Jobs in Ely

Location: Remote (with the ability to travel to Downton - Salisbury and National events)
Reports to: Senior Events Fundraising Manager
Hours: Full-time, flexible schedule, including weekends as required

Join Our Team and Make a Lasting Impact!

Are you a creative and results-driven events professional with a passion for making a difference? Do you thrive on managing large-scale virtual events that not only engage participants but also drive significant income for a meaningful cause? If so, we want you to join our dynamic team as an Events Fundraising Manager!

Why This Role?

As our Events Fundraising Manager, you’ll be at the forefront of developing and delivering innovative mass participation virtual events that captivate our supporters and maximise fundraising income. You’ll have the unique opportunity to take ownership of a diverse portfolio of virtual events, from initial concept through to seamless execution. Your work will directly contribute to our mission, helping us secure and grow vital funds that support our cause.

Key Responsibilities:

• Innovate and Inspire: Develop and implement creative event strategies that engage participants and drive fundraising success.
• Lead and Deliver: Manage the full lifecycle of your virtual event portfolio, ensuring all income and participant targets are met.
• Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with supporters, vendors, and stakeholders to ensure outstanding event experiences.
• Project Management: Oversee budgets, negotiate contracts, and ensure events are delivered on time and within financial targets.
• Drive Success: Collaborate with the marketing team to launch impactful acquisition campaigns that meet and exceed participant goals.

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven Experience: You’ve successfully managed large-scale events, with a track record of hitting KPIs and delivering exceptional results.
• Relationship Builder: You excel at building and nurturing relationships, both with internal teams and external partners.
• Creative Problem-Solver: You’re resourceful and adaptable, able to overcome challenges and deliver under pressure.
• Leadership: With strong management skills, you know how to motivate and guide a team to success.
• Detail-Oriented: You have a keen eye for detail and are committed to delivering events that exceed expectations.

Desirable Skills:

• Charity Sector Experience: Familiarity with the unique demands of charity fundraising is a plus.
• Digital Savvy: Experience in digital marketing and data management to enhance event participation.
• Innovative Mindset: You’re always thinking of new ways to engage and inspire your audience.

Why Work With Us?

• Flexible Working: Enjoy the freedom of a remote role with opportunities to travel and attend exciting national events.
• Impactful Work: Be part of a passionate team dedicated to making a real difference.
• Collaborative Culture: Join a supportive and innovative environment where your ideas are valued.

Ready to Take the Lead?

If you’re ready to bring your event management expertise to a role where you can truly make an impact, we want to hear from you! Apply now and be part of something extraordinary.

As part of Alzheimer’s Research UK’s Strategic Marketing Leadership Team, the Head of Marketing Planning plays a pivotal role in planning and integrating the charity’s marketing programmes to accelerate progress towards a cure.

The Strategic Marketing directorate lead collaboration across the charity to ensure a cohesive public facing narrative and marketing plan that will drive onward customer engagement and action. We do this through growing brand awareness, delivering excellence in digital capability and marketing, providing outstanding fundraising and marketing insight, and creating a single source of truth for marketing performance. You will work alongside the Head of Brand, Head of Digital and Head of Insight and Strategic Development.

The Head of Marketing Planning is responsible for driving planning and programme excellence across our marketing teams and initiatives that will support and increase informed collaboration. This role will have ownership of key planning and operating models that allows ARUK to deliver effective marketing programmes to achieve our goals. You will be responsible for proactively identifying opportunities to improve the effectiveness of our overall marketing programme.

This is a brand new role for the charity and as such you will be expected to shape and develop the resource this function will require, assessing the current situation alongside your peers and the senior leadership team and compiling a recommendation. 

Main duties and responsibilities of the role:

Setting ourselves up for success

· Assess and prioritise the varying needs across the charity for greater marketing integration, improved planning, more consistent measurement and improved ways of working.

· Partner with fundraising, communications, campaigning, digital, brand and marketing teams to deliver a consolidated marketing plan across owned, shared, earned and paid media, championing planning principles and a collaborative approach to ensure opportunities are explored and integrated for maximum effect.

· Lead the development of an overarching, insight driven audience strategy, ensuring buy in and support. Ensure all key audiences are reflected with a clear rationale. Oversee how these audiences are being targeted and performing on an ongoing basis.

· Working with the Senior Leadership Team, Head of Brand and Head of Communications, develop a single, joined up narrative for the organisation to underpin all marketing and communications, reviewing on an annual basis. 

· Develop a single source of truth for measuring marketing effectiveness, establishing common and comparable measures to enable a flexible approach to budget optimisation across all key budget holders. Ensure shared marketing performance and insight to inform future plans.

Leadership and people management

· Develop a clear resourcing plan and recruit to this brand new team. Bring in talent and ensure individuals are inspired, motivated, challenged and supported and actively embed Alzheimer’s Research UK values and leadership attributes across all activities. Champion the principles of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

· Promote collaborative working across various marketing teams across the charity, developing a culture of one marketing team, one marketing plan. 

· Lead cross functional working groups to ensure goals are met, specifically to make the most of key moments during the year and ensure ongoing best practice in planning and measurement.

· Lead and oversee ways of working with key marketing partners such as our media agency, ensuring agency roles are fully understood, agencies work effectively with each other and specifically that the media partnership is successful through routine, 2-way reviews and assessment.

Marketing optimisation

· Lead the development of propositions and plans to maximise the impact of key moments through the year; both proactive and reactive, such as World Alzheimer’s Month or new drug discoveries.

· Ensure we have the optimal balance of spend, channel and audience to drive media performance and efficiency.

