About the role: 

With 14.5 million people across the UK living in poverty, and thousands more plunged into financial crisis since Covid, there has never been a more important time to act as a lifeline to people struggling to stay afloat. National poverty charity, Turn2us, is looking for Head of Philanthropy to grow and diversify its philanthropic income stream to support the vital work of the Charity enabling us to better meet the ever increasing demand for our services.

As well as being both strategic and proactive, this role will ensure the most pressing needs of our users and insights gained from innovative programming are integrated in the design and implementation of a transformational philanthropic fundraising approach as we enter an era of growth and expansion for the team and wider organisation. This is truly an exciting time to join Turn2us. 

We are looking for someone who has: 

• Experience of major donor fundraising with a proven track record of personally securing five and, ideally, six figure+ HNWI donations and gifts.  

• Experience of meeting ambitious income targets  

• An outstanding track record and aptitude for high value acquisition    

• Extensive experience working with non-fundraising colleagues to strengthen fundraising activity   

• Management of staff and/or volunteers   

• Previous budget and KPI management experience including preparation of annual and longer-term fundraising strategies, plans and reports   

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills that influence and engage internal and external stakeholders 

• Ability to prioritise your own workload and to manage multiple deadlines. 

Are you enthusiastic, ambitious and creative? Can you inspire and build enduring relationships with a range of different people? Do you want to use your skills and passion for events to raise funds to support mental health and wellbeing in young people? 

The Charlie Waller Trust, a dynamic and growing mental health charity, is recruiting an Events and Community Fundraising Manager to direct our varied events calendar and develop our community fundraising programme. This is an exciting new role for our charity and the successful candidate will facilitate delivery of our existing popular events programme, as well as having the opportunity to explore new ideas, particularly within our community fundraising area. 

We’re seeking a personable team player with experience in events delivery and a proven track record of planning and working to targets. You’ll be a confident and inspiring communicator (face to face and over the telephone) and capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously. Working closely with the Head of Fundraising, you’ll lead a small team in delivering the events calendar and supporting additional individual and community-led fundraising activities, and will help to raise the profile of The Charlie Waller Trust and mental health.

Location 

The role will be based in our office in Thatcham, Berkshire, with the opportunity for some home working. It is a permanent contract to start as soon as possible. 

How to apply 

Application is by CV and covering letter; there is no application form. In your letter, please tell us how you meet the person specification, which can be found in the attached job description, and explain why you would like to apply for the position. 

We will be reviewing all applications after the closing date and will try to establish a shortlist as quickly as possible. We will notify all successful and unsuccessful applicants by email once the shortlist has been established. 

The advert may close earlier than the stated closing date if a high volume of suitable applications is received.

Closing date: 7th November 2021 (23.59) 

As Head of Programmes you will be leading the team that works with young people and partners to plan and deliver engagement opportunities that enable young people to find their collective voice and use it for social and political change.

As the national youth council of the UK, we bring young people together through our membership network and a range of partner programmes to advocate with and for young people. We are a small but ambitious charity working across the UK to empower young people and to use our national mandate to influence UK Parliament and the Government.

You will be an experienced leader with experience of working with young people, ideally within a youth participation setting. You will bring your passion for youth work and youth engagement to help the British Youth Council to increase our reach and impact, ensuring that all our activity is delivered in a way that is equitable and inclusive, and that puts young people front and centre.

As part of the leadeship team you will be shaping the charity and working closely with our Board who are all young people.  As Head of Programmes you will also be the lead for safeguarding within the charity.

The British Youth Council is committed to safeguarding and protecting the young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safe recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working across our services.

We are looking for a new leader for our fundraising team, to drive forward our strategy to achieve financial sustainability and expansion of services across Kent. The successful candidate will inherit a well structured strategy and access to the necessary resources to drive implementation. 

Kent MS Therapy Centre (“KMSTC”) aims to radically improve the lives of those with Multiple Sclerosis, their families and those who care for them.

