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Director of Fundraising

Location: Hybrid working, with 1-2 days per week in London office - all staff in London office every Tuesday.

Salary: £85-90,000 per annum.

Contract: Full-time, permanent

Ovarian Cancer Action, the UK’s leading ovarian cancer research charity, is seeking an ambitious and strategic leader who can drive sustainable income growth and build high‑value partnerships and relationships that can change the lives of thousands of women and their families.  

Ovarian cancer hasn’t seen the scientific breakthroughs that some other cancers have, with survival rates that haven’t changed meaningfully in decades. Ovarian Cancer Action is working to address this, with an urgent mission that by 2032 at least half of women in the UK with ovarian cancer live for 10 years. To realise that goal, the charity is carrying out world-class scientific progress in prevention, early detection and treatment, funding more ovarian cancer research than any other gynaecological cancer charity in the UK.

This is an exciting time to be joining the charity, and the Director of Fundraising will play a key role capitalising on the huge potential of the charity’s current work to transform survival of ovarian cancer, including the possibility of a preventative vaccine this decade.

This is a senior leadership position responsible for driving OCA’s fundraising ambition and accelerating income growth, managing the development and delivery of an insight‑driven fundraising strategy and identifying major opportunities across mass fundraising, philanthropy, partnerships and influential networks. The post-holder will be responsible for personally cultivating and securing high‑value relationships with major donors, trusts, foundations and strategic partners, and leading and developing a high-performing fundraising team to secure significant multi‑year gifts and leverage milestone organisational moments to unlock transformational support.

The successful candidate will be a senior fundraising leader with a strong track record of securing significant 5‑ and 6‑figure gifts, partnerships and multi‑year commitments. You’ll bring deep experience managing high‑level philanthropic relationships and a track record of inspiring leadership, building high-performing teams. Strength in CRM systems, data‑driven pipeline management and cross‑organisational collaboration is essential, as is exceptional communication and influencing ability.

On a personal level, you will thrive in a mission‑driven and fast-paced environment, bringing strategic insight and an entrepreneurial, optimistic and solutions‑focused approach to life. You will be energised by opportunity, resilient in the face of challenge, and comfortable testing, learning and innovating. Above all, you’ll be motivated by improving women’s health and committed to aligning fundraising ambition with organisational strategy and research impact.

Please download our Candidate Pack for further information [PDF], which includes details on how to apply.

Closing date: Monday 2nd March 9.00am.

PLEASE NOTE: We will be longlisting applications as soon as we receive them, so please apply early to register your interest. 

We have been retained by our client, Sale Sharks Foundation, for the recruitment of a new Part-Time, Head of Finance. Sale Sharks Foundation use the power of sport to change lives throughout the North West.  They work with over 21,000 people annually in three areas: Community Inclusion, Education & Rugby Development. 

As Part-Time Head of Finance, you will be a trusted strategic advisor to the CEO, Senior Leadership Team and Trustees, central to ensuring the charity’s financial sustainability, resilience and growth and helping the organisation maximise its impact through clear insight, strong governance and smart financial planning. We are looking for a qualified finance professional to join the senior leadership team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the charity. 

The Role:

•  Acting as a key financial advisor to the CEO, SLT and Trustees
•  Leading budgeting, forecasting and quarterly re-forecasting processes
•  Preparing and presenting monthly management accounts with clear insight and commentary
•  Monitoring cashflow and reserves, advising on risk, investment and long-term sustainability
• Overseeing bookkeeping, reconciliations and debtor management
• Preparing quarterly VAT returns and monthly Gift Aid claims
• Managing restricted, unrestricted and designated funds in line with charity accounting standards
• Ensuring timely month-end close and reporting
• Supporting grant reporting and funder compliance
• Managing invoicing, supplier payments and relationships
• Owning and optimising QuickBooks, with a focus on automation and efficiency
• Ensuring compliance with Charity Commission and Companies House requirements
• Leading audit preparation and working closely with external auditors
• Preparing statutory accounts and corporation tax returns
• Maintaining and improving financial controls, policies and procedures
• Keeping abreast of regulatory changes e.g new SORP framework and advising accordingly

The Person

•  Qualified ACA/CIMA/ACCA finance professional
•  Proven ability to influence at board level
•  Strong technical skills in budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting
•  Excellent verbal and written  communication skills
•  Strategic thinker with a hands on approach
•  Passionate about community impact aligned with Sale Sharks Foundation values
•  Good analytical & problem solving skills
•  Experience working in a charity advantageous

Joining Sale Sharks Foundation offers the opportunity to be part of a passionate team committed to making a difference in the community. This is a hybrid, part-time role (2–3 days per week), offering genuine flexibility and a strong focus on work–life balance. The salary is pro-rated from a full-time equivalent of £50,000–£55,000:
• 2 days (15 hours): £20,000–£22,000
• 3 days (22.5 hours): £30,000–£33,000

A comprehensive benefits package is also on offer, supporting both your professional development and personal wellbeing.

