Do you want to be part of creating a more just and equitable society? Facing History and Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate. Join our growing team to help us ensure more young people grow up to be critical and empathetic thinkers who are equipped to stand up against injustice and play their role as active responsible citizens. With a focus on individual donors and corporate giving, this role is critical to our fundraising success.

Role Overview

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Development Officer plays a critical role in our effort to meet and exceed our ambitious annual fundraising goals, set at just over £400,000 for the current financial year (commenced 1st July 2021). The post holder will have responsibility for the day-to-day management and implementation of our individual giving and corporate partnerships plans, as well as being a contributor to fundraising through other sources (for example, trusts/foundations and events). Generating income and new sources of support for our work is central to the role, as is nurturing and developing our partnerships with existing funders and supporters.

We are looking for an inspiring, passionate individual who relishes building and maintaining relationships. Your experience is likely to come from working in a fundraising role in another charity or from working in either a Corporate Social Responsibility or direct sales role in a commercial setting. You will bring a strategic approach and enjoy being part of a small, passionate team committed to growing our work.

Facing History and Ourselves is an Equal Opportunity Employer and proudly values diversity. Based on the current profile of our workforce and our commitment to being a diverse and inclusive workplace, which we believe makes an organisation more effective, we particularly welcome applications from people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, people living with a disability and people from the LGBTQ+ community.

Your Core Competencies, Skills and Experience

(E is essential, D is Desirable)

• Minimum of 3-5 years of donor cultivation, stewardship and solicitation experience or ability to demonstrate transferable skills and experience from other roles.  Must be able to demonstrate past successes (E)

• Engaging relationship-builder with excellent interpersonal skills and strong oral and written communication skills; experience building relationships with Board members preferred (E)

• Creative and flexible self-starter able to work both individually and as a member of consensus-seeking teams (E)

• Organised and effective project manager, with the ability to manage multiple needs and assignments in a fast-paced charity setting (E)

• Genuine commitment to the mission of Facing History and Ourselves and ability to articulate the importance of the organisation’s work to a variety of audiences (E)

• Demonstrable commitment to working in an inclusive way (E)

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google office suite; experience with Salesforce or other fundraising databases preferred (E)

• Maintain a high level of confidentiality due to the nature of work (E)

• Understanding of the motivations for philanthropy (E)

• Excellent networking skills, with the ability to make connections between our work and potential donor interests (E)

• Experience of working with corporate social responsibility and/or diversity and inclusion teams to develop partnerships (D)

• Knowledge and experience of fundraising from trusts and foundations, statutory sources and events (D)

• Familiarity with educational communities (D)

There will be a requirement to work outside normal working hours due to evening events and the fact that we work closely with Facing History and Ourselves Inc. in the United States who originated the work and provide support and guidance to the team in the UK. It is expected that this is likely to average one day a week with a later start and finish than usual working hours with reasonable notice given.

Key Duties and Accountabilities

The role will involve six key areas:

• Planning and research; including helping to shape the development plan, identifying new sources of funding and researching potential prospects. 

• Donor solicitation and support; including developing and nurturing relationships, securing repeat funding, managing communication with donors and growing our grassroots fundraising activity year-on-year.

• Administration and Information Management; including managing due diligence processes, ensuring reporting is accurate and compelling, overseeing fulfilment of any employee engagement/obligations to our corporate sponsors. 

• Marketing and Communications; including supporting the strategy to ensure our communications in all forms inspire current and potential donors, create powerful collateral to promote our work to donors, and ensure our social media channels are used effectively for fundraising and generating ’brand’ awareness.

• Broader organisational support: contribute to the wider fundraising and community engagement activities of the charity, as required. 

Why work at Facing History and Ourselves? 

Facing History and Ourselves is a charity committed to using the lessons of history to inspire teachers and their students to build a world free from bigotry and hate. We strive to be an organisation that is respected and trusted; relevant to our audiences; evidenced as creating demonstrable impact; collaborative and supportive; willing to ask difficult questions with perspective, challenge and integrity; and Upstanding for a connected, empathetic and informed society.

We are entering the third year of an ambitious five-year strategy to drive growth and give as many schools and teachers as possible the tools and content to empower their students to become upstanding citizens whilst also excelling in their academic performance. We will be creating new materials, resources and training content for the UK, and need to be positioned organisationally to deliver on this essential work. This role will be key to generating the funding required to allow us to continue to deliver and grow. 

Facing History and Ourselves is committed to processing your personal data fairly, lawfully and transparently in line with GDPR 2016. 

Facing History and Ourselves is a registered charity, number 1103592. 

Modern slavery is the fastest growing crime in the world.  There are an estimated 40 million people enslaved worldwide and, based on our own research using police data, more than 100,000 victims in the UK alone.

Justice & Care is an anti-slavery organisation working internationally to fight modern slavery and human trafficking, rescuing and caring for victims, dismantling criminal networks and bringing perpetrators to justice. It works to protect communities at risk from traffickers and spark systemic change by working with policy makers and other key partners. 

Our Vision: Every captive free. Every perpetrator brought to justice.

Our Mission: By bringing together specialists, we work to prevent slavery, to release and care for victims, to uncover and dismantle criminal networks and to spark systemic change.