We aim to:

• Provide a range of complementary therapies and specialist clinics
• Give advice, support, and information to those living with MS, their carers and families, in an   environment which encourages mutual support and friendship
• Become a Centre of Excellence which enables self-management of the condition

Main purpose of job:  

To lead the fundraising team to maximize the generation of funds from all available sources, including Trusts, Public Sector bodies, Therapies, Events, Corporate sponsorship, merchandise, and community initiatives.

Person specification

Skills

• A natural networker, personable and credible.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent marketing, organisational, problem solving and negotiation skills.
• An ambitious, self-starter who thrives under pressure.
• Ability to inspire and enthuse colleagues and event participants.
• To be fully conversant with all common IT - MS Office, Google Docs, etc.
• Able to drive with full UK licence.
• Media trained to ensure the Centre retains a good media profile on local channels
• Good experience and knowledge of best practice in using social media to raise the profile and interest in the Centre and its fundraising activities at all levels ranging from community to corporate.

Knowledge

• Understanding of all elements of the planning and execution of major fundraising events.
• An appreciation of the different methods of fundraising in the charity sector.
• Comprehension of the process and methods of trust and grant applications.
• Understanding of corporate relationships and charitable funding.

Experience

• Experience of organising and delivering major fundraising events.
• Demonstrable interest in a wide variety of events.
• Proven experience of working in a fundraising events environment, developing managing and delivering plans, timelines, and budgets across a portfolio of events.
• Proven experience of developing and managing marketing plans across a mix of channels for successful fundraising event recruitment.
• Experience in research, application and follow-up of trust and grant organisational funding.
• Experience of working with a cross section of corporate and community businesses to secure sponsorship.
• Experience in tracking, analysing, and reporting on data with effective analysis and recommendations.
• Experience of organising and prioritising demanding workloads.
• Experience of managing health and safety and risk assessments for events.
• Experience managing a flexible team of staff and volunteers.

Special conditions

• Able to attend events throughout Kent.
• Able to work weekends and evenings as required.
• Flexible/hybrid working encouraged.
• Own vehicle with business insurance.

A full job description is attached. 

RECRUITMENT PROCESS 

You are welcome to visit the Centre informally in advance of submitting your application. You can arrange this by contacting reception.

1. Applications will be longlisted against the best fit to the criteria in the job description.
2. Longlisted candidates will be invited to an informal video interview.
3. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to meet the existing team, interview in person and prepare a short presentation for a panel of Trustees.
4. Interviews will be held in October.
5. Desired start date Nov 2021.

Working to the Head of Film CPD and Future Skills, this role involves working across ScreenSkills to devise, plan and execute virtual, hybrid and in-person events - including panel discussions for festivals and conferences, press launches, training and programme events, and other events engaging industry and stakeholders - to support and share the work of ScreenSkills. This is an opportunity for an energetic self-starter to take responsibility for delivering important events for a busy organisation at the heart of the UK’s screen-based industries. The contract will be to March 2022 initially and is likely to be extended.

Key responsibilities:

• Deliver online events and hybrid events as well as face to face
• Liaise regularly with all departments in ScreenSkills to establish their event requirements – this may include ‘light touch’ if they have a third-party event producer, through to total event production.
• Assess technical and on-site health and safety risks and be alert for live issues on event days and be primed to react accordingly – including producing and administrating risk assessments for events hosted by ScreenSkills and third-party events
• Research, seek out and establish a working relationship with potential industry speakers for events establishing yourself as lead contact
• Create, collate, and maintain a speakers database.
• Ensure you are up to date with developments in virtual event delivery and platform options and advise third-parties who may not be
• Curate speakers, programmes and support scripting for events
• Post event booking pages on the ScreenSkills website and monitor sign up
• Work across multiple events with multiple timelines
• Travel to locations for site visits, kick-off meetings and post-event feedback sessions
• As required, brief event speakers
• Produce technical briefing checklists, call sheets and production and safety plans.
• As required, on-the-day organising of speakers, timekeeping, and quality control, for virtual, hybrid, and in-person events to ensure we deliver a streamlined experience
• Collate post-event feedback for ScreenSkills and third parties
• Continue to evolve and maintain internal event processes and best practice guidelines including ScreenSkills’ compliance for recording, publishing and health and safety protocols.
• Deliver internal training to ensure the ScreenSkills team are contributing to internal event processes and best practice guidelines correctly and in a timely manner.
• Work with Marcomms team to ensure maximum appropriate impact for all ScreenSkills events

