Area Fundraising Manager Jobs in Flexible Location
Role Summary
This role will support the expanding Fundraising & Engagement team with all fundraising activities to ensure that good relationships are maintained with all Alcohol Change UK (ACUK) supporters. The Fundraising and Engagement Assistant will undertake the financial administration and recording of all fundraising income as well as being the first point of contact for the team ensuring ACUK delivers high levels of supporter care.
Reports to: Fundraising & Engagement Manager
Direct reports: none
Location: Kings Cross, London, WC1X 9NW (minimum of 3 days per week in office)
Status, hours: Permenant
Salary: Grade E: salary in the range £24,551 to £27,586 (depending on skills, knowledge and experience) plus benefits
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
Fundraising
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Coordinating ACUK’s CRM system (ThankQ) and ensuring data accuracy including:
- New donor details, communications with supporters, gift aid and consent purposes
- Championing data cleansing and monthly de-duping of contacts
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Coordinating all general fundraising enquiries including phone calls, fundraising & engagement email inboxes (providing holiday cover for the training & consultancy inbox) and post.
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Coordinating lead generation from third party challenge event companies and converting leads into participants
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Coordinating fundraising resources and merchandise including;
- Sending out materials to supporters
- Compiling fulfilment reports from online shop and sending over to fulfilment agency
- Monitoring stock levels of fundraising materials and shop merchandise
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Maintaining up to date filing systems
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Supporting with research for Trusts & Foundation applications
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Processing all physical (cash and cheques) and online donations received in accordance with ACUK’s cash handling procedures, including;
- Counting and processing cheques/cash
- Logging all donations on a central post sheet
- Processing and reporting on all donations received through the ACUK website and all third-party platforms
- Ensuring all donors are thanked in a timely manner in line with their communication preferences
- Importing all donation data to ThankQ
Engagement programme
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Act as the first point of contact for enquiries from our volunteers (Community Champions) and, alongside the Fundraising & Engagement Manager, steward our volunteers including the coordination of volunteer activities.
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Identify opportunities for supporters of different types to discover new ways to engage with them (for example helping donors become campaigners or encouraging cultural change activists to become community fundraisers, etc).
Cross-organisational Role
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Work closely with colleagues across the charity to support their work and to act as ‘one team’.
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Work particularly closely with colleagues in the Communications team, optimising opportunities for joint working.
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Contribute actively and positively to charity-wide strategies.
Other Duties
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Continually develop your knowledge of alcohol harm and solutions to it.
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Act as a positive ambassador for Alcohol Change UK at all times.
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Know, embrace and actively uphold the values of Alcohol Change UK at all times.
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Work flexible hours as necessary to meet the needs of the charity, time off in lieu will be earnt for any work required outside of normal working hours.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you for your interest in working for Birthrights. If you are interested in centering anti-oppression in your fundraising work, in embodying an abundance mindset and working in ways that resist fundraising cultures that too often results in burn out, please read on and download our recruitment pack for more information about Birthrights and the role.
About Birthrights:
Birthrights was founded in 2013 with the understanding that at the heart of the poor experiences and outcomes of maternity care for so many people in the UK, is a consistent failure to listen to the voices of women and birthing people and a complete disregard for their fundamental human rights. We champion the rights of women and birthing people through information and advice, training, campaigns, research and legal action. You can read our new ten year strategic framework here Strategy - Birthrights
About the role:
This is a hugely exciting role that will be part of Birthrights Senior Leadership team and play a key part in helping Birthrights’ meet its ambitions and achieve its potential. Birthrights
To date, fundraising efforts have been led by the CEO. We are seeking an experienced fundraising and business development professional responsible for co-ordinating Birthrights fundraising ambitions – including developing and delivering a new fundraising strategy that is aligned with our new organisational strategic framework. We want to strengthen our longer-term financial stability and ensure our fundraising aligns with our commitments to anti-oppressive practices.
About You:
You will be resourceful and organised, with the ability to build great relationships and have excellent co-ordination and administration skills. Your experience may be in one area of income generation or in many, but you will be able to see how you can draw on your experiences to shape and deliver a broader fundraising strategy.
We still want to hear from you even if you don’t meet all our criteria. Please tell us about experiences that have not been included here, but that you feel might be relevant to this role
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Fundraising & HR Support Officer
Reporting To: Fundraising & People Team Leader
Salary: £25,307 – £29,634
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Alder Hey Children’s Charity (based within the hospital), Liverpool
Application Deadline: Sunday 28th April 2024
Interviews: Thursday 9th May 2024
Job Purpose:
This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of the Charity operations. This role is the first point of contact for supporters and requires outstanding customer care/ donor stewardship skills. The post holder is expected to foster excellent working relationships with all members of the Charity team, donors – both existing and potential – and Trust staff. This role will provide support to the fundraising team and with HR processing for the Charity, whilst also supporting with our hospital and online shop.
Main Duties/Tasks
Fundraising & Office duties
Undertake day to day administrative tasks as directed by the Fundraising & People Team Leader and Senior Team, including the preparation of letters, reports and memos, ensuring the work is of a high standard, professional and accurate. Adhering to sensitive information protocols and keeping sensitive information confidential.
Deal with all incoming telephone enquiries in a professional and helpful capacity and direct all incoming calls correctly and take accurate messages. Adhere to any confidential or sensitive information protocols.
Contribute to the efficient running of the public Charity office by receiving all donors and visitors in a welcoming and friendly manner.