Our Values: As an organisation we have a set of core values that underpin and inform all we do:

• We are collaborative

• We are courageous

• We are experts

• We are relentless 

Your main responsibilities include, but are not necessarily limited to:  

• Building, developing and maintaining excellent partnerships with key businesses, developing a strong funding stream for Justice and Care through corporate giving and staff engagement
• Working with the Head of Philanthropy and Corporate Partnerships to develop our successful and growing major giving programme
• Organise outstanding major donor and corporate events
• Research prospects and maintain a pipeline of long-term and short-term income for major donor and corporate partners

  Key requirements include:  

• Degree or equivalent experience
• Experience in relationship based fundraising with corporate funders and/or high-net-worth individuals
• Ability to communicate clearly, assertively and diplomatically
• Superb networking and relational skills
• Excellent writing skills and attention to detail
• Passion to do whatever you can to combat modern day slavery

ALDER HEY CHILDRENS CHARITY

About us

Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey Children’s Hospital a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 330,000 patients and families we care for every year.

The charity helps to fund a range of activities and projects that are designed to enhance and improve the lives of our amazing young patients. This includes the funding of specialist medical equipment to ensure our brilliant surgeons and clinical staff have the most up to date and cutting edge technology available and funding hi-tech distraction equipment designed and proven to reduce pain and anxiety in our patients. We also fund a range of programmes and special projects such as our ward musicians, our on-site magician and the play specialists we have on every ward.

In Spring 2020 we launched our £3m Children’s Mental Health Appeal. Our 7 in 10 Appeal highlights that 70% of young people with a mental health condition are currently missing out on vital mental health interventions at a sufficiently early age. The Appeal is aiming to raise vital funds to enhance inpatient and community mental health services at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, enabling more children to access the treatment they need at the time they need it, an already vitally needed service which is seeing increasing demand due to the impact of Covid-19.  We have also recently launched our new Surgical Neonatal Appeal to raise £2.5m towards a brand new, state of the art Surgical Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the hospital.

About this role:

This is a rare and exciting opportunity for an experienced Trusts and Foundations Manager to work with an enthusiastic and experienced team here at Alder Hey, the UK’s busiest Children’s Hospital.

We’re looking for a natural relationship builder, someone who is passionate about fundraising with lots of experience securing high value gifts from trusts and foundations. You’ll also be an inspiring manager and an excellent collaborator, who enjoys working to co-create visionary propositions around the charity’s strategic priorities. If you’re excited by the sound of this, we’d love to hear from you!

The role will lead Alder Hey Children’s Charity’s trusts and foundations income stream including developing and implementing the Trusts and Foundation’s strategy, annual plan and budget for sustainable growth and contributing to our capital fundraising campaigns and the development of ‘wow’ projects.

You will also be responsible for managing a wide variety of internal stakeholder relationships with senior colleagues in Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Develop and deliver the fundraising plan for the Trusts & Foundations income stream, including creating and meeting income targets and KPIs.
• Lead, line-manage and develop the Trusts and Foundations Team, including carrying out regular 121s, development reviews and annual appraisals.
• Build, manage and maintain a full and consistent pipeline of prospects and ensuring timely progression through each stage from identification to stewardship.
• Manage a diverse portfolio of our biggest funders, both existing and new, delivering excellence in relationship management to meet an individual fundraising target from high value trusts and foundations.
• Ensure reporting requirements and funding criteria for all grants are met, corresponding effectively with funders using creative and engaging methods of communication.
• Lead and work with colleagues and clinicians in the development of funding proposals, including world leading innovation projects and capital appeals.
• Be an active and supportive member of the Alder Hey Children’s Charity team, contributing to the team’s development and working collaboratively with colleagues and volunteers.
• Be the lead specialist in Trusts and Foundations fundraising and maintain strong knowledge of relevant legislation and good practice.
• Develop and maintain specialist knowledge of trends and developments in the sector, through completing relevant training, reviewing relevant press and publications and keeping up to date with industry news.
• Gain and maintain in-depth knowledge and understanding of the Charity’s work, priorities and future plans and represent the Charity at functions and events, to promote the objectives of the Charity.
• Be an outstanding advocate for Alder Hey Children’s Charity in line with the core values of the organisation.
• Any other reasonable duties as required by your line manager.

Our Values

Here at Alder Hey Children’s Charity, our values guide the way in which we work. By being courageous, working together, being passionate about our work, and making sure that we are creative in what we do, helps us to deliver the support necessary so that our Hospital can continue to deliver the very best care for our young patients and their families. Our values are:

Courage: we try new things and take risks to innovate and drive forward new ideas. We have the courage to speak up and take a stance. We are accountable, responsive and responsible. We are unstoppable.

Together: we work together as one team, sharing our knowledge and learning. We work in partnership with patients, families, supporters and colleagues. We are respectful, celebrate diversity and empower each other to achieve our aims.

Passion: we are passionate about what we do and why we do it. We work together to share and grow. We inspire others.

Magical: we are fun, creative and child led. We create special moments, provide little extras and go further for our brave young patients.

Location

We’re open to this role being a mix of home working and office based (our offices are located on site at Alder Hey in Liverpool).

How to apply

You can apply by clicking the link below. Applications must include your CV and a covering letter which explains how you meet the requirements of the role.

Additional information is included within the Job Description and Person Specification. 

