptional stakeholder management experience, with the ability to influence and negotiate at all levels.
• Proven operational experience in developing and implementing operational plans and scaling programmes.
• Proven project management experience, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams to time and budget is essential.
• Knowledge of employability skills, the skills gap and the current digital and data landscape is an advantage.
• Experience of developing content and collateral to engage multiple audiences is an advantage.
• Experience of designing and organising events is an advantage.
• Experience of managing operations in an education or 3rd sector setting is desirable.

Essential Skills

• Highly organised with impeccable managerial and interpersonal skills.
• Results/action-orientated with strong planning, project and budget management skills, and excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work strategically and collaboratively across departments and with external partners.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage senior individuals both internally and externally.
• Excellent communication and written skills, with the ability to write copy for a wide range of audiences (this will be tested).
• Versatile and resilient, comfortable with complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity. Ability to deliver at pace and to consistent quality.
• Solutions-orientated individual who can mobilise people to deliver results, with strong negotiation skills.
• Proactive, with the ability to work independently, prioritising a busy workload and managing risk appropriately
• Creative thinker with the ability to scope new ideas, challenge others and be challenged to drive innovative and collaborative solutions.

How to apply

If you are a good match for this role and interested to find out more, please email your CV with a cover letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) outlining why you would be a good match (Closing date for applications is the 15th March 2020)

Head of Philanthropy
Dogs Trust
Highly Competitive Salary

Dogs Trust is looking to appoint an outstanding individual as their new Head of Philanthropy. 

This is a new role which has been created to support the growing work of the Philanthropy Team, with responsibility to develop a strategy that will deliver a significant increase in philanthropic income to support the work of the Dogs Trust. It is an outstanding opportunity to join one of the best-loved and fastest growing brands in the charity sector, and to be responsible for establishing and nurturing Dogs Trust’s most valuable relationships with High Net Worth Individuals which will lead to significant financial support.

The mission of Dogs Trust is to bring about the day when all dogs can enjoy a happy life, free from the threat of unnecessary destruction. Although it has well over a hundred years of history, it was the charity's decision to embrace a non-destruction approach to dog welfare, 50 years ago, that defines Dogs Trust. From that point on Dogs Trust has led the dog welfare sector in every venture; the proactive and reactive measures the charity has delivered since then have brought the numbers of dogs put to sleep in government shelters down by 97%. Today Dogs Trust is the UK’s largest dog welfare charity but as a charity solely funded by the donations of its amazing supporters, success through Philanthropy has never been more important.

Based in London and reporting to the Deputy Director – Philanthropy & Corporate Partnerships, this role is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on Philanthropy at Dogs Trust. The successful candidate will lead on the charity’s Philanthropy and Special Events programme, and will have an extensive and highly developed specialist knowledge of the philanthropy market in the UK, and ideally in other global markets. They will also personally manage a portfolio of the charity’s most valuable relationships with high net worth individuals to secure six and seven figure gifts.

The people who work at Dogs Trust bring ambition, passion and a determination to succeed in all they do, coupled with warmth, integrity and a sense of fun. The person we are looking for will combine a genuine love for dogs and their welfare with a professional, ambitious and can-do attitude – they will think big and get the job done in a collaborative and engaging way. 

If you are a highly-talented fundraising leader, passionate about dog welfare and hungry for a career-defining leadership challenge, then we want to hear from you. 

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

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Mary’s Meals is a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. We continue to change the lives of over 1.6 million children who today will receive Mary’s Meals.

This role will involve creating and stewarding opportunities with major donors, charitable trusts and corporate supporters, creating tangible and visible results to sustain and grow our school feeding programmes.

A large part of the role will be in leading and motivating the team who have significant responsibilities in coordinating the development of key relationships and opportunities. Working at a senior level, the role will involve leading by example and ensuring our work is managed in line with Mary’s Meals values. 

To apply, please visit our website.

Harris Hill are delighted to be working with a well-established national organisation on an exciting Head of Events Fundraising role.

This is an exciting time to be joining the organisation, with ambitious plans for the next five years. As the Head of Events Fundraising you will cover both special and challenge events, with a focus on driving transformation through the established team to innovate the current events portfolio and subsequently increase income for the team.

A driven individual with demonstratable experience delivering strategic events fundraising programmes, you will develop the area from a relatively blank canvas. You will be an insight driven fundraiser, who has a track record in delivering successful fundraising events strategy. You will bring your knowledge of events fundraising and product development experience, ensuring that the portfolio is on budget and hitting income targets while also innovative and pioneering. Your strong leadership experience will ensure that you confidently and successfully manage the team through this period of transformation.