Working for a community-focused charity provides a meaningful career move, where your expertise will directly contribute to impactful work. Please note, all third-party CVs will be forwarded to Bayman Atkinson Smythe Ltd as the exclusively retained consultants for SSF for this role.

Sanctuary & Racial Justice Officer
Canterbury (and on site in hubs)
£30,940 pa plus excellent benefits
35 hours per week
Fixed-term contract for three years

Are you passionate about shaping churches to become more welcoming and accessible to newcomers, strengthening local expressions of sanctuary and helping to embed racial justice principles into ministry and practice?

We’re looking for a Sanctuary & Racial Justice Officer to build inclusive communities by helping parishes across Kent become more welcoming, accessible and culturally aware for refugees, asylum seekers and newcomers.

Reporting to the Strategic Lead for Sanctuary & Racial Justice, you’ll coordinate existing Welcome Hubs in Canterbury and help launch new hubs in Folkestone, Ashford and Dover. Working with churches, volunteers, councils and community partners, you’ll strengthen local sanctuary, deliver racial justice training and develop practical tools that embed justice into everyday ministry.

This is an exciting, hands-on, people-centric role with so much variety — part community development, part volunteer leadership, as well as a mixture of training and partnership working.

We’re looking for someone with experience of supporting vulnerable people and working with volunteers, a good understanding of racial justice in practice and strong organisational and communication skills. You’ll be confident working across communities, able to manage multiple priorities and be motivated by seeing people and parishes flourish.

You’ll need to be a practising Christian, have the right to work in the UK, have a full, clean driving licence and the ability to travel across Kent and comfortable working flexibly, including occasional evenings and weekends.

The Canterbury Diocesan Board of Finance employs this role on behalf of the Social Justice Network (SJN), a UK-based charity that works to promote social justice, inclusion and support for vulnerable communities. One of SJN’s key initiatives is the Sanctuary & Racial Justice Programme, which works with local authorities, charities and community groups to support and integrate refugee families into their communities. 

The Social Justice Network aims to bring people together. Issues such as low income, debt, lack of skills, poor mental health, forced displacement and isolation are closely interlinked, trapping individuals and communities in cycles of poverty. Our vision is for all churches, in every community, to work together to tackle these issues through action, prayer and giving.

Our Sanctuary & Racial Justice Programmes help individuals and families rebuild their lives after forced displacement. Services include Welcome Hubs, Arts and Wellbeing activities, ESOL classes, employment support and casework. We focus on fostering long-term, meaningful connections with local church communities to restore stability, dignity and belonging. 

It is a genuine occupational requirement that the post-holder is a practising Christian, committed to the faith. This is essential to support and encourage parishes in living out their faith through social action and to engage authentically with the Diocese’s vision and principles in the Sanctuary & Racial Justice Programme. 

All appointments are subject to acceptable pre-appointment checks inclusive of Right to Work in the United Kingdom, References and relevant background checks applicable to the role.

Closing date: 6 March 2026
Interviews 16 March 2026

Senior People & Culture Business Partner

Job reference: REQ000973

£ 50,000pa + excellent benefits

Woking, Surrey GU21 4LL / Hybrid Working

Hybrid working: Minimum 40% in person collaboration per month

About the role

We’re excited to be recruiting a Senior People and Culture Business Partner to lead WWF-UK’s Business Partnering and Advisory team and provide senior, trusted People and Culture partnership across the organisation.

Reporting to the Director of People and Culture, this role plays a key part in shaping and delivering people strategy, workforce planning, organisation design and employee relations, ensuring these align to organisational priorities, values and culture. You’ll work closely with senior leaders to translate strategy into practical people solutions, supporting confident and inclusive decision-making during a period of organisational transition.

Combining strategic leadership with hands-on delivery, you will lead a high-performing team while supporting complex people priorities across directorates. The role operates at pace across both planned initiatives and responsive activity, helping strengthen colleague experience, organisational capability and a values-led culture.