Essential skills and experience:

• Proven experience of remote and in-person event management or producing from conception through to delivery including curating speakers and programmes, including the permissions required when also recording and publishing events on-line.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills, with the ability to complete and finish tasks on time, to high standards and to budget
• Experience of managing events budgets
• Good people and communication skills, including experience of working with senior staff and industry executives
• The ability to stay calm under pressure
• A working knowledge of the screen-based industries including the capacity to create, develop and manage invitation lists where necessary
• An ability to work on multiple strands of activity simultaneously and to be able to establish priorities and meet deadlines
• A good eye for detail
• General use of Microsoft Office including PowerPoint, as well as on-line broadcast software such as Zoom.Good knowledge of Health and Safety for events
• Working knowledge of GDPR
• Good knowledge of online event delivery platforms

Preferred skills and experience:

• Basic video editing skills (such as Premiere Pro) and asset management for recorded events
• Knowledge of Umbraco.

Other skills and attributes:

• Leadership: a natural leader who inspires others to share the vision for a project and to want to give their best to support delivery, even when you don’t have any direct reports
• Empathetic: able to connect with potentially young apprentices and support them
• Communication: a strong verbal communicator who is confident talking to people in different organisations and sectors
• Integrity: you set yourself high ethical standards and ingrain those ethics into the project
• Judgement: you can make sensible decisions about when you should make a judgment call yourself and when you should seek advice or guidance
• Problem solving: you are creative, innovative and determined in thinking about problems and you won’t let problems get the better of you

Please submit a CV and covering letter clearly stating how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the role or you can apply via our website.

Corporate responsibilities of all ScreenSkills Personnel:

• Take ownership of, and contribute to, internal and external communications activity both in their job role and as part of ScreenSkills’ overall strategic objectives.
• Demonstrate a personal commitment to embracing and promoting ScreenSkills’ positive approach to the achievement of acceptance, openness, and equality of opportunity at work for people from under-represented groups (e.g. such as those with disabilities and from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities and black, Asian and people of colour).
• Promote and develop individual and organisational activities which support and enhance environmental sustainability and health and safety objectives.
• Establish good working relationships with both internal and external customers and provide a high-quality service which meets their needs.
• Support yours and your colleagues’ activity through a commitment to effective and correct use of corporate tools and resources, including the ScreenSkills’ intranet for internal communications and authorised systems for contact management.

ScreenSkills is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups such as women, people who are Black, Asian and minority ethnic, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, LGBTQ+, with caring responsibilities, parents or carers who are returning after a career break, from different nations and regions, from a less advantaged socio-economic background or any other under-represented group.

We would like to thank you for the time and effort made in submitting your application. As a charity we are conscious of how and where we use our limited resources. This means we are unable to respond to every application received, if you have not had a response within three weeks of the closing date please assume on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful. I hope this outcome does not deter you from applying for future roles within our organisation.

We are very pleased to be working exclusively with an incredible leading UK charity who are passionate about preventing homelessness – they are looking for a Community and Events Fundraising Lead to join their growing team. This is an organisation who are extremely committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and champion this through the work they do externally, but also internally with all staff.

As part of your role, you will be responsible for growing and securing all income from a series of mass participation activities, project manage a range of community and event products, lead on the implementation of the new strategy, and manage high value community relationships. Alongside these responsibilities and duties, you will be responsible for implementing an excellent supporter journey and managing an Officer in the team.

This organisation has an excellent team that are based regionally, who they work in close collaboration with. You will be building key relationships with them and will be required to travel occasionally (all expenses paid). This role plays a pivotal part in shaping the new strategic direction, with the view to raise the targeted income of over £250,000.

