Head Of Development Jobs
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.
The Canal and River Trust is committed to growing its fundraised income and has developed ambitious targets for fundraising over the coming years. Currently seeking a Philanthropy Manager. The Philanthropy Manager is an exciting role within the Philanthropy & Partnerships team which will identify, cultivate and maximise relationships with Major Donors and Family Foundations through research, networking, events, proposals, and excellent stewardship. Securing philanthropic income against target to further the work of the Canal & River Trust.
Knowledge, Skills/Qualifications & Experience
- Identify, cultivate and develop a portfolio of Major Donor and Family Foundation prospects.
- Meet or exceed fundraising targets each year.
- Develop high quality funding proposals, applications and reports for submission to prospects and donors.
- Support the development of the new Major Donor fundraising programme, taking a proactive approach to networking, and cultivating new cold contacts and prospects.
- Support the development and delivery of the Stewardship and Events programme and other Philanthropy processes.
- Depending on experience, may be involved in developing the US fundraising strategy with the support of the Senior Philanthropy Manager, Head of P&P and Director of Fundraising.
- Displaying the Trust values and behaviours at all times.
- Ensuring that diversity and inclusion are integrated into all aspects of Trust life and promoting inclusion by challenging behaviour, practices, actions, or decisions that are counter to the objectives of the Trust’s policies and values.
Experience & Knowledge
- Proven experience of philanthropy fundraising with a track record of initiating new philanthropic relationships.
- Successful track record of meeting or exceeding income targets.
- Experience of identifying and cultivating cold prospects.
- Experience of deepening donor relationships and growing philanthropic giving year on year.
- Thorough knowledge of legal, financial and ethical considerations related to fundraising from Major Donors and Family Foundations.
- Experience of developing high quality proposals and stewardship reports for prospects and donors.
- Experience of effectively using a CRM system for fundraising.
- Experience of fundraising in the Heritage or Environment sector is desirable.
Skills & Personal qualities
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent verbal and written presentation abilities and strong attention to detail.
- Strong relationship building skills with the ability to influence at a senior level.
- Motivated by the cause of the Canal & River Trust.
- Ability to understand, interpret and craft complex information into compelling cases for support.
- Ability to manage own workload and prioritise multiple tasks, work under pressure and within tight deadlines.
- Positive team player with a professional, solution focused attitude.
- IT literate and numerate.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Harris Hill are delighted to be partnering with a fantastic organisation working for economic and social change, in their search for a Head of Business Development.
As Head of Business Development, you will lead the development and implementation of the Funding Strategy to secure sufficient income to underpin delivery of the organisational strategy.
You will lead on developing and maintaining a robust pipeline of potential income generation opportunities across a diverse range of funders, and lead on prospect research where you will identify and assess the viability of income generation opportunities.
You will directly manage relationships with trusts and foundations at all stages in the business development life cycle, from warming up to stewardship. You will also oversee stewardship of statutory other funders where relationships are held in service teams, coordinating key communications, monitoring and reporting cycles.
To be considered for this role, you will need:
- Experience of developing Funding Strategies, working collaboratively to shape priorities for new income in line with wider organisational strategic goals.
- Excellent track record in securing significant income from a range of sources, exceeding financial targets.
- Existing relationships with a range of funders, including experience of working with a range of trusts and foundations.
- Experience of all aspects of the business development lifecycle, from prospect research and matching income generation priorities to opportunities, managing an active pipeline, to responding to opportunities, monitoring and reporting.
If this role sounds of interest to you and you want to have a chat and review the full job description, please do contact Dominic at Harris Hill on [email protected] or call him on 020 7820 7332.
Salary: £54,527
Permanent, Full-time (35 hours per week)
Location: Home-based with travel across Wales as required
Deadline - Monday 15th April at 12pm
Application process - CV and Cover Letter
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Job Purpose:
We are looking for a positive people-person with exceptional fundraising, communications and engagement experience and abilities and the ambition to help take ANT to our next level of impact, as we prepare for exponential growth over the next year.
