Head of Corporate Fundraising

National/international; based from a head office in West Yorkshire

Industry leading package

Evolve HR Consulting is delighted to be supporting a national and international humanitarian and campaigning charity, well-known for being a pioneer in its critical, life-saving work, in its search for a critical role; Head of Corporate Fundraising. This is a unique and exciting time to be joining a team fighting for a cause that has a catastrophic impact on lives in the UK and around the world.

Are you an experienced and dynamic leader of teams with a track record of achieving high level success in either national corporate fundraising for a charity, or in sales, business development, account management or similar roles outside of the charity sector? Are you driven by a fast pace, stretching targets and motivating a team to succeed? Do you have the high-end communication skills needed to gain entry to, and negotiate within, a corporate board room? If so, this could be the opportunity you are seeking.

Our client has innovatively led the way in its growing sector for 25 years and is recognised for setting the standard for robust and sustainable corporate funding and partnerships using a model often copied by others and that provides the majority of the charity’s significant income. The current successful post-holder is moving on after a decade of success.  

Reporting directly into the Chief Operating Officer and with regular contact with the Chief Executive, the successful candidate will deliver, achieve and further develop the corporate fundraising strategy and action plan.

The successful candidate will need to have demonstrated excellence in in a national or international corporate fundraising environment or a similar related field outside of the charity sector.

You excel in revenue generation, of above £1 million, and sustainable relationship management through your own efforts. You also have the skills and experience to inspire, lead and coach a team to achieve high levels of financial success; and can demonstrate this track record.

Long-listed candidates will be forwarded a candidate pack.

Waking Night Support Worker 

Join our client – A Unique and Innovative Approach to Supporting Young People in Care. 

They provide residential services for young people aged 16-25 years old who have been discharged from psychiatric inpatient stays or secure children’s homes. The young people they care for often require a high level of support and dynamic approach to risk management in order to support problems they may have with self-harming, behaviour and emotional regulation. 

Position: Waking Night Support Worker 
Location: Huddersfield 
Job type: Full Time, Permanent 
Hours: 38.5 hours per week, Night Shift - 8.30pm-7.30am 
Salary: £19,019 per annum (£9.50 per hour includes an unsociable hour’s payment of 50p per hour) 
Benefits: 22-27 holidays per year (plus bank holidays), Free training and professional development programme, Paid induction, training and enhanced DBS check, Company Pension Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Free onsite parking 

Closing date for applications: 28th September, 2019 

About the role: 

Our client's aim is to support the young people using a therapeutic approach to live in a non-secure community setting and to achieve their individual goals in preparation for the transition to adult life. 

As part of their continued growth they are now looking to recruit for their new home in Huddersfield opening Autumn 2019. 

Responsibilities: 

- To act as a member of the team and assist the management staff in giving the highest standard of care possible to all the young people, closely following individual care plans and programmes. 
- To take individual / group responsibility in ensuring the running of the home to its highest possible standard. 
- To develop skills in order that the young people’s individual health / social development needs are met. 

About you: 

- To be able to work as part of a team. 
- Good verbal and written communication skills. 
- An understanding of the issues young people face. 
- Able to work evening shifts. 

Our client provides care 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. All roles will involve some weekend working. 

If you have a passion and commitment to work with young people and make a difference to their lives please click to apply for a link to their online application form. 

Our client operates a safer recruitment process and as part of this process, the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

They are an equal opportunities employer who values diversity and positively encourages applications of all ages from all sections of the community.

As an employer they are also committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all their staff. 

You may have experience of the following: Support Worker, Care Worker, Care Assistant, Healthcare Worker, Healthcare Assistant, Community Support Worker, Disability, Disabilities, Care Staff, Charity, Charities, Not for Profit, NFP, Third Sector, etc. 

Ref: 88785

We are seeking  a Trusts and Foundations Officer to join our  Income Generation Team to develop compelling applications for a wide range of grant-making organisations. Successful candidates will generate income for the organisation nationally, across multiple centres, or for a single centre, generating income for both capital and revenue costs, and on an unrestricted or restricted basis as appropriate. You will fundraise from trusts and foundations, corporate grant makers, and relevant statutory bids to meet agreed income targets in support of the current cost base and any future growth of Breast Cancer Haven.

You will have a strong track record within fundraising and/or bid writing, preferably within the grant-making income streams, with evidenced success in delivering against income targets. You will have a good working knowledge of the UK fundraising sector, with an understanding of UK grant making and a demonstrable bid writing ability.  You will also be accustomed to using CRM databases for the purpose of recording information. A confident communicator, you will be adept at forming good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

For further details and how to apply please see the information pack. 

