Head Of Philanthropy Jobs in Liverpool
We are looking for a Head of Philanthropy and Fundraising Partnerships to join an inspiring international animal charity to drive growth and generate income from high-value donors, corporate partnerships, charitable trusts and foundations and gifts in wills.
This is a homebased role with once a month in the London office.
The Charity
An ambitious charity with a long and rich history of prioritising practical, professional and sustainable solutions for animals world-wide and the communities they are part of.
You would be joining a a motivated and friendly fundraising team, offering fantastic benefits including 26 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, and a career path that can grow with the organisation, as well as much more!
The Role
Lead on the development and operational delivery of the philanthropy and fundraising partnerships strategy, encompassing work across the high-value donor, legacies, trusts, and corporate fundraising income streams.
Drive the development and testing of new means of acquiring high-value donors and funders.
Develop and manage the Philanthropy and Fundraising Partnerships teams activity plan and budget.
The Candidate
Excellent knowledge of high-value donor, trusts, corporate and legacy fundraising strategies, and activities.
Experience of managing and overseeing high value giving, legacies, trusts, statutory and corporate fundraising programmes.
Experience of line management and building a collaborative, high-performance team.
Experience of developing new products/activities and taking them to market.
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Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.
Head of Communications and Brand
Contract: 12 Months Fixed term contract, full-time, starting September 2024
Location: Canada (Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal), London, UK or any WA Country, remote role
Salary: Salaries and benefits for different countries will vary in line with the successful candidate's location and depending on experience.
- Canada: $75,000 - $80,000 per annum
- UK: 65,000 - £74,000 per annum with benefits or equivalent established grade in the country of employment.
Offer will be made based on candidate's right-to-work location and other factors including the labor market, experience, internal equity, and budget, etc.
About WaterAid Canada:
WaterAid Canada is a member of WaterAid, an international nonprofit organization, determined to make clean water, decent toilets, and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere within a generation. Only by tackling these three essentials in ways that last can people change their lives for good.
About the role:
The Head of Communications and Brand will oversee the planning, execution, and evaluation of WaterAid's communications and brand portfolio, including external communications, media relations, editorial and brand management, digital content development, and public engagement.
This position calls for a high level of collaboration within WAC and the global WaterAid Federation. The Head of Communications and Brand must possess strong interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively across teams to prioritize conflicting needs and deadlines. As part of a collaborative and fast-paced organization, the Head of Communications and Brand is expected to take initiative and be a creative problem-solver, possess a strong work ethic, take ownership of their work and have high personal expectations. The Head of Communications and Brand must also possess sound judgement and exercise discretion to ensure the integrity, security and confidentiality.
The Head of Communications and Brand will:
- Develop and implement an integrated annual communications plan to advance WAC's brand identity, leverage key activation opportunities, and increase the visibility of the organization across key stakeholder audiences.
- Implement major global campaigns for the Canadian market in coordination with communications leads across WaterAid Federation.
- Plan, execute and manage domestic fundraising communications in coordination with our fundraising team.
- Develop digital content that is integrated with the activities of WAC's Philanthropy, International Programs, and Policy & Advocacy teams.
- Actively seek opportunities to be endorsed by reputable external bodies that recognize sector excellence.
- Develop and maintain updated speaking points and key messages allowing WaterAid to comment on a range of issues that are relevant to the international development and WASH sectors.
- Grow WaterAid's brand identity and reputation for accountability and transparency in Canada through the production of high quality and innovative annual reports and newsletters.
- Manage WAC's website to ensure it is always up to date, accurate and user friendly.
- Manage WAC's social media strategy and develop social media content to support various WaterAid priorities, activities and programs in collaboration with all organizational teams.
- Utilize a data-driven approach to optimize WAC campaign outreach within the Canadian market, ensuring effective engagement and impact. Regularly prepare and present comprehensive reports on performance metrics and insights.
- Manage and maintain Google Enterprise Solutions and Google Not-for-Profit accounts, site directories, website domains, and SSL certificates.