Provide excellent customer care/ donor stewardship in all interactions with donors.
Manage the mail, ensuring it is opened, distributed and any donor correspondence is responded to in a timely manner.
Process donations in line with established receipting procedures.
Adhere to audit procedures and liaise with the Charity’s auditors.
Carrying out filing in line with office procedures and ensuring the safe storage and archiving of documents/records on a regular basis.
Provide support to the senior management team, including organising and scheduling meetings and room bookings.
Undertake banking procedures and ensure donations are accurately recorded and banked.
Hospital & Online Shop
Process online orders for the shop in a timely manner.
Run regular reports for the Fundraising & People Team Leader relating to online sales.
Support the management of the online and hospital shop, ensuring they are stocked, and products are displayed in the best way.
Provide good customer service within the shop inside the hospital Atrium.
Cash up the till, ensuring sales are correctly recorded and takings are passed through for banking.
Database support
Process donations on the CRM database, liaising with fundraising teams to ensure this is recorded correctly, including from online platforms.
Produce analytical reports from the fundraising database system, for audit purposes.
HR support
Provide HR administrative support within the areas of:
· Recruitment, including coordinating the recruitment process and the induction of new starters;
· Ensuring all staff have a DBS in line with the Trust requirements;
· Administration of staff annual leave allowance and absence reporting;
· Creating staff correspondence letters, including pay award, furlough or other required communication; and
· Attending and minuting HR meetings where required.
Other Duties
Be an outstanding advocate for Alder Hey Children’s Charity in line with the core values of the organisation.
Be an active and supportive member of the Alder Hey Children’s Charity team, contributing to the team’s development and working collaboratively with colleagues and volunteers. Attend and support on events run by the fundraising teams where required.
Any other reasonable duties as required by your line manager.
Person Specification
Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience
Essential
· Experience of efficiently managing and delivering a demanding and varied workload.
· Proven track record of handling cash and working with tight protocols around audits and procedures.
· Strong track record of customer relations.
Desirable
· Experience of working at a charity.
· Experience of using a CRM system or database.
· Experience of working with Shopify or other online sales platforms.
· HR experience or qualifications.
Skills and Attributes
Essential
· Commitment to principles of equality, diversity and collaborative working.
· Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written across a range of audiences.
· Ability to build strong working relationships.
· Self-motivated and positive attitude with the ability to work under pressure and prioritise in a busy environment.
· Ability to work in a logical and organised manner.
· Ability to work effectively as part of a team as well as independently.
· Understand the necessity of dealing carefully and within data protection legislation, with confidential matters, including handling both personal and business critical information.
· Excellent IT skills including Microsoft packages, especially advanced use of Microsoft Excel.
Additional requirements
Essential
· Strong interest in working for a children’s health charity.
· An understanding of and commitment to the values of Alder Hey Children’s Charity.
· Willingness to get involved with activities across the Charity.
Desirable
· Willingness to occasionally work outside of normal office hours.
Note: This job description is intended to outline the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. It is not exhaustive and may be subject to change or modification as required by the needs of Alder Hey Children's Charity.
The charity is currently conducting a four-day working week trial, due to end on 30th September 2024. This means that, for example, staff previously working 37.5 hours a week are now working 30 hours a week to enable a four-day working week. The trial is monitoring the benefits of a four-day working week against productivity. We are confident that by embracing a more flexible and balanced approach to work, we can continue to create a thriving and fulfilling work environment while driving growth and success for our charity. A decision will be made before the 30th September 2024 to agree the next steps, based on an assessment of the trial period; the four day working week trial may be ended, extended or adopted permanently.
Our Values
Here at Alder Hey Children’s Charity, our values guide the way in which we work. By being courageous, working together, being passionate about our work, and making sure that we are creative in what we do, helps us to deliver the support necessary so that our Hospital can continue to deliver the very best care for our young patients and their families. Our values are:
Courage: we try new things and take risks to innovate and drive forward new ideas. We have the courage to speak up and take a stance. We are accountable, responsive and responsible. We are unstoppable.
Together: we work together as one team, sharing our knowledge and learning. We work in partnership with patients, families, supporters and colleagues. We are respectful, celebrate diversity and empower each other to achieve our aims.
Passion: we are passionate about what we do and why we do it. We work together to share and grow. We inspire others.
Magical: we are fun, creative and child led. We create special moments, provide little extras and go further for our brave young patients.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity will make every endeavour to make any reasonable adjustments for applicants who require assistance in carrying out their duties due to a disability. Alder Hey Children’s Charity is committed to equal opportunities and positively welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Alder Hey Children’s Charity is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. The post holder may be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure check.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
A little bit about the role
The fundraising manager role sits in the fundraising team within the external relations division. The fundraising team is responsible for raising between £1m and £1.5m in fundraised income annually. Frontline’s philanthropic income complements the significant contract income the charity receives from central and local government and enables the charity to carry out its broader mission to create social change for hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged children.
Since we were founded in 2013, Frontline has leveraged its success to build committed, high impact partnerships with a number of prestigious supporters including, trusts and foundations, corporates and high net worth individuals. Our new fundraising strategy focuses on continuing to grow our network of supporters by maintaining excellent relationships with our current funders while identifying new potential donors, and at the same time testing and developing fundraising through community and events and individual giving.
We are now looking for a fundraising manager to help drive this strategy forward. The successful candidate will have experience across a range of fundraising areas (in particular community and events fundraising, individual giving, digital fundraising as well as corporate or major donors) to add strength to the team and allow us to pilot new fundraising initiatives.