Skills and experience

You’ll bring the following skills and experience to succeed in this role:

Essential

• Significant experience providing senior strategic and operational People or HR partnering within a complex organisation

• Proven leadership experience, including developing and motivating People and Culture or HR teams

• Strong experience advising senior leaders on workforce planning, organisation design, cultural change and complex employee relations matters

• Demonstrable experience embedding equity, diversity and inclusion into people practices and organisational decision-making

• Up-to-date knowledge of employment law and best practice, applied with sound professional judgement

• Strong influencing, coaching and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desirable

• CIPD qualification or equivalent professional experience

• Experience supporting large-scale organisational change or transformation

• Experience using people data and insight to inform strategic decision-making and improve colleague experience

What we offer

We believe in rewarding our team with more than just a salary. Here’s what you can expect:

· Annual leave starting at 26 days a year, rising one day each year to 31 days plus bank holidays

· Flexible working options, to support your work life balance

· 7.5% employer contribution to pension, rising to 10% with employee contribution

· Learning and development opportunities to help you grow

· Regular wellbeing initiatives to support your health and happiness.

This is a UK based contract, and you are required to have the Right to Work in the UK. Unfortunately, we’re unable to offer sponsorship and any offer of employment will be subject to evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.

This role is hybrid with a minimum 40% of your contracted hours spent at our beautiful UK head office, the Living Planet Centre in Woking, Surrey, where you’ll hot desk among trees and gardens.

About WWF-UK

We’re a global conservation charity with millions of supporters and hundreds of projects around the world.

At WWF-UK, we’re bringing our world back to life. Protecting what’s left isn’t enough. We’re racing to restore nature and prevent catastrophic climate change. And it’s a race we can win with everyone’s help.

We’re courageous, passionate, and driven by science. For more than 60 years we’ve been at the forefront of global efforts to protect wildlife and the natural world. We work with integrity, collaboration and deep respect for those we partner with.

How to apply

Click the link to apply via our website.

You’ll be asked to complete an application form and upload your CV and a supporting statement that tells us why you’ll be a great addition to WWF-UK.

Application closing date : 04/03/2026

Our Diversity Promise to You

At the heart of our mission is a simple truth: the planet needs everyone. That means you - in all your uniqueness, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, or how you choose to express yourself.

We don’t do stereotypes. We work together with purpose, driven by passion and enhanced by respect, courage, and integrity. We pull together from all walks of life to fight for a better future, and we want you to feel supported every step of the way.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels they belong. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities.

So, if there’s anything we can do to make your application or interview experience more comfortable or accessible, just give our Talent Acquisition Team a shout via our website.

Safeguarding Commitment

Just as we celebrate diversity in all its forms, we are equally dedicated to creating a safe environment for every person we work with or encounter.

Our commitment extends to children, adults at risk, and individuals experiencing any form of vulnerability, whether temporary or permanent.

We proudly stand behind CAPSEAH (Common Approach to Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment) and put this commitment into action through clear policies, thorough training, and recruitment checks tailored to each role, which may include external vetting.

If you ever have a concern, however big or small, know that there are confidential channels ready to support you at WWF-UK. We promise to respond promptly and with care, because protecting every individual is at the heart of everything we do.

We are recruiting for a User Experience (UX) Designer to join the Digital Team on a 23-month Fixed Term Contract.

This is an exciting opportunity to join The National Lottery Community Fund as a UX Designer.

In this role, you’ll be discovering user needs, analysing, and sharing insights with colleagues as well as designing new user experiences and user interfaces for both testing with customers and live deployment. Using techniques that vary from sketching on paper to ‘sketching in code’. You will also build digital design assets ready for use by a developer.

You will be part of our Digital team. We’re a multi-disciplinary team, working to user-led design principles. You will work with other designers, researchers, developers, and colleagues across the Fund to design solutions that meet user needs and reflect our values.

You will join a thriving group of designers who love sharing knowledge and experience. We will offer you support to widen your design skills, and opportunities to take part in training and communities of practice.

The responsibilities of the job include:

• Design user-centred experiences from concept to implementation
• Use research, feedback, and analytics to inform and improve designs
• Create wireframes, user flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI designs
• Translate designs into accessible, responsive HTML & CSS prototypes
• Work collaboratively with designers, developers, and researchers
• Conduct testing and iterate based on feedback
• Contribute to and evolve our design system

Interview Date: Virtual interview – week beginning 23 March

Location: Hybrid working, anywhere in the UK. Choice of home or office working (offices in Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, or Newtown). Some in person meetings, including quarterly away days across UK locations.

We will talk to you about where you are based and your working pattern if you get the job.

If you would like an informal conversation about the role specifically, please contact the Hiring manager: Anna Klepacka. 

Any questions about the recruitment process, please email the recruitment team.

How to apply

Upload your CV in word format and write a supporting statement (1000 words) with the following criteria, we will use this to score your application.