Your legacy will be a tangible impact on slowing down climate change and helping nature recover by both overseeing and leading on engagement, communications and fundraising for our projects, helping to secure public support for our goals to plant hundreds of thousands of trees and enhance complementary habitats. You will join a fast-growing organisation that started in 2019 with four volunteers and has grown to a staff team of thirteen (which will double over 2024), over 1,000 volunteers and ownership of 170 acres (soon to be 600 acres) of land that will grow woodlands of over 160,000 trees.
As a fast-growing, high impact charity all of our roles have direct operational responsibilities in addition to managing teams and thinking strategically and with vision.
Main responsibilities
● Lead from the front to drive our relationship-based fundraising operations and strategy including regular giving, philanthropy and corporate partnerships
● Ensure our communications and engagement sparkle, valuing creativity, innovation and evaluation to continually improve both our strategies and levels of engagement
● Work with other team members to plan for excellent Landscape Recovery stakeholder engagement, communications and fundraising
● Line-manage and oversee the work of our engagement, communications and relationship-based fundraising teams to ensure our people are well-supported and our work is impactful
● Work with the Chief Executive and other Heads on organisational strategy, fundraising, communications and engagement planning
● Identify and seize new fundraising and engagement opportunities, and help guide ANT through a period of business and transformation and growth
● Lead the development and implementation of our fundraising, engagement and communications strategies
● Develop and foster relationships with new and existing strategic partners and funders
● Identify and implement opportunities for ANT to continually improve, using your influencing skills to create opportunities
● Other duties and opportunities as required
Working relationships and expectations
● As a member of the senior leadership team, you will work closely with the Chief Executive and other Heads, helping to lead the organisation in an exciting period of change and growth
● You will have a number of direct reports, which will grow as ANT takes on more staff
● Hybrid working between home and our office (currently on Gloucester Road, Bristol)
● Occasional evening and weekend working will be required but this is not a substantial feature of your role
● Our staff maintain an appropriate level of confidentiality, professionalism and discretion at all times
● Our staff comply with organisational policies, procedures, and guidance, and external regulations and laws
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This role will support the head of marketing and communications to deliver communications and marketing plans and activity that build ACF’s brand and reputation and improve reach and impact across all platforms.
Assist colleagues to ensure they have good understanding of ACF’s marketing and brand and all communications meet organisational needs.
Regular website maintenance, including adding, editing and archiving website content (eg blogs, news, briefings, infographics, photos, videos, adverts and guides) in line with house style guides, updating phrasing in line with key messaging, and supporting the head of marketing and communications with ongoing improvements to accessibility, layout and performance of the ACF website.
Support the effective operation of all ACF communications channels to maximise audience reach and brand awareness, as well as ensuring organisational objectives are met. This includes:
- Leading on the content, delivery and evaluation of our email communications
- Support the management of ACF’s presence on social media by drafting, posting and analysing content
- Manage the production of analytics reports to evaluate the efficacy of these channels and contribute to ways to develop and improve them.
Support the head of marketing and communications by monitoring ACF resources, publications and information to ensure they are up to date, accessible, on brand and in high quality format for all ACF website and social media users.
Assist with maintaining a comms planner. Support colleagues to resolve scheduling jams or gaps to ensure all communications are sent on time and on brand, helping create a culture of forward planning.
Support colleagues with tailored comms and marketing plans for organisational activities and events.
Support the production of reports and publications; liaising with external designers and internal colleagues; proof reading, and coordinating schedules and amendments.
Designing straightforward graphics in Canva for use in email communications and on social media.
Actively contribute to developing the ACF brand by championing the use of house style guides and sharing marketing and comms knowledge to support colleagues.
Support the head of investment practice and partnership with communications, performance reporting, and visibility of our Official Partners
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Grants Manager will join ClientEarth’s Grants Management Team and play a leading role in securing grant renewals and managing income from trusts, foundations and other statutory and institutional funders.
Our Development Department is responsible for raising funds to enable the organisation to deliver its mission. The department includes several fundraising strands: established Business Development and Grants programmes, respectively in charge of securing new funding and managing existing funding from trusts, foundations and institutional donors; a Philanthropy team, working with a wide range of individuals and organisations to raise primarily unrestricted gifts to support ClientEarth’s work; and a Digital Fundraising team.