Some key responsibilities include:
- Lead on developing our public fundraising income (individual giving/community and events fundraising), working with other teams and external agencies where suitable to increase engagement among our audiences and grow our public fundraising income.
- Work with and develop relationships with existing corporate supporters and bring on board new corporate supporters to grow income from this area, including through staff fundraising activities
- Work with other teams to develop opportunities to bring funders closer to our work and help inspire a culture of fundraising across the charity.
- Support the head of fundraising with the development of Frontline’s long-term fundraising strategy, monitoring progress towards annual revenue goals.
A little bit about you
You’ll be an enthusiastic target-driven fundraiser, with experience in building up public fundraising (including community, events and individual giving) and working towards financial targets and growing income. We’d like to see someone with strong writing skills, and are able to express creative and sometimes complex ideas in simple and effective language.
We have a fast-moving culture within the team and organisation, so we’re looking for someone who is who is well organised, details-focused and can use their initiative to do what works. You will have excellent communication skills, be able to build relationships with people and be willing to learn. There are lots of opportunities for growth and development in this role – and for the right candidate to make the role their own.
If you feel you have the skills to make a real impact and contribute to creating lasting social change for children and families, we would love to hear from you.
We have increased the diversity of Frontline’s workforce in the last 12 months, but we need to do more to have greater racialised minority representation in our senior roles. We know the value racialised minority voices bring and therefore, we are strongly encouraging applicants from these backgrounds to apply. We are also a disability confident employer and welcome applicants with disabilities.
We reserve the right to close this role ahead of the deadline once we reach a suitable number of applications, so please apply as soon as you can!
About us:
At Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice, we care for children and young people whose lives are just too short. Our aim is to reach every family that needs our help and to offer them the very best choice of care. Did you know that every year we need to raise £5m to keep our doors open and only around 20% of our income comes from government sources? The rest has to be raised through fundraising activity.
Our services include short overnight stays and community breaks at home or in the hospice. We also support the whole family from diagnosis with our multi-disciplinary Family Support team who provide counselling, sibling support groups, music therapy and much more. Our care team support these families in our modern, purpose-built building. All our rooms bedrooms have a homely feel. We have a sensory room, spa pool, cinema room and six acres of gardens.
We support families from a large geographical area, including South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, North Derbyshire and parts of North Lincolnshire. The hospice is easily accessible from Barnsley, Rotherham, Doncaster, Sheffield and North Notts. We have free secure on-site parking for families and staff to use.
The role:
In your role as Regional Fundraising Manager, you will lead and develop a team of 7 to raise invaluable funds and brand awareness of the hospice. Working with the Income Generation and Communications Director you will work towards a devised strategy for fundraising across key income streams including Events, Corporate and Community. You will plan an annual fundraising calendar of activity and campaigns and work to agreed KPIs and objectives to build a resilient and robust income plan, managing and supporting your team to achieve these objectives. Taking the lead for corporate engagement you will both develop new relationships and nurture existing supporters.
As part of your role as a manager you will be a strong advocate in teaching and demonstrating Bluebell Wood’s culture to your staff and those around you, embedding the vision of the hospice in everyone who works with us. You will play a leading role in the organisation’s strategy implementation, giving real focus to how your team plays a part in this, whilst enthusing your team to be the best version of themselves, empowering people to succeed at their role.
This role is full-time and permanent and comes with a range of excellent benefits including 33 days annual leave. This role is based at the hospice is based in Sheffield and the charity will offer a blend of office/home/remote working.
The requirements:
To be considered for this role you will ideally come to us with broad fundraising experience across all areas of Fundraising particularly Corporate, Community and Events. You should be a confident, experienced line manager with experience operating at a senior strategic level. As an individual you will bring resilience, agility, empathy, drive, creativity and most importantly stability. We hope to see strong knowledge of fundraising codes of practice, fundraising trends and sector legalities. This role presents a wonderful opportunity to join an environment that encourages staff to develop and flourish and as the Regional Fundraising Manger you will play a pivotal role in raising invaluable funds to enable the hospice to continue its life-changing work.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
F2F Fundraising Performance Coach
Salary: £30,000 + Car Cash Allowance
Working Hours: 37 Hours Wednesday to Sunday. Weekend Working.
Location: There are 3 roles to be based in different locations. The locations are East & West Midlands, London or North West & Yorkshire & South East. Please follow the link provided to apply for the role with your desired base location.
Full UK Vaild Driving License Essential
The Canal & River Trust is a charity entrusted with the care of over 2000 miles of canals, rivers, docks and reservoirs in England and Wales. These historic, natural and cultural assets form part of the nation’s strategic and local blue-green infrastructure network, linking urban and rural communities as well as habitats. Our waterways contribute to the health and well-being of local communities and economies, creating attractive and connected places to live, work, volunteer and spend leisure time. They also play an important role in mitigating the impact of climate change and provide valuable habitats and much-needed biodiverse corridors for wildlife.
We are currently recruiting for a F2F Fundraising Performance Coach's. The purpose of this role is to support the delivery of excellent fundraising results and fundraising compliance standards and specifically the delivery of performance improvements in our F2F fundraisers through coaching, training, and continuous development. The role will also involve direct fundraising where you will be expected to meet a personal target.
Key Accountabilities:
- Responsible for coaching the performance of multiple teams in the region that will consist of lone workers, pairs of fundraisers to bigger teams as the income plan increases.
