Head of Fundraising

Alder Hey Family House Trust

Ronald McDonald House – Liverpool Alder Hey

Circa £40,000 per annum, plus benefits

About us:

Ronald McDonald House Liverpool (Mac House) is an independent charity based in Liverpool, established in 1993 to provide support and accommodation to the parents of children in the nearby Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. The charity offers a 'home from home' for families a short distance from the hospital, allowing families who live further afield and/or those who are in difficult financial circumstances to be close to their sick child.

In its 26 years of operation, Mac House has provided accommodation to 32,000 families. The house now has 84 rooms and is the largest Ronald McDonald House in Europe.  Functioning as one of just three charities under the Ronald McDonald Charities umbrella that holds independent charitable status, Mac House needs to raise £700,000 a year to continue to deliver its services and maintain its independence as a charity.

This is an exciting time for the charity, we are ambitious for our future and see many opportunities ahead for us and are therefore investing in a number of different areas including the refurbishment of our accommodation and our fundraising programme.

We are a small, dynamic team; engaging and innovative fundraising and marketing is critical for us to continue offering a ‘home for home’ for our families.

The role:

We are seeking an experienced fundraising manager with excellent communication skills and a successful track record of exceeding targets across a range of income streams.  They will be able to influence and motivate others, build positive relationships with key stakeholders and work collaboratively throughout the organisation.  An effective change maker, they should be able to identify quick wins, manage risk and progress long term plans for sustainable income growth whilst embedding string governance across all activity.

The successful candidate will need to be comfortable in developing strategies, working with budgets and forecasts as well as motivating and managing an established team to make the most of every donation we receive.  They will have an excellent understanding of a range of income streams, including community, corporate and events fundraising, individual giving, trusts and legacies.  They will also introduce innovative opportunities to maximise income and maintain the high profile of our charity.

At Mac House we believe that every donation matters and as such, our families and supporters are at the heart of all our activity.  Our Head of Fundraising will have excellent rapport and an ability to develop and nurture relationships with our supporters.

How to apply:

Contact Wendy Carson for an informal chat, or visit our website

Please download the job description and person specification for more information and if you think you have what we are looking for send in your CV and supporting statement (please ensure your supporting statement is no longer than 3 sides of A4) 

Closing date:24th February 2020

Interviews:5th and 6th March 2020

You’ve got an in-depth understanding of mental health issues and substantial experience of working in a Housing and Social Care setting. All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Richmond Fellowship as a Service Manager.

Right now, we’re looking for someone like you to manage the day-to-day running of the Our Time service in Liverpool which aims to tackle the social isolation faced by adults with mental health problems. As well as ensuring the quality of service and support provided to people who use our services, we’ll rely on you to manage service contracts, line manage front line staff and organise any building maintenance requirements. Whether you’re carrying out an induction, undertaking an investigation, putting team development plans in place or providing support to our business development team, one thing’s for sure – you won't be short of challenge and variety.

Substantial experience gained managing a caseload of individuals with complex needs is a given, as well as being outcome driven and able to lead by example using your firm but inclusive management style. Some experience of housing management is desirable, but not essential. You’re open and encouraging too, and have lots of tact and diplomacy. What's more, you're great at managing conflicting priorities on time, have a flexible attitude to working hours and are willing to participate in on call arrangements. And, if you have experience of carrying out investigations, writing reports/recommendations or managing budgets, even better, although it's not essential.

So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits? Apply now via our website.

Richmond Fellowship is part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.

We are looking for someone who can help us develop and deliver our vision for the charity in the next decade.  Do you fit the bill?

This is a business development role which forms part of our management team (SMT).  As we are a small, member-led organisation, every role also involves working directly with our members.  Our work is holistic, person-centred and constantly strengthened by the voice of our members.

Based: from Mencap Cottage House, Crosby and Mencap Liverpool office, City Centre

Hours: 30-37.5 hours week Monday-Friday, (flexible & term-time working available)

Salary: £25,000- £28,500 for 37.5hrs

Responsible to: the Chief Executive

Mencap Liverpool & Sefton is a local charity based in the centre of Liverpool and the middle of Sefton.  We work with individuals who have a learning disability to ensure that they are valued equally, listened to and included.  Most of the people we work with have mild to moderate learning disability and often get no other form of support.  