· Consult with key stakeholders to identify opportunities and gaps in our marketing skillset, putting plans in place to maximise emerging opportunities, for example with the Research community and healthcare professionals.

· Play a key role in reviewing and improving ways of working across marketing activities, including but not limited to briefing processes, campaign analysis, sharing of insight and taking forward indicated actions.

What we are looking for:

· Strategic thinker with significant experience planning and integrating multi-channel campaigns across a number of functions.

· Ability to develop, interpret and translate a range of measures and business intelligence to direct decision making.

· Experience of building and leading a diverse team, establishing resource and skillset required, and recruiting and developing talent.

· A natural planner with project management skills; experience of leading cross functional teams to deliver and execute a single plan.

· Ability to balance conflicting priorities to drive the right outcome for an organisation, in line with agreed strategic goals.

· Experience of working with agencies to get the very best out of the relationship.

· Experience of developing and implementing successful new processes and ways of working across multiple teams.

· Knowledge of the relationship and importance of integration across CRM systems and Digital platforms.

· Budget management, ensuring best allocation of investment to deliver optimal results.

· Exemplary leadership skills with both practical and short/long term strategic vision.

· A natural collaborator; ability to build relationships and inspire confidence and respect at all levels; strong team player.

· Excellent listening skills - receptive to feedback and demonstrates flexibility, curiosity and an ability to learn.

· Influencing skills that ensure a clear understanding of and agreement to the direction of travel across an organisation.

· Insight and audience driven; a customer first, evidenced approach.

· Has a “can-do” attitude and is committed to delivering results and strives for continuous improvement.

· Strong work ethic and a high level of personal integrity.

Additional Information:

Ways of working: As part of our Agile ways of working you will be required to work approximately 2 days a week from the office, which is subject to the requirements of the role and the business needs. Flexibility on where you work can be split between working from home and our office.

Roles that are classed as part of the Agile ways of working are not able to claim any costs for Mileage/Travel on Public Transport, Accommodation and/or Meals.  This includes when attending the office for various meetings/events.

Our Office: Our office is at 3 Riverside, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AD. 

Salary: Circa £65,000 per annum, plus benefits.

Please download the Vacancy Pack on our website for more information.

The closing date for applications is the 22nd September 2024, with interviews likely to be held week commencing the 30th September 2024. We would encourage you to submit your application at the earliest opportunity as the closing date may be brought forward at any time. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date.

We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.  We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.  Any offer of employment is however subject to you having the right to work in the UK.

As part of our commitment to be an inclusive employer and ensure fairness and consistency in selecting the best candidate for this role, your CV will be anonymised. Please however note we are unable to anonymise the application question which you are required to complete. When answering this question please remove any personal information, including your name. All questions answered as part of your application are also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. The hiring panel will only be made aware of your name and address once you are invited for an interview. Should you need any adjustments at either the application or interview stage, then please contact us via our website.

How to apply: Please create an online account using our Online Recruitment Platform which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies page. You will be able to attach your CV to your application and track the status of your application.

About Alzheimer’s Research UK: Alzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading dementia research charity. Our mission is to accelerate progress towards a cure.  Today 1 in 2 people will be impacted by dementia, either through caring for a loved one, developing it themselves or tragically both. But there is hope. 

There has never been a more important and exciting time in dementia research. With promising new drugs in clinical trials that slow the progression of the diseases that cause it, and revolutionary new ways to diagnose them on the horizon, we are now at a tipping point. Working with the smartest minds globally and across the UK, with industry and academia, Alzheimer’s Research UK is uniquely placed to invest in the very best research identifying barriers to a cure and knocking them down so that there are more and better treatments for everyone with dementia. For the first time in history, we can see a future where people with dementia can get a swift and accurate diagnosis, and effective treatments that could slow or even stop their disease. We stand for everyone affected by dementia. We stand for a cure. 

In 2022, we were incredibly proud to be awarded a 3-star accreditation by Best Companies which recognises ‘World Class’ levels of workplace engagement and were also listed in the prestigious Best Companies lists:

• 48th in the 100 Best Large Companies to Work For in the UK.

• 19th in the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the East of England.

• 3rd in the 50 Best Companies to Work For in the Charity Sector.

In addition, we were also shortlisted for a special award recognising the work undertaken on reducing our environmental impact.

In 2021, we were awarded the HR Management award by The Charity Times for our Wellbeing initiatives throughout the pandemic.

In 2020, we demonstrated our commitment to changing the way we think and act about mental health in the workplace and signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge. 

ARUK really does look after its people, where you will be able to add value and make a difference. 

To view further details about working for us and the benefits we offer, please visit Alzheimer’s Research UK

Department: Community Fundraising
Location: remote – home with travel throughout the region
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: 14-month fixed term
Salary: £30,000 – £33,000 per annum
Closing date: Monday 23rd September at 10am
Start date: early December

Annual Leave: 33 days (plus eight bank holidays)

Benefits:

• enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental pay
• family-friendly policies
• 8% employer pension contribution (Aviva) or opportunity to continue NHS pension
• free health cashback plan (Medicash): employee cover plus up to four dependent children
• 24/7 virtual GP access (UK registered), plus access to Best Doctors
• free, confidential employee assistance programme (Medicash)
• access to wellbeing app (healthy living tips and Bright TV)
• flexible working options including hybrid working, flexible working patterns such as part-time, compressed hours, and more*
• learning and development committed (bespoke training, LinkedIn Learning etc)
• employee health and wellbeing committed (Menopause Friendly accreditation, Disability Confident employer etc)

Background

Every three minutes someone in the UK develops dementia: a progressive and complex condition that can be devastating for the whole family. One in two of us will be affected by dementia in our lifetime – either by caring for someone with the condition, developing it ourselves, or both.
Dementia UK is the specialist dementia nursing charity that is there for the whole family. Our specialist nurses, known as Admiral Nurses, provide free, expert advice, support and understanding to help families care for their loved one. Every day, Admiral Nurses help families up and down the country to have the best life possible, for as long as possible.

