Arthritis Action is seeking a creative Corporate Partnerships Manager to join our team. This is a varied role which involves developing and implementing Arthritis Action’s new corporate fundraising strategy, with the aim of maximising income from corporate partnerships, sponsorships and CSR relationships.

We are looking for a creative fundraiser, or business development professional, who is excited about establishing corporate initiatives, developing a strong pipeline and meeting potential corporate partners. You will also attend networking events to help raise the profile of Arthritis Action.

This is a full-time role, but we will consider part-time for the right candidate. We are looking for a January 2020 start.

Key Responsibilities – the role will include but not be limited to:

• Developing and implementing the Charity’s new corporate fundraising strategy.

• Researching prospective corporate partners and building a pipeline of potential sources of income.

• Organising fundraising packs, presentations and initiatives for corporate partners to get involved with.

• Developing and keeping up to date the parts of the CRM and website relevant to corporate fundraising.

• Ensuring that effective systems and processes are in place to manage/track fundraising performance, and actively monitoring income performance.

• Representing the Charity at networking events to promote fundraising and meet contacts, travelling as appropriate within London and the rest of the UK.

• Ensuring that the Charity meets its legal obligations with regards to fundraising, adheres to the Code of Fundraising Practice, and maintains its reputation through its fundraising activities, whilst amending any documents/activities if needed.

Other Activities

• Raise Arthritis Action’s profile by networking with relevant organisations across the UK and look for new fundraising opportunities in areas we have clusters of Members and Arthritis Action Groups.
• Attend conferences to raise Arthritis Action’s profile and learn new ways to generate income through corporates.

• Write fundraising copy for the website, eNews, the Magazine and social media channels.
• Undertake other tasks relevant to the level of this position within the organisation.

Location

The post will be located in the office at Victoria. The address is: 56 Buckingham Gate, 2nd Floor, London SW1E 6AE.  Some travel across the UK will be required.

Person Specification - Essential

• Degree level qualification or equivalent.
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role, demonstrating knowledge of corporate fundraising activities.
• Experience of developing and implementing fundraising strategies in line with an organisation’s vision, values and strategic objectives.
• Experience of developing a pipeline of prospective corporate partners, and a proven track record of converting prospects and managing partnerships.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills including the ability to write in Plain English for a range of audiences.
• Experience of monitoring and evaluating fundraising activity.
• Commitment to Arthritis Action’s vision, mission and brand values.                       
• An understanding of, and commitment to, equal opportunities and diversity – and the commitment to promote high standards of conduct, integrity and probity.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills. 
• Excellent account management and inter-personal skills.
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills.                                           
• A self-starter, able to work on own initiative where required. 
• Enthusiastic team-player with a can-do attitude.
• Able and willing to travel within the UK.                       

Person Specification – Desirable

• Database experience.                                                                               
• Experience of managing budgets.
   

How to apply: Applications should be in the form of a CV with a covering letter explaining your interest in and suitability for the role. Please provide both email and telephone contact information for yourself. Applications should be received by 5 p.m. on Tuesday 19th November 2019 at the latest. Please note that only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Interviews will be held at Arthritis Action’s office in Victoria:

First round on 25th November 2019 and second round on 2nd December 2019.

Arthritis Action is an equal opportunities employer. We treat employees and job applicants in the same way regardless of their sex, marital status, gender, race, colour, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age or disability.

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Programme Funding Manager to help increase the reach and scale of our work, by working with our International Programmes and Policy & Research teams to identify and engage with institutional donors to secure grant funding for our work. This is an ideal role for someone with solid experience in institutional fundraising in international development or peacebuilding who is keen to progress to a more senior role.

We have a big ambition to change the way the international community responds to violent conflicts around the world, as well as to inspire the general public to support the work of local people on the ground who are working tirelessly to build peace. This is a very exciting time for Peace Direct, as we have been growing at a fast pace over the past few years and will be launching a new strategy in 2020 which will see us reach more people affected by violent conflict.

The ideal candidate will have experience of managing institutional donor relationships, including experience of securing six figure grants. They will also have excellent research and communication skills, a solid background in line management and a high standard of written English. This role will work closely with our International Programmes team and our local partners to produce high quality applications and reports to new and existing institutional donors. Given the breadth of our work, you will be fundraising for a range of projects in different contexts ensuring a huge variety of work. This is an exciting role, suitable for people who can manage multiple priorities and work to tight deadlines.

Finally, we are looking for someone who genuinely believes in our mission to stop violent conflict and build sustainable peace and who is excited by the prospect of joining a dynamic and growing international charity.

Peace Direct strives to be a diverse and inclusive employer, with equality of opportunities regardless of personal identity, and we are committed to improving our systems and ways of working to support this, including creating a Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) working group, DEI strategy and recruitment guidelines. We strongly encourage individuals from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds to apply, including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), LGBTQ+, people with disabilities and people with mental health challenges.

The deadline for applications is 8th December 2019. However, we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis so early applications are encouraged although all applications will be given due consideration. Only completed applications will be accepted and only applicants with the right to work in the UK will be considered. Application Form and Job Description are available on Peace Direct’s website. 

Peace Direct works hard to ensure its staff have a good work life balance and feel valued. Some of the benefits we have include:

• 25 days annual leave not including the office closing between Christmas and New Year.
• Stakeholder Pension with Peace Direct contributing 6%
• An interest free season ticket loan for the purchase of a commuter season ticket
• Flexible working hours
• Enhanced maternity and adoption leave pay (12 weeks full pay, 12 weeks half pay)
• Training budget available for all staff (we have secured ‘Investors in People’ accreditation and are committed to the development and support of all staff).
• A warm and friendly work environment!

Vacancy Reference Number:

EVM/F/UK-R1

Position title:

Events & Volunteer Manager

Reports to:

Director of UK Fundraising

Location:

Either Muslim Hands, 148 – 164 Gregory Boulevard, Gregory House, Nottingham, NG7 5JE

OR

Muslim Hands UK, 595-597 Commercial Road, London, E1 0HJ.

Hours of Work:

Full-time, 35 hours per week

Salary guideline:

£27,500 - £30,000 per year dependant on experience

Terms of Employment:

18-Months’ Fixed-Term Contract (with a 6-Month Probationary Period)

Permanent Full Time / Part Time Contract (with a 6-Month Probationary Period)

Application Process & Closing Date:

Send an up to date CV and supporting Covering Letter by Email by no later than 22nd November 2019

Approx. Interview & Role Commencement Date(s):

Interviews: W/C 25th November 2019

Start: ASAP thereafter

Note: Strong Applicants may be contacted sooner, ahead of the closing date, to hold Skype Interview with Muslim Hands; therefore, please include your Skype ID in your application.

Background:

This is an exciting opportunity to work for one of the UK's leading Muslim charities. This position is central to our campaign to develop and maintain relationships with individual doors, groups, mosques, schools, volunteers, community centres along with other Islamic institutions in order maximise fundraising and awareness of Muslim Hands.

Muslim Hands, an international relief organisation working in over 50 countries worldwide, is looking for a dynamic individual to join the Fundraising department to develop and maintain relationships with individuals, groups, volunteers, mosques, schools and other Islamic institutions to maximise fundraising and awareness.

The Role:
Based in either our London or Nottingham (headquarters) offices you will be required to travel country-wide, to engage with our target organisations and volunteers and occasional travel between the two-workstations will be required by the post-holder.

You will be working closely with other members of the Fundraising department to gain exposure for the charity and the fundraising campaigns run throughout the year.

The Events & Volunteer team is essential to the growth of Muslim Hands both in raising awareness via our events, which host thousands of people throughout the year, increasing awareness of our work and generating donations (currently £1-2 million per year). Your role will be central in expanding this and helping further the reach of Muslim Hands.

Essential for the Successful Post-holder:

• Ability to demonstrate current eligibility to work within the United Kingdom
• Must be able to either:

1. Provide a valid Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate (issued within the last year) when requested by Muslim Hands; OR
2. Undertake to provide full cooperation for Muslim Hands to perform a DBS Check at the required level appropriate for this / similar role.

• Hold a degree or equivalent qualification.
• Have substantial experience in a similar fundraising role, with a significant amount of that within management.
• Be results driven and able to meet ambitious targets.
• Possess strong community links and have a history of community service.
• Be able to show a track record of fundraising success.
• Have a willingness to work outside of regular hours.
• Be flexible with regular travel between London, Nottingham and overseas.

Desirable:

• Previous experience of working within the NGO/Charity sector.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Developing a vision and strategy for the charities' fundraising growth within the Events and Volunteers’ department.
• Line managing staff in the team and working with relevant teams to ensure this happens.
• Developing and extending the reach of the charity within various communities.
• Working closely with the Fundraising Director to coordinate, support and compliment their work
• Preparing and presenting regular reports to senior management and trustees.
• Preparing, monitoring and reporting expenditure against a fixed budget.

Key Areas of Responsibilities 

Campaigns creation for all collections, events, challenges and volunteer activities.

Managing Volunteer & Events’ Coordinators (South, Midlands and North)

Managing Volunteer aspect (South, Midlands and North)

• Create and implement recruitment of MH Volunteers (MHVs).
• Research, draft and implement volunteer policies and procedures (based on Fundraising regulations).
• Generate appropriate volunteering opportunities and create role descriptions based on the diversifying needs of the organisation.
• Monitor, support, and motivate volunteers and their work. This includes managing all social media communication with volunteers.
• Maintain and update volunteer databases. This includes managing the volunteers’ list/registrations, inducting all new volunteers and cataloguing MHVs capabilities, interests and availability.
• Recruit volunteers and provide appropriate training to ensure they are suitable for the role.
• Ensure MHVs are appropriately supported, motivated, monitored and trained in order to maximize benefit to Muslim Hands.
• Offer suitable Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) to MHVs and associated external organization through face-to-face, telephone and email contact.
• Manage budgets and resources, including the reimbursement of expenses to MHVs.
• Keep up to date with changes in legislation and policy related to volunteering and make all necessary amendments to documents and literature in view of the changes.
• Monitor, evaluate and write reports on MHVs activities for donors, Web uploads, Management and Trustees.
• To liaise with MHVs and the scheme; continually seeking to raise its profile and secure fund-raising opportunities.

Managing Events aspect (South, Midlands and North)

• To directly coordinate Muslim Hands events nationally with a view to secure MHVs and raise funds accordingly.
• Manage annual events (Gaza winter walk, Snowden, Ben Nevis etc…).
• Publicise events, keeping up to date with culture trends, monitoring the effectiveness of advertising campaigns and ensuring appropriate marketing ‘placement’.
• To nurture existing (and cultivating new) partnerships with relevant and desirable institutions.
• To encourage and support volunteers to run their own fundraising event activities within their specific areas.
• To maintain regular contact with MHVs around the country, setting mini challenges during ‘off-peak’ periods so that they remain engaged and active within their specific areas.
• To support with and source the provision of 1-1 and group training for key MHVs with a view to develop registered and active volunteers, directly and through suitable partnerships.
• To support in the attainment of an effectively visible MH presence at key events, both at grass roots and regional level, mobilising localised volunteer networks and Fundraising Team(s) as required.
• To support the Line Manager in achieving day-to-day tasks, undertaking all reasonable requests as required.

Managing Community & Mosques Officers (South, Midlands and North)

To research and identify appropriate mosques, schools, community organisations and other Islamic institutions which will support our work.

• Maintain regular communications with the above organisations to book events and collections throughout the year.
• To promote fundraising campaigns and events through social media, leaflet and poster distribution.
• To attend events related to mosques and Islamic institutions for networking purposes.
• To participate in meetings associated with the work above and to ensure that decisions from any meetings or discussions are followed up.
• To organise and coordinate regional fundraising tours and events.
• To assist the Fundraising team in all other aspects of delivering campaigns and activities.
• Any other duties commensurate with the accountabilities of the post.
• Gain permission from masjids to have containers places in their car parks (Big Aid convoy project).
• Assist on live TV appeals.
• Make masjid and Public announcement for collections.
• Madrasah/Maktab students to be engaged and confirmed for events (e.g. Gaza Winter Walk).
• Work not only with Mosques but with events/fundraising on various projects throughout the year.
• Employees of Muslim Hands are expected to be sympathetic to the aims and ethos of the organisation.

Other Requirements of Post-holder:

• To demonstrate Muslim Hands’ values and ethics in own working practices, approach and conduct
• To support with Fundraising activities from time-to-time, committing to partake in approximately 5-Live-TV-Appeals during our peak periods.
• To undertake any reasonable responsibilities as required by Line Manager
• To promote and adhere to all Muslim Hands Policies, Procedures and Professional Practices

This role would suit someone who thrives working in a fast-paced environment and who enjoys facing challenges; often working to tight deadlines.

This is a very rewarding position for the right person. If you feel this is you please send your CV with a cover letter explaining why you feel you are suitable quoting the above reference number!!

Deadline for applications is 22nd November 2019 however we reserve the right to end the application procedure early should the right candidate be found. 

NB: Unfortunately, we will only be able to contact successful candidates so if you have not heard from us by the closure date unfortunately your application will have been unsuccessful. 

We are looking a Director of Fundraising to join our Leadership Team (LT) to lead and inspire our fundraising team to deliver aspirational targets to help keep our air ambulance in the air. This is a unique opportunity for someone who wants to make a difference in a local, life-saving charity during a time of great organisational change and development.

You will be a senior fundraising leader with a strong track record in delivering stretching targets. You will inspire your team to continually grow and develop our income streams including Community, Corporate, Events, Individual Giving, Trusts, Major Donors, Lottery, Legacy and Retail.

An effective and strong communicator, you will work with a wide range of key stakeholders, as well as colleagues, senior managers, volunteers, supporters and crew in order to build our profile further and increase our income.

This is a sought-after opportunity to join our brand-new and ambitious Community & Events Fundraising Operations team as a Senior Community & Events Fundraising Operations Officer. As Senior Officer, you will be responsible for supporting the Community & Events Fundraising Operations Manager with the process review, process delivery strategy and supporter stewardship strategy for the Community, Events & Fundraising Development team, with a focus on increasing income and supporter experience across C&E. You will play an integral role in innovating and improving processes across stewardship and fulfilment, end-to-end process mapping, implementation and evaluation as directed, with continual focus on improving supporter stewardship, supporter retention and maximising fundraising potential.

This is an exciting time to join a team in a considerable period of growth in Community & Events fundraising, raising £14m annually for Mind’s work to make sure that everyone with a mental health problem has somewhere to turn for support and advice. In joining this new operational team, you will have the opportunity to feed into and develop the values and culture of the C&E Fundraising Operations team and develop how the team will work with the wider Community, Events and Fundraising Development team.

You will be responsible for line managing 3-4 Community & Events Fundraising Operations Assistants, and you will lead and support them to develop and deliver processes to support the wider team and carry out pieces of ad hoc project work.

To apply, please follow the link below to our website.

Closing date: 12 noon, Tuesday 19 November 2019
Interviews: Thursday 28 – Friday 29 November 2019

Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Title: Partnerships and Events Executive

Reports to: Head of Fundraising

Salary: £24,000 - £27,000 depending on experience

Based at: 74 St Annes Road, Woolston, Southampton, SO19 9FF

Hours of work: Full-time [37.5 hours per week]

Team association: Development

Job Purpose

• To be pro-active in identifying and developing new and existing relationships with corporate partners and prospects in order to generate income and assist the team in reaching agreed income targets

• To manage existing UK and international fundraising events and recruit supporters to all challenge events

• To meet and exceed where possible financial targets

Profile and Scope

Sailors’ Society is looking for an enthusiastic, professional, full-time Events Fundraiser. The preferred candidate will have:
 

• Sales experience of recruiting corporate support and participants for fundraising events

• A strong track record of event management within the fundraising sector

• An excellent track record in building relationships across many different audience groups

Reporting Relationships and Organisational Fit

The Partnerships and Events Executive role will be within the Development department and responsibilities will sit across events and corporate fundraising.

Location

The post is located in Sailors’ Society Southampton offices and the Partnerships and Events Executive is expected to live in working week commuting distance.

Although predominantly office based the post holder will have to travel to events and corporate meetings both within the UK and internationally.

Key Responsibilities:

Event Management

• Manage all elements of designated events, to include research, business plans, timelines, budgets and communications plan

• Liaison with events suppliers, volunteers and third party companies

• Ensure all legal event requirements are fulfilled e.g. risk assessment, negotiate insurance

• Design and implement a full communications journeys for participants for each event

• Work with the Media and Advocacy department to ensure all marketing/PR opportunities are fulfilled for each event.

• Communicate clearly with Accounts Team on expected incoming and outgoing funds

Event Income Generation

• Responsible for running events to meet income and expenditure budgets, raising net income for the organisation

• Securing teams/table holders/delegates to attend Sailors’ Society events through emails, telephone calls, face to face meetings and group presentations.

• Secure corporate sponsorship for each event with appropriate lead times

• Ensure funds pledged are collected within the designated time frame.

• Maintaining administration systems to record proper record keeping and allocation of donations

• Contribute to the budget and financial reports, and participate in team financial planning

Corporate Relationship Management

• Identify research and approach prospective contacts in order to cultivate relationships and generate new business income through sponsorship and other charity partnerships.

• Support the Senior Development Manager and Corporate Partnerships Executive in maintaining and building upon existing corporate partnerships.

• Gain an in-depth knowledge and keep abreast of the progress of all Sailors’ Society’s programmes, projects and events in order to prepare high quality, commercially relevant and compelling proposals, reports and presentations.

• Take responsibility for own ‘portfolio’ of contacts, following all leads through to completion and accurately recording all correspondence.

• Secure participants for Sailors’ Society event through corporate contacts.

• Keep accurate records of all correspondence with Society stakeholders on Raisers’ Edge.

• Attend internal and external meetings, events and presentations as required.

• Ensure donors are promptly thanked and their gift is accurately recorded.

• Provide administrative duties related to corporate and trust income generation, such as sourcing materials, preparing invoices and other activities as required.

Innovation

• Constantly evolve the events programme by analysing the market and predicting future trends

• Contribute to identifying and developing new opportunities for events.

Compliance

• Ensure that we comply with relevant charity legislation and best practice.

The post holder will also be expected to work flexibly across Sailors’ Society and undertake tasks as required.

Person Specification (minimum requirement)

Essential Attributes

• A confident and persuasive fundraiser, unafraid to make direct approaches for support

• Experience in organising and delivering successful fundraising events.

• Strong track record of working to financial targets.

• Commercially driven with a proven track record in business development or B2B sales.

• An understanding of and experience in managing charity/corporate partnerships and sponsorship agreements.

• Confident and competent at approaching new business prospects on the telephone, face-to-face and in writing.

• Excellent networking skills.

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to relate to people at all levels and to represent the Society in person.

• Ability to listen to the needs of corporate prospects in order to propose relevant ways of working together.

• Excellent writing skills with the ability to write accurate, powerful, compelling and persuasive copy in a range of formats e.g. proposals, reports, brochures and posters/flyers.

• Ability to manage a evolving workload of multiple events and corporate relationships

• Excellent IT Skills

• Enthusiastic personality with the ability to proactively respond to new opportunities

• Passionate about fundraising and events

• Ability to attend events out of office hours and travel internationally when required (current international trips are, on average three to four per year in the UK and abroad

Desirable Attributes:

• Experience of working within a sales or fundraising department

• An understanding of events fundraising in an international context

• Experience of increasing supporter engagement with an organisation

• Experience of using a Customer Relationship database such as Raisers Edge

• A good understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility, corporate community engagement initiatives and established corporate fundraising techniques.

Benefits

• Free onsite parking
• New modern building
• Friendly atmosphere
• Life assurance benefits
• Flexible working hours
• Out of town with easy access to main transport links

Title: Major Gifts Officer

Reports to: Head of Fundraising

Budget Responsibility: None

Based at: Head Office, Woolston, Southampton

Salary: £22,000 - £24,000 doe

Hours of work: Full-time [37.5 hours per week]

Team Association: Major Gifts Team

Fundraising Team

Development Department
 

Job Purpose To provide tactical support and co-ordination across all the Major Gifts Team’s income streams (Trusts, HNWIs and Legacies) and assist the team in reaching agreed annual income targets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Write and send compelling Trust applications to our regular Trust supporters.

• Support the Major Gifts Manager in co-ordinating the production of high quality supporter communications and materials.

• Support the Head of Development and Major Gifts Manager in co-ordinating a project to generate income from High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI’s), liaising with the Society’s Trustees and Senior Leadership Team.

• Support the Head of Development and Major Gifts Manager in the delivery of the Legacy Marketing Plan.

• Support in the delivery of bespoke cultivation events for HNWI’s and legacy pledgers.

• Support the Major Gifts Team with donor stewardship, donor journey and donor recognition tasks.

• Keep accurate records of all correspondence with Society stakeholders on Raisers’ Edge.

• Provide administrative duties related to trust and HNWI income generation, such as sourcing materials, preparing invoices and other activities as required.

Personal Development

The Major Gifts Officer will be expected to maintain a high level of competence and capability, identifying appropriate training and development opportunities as required.

Person Specification (minimum requirement)

Essential Attributes

• Confident and competent at approaching donors and prospects on the telephone, face-to-face and in writing.

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to relate to people at all levels and to represent the Society in person.

• Excellent writing skills with the ability to write accurate, powerful, compelling and persuasive copy in a range of formats e.g. proposals, reports, brochures and posters/flyers.

• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to plan and manage a complex and demanding variety of tasks and to meet strict deadlines.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent in experience.
• Prepared to work outside of normal office hours in the evenings and occasional weekends, including some overnight stays and overseas travel.

Desirable Attributes:

• Experience in working in a busy fundraising environment.
• Experience of using Raisers’ Edge or other CRM database.
• Experience of working for a charity and an understanding of charity law.
• An understanding of the global shipping and maritime industry.

Benefits

• Free onsite parking
• New modern building
• Friendly atmosphere
• Life assurance benefits
• Flexible working hours
• Out of town with easy access to main transport links

The role's aim is to maximise the acquisition of new supporters and the development of existing loyal supporters to grow sustainable income for Lluest Horse and Pony Trust.

We are offering this post on a self-employed basis and the total fee available is £5,000 (plus authorised expenses) payable in agreed installments. Timescales, hours and payment terms and conditions are to be negotiated. Home and/or office based working are offered. 

Lluest is a well established small charity dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of horses and ponies who have been neglected, abused or abandoned. Situated on a 40 acre farm in the beautiful Brecon Beacons National Park the Trust cares for up to 30 horses and ponies on site with a further 150 in long or short term guardian or foster homes. Each horse and pony comes with a compelling story of rescue.

The Trust is overseen by a Board of Trustees.

Lluest is a member of the National Equine Welfare Council and we regularly collaborate with larger equine charities in Wales. We also enjoy considerable goodwill from the public with nearly 4,000 Facebook followers, a dedicated Facebook Fundraisers group and a growing Twitter and Instagram presence. 2,000 supporters are also signed up to receive postal and email bulletins. We have a strong local press presence and our wider profile will soon be strengthened through a TV series featuring one of our rescue cases.

This is a valuable opportunity for someone to make a real and abiding impact on the lives of horses and ponies across Wales, not only to support the current activities of Lluest but also to help implement some exciting new programmes of work.

We anticipate that the role will focus on direct marketing, email and social media so skills and experience in these areas are essential. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Proven fundraising experience or proven transferable skills
• An ability to inspire support through compelling storytelling via digital marketing channels
• Proven experience in achieving income targets, ideally through individual giving initiatives
• Experience of planning, managing and evaluating campaigns or projects
• Excellent written communication and copywriting skillls 
•  Experience of a wide range of digital platforms including WordPress, Hootsuite, Google Analytics, Google Adwords etc
• The ability to use key IT packages including databases and spreadsheets and a CRM system
• A sympathy with the aims and objectives of Lluest Horse and Pony Trust and ideally some understanding of equine welfare charity practices
• Highly effective organisational skills, particulalry for self-motivation, and also for inspiring and co-ordinating volunteer fundraisers
• Knowledge of and willingness to adhere to the Fundraising Regulator's Code of Fundraising Practice

If you believe you have the experience, energy and commitment to make an immediate impact at Lluest, we'd love to hear from you. 

To apply for this important role please click on the apply button to submit your CV with a cover letter detailing your experience to date along with your expectations in this role and ideas about the actions and approaches you would propose to take.

We're looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Fundraising Officer to help us grow a robust pipeline of funding opportunities to support our mission to provide quality education to children in Africa.

This new role would suit an ambitious self-starter with experience in fundraising and/or research, with an interest in developing their skills in global international development. In return, the role offers the opportunity to work as a part of an ambitious, friendly and supportive team, delivering impactful work supporting children’s right to a quality education.

The successful candidate will be educated to degree level (or have equivalent experience), a good team player and have excellent written and verbal communication skills. Responsibilities will include researching and developing a pipeline of funding opportunities, pro-active stewardship of existing and recurring donors, developing new fundraising activities and campaigns, and managing a fundraising database.

To apply, please download the full job description and application pack from our website. Please submit a completed application form and equal opportunities monitoring form to us by 10am on 22nd November.

You’ll need creativity, drive and enthusiasm to motivate people to donate funds and to come up with new fundraising ideas. These ideas can be the more traditional methods of fundraising such as bazaars, sponsored walks etc or the more modern methods such as crowdfunding using the internet as a means. Excellent organisational skills will help you to plan successful events.

As a charity fundraiser you will work to increase the amount of donations made to DA and of course our ongoing campaigs to help alleviate the suffering in Syria and Yemen.  You’ll do this by contacting potential donors and coming up with new ideas to raise money. If you’ve got excellent communication skills and love the idea of supporting a charity, this could be a meaningful and highly rewarding career that offers what you’re looking for. Some of the duties you would be expected to fulfil :

1. Writing - Securing Bids from local council, wards, local & national charities
2. Organising events - at least 1 a month which could include treks, mountain climbs, etc in consultation with supervisor
3. Publishing of Marketing material both electronic and physical during periods of particular campaigns especially during (but by no means restricted to)  Ramadhan - Rabeea al-Awwal - Qurbani – Winter period - times of international disasters.
4. Teaming & Coordinating with local partners to bring about local fundraisers
5. Building a pool of volunteers for your charity this could include students from the Adult Courses, Madrassah and Tarbiyah Course in DA.
6. Organising a roadshow which will visit various cities for fundraising for ventures with scholars from Syria based in Turkey.
7. Corporate fundraising – arranging company sponsorship or setting up schemes for staff and customers to donate
8. Major donor fundraising – looking for individuals that may have an interest in your charity and wish to donate a large sum of money
9. Legacy fundraising – helping people to leave an amount of money to your charity in their will
10. Events – organising events like charity dinners, concerts or sports events
11. Make contact with individuals or companies who may be interested in donating to your charity
12. Research, develop and plan new fundraising strategies
13. Organise fundraising events such as fashion shows, charity auctions or fun runs
14. Manage door-to-door and street collections
15. Recruit, train and inspire volunteers
16. Keep records of fundraising activities and money raised
17. Manage the running of online campaigns via Facebook and other online mediums
18. Control budgets and meet targets for the amount of money raised
19. Report your performance to the director of Darul Arqam by submitting a monthly questionnaire.
20. Give talks about your charity to the public and write reports and press releases

TPP have a great opportunity for a Part time Prospect Research Manager. Part time (0.5 FTE). This charity are committed to working flexibly and will consider several work patterns and arrangements for the right applicant.

This trust was founded in 2007 by HRH The Prince of Wales. The charity uses innovative solutions such as impact investment and social enterprise to tackle problems and inequalities in the areas of education, livelihoods, anti-trafficking and mental health.

Job purpose:
To develop, lead and deliver prospect research and pipeline management programme supporting the fundraising team to maximise income and strengthen and grow our supporter base in line with our business plan and fundraising strategy.

Insight & Research
Provide insightful prospect research on existing supporters and new prospects including individuals, corporates and trusts and foundations
Provide timely, accurate and detailed biographies of prospects/donors
Provide written briefings, reports and advice notes for colleagues to support external stakeholder meetings, pitches and proposal writing
Deliver bespoke desk-based research e.g. by sector, audience and/or industry to support development of fundraising strategies and plans
Oversee research budget, advising on tools required to deliver prospect and research strategy in an efficient and cost-effective way
Provide support, guidance and advice to colleagues on best practice regarding prospect research

Pipeline development, management and reporting
Proactively identify new individuals, trusts, foundations and corporations who have the potential to support
Drive identification, qualification and profiling of prospects and supporters
Prepare Due Diligence reports on prospects and maintain a centrally held register of decisions taken regarding future engagement, including any risk mitigation
Regularly and proactively identify new prospects through a range of identification techniques
Map networks of senior stakeholders and supporters and recording connections on CRM
Work with senior colleagues to allocate prospects to relationship managers and monitor progress
Lead on pipeline and moves management process via the CRM database and work with managers to maintain accurate and up-to-date prospect and supporter records