Policy & Advocacy Officer (London and Manchester / Leeds / Liverpool)

We are looking for a committed and motivated individual to join us as Policy & Advocacy Officer, playing a key role in our policy and advocacy team and organisation, driving and shaping health policy debates and delivering programmes to advance the right to health in the UK. 

Doctors of the World UK is part of the global Médecins du Monde network, which delivers over 400 projects in 80 countries through 3,000 volunteers. Our vision is of a world where barriers to health have been overcome, where health is acknowledged as a fundamental right. Through innovative medical programmes and evidence-based advocacy, we empower excluded people and communities to claim their right to health while fighting for universal access to healthcare

As Policy & Advocacy Officer you will work to maximise DOTW’s influence and impact on health policy debates whilst influencing practice in health services to ensure accessible and equitable healthcare for everyone living in the UK. As part of the policy and advocacy team, you will support our evidence-based advocacy work and deliver projects to:

• maximise the impact Doctors of the World UK’s experience here in the UK and abroad
• empower healthcare professionals and patients
• advance the right to health

A central part of the role will be delivering our Safe Surgeries initiative, which supports GP practices to address the barriers that prevent people from accessing primary care. This involves leading proactive engagement with Clinical Commissioning Groups, local public health teams, GP practices and healthcare professionals, third sector partners and MPs, as well as delivering training and developing resources.

Those with lived experience of migration, the asylum system or exclusion from health services are encouraged to apply. We particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within DOTW.

If you have relevant experience for the role but are not sure about applying please contact us to discuss the role further.  

Part time/job share considered.

Please read the full JD (attached) to find out more about this role.

Fixed Term Contract - 12 months, 37.5 hours per week

1 role in London, 1 role in North (flexible: Liverpool, Manchester or Leeds)

To apply: Please send us an updated copy of your CV along with a cover letter (2 sides of a4 maximum) explaining how you meet the key duties of the role.

Please note: to apply for a position with Doctors of the World UK, you must be eligible to live and work in the United Kingdom (in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996). You will need to provide two referees. We will not contact any of your referees until we are at a stage to offer you the position.

Closing Date: Sunday 22 September (@ 11:59 pm)

An exciting opportunity, helping to transform the lives of people with learning disabilities.  We are growing rapidly and are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and suitably qualified person to join our team.

Set up and run by award-winning local charity Ilkley Community Enterprise Ltd, Outside the Box (OTB) provides a range of services and activities all designed to enable and support people with a learning disability to lead more independent, fulfilled and healthier lives.  These include OTB community café, OTB Choices and OTB Works; these services currently support around 60 people with learning disabilities (our members) each week.  

As a charity we are relatively small but have expanded rapidly over recent years and have an ambitious plan for further growth and development in the future. We are due to relocate OTB café to substantially larger premises and this will drive and support increased scale and depth of the services we provide and increase the number of members we engage and support.

Adults and young people with a learning disability are at the heart of what we do at OTB: they are our ‘members’ and a critical part of the overall OTB Team. We work with our members, their parents/carers, and others involved in their lives, to help them to fulfil their potential, to learn and achieve their goals. Members participate in OTB café to learn new skills, improve confidence and self-esteem, achieve qualifications, gain meaningful experience of the world of work and as appropriate progress into paid employment.

We have recently restructured the OTB staff team and this role of Support Team Leader is part of the new team that will help sustain and build on the success of OTB to date.  

Support Team Leader

Outside the Box Cafe, Ilkley

30 hours (This will include some weekends and evenings)

To lead the Support Team for adults and young people with a learning disability within Outside the Box Café ensuring the delivery of personalised support, learning and development that enables all our members to gain maximum benefit.

The Support Team Leader will be responsible for delivering frontline service, providing direct support whether that be 1:1 or group support to our members within a busy café, In addition to supervisory responsibility for the Café Support Worker Team. 

Working closely with the OTB Skills and Employment Manager, Operations Director and other staff, the Team Leader will plan and deliver Support Worker Team supervision, guidance, rota coordination and leadership, to ensure high quality and impactful support services to all cafe members.

Please see job description and person specification for further information on the role and how to apply. 

Closing date: Monday 23rd September 2019 @ 12.00

We are seeking to appoint a Support Services Manager to join our dedicated team!

Are you the experienced, flexible manager we need?