In December 2018, Mencap Liverpool merged with South Sefton Mencap to form Mencap Liverpool & Sefton.  This has increased our area of operations and given us many new relationships and opportunities to develop.  We have a compelling vision to restore the building in Crosby, to create an inclusive place which enhances the mental wellbeing of our members (beneficiaries) and the local community.

And in December 2020, we will be celebrating the 70th Birthday of Mencap Liverpool!

Key Responsibilities:

• Partnership Working
• Project Management
• Income Generation
• Marketing & Communications
• Management, Influence & Leadership
• Strategy & Impact

About you:

Our ideal candidate will have an/or be able to demonstrate:

• At least two years in successful business development/income generation
• Strong understanding and alignment to our vision and mission
• Experience of working within the Third Sector
• Business Planning
• A flair for developing positive relationships
• Excellent time and workload management skills
• Demonstrable understanding of the charity funding environment
• A great team working ethic
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills 
• A natural communication and presentation style for a range of audiences
• Great attention to detail
• A high level of IT literacy
• Persuasive writing skills
• A problem solving approach and great initiative

For a detailed description of the role and person specification, please see the attached job details.

We will be holding informal interviews as applications come in, so don't wait until the closing date.  Send us your CV and a covering letter explaining how you meet the person spec.

We look forward to hearing from you!

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Out Of Hours on call (Weekend)

No of Posts: x 1

Salary: £ 22,178 pro rata (11.37p/h)

Status: Substantial post

Hours: 18 hours per week – Saturday and Sunday 15:30 – 00:30

Holidays: 22 Days plus Bank Holidays pro rata

Based at: Leigh Hub

Responsible to: On call manager

Accountable to: Queen’s Hall Action on Poverty Trustees
Closing Date: 12 Noon Sunday 9th February
Interviews: Wednesday 12th February

JOB PURPOSE

The Brick is a charity with big aspirations and its local community at the heart of everything it does. As a result, The Brick follows a strategy and approach focusing on personal development by following The 3 R’s. The 3 R’s are: Relief, meeting felt needs, Restoration, equipping people for self-sustaining, independent living, and Reformation, speaking out and acting against social injustice.

The key role will be to support The Brick and individuals through providing Relief. You will work with some of the most vulnerable individuals in the community to identify support for immediate crisis and then then facilitate bespoke support to ensure that they are provided with accurate advice and information needed to access safe, appropriate accommodation.

The Brick is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace, which attracts all candidates and signals our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity. This includes not discriminating under the Equality Act 2010 and building an accurate picture of the make-up of our workforce.

We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and support or staff from different backgrounds

Location: Warrington Combined Court

Department: Witness Service - National

Hours per week: 29 hours

Citizens Advice won a grant from the Ministry of Justice to run the Witness Service from April 2015.  The Witness Service has nearly 300 staff and 3000 volunteers and offers free, independent, impartial and confidential support and information to 15,000 witnesses each month to give evidence in every criminal court in England and Wales.

Citizens Advice provide free, independent and impartial advice and information to help people resolve their legal, money and other problems. In the past year we have helped over 2.5 million people solve over 6.2 million problems. Our national network delivers services from over 3,000 locations in England and Wales. In 2015 we won Charity Times Charity of the Year for our work. Now we want to do even more.

Citizens Advice values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non-binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profile.

Interview date: 11/02/2020

Are you looking to deliver a strong business partnering service for a £200m commercially aware charity?

Would partnering with executive level stakeholders for multiple areas interest you?

Do you want to add value through strong analysis and make an impact in organisation-wide decision making?

This excellent opportunity as a Finance Analyst for an amazing charity that work all across the UK in a number of regions across to deliver fundraising activities and commercial benefits to the public. The newly created Finance Business Partner position will have the following key responsibilities:

Key responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders in the annual budget setting process and appropriately forecasting to communicate financially to non-finance staff at a Senior level
• Delivering sound advice to budget holders by supporting and coaching them through the decision-making process to improve financial performance across a number of exciting projects
• Embed this role in the team for budget holders as a key source of advice and knowledge to support business planning
• Prepare accurate and relevant management reports for budget holders
• Actively add value and drive forward communication through business partnering across departments

Benefits

• Very flexible working opportunities including condensed hours
• Working from home opportunities
• 25 days holiday rising to 30 after 5 years of service
• Pension of up to 10% employer contribution
• Healthcare plan
• Many other excellent benefits

The successful candidate

• A fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA) or significant experience (QBE)
• Significant experience as a confident and collaborative Business Partner to challenge budget holders
• Experience of working on income and cost analysis
• Ideally experience within the charity sector but not essential
• A proactive and 'outside-the-box' thinker
• A tenacious and ambitious individual
• Knowledge of SAP accounting with drive to find the most efficient and effective way of reporting to add value to the business

This is a brilliant opportunity for a strong Management Accountant/Finance Analyst who is looking for their next step in their career, which will not only utilise your existing stakeholder engagement skills but also develop areas on a more strategic perspective.