PERSON PROFILE - KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Very strong track record in researching and profiling individuals and organisations
Experience of working in a major gift fundraising environment and in-depth understanding of the types of information required by fundraisers
Ability to use Salesforce or similar CRM database to a high degree of sophistication, especially for prospect development moves and pipeline management and reporting
Understanding of Data Protection legislation and knowledge of how to apply it
Confident user of online prospect research resources
Experience of using a relationship management database
Experience of providing high quality, accurate written work to a variety of audiences including senior colleagues
Strong editing, spelling and grammar skills
Excellent interpersonal communication skills with a track record of proactively building sound working relationships with all levels of internal and external stakeholders
Ability to work to strict deadlines without supervision, to manage own workload, set priorities and exercise discretion and judgement in decision-making
Ability to work accurately under pressure to tight and sometimes conflicting deadlines
Strong presentation and communications skills both oral and in writing
Strong attention to detail whilst also able to see the bigger picture
Resourceful, tenacious and curious in conducting research tasks
Courteous, collaborative approach to working with others
Flexibility, a 'can do' attitude and the desire to work as part of a high performing creative team
Resilience, able to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

If this Part time opportunity is of interest please get in touch ASAP

The Fundraising and Marketing Directorate raises over £15m, but we need to grow income significantly over the next five years to fund the life changing scientific breakthroughs in blood cancer research. 
 
The Regional Relations Team will play a pivotal role in this income growth and the Lead Regional Relationship Manager role will be responsible for significantly growing income across North West England. This role also involves line management of two Regional Relationship Managers, one based in Scotland and the other based in North East & Yorkshire.

This is a Fixed Term Contract role (Maternity Cover – 12 months) within a dynamic and energetic team which will work closely with the Lead Regional Relationships Manager to help implement a programme of change to galvanise the huge potential of our supporters in these areas and help us make the step change in income to drive the research discoveries which will save lives.
 
Bloodwise can offer you flexible working and the advantage of working from home.  This is a homebased role and you will be expected to travel across your regional area; therefore, you must be able to drive and have access to a vehicle insured for business use.
 
You can apply for this exciting opportunity by sending us your cv and cover letter by:

9.00am on Wednesday 4th December 2019

If successful in reaching the interview stage, you can expect the following:

Telephone interview (estimated Friday 7th December)

Face to face interview (estimated w/c 9th December in Edinburgh)
 
*Due to the importance of this role, all applications will be reviewed on immediate receipt so we reserve the right to bring the closing date forward at our discretion should we find a suitable candidate*

Direct Marketing Officer, 6 Month Contract
Mental Health Charity
£30,500

Our client are a Mental Health Charity who campaign to raise awareness and promote understanding into mental health problems; they have a full UK reach and are one of the leading pioneers into mental health treatment.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated individual wanting to build their direct marketing experience in fundraising, Your role will involve the project management of a range of direct marketing campaigns across a variety of channels such as digital and offline campaigns. You will be responsible for working across all aspects of campaigns from coordinating and writing briefs, creative, data and producing results.

We are looking for someone with experience in direct marketing across a range of media and channels. You should have experience in writing copy, liaising with agencies and campaign analysis.

Interested applicants should send their CV in the first instance.

A great opportunity for a Senior Direct Marketing Officer - Retention, to join an ambitious and fast-growing Mental Health charity in London for a Maternity Cover.

It is an amazing time for the charity as they go through an unprecedented period of growth. You will be joining an already very successful Direct Marketing team who have new investment to development new products and campaigns, with a focus on email campaigns and supporter journeys. With this investment comes endless opportunity to use your innovations skills, to test and develop new products and campaigns.

As the Senior Direct Marketing Officer, managing an Officer and working closely with the Direct Marketing Manager, you will develop, implement, manage, analyse, and deliver the retention programme to achieve income targets.

You will lead on continued innovation and growth of multiple channels, including cash appeals, supporter magazines, welcome journeys, regular giving upgrades, and Payroll Giving. You will also be expected to monitor and evaluate campaigns, providing regular financial and key performance indicator updates, recommendations and reports.

You will be a proactive and experienced campaign manager who is excited about the opportunity to add value at all stages of campaigns. You will have;

• Excellent knowledge across a range of direct marketing and digital fundraising channels and techniques.
• Proven and significant experience of creating and managing a range of direct marketing campaigns to a large audience
• Excellent Analytical skills, with a proven ability to analyse and interpret results, as well as data analysis trends and KPI's
• Previous line management experience would be advantageous, though not essential.