37 hrs per week

Post type: Permanent

Salary: £30,000 pa (plus manager on call allowance once trained)

This is an exciting opportunity to lead and shape Hate Crime support services for a national Hate Crime charity. Our unique 24 hour helplines provide support to people targeted because of who they are as well as to agencies and witnesses.

We are very proud of our diverse team and as Manager you will provide leadership to continually develop the service and keep us at the forefront of the challenge of fighting Hate Crime.

The role is based in Leeds but if you are based elsewhere and can work from home then talk to us.

Interviews likely to be held on 8th October 2019 in Leeds.

Volunteering Development Advisor 

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia. 

Position: Volunteering Development Advisor 
Location: Flexible across England, Wales and Northern Ireland 
Contract type: Permanent, Full time 
Hours: 35 per week 
Salary: £25,300 to £30,459 depending on skills and experience, plus £3,600 London allowance where applicable 

Closing date: 23 September 2019 
Interview date: 08 October 2019 

About the role: 

You will be joining Alzheimer’s Society at a particularly exciting time. As the UK’s leading dementia support and research charity, you will be supporting the delivery of a significant investment into our Volunteering approaches, which will enable the delivery of our strategy ambition. 

You will report to our Volunteer Development Programmes Manager, within the Volunteering Development team, which is part of the People and Organisational Development Directorate. The Volunteering Development Advisors provide guidance and support to a range of stakeholders from across the Society on core and new volunteering projects, programs and activities. Through building collaborative relationship and structured project management approach, you will help build greater organisational capacity, by informing, shaping and growing the volunteering involvement ethos across the Society. 

About you: 

Educated to degree level or equivalent, you will need a relevant Volunteer Management qualification or a high level of relevant experience within a large and complex charity. You will bring a wealth of experience of the provision of guidance around volunteer involvement & management, particularly in fundraising / campaigning and health and social care settings. You will be able to demonstrate working in partnership with senior / regional teams to develop, plan and deliver shared objectives and be able to develop and maintain effective and productive working relationships, motivating and inspiring others in the engagement of volunteers. You will be able to demonstrate highly effective communications skills, both written and verbal, across diverse and varied audiences. 

Alzheimer’s Society embraces diversity, inclusion and accessibility for all of our people. We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do. 

You may have experience of the following: Volunteering Development Adviser, Volunteering Officer, Volunteer Coordinator, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Volunteer Officer, Trainer, Volunteering, Volunteer Recruitment, Coordinator, Voluntary Sector, Charity, Third Sector, Not for Profit, etc.

Resurgo’s initiatives are Spear, an award-winning programme helping young unemployed people into work or education, Resurgo Ventures, supporting emerging social entrepreneurs to make a positive impact on society and Resurgo Consulting, providing coaching services to organisations to increase trust and improve outcomes.

Through our award-winning Spear programme, we partner with local churches to work unemployed young people and support them to get into work or education. 89% have at least one indicator of disadvantage, and over 75% of program completers are still in work a year later.

Together with Lighthouse Church, Camden, we are now recruiting for a Spear Lead Coach, an outstanding opportunity for someone with great people skills, highly developed emotional intelligence toegther with strong administrative abilities to work with the church to lead the Spear programme in Camden and enable social transformation in the local community.

This exciting role as a Lead Coach will involve delivering training in life and career skills, and overseeing and taking responsibility for the recruitment of students to the programme. Previous experience in training is preferred and a confidence in leading and motivating groups is essential - the successful applicant will be provided with professional training in leadership, personal development and coaching.

If you have a heart for transforming urban communities and seeing the direction of young people’s lives radically changed, this opportunity may be for you. For more information on where other roles are available and the partner churches these are based at, please get in touch with Resurgo's People & Culture team.

In 2016 Resurgo was listed as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in the ‘Great Place to Work’ Awards, and in 2017 we won the Princess Royal Training Awards which honours employers that have created outstanding training and skills development programmes.

