Full-Time Major Donor Fundraiser Jobs
Dogs Trust Worldwide recently joined forces with World Veterinary Service and its Mission Rabies project in 2023 and together we are on a mission to improve the welfare of dogs around the world and protect them from maltreatment, cruelty and suffering. We have an exciting opportunity for a Trust and Foundations Officer to join our team and play a vital role identifying, researching and approaching trusts and foundations interested in funding projects which focus on global canine welfare.
About the role:
As Trusts and Foundations Officer (International) you will:
- Support the Trust and Foundations Team Manager (International) to deliver the trusts/foundations element of the fundraising strategy.
- Meet an agreed annual income target via trusts/foundations, which contributes toward the Trust Team’s target.
- Develop a pipeline of charitable trusts/foundations that could support a range of international projects, programmes and activities.
- Write high quality funding bids, in line with the requirements of potential funders, and upholding Dogs Trust’s brand and high standards
About you:
To succeed in this role, you will have a demonstrable track record of securing grants from charitable trusts/foundations, well-developed written and verbal communication skills and, above all, be a strong, positive team player, committed to the aims and values of Dogs Trust.
You will have exceptional attention to detail and a strong aptitude for writing creative narrative that will ensure our applications stand out when being assessed. Ideally, to be considered for a role focused on fundraising for our international projects you will have a successful track-record of trust fundraising for international projects or a strong interest in doing so.
About Dogs Trust:
We love dogs. That’s why we do whatever we can to make sure every four-legged friend gets the love they deserve. We’ll never put a healthy dog down, so our work is focused on helping dogs in need, supporting owners every step of the walk, and creating a better world for dogs in the future. It’s what we’ve been doing since 1891 and how we’ve grown to become the UK’s leading dog charity, helping 12,000 loyal friends find their forever homes every year.
About the team:
This role involved fundraising for our international work via Dogs Trust Worldwide only. But since 2023, it primarily involves fundraising for the Mission Rabies project, which now sits under the World Veterinary Service. As such, it is a thrilling time to join the team, where you can play a vital part in helping to drive and shape this merger. You will be encouraged to introduce your own bold and creative approaches. In addition, we would value knowledge gained from time spent living, working or volunteering overseas.
In return for all of this, we have an enticing benefits package, which includes excellent annual leave, pension allowances, Perkbox, and you will you join a team of highly professional and driven colleagues in a brilliant upbeat and collaborative environment, all with a genuine passion for dogs!
Please note that this is a 12-month fixed term maternity cover contract.
Apply now and become a pivotal force in our transformative mission - to be the change-maker for dogs everywhere.
Purpose
This is a vital role sitting as part of the Senior leadership team at Hope and contributing to the future sustainability and development of Hope.
The purpose of the role is to manage all aspects of Income Generation and manage the commissioned projects which Hope run.
Developing a long term sustainable income generation portfolio you will have responsibility for your own income generation and manage the fundraising team to deliver their financial targets, motivating and monitoring them to achieve success.
Our current income generation activity currently generates around £1.2million per annum and it is the post holders responsibility to grow this income to achieve £1.5million per annum in the next 5 years to ensure Hope can achieve it’s newly launched Operational Strategy.
There is also a likely a facility move in the future, where the Head of Development would need to access funds, in addition to operational budget, for a facility transformation project.
As Line Manager for Hope’s commissioned projects you will have overall responsibility to deliver on the contracts for which we have been commissioned and identify growth potential for the organisation.
Responsibilities
- To Manage all aspects of income generation at Hope.
- To deliver a diverse fundraising portfolio to ensure long-term sustainability.
- To lead a small team of fundraisers and work with the Marketing Manager to achieve income levels as determined by the CEO and Board of trustees.
- To Line Manage and lead on all commissioned work, people recruited and project management.
- To be responsible for all reporting related to grants, trusts and/commissioned work.
- To be part of both Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and Senior Management Team (SMT), helping set the strategic direction for the organisation and ensuring it is implemented effectively.
Leadership:
- To develop and deliver a Fundraising Strategy and associated annual Fundraising Plans to achieve income levels that enable Hope to fulfil its Strategic Framework priorities 2024-2029.