You will need:

• Previous experience of Community and Events fundraising
• Experience of securing high levels of income and managing supporter relationships
• Knowledge of digital fundraising platforms
• Excellent communication skills

Deadline: 20^th October 2021
Salary: £34,163 – 37,494
Location: Central London, 2 days per week in the office
 

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Lucy on 02030 062787 or email [email protected].

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

The Head of Services is a newly created role at Open Door that is focused on ensuring  that our therapeutic services and programmes for young people and adults are high impact and high quality.

It is a senior leadership position and an extremely important role; you will lead a team of Project Leads whose teams of staff and peer mentors are delivering therapeutic experiences in person and online and you'll be developing the staff team, whilst  creating organisational systems and approaches that ensure every Open Door member experiences a brilliant service when they engage with our organisation. You will directly oversee four areas of work including our core therapeutic offer, our family support department, our innovative Looked After Children support offer called ‘oomoo’ and some of our smaller, short-term therapeutic projects. Key to this will be the day-to-day management and leadership of 4 brilliant project leads associated with these areas.

As well as leading the team, you'll be overseeing the impact of each project, working with our Impact Lead to create Impact Frameworks for each service and developing systems and processes that streamline our Member and Mentor experiences so that we are working in the most efficient and effective way. You'll be a key member of our Senior Leadership Team, working with the Charity Director and Head of Development to respond to organisational opportunities and challenges, to create our annual business plan and to monitor risk, impact and financials.

We want to recruit this position now as we have undergone an important period of growth in responding to the rising need of mental health support in Wirral; we have grown significantly over the past 2 years and want to make sure that the organisation remains sustainable, responsive and high impact into the future. 

Essential duties:

• Key member of Open Door Senior Leadership Team, contributing to strategic planning, reporting and oversight
• Ensuring consistency, quality and impact of Open Door's key services
• Leading the Project Team, fostering a supportive culture across the organisation, where staff feel focused, valued and motivated
• Overseeing engagement, attendance and capacity across main project portfolio
• Overseeing the membership journey across the Charity

• Reporting regularly to Charity Director and the Board of Trustees
• Managing key stakeholder & partner relationships
• Setting project and team KPI’s, overseeing staff training and development and troubleshooting project problems
• Supporting service design and development
• Developing strong Impact Plans for each project so we understand what our projects are achieving and foster a learning culture
• Reviewing and maintaining key organisational policies
• Deal with high level organisational concerns or complaints and resolving these appropriately in line with organisational policies
• Overseeing ODC's Safeguarding approach
• Complete necessary training as part of role which may include courses necessary to effectively develop within role
• Supporting development of new initiatives, project improvements and organisational policies / procedures
• High level oversight and understanding of our new CRM system
• Attending relevant meetings regarding service delivery internally and with external partners
• Mitigating project risks
• Supporting Project Leads to create strong project reports

Candidate requirements:

• Essential (E) / Favourable (F)

• Able to build a good rapport with all members, volunteers and staff (E)
• Able to manage people, their performance and ensure compliance with organisational values (E)
• Must demonstrate compassion, empathy and a non-judgmental approach to all (E)
• Experience of working in a mental health service/ similar charity setting (E)
• Able to fully satisfy our core values: Fire, Human, Professional, Visionary (E)
• Excellent writing skills (E)
• Considerate and compliant of managing risks, safeguarding and regulations (E)
• Accountability, ownership and demonstratable problem solving skills and initiative is essential (E)
• Pass an enhanced DBS check (E)
• Experience of working in a leadership, service lead or project lead type of role (E)
• Able to work with Macintosh system (F)
• Understanding of CRM systems and managing / utilising data (F)
• Has a good knowledge of local area and local relevant services (F)

How to Apply

To apply please send CV and cover letter via the apply button.

Opportunity closes at 5pm on Friday 5th November 2021.

We are committed to having a diverse workforce and promote equality. We value and respect all differences in all people (seen and unseen) and we aspire to inclusive working experiences and an environment that reflects the communities we serve, where our people have equal access to opportunities, their voices are heard and they can contribute to our future. We actively encourage applications from BAME and LGBTQ+ candidates, those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, and those with a disability. If you will require any special provision as a result of any disability, should you be called for interview, please do let us know. Finally, please ensure that you have included your contact number and email address.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Are you an experienced events producer looking for your next challenge?