- Contribute to the execution of WAC's national policy and advocacy strategy through strategic communications that demonstrate WaterAid's impact and leadership in our sector, as well as ensuring regular engagement with Canadian Members of Parliament and other decision makers.
- Work closely with the WaterAid leadership to manage opportunities to build WAC's thought leadership profile with key stakeholders through white papers, publications, and media, including social media as relevant.
- Support partnerships and expand upon collaborations with existing WaterAid partners and other stakeholders to advance advocacy objectives.
- Contribute to international development sector-wide advocacy and communications initiatives in Canada.
About you:
- Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications or another related field.
- Minimum of 7 years' experience in marketing, media relations, and corporate/ nonprofit communications.
- Exceptional communication skills in English, with bilingualism in English and
- French being a strong asset.
- An entrepreneurial and collaborative work ethic. Diplomatic and able to work with teams from around the globe and different time zones.
- Experience of managing external public relations, web development, and other communications vendors.
- An understanding of international development issues.
- Experience working on advocacy plans and execution within the international development/NGO sectors would be a strong asset.
- A strong commitment to WaterAid's mission, vision, and values with the ability to effectively communicate this mandate in a manner that compels prospective supporters to join the cause.
Closing date: Applications will close at 23:59 on 4th August 2024. Shortlisting and interviews may take place on a rolling basis and the application process will close if a suitable candidate is found prior to the advertised closing date.
How to Apply: To see the full job pack, please click 'Apply'. Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover in one document either Word Document or PDF format.
Pre-employment screening: To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the respective country. All pre-employment checks will be carried out according to the applicable laws in the respective country. All our UK-based vacancies require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy.
Our Commitment
Our People Promise:
We will work with passion and focus to ensure safe and sustainable water, toilets and hygiene are available to everyone, everywhere. WaterAid is a place of purpose - where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to put the wellbeing of our people first, to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.
Equal opportunities:
We are an equal opportunity, disability-confident employer and are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions and ways of life. This includes, but is not limited to, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, national or social origin, health status, and economic or social situation.
Safeguarding:
We are also committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously.
Our vision is a world where everyone, everywhere has sustainable and safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
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About Wasps Legends Charitable Foundation
Wasps Legends Charitable Foundation was founded in 2012 with the sole aim of giving back to a remarkable community. Through an extensive programme of fundraising events, the foundation has raised over a million pounds for over 70 deserving causes who align with the foundation’s vision of changing lives through the spirit of Rugby. We are immensely proud of our impact and we invite you to apply for the position of Business Development Manager to help drive future growth of the foundation to enable us to continue to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who need it most.
About the role
We are an equal opportunities employer, committed to growing the diversity within our foundation and an environment within which our employees can thrive. The safeguarding and welfare of our team and supporters is paramount. We expect all employees and volunteers to share these commitments.
You will be responsible for long term membership and commercial growth across the Foundation. You will implement an effective approach that expands our reach, strengthens existing relationships and builds networks to help facilitate new charity opportunities that actively benefit the Foundation.
You will be responsible for manging and developing a portfolio of existing fundraising donors, deepening their relationship with the Foundation and upscaling donated gifts as well as developing a healthy pipeline of new donors with a view to increasing our fundraising portfolio.
You will also work with our Head of Foundation to help deliver a successful, diverse and fulfilled events programme to drive fundraising, engage existing members and corporate sponsors as well as attract prospective new donors to our Foundation.
Responsibilities
· Cultivate and maintain relationships with individual donors (including members), major donors, corporate sponsors, and other foundations/benefactors.
· Review and relaunch the Foundation’s Corporate Partner Programme to generate significant commercial growth
· Review and remarket the Foundation’s Membership Programme expanding our supporter base year on year.
· Help develop and implement effective fundraising strategies to coincide with these relaunches to enable us to meet annual fundraising goals.
· Manage donor, corporate partner and membership databases including the membership benefit programme.