Essential Criteria:

• Significant experience designing in complex organisations, ensuring effective and user-centered service delivery.
• Excellent prototyping skills to bring complex ideas to life at any fidelity.
• Solid working knowledge of HTML and CSS.
• Significant experience with design tools like Figma.
• Experience applying WCAG standards in real-world projects.
• Ability to work collaboratively in an agile, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to tailor communication to stakeholders' needs and work with them to build relationships while also meeting user needs.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience working with a range of CMS and CRM platforms

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion  

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

We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages. 

As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.) 

Giving Back Recruitment is partnering with a long-established professional membership organisation with a proud history of setting and upholding world-class standards, to appoint a Finance Director to a role of real strategic influence.

This is a standout opportunity for a senior finance leader to operate at an executive level within a complex, purpose-led organisation, combining financial leadership with genuine organisational impact.

Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will lead the finance function end-to-end, working closely with the Board, Audit & Risk Committee and senior leadership to ensure strong financial governance, clear decision-making and long-term sustainability.

The opportunity

As Finance Director, you will:

· Shape and deliver financial strategy in a complex, multi-income organisation

· Lead statutory and management reporting, budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning

· Act as a trusted adviser to Boards and Committees, providing clear insight on performance, risk and opportunity

· Oversee cashflow, investments, balance sheet management and financial sustainability

· Lead the year-end process and external audit across group entities

· Build and lead a high-performing, forward-thinking finance team

· Drive continuous improvement across systems, processes and financial capability

· Provide executive oversight of facilities and building services, ensuring efficient and effective operations

This role offers genuine breadth, influence and visibility, sitting at the heart of organisational strategy and governance.

About you

You will be a confident, commercially minded finance leader who enjoys operating at executive level and influencing complex organisations.

You will bring:

· A recognised accountancy qualification and senior-level finance leadership experience

· Strong experience in financial governance, reporting and strategic planning

· Proven ability to advise and challenge Boards and senior leaders constructively

· Experience leading and developing teams through change and growth

· Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex financial data into clear insight

· A collaborative, values-driven leadership style

Experience within a membership body, charity, not-for-profit or regulated environment would be advantageous.

A rare chance to join an incredibly supportive and inclusive employer that values hard work, flexiblity and employee well-being, and recognised by the GM Good Employment Charter! We are a small but vastly experienced team of family support/volunteer Coordinators, delivering highly respected volunteer-led home visiting support to families in the early years. 

We are looking for someone to provide direct support to families and also recruit, train and support a team of local parent/carer volunteers who will provide weekly home visiting and community support to families.

You will work  with other professionals from universal and specialist services to provide a coordinated response to families’ needs. You will assess need and risk prior to carefully matching volunteers with families or offering direct support, working as part of multi agency support, ensuring information sharing and safeguarding is at the forefront of your work. This will include instigating Early Help assessments, preparing for and attending Child in Need and Child Protection meetings.

You will have an understanding of recruiting, carefully selecting and managing volunteers to ensure they feel supported and fully trained to offer effective support to families in order to get the best outcomes for the family and in particular the children. 

You will be experienced in working with families in their own home - skilled in recognising and responding to safeguarding concerns, be apt in completing strengths-based assessments and conversations and have a deep understanding of the issues families can face and the link with childhood development and difficulties they may experience later in life.

Chief Executive Officer (Part-time, 3 days/week)

Veterans With Dogs (VWD) is seeking a dynamic and compassionate Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead our charity into its next chapter. This rare and exciting opportunity offers the chance to guide a small, high-impact team at a pivotal stage in the charity’s growth.

Location: Exeter (hybrid with regular office presence required)
Salary: £45,000–£55,000 pro-rata (equivalent to £27,000 - £33,000 for 3 days/week) + 3% pension contribution
Contract: Initial 1 year role with opportunity to extend

Hours: 21 hours / 3 days per week

Holiday: 28 days per annum (FTE), plus bank holidays
Reports to: Chair of Trustees
Direct reports: 4

About Veterans With Dogs

Veterans With Dogs is a UK charity that transforms the lives of Armed Forces veterans living with mental health challenges. Through the provision of highly trained assistance dogs and trauma-informed support, we help restore purpose, independence, and dignity to those who have served.

Founded in 2012, our work addresses a vital gap for veterans living with PTSD, anxiety, depression, and complex trauma. Through our award-winning PALS™ (Partner Animal Life Skills) programme, we help veterans re-engage with life, with the support of a trusted companion by their side.