Purpose of the job/about the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Community Fundraising Team at Dementia UK, where you will help deliver our community strategy developing new opportunities and relationships with local groups and organisations.

As an experienced and dedicated Regional Fundraiser you will deliver excellent stewardship support, proactively managing and motivating volunteers to undertake fundraising and awareness activities, ensuring a sustainable, long-term revenue stream for Dementia UK.

Collaborating closely with both the Regional Fundraising team and the broader Community and Events team, you will champion our products engaging supports in challenge events, and campaigns across the region. Your expertise and insights will be instrumental in identifying new opportunities, nurturing supporter relationships and creating stewardship journeys aimed at increasing the average gift and lifetime support across the Northeast, East Midlands, and East Anglia.

To be successful in the role, you will have a background in community fundraising or experience of working in relationship management or new business in a similar setting. You will have understanding of community fundraising across both relationship management and new business development with proven success of building and sustaining stakeholder relationships. Additionally, previous experience in planning and delivering projects as well as with a history of delivering impactful presentations, will be beneficial.

Join us now and be part of a team dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of those affected by dementia.

Our culture

In addition to a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, we truly value our people. It’s important for us to create a working environment that looks after our workforce to achieve their full potential. You will become part of a diverse and dedicated team who are supported to use and develop their skills. We recognise and value the key role you will play in delivering our strategic plans for the benefit of those living with dementia.

Our staff have a voice. Representatives from different roles and levels across the organisation positively contribute and lead on our working groups around health and wellbeing, menopause, and equality, diversity and inclusion.

Dementia UK is proud to welcome everyone, we aim for a truly inclusive culture with talented, diverse teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We celebrate difference and individuality and encourage everyone to join us and be their whole selves always.

This role will be subject to an Basic DBS check.

*Please note that any decision on flexible working is based on business needs

About the Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET)

Today, one billion people will never see a qualified health worker in their lives.

Since 1988, THET has been working to change this. From reducing maternal deaths in Uganda to improving the quality of hospital care for injured children in Myanmar, we work to strengthen local health systems and build a healthier future for all.

We do this by leveraging the expertise and energy of the UK health community, supporting Health Partnerships between NHS institutions, Royal Colleges and academic institutions in the UK and those overseas.

In the past ten years THET has reached over 100,000 health workers across 31 countries n Africa, the Middle East and Asia in partnership with over 130 UK institutions. In 2018, the charity had a turnover of £5m and employed 30 staff across six offices. From 2020 onwards, our turnover will be £8m a year

Job Purpose

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Coordinator position sits within the Research, Evidence and Learning team and will make a key contribution to the quality of our programmes. The post holder will keep abreast of state-of-the-art M&E approaches to ensure the use of technically appropriate monitoring and evaluation models and information systems. The post holder will support the design of new programmes as well as provide technical advice and input to the monitoring, evaluation and learning of existing programmes. The Coordinator will also play a crucial role in ensuring that our external communications and policy work (at all levels) are informed by and accurately represent our evidence base.

Design, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Lead the development of proposals from a MEL perspective, including contributing to and leading on theories of change, and the development of MEL frameworks. Design, lead and manage participatory processes to establish country programme MEL systems. Lead development of organisational tools and processes – e.g. developing reporting templates for project reports where not supplied by the donor Lead the development of quality programme standards and tools for their implementation. Advise on and support the building of an evidence base of impact. Support development of theories of change for development of strategic goals for Health Alliances. Support the development of indicators and monitoring of Alliance activity. Support the design and implementation of evaluations. Building MEL Capacity Provide hand-on technical assistance to teams in the monitoring, evaluation and review of existing projects. Support staff with development/use of MEL tools and processes. Provide input and assistance to MEL activities, including data collection and analysis, and evaluation design. Foster learning within programmes, through sharing lessons learnt, evaluation results as well as playing a key role in strengthening organisational learning. Ensure that monitoring visits are meaningful and capture data sought and feed into management decisions.

To apply for this role please send your CV and a cover letter to THET by midnight on 27th of September. With the subject line MEL Coordinator.

Are you passionate about supporting veterans and making a real impact in their lives? Blesma, The Limbless Veterans, is looking for a dedicated and compassionate individual to join our team as a Blesma Support Officer (North East) on a temporary contract. This is a unique opportunity to work with a national charity that provides life-changing support to limbless serving and ex-service men and women, helping them rebuild their lives and regain independence.

About Us: Blesma is the national charity and membership association for limbless serving and ex-service men and women and their dependants. We are committed to providing comprehensive welfare support, rehabilitation activities, and advocating for our veterans’ rights. Our mission is to help our members face the challenges ahead with renewed confidence and self-belief.

Role Overview: As a Blesma Outreach Officer, you will play a crucial role in supporting the local Blesma Support Officer by delivering effective wellbeing support to our members in the North East region. This home-based role involves working within a small team and representing Blesma within the local community. The successful candidate should be a self-starter who enjoys taking initiative and working independently.

