VCSE Development Lead
Wiltshire Wide | 30 hours per week (4 days) | Fixed-term 3 year contract
Salary: £32,000 FTE (pro rata)
Help Wiltshire's community organisations grow, thrive and make a bigger difference
Community groups and charities are at the heart of stronger, healthier communities. They bring people together, tackle local challenges and create opportunities for those who need them most.
At Wessex Community Action, we're looking for a passionate and proactive VCSE Development Lead to work alongside voluntary organisations, charities and grassroots groups across Wiltshire, helping them develop the skills, confidence and resilience they need to flourish.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys building relationships, supporting others to succeed and making a tangible difference in communities.
What you'll be doing
As our VCSE Development Lead, you'll be out in communities across Wiltshire, working directly with organisations at every stage of their journey.
Whether it's helping a new community group put the right foundations in place, supporting a charity to strengthen its governance, or helping an organisation become funding-ready, you'll provide practical advice, tailored support and encouragement that enables local organisations to thrive.
You'll also develop and deliver training, facilitate networking opportunities and connect organisations with partners, funders and wider support networks.
Most importantly, you'll help community organisations become stronger, more sustainable and better equipped to meet local needs.
Who we're looking for
We're looking for someone who:
- Has experience working with charities, voluntary organisations or community groups
- Understands organisational development, governance and community capacity building
- Can support organisations to improve their sustainability and funding readiness
- Is confident facilitating workshops, training sessions and group discussions
- Builds trusted relationships with a wide range of people and organisations
- Is passionate about empowering communities and reducing inequalities
- Enjoys working independently while being part of a supportive team
What we offer
- A rewarding role where you can make a real difference in local communities.
- Flexible and supportive working arrangements.
- The opportunity to work alongside inspiring community organisations, volunteers and local leaders.
- A friendly, values-driven team committed to strengthening communities.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata).
- Additional leave between Christmas and New Year (subject to organisational arrangements).
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Health plan.
- Annual volunteering day.
- Training and professional development opportunities.
- Dedicated external training budget.
Join us
If you're passionate about helping community organisations develop, grow and create lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you.
Please send your CV and a covering letter (maximum two sides of A4) outlining:
- Your interest in the role
- Your experience of working with and supporting charities and community groups
Closing date: Sunday 4 October
Interviews: 12 and 13 October
Registered Charity
1 - 5
Our mission as an independent charity, is to provide infrastructure support to the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector across Wiltshire.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Trusts & Foundations Fundraiser
Bethlehem Care & Hospice Trust
Salary: £34,000-£40,000 FTE, pro rata depending on experience | Hours: 14.8-18.5 hours per week (0.4-0.5 FTE) | Location: Home-based anywhere in the UK | Contract: 12 months initially, with a view to extension subject to funding and performance
Help sustain Palestine's first and only licensed palliative care service
Bethlehem Care & Hospice Trust (BCHT) is a small UK charity supporting the development of specialist palliative and hospice care in Palestine. In August 2023, the service we support became the first licensed palliative care service in Palestine. Since then, its specialist nurses have cared for more than 350 patients and their families and delivered more than 5,000 home visits.
The service has demonstrated what can be achieved. Our challenge now is to secure its future. We are investing in professional fundraising for the first time and are looking for an experienced Trusts & Foundations Fundraiser to help us build the sustainable income needed to protect and strengthen this pioneering service.
The opportunity
This is an unusually autonomous role in which you will work directly with BCHT's Trustees and colleagues in Palestine. You will take responsibility for developing income from charitable trusts, foundations and grant-making organisations: identifying prospects, developing compelling propositions, preparing high-quality applications and building long-term funder relationships.
We currently raise approximately £60,000-£80,000 each year against a core service requirement of around £150,000. Your initial focus will therefore be sustainability of the existing service, with opportunities subsequently to support its development and growth. Our Year 1 income target for this role is £70,000.
This role could be for you if you have proven experience of successful trusts and foundations fundraising; can demonstrate success in preparing grant applications; write persuasively; can research and develop a strong prospect pipeline; are highly organised; can work independently; and would value the opportunity to use your professional expertise to make a direct and measurable difference.
Experience of healthcare, hospice or palliative care, international development, small charities or faith-based organisations would be useful but is not essential.
BCHT is inspired by Christian values of compassion, dignity and service. Applicants should be sympathetic to the values and mission of the charity. The palliative care service we support is provided to people regardless of faith, ethnicity, background or ability to pay.
What we offer: flexible home-based working; 25 days' annual leave plus UK public/bank holidays, pro rata; and a workplace pension scheme with a 5% employer contribution, subject to scheme rules. You will have considerable scope to shape BCHT's approach to trusts and foundations fundraising and direct access to Trustees and decision-makers.
To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages explaining why you are interested in the role and how your experience meets its requirements. Please download the Recruitment Pack for further information.
Closing date: Friday 25 September 2026 | Interviews: Week commencing 5 October 2026 | Start: As soon as possible by agreement
To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages explaining why you are interested in the role and how your experience meets its requirements. Please download the Recruitment Pack for further information.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Location: Midlands. Regular business travel throughout our region and wider.
Salary: Circa £55,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent, full-time. Hybrid working with a minimum of 2 days in the office to attend weekly Senior Leadership Team meetings.
FareShare Midlands is looking for an experienced and ambitious Head of Fundraising to lead its fundraising strategy and build the sustainable income needed to support its work tackling hunger, food waste and poverty across the Midlands.
This is a senior role with responsibility for growing income across trusts and grants, corporate partnerships, individual giving and events, while developing new opportunities through major donor fundraising. You will lead the fundraising team, set direction and priorities, and build the partnerships and relationships needed to deliver long-term growth.
Working closely with the CEO, Deputy CEO, Finance and Communications teams, you will identify new funding opportunities, develop compelling proposals and pitches, strengthen existing relationships and ensure supporters are well stewarded. You will also play an important role in developing FareShare Midlands’ fundraising infrastructure, including making better use of its database to strengthen relationships and identify opportunities.
The ideal candidate will bring significant experience of securing income and building relationships with senior decision-makers, alongside a strong track record of delivering against fundraising targets. You will be confident developing strategy and turning insight into action, with the communication skills to represent the charity with donors, businesses and other external stakeholders.
You will be a collaborative and hands-on leader, comfortable working in a small, dynamic team and willing to contribute across the wider organisation when needed. With strong commercial awareness, creativity and tenacity, you will bring the energy and ambition needed to grow fundraising while staying closely connected to the charity’s purpose.
This is an opportunity to lead fundraising at an important stage in FareShare Midlands’ development, helping to generate the income and partnerships needed to maximise the social value of surplus food and create greater impact across the region.
Please download the Candidate Pack [PDF] for further information.
Closing Date: Monday, 21st September
Registered Charity
51 - 100
We redistribute good quality surplus food which would otherwise go to waste and also support people to find work through our employability programme.