Following a period of governance transition and renewal, we are entering a new and exciting phase. We are strengthening leadership, systems, and strategy to ensure long-term sustainability and greater reach. As we begin this next chapter, we are seeking an experienced, values-driven CEO to lead us confidently into this next phase.

The Role

The CEO will provide strategic direction, operational oversight, and cultural leadership for Veterans With Dogs. Working closely with the Board of Trustees, the CEO will oversee the delivery of the charity’s mission, ensure operational excellence, develop our long-term strategy, and foster a values-led and high-performing team.

This is a hands-on, multi-dimensional leadership role, ideal for a calm, pragmatic, and inspiring individual with experience of organisational stabilisation, stakeholder engagement, and sustainable growth. You will be a visible leader at our base in Exeter, while building strong relationships across the veteran, assistance dog, and wider charity sectors.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Strategy

· Lead the development and delivery of an interim plan and longer-term organisational strategy

· Translate strategic goals into clear operational priorities and plans

· Foster a compassionate, inclusive, and mission-aligned organisational culture

· Act as a credible and inspiring ambassador for Veterans With Dogs with stakeholders, funders, partners, and the public

• Guide the charity through stabilisation and values-led, sustainable growth

Governance & Compliance

· Ensure compliance with all relevant charity law, regulation, and best practice

· Work in partnership with the Board of Trustees, supporting effective governance and reporting

· Implement and embed improvements in HR, finance, safeguarding, IT, and operational systems

• Lead on organisational risk management, ensuring policies and procedures are in place and regularly reviewed

Operations & Programme Delivery

· Oversee day-to-day operations to ensure safe, ethical, and effective service delivery

· Ensure safeguarding standards are upheld for both veterans and dogs

· Drive continuous improvement in programme quality, delivery, and impact measurement

• Ensure operational systems and data processes are robust, compliant, and fit for purpose

People & Culture

· Lead, support, and nurture a small, dedicated staff team and wider network of volunteers

· Promote staff wellbeing, clear communication, and professional development

• Work with trustees to assess future staffing needs and build leadership capacity

Finance & Sustainability

· Work with trustees and advisors to ensure sound financial management and reporting

· Contribute to financial planning, budgeting, and development of a sustainable reserves policy

• Help diversify income streams, supporting fundraising efforts, corporate partnerships, and individual giving

Fundraising & External Relations

· Build and maintain relationships with funders, donors, corporate partners, and sector allies

· Collaborate with the fundraising trustee to develop new funding opportunities

· Represent the charity externally with credibility, transparency, and professionalism

• Strengthen partnerships with ADUK, ADI, Cobseo, and other key membership bodies

Person Specification

Essential

· Senior leadership experience within a charity, social enterprise, or values-led organisation

· Strong knowledge of charity governance, regulation, and trustee relationships

· Experience leading teams through organisational change or stabilisation

· Financial literacy with experience of budgeting, reporting, and planning

· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills across diverse stakeholders

• A calm, values-based, and ethical leadership approach

Desirable

· Experience in health, mental health, veterans’ services, or trauma-informed work

· Experience working with boards during periods of strategic or leadership transition

· Fundraising and/or income generation experience

· Understanding of safeguarding best practice (for people and/or animals)

• Lived experience of the military or charity sectors (not essential)

Our Commitment

Veterans With Dogs is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We actively welcome applicants from all backgrounds and strive to create a supportive, respectful, and empowering workplace. We recognise the value of lived experience and are committed to continuous learning as an organisation.

How to Apply

Apply with your CV and a brief cover letter outlining your interest and suitability.

If you would like a confidential conversation before applying, we would be happy to speak with you.

Closing date to apply: Friday 13 March 2026

· First interviews (online): week commencing 16 March 2026

· Second interviews (in our Exeter office): week commencing 23 March 2026 TBC

NO RECRUITERS AT THIS STAGE PLEASE

What makes us unique is that we also care deeply about ‘plugging the gap’ for families and young people who are struggling to find the mental health support they need as a result of financial, social or other disadvantage. For this reason, we are a not-for-profit organisation and offer grant and donation funded programmes when we can.

Youth Arts & Health Trust are a registered charity based in Exeter and East Devon who specialise in providing creative therapies and inclusivity-informed arts activities for children and young people aged 5 to 25.

We are in an exciting phase of our development, with new premises in Exeter, growing activities in East Devon, a dynamic team, a supportive and experienced Board of Trustees, and much shared passion to make a difference to children, young people and families.

We provide our services for children and young people via local authorities, organisations, schools and for families directly.

We are looking for someone with vision and passion who can lead and nurture our highly capable and ambitious team to build further upon our compassionate, inclusive and trauma-informed services for children, young people and families.