· Assist in creating a calendar of fundraising events that generate income and cultivate our supporter base
· Convert one-off donors and event attendees into regular donors and/or members.
· Monitor and evaluate member, commercial and fundraising performance.
· Build out a Wasps Legends Ambassador Programme which helps facilitate revenue growth.
· Perform administrative duties to support the Head of Foundation and Chair where applicable.
Experience
· Experience in individual fundraising, donor relations, or related fields.
· Knowledge of current trends and best practices in individual giving and philanthropy.
· Experience in being proactive to actively seek and secure new business development opportunities
· Experience in Event Management; including budget creation, venue sourcing through to event delivery.
· Strong organisational and project management skills.
· Strong written and verbal communication skills.
· Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building abilities.
Further Details
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Work Location: Remote Working
Schedule: Monday to Friday (but flexibility to work weekends and evenings when events are on)
Pay: £35,000 per year
Bonus Scheme: You will be eligible for the Wasps Legends Bonus Scheme which will award a discretionary bonus relative to performance where applicable.
Application deadline: Friday 16th August 2024.
Expected start date: Tuesday 1st October 2024.
Please note, all candidates must provide proof of Right to Work in the UK. We cannot offer sponsorship to overseas applications.
Changing lives through the spirit of Rugby
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This is an exciting opportunity to join a high performing and friendly fundraising team and either take the next step in your career or bring your considerable knowledge and expertise to an organisation willing to invest in its fundraising team.
We help children and young people (up to age 25), parents, and families, to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies. We also provide training to professionals, equipping them to provide the best possible care to bereaved families.
Special Events Fundraiser
Hours: 22.5 hours (3 days) per week
Salary: £35,000 pro rata per annum (£21,000)
Base: Hybrid Working (From home and from either our Loudwater Head Office in Buckinghamshire or Widnes in Cheshire)
We are looking for a highly motivated and talented part-time Special Events Fundraiser who will take a lead role in the planning and delivery of the charity’s special events involving high value, corporate and celebrity supporters. The postholder will work closely with the Head of Corporates and Philanthropy to plan and deliver a portfolio of special events to exemplary standards to ensure their success.
You will have excellent event planning and management skills; be able to manage the demands of a diverse event portfolio and have confidence in working with high profile event committees, high value supporters and other stakeholders. You will be highly organised and personable, with strong communication and influencing skills. A strong team ethic is essential, with the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues to define and achieve mutual goals.
Child Bereavement UK offers a generous package of benefits including an employee assistance programme, 5% pension contribution and life assurance scheme.
Closing date: 14 August. Initial interviews to be conducted over Zoom
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
Applications will be reviewed, and interviews offered, on an on-going basis. We reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
The Charity is committed to creating a safe and welcoming atmosphere for everyone, and one that challenges all forms of oppression or discrimination including those based on age, gender or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity leave, disability, race (which includes nationality, citizenship, ethnic or national origins), religion/faith or belief, sexual orientation(collectively known in law as the ‘protected characteristics’), as well as any oppression or discrimination based on other physical characteristics or impairments, occupation, income, wealth, or unrelated criminal convictions.
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Marie Curie, the UK’s leading end-of-life charity, is seeking an Associate Director of Local Fundraising to lead their local fundraising operation and ensuring they maximise the value from local relationships.
Marie Curie is the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all four nations delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Their leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and their campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness they’re likely to die from.
The Associate Director of Local Fundraising is a senior role within the Income, Innovation and Engagement directorate; a highly ambitious and professional team which is working to grow income and strengthen the organisation’s voice across the UK as the leading end of life care charity in the UK. Marie Curie has ambitious financial growth targets and needs to drive net contribution, engagement and awareness if they are to achieve their fundraising ambitions and subsequently their service growth goals.
The primary focus of the role is to maximise the net contribution from local fundraising but also to drive community awareness and engagement with Marie Curie. This is a key role for Marie Curie, responsible for managing a team of over 100 people and having responsibility for over £20 million Income, the recruitment of legacy prospects, the delivery of fundraising events and the strategic approach of supporter facing volunteers.