You will work across ClientEarth’s programme areas and geographies to steward funder relationships, develop winning proposals, and ensure a growing and diverse funder base for ClientEarth, with income secured aligned to the organisation’s strategic priorities.
You will hold a portfolio of key relationships with some of ClientEarth’s largest funders, and will be responsible for reporting and communicating externally to funders and other relevant stakeholders on all aspects of grant management.
Main Duties
- Manage a portfolio of grants from key Trusts, Foundations and statutory funders. Ensure that funders are aware of project performance, and that ClientEarth’s implementation is always in compliance with grant agreements.
- Maximise existing funder relationships through effective grant management, excellent stewardship and ensuring lessons learned from ClientEarth’s work are fed back and incorporated into future strategy.
- Support the Global Head of Grants in setting up and implementing frameworks and processes to review performance against annual targets and objectives that ensure effective grants management, and to improve best practices around proposal and report submissions.
- Collaborate with the Finance team to ensure the alignment of budget with project needs at proposal stage; ensure adequate budget monitoring to ensure prompt communications with funders on any project implementation issues.
- Support the Global Head of Grants to develop and implement the team’s annual planning and wider fundraising strategy.
See the job description (below) for a full list of duties for this role.
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- Significant and demonstrable experience of working in a fundraising, grant management or a project management role for a charity, NGO, private or public entity
- Significant experience of drafting complex proposals for trusts, foundations and statutory institutions (including EU) and securing multi-year, six and seven-figure grants
- Experience leading the development and activity of proposal development teams, to ensure the effective and timely input of a variety of internal/external stakeholders into the fundraising process
- Experience of successfully managing donor relationships, from cultivation to stewardship encompassing both personal engagement with funders and/or coordinating the input of colleagues from across the organisation
See the job description (below) for a full list of requirements for this role.
Note to candidates: We know that long lists of criteria can be daunting and that some candidates will not apply for a role unless they feel they are 100% qualified. If you feel you meet at least some of the essential criteria, we still encourage you to apply.
Further Information
Have a question about this job? Please visit our Careers site for advice on applying, FAQs, and more.
Flexible working: We are proud to be a Flexa accredited Employer. Visit our Flexa Employer page for more information on our approach to flexible working. Our flexible working policy allows our people the choice to decide to work from home in the country where their contract of employment is issued for 80% of their month, with the other 20% of their month being office-based See our Benefits page for more.
ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds.
Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the UK
ClientEarth is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or legal services to third parties.
We are looking for a Strategic Partnerships Manager who is able to quickly forge and develop relationships at all levels, who is highly organised, enthusiastic, energetic, adaptable, positive and proactive in their approach to work. The ideal candidate will have experience of managing multiple projects and priorities and identifying and winning funding.
The role will involve
- Stakeholder relationship management – manage the cross-sector partnership, bringing on board new members to support our activity in Rochdale.
- Develop a plan of activity and identify and secure financial support from business, generating leads, developing propositions and closing deals to ensure our work is self-sustaining.
- Drive action on the priority issues identified in the Rochdale, galvanising business resources to deliver quick win projects.
- Develop a long-term strategy for Rochdale, using the cross sector partnership to drive action and build momentum.
Experience Required
The successful candidate will have a good understanding of the principles of partnership, experience of managing relationships across a range of sectors, a good knowledge of the local and regional policy agenda as well as a demonstrable evidence of business development and income generation.
The postholder must be based in/near Rochdale.
Salary
Minimum of £42,435 per annum – salary in line with BITC Job Framework - level 3, Senior Lead – National
Closing date - 16th April 2024 at midnight
Interview dates - 1st interview on 24th April 2024, 2nd interviews on 1st/2nd May 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
FareShare
Job Description – Trusts and Grants Assistant
Reporting to: Senior Trusts and Grants Manager
Location: Hybrid/London
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 35 Hours
Salary: £24,973.60-£26,288 (We normally offer a starting salary at the start of the range)
We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident Employer that welcome disabled applicants and provide reasonable adjustments.
About FareShare
FareShare is the UK’s largest food redistribution charity, working with a network of 18 independent organisations to make sure good quality surplus food reaches people who need it most, rather than being wasted. We rescue food from farms, factories, supermarkets and food outlets and send it to almost 9,000 charities working on the frontline to support their communities. FareShare food nourishes people in need and connects them with vital support services to help them build a brighter future.
Every day, millions of people skip meals or go without any food, driven to food insecurity by the cost of living crisis. Yet at the same time, over three million tonnes of good to eat food goes to waste in the UK – enough for 7 billion meals.
In 2022/23, FareShare redistributed enough food for almost 130 million meals, but we know there is more food out there that could be used to support communities in need rather than needlessly wasted. This is an exciting time to join FareShare, as we embark on a new, ambitious three-year strategy that will maximise the social and environmental impact of rescuing surplus food.
The role
FareShare has a vibrant Fundraising team that has achieved incredible growth in support across income streams over recent years. At the same time, the organisation is passionate and committed to expanding our work so more surplus food can reach thousands of charities and community groups nationwide. To meet this ambition, we need to continue to grow our income and are looking for a Trusts and Grants Assistant who will be a key part of our Trusts and Grants team.
This is a new role that will lead on securing and managing grants of up to £10,000 and will provide support to the wider team on a range of functions, from bid development and supporter care, to research and prospecting, income reconciliation and record keeping. It joins a team of five that manage a diverse range of partnerships worth more than £4m each year.
This is an excellent opportunity for somebody looking to start or develop a career in Trusts fundraising whilst working in a successful and supportive team.
About You
We are looking for somebody with fantastic written and verbal communication skills. You are a confident writer with an ability to present information that is clear and appropriate for different audiences and enjoy public-facing responsibilities. You will have good experience of managing a variety of administrative responsibilities and will be comfortable working to deadlines. You will be a positive force in the team, happy to use your initiative to help and support the fundraising strategy as needed.
Key responsibilities
- Income Generation: Manage proposals, communications and reporting to smaller grant givers and support the Trusts and Grants team in wider bid development.
- Supporter Care: Work with the wider Fundraising team to create inspiring communications and stewardship journeys for our supporters. This may also involve occasionally supporting the set up and delivery of funder events.
- Gift Processing: Work with Finance and Fundraising teams to ensure accurate banking and recording of grants and to administer timely thanking of our supporters.
- Research and prospecting: Support the Trusts and Grants team in the management of our prospecting pipeline and the co-ordination of introductions and mailouts.
- Administration: Help maintain accurate and up-to-date records of Trust contacts and communications on our fundraising database, and to ensure this information adheres to data protection guidelines.
- Fundraising support: Undertake other duties that support the organisations fundraising strategy, in keeping with the grade and overall purpose of the role.
Person Specification
As an employer committed to Equal Opportunities, we will assess applications in line with the below criteria.
Essential Criteria
- Experience of delivering excellent supporter care or customer services.
- Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
- Able to demonstrate excellent organisational and administrative skills.
- Ability to contribute effectively to the team as well as the ability to work independently.
- Experience of organising and prioritising own workload on a day-to-day basis.
- Ability to work analytically and with numbers.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Good IT skills, competent in the use of MS Office, including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of fundraising or working in the voluntary sector.
- Experience of using a CRM system.
- Demonstrable interest in food insecurity, food waste and surplus redistribution.
Competencies and behaviours
- A commitment to recognising and celebrating diversity and inclusion.
- An interest in furthering FareShare’s mission.
- Flexibility of approach and a team player.
- Forward thinking and willing to contribute ideas and opinions.
- Willingness to travel around the UK on an occasional basis.
FareShare’s head office is in central London and we expect the successful candidate to be able to travel in at least 1 day a week. More flexible arrangements can be discussed in the recruitment process.