This is a 0.7 - 0.8 post (25-30 hours per week) with terms to be agreed with the successful candidate.  We are open to flexible working arrangements with the right individual, whether that’s flexitime or compressed hours, or some other agreed arrangement.   

It is expected that the post-holder will work within our premises for 1-2 days a week depending on service needs, and the remainder of hours worked from home, in the community at meetings or events or working on a hybrid basis.

Key tasks and responsibilities:

• To develop and deliver our strategy including a business plan and regular progression reports for the Board to ensure the charity is financially robust.
• To develop existing and new income streams to secure the future of the charity and enable us to meet our charitable objectives of benefitting children and young people experiencing mental health difficulties through arts therapies and arts activities.  This is likely to include grant fundraising, exploring procurement and commissioning routes, philanthropy, appropriate business sponsorship, training delivery and pathways for private purchasing of our service.
• To line manage, support, and collaborate with our Operations and Clinical Director who oversees our team of therapists and practitioners in ensuring all staff are adequately trained, registered, supervised and supported to provide an excellent service to our clients.
• To provide leadership for the charity both internally in regards to a positive and nurturing culture and externally in regard to reputation, partnerships and opportunities.
• To ensure all relevant policies are implemented effectively, developed and reviewed as required.
• To act as one of three Designated Safeguarding Officers and ensure policy is implemented effectively.
• To ensure the charity fulfils all its statutory obligations, working alongside the Board to achieve this.
• To ensure the charity has appropriate systems in place for the management and mitigation of risk.
• To ensure the charity meets its obligations under health and safety law.
• To lead on the development of innovative arts therapy programmes, in collaboration with our Operations and Clinical Director, our staff team and stakeholders.
• To ensure evaluation and impact data is collected and utilised for our learning and to provide evidence for the effectiveness of YAHT’s services.
• To act as an ambassador for the charity.
• If relevant, to carry a small caseload of children and young people to remain practising as an Arts Therapist or other registered mental health professional (if relevant, see desirable criteria).

Senior Fundraising Analyst

12 Month Fixed Term Contract

£43,989 - £49,143pa (GBP)

City of London E1 8QS and we are a hybrid working organisation

This role is offered on a hybrid contract giving you the opportunity to also work from home three days a week. Remote contracts would not be considered for this role.

Purpose of Role

As a Senior Fundraising Analyst you play a leading role in supporting the charity’s fundraising growth objectives through data analysis, supporter segmentation, and insight generation.

Working within the central Data & Technology Directorate you will work closely with the Fundraising Directorate to optimise fundraising strategies and enhance understanding of supporter demographics. You will bring data analysis skills to interrogate data within the CRM and reporting dashboards, manage data segmentation and extraction requests, and directly support Fundraising colleagues to optimise campaign activity through a multi-channel supporter segmentation approach. Your previous experience in a similar fundraising-orientated role and expertise in data analysis will be crucial for driving insights that improve our fundraising and impact strategies.

You are analytically rigorous, able to understand the opportunities data and insight offer and will have a consistent track record of delivering actionable analytics projects in a business partnering capacity. You’ll believe in the power of data and insights as levers for affecting positive change.

You will work at the heart of Comic Relief’s operations, supporting the organisation work towards a Just World Free from Poverty. You will work within the Data & Technology Directorate, reporting into the Head of Data Analytics, and will be supported in your technical learning, organisational integration and career growth from within this central team. The Fundraising Directorate will welcome you as a Business Partner and work closely with you to ensure your integration and understanding of the organisation’s fundraising objectives and strategy.

Key responsibilities:

Business partnering with Fundraising teams, identify opportunities for our data to enable the achievement of FR strategic goals. For example, supporting on Fundraising strategy and fundraising campaign development through the provision of Lifetime Value analysis, propensity to give modelling, econometric modelling and / or regression analysis, recency, frequency, value analysis and the appending of third-party data sources to enrich our data set and better understand our donors and prospects.

Analyse large datasets to identify trends, insights, and opportunities to optimise fundraising activity and segmentation within the CRM.

Oversee and manage the segmentation within the CRM, ensuring the supporter experience when receiving communications from Comic Relief is as good as it can be.

Track performance metrics during events and provide immediate feedback and recommendations for optimization where appropriate.

Data Tools and Architecture:

Collaborate with other Analysts and Data Engineers to optimize data flows, improve reporting systems, and ensure the effective use of data across the organization.

Leverage Kusto (KQL within Azure Data Explorer) and Salesforce Non-Profit Cloud and Marketing Cloud to extract, analyse, and manipulate data from various sources.