- Responsible for an individual fundraising target and set of KPI’s that include inspiring people to become long-term monthly donors, generating income through contactless one-off donations and acquiring newsletter prospecting sign ups in a range of locations including residential door-to-door, town and city centres, private venues, and events and more commonly on our private land, the canal and river Towpaths.
- Acting as a hands-on fundraiser who leads by example, delivering fundraising income through signing up Friends and generating contactless income whilst demonstrating the Canal & River Trust ‘s values and behaviours.
- Generating income and being present on-site to visit fundraising teams, fundraise with them, cover sickness absence, coach performance, provide training & development of fundraisers, reinforce our culture of health & safety, embed compliance standards.
- Provide phone coaching and in-person coaching of fundraisers to support meeting their targets and KPI’s and in individual cases working with fundraisers to improve their results from their current level of performance to the required standard by equipping them with the technical and psychological training to work to their very best.
- Identify training requirements and deliver on and off field training and coaching to grow income.
- Apply the highest standards of professionalism integrity, work ethic and follow the Trust’s code of conduct consistently the core values of Excellence, Caring, Open, Local, and inclusive.
- Undertake mystery shopping, observations and internal quality control auditing of values, behaviour, and fundraising technique.
- Support and deputise for the Regional F2F Fundraising Manager by providing cover when they are on leave to support the regional strategy of inspiring new supporters and generating income through contactless giving to the F2F Fundraising programme. This includes taking responsibility for the regional fundraising targets and KPI’s.
- Working with our partner recruitment agency to arrange interviews, send out communications to candidates and sit on the interview panel with the aim of recruiting and onboarding new F2F fundraisers into the F2F programme.
- Support the delivery of performance incentives and setting up/editing teams on Evergiving and the rota.
- Provision of daily reports of observations and actions taken, areas of success, results for that day and areas of training and development identified.
- Process all sensitive and data protected information obtained by donors as confidential and in a safe and secure manner in line with the Trust’s GDPR and Security Procedures.
- Carrying out Daily Compliance training, Charity conversation, case for support and storytelling practice and Health and Safety training sessions as per directed by the Regional F2F Fundraising Manager.
- Manages feedback and complaints in a professional manner and follows the complaints process and communicates details to Regional F2F Fundraising Manager so it can be addressed in a timely and efficient manner.
Knowledge, Experience & Skills:
- Driver’s License is essential (requirement for Business insurance)
- Performance management and coaching qualifications are desirable.
- Training qualifications are desirable.
- Knowledge and experience of working within the CIOF, Fundraiser regulator code of practice.
- Significant experience of working in face-to-face fundraising industry.
- Track record of successful individual fundraising and Team leading, meeting performance targets and KPI’s.
- Experience of increasing income through performance coaching of fundraisers.
- Experience of interviewing and recruiting fundraisers.
- Experience of training and developing fundraisers.
- Experience of mystery shopping and leading on delivering performance incentives.
- Ability to work to self-managed targets.
- Ability to be adaptable and flexible to support a geographical region of the network.
- Quick and agile approach to reacting to problems or challenges.
- Confidence to approach the public, storytelling and making an ask for funding.
- Ability to use IT systems, such as an I-pad and contactless devices proficiently.
- Good writing and IT skills to support the analysis of performance management.
DBS
As this role is on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 Exception Order applicants must state the details of any cautions or convictions whether spent or unspent on the self-disclosure section of the application form.
This job involves regulated activity with children and adults at risk as defined by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Therefore, a Criminal Record check will be undertaken by the successful candidate prior to employment.
A criminal record is not necessarily a bar to employment with us. HR will advise and decisions made on a case by case basis.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
You will develop and drive forward a fundraising function to secure sustainable funding for the Friends International (FI) General and Strategic Growth Funds from all appropriate income streams including Trusts, legacies, major donors, regular supporters, and churches. FI currently has 80 Staff working in 35 university towns and cities in the UK and Ireland. As part of our ‘Vision for Growth’, we are seeking to place new staff in towns or cities with little known international student activities and to strengthen teams in existing centres which have just one member of staff. Reporting to the National Director, you will be the fundraising element of a small team based at the FI Support Centre. You will model and reflect the Christian ethos, mission, vision and values of FI in all aspects of the role, and will be able to explain them to others, as well as accompanying other staff in prayer as they seek to raise the resources needed for ministry. There is, therefore, an occupational requirement for the post-holder to be a practising Christian in line with our ethos and statement of faith.
Essential Qualities/Experience:
· At least 3 years’ experience in a fundraising role
· Innovative and able to see opportunities and challenges
· A natural networker within the specialist area of responsibility
· A strategic thinker with a talent for detailed outworking of identified needs
· Good communications skills (written and verbal)
· Presentation skills - gifted in effective communication in jargon-free language
· Administration skills – excellent writing and organisation skills, with high attention to detail
· A love for international students and a passion to release further resources to enable effective long-term ministry
Desirable Qualities:
· Membership of Chartered Institute of Fundraising
· Educated to degree level or its equivalent
· Previous experience in a faith based charity
· Intercultural mission experience
Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week) but part-time could be considered
Salary: In the range £40,000-£45,000 p.a. determined on experience and qualifications
It is hoped that the successful candidate will be able to raise around 10% personal support
Location: The Friends International Support Centre near Ware with some UK travel
Closing Date: 09.30 on Friday 12th April 2024
For more information please email your CV and covering letter FAO Diane Smith
Friends International, All Nations Christian College, Easneye, Ware, Herts, SG12 8LX
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Across England and Wales, YMCA runs as a federation with 80+ local YMCAs working independently to support young people to belong, contribute and thrive in their communities, collectively supporting more than 375,000 young people each year.
