Hours per week: 22.5 or 30 (flexible to what suits the candidate)

Salary for 22.5 per week: £18,243 - £19.459 (£30,000 - £32,000 FTE)

Salary for 30 hours per week: £24,324 - £25,945 (£30,000 - £32,000 FTE)

Are you passionate about fundraising? Would you like to play a key part within a growing charity focusing on making a difference to vulnerable young people in your local area? We would love to hear from you!

Benefits

Pension Scheme

Hybrid working - option to work from home up to 2 days per week

Life Insurance Scheme

Flexible

An additional annual leave day on your Birthday

Monthly draws to win ‘lunch on your manager’ or ‘leave work early’

Comprehensive induction to HYH and your role

Ongoing training relevant to your role

Employee Assistance Programme - support with wellbeing & personal struggles

Herts Young Homeless work with 16-24 year olds who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, those aged 10-15 whose families are at risk of relationship breakdown and those aged 18+ who are in housing need and have mental health and substance misuse problems.

Job Purpose:

The Fundraising Manager will:

• Contribute to hyh’s overall Fundraising strategy as a member of the Fundraising Team
• Manage a portfolio of existing supporters, providing exceptional supporter care and building relationships, stewarding and nurturing existing donors
• Improve supporter retention and maximise donors’ lifetime value to hyh
• Manage and develop the use of hyh’s CRM effectively to segment data and make insight-led decisions
• Acquire and develop new donors through solicitation and stewardship plans using a supporter journey programme to build engagement and loyalty
• Inspire, motivate and develop the team’s staff and volunteer workforce and maximise their contribution
• Develop all marketing and comms materials through digital and other channels to deliver the programme
• Line manage the Digital Communications Officer
• Deputise for the Head of Fundraising & Communications as required.

Requirements:

• Relevant charity fundraising experience with understanding of supporter acquisition and retention, supporter journey development and understanding of emotional and behavioural motivations for giving.
• Successful track record of generating income and achieving targets
• Experience of developing fundraising or communications initiatives to achieve targets
• Proven ability to engage, inspire and motivate individuals to donate through any chosen channel, with an excellent understanding of online giving and digital channels
• An understanding and commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
• Preparing and monitoring income and expenditure budgets, financial projections and financial management information
• Experience line managing at least one person

Skills:

• Excellent communicator in formal and informal communications, both verbally and in writing, to all stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build rapport and communicate sensitively; negotiating effectively to generate support among people from diverse backgrounds and all levels
• Strong analytical and methodical IT skills
• Approachable, creative, ‘can-do’ attitude
• Excellent relationship management skills, with ability to motivate and inspire others
• Creative thinking, imaginative and entrepreneurial attitude towards fundraising
• Ability to motivate others and work as part of a team
• Good numerical skills

If you are hardworking, conscientious and take pride in doing a job well, then we would like to hear from you.

If you are shortlisted, an initial interview will be arranged followed by a second (final) interview stage if you are successful.

*please submit a cover letter with your CV or your application may not be successful*

Equal Opportunities:

We treat everyone with equal dignity and respect, and promote equal opportunity for all and challenge any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any person on the grounds of race, colour, sex, marital status, religion or belief, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or any other perceived difference.

MAIN PURPOSE OF POST

The Senior Partnerships Officer, is responsible for the implementation and maintenance of a rolling programme of prospect identification, research and nurturing of relationships, specifically for corporate supporters, though you may also be involved with trusts, foundations and Major Donors on some level. The post holder will lead on maximising support through the corporate fundraising streams, drafting and submitting applications and other approaches to prospective funders and donors to increase income. In addition to developing persuasive cases for support in line with organisational priorities, the post holder will ensure that the activities for which funds are sought are impactful, measurable and can be effectively reported on to funders. The post holder will also be required to support with and attend fundraising events with the purpose of relationship building, nurture and networking.

The post holder will develop and maintain both internal and external contacts and will need to develop a thorough understanding of Women’s Aid’s work, business plans and strategic priorities.

DUTIES AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. To work closely with the Fundraising Manager to develop and implement a strategy for maximising income from Corporate supporters.
2. To be personally responsible for a portfolio of prospective and existing corporate supporters to solicit large donations, apply for funding and ensure meaningful partnerships are created.
3. Work to match funders’ aims with Women’s Aid’s Vision, Purpose and Mission, packaging up relevant areas of Women’s Aid’s work and strategy to be appealing to funders. Will have to act creatively and innovatively in order to not miss out on opportunities in a fast paced funding environment and will need to be able to cross sell Women’s Aid products, such as training packages for corporate partners.
4. Present compelling cases for support and proposal packages funders both in person and in writing.
5. To manage the corporate fundraising officer, and oversee their work with small businesses and workplace fundraising income.
6. To manage the prospect development programme, identifying prospects and new funding opportunities, using our database and extended networks (via Trustees, existing supporters, advisory groups, operational contracts etc.) as well as identifying those with a likely interest in our cause but who are not yet connected with Women’s Aid, and ways to approach them.
7. Will be required to act independently to manage key relationships with supporters of high value to Women’s Aid, working alongside other colleagues to help maximise support, this may on occasion include Celebrity Ambassadors, and influencers.
8. Establish appropriate means of monitoring and evaluating activity, and ensure that all reports to donors are delivered within deadline.
9. Take responsibility for ensuring that full records of all contacts are maintained on the database, in accordance with GDPR and relevant reports are produced.
10. Use the fundraising database to analyse success rates to support the Fundraising strategy and to feed into the Fundraising teams KPI’s.
11. Ensure that all donations are quickly and correctly processed and acknowledged and that reports are available in the appropriate format.

2. Cross departmental working

2.1 To liaise with colleagues across Women’s Aid to ensure an accurate and in depth knowledge of the key services and ongoing projects to ensure the organisation’s work is presented to funders appropriately. Have a good understanding of organisational needs and strategy in order to be able to answer questions from corporate funders.

2.2 To ensure that the conditions of existing funding is adhered to and reported against correctly.

2.3 Work with colleagues across the organisation to strengthen key relationships with partners of high value to Women’s Aid.

2.4 Be willing to share knowledge and advice in areas of expertise with colleagues in the team, and across the wider organisation.

3. Relationship Management

3.1 Provide excellent account management to Corporate Partners, and, where appropriate, Trusts and Major Donors. Ensure that all prospects have a meaningful relationship with Women’s Aid; liaising with Trustees, and the Chief Executive as appropriate.

3.2 To regularly review the donor prospect portfolios across Women’s Aid and to ensure that the right person is driving each relationship.

3.4 To prepare a thorough action/reporting plan for each donor relationship, liaising with colleagues across the organisation to ensure effective relationship management is upheld.

4. Stewardship and engagement

4.1 To employ a variety of personal engagement mechanisms to ensure that prospects and supporters become, and remain, fully engaged with our cause. Mechanisms to include: private meetings; introductions to operational colleagues, Trustees and Directors as appropriate; small engagement events such as dinners; large engagement events such as launches, events and receptions.

4.2 To employ a variety of communications to steward prospects and supporters. Communications to include, but not limited to; Women’s Aid publications, bespoke updates/impact reports on gifts, prompt and personalised thank you letters, bespoke communications sent on issues we know are of interest to individual donors.

4.3 Ensure the highest level of standards of data capture are maintained on Raiser’s Edge, ensuring a complete accurate and up-to-date information on all donors and prospects, whether individuals or organisations. This includes – but is not limited to – information on giving history, relationships, contacts, proposals submitted etc. In particular the post holder must ensure that information is captured and recorded on individual’s connections/relationships with other relevant individuals and organisations.

PERSON SPECIFICATION: Senior Major Donor and Corporates Fundraising Officer

EXPERIENCE

Essential:

• Proven experience of successful fundraising from Trusts, Corporates, major & mid-level donors
• Experience of acquiring and managing corporate Charity of the Year partnerships
• Demonstrable initiative and determination
• Proven ability to work alone as well as part of a team
• Line management experience
• Experience of writing reports on activities, summarising and analysing figures to make recommendations using Word, Excel and databases
• Experience of managing events for high level donors
  
   

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Essential:

• Demonstrable experience in developing positive relationships with major donors and corporate partners
• Experience of researching and developing targeted proposals for presentation to prospective major donors and corporate partners
• Experience of developing a strategy to meet targets
• Excellent attention to detail and accurate record keeping
• A flexible approach to work, with the ability to manage competing deadlines and priorities
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to liaise with people at all levels, on the telephone, face to face and in writing, and confident making presentations to diverse audiences
• Ability to adapt communication methods to suit differing audiences
   

• Ability to monitor and evaluate patterns of support and match appropriate project proposals
• Experience of working within agreed budget constraints, ensuring that expenditure is maintained within budgets, and that income is closely monitored

KNOWLEDGE

Essential:

• Experience of compiling budgets for funders
• Good knowledge of the funding landscape and of best practice in multiple areas of fundraising (trusts and foundations, corporate and major donor).

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Essential:

• Experience of using a CRM database, preferably Raiser’s Edge

 Desirable:

OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential:

• Able to demonstrate a commitment and sensitivity to the aims and objectives of Women’s Aid;
• Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice and equal opportunities;
• Willingness to work occasional unsocial hours as required.
• Understanding of the need to act with discretion at all times.

SUMMARY OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Terms of appointment: Offer of employment is subject to receipt of a satisfactory DBS assessment at the relevant level for the role and also a satisfactory Pre Employment Health Questionnaire at the expense of WAFE.

Confirmation of appointment will be subject to the satisfactory completion of a probationary period.  This will normally be of six months (less for short term contracts).  During this time an employee will be expected to establish their suitability for the post. During the probationary period employment may be terminated in writing, giving one week's notice by either party (this may be waived by mutual agreement). Only any statutory dismissal procedure will apply during the probationary period. There is no probationary period for contracts of under 3 months.

Salary:  £31,766 pro rata. (On an incremental scale guided by the NJC Local authority pay scale points 35-39) + benefits.  Salary is paid in arrears through bank credit by the 25th of each month.  Part time staff receive pro-rata payment based on hours worked.

Working hours:  The standard working hours for this post are 37 hours per week, based in Bristol; benefits include a generous bank holidays and annual leave package and contributory pension scheme.

Support and supervision:  Women’s Aid has a commitment to providing regular supervision and support to staff with annual appraisals forming a key part of staff development.  We have a training policy in place and encourage staff to take an active role in their career development plan.

Pension:  Women’s Aid is enrolled with the People’s Pension scheme. Women’s Aid normally contributes 7% of salary and the employee contributes 3% towards the group pension scheme. Eligible staff will be automatically enrolled on the scheme when they have successfully completed the 3 month interim probationary review.  .

Annual Leave:  Women’s Aid offers an annual leave entitlement of 25 days per year rising by one day per year until 30 days annual leave per year is reached.  In addition, we offer 8 days public holidays plus 2 additional days in March and August. All leave entitlement is calculated pro-rata for part time employees.

Other leave:  Employees have contractual rights to time off for reasons of sickness, maternity and other circumstances. 

Period of notice: 1 month after your probationary period has been completed.

Union:  You have a right to membership of a trade union. Women’s Aid recognises Unison.

Asylum and Immigration Act 1996:  To comply with this Act, Women’s Aid will need to see the original of at least one document from a specified list, most commonly a British Passport.

Additional information is available on request.

FoodCycle currently runs 50 Projects across England and Wales providing nutritious meals and social connections for those at risk of food poverty and loneliness. Our fundraising team has developed exceptional growth in fundraising income over the past few years and we have exciting and ambitious plans to expand our programme reach over the next two years, requiring us to double our income.

To support this growth, we are seeking a candidate with ambitions to further their fundraising experience to join our small and talented Fundraising Team. You will already have some events, fundraising or marketing experience under your belt and be keen to further develop your skills by managing our corporate volunteering events and smaller value corporate donor and community fundraising relationships.

Additionally, you will support the Head of Fundraising and Fundraising and Corporate Partnerships Manager, providing event and administrative support that underpins our successful donor and funder relationships. We are in the process of planning our 2023 Gala Dinner and you will play a key role in ensuring this event is successfully delivered.

Ambitious about Autism is hiring in our Fundraising Team!

We're looking for an experienced Senior Corporate Partnership Officer to bring their creativity and account management skills to support our flagship 3-year strategic partnership. You will be a vital part of the Corporate Partnership team, supporting the Corporate Partnerships Manager to engage with key stakeholders, lead on key communications and campaigns, and work on the planning, design and delivery of fundraising and volunteering events.

You will lead on managing a small portfolio of other corporate partnerships (taking up around 10% of your time).

We are looking for:

• Experience of working on Corporate Partnerships, preferably in a fundraising capacity
• Previous experience of planning and delivering in person and virtual events
• Excellent stakeholder and Donor management skills

In return, we offer great benefits including a generous holiday allowance, flexible and hybrid working and commitment to continued professional development (CPD) and more. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual who would like to work for a forward-thinking, open and honest organisation and make a real impact to the young people we work with.

Please see the full role description on the link below.

If you would like more information about the role or would like an informal, confidential discussion please contact Stephen Vickers

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. 

The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.

We are seeking an ambitious and energetic fundraising manager to lead the stewardship and growth of QSA’s supporter income – building on a base of highly loyal individual supporters and Quaker meetings around the UK – and to support the head of fundraising and communications in growing other areas of fundraising, especially from trusts and foundations. 

In the last two years we have introduced fundraising challenge events and are developing plans for supporter engagement events and potentially a patron scheme. The fundraising manager will need to drive forward these initiatives as well as bringing their own ideas for acquiring new supporters and developing major donors.

The fundraising manager will also play an important role in maintaining and growing QSA’s portfolio of grants, and will ideally bring experience of securing £50k-plus funding agreements from trusts/foundations or the public or corporate sectors. 
 

About Quaker Social Action

Quaker Social Action enables people on low incomes in east London and beyond to seek solutions to the issues affecting their lives. To do this, we listen and respond to the needs of the community by running practical, sustainable and collaborative projects. 

Services include: UK-wide crisis support for those unable to afford funerals; courses that empower people to manage their money more confidently; practical support for people experiencing homelessness such as a mobile library and community kitchen spaces; wellbeing interventions, and the UK’s first dedicated supported housing project for young carers.

Sport in Mind, the UK's leading mental health sports charity, is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Corporate Partnerships Manager to join our growing team

Job Title

Corporate Partnerships Manager

Location

Reading, Berkshire

Salary

£ 31,193 FTE

Job Purpose

• To develop and deliver a corporate partnerships plan that maximises the ethical and sustainable generation of funds for Sport in Mind
• To support our wonderful corporate partners fundraise and inspire new companies to raise money for the Sport in Mind, always ensuring they receive the best possible experience.
• To work as part of the wider Sport in Mind team and contribute to shared income targets

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with the Head of Business to develop and implement a Corporate Fundraising Plan, delivering on specific fundraising projects and campaigns in line with the organisational strategy
• Engage with, motivate, inspire, and support our amazing corporate supporters, potential supporters, volunteers, and donors
• Manage and develop Sport in Mind’s corporate supporter base to maximise fundraising, increase engagement and ensure a high level of donor retention
• Provide high quality supporter care and engagement throughout all forms of communication and interaction with supporters. Ensuring they are acknowledged and thanked in a timely manner, so they feel valued by Sport in Mind and all relationships are maximised to their full potential
• Work with Sport in Mind’s Volunteer Coordinator on the delivery of Corporate Volunteering programme; engaging organisations in impactful volunteering activities.
• To assist with all levels of Corporate administration, including; thank you letters; certificates; project reports; CRM database.
• Manage all corporate gift in-kind donations.
• Create fundraising products and tools to support our partners to achieve their targets and inspire employees at partner companies to support us.
• Attend corporate fundraising events of partners and warm supporters which may sometimes occur outside working hours.
• Lead on researching information on new prospects from a variety of commercial sectors, produce proposal documents and cases for support, and deliver pitches to companies who are looking to support the charity.
• Work with the Head of Business to develop and deliver the Corporate Fundraising budget. Report on income and take proactive steps to address any shortfalls/overspends and to capitalise on opportunities, ensuring the team achieves its fundraising goals.
• Evaluate and report back on Corporate Partnerships and Fundraising, providing a monthly report reviewing income and trends against agreed targets and make recommendations/ take action for any activity that is under or over performing in a timely manner
• Embed our brand and Sport in Mind’s unique tone of voice in all content and communications.
• Work closely with Sport in Mind’s Marketing Manager to develop appropriate marketing plans to maximise all Fundraising income streams, ensuring all activities are added to the Marketing Activity Planner and provide content for marketing materials
• Demonstrate a clear return on investment (ROI) from all activities
• Undertake any other reasonable duties as directed by the CEO with support from the Trustee Board.

Person Specification 

Qualifications

• Full, valid driving licence

Essential Experience

• Experience in Corporate fundraising and delivering income generating activity
• Proven track record of fundraising and generating substantial income
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Knowledge and experience of the implementation of fundraising regulations and codes of practice
• Experience in creating, building and maintaining strong relationships.

Desirable Experience

• Experience in executing and developing customer engagement strategies.
• Budget management.
• Supporter engagement and care
• Awareness of General Data Protection Regulations
• Knowledge and experience of using CRM systems.

Essential Skills and Values

Great communicator, able to present credibly and professionally. Attention to detail. Structured approach, organising work, managing deadlines and priorities. A people person who is proactive with a ‘hands-on’ and ‘can-do’ attitude

• An innovative thinker who can bring creative ideas to life.
• Ability to manage, negotiate, motivate and enthuse individuals and groups
• Confident on the telephone and face to face with the ability to interact with a diverse range of people.

Thomas Pocklington Trust is a national charity dedicated to delivering positive change for blind and partially sighted people. We already work with a small number of corporate partners and want to grow this number considerably over the next few years. That’s where you will come in.

The Corporate Engagement Manager role is an exciting new role, for someone who is passionate about engaging corporate partners to drive forward business needs and ultimately help us to enable more blind and partially sighted people to live the life that they want to lead.

You will be a real people-person, that is confident, creative and able to build long-lasting, mutually beneficial relationships.

As Corporate Engagement Manager, you will:

• Support the development and delivery of our Corporate Engagement strategy.
• Work with other departments and teams to develop our offer to corporates, as well as manage our relationships with corporates.
• Develop our corporate partner customer journey, to maximise on the outputs and outcomes of each corporate partner relationship.

If this sounds like you and the idea of joining a highly effective team, that is striving towards creating the perfect world for blind and partially sighted people excites you, then we want to hear from you.

We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience.

Prospectus is delighted to be supporting the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund in their search for a Corporate New Business Manager to join their supportive and friendly fundraising team.

For more than 100 years, the RAF Benevolent Fund has been supporting members of the RAF Family through thick and thin providing practical, emotional, and financial support whenever needed. Considering any request for assistance, however big or small, they provide a tailor-made approach to each individual situation. From mobility aids and confidential counselling to financial grants, they offer a range of support tailored to the individual's needs.

As the Corporate New Business Manager, you will join a small and collaborative fundraising team and take the lead in planning, pitching, and securing new business from corporate partnerships. Line managing a Partnerships Executive and several Prospect Research Volunteers, this role will have good support in finding new potential partners and will take a leading role in developing these new relationships. Working closely with the Head of Corporate & Community Fundraising, this role will also play an influential role in supporting and shaping corporate fundraising strategy to achieve a corporate team target of £600k+.

To be successful as the Corporate New Business Manager, you will have proven experience in delivering successful pitches to secure new four, five, and six-figure corporate partnerships. You will be comfortable networking and be confident in developing new relationships both with internal and external stakeholders. This person will ideally be up to date with corporate fundraising trends and will have had some experience in managing other team members.

This role is a full-time permanent position that will have hybrid working 3 days per week in their London offices and offers a salary of circa £40,000.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply. If you have any disability and would like assistance with completing an application then please contact Adam Allnutt at Prospectus.

If you are interested in applying to this Corporate New Business Manager position, please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

We need someone to help consolidate our achievements and contribute to the long-term sustainability and success of the charity.  Our new Fundraising Manager will bring a wealth of fundraising experience gained through working with corporate, trusts, or major donors and be a key part of our strategy for growth going forward.

We are looking for someone to work at least 21 hours a week. The full-time role is 35 hours / week.  The post is fully home-based and provides a career opportunity with a dedicated small, but growing, team. In addition to a generous 36 days annual leave (pro rata) , we offer a commitment to continuous professional growth and development through the provision of an annual training budget that is offered to all staff. 

About The Healthcare Workers’ Foundation

The Healthcare Workers’ Foundation was set up in March 2020 by a group of NHS staff in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We exist to support the welfare and wellbeing of those fighting to keep us healthy and safe during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. 

The charity currently consists of six staff and is a 100% remote and flexible working organisation. In 18 months we have raised £1.3m in funds and over £3m including gifts-in-kind.

 We currently offer the following services to healthcare workers: 

·Bereaved healthcare worker family support and scholarships

·Professional counselling

·Retail discount collation and aggregation 

·Hospital staff room refurbishments 

·Childcare grants 

and are in the process of expanding the services we can offer healthcare workers.

Join our team as our new Fundraising Manager

Location: Kingston upon Thames - Hybird - remote and office based

Hours: Part-time - 21 hours per week (flexible working, and job share considered)

Salary: £33,000 – 39,000 pro-rata (£23,000-28,000 for 21 hours)

Leave: 26 days per annum plus bank holidays

Reports to: Director

Staff reporting: Bid Writer, Digital Engagement Coordinator

We are looking for a Fundraising Manager to lead RAK’s fundraising functions across multiple income streams. With the support from the Director and Board of Trustees Fundraising Manager is responsible for developing, overseeing and delivering fundraising initiatives.

The Fundraising Manager will play an active part in strategic direction of the charity and decision making on a senior management level.

This is an exciting time to join Refugee Action Kingston with an established fundraising team and strong pull of supporters to build new successes on. The charity is under-going transformation with growing team, re-branding and exciting local partnership projects.

Refugee Action Kingston:

Refugee Action Kingston is a frontline charity that supports people from the asylum-seeking and refugee communities to integrate into the local area. We deliver a range of services including welfare, immigration and legal advice, education, counselling, and careers guidance.

Purpose of the role:

To hold lead responsibility across fundraising functions of the charity to generate income and meet organisational targets and ensuring development opportunities are effectively maximised.

This role requires proven experience of successful grant writing and the ability to demonstrate record of fundraising achievements across multiple income streams.

Main Areas of Accountability

Fundraising

• Responsible for the development and the implementation of RAK’s Fundraising Strategy, in line with organisational strategy and resources.
• To provide the highest standard of stewardship to existing donors and supporters to maximise income and ensure long-term funding relationships.
• Contributing to the monitoring and evaluation of the impact of the services provided at Refugee Action Kingston.

Trusts & Foundations, Statutory

• Securing regular income by producing and submitting appealing fundraising applications to trusts & foundations or statutory funding.
• Working with a Bid Writer to ensure successful funding pipeline for the needs of RAK’s services.
• Researching, monitoring, and identifying new funding opportunities for the developments of existing or new services and organisational capacity.
• Reporting to funders in line with funding criteria, objectives and the specified outcomes conditional to the funding.

Individual Giving

• Ensuring that donations are acknowledged in an appropriate and timely manner in line with the stewardship policy
• Managing the charity’s supporter database and online donations
• Developing an excellent supporters journey via digital means and channels
• Preparing appealing fundraising campaigns and cases for support to the general public

Business Development

• Working with Digital Community Engagement Officer to maximise income from the online charity shop, social media channels and other digital channels.
• Keeping up to date with professional best practice and recent trends, identifying developments that impact the organisation, and sharing knowledge appropriately across teams and departments

Corporate Giving

• To lead the expansion of RAK’s Corporate Giving initiatives, identifying and developing opportunities for engagement.
• Support the Bid Writer with implementing Corporate Giving action plan and stewardship.

Person specification

We are looking for a candidate who can demonstrate:

• Significant fundraising successes across different income streams
• Persuasive written and spoken communication skill
• A strong track record of achieving established targets and KPIs
• Experience of developing and building high-value partnerships
• Excellent leadership and management skills
• Experience of delivering effective stewardship for a variety of stakeholder audiences
• A track record of managing budgets, complex report writing and data analysis
• Knowledge and experience of using digital fundraising tools and resources to maximise fundraising income
• Good time management skills including good sense of priorities and project development timelines
• Knowledge of the regulatory frameworks for fundraising activity for charities in the UK
• Commitment to working within an equality and diversity framework

Our workplace

We want Refugee Action Kingston to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thought. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of other ethnicities, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities and neurodiverse communities, to make a real difference to the refugees that we serve so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

Asking for adjustments

RAK is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for neurodiverse people, people with disabilities or with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please use the message function to get in contact.

To make an application please submit your CV, no longer than 2 A4 pages and a short covering letter addressing the person specification.    We invite you to complete our Equality Monitoring form.

Closing date: 6th June 2022

Assessment and interviews: Week commencing 13 June 2022

* All posts working for Refugee Action Kingston require an understanding of the needs of refugees and issues facing ethnic minorities in the UK. In addition, we require a strong commitment to equal opportunities from anyone who works for us.

Refugee Action Kingston is obliged to comply with the Asylum and Immigration Act (1996) and this requires certain documents to be presented by candidates before an offer of employment can be made. If you are invited to interview, we will ask you to bring these documents with you.

For jobs which involve, for example, working with, or having access to children and/or vulnerable adults and their records, we will require an Enhanced Disclosure from the Criminal Records Bureau and need to have information from you regarding any previous, existing or pending convictions or cautions. This will form part of the recruitment process if you are successful after interview.

This post is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and you will need to declare any spent or unspent convictions to us. Please ask for a declaration form, if applicable.

Do you have fundraising & communication skills? Could you inspire engagement, financial giving & commitment to a great charity supporting children and young adults? If so, then the Barnstondale Centre needs you!

Job Title: Fundraising and Communications Manager

Responsible to: CEO

Hours: Full time (will consider flexibility for part-time hours for the right candidate)

Work Location: Office - Barnstondale Centre, Wirral, Merseyside CH61 1BX (this role can be a mix of in person and remote working)

Salary: £28,000 - £31,000 FTE (dependent on experience) plus 5% matched pension contribution

Term: 12-month fixed term contract (with a possibility of extension dependent on funding)

Direct Reports: None

Role Overview

We are looking for a creative self-starter to work directly with the CEO and Business Manager on the delivery of the charity's new fundraising strategy as we look to grow our donor portfolio and engagement with our supporters. This is a role that offers you real scope, challenge and reward and the chance to contribute and enhance an organisation supporting vulnerable and underprivileged children, and their families.

The focus of this role will be researching and writing high quality, targeted funding applications to a range of charitable trusts and foundations and other grant making bodies, including local authorities. There may also be times when you will be required to respond to other fundraising opportunities that arise (e.g. major donors, corporate, community or events fundraising). You will need to be confident in representing Barnstondale externally and coordinate and maintain strong working relationships. You will have a flexible and motivated attitude to work, have a confident and persuasive writing style, and work with a high level of integrity.

Barnstondale Centre Overview

The Barnstondale Centre has a strong reputation for providing a range of residential trips and outdoor activities for schools and youth groups of all abilities.  We are passionate about encouraging young people to have fun and adventures in the outdoors, teaching them life skills and enhancing their self-esteem. Through successfully facing up to the challenges which outdoor activities provide, overcoming fears and apprehensions along the way, young people make major strides in confidence, with implications for all aspects of their development. We have been accommodating visitors for more than 60 years and became a registered charity in 2001. Although predominantly from the Northwest region, we also accommodate visitors nationally and as far afield as Ireland and France.

Since the formation of the charity, we have provided a safe and inclusive environment for people of all abilities to enjoy; in a normal year we support over 6000 young people. Barnstondale is for many, their first time experiencing the outdoors and their only holiday or respite of the year.

More details of this role, including the role's main duties and person specification, can be found in the attached Job Description.

Location: London/hybrid (although candidates in the Midlands will be considered, but travel will be expected)

We are working in partnership with a major heritage organisation and attraction. The organisation is on the cusp of embarking on the delivery of their new strategy and a major Capital Appeal.

We are seeking a Corporate Business Development Manager to contribute to the success of the organisation’s strategic vision by delivering growth in corporate income via corporate membership and sponsorship. The postholder with manage and develop high impact existing relationships with corporate partners, focus on securing new business partnerships to meet corporate income targets, and lead the corporate volunteering strategy.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the following technical competencies:

• Track record in securing from donations corporate partners (ideally five and six figure)
• Track record in corporate fundraising, new business acquisition or in a commercial role including strategy implementation and partnership management
• Experience of producing cases for support and other fundraising marketing materials or commercial sales materials
• Experience of using Raiser’s Edge or similar CRMs
• Experience of delivering successful donor relations activities
• Experience in prospect research and donor information management

We are seeking an individual with excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence, and secure and steward partners.

For more information, please contact Katherine Anderson-Scott, Charisma Charity Recruitment.

Applications should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement. Your supporting statement should concentrate on the technical competencies detailed above.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.

Closing date: 29th May 2022, however applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis, so please apply without delay to avoid disappointment

Leicestershire Action for Mental Health Project (LAMP) is a community mental health charity specialising in independent mental health advocacy. We navigate people through the complexities and difficulties of getting the right mental health support and empower them to rebuild their lives. Our services are for people experiencing mental health difficulties and their carers.

We are looking for a passionate and talented fundraising officer to join our growing fundraising team and take responsibility for increasing our corporate and community voluntary income. If you are exceptionally well organised, have excellent communication and customer service skills, enjoy working in small teams, and love getting involved in all aspects of a charity’s work, we would love to hear from you.

To apply, please submit your CV with a covering letter explaining how you meet the person specification. Closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 6 June 2022. Interviews are scheduled for Thursday 9 June and Friday 10 June 2022.

British Tinnitus Association (BTA) is striving for "A world where no one suffers from tinnitus." Last year the charity helped an incredible 1.7 million people living with tinnitus and continued to press ahead with its mission to drive progress towards a cure. Now is an incredibly crucial time for this life transforming organisation as they innovate digitally and enter an exciting new phase in their journey. 

We have an opportunity for a Corporate Development Manager to join the fundraising team that sits at the heart of all the charity achieves. This team is successful, ambitious, and looking for likeminded people to join and help transform the lives of those living with tinnitus.

The Role 

This is an exciting opportunity to grow revenue within the incredibly important corporate income stream for the charity. Responsibilities will include: 

• Developing and establishing a broad-based corporate partnership programme to secure new and long-term corporate income, including corporate membership.
• Delivering high quality relationship management, putting tailored account management plans in place to grow income over the longer term.
• Establishing relationships with new corporate prospects, taking full responsibility for all aspects of supporter care.
• Agreeing promotional programmes for corporate relationships to maximise impact and income generation.

The Person 

We are looking for solution-focussed, creative individuals with significant experience achieving challenging targets, ideally within a corporate fundraising environment. You should have demonstrable experience of developing and securing corporate partnerships and experience in identifying and researching companies and corporate foundations. Although this experience would be advantageous, we are also keen to speak with people who have comprehensive customer service, sales and business development experience and want to transfer these skills into corporate fundraising. Effective communication will be integral to success in this role so you should be someone who is able to build long lasting positive relationships and communicate effectively with a range of audiences and through a variety of channels.

This team has a wonderfully ambitious culture, creative approach to fundraising and a supportive and collaborative approach to work. If you’d like to find out more about joining this group of talented people, then get in touch for more information! Interviews are scheduled for the 22nd and 23rd of June.

The role can be either entirely remote, or a split between home-working and out of the charity’s offices in Sheffield. Apply here or contact Charlie or Leanne for more information. 

Please note: If you would like to submit an application or express your interest in an alternative format, such as audio or video upload, please contact either Charlie or Leanne who will be happy to advise on this.

Please also be aware that Charity Horizons use anonymous recruitment methods when submitting shortlists for all our roles and we only work with organisations that are happy to engage with us in this way.

Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition, and pregnancy.