Applications are being reviewed daily so please apply today!

Are you ready for a new challenge? Would you relish the chance to become part of a successful forward-thinking organisation? 

This is a really exciting new role to take the lead on corporate fundraising within Stick ‘n’ Step.

You will maximise current potential through excellent stewardship of our existing partners. You will lead on securing new corporate partnerships, you will build brand-new relationships from scratch, including strategic partnerships and Charity of the Year campaigns. Taking ownership of the corporate income stream, you'll have plenty of autonomy to be creative in terms of trying fresh things and leading new campaigns.

We would welcome applications from candidates who are target driven, with strong corporate fundraising experience or from a corporate sales background, who want to use their skills to make a real difference to the lives of the children and families that we support.

If you are an enthusiastic and energetic individual, a natural networker and compelling communicator who enjoys working in a team environment to achieve outstanding results then we would love to hear from you!

Interviews will take place on Thursday 20th February. 

About us: 

Stick ‘n’ Step provide free conductive education sessions to children with cerebral palsy. Our support improves mobility, independence and boosts self-confidence, enabling each child to reach their personal potential.

“We work together to help everyone achieve their full potential while having fun”.

We provide vital support to over 100 children and their families from our centres in Wallasey and Runcorn. Our Runcorn centre opened in the summer of 2017 enabling us to reach out to more families across the North West of England. This is an exciting time to join Stick ‘n’ Step and we are looking for someone who has the passion and motivation to contribute to our dynamic organisation.

Are you a charity fundraiser ready for a new challenge offering autonomy and a chance to really influence senior management?

This is a fantastic opportunity for a fundraiser ready to step up and take on line management responsibility whilst maintaining full control of income generation activity! 

About the charity

Natural Breaks have been supporting people with disabilities across the North West since 1991. The charity provides bespoke support in homes, in work, in education, with leisure or social activities and during the difficult transition from children to adult services.

As well as directly supporting individuals to lead a fulfilling and independent life, the charity also provides much-needed respite to their families. Natural Breaks now support over 100 people and their families and has historically been funded by local authorities.

About the role of Fundraising Officer

Natural Breaks gained charitable status in 2016 and as part of the next phase of their development and recently approved fundraising strategy, now offer this opportunity to lead on fundraising activity at the charity. An experienced charity fundraiser will be the next addition to the team to drive new revenue streams to secure existing services and allow for an expansion of services for families in the North West. This really is a varied role and offers the opportunity to drive revenue in Trusts and Foundations, Community, Individual Giving and Corporate fundraising.

As this is a brand-new position in the team, the successful candidate will be given the autonomy to deliver on the fundraising strategy, whilst also encouraged to influence senior leadership. The role also comes with line management responsibility and a chance to grow the team further upon success.

The charity prides itself on its positive working environment and excellent track record of staff development and retention. Natural Breaks want their staff to be the best that they can be, to deliver the best possible support. They truly believe leading an ordinary life can be extraordinary.

You may be an experienced generalist ready to embrace an opportunity to work for a progressive and well-managed charity, or perhaps you are a specialist fundraiser seeking an opportunity to expand your knowledge in a supportive environment. Wherever you have developed your charity fundraising experience, we are keen to speak to you about this unique opportunity!

How to apply:

If you think this is a perfect match for your skillset then please get in touch with the BTA recruitment team today.

Please get in touch with James for more information. 

Closing date: 9am, Wednesday 5th February 2020

Interview date: w/c 10th February 2020

This search is being conducted exclusively on behalf of Natural Breaks Ltd. by BTA. Our leadership team have all worked in the voluntary sector and we use this experience to match organisations and individuals to create great appointments.

City Hearts are currently recruiting for an Outreach Caseworker to work within the Anti-Trafficking Team of the organisation, working with both male and female clients. This role will require the successful candidate to casework the Survivors of Modern Slavery in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) and women with life-controlling issues in their rest and reflection period before moving on to support the Staff of City Hearts; to ensure all standards for City Hearts are upheld to a high standard. 