Key Responsibilities:

• Research, organise, and deliver an inclusive and engaging programme of online and physical activities and events.
• Design, plan, and manage the annual programme of outreach activities within budget.
• Support members to reduce isolation and loneliness by connecting them to each other and the Association.
• Carry out befriending visits to members in their homes, hospitals, and residential care.
• Promote the Blesma ‘offer’ to potential members through local engagement and social networks.
• Represent Blesma at events, enhancing the community profile and supporting fundraising activities.
• Provide timely management information to support departmental reports.

  What We Offer:

• Salary of £30,742.80.
• Contributory pension scheme with employer’s contribution of 5%.
• Death in Service insurance benefit.
• 25 days of annual leave plus statutory holidays.
• Flexible working arrangements and a supportive work environment.
   

Who We Are Looking For:​ We seek individuals with excellent interpersonal skills, a high level of emotional intelligence, and a genuine interest in the work of Blesma. You should have experience in delivering support and care to vulnerable adults, knowledge of the needs of disabled individuals, and the ability to work independently. A UK driving licence is essential.

Join Us: If you are engaging, proactive, and ready to make a difference, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to become a part of a dedicated team that is transforming lives and supporting our veterans.

If this role excites you but you’re unsure about your fit, go ahead and apply – let us be the judge!

We reserve the right to close this position early in the event of receiving an overwhelming number of applications.

Philanthropy Manager 

Job Description and Person Specification 

Reporting to: Head of Philanthropy in the Fundraising Team 

Location of Work: Home based. The post holder will be expected to travel to meet donors, travel to away days and team meetings in London. The role may involve some irregular travel throughout England and Scotland. Expenses will be paid in line with our Travel and Expenses policy. 

Contract Type: Ideally full-time, 35 hours per week, although part time / flexible hours may be considered. The role may require occasional evening and weekend work  

Contract Length: Permanent

Salary: £37,500 

BACKGROUND 

Magic Breakfast is a registered charity that exists to make sure no child or young person is too hungry to learn. We provide nutritious breakfasts and expert support to primary, secondary, ASN/SEND schools and pupil referral units in disadvantaged areas of England and Scotland. Providing a daily school breakfast ensures that every child and young person feels included, equal and set up for success. Magic Breakfast works to be part of the solution to end child morning hunger for good through our campaigning, research and advocacy work with politicians and decision-makers. 

This is an exciting time to join Magic Breakfast if you wish to make a difference to the lives of children. We are expanding our team to meet the challenge of ending child morning hunger, both for now and for good. 

JOB PURPOSE 

Magic Breakfast’s mission is to end child morning hunger in the UK now and for good the Philanthropy team’s role is to develop and deliver the charity's high net worth individual giving programme in line with Magic Breakfast’s strategic priorities to enable our organisational growth against our mission. 

We are seeking to grow income through further cultivation and stewardship of our potential and existing donors. Our High Value Giving teams are forecast to collectively raise £5.1m in 2021/22, up from £4.6m two years ago in 2019/20. The team includes partnerships with charitable trusts and foundations, corporate organisations, and high-net-worth individuals. 

Reporting into the Head of Philanthropy, this role will have a particular focus on ensuring that Magic Breakfast is offering the highest quality of donor care from start to finish, and building and developing our prospect pipeline.

We’re looking for a proactive person with excellent relationship building, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship skills as we seek to build our prospect pool, enhance or supporter journey and achieve our ambitious fundraising targets.

The Philanthropy Manager will have the opportunity to be innovative and creative, to create and test impactful donor journeys and engagement opportunities so Magic Breakfast’s supporters feel valued and can understand the transformational difference they are making to hungry children and their learning in the UK. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES  

Income generation and donor stewardship and prospect development 

• Manage your own portfolio of donors, providing excellent stewardship and strategies to uplift and secure multi year donations 

• Work with Corporate, Trusts and Individual Giving teams to identify potential major donors and high value regular givers within Magic Breakfast’s donor portfolio and implement plans to develop these relationships; 

• Work with the Head of Philanthropy and Prospect Researcher to build a Philanthropy prospect pipeline 

• Write accurate, inspiring and compelling fundraising propositions and reports for potential and existing major donors 

• Review and make recommendations for improvement of our existing donor journey, building a calendar of engaging content and touchpoints throughout the year. 

• Lead on devising, developing and organising bespoke events for donors and prospects 

• Complete timely event reviews to improve and inform future decision making and planning.

• Work in partnership with the wider fundraising teams to provide excellent supporter care to all event attendees and stakeholders. 

• Support the Head of Philanthropy to build relationships with senior volunteers to garner their support with hosting and supporting events to connect us to, and unlock, their networks. 

• Use our CRM database (Salesforce) to log KPIs, project and reconcile finances and manage supporter relationships 

• Use KPIs to adapt strategies and drive activity 

• Be responsible for ensuring an up-to-date bank of engaging content and materials for existing partners, including but not limited to, commissioning video content, compiling reports and building case studies. 

• Scan the external environment for trends, insights, ideas and best practice that could benefit the High Value Giving teams and Magic Breakfast’s work, making recommendations for improvements and leading on opportunities as they arise.

Internal 

• Work with wider Fundraising team to help create and deliver cross departmental  events, and identify referral opportunities (to Trusts and Corporates) 

• Develop strong relationships with Service Delivery and Policy and Engagement colleagues, involving them in meetings with donors where appropriate to strengthen those relationships and engage them further 

• Work with Service Delivery to identify, plan and co-ordinate school visits for donors and prospects 

Financial processes, reporting and due diligence: 

• Ensure all donations are thanked and recorded in a timely way, and logged accurately on salesforce 

• Support Head of Philanthropy in accurately forecasting philanthropy income for each financial year, and ensure forecast income is updated monthly. 