Are you interested in working for a progressive and constantly evolving organisation?

Are you excited by the opportunity to create innovative events and online content for an agenda-setting ideas platform with global reach and impact?

We are looking for an Events Producer to join our ambitious public events team!

The RSA Events Programme is a powerful public resource, bringing important social, cultural, political and economic issues to a global audience, featuring world-class speakers and stimulating rich debate on the most urgent challenges facing society. We are the team behind the award-winning RSA Animates and RSA Shorts series, and our event videos, podcasts and animations are followed by over 730,000 YouTube subscribers.

In this role, you'll take responsibility for end-to-end production of a wide range of events, as well as for researching and developing new content and new formats for public engagement.

You will independently generate and deliver events as part of a popular weekly lunchtime series of topical talks and panel discussions, as well as ad hoc additional events to support and promote the latest research insights, policy reports and project launches from the RSA’s Research & Impact programme teams.

This is a busy time for the organisation with major campaign and report launches contributing to global public debates on climate emergency, good work, fair education and a just transition to a thriving future for people and planet. You will also contribute to social media support across RSA Events channels, ensuring dynamic and inclusive public engagement with events content pre, during and post event broadcasts.

We are looking for someone who is engaged in and excited by contemporary culture, politics, current affairs and ideas. You’ll have excellent writing, research and editorial skills as well as an eye for fresh developments in social media and the fast-moving online ideas landscape. You’ll be a natural communicator with strong administrative, logistical and people skills and an affinity for the RSA’s mission and values. You’ll have a keen interest in the RSA’s key research programmes, and an awareness of the relevant current public and policy debates in these areas.

This is an exciting time for events as new online and hybrid formats create new opportunities to bring learning, inspiration and vibrant public debate to more people than ever before.

We offer great benefits, including 29 days holiday (plus bank holidays), additional wellbeing allowance, free fellowship throughout employment and lots more!

To find out more about this role, please visit our website.

Apply

In order to apply, please click ‘apply for this job’ and submit your CV. You will also be required to answer a series of questions. You do not need to submit a cover letter.

Please submit your application through the RSA website. We cannot accept applications via email. All applications will receive an automated response.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 9am on 1 November 2021. Interviews are expected to take place on 10 November 2021.

Please note that we cannot accept late, incomplete applications, and we can only consider candidates who apply through the online application process.

About Us

We are the RSA. The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce. We’re committed to a future that works for everyone, a future where we all can participate in its creation. With over 250 years of heritage in making significant social impact, we bring together, our rigorous research, proven change process, influential ideas platforms and our global community of over 30,000 problem solvers united in a desire to deliver solutions for lasting change.

To achieve this, we ask everyone – our staff, our Fellowship, our collaborators, our partners and wider society – to commit to our values and world view, and strive to achieve genuine positive impact in our lives. This isn’t something we can achieve overnight. But we are asking you to join us all on this journey. The commitment you make now, is a commitment to be with us, to shape us, to challenge us, and to stimulate us all, to find better ways of thinking, acting and delivering change.

It represents the pact you sign when you join us. A pact that represents everything we do, every decision we make, and every action we take.

And it represents how we act. In a way that represents our values, with rigour and proven processes. A relentless spirit. Open minds, and an open door.

We bring to life our Commit to Impact brand idea through every organisational touchpoint, so we can ask everyone who interacts with us: will you?

We invite you to be part of this change. Join our community. Together, we’ll unite people and ideas to resolve the challenges of our time.

Flexible - Homeworking or based in our London office or one of our regional offices with regular travel to the London office.

Salary dependent on location

The Development Operations Team support the work of the wider Development Department by providing services, advice, and other core business functions to ensure that English Heritage cultivates and stewards donors to the charity. The Events & Stewardship Manager plays a central role in creating new and stewarding existing donors at English Heritage by planning and delivering a programme of events and communications designed to engage and retain our supporters.

The Events & Stewardship Manager works closely with fundraisers from the Private Philanthropy Team, Corporate Development Team, and the Grants & Trusts Team to steward their donors. They also work in partnership with colleagues at English Heritage sites and curatorial staff to deliver a wide range of events including the launch events for major projects undertaken by the charity, bespoke cultivation events hosted by senior leadership and our departmental summer party.

The ideal candidate will have a track record in delivering fundraising or engagement programmes, including substantial event management experience. They will possess the credibility and confidence to brief senior volunteers and staff as well as suppliers. They will be highly organized and enjoy planning and executing projects. Finally, they will possess the initiative and relationship management skills to get things done in a multi-site organisation.

We strive to be an inclusive employer and are always looking for people who reflect the diversity of the country today, to help us make it more relevant to the diversity of the people, communities and places we serve. We continually look for new ways to promote the past in a way that is inclusive to all and that celebrates the cultural diversity of England's heritage.

From remote sites to inner city monuments, from regional teams to our Head Office, the diversity of our teams is critical to making sure our shared heritage is inclusive, exciting and accessible.

You'll find it's a workplace like no other - taking you behind the scenes of these extraordinary sites and supporting you to share your ideas, inspire others and make a difference.

By joining us, you'll enjoy the rewards of a great team environment in inspiring locations, helping to make our site a wonderful place to visit. You'll also be joining our charity, which through our 400+ historic monuments, buildings and sites, brings the story of England to life for over 10 million visitors each year. We offer a competitive benefits package including a generous pension, 25 days leave a year and free entry to all English Heritage properties for you, another adult and up to 6 children (under the age of 19).

Closing date: 28th October 2021 at Midnight

It’s an exciting time to join bibic. The charity will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2022 and, with demand for our services increasing rapidly and many families living in crisis, desperate for answers, we know we have much to do.

Children and young people with disabilities and additional needs are often excluded from society because there is a lack of understanding about their needs and how to meet them. At bibic, we passionately believe that every child deserves to reach their full potential, contribute in their community and live happy lives. Increasingly we see children and young people with less understood, hidden health or behavioural needs as well as profound disabilities or special educational needs. With or without a diagnosis, we’re here to help children and young people overcome their challenges through holistic, individualised therapeutic support.

Are you the right person to lead our successful Fundraising & Marketing team and take them to the next level? We’re looking for a standout leader who brings significant relevant experience to help substantially grow and diversify income and raise the profile of bibic. This is a role of variety, opportunity and innovation and we are looking for someone who embraces change and constantly strives to achieve more. You will lead on the delivery of integrated fundraising and marketing plans; develop digital opportunities, major donor and legacy programmes, whilst also enabling your team to achieve.

If you think you could be the person, we are looking for then please have a read of the job description. We are always very happy to have an informal chat before candidates apply. If you would like to set something up, please contact Pip Buckley – Managing Director, at the email address below.

We are an inclusive organisation and many of our team have lived experience. We don’t just accept difference – we value it, celebrate it, nurture it and thrive off of it. We encourage flexibility and adaptability, and in return offer a strong flexible working arrangement to ensure a healthy work/life balance.

Our National Centre is in a beautiful setting in Langport (Somerset) with good access from the M5, A37 and A303. Nearly 80% of the families we support live in the South West of England, with other families living across the UK.

For full details, please download the job description.

Closing date: 9am, Monday 1st November 2021.

Interviews: Two stage interview process by Zoom, dates TBC with shortlisted candidates

We would also encourage applicants to read the latest Annual Report and Financial Statements.

Based at our office in beautiful Findhorn,Moray, Trees for Life are searching for our next Head of Finance and Resources to lead and manage our team. With a special focus on developing, implementing, and constantly refining Trees for Life’s financial management systems to ensure they are effective and fit for purpose as the organisation grows, the post holder will have an important supporting role in ensuring TfL’s projects and programmes are properly budgeted and that all aspects of project funding and associated running costs are included. 

Trees for Life has grown significantly in scope and size in recent years and sound, efficient and effective financial and human resources management and systems are essential in ensuring that the organisation can continue to develop. The overall purpose of this post is to have responsibility for finances, human resources, financial systems and other organisational systems within the charity.

Please see the Job Description for further details.

Are you passionate about community fundraising, are excited about delivering growth and excel at providing inspiring leadership? Then this is the role for you!

This is a varied role managing four fundraising teams focussed on engaging the public in community fundraising to deliver ambitious financial results as set out in our new fundraising strategy.

As well as delivering established activity the role includes delivering our new hospital engagement strategy, ensuring we can engage with and support our incredible patient family fundraisers.

About the Team

The Community Fundraising team is a crucial part of the Public Fundraising department, raising vital income from clubs, companies and individuals from all over the UK. This vibrant team of 15 is split into four main areas, each focussing on a different aspect of community engagement.

About You

You will be a strategic thinker who works across the charity and as part of fundraising leadership but can also translate organisational priorities at team level. You will be able to inspire yet challenge your teams to realise their potential. You will be insight led, and drive activity based on this. And above all you will supporter focussed understanding how and why people engage through community fundraising to support the charity.

The ideal candidate will also have:

- Experience of leading successful community fundraising teams
- Excellent stakeholder management skills
- A real passion for working in public fundraising and delivering engaging and inspiring supporter experiences
- Understanding of delivering both volume and high value relationship management

About the Charity

Every day brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, over 600 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Our staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for seriously ill
children starts with you.

Recently awarded with a ‘Best Companies 2-star accreditation' and placed number 17 on the 2019 Sunday Times Best 100 Not-for-Profit Companies list - we offer a range of attractive benefits including; a flexible approach to working, 30 days holiday, life assurance, enhanced employer pension contributions, and a discounted season ticket loan.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We recognise that people from some backgrounds are under-represented in our workforce and across the wider Charity sector. In April 2021 we launched our ambitious three-year EDI strategy committing to becoming a more inclusive workforce, reflecting the diverse communities that we work with and for and demonstrating this through all our areas of work.

A more diverse workforce will enable us to deliver even more impact and we particularly encourage applications from communities which are under-represented in the charity. This includes people from Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority backgrounds, people with a disability, people who are LGBT+ or who are from less advantaged socioeconomic groups.

Further information on our EDI strategy can be found on our website.

Please refer to the full job description below for more information.

How to Apply

Please click on the apply button in the top right-hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete. You are encouraged to include a cover letter with your application, and should refer to the 'GOSH Charity Information Pack' on the Careers page of our website before you apply.

Closing date: 4th November

Ref: 103 730

English Touring Opera is recruiting a dynamic communicator, fundraiser and opera lover to lead on all fundraising, on its relationship with Arts Council England, and on strategic communications. We are seeking a creative, innovative, and self-motivated fundraising and communications professional to sustain and increase ETO’s fundraised income, advance ETO’s media presence via the press and critics and craft compelling stories about the Company and its work for its key audiences and stakeholders. 

ETO is entering an exciting period in 2022 when we will be applying for our next Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation grant. The Head of Development and Communications will support this application to secure a future three years of core funding (2023-2026).

The Head of Development and Communications will hold a key position within ETO’s senior management team working closely with the Director and Producer and will lead the work of the Development department, managing two Development Officers whose primary focuses are on private donor cultivation and Trusts and Foundations respectively. With upcoming investment within the Development function, this role will lead the department towards ambitious income targets.

Fundraised income is vital to sustain ETO’s wide-ranging activity, including its two annual tours to theatres across the country and its extensive Learning and Participation Programme, as well as enabling additional projects, all dependent on galvanising significant philanthropic or in-kind support. The role will also lead all ETO’s public facing and strategic communications, managing the external PR firm in the first instance.

We particularly encourage applications from disabled people and people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, as these groups are currently under-represented in the cultural sector.

Head of Research and Clinical Trials

Harrogate with frequent travel across the Yorkshire region

About Us

Yorkshire Cancer Research is the largest independent cancer charity in England. With an ambitious goal of saving 2000 lives a year, it is an exciting time to be joining the charity. Every week in Yorkshire almost 600 people are told they have cancer, by working for Yorkshire Cancer Research you are helping to protect and save these lives.