YMCA’s work spans Housing, Family & Youth Work, Health & Wellbeing, Support & Advice and Training & Education, and we are the largest provider of safe, supported accommodation for young people in England and Wales, providing a home for more than 20,000 people experiencing homelessness each year.
YMCA England & Wales acts as the national council, supporting each local YMCA within our federation, enabling the development of national programmes and acting as a national voice with Government and decision makers.
We are looking for a corporate fundraising specialist to join the team at YMCA England & Wales at a very exciting time. In the last year alone, we have launched two new multi-year partnerships and tripled income in the Corporate Partnerships function.
The successful candidate will join a supportive, highly ambitious and growing team, and play a key role in implementing our new Corporate Partnerships strategy.
In the last year, we have launched two new multi-year partnerships and tripled income in the Corporate Partnerships function. In January 2024, we restructured the Fundraising team and committed to resourcing functions to best support continued growth.
As Fundraising Manager (Corporate Partnerships), you will:
- Account manage key, strategically important corporate partnerships and relationships, responsible for meeting associated income targets, providing excellent stewardship and delivering growth;
- Identify and develop potential new business relationships and funding opportunities for YMCA England & Wales; and
- Support the implementation of the corporate fundraising strategy, to build YMCA’s reputation as a charity partner and maximise value from existing and potential corporate supporters.
The successful candidate will have excellent commercial awareness, strong communication and interpersonal skills and a demonstrable track record in achieving income targets through corporate fundraising.
To apply for this role, please submit your up to date CV. A cover letter is a great supporting tool for your application.
Our recruitment process is anonymised and candidates' names are hidden. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly those from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, who are currently under-represented throughout YMCA England & Wales. Safer recruitment is important to us and the successful applicant will be asked to provide two references. They will also be required to complete a safeguarding self-declaration, safeguarding training and undertake a DBS check.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you an experienced Fundraiser looking for a new challenge?
We are offering an excellent opportunity for a Fundraiser with ambition and a broad knowledge to take their career up to the next level.
People to Places is a charitable organisation based in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, UK. It provides a community transport service for residents of the area who have transportation and/or mobility issues due to age, sickness or disability (mental or physical), poverty, or because of a lack of adequate and safe public transport services. With a fleet of minibuses specially adapted to assist people with mobility equipment or additional mobility needs, People to Places delivers high-quality services aimed at improving social inclusion and accessibility. In addition, we also provide Shopmobility services in Windsor and Maidenhead town centres, this service provides the loan of wheelchairs and mobility scooters to people with limited mobility, to help them shop and access leisure and commercial facilities within the area.
We’ve been fundraising since 1988, but this newly created role allows you to consolidate our past successes, significantly diversifying and enhancing the quality and value of our supporter base.
As a senior manager in the organisation, this post gives you the opportunity to develop our support for local people who are lonely, isolated and with little or no mobility. Therefore, you will contribute to enhancing the organisation, as well as playing a critical fundraising role.
You are ambitious, with the drive and expertise across a range of fundraising activities. So, you will have:
- Experience with identifying funding opportunities, particularly through grants, maintaining a pipeline of opportunities, taking a creative approach to problem solving, to capitalise on opportunities.
- A good track record of achieving fundraising targets, generating income through a range of sources including Trusts/high net worth individuals, Corporate Partners and Commissioned Services.
- Excellent communication skills, including verbal and written, with the ability to create compelling cases for support and delivering impactful presentations that tell stories and lead to new supporters getting involved.
- A strategic and evidence-led approach to measure impact and influence change, with strong influencing skills in a range of settings.
- Nurturing and growing relationships with a range of stakeholders and able to quickly build trust and confidence including working with and building strong, positive relationships with Trustees and our keen volunteer base.
With excellent organisational and prioritising skills, risk management and decision making, ideally you will have team leadership experience including volunteer management or delivering fundraising through the use of volunteers. An understanding of the needs of people with mobility issues and disabilities is desirable but not essential.
Location: Our main office is located in Maidenhead and we have Shopmobility offices in Windsor and Maidenhead that may also be used.
Hybrid working is available, in the context that, initially at least, this post needs to be highly visible, both internally and externally.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week Monday – Friday including some evenings and weekends
Delivering Independence and Tackling Isolation
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Community Fundraising Manager
The Mencap Community and Events Team has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, motivated and passionate fundraiser, dedicated to raising as much funds as possible to help make the UK the best place to live for people with a learning disability to join our team as Senior Community Fundraising Manager covering England and Wales.
Covering the England and Wales the Community Fundraising Manager will be responsible for managing various income streams across the Community portfolio working closely with the wider team.
Within this role, you will achieve agreed fundraising targets through effective management, support and cultivation of both existing and new regional supporters including: individuals, groups, associations, local corporates and schools whilst maximising the current portfolio of Mencap owned products. You will research, identify and develop new community fundraising opportunities, areas of potential support and build a robust pipeline for restricted grants and corporate partners.
The role is home based. There will be travel around the areas that the role covers.
This position is a permanent, full-time role to work 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday. The nature of community fundraising is that there will be evening and weekend work, for which time off in lieu will be given.