• Contribute 

•  to the philanthropy budget and goal with wider awareness of org and F&D goals 

• Work with Prospect Researcher to ensure all due diligence checks on donors are completed, and that they meet our criteria in our ethical fundraising policy, flagging any risks upwards for resolution. 

General 

• Contribute to team meetings, sharing best practice and supporting team members where necessary 

• Help to maintain a positive working environment; keeping the vision of Magic Breakfast at the heart of everything we do 

• Uphold a culture that keeps children and young people at the heart and encourages openness, collaboration, bravery, compassion and a solutions-focussed approach 

• Work collaboratively across the organisation more widely to build good working relations across the organisation and provide ad-hoc support to other teams and members of staff 

• Adhere to all Magic Breakfast policies and procedures 

• Ensure that all activity is compliant with current legislation, GDPR and child safeguarding requirements (training provided) 

• Participate in occasional work-related events at external venues and perform support related activities, as required. Be willing to undertake occasional work outside of regular office hours and UK travel 

• Undertake any other duties commensurate with the role 

PERSON SPECIFICATION 

Knowledge and Experience 

• Experience planning and managing meaningful donor cultivation and stewardship events to achieve strategic objectives 

• Experience delivering Gala or large special events with proven financial results 

• Experience of managing income and expenditure budgets 

• Experience of working with external event operations crews and contractors

• Experience of management of event and volunteer staff 

• Experience of upward management and working with senior volunteers / Trustees 

• Knowledge of high value fundraising techniques covering corporates, trusts and major donors, including a clear understanding of the needs of the supporter journey 

• Experience of using a fundraising database (ideally Salesforce) 

• Up to date knowledge on Code of Practice and Data Protection Act and commitment to keeping up to date 

Skills and Abilities  

• Highly organised with attention to detail, and an ability to work autonomously and be a confident decision maker in a fast-paced environment

• Effective and thoughtful verbal and written communication skills 

• Experience of managing a varied workload and balancing conflicting priorities to meet deadlines 

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deal sensitively and diplomatically to collaborate with multiple stakeholders, both internal and external 

• Ease with using IT packages such as Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint, and presenting in a format that meets the needs of colleagues

• Ability to keep accurate and up to date records, sharing information as and when appropriate 

• Ability to adapt existing processes to meet the needs of the organisation

• Skilful management of risk and opportunities with ability to escalate appropriately 

• An understanding of Health and Safety regulations and other regulations as they apply to events 

Other  

• Passion and commitment to Magic Breakfast’s aim of alleviating morning hunger as a barrier to learning for children in the UK. 

• Share Magic Breakfast’s commitment to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion within the workplace. 

• Willing to travel within the UK occasionally for meetings and other events (Covid permitting). 

• Experience of working for a charity, especially in the area of children and young people, desirable but not essential.

WHAT WE OFFER

At Magic Breakfast we value our employees and work hard to develop offer a supportive, respectful culture which enables everyone to bring their whole self to work.

Please click below for our job pack

APPLICATION PROCCESS

Should you wish to discuss the role before applying please email our People and Culture Team, hr @magicbreakfast .com

Shortlisting - 30th September – 2nd October

Interview 1 - 8th and 9th October

Interview 2 - 15th and 16th October

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Support Coordinator

Here at Stroke Association, we’re looking for an innovative, passionate and professional individual with excellent communication and organisational skills to join our Stroke Recovery Service based in the Salford area.

This is an exciting home based opportunity working with stroke survivors and their families to support them following a stroke.

Position: S11212 Stroke Association Support Coordinator (two posts)

Location: Home-based, Bury. However, frequent travel will be required as part of this role (may include team meetings or other work-related meetings).

Hours: Part-time, 28 hours per week (flexible working available)

Salary: Circa £21,391 per annum

Contract: Our services are contracted, we currently have funding for this contract until 31 March 2026.

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 13 October 2024. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Interview Date: 23 and 24 October 2024

Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.

The Role

The service aims to identify and address the needs of stroke survivors and carers across the stroke pathway, by providing a range of innovative support solutions, supporting them to meet their desired outcomes.

A key part of the role will be to recruit, train and manage a team of volunteers, to support service users and the delivery of the service.

The Stroke Association Support Coordinator will:

· Support new stroke survivors and their carers from hospital discharge into the community.

· Provide personalised information, advice and support.

· Support clients to make informed lifestyle changes that will help them to prevent further strokes.

· Be accountable for volunteers, so experience of recruiting, training and managing volunteers would be an advantage.

About You

· A caring profession, ideally with experience in supporting people with disabilities.

· Setting up and running support groups.

This role requires extensive travel across a large geographical locality to visit people at home and in community settings. Candidates must be able to demonstrate how they can meet this requirement of the role.

To fulfil the role, you must be a resident of the UK and have the right to work in the UK.

When you click to apply, you will be able to see the full responsibilities and person specification for further

information on the role.

Please submit your CV, (including details of your current address), and a supporting statement of no more than two pages, demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.

Stroke Association

Finding strength through support

When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.

We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.

The Stroke Association is the only charity in the UK providing lifelong support for all stroke survivors and their families. We provide tailored support to tens of thousands of stroke survivors each year. This support includes one-to-one and group support, funding vital scientific research into stroke prevention, acute treatment, recovery and long-term care, and campaigning to secure the best care for everyone affected by stroke. 

We’re here for stroke survivors and their loved ones, from the moment they enter the new and frightening post-stroke world, supporting them every step of the way as they find their strength and their way back to life.

It’s only thanks to the generosity of our supporters and donors that we can provide vital support.

We’re working to improve the diversity of our people. We know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for all those affected by stroke.

We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke, and those from under-represented communities. 

You may also have experience in areas such as Care Coordinator, Stroke Support, Stroke, Care, Care Worker, Support Worker, Carer, Care Team Leader, Support Team Leader, Volunteering Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Support Group, Support and Advice, Social Care, Carer Support, Support Service, Vulnerable Adult, Social Care and Support Officer, Rehabilitation Coordinator, Volunteering Manager, Care and Support Officer, Social Care Worker, Health, Health Care, Support Worker, Care Worker, Social Care Support Worker, Residential Support Worker, Relief Support Worker, Support Worker Disabilities, Day Centre Support Worker, Rehabilitation Support Worker, Night Support Worker, Stroke Support Worker, Disability, Disability Support, Stroke.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Join GamCare as our Remote Services Development Lead and drive the evolution of our support platforms, helping us to reach more people in need.

The Role

As the Remote Services Development Lead, you will play a crucial role in leading and developing GamCare's remote services, ensuring seamless delivery across multiple platforms including telephone, live chat, WhatsApp, and video. You will oversee a team of Senior Managers and drive service improvements to meet targets, while fostering a positive, high-performing environment focused on staff wellbeing and retention. This role also involves the strategic development of GamCare’s online and helpline services to expand their reach, particularly into underserved communities.

You will be at the forefront of shaping and embedding evidence-based interventions that align with GamCare’s mission of supporting those affected by gambling harm. In this role, you will collaborate with key stakeholders, internal teams, and external agencies to enhance service delivery, ensuring that safeguarding protocols for vulnerable individuals are upheld to the highest standard. 

This position offers the opportunity to contribute to GamCare’s growth and sustainability by translating strategic goals into operational plans, managing performance, and establishing meaningful partnerships with stakeholders and the NGSN. Your leadership will ensure GamCare's services continue to evolve and thrive in a rapidly changing digital landscape.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading the development and delivery of GamCare's remote services, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and service targets.
• Overseeing and supporting Senior Managers in managing helpline and online services, establishing a high-performing and supportive team environment.
• Driving continuous improvement and innovation in remote service delivery, implementing evidence-based interventions and expanding services to underserved communities.
• Collaborating with key stakeholders and external partners to develop and maintain strategic partnerships, enhancing service reach and impact.
• Monitoring and reporting on performance data, using insights to guide service enhancements and meet funder requirements.
• Ensuring safeguarding protocols for vulnerable individuals are rigorously upheld, with a strong focus on risk management and service quality.

About You

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced leader with a proven track record of managing large-scale remote services, ideally within a helpline or digital support setting. You will have extensive experience in leading multi-functional teams, both staff and volunteers, and a strong ability to develop and implement strategic plans. Your deep understanding of safeguarding, coupled with expertise in business planning, change management, and relationship building, will ensure you can lead in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

You will be passionate about making a difference to those affected by gambling harm, with a strong commitment to staff wellbeing and retention. With excellent communication, data analysis, and IT skills, you will be able to guide continuous improvement and innovation in service delivery, working closely with partners to enhance the reach and impact of GamCare's remote services.

Benefits You Can Enjoy

• 33 days basic annual leave entitlement per annum (pro-rated for part-time colleagues) including bank holidays which increases with service
• A generous Pension Scheme - we contribute 6% and you contribute 2%
• Discretionary company sick pay from day one of service
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24-hour support

About Us

Founded in 1997, GamCare is one of the leading providers of information, advice and support for anyone affected by gambling harms. We operate the National Gambling Helpline, provide treatment for anyone who is harmed by gambling, create awareness about safer gambling and treatment, and encourage an effective approach to safer gambling within the gambling industry.

For further details and to apply please click the apply button.

Closing date for applications: 27th September 2024.

Interviews will take place online via video conference – the week commencing/on 7th October 2024.

GamCare are committed to offering the best support to people affected by gambling harms, as such we welcome applications from candidates with lived experience.

GamCare is an equal opportunities employer and doesn’t discriminate based on race, religion, gender, age, sexuality, gender identification, or physical ability. We are only able to facilitate visa sponsorship in very limited circumstances, so candidates outside of the UK or who don’t have the right to work in the UK need not apply.

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of vulnerable people who are overlooked and isolated? Join Myelopathy(dot)org as a Helpline Service Manager and lead the launch of our groundbreaking pilot helpline service!

With initial funding from The National Lottery for one year,you'll play a pivotal role in planning, delivering, and evaluating the charity’s ambitious new pilot helpline service - the first of its kind across the UK.This is a unique opportunity for an ambitious and diligent person  to be at the forefront of a life-changing initiative. Working alongside a dedicated team to drive forward our mission and make a real impact in the Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (DCM) community, you will be involved with a great charity team in a position where they will be able to help establish a new service that will greatly help many people across England. 

Our mission is to be the catalyst that positively transforms patient outcomes in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (DCM) through patient support, patient and professional education, global awareness, and worldwide research. As our Helpline Service Manager, you will lead play a crucial role in leading this mission forward. 

We are looking for a Helpline Service Manager to play a crucial role in managing and overseeing the project plan that will enable us to set up and establish the helpline, and to have the foundations in place to enable the day to day running of this helpline.

What you will do:

1. Manage the planning, delivery, and evaluation of a new pilot helpline in line with strategic and operational objectives.

2. Work to develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

3. Recruit, train, and manage a team of volunteers.

4. Work within a quality assurance framework.

5. Play an active part in taking forward the helpline project strategy, vision, and values                                          What you will bring: 

• Significant experience in leading and developing large-scale, high-quality services, including ideally experience in helpline service management.
• Proven success in coordinating projects, managing every stage from initial development to final evaluation.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with a talent for engaging and connecting with varied audiences.
• Advanced IT proficiency, particularly with Microsoft Office, combined with excellent organizational, people management, and customer service skills, ensuring effective task prioritization and timely completion.

This is an incredibly exciting time at Myelopathy(dot)org and we would love for you to join us! As a small charity, you will have direct impact in your role, and will seee the life-enabling difference you are making first-hand. You will  work closely in an incredibly supportive work environment and will have flexibility with a remote role. We will work to adapt wherever possible to accomodate the right candidate. 

Please apply by sending us your CV, together with a detailed supporting statement which will fully demonstrate how you meet all the criteria of the role, as stated in the job description and person specification. 

As an expert in people safety and secutrity, you will enable us to serve the persecuted church well, by finding the right balance between keeping our people as safe as we can and still being free to do everything we need to do and go anywhere we need to go as a ministry. 

You will work across the various entities within the organisation, to take a holistic view on advising managers and staff on safety and security. You will analyze and advise on security incidents, enable greater organizational learning and awareness, and help managers and staff to comply with agreed security procedures, while working cross-culturally. In the event of a crisis situation, you will advise on all aspects of handling the situation. You will be fully aligned with the core values of Open Doors and have a passion to serve the Persecuted Church. This role reports to the Director of People and Culture.

Your key responsibilities

·Advise proactively on identified threats and risks, and on specific staff safety and security matters on request.

·Provide a cross-organization perspective on how staff safety and security management can improve.

·Promote a culture of safety and security.

·Encourage an approach to compliance with our global security policy and handbook, which respects the need for organisational responsibility as well as the calculated acceptance of necessary risks.

·Provide advice in any crisis situation, including as part of a crisis management team.

·Maintain a record of staff safety and security incidents and near-misses, and analyze learnings and trends.

·Develop security-related learning needs analyses, and enable learning solutions.

·Support and work together with regional and local staff security experts and point persons.

Your profile

·Committed Christian with a heart for the Persecuted Church.

·Relevant education and experience.

·Able to provide advice and practical support on a wide range of safety and security matters.

·Able to work practically and give advice in critical situations.

·Analytical and abstract thinker.

·Excellent communicator and influencer, able to work with people at all levels in an organisation and in different cultures.

·Experience of managing change and providing or facilitating learning.

·Result- oriented with proven project management skills and the ability to deliver on time.

Our offer

Working at Open Doors means that you are actively involved in serving the worldwide Persecuted Church. We offer you a versatile position in an international, dynamic environment, a professional team and the opportunity to grow professionally and personally. As a global organisation we are used to combining working from home with working from the office and to have flexible working hours. The role can be based in the UK, US, Netherlands or any existing Regional or Country office location on approval.

The King's Trust International are seeking a Digital Content Specialist to lead with designing content for our WhatsApp based chatbot – Get Ready.

Get Ready is an interactive digital personal development programme that creates a safe and supportive space for young people to develop key life and employability skills. The programme is delivered directly to individuals via an interactive WhatsApp based chatbot, taking young people through a series of modules to build their employability knowledge, communication skills and confidence.

We are looking to create and adapt content for two separate programmes for use in two contexts; Trinidad and Tobago, and Nigeria. Both programmes will use the WhatsApp platform to enhance existing face to face learning.

Knowledge of writing content for digital delivery, specifically through Whatsapp is essential. The successful candidate will have knowledge and application of user experience and user centred design.

KTI is committed to ensuring our workforce is reflective of our diverse communities and is committed to increasing representation of staff of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds across all roles and at all levels. We encourage applications from persons with connections to, or experience working with, the communities we’re working for.

We welcome expressions of interests from individuals, agencies or people working together. Please note that candidates must be registered as Self Employed and have a Unique Taxpayer Reference.

About you

We are looking for a confident, established professional with extensive knowledge and networks across housing in Scotland, who is comfortable navigating faith spaces. You will be a project manager who is happy working independently and remotely, while achieving high quality deliverables.

About the role

We have recently received funding to explore expansion into Scotland for the Faith in Affordable Housing project. This will be a 15-month project with potential to expand, subject to funding.

The proposed project is to undertake a scoping exercise across Scotland, to ascertain the need for social and affordable housing, and the key stakeholders providing housing, as well as the potential presented by faith organisation-owned assets to meet housing need. The resulting feasibility study and business plan will then inform the potential next steps for Faith in Affordable Housing Scotland.

About us

Housing Justice is a charity that acts on homelessness and housing need across England and Wales. We work to prevent people from experiencing homelessness, help people out of homelessness or destitution, and enable the building of affordable homes. We also take a leading role as the voice of the faith and voluntary sector, supported by the Welsh and UK Governments. At Housing Justice, we value differences: we are a diverse organisation, and we work with people of all faiths and none. We seek to influence and bring about change for the benefit of those we serve through partnership, lobbying and networking. Our initiatives include Faith in Affordable Housing, Hosting people seeking sanctuary, Support for people from Ukraine, The Winter Night Shelter Network and Citadel.