Closing date: Sunday 14 November 2021

Telephone interviews: Thursday 18 and Friday 19 November 2021

Video interviews: Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 November 2021

Alder Hey Children’s Charity will make every endeavour to make any reasonable adjustments for applicants who require assistance in carrying out their duties due to a disability. Alder Hey Children’s Charity is committed to equal opportunities and positively welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Alder Hey Children’s Charity is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. The post holder may be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure check.

We are looking for a keen Researcher and Major Gifts Executive to help us widen our donor base.

The Outward Bound Trust is passionate about helping young people to defy limitations through learning and adventure in the wild.  We are also passionate about persuading Major Donors to invest in our cause.  Over the next year, we plan to raise £8m to help young people recover from this pandemic.

We are seeking a smart, switched on, self starter to help us significantly increase our databases of prospects. We have an exciting events programme coming up and we want to encourage new supporters to join us.

From routine, but critical high value data collection to identifying and qualifying people who we can contact and ask for meetings, this is a crucial role in engaging major gift supporters with Outward Bound and our mission.

You are perhaps a first jobber or recent graduate looking to develop a career in the third sector. Outward Bound is a great place to learn, and you'll soon see how your research and data skills can identify the right donors and build relationships and secure donations.

If you are looking to make a difference, whilst having some fun along the way, then why not get in touch?

Responsibilities

• Research and identify significant numbers of high net worth individuals who may be interested in supporting the work of Outward Bound.
• Research and manage information to develop a file of donors and prospects
• Develop and contribute to proposals and reports on Outward Bound strategies.
• Ensure compliant collation of information in line with GDPR regulations

You'll need

• Proficiency with online resources
• To be able to work with fundraising databases and lots of data
• Savvy enough to find out what’s available beyond what’s online
• To synthesise information and write clear reports
• Evidence of analytical thinking
• A curiosity about people, their interests, wealth and support for charities

For more information, please see the attached Job specification

About us

The National Lottery Community Fund is the largest funder of community activity in the UK – we support people and communities to prosper and thrive.

National Lottery players raise an incredible £36 million a week for good causes. This money funds projects and activities that transform communities, protect our heritage and enrich lives through arts, spots and culture. We are proud to be one of 12 distributors responsible for awarding this funding across the UK.

Thanks to National Lottery players, last year we were able to award over half a billion pounds of life-changing funding to UK communities, supporting thousands of projects making a real difference to people’s lives.

Over eight in ten of our grants were for under £10,000 going to grassroots groups and charities across the UK doing great things to support their communities, during a particularly tough time.

We also distribute non-National Lottery funds, working closely with Government on funding for important issues, such as tackling loneliness, multiple and complex needs, mental health and distributing Dormant Accounts money.

Over the last five years we’ve awarded a total of £3.4 billion, of which £2.7 billion is National Lottery money.

We fund things that matter – whether helping communities respond positively to national, regional or local priorities, or helping the UK achieve its big social ambitions. Our grants range from £500 up to multi-million-pound programmes – supporting people and projects to do extraordinary things and bring great ideas for their community to life.

About the role

We’re looking for an experienced Research Manager to join our team of 11 Research and Evaluation Specialists.  In this new role, you will work with colleagues across different teams and functions of the organisation. 

You will be commissioning research that helps us better understand what supports people and communities to thrive and supporting colleagues to use this evidence to inform funding strategy.

You’ll also help colleagues with a range of other research needs (e.g. brand and communications research) supporting them with best practice in design and analysis.

A key part of this role will be improving the coordination of our research – bringing together research from a range of sources, analysing and synthesising findings so they can be more easily understood, accessible and easier for people to use. You will support colleagues to interpret and make sense of this evidence and what it means for them, helping people to use research evidence to inform decision making. 

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37 Hours per week, flexible working considered

Interview Date: Wednesday 24th November

Location: Flexible – office/ remote/ hybrid.  Our offices are across the UK (Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, London, Newtown, Newcastle).

Essential criteria

• Expertise in social and market research with experience of a range of qualitative and quantitative methods and analysis
• Experience of carrying out secondary research, collating evidence from a range of sources to build a coherent story
• Statistical analysis skills (with experience of using SPSS or other statistical analysis software)
• Ability to communicate insight clearly and effectively, helping people to use findings to inform their work

Desirable criteria

• Experience of conducting research with VCSE organisations
• Experience of procuring, commissioning and managing research projects
• Applied experience of ethical, safeguarding and data protection considerations in research

For You

We seek to develop our staff and offer a wide range of personal development opportunities.

We offer a wide range of generous benefits including:

• Generous annual leave and company pension scheme
• Flexible working to support staff with their work/life balance, taking into account things such as caring responsibilities, worship and attendance at religious festivals
• Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Season ticket and cycle to work loans
• Paid volunteering leave

Equal opportunities

Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.

We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. We are committed to being an inclusive and great place to work, and recognise our people come from diverse backgrounds.  As such we particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, LGBTQ+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and will proactively make reasonable adjustments if needed through the recruitment process and during employment. This can be related to a physical and mental health conditions.

We are also proud to be a Stonewall Diversity Champion, supporting our commitment to being a great place to work for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) staff.

Development Officer

Salary: c £26,500 plus company benefits

Location: Northampton (agile working)

Hours: Full Time, Permanent

The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association has an exciting opportunity for a Development Officer to join our Fundraising Team at the Motor Neurone Disease Association on a permanent full-time basis, working from our National Office in Northampton, where we operate an agile working policy.

