It is an exciting and crucial time in the charity’s development and this specialist role will offer a chance to really make your mark contributing to major giving at the charity.

With responsibility for both strategy and delivery, you will be a highly motivated, determined and experienced fundraiser who relishes the opportunity to develop this exciting income area for the charity. The ideal candidate will have experience of major donor fundraising and of developing high-level relationships. You will also be able to adopt a strategic approach to the programme, considering and collaborating with the team to deliver a strategy and communications that are complementary to the overall supporter journey.

You will be an excellent communicator, have superb relationship building skills, up to date knowledge of charity legislation and a proven track record of setting and achieving fundraising targets.

This role requires some travel including to London, so we are flexible about your location.

Unicef ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

The award-winning Unicef UK Corporate Partnerships team secures and manages long term, multi-million-pound partnerships with major UK companies including easyJet, Unilever and arm. The team has ambitious plans for growth by adding to, and growing, our portfolio of truly strategic and pioneering full value corporate partnerships.

As Business Development Executive, you will provide a wide variety of hugely valuable support across the Corporate Partnerships Business Development team. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious fundraiser to play a critical role in our team and help support the ongoing development of new shared value corporate partnerships, as well as managing a portfolio of companies giving to Unicef UK at a level under £100,000 each year. You will provide important support to all members of the team, while also managing all incoming enquiries from companies looking to support Unicef UK and learn more.

We are looking for a highly organised and strong communicator, who can manage a varied workload and speak confidently and enthusiastically about our work.

Act now and apply online.

Closing date: 5pm Friday, 17 July 2020.
Interview date: Week of 27 July 2020.

We particularly welcome applications from LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at Unicef UK.  We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to greater results for children.

Unicef UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.

If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact Supporter Care during office hours.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.

Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)

Senior Manager

NSPCC JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE:                 Senior Manager, Strategy & Impact Team

DEPARTMENT: Strategy, Policy and Evidence

LOCATION:                   Shoreditch, London

GRADE:                       P6

NSPCC are seeking an exceptional candidate to lead the implementation of our ten year strategy which will formally launch in April 2021. The next strategy will enable us to achieve greater change for children and further our aim of preventing child abuse and neglect.

The successful candidate will have strong support for NSPCC’s mission and values and experience of strategic thinking. They will work as part of the Strategy and Impact team alongside the Project Management Office to help teams across the NSPCC to transition to the new strategy.

JOB PURPOSE

To further the NSPCC’s impact by leading strategy implementation planning and the management of organisational change. This person will help us move to our new organisational strategy and to keep the strategy alive and relevant for teams across the NSPCC, strengthening strategic thinking on individual projects and services, so together we make the biggest difference for children.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Help teams across the NSPCC make the biggest difference for children

• Provide strategic advice and support to teams and cross-direct initiatives, providing advice, conducting strategic reviews, and leading workshops (eg what is the NSPCC’s strategy for xx type of abuse?).
• Provide thought leadership, working in a collaborative way to draw from the expertise that sits inside and outside the NSPCC e.g. becoming a trauma informed organisation, making EDI part of all we do.
• Lead and incubate specific projects to improve organisational delivery of the strategy, working with experts and key stakeholders to understand issues and develop solutions and buy-in.
• Identify opportunities for the NSPCC to make further progress towards its mission. Adapt the strategy/its ambitions over time, assessing internal and external learning and opportunities.
• Scrutinise and challenge evidence from a wide variety of sources.
• Develop ways of working and operating model/organisation design.
• Manage and commission primary and secondary research and/or consultancy.
• Bring best practice on strategic thinking, implementation planning and change management practice to the NSPCC’s work to strengthen strategic focus and delivery.

Coordinate cross-organisation planning processes

• Contribute to cross organisation annual business planning and target setting.
• Oversee implementation planning for the new strategy. Monitor and report on implementation progress and risks, identifying issues and taking mitigating actions.
• Contribute to reporting and communicating the progress being made towards our organisational strategy, shining a light on successes, and highlighting where leadership attention may be needed.
• Identify ways to strengthen organisational planning and performance management.
• Apply change management tools, to translate plans into action

Bring the strategy to life: make it meaningful for our people and our users

• Be an ambassador for the strategy and translate it into meaningful changes for all. Develop relationships, act as an information broker between teams, identify and raise issues and help us to understand where more engagement and support is needed.
• Provide proactive and sustained messaging about why this strategy, why now, why us, and the roles we all play towards achieving it. Support others to play these roles, internally and externally.
• Continually look for ways to strengthen the quality of performance management. For example, ensuring that high quality conversations around impact and progress towards the strategy are taking place throughout the organisation.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Reports to the Associate Head of Impact, in the Strategy, Policy and Evidence directorate
• Works closely with the Strategy, Policy and Evidence Senior Management Team and the NSPCC’s Leadership Team more widely
• Interfaces with Directors on the Executive Board including the Chief Executive
• Key influencers relevant to the children’s sector including other charities, local and national NSPCC partners 

KEY INTERDEPENDENCIES

• Linking to all parts of the Strategy, Policy and Evidence directorate
• Linking to and facilitating annual business planning
• Linking to and facilitating the setting of annual targets, representing the scale of our ambition
• Linking to the Project Management Office, which oversees the top priority projects and programmes across the NSPCC.
• Linking with Communications teams

PERSON SPECIFICATION

1. Commitment to our mission to end cruelty to children. Courageous in standing up for what is right, identifying and acting on concerns in a timely and sensitive way.
2. Confident strategic thinker: able to appreciate the bigger picture and apply sound judgment to identify highest impact options. Able to seek out relevant evidence, develop insights and relate this to the mission of the NSPCC.
3. An understanding of organisational strategy and planning, with some experience of change management.
4. Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, comfortable working with senior internal and external stakeholders, with an ability to convince and inspire others.
5. Oriented to continuous improvement, finding solutions and making an impact. Takes the initiative, learns from past performance and is open to change.
6. Quality written and oral communication, able to produce high quality written reports, deliver impactful presentations, and facilitate discussions.
7. Proven project management skills including project planning and managing multiple stakeholders. Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritise accordingly, working independently.

NSPCC Values

The NSPCC is the only charity focused on ending child cruelty across the UK. Everything we do protects children and prevents abuse. A brand’s values determine how an organisation acts; they shape the way it works and they create a point of difference. These are the values that we feel best embody the NSPCC brand and what we stand for:

Putting children first: we believe in children and we want what’s best for them.

Taking a stand: We are brave in our actions and we stand up for what is right, regardless of who is committing the wrong.

Making an impact: We base our decisions and actions on evidence and the difference these will make to ending cruelty to children.

Striving for excellence: We always strive to do and be the best we can, so that we can – directly and indirectly - give every child the start in life they deserve.

Working together: We always achieve more for children through working together.

Credit unions in Britain have been in existence for well over 50 years. There have always been representative bodies in the sector throughout that period. ABCUL emerged from the former Credit Union League of Great Britain (CULGB) in 1984 and has always been the major credit union trade association representing the largest number of credit unions in England, Scotland and Wales.

We are now seeking to recruit a Project Manager to work on an Oral History Project that documents and catalogues the history and heritage of the credit union movement. The lottery funding for the project will be managed through the Credit Union Foundation which is a subsidiary company of ABCUL run as a charity to support the development of credit unions and their staff through grants, education and learning.

THE ROLE

The position will be based at ABCUL’s office in central Manchester but home working will be an option for some of the time particularly in light of the on-going COVID-19 situation. The role is a new role to the trade body and is therefore a start-up position which will require a clear understanding of the project along with the ability to engage external stakeholders and volunteers to ensure successful project delivery. 

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

• Knowledge and understanding of the British credit union movement.
• Knowledge and understanding of oral history and public history.
• Experience of working with and supporting volunteers.
• Experience in management and evaluation of projects.
• Clear understanding of the expectations and needs of funders and partners in the delivery of a project.
• A commitment to understanding the needs of credit unions and stakeholders in the project in order to develop the project to maximise outcomes.
• Significant diplomacy and influencing skills sufficient to work with corporate partners within a democratic movement, with voluntary board members and Credit Union operational staff.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to communicate clear and engaging information for a variety of audiences, including the media.
• Strong analytical, monitoring and evaluation skills.
• Excellent PC and keyboard skills sufficient to use a PC effectively on a daily basis to service themselves e.g. e-mail, Goldmine, Timesheet, Microsoft Office Software, internet, etc.
• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the project, including some travel and weekends and evenings throughout the period as required.
• Ability to work independently, use initiative, multi-task & prioritise; a highly organised self- starter, with first class time-management skills to manage competing demands on workload.
• Bachelor's degree minimum

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Salary up to £35,000 per annum pro rata – 17.5 hours per week – 15 months fixed term contract

Pension – 6% employer contribution

ABCUL is a modern flexible and equal opportunities employer offering all its team excellent working conditions.

Location – Head Office based in Manchester.  COVID-19 restriction and risk assessments will be factored into when the office facilities will be available.  Home/remote working is likely to be the main focus for the initial period of the role.

The Association is looking for the successful candidate to start work in July or August 2020 however capability is more important than notice period.

Closing date 17th July 2020.

Shortlisting will take place on 20th July with virtual interviews being held on Friday 24th July 2020.

We are working with a great, well-known Children’s charity, in search of a Corporate Partnerships Manager.

Your role will be to develop a robust pipeline of high value corporate partnership opportunities to forge multi-year collaborations. You will deliver maximum long-term impact and income through effective relationship management.

As part of your role you will develop and deliver strong engagement plans for identified prospects with senior stakeholders, decision makers and influencers.

For this role, it is important for you to demonstrate key experience in:

• Demonstrable experience in relationship development, with the skills and ability to quickly build rapport with all levels of seniority through articulate and persuasive communication skills.


• Demonstrable networking, influencing and negotiation skills developed in a new business environment.


• Partnership management skills gained in a client-facing role with the ability to manage relationships of significant value.


• Excellent relationship management skills

Closing date: asap.

Salary: £32,000-£37,000

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call me on 020 30 062787 or email [email protected].

If enough applications are received the charity reserves the right to end the application period sooner.

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we are experts in charity recruitment and excel at matching fundraisers to charity jobs. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically and supporting people to find their perfect fundraising jobs.

Role details: 

Job title: Head of Fundraising

Department: Fundraising

Reports to: Managing Director

Salary: Competitive 

Hours of work: 40 hours per week 

Job description: 

Founders4Schools are delighted to announce this exciting opportunity for an experienced candidate to lead their fundraising activities. The successful candidate will have overall responsibility for income generation within the organisation and will report to the Managing Director. 

Founders4Schools is an award-winning educational-tech charity which connects children and young people with inspirational role models to raise their aspirations, to fulfil their potential and to prepare them for the rapidly changing world of work. We have created a simple, free-to-use digital platform which enables teachers all over the UK to connect with employers and professionals in their local community. Our work aims to tackle inequality by providing equal access to the world of work, to support young people by connecting what they learn at school with future careers and to provide young people with the confidence they need to take their first steps into the workplace. 

To be successful in this role, you will need to have an entrepreneurial and self-directed approach to fundraising and have the ability to work collaboratively with your colleagues. You will have experience across a range of fundraising disciplines with a focus on corporate partnerships, securing grants from trusts and foundations and major donors. You will need to have experience of writing and implementing a fundraising strategy, be skilled in managing internal and external stakeholders and have excellent communication skills 

This is a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic and determined individual who is eager to make a big difference in a small but rapidly growing educational-tech charity. 

Main duties: 

Corporate Fundraising

Design and deliver on an effective fundraising strategy to meet corporate fundraising targets agreed with the Managing Director, attracting new five and six figure corporate donors. 

• Actively marshall our volunteer and partner networks to identify new corporate supporters
• Create compelling partnership proposals to attract new support with detailed business cases for specific projects
• Meet and pitch to board level members of SMEs and to CSR teams in larger organisations. 
• Prepare and deliver impact reports to funders annually or within prescribed deadlines as required

Trusts and Foundations

Design and deliver on an effective fundraising strategy to meet the trust and foundation target as agreed with the Managing Director, attracting new five and six figure grants. 

• Undertake research to identify potential funders
• Prepare high quality, detailed and compelling trust applications and proposals, marshalling the latest data from Founders4Schools and about youth employability in general. 
• Ensure grant deliverables align with operational strategy
• Keep an accurate record of applications, contact, income and reporting requirements for all trusts and foundations income enabling quick reporting on income and accurate prediction of predicted income.

Major Donor Income 

Work with the MD and other stakeholders such as our Advisory Council and Trustees to identify and develop engagement approaches to high net worth individuals. 

Finance

• Keep accurate records of and ensure timely collection of income across all fundraising streams and thank all donors appropriately. 
• Report regularly to the Board of Trustees on fundraising activities and progress against targets. 
• Prepare an annual budget with the Managing Director
• Achieve targets by the end of the year. 

Management

• Effectively line-manage a small team 

Person Specification

Essential

Personal track record of delivering against set income targets

Experience of writing and implementing a fundraising strategy 

Experience of identifying and building relationships with new fundraising prospects. 

Extensive experience in building successful corporate partnerships and sponsorship package

Considerable experience of creating successful fundraising bids and delivering income from trusts and foundations

Excellent verbal and written skills

Convincing presentation and negotiation skills

Ability to engage with a wide range of stakeholders and convey a genuine passion for our cause

Proven ability to work with colleagues from a range of disciplines

Strong administrative skills and ability to prioritise across multiple work streams 

To be passionate about raising the aspirations of children and young people. 

Desirable

Experience in orchestrating individual giving campaigns and encouraging regular donations

Experience in organising fundraising events

Experience, Education & Professional Skills 

At least five years of experience in charity fundraising with a proven track record in generating income from corporate and trust funders.

Educated to degree level or equivalent experience 

Please apply online with your CV and cover letter. Please explain why you want this role, what you would bring to the team and how your skills and experience would enable us to increase our success. 

As traditional sources of funding are under review, our partner, a wildlife crime prevention entity in East Africa, is seeking the support of an experienced professional to review existing sources of funding, and advise them in developing a financial sustainability plan.

Key Deliverables

• Review existing sources of funding, and analysing how their programme implementation might be impacted as a result of reduction in funding.
• Analyse how existing databases and resources might be used to generate more publicity, interest and funding. 
• Reviewing and identifying alternate sources of funding – including individuals and other grant providers – and developing a plan & strategy for fundraising.

Person Specification

• Finance professional, with experience in analysis and modelling [essential].
• Experience in fundraising finance and financial planning for a not for profit organisation [essential].

Could you inspire funders to support the John Muir Trust’s vision of a world where wild places are respected, where nature flourishes, and where the value of wildness is shared for the benefit of everyone? 

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Trust’s Fundraising team in Edinburgh. This permanent, full-time role will have primary responsibility for raising both core and restricted income from charitable trusts, grants and statutory funders – key income streams for the Trust.

Fundraising has rarely been so important or so challenging; the ongoing pandemic and its effects have increased uncertainty around future fundraising for all charities, so flexibility and experience across other areas of income generation will be useful as the role has the potential to evolve alongside the changing fundraising landscape. There will be opportunities to broaden experience across e.g. corporate fundraising and legacy promotion.

The post is to be based at the Trust’s Edinburgh (Leith) office, but owing to Covid-19 it is expected that some home working will be required.

For full details and to apply, please click on the link to the John Muir Trust website.

Job specification

• High profile national charity
• Manages one report
• Leading engagement with HNWIs, and digital special events
• Inbuilt flexible working

Person specification

• Min. 2 years’ experience of major donor fundraising
• Exprience of making the ask at £5k+

We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and self-motivated Senior Philanthropy Manager, to join our thriving Partnerships and Philanthropy Team on a 12 month fixed term Maternity cover basis. Working in more than 120 countries, we do whatever it takes to create breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. Our Fundraising, Brand & Marketing department exists to inspire millions of people – from individuals to large corporate organisations – to support our quest for change. Together, we save children's lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential.

The Senior Philanthropy Manager will:

• Source investment from major donors (primarily 6 figure gifts) initiating and developing meaningful, long term relationships with prospective major donor supporters of Save the Children
• Significantly contribute to the Partnerships & Philanthropy Team's ambitious targets; supporting the creation of a sector leading department
• Exercise influence to drive greater impact across the team and wider organisation, helping further our mission for children
• Work with senior volunteers, consult and work with senior stakeholders and the Chief Executive's office

The role will also support in the development of team members, playing a key role in supporting the success of others in developing long standing major donor relationships.

To be successful you will have extensive experience of working within an account management or fundraising environment. You will also have excellent communication skills both face-to-face and on the phone. In addition, you will have:

Strong inter-personal, influencing and relationship building skills with the ability to work with senior stakeholders, across teams and build strong internal and external networks
Excellent written skills, knowledge of proposal development, and the creation of compelling communications for donors
Experience of managing and developing people
The ability to plan, prioritise and manage a varied workload to meet deadlines; with experience of working in dynamic, exciting and fast paced environment.
An understanding of Supporter Databases with excellent IT skills including Word, Excel and Powerpoint
At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.

Please note - We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and may schedule interviews before the closing date.

For more information and to apply please visit our website.

Closing date: Sunday 19th July 2020

We are recruiting for a Fundraising Officer to support the development and submission of nature conservation project funding applications, with a focus on bees and other pollinators.  This is an amazing opportunity to be a part of a fantastic team with ambitious plans!

In the role you will join a team small team that are responsible for developing and building our pollinator conservation work via our Growing B-Lines programme.  B-Lines is Buglife’s solution to the decline in our bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects by creating a national network of wildflower habitats – and you could help us to make this happen!

Your role will be to generate income from charitable trusts and foundations, corporate partners, and statutory sources to support this work programme across the UK. You will prospect, draft, manage and submit applications.

We are looking for a strong fundraiser who has a track record of raising 5-6 figures from trusts and foundations.

Start date: September 2020

Location: flexible

Visit our website for full job profile and application form.

Job title Salary and allowances: £24,000 - £27,241per annum (plus *Inner London Weighting allowance of £3,366 p/a FTE paid in equal monthly instalments. The allowance is pensionable).

Home allowance is a contribution towards any costs that you may incur as a homeworking employee.

Number of hours per week: 35 hours

The contract type: Permanent

Location: Weston House, London

We are looking for an experienced and highly proactive Corporate Partnerships Manager who can support on the delivery of a range of high value partnerships, and manage a small portfolio of partnerships.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to support on the delivery of key national partnerships, including Strategic and Charity of the Year opportunities involving employee fundraising, cause-related marketing and high-profile events and campaigns.

If you are the right person for this post, you are likely to have excellent interpersonal skills, ability to project manage and be able to work with senior stakeholders both internally and externally but also be ambitious, commercial, tenacious and ready for a challenge!

Corporate Partnership Manager

Permanent contract

35 hours per week (28/30 hours per week will be considered)

£34,154 - 36,908 per annum / pro rata

Flexible Location

The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 130 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.

This role sits within our [ambitious Corporate Engagement team focused on developing transformative shared-purpose partnerships with the commercial sector. Corporate Engagement are part of the High Value Giving team at The Children's Society focused on income generation from companies, philanthropists, trusts and institutional funders, building transformational relationships to help maintain and grow our portfolio of services, which include mental health, substance misuse, children's rights, and disrupting exploitation.

Your role will focus on developing a pipeline of opportunities within key business sectors; building strong relationships with contacts and creating innovative and tailored proposals to make business leaders say 'yes'. On occasion, there will also be a requirement to lead on the partnership management of key partners.

In order to be successful in this role, you must have:

-Demonstrable experience in business development

-Experience of account managing charity-company partnerships

-Excellent communication skills - written, verbal and presentation

-Relationship and Stakeholder Management skills

Benefits

Holidays: 28 days, rising to 30 days after 5 years, 32 after 10, 34 after 15 and 36 days after 20 years' service.

Pension: Stakeholder pension scheme starting at 4% with company-matched employee contributions to a maximum of 8%.

Training and development: Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities is available including courses, conferences and coaching/mentoring.

Death in service benefit: Four times annual salary offered for all employees regardless of pension membership.

Discounted health scheme: Simplyhealth cash plan covering e.g. dental, optical and chiropody etc at a 20% discounted rate.

Season ticket loan:Interest free loan for an annual or quarterly season ticket for public transport to and from work.

Bicycle loan scheme: Loans up to £1000 for bicycle purchase.

You Star: Voluntary employee discount scheme offering a range of savings across groceries, fuel, clothing and holidays.

Family friendly policies: Including Flexible Working, enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave.

Free 24hr confidential counselling service

The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

The closing date for applications is 23:59pm on 20th of July.

Interviews will be held on the week commencing 27th of July.

Location: London-based Hub in Islington with potential for remote working

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £70,000

Cruelty Free International is the leading charity working to end animal testing for cosmetics globally and is seeking a Director of Audience Development and Fundraising to implement strategies to grow income and deliver key messages across the range of their audiences to deliver a step change for laboratory animals worldwide.

Cruelty Free International’s brand and ‘leaping bunny’ symbol have a high level of recognition globally and the charity is one of the world’s longest standing and most respected animal protection organisations.

This new role will be responsible for the charity’s marketing, communications, audience development and fundraising functions. The post-holder will work closely with the Chief Executive and other departmental leaders to develop and drive innovative and ambitious strategies to engage and increase the organisation’s audiences and at the same time build and maintain a sustainable income base. They will also be a leading advocate for the charity’s cause and a strong communicator that can represent Cruelty Free International at all levels.

The charity is looking for an inspirational leader who is a strategic thinker, but with a hands-on, ‘can-do’ approach. They must have experience of working in a similar role leading a small audience development team and of developing income generation strategies both in the UK and internationally. A strong track record in the field of philanthropy and corporate partnerships is also required. They will also have led and devised successful marketing and communication strategies for business and audience development and will have excellent interpersonal and analytical skills.

Finally, the successful candidate must share a commitment to animal protection and to the values and aims of Charity Free International, to work with them to help create the tipping point for change for laboratory animals.

For an informal conversation prior to applying to this role, please contact Anton Packheiser +44 (0) 7749 858597 or Suzie Spooner on +44 (0) 7960 932 315.