The ideal candidate for the role will have:

* Extensive experience of events fundraising
* Demonstrable experience planning and delivering successful fundraising strategy
* Ability to build and develop successful teams
* Experience of producing and monitoring large financial income and expenditure
* Excellent project management skills

To find out more please email a copy of your CV to [email protected] or call 02078207302. Please note applications are being reviewed on rolling basis, so get in touch ASAP to avoid disappointment. Only successful applicants will be contacted.

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

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

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

Are you experienced in fundraising?  Are you looking to broaden your role?  This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic charity in a pivotal position.  Working closely with the Director you will cultivate an established network of donors to maximise income and lead on fundraising efforts and impact assessment.

You will be process driven with strong organisational skills and an attention to detail. You will lead the development of our operational infrastructure.

Background

Renaissance Foundation works with young people with significant challenges in their lives. We work with inspirational people, businesses and institutions to give our beneficiaries resilience, life experience and skills to enable them to achieve their potential.

We are at an exciting and pivotal point in our development, looking to broaden and grow our income streams, to invest in the development and scale of our programme, and to strengthen our processes and capacity to grow.

We are looking for a Head of Fundraising and Operations, who will play a critical role in making a success of our vision. This broad-ranging role will lead our fundraising efforts and impact assessment, and the development of our operational infrastructure.

Main duties and responsibilities:

Fundraising and impact assessment

The role will have principal responsibility for developing and delivering a fundraising strategy, building on the foundations that have increased income from around £40,000 to £180,000 over the past four years.

• We expect this to include:
  • Managing relationships, with the support of the CEO, with major donors
  • Managing relationships with and applications to trusts and foundations
  • Managing smaller donor programmes
  • Fundraising and engagement events
  • Communications with existing funders and other potential supporters
  • Managing the charity’s donor and supporter database
• Managing interns  working in this area
• Using the information captured by our outreach team to maintain and analyse information on participants and their activity, to develop case studies, and to measure our impact over time
• Ensuring that we remain clear on the needs of our participants, using research where necessary, and that our impact addresses these needs

Operations

The charity is at a stage of its development where we need to strengthen our processes and become more systematic about the way we operate. Renaissance Foundation is full of creative talent and energy; we need to ensure that this is focused to ensure that we are maximising our impact. The remit is therefore broad, but we expect it to include:

• Ensuring that the workings of and rationale for all aspects of the programme are clearly documented, to ensure alignment of focus internally, and to assist with the articulation of our mission to potential supporters
• Ensuring that our data on referral agencies, participants and programme partners is of the highest quality
• Assisting the CEO in defining operational targets for employees and volunteers, and tracking performance against these targets
• Playing a lead role supporting the CEO on any major projects (eg. moving premises, setting up satellite hubs)
• Playing a lead role supporting the CEO on developing the charity’s strategy and longer-term plans

Person specification

Experience:

• Educated to degree level
• At least 3 years experience in a fundraising or fundraising operations role
• Previous direct responsibility for operations is not critical but desirable

Personal qualities:

• The ability to think in a highly structured way and to simplify complex issues into forms that can be easily understood by others
• Excellent written English, with extensive experience of business and/or marketing communication
• Excellent oral communication skills
• the ability to engage and communicate with a broad range of people 
• Flexibility, and enthusiasm for working in the fast-paced and constantly changing environment of a growing service-providing charity
• Effective time management skills and the ability to multi-task and prioritise competing demands, even when under pressure, in a methodical and systematic manner

First round interviews will take place the week of the 9th March. 

Prospectus is excited to be working with Children with Cancer UK, the country's leading cancer charity, at an exciting time for the organisation as they continue their mission to end childhood cancer. To aid their goals, they are recruiting a Philanthropy Manager to grow and develop a pipeline of high net worth individuals, trusts and foundations to feed into their larger goal of raising £26 million in the next three years.

This full time, permanent position is based at their offices opposite the famous Great Ormond Street Hospital and pays between £40,000 and £45,000 based on experience.