Yorkshire is big, beautiful and diverse and, as an inclusive employer, our aim is that our workforce reflects the rich diversity of our region. We believe a diverse workforce is central to us achieving our strategic goal of saving more lives in our region. We offer equal opportunities regardless of race, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnerships.

Yorkshire Cancer Research is entering an exciting period in its development. As part of this we are expanding our team at our Head Office and a number of new roles are being created. As such, we are now looking for a Head of Research and Clinical Trials to support our Research and Services team.

The Benefits
 

We offer all our employees a wide range of benefits including an enhanced contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service), flexible working arrangements, private medical insurance, enhanced maternity leave, career progression, learning and development, wellbeing initiatives, offices within walking distance of Harrogate train station, free onsite parking and a whole lot more.

We’ve got a strong set of values that inform everything we do and we’re looking for people who are aligned with these. As our Head of Research and Clinical Trials, you will strive for excellence in everything you do, have integrity, champion expertise through improvement and innovation and be a great team player. To find out more about our values and how important they are to us, please visit our website.

The Role
 

As our Head of Research and Clinical Trials, you will be responsible for developing, delivering and managing a portfolio of interventional research to ensure the charity meets its ambitious goal of saving 2000 lives each year in Yorkshire.

Supporting the Director of Research, Services and Policy, your role will involve delivering our funding rounds that comply with the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) peer review guidance from launch to completion; strengthening our patient and public involvement in all of our research funding processes; ensuring the highest standards of research governance; leading on the development of a new ‘Clinical Trial Development’ function as well as contribute to the refinement and implementation of the strategic aims of the charity.
 

Specifically, you will:

- Lead the Research Funding Team to run our response mode funding.

- Develop new processes to identify, generate, review and fund proposals for new clinical trials that will meet our KPIs and strategic objectives.

- Lead the Research Funding Team to identify and agree appropriate KPIs that can be monitored for all funded projects and effectively manage the Research Awards to ensure all allocated funding is used as planned and the impact is monitored.

- Build on the charity’s involvement of people affected by cancer through our Research Advisory Panel and further develop and strengthen our patient and public involvement (PPI) work in all aspects of our Research Funding.

- Support the development of a new PPI function that will support the research, services, policy and communications work of the charity.

- Review and develop effective research governance and ensure that our governance structures and peer review processes are in accordance with AMRC guidelines and best practice.

- Collaborate with key organisations, professional bodies, relevant institutions and individuals as well as ensuring public and patient involvement to develop research trials.

-Manage your line reports through effective leadership, ensuring the ongoing coaching and development of all team members.

- Collaborate with colleagues across the organisation and deputise for the Director of Research, Services & Policy as required.

About You

To be considered for this role, you will need:

- A Post Graduate Qualification in a relevant subject area with strong up to date knowledge and experience of successfully developing and leading research funding functions in the charity or public sector.

- Excellent track record of management and leadership, with proven experience at a senior manager/team leader level in a relevant environment such as delivering or commissioning research in the charity sector. 

- Substantial experience of implementing, managing and evaluating a strategic portfolio of human intervention research studies.

- Experience of developing research and clinical trial proposals in collaboration with a broad range of external senior and operational stakeholders including Universities and Clinical Research Organisations, in addition to patients.

- In depth understanding and awareness of the medical research funding and clinical research delivery landscape such as AMRC standards and guidance, clinical research management in the UK, research ethics, the role of the NIHR CRN, role and function of CTUs, good practice around IP management and exploitation, open access publication policies etc.

Before applying, please view the full role profile and visit our Careers Page to find out more about working for Yorkshire Cancer Research.

To apply please submit a CV and covering letter outlining your suitability for the role to Claire Wooldridge, People Partner before 31st October. Please read our privacy notice before applying.

The charity is a responsible and flexible employer.  We welcome any discussion for flexible working at interview/offer stage where we will consider an individual’s circumstances against the needs of the charity.

We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. If we can make any reasonable adjustments to support your application please contact us.