Utilise Power BI to build and maintain dashboards that provide clear and actionable insights.

Support for Fundraising will include being hands-on with Salesforce Non-Profit Cloud and Marketing Cloud to build and manage segments.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

Be a Business Partner for Fundraising teams to identify data requirements and ensure alignment with strategic objectives.

Communicate complex data findings in a clear and actionable manner to non-technical stakeholders.

Person specification

Essential criteria

Significant experience in securing five figure donations and managing a personal portfolio of major donors.

Excellent verbal and written communicator, with the ability to communicate often complex programme and funding work in an engaging way to lay audiences. 

Significant experience in writing compelling cases for support and major donor appeals and proposals.

Experience in creating and delivering high quality donor events.

Ability to represent the organisation at a high level with external audiences.

Experience in using a CRM (e.g. RaisersEdge, Salesforce, D365) including managing donor records, moves management, running queries and reports.

Excellent team player with the ability to support colleagues in a fast-paced and busy environment.

Ability to work proactively and manage a busy workload with a systematic approach to work.

Desirable criteria 

Experience in securing six figure donations.

Experience of Salesforce.

Perks and benefits:

· Flexible working hours

· Work from home option

· Life Insurance

· Wellness programs

· Employee Assistance Programme

· Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

· Paid emergency leave

· Sabbatical Opportunities

· Professional development

· Mentoring/coaching

· Paid volunteer days

· Payroll giving

· Salary sacrifice

· Team social events

· Extracurricular clubs

· Cycle to work scheme

· Free fruit

To apply please visit our website via the link and apply online.

Comic Relief reserves the right to close the role early if a large number of applications are received.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Comic Relief we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Why work at Comic Relief

There are lots of good reasons to join us at Comic Relief. You can read more about our employee benefits, such as our commitment to flexible and hybrid working. We ask staff to come to the office twice a week, normally on agreed team days, so that we can do all those things that are difficult to do online. Our office is based in Whitechapel, London,

There are lots of opportunities to develop your skills and experience at Comic Relief, including opportunities to become a Mental Health First Aider or to participate in our Employee Network Groups that focus on making Comic Relief a more inclusive place to work.

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As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we take positive action by providing first-round interviews to candidates who have a registered disability, provided they meet the minimum criteria for the role, as demonstrated on their CV and application questions.

We know that 91% of people affected by a brain tumour will have experienced a negative impact to their emotional well-being; often exacerbated by cognitive issues, personality changes, long term side effects and reduced prognosis. We’re looking for someone who is passionate about talking to those affected by a brain tumour diagnosis and supporting them through our different channels, including phone line, live chat and email.

In this role, you will work across both our Counselling Service and Adults support team, helping us provide a seamless, joined up experience for our service users. You’ll provide empathetic, practical support directly to individuals, whilst also supporting the day to day running of our free counselling service - overseeing referrals, supporting assessments and helping ensure each element of the service meets our standards and the needs of the community. By bridging both teams, you will play a key role in making sure people receive the right emotional and practical support at the right time, no matter how they reach us.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

Someone who can support a wide range of people – from those who are looking for general information about treatment or care, to those who need more detailed support from the point of diagnosis, you will be passionate about improving the lives of those affected by a brain tumour.

You will be empathetic and professional, with experience of working in a busy admin or service delivery role. The ideal candidate would also have a strong understanding of counselling principles and practice and would be able to confidently explain our different support services to service users. We are looking for someone with excellent IT and telephone skills and the ability to learn and use various databases is essential.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Provide specialist emotional and practical support and information to people affected by brain tumours, their friends, families and carers through channels including phone, email and live chat.

• Offer enhanced follow up support for individuals who may benefit from counselling, helping them explore their needs and acting as key link between the helpline and counselling service.

• Provide administrate support for our counselling team, including managing a busy diary to ensure effective and high-quality service delivery.

• Complete counselling assessments to identify needs, risks and appropriate support options for anyone who has referred into the service

• Maintain appropriate and accurate records on our service system and CRM database, as required to evidence the impact and reach of our support services

• Support a team of volunteer assessors and helpline triage volunteers to ensure they receive the help and guidance they need to deliver their role.

• Provide accurate, up-to-date information based on current research, clinical guidance and treatments, conducting your own research and adapting communication to each person, while sharing key insights with the team.

• Offer coaching guidance to empower individuals, helping them to achieve the appropriate next steps.

• Develop and review website information related to counselling, mental health and emotional support, ensuring information is accurate and accessible.

• Work to promote the service across all areas of charity and within the wider community

• Identify, manage and escalate safeguarding concerns in line with The Charity guidelines.