Community Fundraising Officer - Leeds
Full time - Permanent
Salary: Up to £26,000 pa (Dependant on experience)
Start: ASAP

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Community Fundraising Officer to join Breast Cancer Haven. As Community Fundraising Officer you will develop the Yorkshire Breast Cancer Haven's Community Fundraising programme with a particular focus on increasing income from community campaigns, third party fundraisers and small local businesses. You will promote and implement a range of fundraising events and community fundraising initiatives. You will also recruit and support a network of supporters that carry out their own fundraising for Breast Cancer Haven whilst overseeing fundraising administration for the Yorkshire region.
To be considered for this role you must have at least 1 years experience/working in a fundraising team and provide a demonstrable interest in fundraising, third sector news and trends and experience of working at or volunteering with a charity. You must be an organised and approachable individual who can deliver the charity's plans and objectives by generating and growing their income through community fundraising activities, raising awareness and engagement within the Yorkshire region. This is a wonderful opportunity to join this charity and make a real impact on the growth and income that will directly affect the beneficiaries of this fantastic organisation.
To express your interest or to find out more, please contact Shabnam at Eden Brown on [email protected] / 0113 220 7540

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

As a not-for-profit provider of person centred care and support to individuals with a range of support needs, Creative Support is looking for a Registered Manager for our Brandling Court, Leeds service that provides autism specific support. 

Leading the service, you will coordinate a high standard of flexible support by directing the line management of three on-site senior staff members whilst additionally fulfilling the CQC compliance responsibilities as the Registered Manager. By carrying out this duty you will ensure the service evidences its contractual obligations and reports in order to work towards a report outcome rating of Outstanding. In this highly operational role, you must demonstrate professionalism and confidence when working with the staff team, professionals and commissioners whilst also possessing the warmth and consideration required to foster positive working relationships with service users and family members.

Additionally, the Registered Manager will lead in the recruitment, supervision, mentoring and management of the staff team so that the service is effectively supporting service users to maintain their independence, wellbeing and to enjoy opportunities for personal development.

You will also be responsible for our Horsforth Services which includes Self Contained Accommodation, Café and Creativities Services.

You must be able to demonstrate relevant prior experience of learning disabilities and autism support in addition to staff supervision and performance management. It is also a requirement of the role that you be qualified to the standard of a professional qualification such as RNLD, CQSW, NVQ4, Dipsw etc. and have experience of contract management. This is a full time role of 37.5 hours per week, primarily during office hours however some evening and weekend work will be required including inclusion on the local duty rota covering weekends and bank holidays.

In return we can offer personal development opportunities, generous employment benefits and a supportive, friendly and inclusive working culture. Creative Support is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to delivering high quality care through a diverse, well trained and supported local work force.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week  

Harrogate District Hospice Care is a registered charity in England and Wales (518905) with a family of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’, Saint Michael’s Hospice and Talking Spaces.

Can you make a difference? Do you enjoy a challenge? If so come and join our busy and expanding Communications Team. This is a unique opportunity to shape and develop communication activity for this prestigious local charity, contributing to a variety of communications activities supporting all aspects of the organisation based at our offices on Hornbeam Park, Harrogate.

This fast paced role will be involved in a wide variety of marketing & communications activities to support the relationships with service users, supporters, volunteers, staff and donors.  Across a wide range of varied and rewarding projects the successful candidate will research, plan and deliver communications and marketing campaigns to raise awareness, engagement and funding, designing developing and uploading content on websites, blogs, social media and in publications using design skills, facilitating or taking photos and footage as necessary.  With other members of the team you will respond to queries from journalists, media organisations and provide support to other departments involved in media or communications activities.

With a recognised marketing or communications based qualification at degree level or Chartered Institute of Marketing, candidates will need experience of a range of communications and marketing activities including advertising, internal communications, issues, crisis management, digital communications, stakeholder engagement. They will need to have developed and implemented communications and marketing plans, writing and designing materials and media releases. The post will require strong IT skills including the use of databases, Microsoft Office, Adobe creative Suite and email marketing platforms. It will also necessitate strong communication skills, creativity, planning, project management, copywriting and organisational skills.

Successful applicants are required to provide an enhanced disclosure. Disclosure expense will be met by employer.

Benefits include:-

• Competitive rates of pay

• 35 days paid holiday per year

• Comprehensive Induction Programme

• Contributory Pension Scheme with employer contribution of 8% & variable employee contribution

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Free Car Parking/Walking distance from Hornbeam Park Station

• Free DBS/CRB check

Successful applicants are required to provide an enhanced disclosure. Disclosure expense will be met by employer.

For a full job description and person specification please see the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Please click Apply and you will be forwarded to our recruitment website.

Alternatively please call Helen/Alison in the HR team at Saint Michaels Hospice.

Completed applications to be received by 12 noon 19th September 2019

Interviews will be held on 30th September 2019 at Crimple House.

We have a Recruitment Open day on Tuesday 17th September 2019 @ Crimple House, Hornbeam Park Avenue from 2pm to 7pm, please feel free to call in to discuss this and other roles.