Key skills and requirements (essential):
· The ability to develop, implement and monitor strategic plans, present budgets and interpret financial information
· The ability to research, assess and initiate new opportunities within the context of an overall plan
· Able to recruit, develop and train, motivate and manage individuals and teams of Volunteers to give their very best
· Able to use interpersonal skills in order to engage effectively with others, understand what motivates them and respond appropriately
· Written communication skills and a high level of numeracy to be able to produce business plans, monthly reviews, press releases, letters, presentations and other similar documents
· Excellent verbal communication skills, to be able to deliver presentations and give local media interviews
· Able to work as part of a team, to see and understand the national picture and to contribute effectively to team plans and goals
· IT literate – use of word-processing, spreadsheets PowerPoint and databases
· Experience of working in community fundraising and delivering or exceeding income targets
Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something really meaningful. Everything we do at Mencap keeps the people we support at the centre of what we do. With us, it’s never ‘just a job’. In return for your hard work and passion you can find real and meaningful work experience, access to some excellent benefits alongside our competitive pay.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and welcome applicants with disabilities to apply for all roles with us. To find out more about the scheme please visit the directgov website. At Mencap, we value a diverse and inclusive workplace and we intentionally plan for the success of our colleagues in everything we do. We welcome applications from everyone, so come as you are and join us. Together we are Mencap!
Benefits
Why join Mencap?
· 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays + a variety of benefits including pension and holiday buying options.
· Ongoing training and development opportunities to enhance your skills.
· A supportive and inclusive work environment where your contributions are valued.
Join us at Mencap and be part of a team that believes in equality, diversity, and inclusion. Together, we can create a brighter future for individuals with learning disabilities and empower them to break down any barriers they may face.
Mencap vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with learning disabilities. If you're ready to embark on a rewarding career that truly makes a difference, apply now!
About Mencap
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We are recruiting for a Fundraising Assistant who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients
We are an ambitious Hospital charity with an exciting opportunity to join us on our team as a Fundraising Assistant, initially on a three month contract with potential to extend.
We currently raise between £1-2m a year for East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust which has four sites local to Hertfordshire, including the Lister Hospital (Stevenage) and Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (North London). We are proud to raise funds to enhance the care provided by our wonderful clinical colleagues and to contribute to a positive patient experience. We also support a number of wellbeing initiatives to support our staff. Working for the NHS offers a fantastic benefits package, including a generous pension, agenda for change pay progression, 27 days leave plus bank holidays and flexible working.
About you
Ideally you will already have experience in an administration or customer service role and looking to start a career in fundraising. You will be looking for 20-37.5 hours a week and can work flexibly including some evenings and weekends to support at fundraising events.
Main duties of the job
- Provide support to the department on a range of administrative tasks including, dealing with enquiries (postal, telephone, email, face to face), opening and sorting post.
- Work to build excellent relationships with donors to provide a high standard of customer care.
- Process one-off and regular donations ensuring procedures are followed and information is recorded correctly onto the database and thank you letters are sent.
- Work with cancer centre volunteers to support the team with administration tasks.
- To undertake specific fundraising projects and attend events as necessary or as required to support the department’s fundraising.
- To assist the fundraisers with administration of staff lottery, raffles and prize led promotion and fundraising as required.
- Support all fundraising activity and represent the charity at internal and external events.
- Manage ‘Gift in Kind’ donations and our ‘Gift in Kind’ Campaigns.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is an exciting time to join Stoll in this new role in the Fundraising and Communications Team.
The role is full time and offered as hybrid working. It will support community fundraising activities including challenge and sponsored events, organising volunteer fundraising activities and working with local communities to raise funds for Stoll. The role also supports our communications functions at the organisation.
As part of the role you will;
- Be responsible for achieving agreed fundraising targets and the activity needed to achieve them.
- Be responsible for the cultivation and effective stewardship of both existing and new individual supporters, clubs and organisations.
- Work closely with the fundraising and communications on marketing collateral and using diverse forms of media to promote existing and new fundraising activity to maximise participation in community fundraising events.
- Ensure that all communications and marketing material aligns with brand standards
- Identify, research and develop new income generating opportunities within the community.
- Support and increase our partnerships with local businesses and organisations to involve them with all Community and Events fundraising opportunities and activities.
- Update the database with all income and other information.
This is a great opportunity for someone to learn more about working in a busy and exciting team. If you have knowledge of fundraising and communications and interested in supporting veterans with housing and support services, we want to hear from you.
Closing date for applications: Friday 29th March 2024
Interviews: W/C 08/04/2024
Please note that within Settle's career structure and pay scale, this role is a Senior Officer position.
Settle is an award-winning charity that supports care-experienced young people as they move into their first home so they can confidently transition into independent living and thrive.
Benefits
- Scope to take real ownership in a fast-growing charity
- Flexible working arrangements
- Strong commitment to professional development with a dedicated training budget
- Annual performance and pay progression reviews
- Up to 5% pension contribution
- 40 days paid leave per year: 25 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays, 3 days between Christmas and New Year and 4 wellbeing days
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme offering free therapy
- Work phone and laptop
- A supportive and inclusive culture with regular team social events
This is an exciting time to join Settle as we look to invest in and grow our fundraising and development capabilities. As Senior Fundraising Officer, you’ll be working to generate income which will enable Settle to expand its provision, reach its strategic goals and, ultimately, make a real difference to the amazing young people we serve.