• Commit to confidentiality, in line with the service and organisational policy

• Support the Counselling Manager to deliver the counselling service to meet its strategic aims

Harris Hill are delighted to be working with Stella Maris to recruit for the Head of Individual Giving role in order to lead and grow the charity individual fundraising programme at an exciting time of organisational growth. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, you will play a pivotal role in recruiting, retaining and developing individual donors, ensuring Stella Maris has the sustainable income needed to deliver its mission.

You will lead our Individual Giving team and oversee national appeals, including the flagship Sea Sunday Appeal, engaging Catholic parishes across England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

This is a senior, strategic role for a motivated fundraiser who combines leadership, creativity and strong analytical skills with a passion for making a difference.

About Stella Maris

Stella Maris is the largest ship-visiting network in the world, supporting seafarers, fishers and their families across more than 350 ports in over 50 countries. Formerly known as Apostleship of the Sea, we have been serving the People of the Sea for over 100 years, offering practical, pastoral and spiritual support regardless of creed, gender or ethnicity.

Stella Maris UK works closely with chaplains, volunteers, parishes, maritime charities and industry partners to uphold the dignity, rights and wellbeing of those who live and work at sea.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the Individual Giving strategy in collaboration with the CEO and senior leadership team
• Lead national fundraising appeals, including Sea Sunday and seasonal campaigns
• Recruit, retain and steward individual supporters through effective donor journeys
• Grow income through regular giving, legacies, volunteering and other giving products
• Manage and develop the Individual Giving team
• Oversee Salesforce CRM usage, data quality, reporting and compliance
• Manage budgets, income forecasting and campaign analysis
• Ensure compliance with GDPR, fundraising regulations and charity best practice
• Work closely with chaplains, communications, finance and philanthropy teams

About You

You will bring:

• Significant experience in direct marketing fundraising (ideally in the charity sector)
• Proven experience of managing national fundraising campaigns
• Strong leadership and people management skills
• Experience using charity CRMs (e.g. Salesforce, Raiser’s Edge)
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to inspire support
• Confidence working with data to inform strategy and decision making
• A resilient, proactive and collaborative approach

Desirable:

• Experience fundraising in a faith based setting
• Knowledge of the Catholic Church
• Experience managing volunteers and external agencies
• Membership of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising

Salary of £54,000 per annum

Location: London, hybrid working, minimum 2 day a week in the office

Contract type: permanent, full- time, Flexible working patterns will be considered.

Closing date: Wednesday 5th March at 8am

Interview: 19th March

Recruitment process: Cv and Supporting Statement to

If this sounds like you, then please do get in touch ASAP!

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.

Are you passionate about tackling the issues faced by young people such as school absence, loneliness and career opportunities, and determined in supporting their development of life and employability skills? Then there is a place for you at WeMindTheGap. 

We are seeking a special person to fill a new role, Director of Operations. You will bridge the gap between our Board of Trustees, CEO and Operational Delivery. You will be responsible for turning our 5-year plan into high-quality sustainable action while ensuring that our culture remains the golden thread running through everything we do. To do this you will need to be able to effectively manage our growing team of circa 31 staff, line manage our Senior Leadership Team, maximise our yearly budget of roughly £1.7 million, and monitor and report on our Key Performance Indicators directly to our CEO.

Over the last decade, WeMindTheGap has walked alongside the most amazing young people aged 11–25yrs who have fallen through the gaps to find their place in the world. However, sadly, factors such as the Covid-19 pandemic mean that the need for our programmes is greater than ever.  

That is why we have launched an ambitious 5-year plan to deepen our impact and expand our ‘Villages’. Through our place-based approach and continuum of five programmes, we provide our 'Gappies' with work and life skills opportunities, a sense of belonging in their communities, and a chance to build independent, fulfilling lives. 

If you are an individual who thrives in social system changes, complex systems work, if you are driven by purpose and want to be part of an organisation that changes the lives of young people today and for our future generations, we want to hear from you. 

Location: In-person at our WeConnect Hubs (Wrexham, Flintshire, Cheshire) 
Salary: £50,000 
Hours: Full-time, 5 days a week (37.5 hours) 
Start Date: ASAP, ideally by 01/05/2026 (negotiable) 
Contract: Permanent 
Deadline: 12:00pm, 11th of March 2026

To find out more and how to apply, please download and read our full ‘Director of Operations - Recruitment Pack’. 

Please note, the deadline for applying is 11th March 2026 and if chosen for stage 2 you must be available for interview in-person on 31st March or 1st of April 2026.