The Fundraising teams based in communities across the UK are responsible for raising money, driving legacy sign ups, building event participation and profit and growing awareness and engagement of the need for and impact of the charity’s work amongst supporters and people who have the potential to support Marie Curie. With all local relationships managed by this role’s teams, the post will ensure that supporters have a connected, seamless experience.
The ideal candidate will have senior leadership experience in a fundraising environment with a successful track record in increasing voluntary income or revenue. They will also have experience in developing both annual operational and three-year strategic plans, developing creative and innovative solutions and digital marketing and in working with working with volunteers and engaging local communities. This will be combined with a proven track record in managing large high-performing, geographically dispersed teams.
This is an ideal career opportunity for an individual with extensive community fundraising experience looking to either broaden their portfolio or take the next step towards a Director of Fundraising role.
Please download our Candidate Pack for further information [PDF], which includes details on how to apply.
CLOSING DATE: 9am, Monday 12th August.
PLEASE NOTE: We will be longlisting applications as soon as we receive them, so please apply early to register your interest.
Royal Voluntary Service has an opportunity available for a CORPORATE FUNDRAISERto join our team. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £28,501 per annum
About the CORPORATE FUNDRAISER role:
This is a remote role with occasional travel.
This role will provide both account management and new business support within the corporate partnerships function of the relationship fundraising team.
Reporting directly to the Head of Relationship Fundraising (which consists of corporate partnerships, community & events and philanthropy) the successful candidate will have responsibility for the account management of our small/medium corporate partnerships as well as supporting new business income for the team.
We have ambitious growth plans for corporate partnerships at Royal Voluntary Service and this role will provide crucial support to the team to help make this happen.
What you will be doing:
- Provide best in class account management to our current small/medium corporate partnerships.
- Play a key role in supporting the team to drive our new business pipeline – writing proposals, building relationships and inspiring corporates to support Royal Voluntary Service.
- Provide support to the Head of Relationship Fundraising and Corporate Partnerships Lead to manage and help secure high value partnerships.
- Lead on the use of Raisers Edge within Relationship Fundraising.
- Link with colleagues across fundraising and wider departments in order to provide the best possible support to our corporate partnerships.
- Assist in developing exciting new propositions for corporate funding.
Hours: 35 - Monday - Friday 9am-5pm
Benefits
- 26 days’ holiday (pro rata) plus paid statutory Bank Holidays (pro rata)
- Ten weeks’ company sick pay following successful completion of probation
- A great pension scheme
- 2 x Salary Death in Service Benefit, subject to qualification
- Enhanced Family Leave schemes
- An employee benefits package that gives access to an exclusive rewards website to get discounts and cashback online
- A 24-hour doctor line, financial support with dental/optical and other therapies
- A free and confidential employee assistance programme with up to six face-to-face sessions counselling included
- Extensive online and on the job training to ensure you will succeed in your role
- Opportunities to discuss flexible working
- Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
- The chance to make a positive, lasting impact that changes lives, communities and society
What you'll bring as our CORPORATE FUNDRAISER:
- Experience of account management or new business within the third or commercial sector.
- Success in developing and securing relationships to achieve results within a fundraising, sales or marketing environment.
- Ability to deliver results as set out in a team or departmental plan.
- Tenacious approach to research and prospecting.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with diverse internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
- Excellent written communication skills with strong attention to detail.
- Confidence in managing partner expectations and having difficult and sensitive conversations or negotiations where necessary, keeping the charity’s interests at heart.
Please refer to the role profile available to view on this vacancy for full details of this opportunity.
If you feel have the skills and experience to become our CORPORATE FUNDRAISER please click ‘apply’ today, we’d love to hear from you!
The closing date for this role is 20 August 2024. However, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
At Royal Voluntary Service our goal is to welcome everyone and build inclusive and diverse teams. We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work. To find out more about our commitment to EDI, visit our website.
Join Royal Voluntary Service and together we can change lives, change communities and change society.