Benefits

• Cycle to Work Scheme
• 29 days annual leave each year plus an additional day of holiday for each year of service over 3 years, up to a maximum of 5 additional days.
• We are open to flexible approaches to working and will consider flexible working requests openly
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Home office set-up

Fundraising Assistant - Individual Giving

Location: Hybrid from our office in Stroud, Gloucestershire or remote based

Salary: £8,328.32 per annum (FTE £20,820.80)

Role Status: 14 hours per week

Start Date: 2 Oct 2024

Make a lasting impact by joining our team as a Fundraising Assistant in our Individual Giving team and help us transform the lives of those affected by meningitis.

This role is a 12-month fixed term contract.

About the job

To continue our life-changing work, we are seeking a Fundraising Assistant on a 12-month fixed term contract to join our friendly and supportive team. The Fundraising Assistant will support the administration and stewardship of our Individual Giving activities, including Forever Funds, Legacies, Weekly Lottery, Cash Appeals, and trading activities such as Christmas card sales. They will also manage the thanking of individual donations, including in memory, funeral, and unsolicited donations.

This role is a fantastic opportunity for someone wanting to move into a career in the charity and fundraising sector. We would welcome applications from people with no fundraising or charity sector experience, but who have transferrable skills and experience to the role. Please ensure you clearly demonstrate in your supporting statement how your experience and skills fit with what we are seeking below.

What we’re looking for

Skills and Experience

• Supporter or customer care experience
• Planning and prioritising workload
• Producing effective communications across a range of channels (written, verbal etc)
• Delivering exceptional supporter care
• Excellent writing skills
• Strong interpersonal skills – able to communicate with supporters with confidence and fluency, both face to face, on the telephone and online
• Empathy, often working with families who have been affected by meningitis
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Self-motivation and ability to work independently
• Competency in Microsoft Office, particularly Outlook, Excel and Word, and using databases preferably Salesforce

Other requirements

• Other requirements as determined by the organisation
• Commitment to the goals and values of Meningitis Now

Ready to apply?

Click apply now and you will be redirected to our website to complete your application. Please complete the application form at the bottom of the page once you have been redirected. Please note that due to using an anonymised recruitment process, only responses to the application questions will be used for shortlisting. If you choose to upload a CV or cover letter, this information won't be seen until after shortlisting has been completed. Therefore, please ensure you clearly demonstrate in the application form how your experience and skills fit with the requirements outlined.

Closing date for applications: 10am on Wednesday 2 October 2024*

Interviews: w/c 7 October 2024

*Note: Meningitis Now reserves the right to close this advert early or extend it depending on the number of sufficient applications received. If you are interested, please apply as soon as possible.

Fundraising Officer - Community and Events

Location: Hybrid from our office in Stroud, Gloucestershire or remote based

Salary: FTE £23,000 to £26,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Role Status: 28 to 35 hours per week

Start Date: 2 Oct 2024

Make a lasting impact by joining our team as a Fundraising Officer (Community and Events) and help us transform the lives of those affected by meningitis.

This role is a 12-month fixed term contract.

About the job

To continue our life-changing work, we are seeking a Fundraising Officer on a 12-month fixed term contract to join our friendly and supportive team. Working collaboratively to achieve ambitious goals and play a pivotal role in the development and implementation of our community and events fundraising programme.

This role is a fantastic opportunity for someone wanting to move into a career in the charity and fundraising sector. We would welcome applications from people with no fundraising or charity sector experience, but who have transferrable skills and experience to the role. Please ensure you clearly demonstrate in your supporting statement how your experience and skills fit with what we are seeking below.

What we’re looking for

The successful candidate will have excellent relationship management skills, with the ability to create and implement successful marketing plans using a range of communication channels. You will have the ability to motivate and inspire others and have high levels of project and event management, with the ability to communicate with confidence and fluency. You will feel at ease speaking over the phone, email and in person with a broad range of people, for example families affected by meningitis.

Personal Specification

Skills and Experience:

• Professional fundraising, marketing or sales experience preferably within a charity
• Event and/or project management
• Experience of working on cross-organisational projects
• Experience of delivering exceptional supporter care
• Working in target driven environments
• Achieving financial targets and budget setting
• Experience of producing a range of effective communications
• Experience of using a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Database
• Data protection (Preferably within the charity sector)
• Excellent relationship management skills, with ability to motivate and inspire others
• Excellent networking skills
• Engaging interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate with confidence and fluency
• Strong administration, ability to plan, balance and cope with competing priorities
• Excellent written and telephone communication skills
• Numeracy and attention to detail
• Empathy, often working with individuals who have been affected by meningitis.
• Competency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Word
• Strong self-motivation with ability to work on own initiative identifying and maximising fundraising opportunities

Desirable Selection Criteria

• Professional marketing or fundraising qualification
• Member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising
• Working with volunteers

Other Requirements

• Commitment to the goals and values of Meningitis Now
• Occasional out-of-hour travel and attendance at support events, when required
• Other requirements as determined by the organisation
• Full UK driving license and access to a vehicle

Ready to apply?

Click apply now and you will be redirected to our website to complete your application. Please complete the application form at the bottom of the page once you have been redirected. Please note that due to using an anonymised recruitment process, only responses to the application questions will be used for shortlisting. If you choose to upload a CV or cover letter, this information won't be seen until after shortlisting has been completed. Therefore, please ensure you clearly demonstrate in the application form how your experience and skills fit with the requirements outlined.

Closing date for applications: 10am on Wednesday 2 October 2024*

Interviews: Thursday 10 October and Friday 11 October

*Note: Meningitis Now reserves the right to close this advert early or extend it depending on the number of sufficient applications received. If you are interested, please apply as soon as possible.