In this role, you will be working with the Head of High Value Fundraising to develop an organisation wide philanthropy programme that scans the organisation for potential donors that can give to a four, five and in the future potentially six figure level. You will also be required to deliver a bespoke calendar of stewardship events for philanthropists and ensure these donors are appropriately recognised and stewarded throughout their donor journey. A key part of the role will be designing and implementing a giving programme to recognise and categorise their existing and new donors. With the main focus of the role being from individuals, part of the role will be focusing on developing a trusts and foundations fundraising programme that can help deliver the forecast income for the team.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience of managing a major donor programme and stewarding philanthropists at a four and five figure level. You will be a relationship-focused fundraiser with a desire to grow into a head of role and manage a wide variety of relationships with individuals, trusts and foundations in a programme that you will develop. This role will start as a single fundraiser underneath the Head of High Value Fundraising with a view to expanding the role into a Head of Philanthropy managing a team.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application. In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. 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 speaking with you soon.

Charity People are thrilled to be working with a fantastic children's charity based in London, who are looking for their new Senior Philanthropy Manager to work within the Partnerships and Philanthropy Team.

This amazing charity focuses on improving children's lives all over the world. This is a great opportunity to develop and maintain long-term and successful relationships with prospective donor supporters whilst working closely with volunteers, stakeholders and senior management within the organisation. You will be an important contributor to the whole team's targets as well as influential across the whole team and predominately focus on 6 figure gifts.

The ideal person will have proven experience within fundraising or account management, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels, including verbal and written communication. You will also have the skills needed to manage a varied and extensive workload within a fast paced environment.

Senior Philanthropy Manager
London with flexible working
Circa. £40,000

Charity People are so excited to be working with a fabulous children's charity based in London, who are looking for a Senior Philanthropy Manager to lead the organisation's successful Individual Philanthropy fundraising team.

Job Title: Senior Philanthropy Manager
Salary: Circa. £40,000
Location: London with flexible working
Contract: Full time/ Permanent

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a team of busy and ambitious fundraisers, to help achieve the team's annual income target. This will be by building relationships with new prospects and managing existing donor relationships. You will also work closely with a range of internal colleagues, such as the Trusts and Statutory fundraising function, as well as a number of external stakeholders to ensure effective engagement of a portfolio of donors.

The ideal person will have successful previous experience of working with High Net Worth Individuals, managing a team to help develop their individual skills and achieve funding targets by delivering fundraising strategies. You will also have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to build strong and long-lasting supporter relationships.

If you would like to find out more, please contact Anna at Charity People.

St Edmund Hall has an ambitious 10-year vision to develop its teaching, research, culture, finance and to become the most environmentally sustainable college in Oxford. Major gifts will be critical if we are to achieve our goals and we now seek to appoint a Philanthropy Manager who shares our ambition.

The Philanthropy Manager will report to the Director of Development and will work with existing and prospective major donors within our pool of alumni. You will make face-to-face funding requests, building on your experience of securing five and six figure gifts.

There are a number of exciting funding projects that we believe alumni will be keen to support, including capital development of student accommodation, support for bursaries and scholarships and new initiatives to reduce the environmental footprint of the College.

It is anticipated that the successful candidate will be out of the office for 60% of their week, most typically in London. The College is therefore open to applications from candidates who live outside of Oxford provided they are committed to travelling to Oxford once a week (more frequently during induction period and when required to do so).

This is a 2-year fixed-term position and the College is also open to considering flexible or part-time working for this role.

This is an excellent opportunity for a proven fundraiser to play a pivotal role in a successful team and develop their fundraising career.

To be successful in this role, you will have a demonstrable track record in major gift fundraising.  You’ll be entrepreneurial and results-driven with outstanding communication and influencing skills and the presence, gravitas and intellect to operate effectively at all levels.

In return, we offer highly competitive rewards and benefits including generous annual leave entitlement, pension scheme, subsidised bus pass loan, cycle to work scheme loan, season ticket loan, an employee assistance programme, a free lunch whilst on duty and free eye sight testing with a contribution towards the cost of spectacles if necessary and various University of Oxford discounts.

Application Process

Interested applicants should forward the following documents:

1. A Cover Sheet giving the contact details of two referees. One referee should be the applicant’s current or most recent manager or supervisor.
2. A current CV.
3. A covering letter, which explains how you meet the selection criteria for the post.

Documents should be sent in PDF format, preferably by email by 09:00 on Monday, March 16, 2020.  Postal applications should be sent to the HR Manager, St Edmund Hall, Queen’s Lane, Oxford, OX1 4AR.  Shortlisted applicants will be invited to interview soon after the closing date.  Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Please also consider completing the online Equal Opportunity Monitoring Form.  Submission of this form is voluntary and does not form part of the selection process, but we would be grateful if you are willing to return it with your application to assist us with our equal opportunity monitoring.