City Hearts was founded in 2005 with a mandate to fully restore those with a history of vulnerability and exploitation. We began with a single home to help women with life controlling issues and shortly after welcomed our first survivor of Modern Slavery. Since then we have expanded dramatically across multiple regions and now provide accommodation and outreach support to hundreds of survivors of modern slavery every year, as well as continuing to house and support women with life-controlling issues.

The Role:

• Caseworking individual PVOHT (Potential Victims of Human Trafficking);
• Regular feedback and review meetings with Outreach Coordinator;
• Arranging and attending appointments for individual;
• Following up all the paperwork and details of VOHT in adherence to the terms of the contract; including on line reporting. Including, weekly reviews, daily logs and inductions.
• Shift flexibility to include some evenings and, weekends and sleeps on a rota basis at safehouse,
• Ensuring that volunteers who work with you on shift have the proper level of support and adhere to policies and procedures;
• Ensuring that all Key Performance Indicators are met;
• Ensuring progression of VOHT through system;
• Liaising with organisations and individuals regarding PVOHT and CH in a professional manner –
• Identifying support hours and ensuring accurate logging of all hours;
• Ensuring paperwork is being completed correctly and in a timely fashion;
• Ensuring Exit Strategies are being prepared in a timely fashion;
• Dealing with out of hour crisis in accordance with standby rota;
• Receiving out of hours referrals, carrying out inductions, weekly reviews, updating IT system.
• Ensuring adherence to all internal procedures regarding City Hearts, the Safe Houses and any legislation;
• Promoting CH in adherence to the terms of the contract – this may include attending events on behalf of CH as a whole.

Any other duties that are commensurate with the role;

The Candidate:

• Ability to work in a team
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to liaise with other agencies in a professional manner
• Good communication skills
• Good organisational skills
• High level of emotional resilience
• Good IT skills and the ability to accurately record keep
• Ability to be flexible to needs of the service and clients
• Ability to manage time around shift work to enable adequate self-care and rest

Benefits:

30 Days Holiday (based on 40 hour working week)

Sleep shift pay supplement

Perkbox - local / national discount scheme + app

Training / Career Progression

Various courses - personal and professional development

On-going support

Group supervision regularly - share best practice

Closing date for the role is midnight on 7th February.

The Communications Officer will ensure that Wirral Ark has high quality communications and marketing in place to support its activities. Through high quality marketing materials, social media campaigns and consistent branding, will support our fundraising, policy and raise local awareness.

Key duties and responsibilities are as follows:

To support the fundraising function of the charity

• To work with fundraisers and management to make an appropriate comms plan for each fundraising event
• To support the success of fundraising events by reaching as many potential participants or donors as possible through appropriate channels
• To work with the fundraiser to respond to information requests from potential participants or donors
• To help produce and distribute fundraising packs in connection with ongoing events
• To create social media campaigns leading up to and through fundraising events
• To help design and produce printed materials relating to upcoming events
• To help organise our Christmas Card sales

Building awareness in the local community

• Publishing materials on different online channels that shares and champions the work of Wirral Ark
• Taking a lead on social media activity, ensuring we have a continual presence and engage with our local stakeholders
• Attending local events and helping raise awareness of the charity and its work
• Occasionally doing presentations to local community groups about Wirral Ark
• Helping design thank you and similar public stakeholder events each year
• Helping process volunteering queries coming in to the charity
• Creating and distributing press releases to appropriate places
• Manage and curate mailing lists of supporters
• Producing regular newsletters about Wirral Ark’s work
• Oversee the design and publishing of the charity’s website

Internal comms

• Helping design and refresh the Wirral Ark brand
• Producing brand guidelines and helping staff work inside them
• Support staff in producing their own printed materials for project and other internal purposes
• Inputting to the work of other staff where it relates to comms

General duties

• To attend all mandatory training courses
• To attend all staff meetings
• Other duties as required by the role.

A full job description is available to download.

Sensory Support Officer
Permanent, 37 hrs p/w 
Based in Chester
£18,614.80 p/a rising to £19,114.80 p/a after 6 months

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Sensory Support Officer (SSO) to join our team! 

We are a Disability Confident employer with vibrant offices in Macclesfield, Northwich & Chester, offering various types of support related to sensory loss (sight/hearing loss) for people across Flintshire. Our values-based culture comes from our knowledge that the services we provide make a real difference to the people we support.