Benefits
- Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel
- 28 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays
- Employers pension contribution
- Employee Assistance Program
- Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme
- Season ticket loan
The Senior Marketing Coordinator will create, manage, and optimise new and existing media campaigns for Paid Search (including Google Ads Grant), Paid Social (Meta, X, and LinkedIn), Display Advertising and play a key role in supporting the Individual Giving Team to deliver digital fundraising activity.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Working as a key member of the Marketing, Communications and Individual Giving Team (MC&IG), you will help amplify the vision and mission of Trees for Cities, and work with internal teams to target, engage and convert specific audiences in line with our annual business plans and three-year organisational strategy, The Turn of Trees.
You will be responsible for providing comprehensive paid digital marketing support to the Marketing, Communications and Individual Giving Team and lead various cross-organisational programmers and initiatives - helping to strengthen the execution of our integrated marketing, individual giving & communications plans.
In addition to applying your experience in planning, delivering, and evaluating digital campaigns, this is an exciting opportunity to use your creative flair, creativity and copywriting skills to have a significant impact as we implement and coordinate a new digital direction for the charity’s external paid for communication efforts.
ABOUT TREES FOR CITIES
Trees for Cities is an ambitious, far-reaching organisation. We are the only charity that focuses on planting, protecting and promoting urban trees across the UK and overseas. We are a rapidly growing and developing organisation that suits ambitious, dedicated and passionate staff.
We seek a highly motivated creative and analytical team player with exceptional copywriting and communication skills. We are a friendly, supportive, high-performing team and will provide support and training opportunities for personal and professional development. The organisation has an experienced Senior Leadership Team from a variety of commercial, charity and environmental backgrounds.
The role is based in our office in Kennington, London SE11. Hybrid working arrangements combining office and home working with a minimum of two office based days.
Trees for Cities is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. We value diversity and are committed to promoting diversity within the workplace. We aim to ensure that our employees achieve their full potential and that all employment decisions, including recruitment, are taken without reference to irrelevant or discriminatory criteria. A full copy of our Equal Opportunities Policy can be provided on request.
HOW TO APPLY
Please visit our website to view the full job description. To apply, please send your CV and supporting statement (no more than 2 sides of A4) outlining why you are interested in the role and your fit with the Person Specification to the email adress listed on our website, with the subject heading ‘Senior Digital Marketing Coordinator’.
The deadline to apply is: 9am BST Wednesday 3rd April
Interviews are scheduled for: W.C. 8th April
If you are shortlisted for interview, you will normally be contacted within two weeks after applying. If you do not hear from us within this period then you should assume that on this occasion you have not been selected for interview.
Trees for Cities is an equal opportunities employer.
Registered Charity No: 1032154.
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!
Job Description – Corporate Partnerships Manager-Account Manager
Reporting to: Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager
Location:London/Hybrid - in person working on Mondays (either head office or local network office), with flexibility of home/office for the remainder of the week
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 35 Hours/Week
Salary: £38,266 - £40,208 (We normally offer a starting salary at the start of the range)
We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident Employer that welcome disabled applicants and provide reasonable adjustments.
About FareShare
FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to nearly 8,500 frontline charities and community groups.
The food we redistribute is nutritious and good to eat. It reaches charities across the UK, including school breakfast clubs, older people’s lunch clubs, homeless shelters, and community cafes. Every week we provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.
Every year, more than three million tonnes of food go to waste in the UK, enough for 7 billion meals. Meanwhile, the cost-of-living crisis is driving millions into food insecurity.
We are fortunate to benefit from the support of major retailers, the media, ambassadors and a groundswell of public engagement. As a result, there has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness.
FareShare’s Strategy & Vision
Our vision is of a UK where ‘No good food goes to waste’. Our mission is to use surplus, fit-for consumption food to feed those who are vulnerable in the UK by supporting frontline charitable organisations that tackle the cause and not just the symptoms of poverty.
Our values run through everything we do and set out a clear framework for us to approach our work: passion, ambition, respect, collaboration, and focus.
The role
We are seeking a fundraiser or an experienced account manager who relishes the excitement of exceeding income targets and developing strong relationships. You will identify opportunities to increase the value of your partnership portfolio and work closely with the Corporate Development Team to ensure the transition between new business and account management is seamless for both FareShare and our partners.