You’ll work closely with our senior leadership and support team to help deliver our fundraising strategy. Reporting directly to our Head of Fundraising, you’ll lead on writing grant applications, reporting to funders and managing our prospects pipeline and you’ll support the running of fundraising campaigns and events too. Because this role will have a strong focus on securing trust and foundation income, we are looking for an experienced grant-writer with a track record of writing successful grant applications and securing 5-figure sums, but we’d welcome experience of other types of fundraising too.
In joining Settle, you’ll be joining a fast growing and truly impactful organisation with lots of opportunity for progression and development within our friendly team. We are proud to have been voted one of Escape the City’s Top 100 companies to ‘escape’ to in 2021.
Our vision is a 21st century Britain where no young person is homeless and all young people get a fair chance at doing well.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Background
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. MAP is the leading UK charity delivering health and medical care to those worst affected by conflict, occupation and displacement, in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Gaza, and Lebanon.
MAP is in a period of ambitious growth and rapid development, as we respond to the massive humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon. Due to this growth, we are seeking a Director of Fundraising and Marketing to lead the development and delivery of an ambitious and data driven fundraising strategy.
Purpose of role
The purpose of this role within MAP is to build a high-performing fundraising and marketing team in the UK, and in new international markets, to drive and stabilise significantly increased fundraising performance across a range of income streams. The post holder will lead the development and delivery of an ambitious and data driven fundraising and marketing strategy to successfully deliver MAP’s new five-year vision.
Primary responsibilities
This job description does not form part of your contract of employment and can be amended from time to time as the needs of the organisation require.
The job holder will have the following key responsibilities:
Leadership
- Champion fundraising across the organisation.
- Be an inspiring ambassador for MAP and ensure this is reflected in the strategies, outputs, and behaviour of the fundraising team.
- Actively contribute to leading Medical Aid for Palestinians as a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT).
- Work closely with the SMT to ensure that appropriate processes and systems are in place across the organisation, including delivery against KPIs.
- Attend and actively participate in MAP’s Board meetings and relevant Board Committee meetings providing updates, necessary reports, and feedback on MAP’s fundraising and marketing.
- Lead cross-organisational projects in line with organisational strategy and direction.
- Build strong working relationships with colleagues across the organisation at all levels, adopting and encouraging a collaborative working approach.
- Keep abreast of, understand, clarify, and implement new or changes in relevant thinking and legislation, especially those directly affecting fundraising.
- Monitor and manage risk in accordance with MAP’s risk management policy.
Fundraising
- Lead the development and delivery of an ambitious and data driven fundraising strategy across a range of income streams to successfully deliver MAP’s new five-year vision.
- Build and inspire a high-performing and results-oriented Fundraising Team focused on delivering sustainable income to maintain and build on recent organisational growth.
- Ensure that MAP’s fundraising is supported by appropriate business/activity plans, and sound financial plans and budgets; and that performance is regularly monitored and evaluated against plans and budgets.
- Set, monitor, and deliver annual income and expenditure targets.
- Foster a culture of ambition and innovation and support the team to research, develop, and implement new fundraising approaches to recruit new donor groups across all income streams.
- Drive change and implement new ways of working across fundraising and the wider organisation in support of fundraising effectiveness.
- Manage relationships with key supporters and stakeholders and attend meetings and networking events to unlock new opportunities.
- Strengthen and build on existing supporter relationships, ensuring that all supporters receive a first-class experience.
- Support the team to develop professional and engaging fundraising materials including fundraising propositions, applications, proposals, appeals, pitches, and reports.
- Take overall responsibility for fundraising compliance and ensure that in all relevant areas, MAP complies with the law, regulation, and stakeholder and contractual obligations with third parties.
- Maintain oversight of the supporter database to ensure integrity, legal compliance, and suitability for MAP's fundraising strategy.
Fundraising Development
- Work with the Head of Individual Giving to deliver and implement a strategy which prioritises both the retention and acquisition of new donors, enhances the use of digital products, platforms, and channels and delivers the highest standard of supporter care and donor stewardship.
- Work with relevant colleagues to deliver a new strategy and plan which prioritises deepening and strengthening existing relationships and building a strong pipeline of new prospects to deliver multi-year funding from major donors, high profile supporters, trusts, foundations, and companies.
- Lead the adoption and use of a newly installed Microsoft Dynamics CRM to effectively support data-driven decision making and relationship management to generate supporter insights in support of increased fundraising.
- With the CEO and SMT, agree and invest in a scaled-up approach to fundraising internationally.
Brand and Marketing
- Working in collaboration with the Director of Advocacy and Communications, lead the development and delivery of an integrated marketing and communications strategy that is driven by audience insight.
- Build and inspire a high-performing and results-oriented Marketing Team to build a community of supporters by delivering a seamless supporter journey that promotes MAP’s work and delivers greater income generation.
- Ensure our brand and identity are strong and supported by authentic high-quality messaging, delivering integrated campaigns across all our channels that turn increased recognition into active support for MAP’s work.
- Increase brand awareness and brand attribution, creating an authentic and compelling voice for MAP which centres on Palestinian voices, including the voices of the people MAP serves.
- Empower teams across MAP to successfully deploy our brand.
- Work in partnership with the Director of Advocacy and Communications to ensure content is up to date, factually accurate and to manage reputational risk.
People Management
- Create a high-performing team that is ambitious and passionate about MAP’s vision.
- Provide line management to direct reports, setting, and monitoring individual performance objectives and motivating the team to be innovative and professional in its thinking and delivery.
- Ensure all fundraising staff receive consistent and motivating direction and feedback to enable them to work to the best of their ability.