About the role

You will be working with the Head of Development and other colleagues within the Development Team plus volunteers, to help grow high value income - primarily major donor and corporate. You will deliver stewardship and other activities related to these supporters and programmes. Key responsibilities include:

• Pro-actively identify, research, cultivate and solicit prospects and supporters to generate high value gifts of 4 and 5 figures.
• Establish and maintain personalised relationships with prospects and supporters to help create a sustainable partnership culture that maximises financial and non-financial support over time.
• Support colleagues from across the Association to develop engaging proposals, stewardship and related materials and deliver events and other activities to achieve the team's objectives.
• Travel throughout the country to attend meetings and events to cultivate prospects, present proposals, manage partnerships and support colleagues as necessary.

What are we looking for?

We are a looking for someone with Fundraising experience, ideally with high value supporters or through direct prospect cultivation and stewardship - or demonstrable experience in a similar new business / relationship role. You must be an excellent communicator with the ability to write and present in a creative, clear and inspiring way.

Excellent Stakeholder development and management skills are essential.

A Full Driving Licence is required for travel around the UK.

How to apply?

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, apply online now and submit a supporting statement and CV.

About Us

The MND Association was founded in 1979. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We also fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND. The Association also campaigns and raises awareness so the needs of people with MND, and everyone who cares for them, are recognised and addressed by wider society.

We operate an agile working environment within a flexible office space using the latest technology and digital infrastructure. This, together with a high level of trust and performance driven culture, gives staff the freedom and flexibility to work in the best way for them, the Association and, most importantly, people with MND.

We are committed to equality and value diversity. We are working hard to remove perceived and actual barriers to participation for people with and affected by MND, current and future staff, volunteers, and stakeholders.

Important Notices

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

Our selection process will be multi-stage; this may include video call screening, psychometric assessments, and competency-based interview/s.

We request that recruitment agencies do not contact us in relation to this role. We work hard to fill our roles directly and if assistance is required, we operate a PSL, which currently closed for review. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies/ head-hunters.

We are looking for an experienced individual to manage and support all aspects of the donor journey from top-level subscriber to high-level donor. Maintaining and growing our pool of supporters across Scotland at all levels, your focus will be on top-level Subscribers, Members and Corporate Partners. The postholder also manages the RSNO legacy programme and the organisation’s annual appeal. A confident and self-motivated individual with excellent communication skills, you will excel at nurturing and developing high-level relationships and bringing supporters closer to our work. This role would suit someone with experience of running membership schemes, a meticulous eye for detail and an understanding of arts sector fundraising and events.

The Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR) was established in 2007. Since then GNDR has grown as the largest international network of civil society organisations working to strengthen resilience and reduce risk in communities worldwide. We are more than 1,500 organisations, many of them grassroots and local community groups as well as national, regional and international organisations and networks.

We are seeking a Senior Fundraising Officer, who as a member of the Secretariat team, will be responsible for supporting GNDR’s fundraising activities, by conducting research on and making contact with donors, and supporting the design and production of high quality donor submissions and reports.

Position in the organisation

• Responsible to the Fundraising Coordinator
• Part of the Secretariat team and active participant in cross-team working 
• Works in close collaboration with GNDR members and project partners

Overall Scope of the Role

• Donor Prospecting 
• Donor Relations
• Donor Funding Submissions
• Donor Reporting

1. Donor Prospecting

• Map donors against GNDR’s strategic priorities;
• Support Regional Leads through prospecting donors in their respective region (including Institutional Donors, Trusts / Foundations and Corporates);
• Produce donor summaries and priority lists;
• Monitor donor portals for upcoming calls for proposals.​

        2. Donor Relations

• Support the growth and development of GNDR’s relationship with new donors through contacting select trusts, foundations and corporates to introduce GNDR, and by managing the relationship with a select number of donors;
• Support the Fundraising Coordinator with building and maintaining relationships with Institutional Donors and peer agencies for potential consortia;
• Join relevant fundraising networks and attend fundraising and marketing events;
• Support the Fundraising Coordinator with the design of donor stewardship events and donor communications.​

        3. Donor funding submissions

• Support the Fundraising Coordinator, in close consultation with Regional Leads, Project Coordinators, and external stakeholders, in the design, writing, and submission of high quality funding applications (concept notes, proposals and supporting documentation) to relevant donors at regional and global levels;
• Manage the development of a bank of project concept ideas to be used for fundraising;
• Track and monitor the outcomes of applications to ensure funding proposals are fully considered by donors and relevant data is provided;
• Analyse and disseminate the reasons for success or failure and corrective action necessary to improve the success rate of future funding applications.

         4. Donor Reporting 

• Support the writing, review and editing of donor reports prior to submission to ensure timely, quality reporting that meets donor terms and conditions;

What we are looking for:

• Relevant fundraising experience in the INGO sector
• Experience of writing successful donor fundraising proposals and presenting budgets, financial and narrative reports.
• Experience of managing relationships with donars.

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent written English
• Proposal and report writing
• Project Cycle Management skills
• Good ICT and computer skills, including use of spreadsheets
• Good planning, budgeting, and monitoring skills
• Good analytical and research skills 
• Strong communications, selling, influencing, and persuading skills, particularly being able to communicate complex issues succinctly in writing
• Communicating in cross cultural context with people from different backgrounds 

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: The Greenhouse Centre, Marylebone, London

Salary: £25,000 - £28,000 per annum (depending on qualifications, skills and experience)

Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Closing Date: 5 November 2021 at 23:59 hours

About Us

Established in 2002, Greenhouse Sports charity is leading the fight for a future where London’s young people are supported and empowered, whatever their challenges, through sport. We coach and mentor young people from deprived backgrounds because the crisis for children living in deprivation is real and it is urgent. Children from the poorest families are 3 times more likely to not participate in any extra-curricular activities compared to those from wealthier families, and they lack many opportunities that are available to their wealthier peers. They are more likely to leave school with no qualifications, be excluded from school get involved in crime and gang violence and suffer from mental health issues.

Greenhouse are here to make sure they get the best possible chance to do well in life and have the resilience to overcome life’s difficulties. We run extracurricular breakfast, lunch and after-school clubs at mainstream and special educational needs schools across London. Young people who have the opportunity to play sport regularly and be mentored by coaches who are role-models, become adults who have confidence, resilience and leadership potential.

Join us in our fight for young people in London. For many, London is a great place for children to grow up in. Greenhouse Sports wants London to be a great place for all children to grow up.

The Role

The fundraising landscape has changed considerably over the last couple of years, and this is an exciting time to join our established, high-performing team as we seek to reach new audiences and innovate digitally. Working within the Partnerships team (corporates, trusts, major donors) to achieve annual income targets, you will directly support the Head of Partnerships with the development of the corporate income pipeline. The fundraising team and the partnerships we manage have each been shortlisted for the Charity Times Awards 2021 with this role providing an exciting development opportunity to learn from an ambitious, passionate and sector-leading team.

You will be joining as Greenhouse Sports emerges from a successful couple of years of fundraising which is enabling us to prepare for growth of our services at a time when young people need our support more than ever.

Role Responsibilities

• Own the stewardship and relationship management of small-medium sized partnerships.
• Research business development opportunities for the Head of Partnerships, Director of Fundraising, CEO and Trustees to reach and pitch to new potential corporate partners.
• Supporting the Head of Partnerships on new business pitches.
• Ensuring that all income is processed and donors are thanked appropriately. 
• Owning the corporate volunteering process at Greenhouse Sports, ensuring our corporate supporters and young people have access to meaningful, beneficial volunteering opportunities. 
• Working with the Head of Partnerships, Delivery Manager and Coaching Team to develop our corporate volunteering offering and the launch of our new Employability Programme.

The Person

The successful candidate will have the following:

• A keen understanding and belief in the Greenhouse Sports mission
• Experience of fundraising, fundraising support, sales, account management or relationship development roles
• Very Strong attention to detail
• The ability to work under own initiative, managing your workload and working collaboratively with the wider Fundraising Team and internal staff
• Experience of being involved in researching prospects, managing a pipeline or sales funnel and new business pitching
• Experience of working with internal teams and in a client/ consumer facing role
• Well-developed customer service skills and the ability to build good working relationships both internally and with supporters and funders

All Greenhouse Sports employees are provided with comprehensive Continuous Professional Development support and are expected to commit fully to Greenhouse Sports’ Safeguarding & Child Protection and Equal Opportunities Policies.

To Apply:

Please download the attached application form 

Please be aware that late applications and speculative CVs alone will not be accepted. We will be reviewing applications from the job advert opening date, so we recommend applying early to avoid missing the opportunity.

Greenhouse Sports recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Greenhouse Sports is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children therefore applicants must be willing to undergo child protection training and screening including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check and obtaining satisfactory references from past employers.

Supporter Care Assistant
Harrogate, North Yorkshire

The Role

This is a newly created role and offers a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about delivering high quality customer care to develop and establish yourself as the first point of contact for all our supporters and donors who interact and support the charity.

Reporting to the Head of Fundraising, the Supporter Care Assistant will be responsible for a range of tasks including liaising and building relationships with the charity’s supporters and donors, updating the CRM database, which is key to all of our fundraising activity and working with colleagues within the Marketing and Fundraising Team to deliver communications to our target audiences.

Specifically, you will:

- Create accurate, timely and appropriate supporter communications. Working with the Marketing / CRM Teams to automate communications where this is possible and appropriate.

- Use the CRM system to run supplied data queries to deliver campaigns (e.g. using Mail Merge) to create and deliver supporter communications. This includes printing and posting letters and sending emails, making updates to supporter records and fulfilling requests for information.

- Update supporter records to reflect changes in marketing permissions, personal details and the charity’s relationship with the supporter (e.g. Volunteer / Donor / Brand Ambassador etc).

- Work with colleagues to use database modules (e.g. Prospect Module / Volunteer module) to deliver communications that are relevant to the target audiences. 

- Help fulfil email supporter communications. This includes running data queries for a monthly e-news, cancellation communications and managing different email supporter journeys, for example.

- Monitor inbound emails to the charity, forwarding to the relevant colleague (if unable to provide a response) or responding and actioning. You will work alongside the Office Administrator, answering incoming telephone enquiries, responding if possible and/or forwarding on calls/messages to colleagues as appropriate. Accurately update the database to reflect each conversation to ensure we have up-to-date records.

About You

To be considered for this role, you will need:

- A degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline or proven experience working in a similar role at a similar level.

- Customer service experience in a similar or related role (e.g. telephony / databases / office).

- To be up-to-date with the requirements of GDPR and confident in adhering to these requirements.

- A high level of computer literacy with comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, especially Word, Excel and Outlook.

- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with an ability to use active listening skills, and write professionally and appropriately for a range of diverse audiences. Has a good grasp of grammar, spelling and of the spoken word.

- Previous experience of working with databases is preferable (e.g. Access or Raiser’s Edge).

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 Supporter Care Assistant to support our Brand and Relationships 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 Supporter Care Assistant, 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.

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

About the role:

Our amazing Nations and Local Volunteering Team is growing with a brand-new role in Scotland! We are seeking a Communities Engagement Officer!

You will support the Head of Scotland and Northern Ireland in building and maintaining connections with communities across Scotland to develop meaningful partnerships, grow the charity profile and help extend our reach to everyone who needs us. You will be responsible for developing, maintaining and expanding our networks by engaging communities, making connections, ensuring Pancreatic Cancer UK (PCUK) influencing activity, support and information reaches across Scotland. 

Some of the main responsibilities of this role include:

• Build and maintain relationships with other charities in Scotland that may support people with pancreatic cancer, ensuring they are aware of and can signpost to our support and information services.
• Along with the Head of Scotland & Northern Ireland, support policy, campaigning and influencing activity in Scotland, rolling out campaigns in the nation.
• Recruit, train, induct and co-ordinate local volunteers across Scotland ensuring that we are working to engage volunteers from diverse communities and growing the volunteer community.
• Build and support relationships with health professionals and hospitals across Scotland to raise awareness of our information and support services, securing static stands in hospital settings, when allowed.
• Maintain excellent records of activity across Scotland, ensuring that essential information is captured on Raisers Edge, appropriate record-keeping systems are in place and kept updated and conform to data protection legislation.

This is a part-time, home-based post with travel around Scotland (aligned with Government guidance) for a fixed term of 12 months in the first instance.

About you:

• You will have a proven ability in developing and maintaining effective relationships with key stakeholders and supporters
• You will have a proven ability in representing an organisation externally at meetings
• You will be able to co-ordinating volunteers
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, including delivering presentations.

If you feel excited and inspired by the prospect of joining us, I’d love to hear from you.

Please see the job pack on our website for full details of the role.

About us:

It’s unacceptable that more than half of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die within 3 months. Survival rates have improved enormously for most cancers, yet for pancreatic cancer, this is not the case. And, with treatment and care affected by the pandemic, the situation has only got worse.

Pancreatic Cancer UK is a national charity dedicated to taking on this injustice using every possible means. We’re supporting people with pancreatic cancer now, campaigning, and funding vital research to transform the future. 

Working with us:

We are an inclusive employer committed to developing a diverse workforce and are looking for people who can demonstrate dedication to our cause and values. We offer a supportive place to work with helpful and friendly staff who report a high level of job satisfaction.

Hours: Part-time, 21 hours per week, Monday to Friday (Flexible working will be discussed)

Location: Remote-working (Home-based). However, please note you will need to either live in or live near Scotland as you need to be able to travel around Scotland for meetings.

Closing date: Thursday, 28th October 2021 at 9 am. This role may close earlier if we receive a high number of suitable applications, please do apply early.

Interview dates: Wednesday, 10th November 2021 (Interviews will take place remotely via a Zoom video call).

To apply, please download the job pack and application form from our website.

You must have the right to work in the UK when you apply.

Alongside a new Corporate and Community Fundraising Role, we are seeking to appoint a full time Trusts, Foundations & Lottery Fundraiser.

Based in Doncaster, you will have the opportunity to build upon engagement work which has taken place over the last few years, albeit the scope for you to make your own mark is significant. The role is well suited to someone who enjoys creating an impactful narrative which meets the requirements of each individual funder. An eye for detail when researching, developing applications and meeting deadlines is key, whilst also being able to develop purposeful relationships with a wide portfolio of Trusts and Foundations.

You will have a strong empathy to those we support whilst also enjoying being part of a truly inspirational staff team who will want to support you and share ideas.  Having had a presence in Doncaster for over 190 years, we have big plans to share our story. We’d love you to be a part of it.

We’ve also two very innovative capital projects currently in design phase, so you’ll soon have a creative and impactful fundraising proposition within your portfolio. In this respect you will need a can-do attitude and the willingness to roll up your sleeves and jump right in. 

If you like what you’ve read and want to apply, then can you demonstrate:

• At least two year’s experience of fundraising within the charitable sector and specifically linked to the Trusts, Foundations and Lottery. We acknowledge that you may have a blend of Lottery and/or Trusts and Foundations and will take this into consideration.
• A track record of managing a matrix of funders within the project scenario, each with their own unique stewardship requirements.
• An empathy for those we work with.
• A desire to work as a team with collective goals, yet individual disciplines and targets.
• Excellent ICT skills and proficiency in Microsoft outlook, word, excel and PowerPoint and familiarity with a CRM (we are currently looking at CRM options).

The Moving Minds Alliance is a multi-stakeholder partnership of 20+ organisations working to scale up the financing, policies, and leadership needed to effectively support the youngest children and families affected by crisis and displacement everywhere. The Moving Minds Alliance is hosted by the International Rescue Committee (IRC).

Four years since its inception, and having just updated its strategy, operational model and governance, Moving Minds Alliance is embarking on its next phase of activity with its expanding membership. Bringing on board and building collaborations with key stakeholders across sectors will be a key goal for this next phase, as well as shaping MMA as a platform for effective sharing and learning for the growing community working to support the children and families affected by crisis.

To lead the Moving Minds Alliance, we are looking for an enthusiastic changemaker who embodies our principes of being action-oriented, ambitious but practical, committed to sharing learning, and collaborative and inclusive.

The successful candidate will ideally have worked across more than one of the sectors represented in the Moving Minds Alliance (e.g. philanthropy, UN/non-profit, private sector), have experience in multi-stakeholder engagement and partnership-building for social change, and a proven track record in strategy development and implementation, team and project management, and operational oversight.

Note that funding for this role has been secured and is in the process of being transferred to the IRC.

Our Vision: Rebuilding resilience of the youngest refugees

Forced displacement worldwide is at a record high, and children are disproportionately represented among those fleeing from emergencies and crisis-affected contexts. One in four children around the world lives in contexts affected by conflict or disaster, and more than 30 million children have been displaced by conflict.

Given the protracted nature of modern displacement, most children born in displacement will go on to spend their entire childhoods away from home. Experiences during this period, in the very first years of life, shape the architecture of the brain and lay the foundation for future development, learning and physical and mental health.

Prolonged exposure to violence and toxic stress is associated with high levels of depression, anxiety, and in some cases post-traumatic stress disorder, which can have life-long negative effects on children’s development.

The good news is that evidence indicates early childhood services, including those that support and guide parents, caregivers, and families in times of crisis, can mitigate the negative effects of trauma and stress on young children and promote resilience and well-being for a lifetime.

While the international community has made significant efforts to ensure children have access to basic healthcare and nutrition, the provision of services for other critical areas of a young child’s development is severely lacking in crisis situations across the globe, as well as in communities hosting refugees and asylum-seekers. A 2018 review of active humanitarian response plans revealed that only 10 out of 38 plans included interventions specifically targeting the youngest children. A more recent MMA analysis of financing for early childhood in crisis contexts, found that only 2% of humanitarian aid, and 3% of development aid finds its way to supporting the needs of the youngest children and families in crisis contexts.

Coordinated action by the humanitarian community, donors, and policymakers is needed to raise the life prospects of millions of young children on the move.

About the Moving Minds Alliance

The Moving Minds Alliance came together to close the gap in support for the youngest children on the move and their families. It is multi-stakeholder partnership working to scale up the financing, policies, and leadership needed to effectively support young children and families affected by crisis and displacement everywhere.

Originally established in 2017 by a group of six philanthropic foundations, today it counts nearly 25 members including foundations, NGOs, UN agencies and academia. Members combine their programmatic, funding, and research expertise to support prioritization of the youngest refugees and their caregivers.

Moving Minds Alliance develops activities in the areas:

•  Joint Advocacy: Ensuring donors, humanitarian actors & networks, and country governments prioritize and champion early childhood development (ECD) in crisis settings;
•  Sharing & Learning: Establishing a thriving network that is sharing and applying insights effectively to deliver on its common agenda for change.

Moving Minds Alliance’s activities are focused on the areas described above; MMA does not provide funding for implementation of early childhood programs on the ground. Activities are taken forward collaboratively by its members, with support from the Secretariat (interim support is currently provided by consultants).

Operational costs and activities are financed by a sub-group of philanthropic foundations that is part of the overall MMA membership, through a combination of annual member fees and additional donations and grants. A Steering Committee provides overall strategic direction, while sub-groups (most notably the Joint Advocacy Group) are responsible for operationalizing specific areas of work. MMA’s Secretariat and pooled fund is transitioning to be held by the International Rescue Committee.

The Position and key working relationships

In the past year, several updates were made to Moving Minds Alliance’s strategy, governance, and operations, to be able to accommodate a growing group of member organisations at a new host organisation, and respond to shifts in the constantly evolving broader ecosystem of partnerships and initiatives.

The Director is the first hire in this new set-up, and will be critical in ensuring a smooth transition, and delivering the vision and leadership to take the Alliance’s work and impact to the next level.

The Director will be expected to lead the Movings Minds Alliance, and will have considerable autonomy in shaping and implementing MMA’s strategy. In the short term, it is envisioned a senior advocacy specialist will be recruited specifically to support MMA’s joint advocacy activities. A project officer will be hired to support activities, administration, and communications. Both these positions will report to the Director. The Director is expected to lead on recruitment of the project officer.

The Director will work most closely with and under the oversight of the MMA Steering Committee (on which the Director will have an ex-oficio, non-voting seat). For administrative purposes the Director will formally report to a senior member of IRC staff.Funding for this role has been secured and is in the process of being transferred to the IRC.

Responsibilities of the Director will include:

Vision & Strategy

•  Oversee refinement of the MMA strategy and multi-year plan (in particular in the area of Sharing & Learning), in coordination with the Steering Committee and in consultation with MMA members
• Oversee the implementation of all aspects of the MMA strategy and activities, with other Secratariat staff and MMA members
• Oversee development of organization-wide budget and associated workplans for approval by the Steering Committee
• Oversee development of of monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) plan for the Moving Minds Alliance and track progress toward indicators

Alliance Development and Outreach

• Maintain good relations with all MMA members, and ensure they are adequately supported to deliver on the group’s ambitious objectives
• Establish relations with high-level/influential leaders (inside and outside the membership) who can champion and support MMA’s objectives
• Serve as point of contact for Foundation group members (the philanthropic foundations who fund MMA’s activities) and the philanthropic community more broadly
• Build and maintain relationships with relevant networks and organisations (both known allies and more ‘unusual supsects’) for purposes of coordination and collaborationRepresent the Moving Minds Alliance in relevant meetings and conferences

Operations & Governance Oversight

• Support recruitment, oversee the work and support development of two other Secretariat staff (senior advocacy specialist, and a project officer), and build a strong team that embodies MMA’s values
• Provide overall oversight of the Alliance’s finances including development and monitoring of the annual budget, and authorizing expenditures
• Support resource mobilization for the Moving Minds Alliance in active collaboration with Steering Committee and MMA members
• Oversee development of materials (incl. Annual Reports) on all ongoing activities and report to Steering Committee on progress, management, and operations
• Work with the host agency on day-to-day financial transactions, grant management, HR, and legal issues
• Oversee development of a conflict of interest policy, shape and oversee the MMA brand and identity (incl. the MMA website)
• Manage and coordinate brand review & approval process (where needed involving the MMA Steering Committee)
• Recruit, brief, and manage consultants hired to support MMA’s work

Qualifications

The ideal candidate for this position has the following skills and experience:

•  Master’s Degree in public policy, organizational management, humanitarian assistance, international development, child development or another relevant field (or equivalent experience)
• Fluent in spoken and written English. French, Spanish, Arabic, Swahili, and/or knowledge of other languages desireable
• 12+ years professional experience in a strategic leadership/management role in international development/ humanitarian aid, social business, and/or philanthropy. Experience across more than one sector a plus
• Demonstrated experience in managing and motivating staff, and overseeing operations
• Prior experience leading (development/social change) partnerships informed by strong strategic vision
• Strong solutions- and result orientation, energized by thinking out of the box
• Excellent listening, communications and persuasive ability, proven track record in uniting people around a common goal
• Highly organized with strong project management skills
• Capable of working independently as well as collaboratively
• Able to efficiently analyze complex problems, identify risks, and propose solutions
• Passionate about social change, and driven to make a difference in the lives of young children on the move (early childhood knowledge not required)

Please include the following questions in your cover letter:

1.Please describe two opportunities and two challenges you see for Moving Minds Alliance to increase prioritization of early childhood development in crisis settings by major donors, humanitarian actors and host country governments.

2.What are three important values you would foster in a (mostly) remote, multi-stakeholder partnership, and why?

3.What are two concrete learnings/insights from leading a multi-stakeholder partnership in the past that you would bring to MMA?

MMA Secretariat staff will be on IRC staff contracts. The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct.  These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.  In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Les employés du Secretariat MMA seront employés sur la base des contrats de IRC. IRC et les employés de IRC doivent adhérer aux valeurs et principes contenus dans le IRC WAY (normes de conduite professionnelle). Ce sont l’Intégrité, le Service, et la Responsabilité. En conformité avec ces valeurs, IRC opère et fait respecter les politiques sur la protection des bénéficiaires contre l’exploitation et les abus, la protection de l’enfant, le harcèlement sur les lieux de travail, l’intégrité financière, et les représailles. 

The application deadline is 27th October 2021.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK or Switzerland. 

IRC-UK strives to be an equal opportunities employer. IRC-UK is committed to equality of opportunity and to non-discrimination foralljobapplicantsandemployees,andweseekto ensureweachieve diversityinourworkforceregardlessofgender,race,religiousbeliefs, nationality, ethnic/national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.

IRC-UK welcomes applications from all candidates, including underrepresented groups and refugees who have the right to work in the UK.

IRC UK will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application and/or interview process, and for essential job functions if appointed to a role. Please contact us if you may need such adjustments. 

Join our dynamic and successful Trusts and Statutory Team as our Trusts and Statutory Manager. Reporting to the Deputy Head of Trusts and Statutory, you will have responsibility for managing a number of high value grant partnerships as well as leading on prospecting and applying for high value bids. You will manage key relationships with funders, as well as coordinating cross-organisational responses to large opportunities. You will be joining a dynamic team with big ambitions for growth, in a well-established Fundraising department. You will have an opportunity to make a considerable impact on our work.

As a team we frequently punch above our weight, and recent successes have included six figure partnerships with Clean Air Fund, Fidelity, and NHS England amongst others. This role will be responsible for building on this success ensuring that we continue to win new relationships with Trusts, Foundations and Statutory donors that match the Partnerships core and programmatic priorities. Focusing on maximising income through multi-year, strategic relationships that meets both ours and the funders needs.

One person in five in the UK is affected by lung disease. As the only UK charity for people affected by all lung diseases – from mild asthma through to lung cancer – the Asthma UK-British Lung Foundation is here for every one of them. We provide support, fund vital research, and campaign for better prevention, treatment and care.

You will be joining an exciting team with big ambitions for growth, in a well-established Fundraising department. You are an experienced manager who thrives on building and winning high-value transformational partnerships with a proven ability to build excellent relationships and networks to deliver our ambition.

As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a range of benefits including 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), membership of a health cash plan, employee assistance programme, cycle-to-work scheme, interest-free annual season Travelcard loan and pension scheme.

This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to an organisation committed to supporting everyone whose life is changed by lung disease.

Please ensure the file name for your CV and application form includes your full name

Please note that CV’s in isolation and any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.