You will manage a portfolio of partners: designing and delivering tailored partnership plans and an innovative and personalised suite of partnership activity. You will work with colleagues across fundraising to ensure we maximise the value of our partnerships. We currently have partnerships with a large variety of exciting brands from Tesco to Oliver Bonas, McDonalds to Subway, Kellogg’s to Pink Lady apples and Bloomberg to Burberry – our partners support us in a variety of ways including cause related marketing campaigns, staff and customer fundraising, corporate donations and wider sponsorships and partnerships.
To be successful in this role, you will have a proven track record of excellent partnership/relationship management and ideally have experience of delivering a variety of fundraising partnerships including commercial brand licensing. You will have excellent communication skills and will be comfortable negotiating bespoke deals and benefits packages and will lead renewal plans to secure and grow the support of current partners.
Cross team collaboration is crucial to the role and you will be able to demonstrate strong relationship building and influencing skills.
Main areas of responsibility
1. Deliver first rate account management of corporate partnerships and promotions with existing corporate partners to achieve objectives and build excellent relationships that facilitate future growth.
- Provide a high standard of professional relationship and account management to a portfolio of partners, delivering a mix of partnership types including; Charity of the Year, commercial brand partnerships/campaigns and retail partnerships
- Working with the Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager and wider team to implement bespoke cultivation and stewardship strategies for each corporate partner, that encourage development of strategic, multi-faceted partnerships thinking creatively and entrepreneurially to maximise the value of each partnership and meet agreed targets and KPIs
- Ensure FareShare’s strategic priorities are addressed through our partnerships and that the brand is protected and appropriately valued
- Prepare and deliver engaging and confident presentations (both at one-to-one level and at a much larger scale)
- Establish, agree and monitor key milestones for each relationship
- Ensure that benefits are fulfilled and delivered on time
- Monitor and maintain systems and processes; including Salesforce database, financial accounting, pipeline, contracts and due diligence.
2. Work closely with internal project teams to maximise the potential for fundraising
- Work with the Corporate New Business function on the development of new partnerships and to ensure a smooth transition from new business to account management
- Work with other areas of Fundraising, the Food Team and Operations Team to maximise possibilities for partners and FareShare and to report to partners in a timely manner
- Work with Marketing and Communications Team to promote partnerships across FareShare and partner channels.
3. Legal, Compliance & Policies
- Efficient and effective management of commercial income activity ensuring compliance with GDPR, legal and charity regulation and FareShare’s own Ethical Gift Policy
- Manage all legal and financial aspects of partnership agreements
- Manage and work within FareShare’s IT systems and data guidelines
- Represent Fundraising where required on internal working groups
- Undertake training and skills development and keep up to date with the changing requirements of the role
- Undertake other duties as required
Person Specification
As an employer committed to Equal Opportunities, we will assess applications in line with these criteria that we consider either as being essential or desirable in this role.
If you are a real team player with a proven track record in delivering exceptional account management, always meeting targets, as well as having excellent communication and relationship building skills, along with a tenacious approach, then we’d love to hear from you.
Essential
- Experience of providing excellent relationship management and stewardship with key external and internal stakeholders
- Demonstrable experience of managing high value six figure partnerships in either a charity or commercial environment ideally including commercial brand licensing
- Ability to create and deliver compelling tailor-made pitches, business plans and proposals to meet corporate objectives
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence at all levels
- Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects with competing deadlines
- Experience of financial management
- Excellent negotiation and influencing skills with experience creating legal agreements
- Commercial awareness with knowledge of various corporate sectors and relevant VAT considerations
- Target driven, proactive and creative
- Evidence of – using data, insight and creativity
Desirable
- Experience of working with FMCG brands and retailers
- Experience of working in a third sector environment
- Experience of using Salesforce or a similar database
- Line Management experience
- Understanding of the Institute of Fundraising’s Code of Practice, data protection and other relevant legislation, guidance and good practice
- Understanding of GDPR requirements
Competencies and behaviours
A commitment to Equal Opportunities. An understanding of, and sympathy with FareShare’s mission Flexibility of approach and ability to work in a team and across other internal teams.
Benefits
- Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel
- 28 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays
- Employers pension contribution
- Employee Assistance Program
- Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme
- Season ticket loan