General Responsibilities
- Support the mission, ethos, and values of MAP.
- Carry out other associated duties as may arise in line with the broad remit of the position.
- Support and promote diversity and equality of opportunity in the workplace.
- Be flexible and carry out other associated duties as may arise, develop, or be assigned in line with the broad remit of the position.
- Maintain and improve competencies through continuous professional development.
- Abide by organisational policies, codes of conduct and practices.
- Treat with confidentiality any personal, private, or sensitive information about individual organisations and or clients or staff and MAP data.
Profile
The following offers an aspirational view of our ideal candidate profile; however, we encourage applications from candidates with a wide range of experiences and backgrounds, especially those from underrepresented groups.
Experience
- Extensive relevant experience and a proven track record of delivery of income growth across multiple fundraising channels in a fast-paced and rapidly changing context.
- Knowledge and/or experience of fundraising through direct marketing, trusts and foundations, corporates, major donors, challenge events, community fundraising, and digital marketing.
- Experience of relational databases and of analysing and presenting data to make informed decisions.
- Experience engaging and stewarding relationships with donors at all levels.
- Proven experience producing successful proposals for large scale projects.
- Experience planning, prioritising, and managing multiple projects simultaneously from start to finish.
- Experience in international fundraising.
- Experience in strategic planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Experience managing staff across different fundraising areas.
- Experience working at SMT and reporting at Board/Trustee level.
- Experience working with international teams and/or on international issues. (Desirable)
Skills
- Significant gravitas and an excellent networker, communicator, and influencer who is at ease and skilled in representing and promoting an organisation with different audiences, at different levels and in different contexts.
- Highly proactive and effective at collaborating with others, building relationships and partnerships.
- Excellent judgement, including in balancing short and long-term priorities, focusing on key issues, and identifying and managing both opportunities and risks.
- Ability to undertake a complex management role in an international organisation, leading a very busy team and schedule.
- Excellent project management, budget and forecasting management, and resource control skills.
- Persuasive communication skills with the ability to present and convey complex ideas and issues clearly and coherently.
- Strong decision-making skills and ability to translate priorities into operational goals and plans.
Knowledge
- Significant knowledge and understanding of all aspects of fundraising including philanthropy, partnerships, individual giving, and legacy giving.
- In-depth and up-to-date knowledge of charity law, fundraising regulations, standards, and best practice.
- High level of competence in CRM software and social media.
- Commitment to maintaining standards to promote trust and confidence in MAP’s fundraising initiatives.
- An understanding of the work of MAP and the issues facing Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees.
Personal Traits Desired
- Commitment to MAP’s mission, services, and the right to health.
- Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice and equal opportunities.
- An ability to apply awareness of diversity issues to all areas of work.
- Commitment to the values and ethos of MAP.
- Prepared and able to travel occasionally to Lebanon, the occupied Palestinian territory, and Israel and pursue new business opportunities anywhere in the world.
- Able to work flexibly in emergencies and to meet specific deadlines including some evenings and weekends.
Daryl Upsall International actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. In recruiting candidates, we seek candidates with the proven skills required; irrespective of race, gender, religion or belief, age, disability or sexual orientation.
Newlife is seeking an experienced fundraiser to take ownership of both community and events income streams as they continue to expand their impact and help even more disabled and terminally ill children.
Who we are
Newlife is the UK’s largest charitable provider of specialist equipment for disabled children. They were founded 30 years ago to provide disabled and terminally ill children the best possible start through life by providing the essential but expensive medical equipment they need to reach their full potential.
There are 1.7 million disabled and terminally ill children in the UK, many of whom miss out on life’s opportunities because they don’t have access to the specialist equipment they need. Newlife provides thousands of these children with this life-saving and life-changing equipment, enabling them to lead happy and fulfilling lives.
Newlife also campaigns on behalf of disabled and terminally ill children to ensure their voices are heard and their outlooks are improved. They work with parents and health professionals to ensure they receive all the support they need to achieve the best outcomes for the children they care for.
About the role
You’ll be taking ownership of community and events fundraising at Newlife. It will be up to you to dictate how these programmes look. Working closely with the Head of Community and Corporate Partnerships, you will devise a three-year strategy, targeting key areas of growth in community fundraising, challenge events and special events.
This role will be what you make of it. Newlife is seeking someone who can bring fresh ideas and approaches. You will be empowered to try new things and learn from the process as you define exactly how community and events fundraising looks at Newlife. You’ll play a key role in devising ambitious but realistic targets and will be fully supported across the organisation to achieve them, an integrated and holistic approach to fundraising is key for Newlife. There is a huge capacity for growth within the charity, both in the local area and across the country, so a significant uplift in fundraised income is highly achievable.
You’ll be leading a team of passionate community fundraisers with great links in their local area as well as the guile and motivation to raise and events fundraisers who have successfully run several challenge events across the country. You will work with the team to come up with new and innovative ways of fundraising that raise the profile of Newlife to create and seize opportunities.
Who we are looking for
We are seeking a fundraiser with a large charity community and events or marketing experience as well as the tenacity and drive to identify and seize opportunities, developing and testing them to maximise income.
You will be ambitious, proactive and not afraid to fail. A natural relationship builder, you will communicate with various stakeholders with ease, bringing a research-led and collaborative approach to your role.
Suitable candidates will be bursting with ideas and creativity, possessing a strategic outlook and a willingness to challenge established processes to achieve the best results.
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