- To work with CEO and our new ‘finance sub-group’ to develop and oversee our budget and forecasting process, agreeing targets, providing realistic profiles, understanding the seasonality of income, and highlighting risks.
- Identify new opportunities for income generation and deliver an agile approach to trends in fundraising and changes in society giving.
- Lead the commissioned program teams to achieve the desired outcomes.
Management:
- Lead a small team of dedicated Fundraising Senior Coordinators to access funds to ensure the ongoing delivery of Hopes Homeless, Hunger and Hardship priorities.
- To manage 1:1 meeting, annual appraisals.
- To manage all posts associated with commissioned project’s sitting outside our core objectives,
- To ensure that the values of Hope are embedded across all the work we do.
- To engage and maintain relationships with volunteers to support and enhance the work of the fundraising team.
Partnerships:
- To be an ambassador for Hope in the community, showcasing the work we do across Northamptonshire to facilitate fundraising opportunities to fulfil your personal fundraising objectives and those of the wider team.
- To build relationships with:
o Trusts.
o Grant providers.
o Major donors.
o Corporate partners
o Public with a focus on regular donations
o Churches and other community groups including schools.
- To build and maintain relationship with WNC and NNC, especially the Public Health Teams and Councillors, to maintains Hopes positive relationship, so that we can continue to be a trusted partner and access commissioned contracts to enhance our core offer.
Fundraising
- Work closely with Marketing Manager to ensure a clear public donation pathway exists linking to website, social media, events promotion, and any other marketing- tracking success of each communication approach at increasing income.
- To manage all grants and trusts contracts from application to reporting and ongoing engagements.
- Lead on major donor, VIP and legacy events to ensure further income opportunities.
- To manage all commissioned projects from application, to oversight of project delivery, including management of posts recruited to reporting and ongoing engagement.
- Lead any future capital fundraising appeals for new of existing facilities.
General:
- To be an active and effective member of the Senior Leadership team and ambassador for the work of the organisation, our strategic framework 2024-2029 and our values in all you do.
- To work some hours outside of normal office hours (including evenings and weekends).
- To carry out every aspect of your duties with due regard to Northampton Hope Centre’s policies and procedures at all times.
- To always maintain a professional level of communication.
- To keep clear records and plans of all contacts with clients, professionals, and meetings with external agencies.
- To participate in regular supervision and annual appraisal, and help identify your own job-related development and training needs.
- To attend and lead staff meetings as and when required.
- To attend relevant training sessions and courses.
- To carry out other reasonable tasks as requested by the CEO.
Other Characteristics:
Commitment to the values underpinning Hope:
- Person-centred:
Focus our support on the needs of individuals.
- Empowerment:
Enable service users, staff and volunteers to take responsibility with the ability to act upon their own initiative.
- Collaboration
Work positively, effectively, and productively with others both internally and externally.
- Honesty
Be truthful and transparent in all actions and interactions.
- Personal development
Encourage the development of skills and knowledge in order to maximise the support of our staff, volunteers and service users.
- Non-judgemental
Adopt a non-judgemental, non-biased attitude where everyone counts.
Person Specification
This person specification sets out the essential and/or desirable experience and abilities needed by the successful candidate for this post. Please bear these points in mind when applying for the role as these requirements will be taken into account at both the shortlisting and interviewing stages.
Qualifications
Essential:
Evidence of continual professional development.
Desirable:
Degree level qualification.
First Aid certificate.
Fundraising qualification.
Member of Institute of Fundraising.
Experience
Essential:
Proven fundraising experience for a minimum of 5 years.
Experience of voluntary and community sector.
Experience of managing budgets.
Desirable:
Experience of developing and delivering a fundraising strategy.
Experience of writing and delivering commissioned projects.
Experience of writing and delivering grants to Trusts and grant providers for both small bids £5k-£10k and larger multi-year bids of £250k+.
Experience of managing a fundraising function and or team.
Experience of dealing with the media.
Personal Qualities
Essential:
Self-starter, organised and good at planning.
Ability to work under pressure.
Positive persona who is Goal and Values orientated.
Excellent inter-personal skills.
Ability to work with a wide range of people .
A excellent team player and role model to others.
Flexible approach to working hours.
Experience of current fundraising/CRM software packages (currently using eTapestry).
Desirable:
Must have access to a car and clean driving licence.
Knowledge of online fundraising tools and social networking .
Knowledge of Homeless, hunger, hardship sector.
Experience of working in an environment with vulnerable, often chaotic and challenging adults.
Knowledge of West Northamptonshire area.
Applications Process:
Please submit your CV by Wednesday 5th June 2024
Those successful for interview will be notified no later than Wednesday 5th June 2024.
Interviews will take place Monday 10th June 2024. Successful applicants who reach the interview stage join the team at Hope for the whole day.
The day will follow the below structure:
- 9am: Candidates arrive at Ash Street.
- 9.30am: Candidates will be provided tour of our local facilities at Ash Street (home of Hope in the Community) and Oasis House (Home of Hope for the Homeless) 9.30am a chance to see our service and meet our service users.
- 10.15am: Break
- 10.30am to 11.30am, candidates divided into groups including volunteers and service-user volunteers to complete the following task:
‘As a group we would like you to discuss the Strengths, Weaknesses, Threats and Opportunities of working with other charities and community groups locally to deliver a shared event portfolio (eg. Bike rides, Sponsored runs, sponsored abseiling, charity balls etc) when comparing to running the portfolio of events in-house for just Hope”
- 11.30am to 12.15pm candidates asked to work in different groups (of two or three candidates only):
You will have 40 minutes to develop an eight to ten minutes presentation:
‘Discuss and present the value of a diverse portfolio of income, and consider the benefits and risks associated with strategy creep* when accessing funding from grants-providers and trusts’
*Strategy Creep is defined as the phenomenon in which an organisations initial strategy/delivery plan slowly grows to include more goals, tasks or requirements.
- 12.15pm to 1pm – each group will present their model of support to all other candidates.
- 1pm to 1.45pm – lunch to be provided by Hope.
- 1.45pm – candidates will be advised who is through to the second stage of interviews as follows:
2pm-2.30pm: Interview 1
2.45pm-3.15pm: Interview 2
3.30pm-4pm: Interview 3
4.15pm-4.45pm: Interview 4 (if needed)
5pm- 5.30pm: Interview 5 (if needed)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a Development Events Manager to join the National Theatre Development Team.
The purpose of the role
The Development Events Manager’s role is to organise a portfolio of events and support of larger annual fundraising events. They are responsible for creating and delivering a variety of events that align with supporter benefits, in order to engage potential supporters and further develop relationships with existing supporters. The role works collaboratively with the fundraising and membership teams in the department, to best meet the needs of supporters and maximise income.
The successful candidate will have experience of managing events and strong project management skills. They will have excellent organisational and communication skills and the ability to work on their own initiative as well as in a team. They will be used to working in a fast-paced environment and to managing multiple events simultaneously.
The successful candidate will have the following:
- Experience of effective events management and successful project management
- Ability to work to one’s own initiative
- Excellent organisational skills
- Exceptional communication skills when working with a range of different groups of people
- Experience of effective collaboration
If that sounds like you, this may be the role for you!
Working with us will give you...
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Complimentary staff tickets for shows and NT Talks and Events, subject to availability and policy.
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Discounts in the NT’s bars, cafes, restaurants, and bookshop, as well as in local businesses (from Wagamama to local childcare providers & gyms on and around the South Bank)
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Access to interest-free season ticket loan and Cyclescheme partnership
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Pension schemes with Legal & General and NEST
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Sabbatical option, subject to agreement and policy
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Generous sick pay
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Family-friendly employer with supporting policies
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Hybrid and flexible working, subject to agreement and policy
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Training and Development Programme via e-learning platform, and specialist in-person training relating to role.
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On-site Occupational Health and welfare support
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Free-to-access Employee Assistance Programme, enabling counselling and mental wellbeing support, financial and legal advice, and advice on caring responsibilities.
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On-site staff canteen and bar
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Staff networks including Amplified: The Ethnically Diverse Network; Disability Staff Network; LGBTQ+ Network; Parents and Parents & Carers Network
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The NT is also a member of Parents and Carers in the Performing Arts (PiPA)
Please note
The closing date for the receipt of a completed application is Tuesday 4th June 2024 at 12 noon.
We support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for our vacancies.
People Department 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Talent Set are delighted to be working with London's Air Ambulance Charity, supporting them to recruit a Deputy Head of Philanthropy (Trusts) maternity cover. This role will start at a key time in strategy development and long term planning, as they enter the final phase of their incredibly successful Up Against Time Appeal to replace their two helicopters.
As they enter the final phase of the appeal, having raised £11.5m of their £15m target (with a number of further pledges confirmed) this role will focus on developing the long term Trusts fundraising strategy. As Deputy Head of Philanthropy you will be tasked with considering the opportunities presented by the new 15 year organisational strategy, and contributing to the wider Philanthropy, Partnerships and Events team plans to ensure they have a strong footing as they look to the long term and next 15 years of London's Air Ambulance Charity.
As Deputy Head of Philanthropy you will not only lead on strategy development but also build and develop the Trusts pipeline, leading and developing the Trusts and Prospect Research teams to improve internal processes and influence/respond to upcoming fundraising opportunities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the Trusts and Prospect Research teams and programmes through a year of maternity cover, ensuring both areas are in a strong position on the return of the substantive postholder.
- Act as LAAC's Trust and Lead Gift (£500k+) fundraising expert, leading the Trusts and Prospect Research teams to be ambitious and consider the long term funding opportunities for the charity.
- Lead the team through the transition from the Up Against Time Appeal to focus on the new 15 year organisational strategy and opportunities it presents to develop the pipeline for new projects.
- Take ownership of the Trusts, Foundations and Statutory pipeline, leading income generation from these sources with a personal focus on £100k+ opportunities, while informing the organisation's approach to restricted fundraising opportunities.
- Support the development of direct reports and wider Philanthropy, Partnerships and Events team.
Person Specification:
- Strong sector knowledge and technical expertise of Trust fundraising, with experience of securing £100k+ support from trusts, foundations and/or statutory sources.
- Demonstrable experience of developing and fundraising for restricted projects, monitoring income and expenditure budgets.
- Effective pipeline development skills and the ability to support a Prospect Research function to identify new opportunities.
The deadline for applications is Friday 7th June, with initial interviews to take place the following week.
To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.
We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Senior Events Executive (Special Events), an excellent opportunity to join a Social Welfare Charity, based in the West End, London.
- Hybrid working: 2 days a week office based, 3 days a week working from home.
- Salary: £34,500 per annum + benefits.
As the Senior Events Executive, working closely with the Senior Special Event Manager, you will lead, manage, and deliver one of the charities extremely successful and prestigious flagship event, along with delivering other supporting events such as commemorative garden launch, committee events, thank you parties and help to develop them even further.
To deliver the flagship event and supporting events, you’ll work closely with an incredible committee of volunteers, and with your skills in event development, coordination, project management, along with excellent relationship skills, ensure further growth and continued success across all events.
Key areas of responsibility:
- Project manage, deliver, and coordinate all aspects of the prestigious flagship city event and supporting and stewardship events such as, launch and thank you parties, commemorative garden launch and committee events.
- Work closely with the Senior Special Events Manager, Committee, and Co-Chairman to deliver the events to agreed income, participation, and targets.
- Develop and deliver, creative and effective marketing plans for the events to ensure reach to both warm and cold individual and corporate audiences.
To be successful on this role, you’ll have previous skills and experience gianed in areas such as;
- Working within a events fundraising team, managing, and coordinating fundraising events.
- Working with a committee or group of supporters, to inspire them towards shared goals.
- Exposure of working with budgets and income targets.
- Strong project and coordination skills to manage multiple tasks and competing priorities.
Deadline for applications: 4th June 2024
Hybrid working: 2 days a week office based, 3 days a week working from home.
Salary: £34,500 per annum + benefits.
Angela Mann Recruitment is a specialist Charity & NFP Recruitment Agency, with extensive experience and knowledge of working within the sector. We match individuals to roles based on the required skills and experiences requested to fulfil a position, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.