We require a professional & approachable individual with strong administrative skills & a proactive attitude, able to work on own initiative. In this post you’ll be completing ‘What Matters’ Assessments in line with FCC’s recording policies & procedures. Support may be around information, advice/guidance & providing practical/emotional support to clients with a sensory loss. You will be visiting clients in their own homes or providing support within DSN offices.

This position will involve regular travel throughout Flintshire therefore a full driving licence & own transport are essential to the role. You may also be required to provide support in Cheshire & Wrexham to cover emergencies.

You will be fully supported by an excellent programme of continuous training & development; allowing you to truly shine in your role! In return we offer a range of benefits including:

24 days rising to 29 days +Bank Holidays, Company Sick Pay, Contributory pension scheme*,Training/ Development, Cycle Scheme*,Gym Membership* & more! (*subject to qualifying criteria).

We are an equal opportunities employer working to attract the best talent from diverse backgrounds to enhance our specialised team.

This role is subject to receipt of satisfactory references and completion of an enhanced DBS disclosure. Applications for flexible working & job share will be considered.

Please apply online with your CV and covering letter.

Please check your email for confirmation that your application has been received and to follow further instructions if applicable.

Closing Date 20th January 2020           
Interviews 24th January

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 Ref: SR506596

This is an interesting and varied role which will provide you with an opportunity to work at the heart of a thriving and well-respected local charity that transforms the lives of local people with a learning disability. We are looking for a highly skilled and personable Administrator to provide administrative support to the office team of five, as well as day-to-day reception and office management. We are looking for someone who is flexible and doesn’t mind making a brew for visitors one-minute and reconciling finances the next.

As the first point of contact in many cases, you must possess and exhibit the organisation’s core values:

- Openness

- Honesty

- Collaboration

- Courage

- Empowerment

You must be comfortable with competing workloads, deadlines and using your own initiative to solve problems and improve processes. Excellent IT skills is a must!

To apply, please submit a CV and covering letter, outlining how you meet the Job Description and Person Specification. We will not consider applications with a CV only. The deadline for applications is 9am on Friday 21st February. If interested in a part-time post, please specify what hours you would be interested in.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 26th February.

If you have any questions or want to discuss this role, please get in touch.

Salary: £31,114 per annum

Hours: 37 per week

Based: Flexible with travel across UK including the Liverpool Head Office

Duration: 12 months with possible extension

This is an exciting new role, created as part of our investment in income generation for our five year transformational strategic plan. As our fundraising lead you will work as part of the communications team to create and deliver an income generation strategy to develop our work promoting and celebrating the contribution of people with personal experience of supportive shared living.

You will be responsible for leading the organisation in generating new income (with support from colleagues) from a variety of sources including individual donors, events, corporate sponsorship, lottery and assisting with project grants.

You will need to have the ability to be a strategic thinker and have the energy to kickstart our fundraising plan and help lead the organisation in unrestricted income generation. The role has the potential to grow depending on the success of the organisation.

We are looking for an individual who understands and believes in our ethos and is ready to join us on our journey.

Job objectives

1. Corporate: raise money from local, national and international businesses, working in association with our corporate fundraising agency.

2. Individual giving: maintain, promote and manage our existing outsourced weekly lottery offer. Build, promote and support a series of fundraising events (using existing organised events) to raise our profile and donations.

3. Community: recruit, motivate, organise and facilitate supporters to raise money for our work – building a community that will help sustain our work. Work with targeted small/local businesses to facilitate community fundraising and awareness raising.

4. Trusts and foundations: Helping to apply for grant proposals for grants from funders whose values are aligned to our own.

5. General: to contribute to the health, sustainability and ethical development of Shared Lives Plus

Shared Lives Plus is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff.  We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnerships.

For more information contact Phoebe Rowell, Communications Manager or visit the Shared Lives Plus website

How to apply  

Apply by sending an up to date CV and a supporting statement, which should be kept to a maximum of two pages. Please start your supporting statement by saying why you want to work for us and work in the Shared Lives sector. Your supporting statement will also need to demonstrates how you meet the requirements of each area of the person specification below:

• Relevant skills and experience
• How your knowledge, values and attitude make you a suitable candidate
• How you would meet the practical requirements of the job.

To get a better sense of what we are looking for in each of these areas please read through the main duties and responsibilities and the detailed personal specification below.

Shared Lives Plus is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff.  We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnerships.