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Job description
Do you have skills in community engagement, providing advice, support and training? Could you motivate and support local communities to engage with their local railways and sustainable travel?
We’re looking for a new Community Rail Support Officer based in southern England and the Midlands, to support our network of community rail partnerships (CRPs) and station adoption groups.
About us
Community Rail Network is a not-for-profit organisation, working across Britain, supporting a growing ‘community rail’ movement, which helps communities get the most from their railways, promotes sustainable and inclusive travel, coordinates volunteering and place-making, and brings people together.
Community rail is made up of 75 community-based partnership organisations, and around 1,200 station friends volunteer groups and other community-led initiatives around Britain. Their activities range from creative projects for young people, to advising train operators on service improvements, to building travel confidence with families and disabled people, to biodiversity projects at stations, to promoting greener travel and tourism by rail.
Our enthusiastic team of 22 works mainly from home in different locations, but we come together regularly in person and online. We work collaboratively to advise our members, provide training, events and resources, run campaigns, and champion community rail and its insights via decision-makers and the media. We believe in developing our team and supporting everyone to reach their potential while having a good work-life balance.
About this role
The purpose of this role is to provide support and advice to community rail partnerships and groups in the South of England and Midlands, on working effectively and delivering maximum benefit to their communities and railways.
You’ll be comfortable engaging and advising local groups and communities to extend existing and set up new initiatives, and to reach wider audiences with an evidence-led, place-based approach. As well as supporting local groups, you’ll work closely with the rail industry, and wider third and public sector partners to ensure collaboration and shared success.
Main responsibilities
- Provide direct support and advice to CRPs and their officers, and other community rail groups in the region. This includes responding to queries and requests, passing on specialist queries to other members of the team, and providing proactive support through our accreditation review process and as set out in our plans;
- Support the development of skills, confidence and effectiveness across the network of CRPs and station groups, helping them to increase their positive social, environmental and economic impact, including through referral to our training, events and resources;
- Support the development of emerging community rail partnerships, station friend groups and community-led stations and railway-related projects in the region;
- Helping our members to work effectively with rail, transport, local government and community partners, supporting effective relationship building and showing positive leadership and insights on community rail within the region;
- Work with the Support Manager on delivery and monitoring of our grant schemes, and support CRPs and groups in the region to apply, deliver successfully and report back on funded work;
- Gather and share examples, feedback and insights from our members across the region, to facilitate best practice sharing and confidence across community rail and to feed into our communications, resources, events and public affairs work;
- As a member of the Community Rail Network team, participate and contribute to our wider work as relevant, such as Community Rail Week, our annual conference and Awards.
Skills, competencies and experience
- Skills in in supporting community engagement projects; an understanding of and confidence in using community engagement, local communications, project planning and evaluation techniques
- Interpersonal skills and the ability to work confidently with stakeholders at all levels and facilitate positive discussion; articulate and assertive
- Excellent writing and presentational skills
- Awareness of sustainable transport and social inclusion, and an appreciation of the importance of rail, sustainable travel and mobility to communities
- A demonstrable ability to manage time effectively and juggle a range of activities in an organised and professional manner;
- Proactive, positive and self-motivated, able to work on own initiative and inspire and enthuse others, and overcome hurdles to achieve results;
- IT literate with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, the internet and social media
Other information
- This post is home-based, but with regular travel (including overnight stays) within the south of England and Midlands, and nationally for team meetings
- The Community Rail Support Officer reports to the Support Manager within the Support and Development team
- Hours are 37 hours per week. A degree of flexibility and out-of-hours working (evenings and weekends) will be required, together with some travel and overnight absences
- This is a permanent position and includes a probationary period of three months from the date of appointment
Application Instructions
Please upload your CV and answer the two questions on the form, by 9am on Tuesday 16th April, summarising, with evidence, how you match the role specification and why you are interested in this position. Please include a daytime phone number and an email address. Due to limited resources, we cannot provide feedback to candidates not invited to interview. Interviews are likely to be held on Friday 26th April.
Championing the community rail movement | Connecting people and their railways | Creating inclusive, empowered, sustainable and healthy communities
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
F2F Fundraising Performance Coach
Salary: £30,000 + Car Cash Allowance
Working Hours: 37 Hours Wednesday to Sunday. Weekend Working.
Location: There are 3 roles to be based in different locations. The locations are East & West Midlands, London or North West & Yorkshire & South East. Please follow the link provided to apply for the role with your desired base location.
Full UK Vaild Driving License Essential
The Canal & River Trust is a charity entrusted with the care of over 2000 miles of canals, rivers, docks and reservoirs in England and Wales. These historic, natural and cultural assets form part of the nation’s strategic and local blue-green infrastructure network, linking urban and rural communities as well as habitats. Our waterways contribute to the health and well-being of local communities and economies, creating attractive and connected places to live, work, volunteer and spend leisure time. They also play an important role in mitigating the impact of climate change and provide valuable habitats and much-needed biodiverse corridors for wildlife.
We are currently recruiting for a F2F Fundraising Performance Coach's. The purpose of this role is to support the delivery of excellent fundraising results and fundraising compliance standards and specifically the delivery of performance improvements in our F2F fundraisers through coaching, training, and continuous development. The role will also involve direct fundraising where you will be expected to meet a personal target.
Key Accountabilities:
- Responsible for coaching the performance of multiple teams in the region that will consist of lone workers, pairs of fundraisers to bigger teams as the income plan increases.
- Responsible for an individual fundraising target and set of KPI’s that include inspiring people to become long-term monthly donors, generating income through contactless one-off donations and acquiring newsletter prospecting sign ups in a range of locations including residential door-to-door, town and city centres, private venues, and events and more commonly on our private land, the canal and river Towpaths.
- Acting as a hands-on fundraiser who leads by example, delivering fundraising income through signing up Friends and generating contactless income whilst demonstrating the Canal & River Trust ‘s values and behaviours.
- Generating income and being present on-site to visit fundraising teams, fundraise with them, cover sickness absence, coach performance, provide training & development of fundraisers, reinforce our culture of health & safety, embed compliance standards.
- Provide phone coaching and in-person coaching of fundraisers to support meeting their targets and KPI’s and in individual cases working with fundraisers to improve their results from their current level of performance to the required standard by equipping them with the technical and psychological training to work to their very best.
- Identify training requirements and deliver on and off field training and coaching to grow income.
- Apply the highest standards of professionalism integrity, work ethic and follow the Trust’s code of conduct consistently the core values of Excellence, Caring, Open, Local, and inclusive.
- Undertake mystery shopping, observations and internal quality control auditing of values, behaviour, and fundraising technique.
- Support and deputise for the Regional F2F Fundraising Manager by providing cover when they are on leave to support the regional strategy of inspiring new supporters and generating income through contactless giving to the F2F Fundraising programme. This includes taking responsibility for the regional fundraising targets and KPI’s.
- Working with our partner recruitment agency to arrange interviews, send out communications to candidates and sit on the interview panel with the aim of recruiting and onboarding new F2F fundraisers into the F2F programme.
- Support the delivery of performance incentives and setting up/editing teams on Evergiving and the rota.
- Provision of daily reports of observations and actions taken, areas of success, results for that day and areas of training and development identified.
- Process all sensitive and data protected information obtained by donors as confidential and in a safe and secure manner in line with the Trust’s GDPR and Security Procedures.
- Carrying out Daily Compliance training, Charity conversation, case for support and storytelling practice and Health and Safety training sessions as per directed by the Regional F2F Fundraising Manager.
- Manages feedback and complaints in a professional manner and follows the complaints process and communicates details to Regional F2F Fundraising Manager so it can be addressed in a timely and efficient manner.
Knowledge, Experience & Skills:
- Driver’s License is essential (requirement for Business insurance)
- Performance management and coaching qualifications are desirable.
- Training qualifications are desirable.
- Knowledge and experience of working within the CIOF, Fundraiser regulator code of practice.
- Significant experience of working in face-to-face fundraising industry.
- Track record of successful individual fundraising and Team leading, meeting performance targets and KPI’s.
- Experience of increasing income through performance coaching of fundraisers.
- Experience of interviewing and recruiting fundraisers.
- Experience of training and developing fundraisers.
- Experience of mystery shopping and leading on delivering performance incentives.
- Ability to work to self-managed targets.
- Ability to be adaptable and flexible to support a geographical region of the network.
- Quick and agile approach to reacting to problems or challenges.
- Confidence to approach the public, storytelling and making an ask for funding.
- Ability to use IT systems, such as an I-pad and contactless devices proficiently.
- Good writing and IT skills to support the analysis of performance management.
DBS
As this role is on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 Exception Order applicants must state the details of any cautions or convictions whether spent or unspent on the self-disclosure section of the application form.
This job involves regulated activity with children and adults at risk as defined by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Therefore, a Criminal Record check will be undertaken by the successful candidate prior to employment.
A criminal record is not necessarily a bar to employment with us. HR will advise and decisions made on a case by case basis.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are currently recruiting for a Corporate Partnerships Officer to join our team to account manage a portfolio of partners and support our largest partnerships, ensuring excellence in relationship management to the highest standard. You will join us working 35 hours per week and in return you will receive a competitive salary of up to £30,781.96 per annum plus excellent benefits.
Since 1927, Cats Protection has helped thousands of cats each year, across the UK. As a community of volunteers, employees, supporters and partners, we’ve improved the lives of millions of cats and transformed the way millions of people see and care for cats.
This is a key role within the Corporate Partnerships team, working collaboratively across the organisation. We work with a range of valued corporate partners and have ambitious plans to grow sustainable net income each year, to help the thousands of cats that need us. This role will help support the Partnerships Team achieve its income targets by providing high quality support for current partners, partner engagement and excellent stewardship. This role will manage a portfolio of partners to help implement the Corporate Partnerships fundraising plan and increase sustainable net income for Cats Protection as well as support the Corporate Partnerships team in developing new corporate partnerships and develop existing partnerships.
Responsibilities of our Corporate Partnerships Officer:
As Corporate Partnerships Officer you will help identify, research and cultivate relationships with existing partners and to help implement the corporate partnerships fundraising plan, aligned with the wider fundraising strategy.
You will hold responsibility for managing a portfolio of partners providing cultivation and engagement strategies which maximise their lifetime value, using corporate fundraising techniques and support the development of creative and compelling proposals for existing partners and develop inspiring and engaging communications.
You will support the Corporate Partnerships team with larger accounts and projects and the transition of new business accounts to the account management team, liaise with volunteer branches and centres in the implementation of national partnerships, manage the administration and marketing of Payroll Giving and keep concise records of partnership projects on the central database.
What we’re looking for in our Corporate Partnerships Officer:
- Experience of working in a volunteering or charity environment
- Corporate fundraising experience or charity background
- Understand high value fundraising principles, practices and processes, using verbal and written communication to engage, influence and motivate donors to give
- Ability to write compelling proposals
- Experience of using a CRM database
- Have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively – orally and in writing, with a wide range of individuals both internally and externally
- Understanding of corporate fundraising principles, practices and processes, including ethical screening, VAT and logo
What we can offer you:
- salary of up to £30,781.96 per annum plus excellent benefits
- generous annual leave entitlement
- contribution pension scheme
- life assurance scheme
- range of health benefits
- Employee Assistance Programme
- and more
Join us as our Corporate Partnerships Officer. and know you are helping to make a real difference to cats and kittens across the UK!
Closing date: Tuesday 9th April
Virtual interview date: 17th & 18th April
Applications may close before the deadline and interviews may take place prior to the closing date, so please apply early to avoid disappointment. Please note, applications received after the closing date may not be responded to.
Flexible location – work from home / hybrid / Leeds, London, South Wales, Bristol or Liverpool
We are seeking a Support Specialist who will be integral to our mission to help people with a brain tumour to be less isolated, better supported and more confident on their brain tumour journey.
There is flexibility here to suit your needs, preferences and experience. You could work from home, or at our office in Leeds. There is however a preference for geographical location in London, South Wales, Bristol or Liverpool areas.
What’s involved
Working closely with brainstrust’s Director of Services, you will be trained to deliver the Charity’s revered, impartial and impactful coaching and information service for people living with a non-malignant brain tumour, and their families.
You will instil empowerment and control in those living with a non-malignant brain tumour, dramatically improving their wellbeing. You will play a key role in helping us towards our vision to be readily available to as many of the 80,000 people in the UK who are living with a brain tumour, and their caregivers.
You will:
- Continue to grow the impactful community for people with a non-malignant brain tumour through face to face, online, phone and email support, social media engagement and running workshops and events for brain tumour patients and their caregivers.
- Be willing to coach and be coached. Rigorous support and recognised training will be provided.
- Support with ensuring that every non-malignant brain tumour patient and their caregivers work with us to secure the best possible outcome.
- Refer potential fundraising opportunities to relevant members of the brainstrust team to ensure the sustainability of the project.
To read the full role and person profile, and for information on how to apply please visit our careers page.
Closing date: 12th April 2024.
Please, strictly no agencies.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Scope is a disability equality charity in England and Wales. Together we are Disability Gamechangers. We work to a society where all disabled people enjoy equality and fairness. We campaign tirelessly for everyday equality for disabled people.
Do you have experience building Trust relationships and managing prospective donor pipelines? Have these delivered income, reach and impact? Can you provide excellent supporter stewardship? Do you want to be part of our ambitious charity and develop your Trust fundraising skills?
If so, then join Scope as a Trusts Fundraiser and become part of our growing team.
Permanent, 35 hours per week
Condensed hours, part-time (min 3 days/week) and job share will be considered
Location: Here East Press Centre, 14 East Bay Lane, London, E15 2GW with working from home most of the time (Approximately one day a month in the office).
The role
In this role you will:
- Develop a strong Trust portfolio of small and medium Trust donors. And to deliver growth for FY 22/23 and beyond.
- Identify new Trust prospects who are aligned to Scope's aims. Develop actions to attract and secure new income form multi-year funders.
- Develop and implement an annual small Trust mailing.
- Support the Trust team colleagues on large multi-year bids.
- Provide excellent supporter stewardship. This includes ensuring everything from prompt acknowledgements, tailored updates, reports, regular mailings, formal funding applications, invitations and creating and delivering engagement opportunities.
- Work with colleagues from other teams to develop high quality applications and reports.
- Utilise our new CRM capabilities to record supporter engagements and maximise team efficiencies.
For more information about the role’s responsibilities, and the skills and experience required please use the link to go to the full job description on our website.
About you
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have previous Trust fundraising experience.
- Be familiar with the donor cultivation cycle.
- Be organised, methodical and accurate in a busy environment.
- Have strong proofreading and persuasive writing skills.
- Show strong interpersonal skills and be able to collaborate with stakeholders.
- Bring drive and enthusiasm to your role.
- Knowledge and appreciation of Scope’s values and our ambition of an equal future for disabled people.
Please make sure you explain in your application, with examples, how you can meet these important skills.
We ask you to show an appreciation of Scope’s values and our ambition of everyday equality for disabled people.
Our values - pioneering, courageous, connected, open, fair
By living our values and trusting each other, we empower our colleagues to make decisions. By giving our colleagues freedom and space to spark creativity for innovation, we can push boundaries, change mindsets and be empowered to change the game with grit and determination and a sense of urgency.
Disabled candidates
We are a disability equality charity. We encourage applications from disabled people and people with impairments, conditions, and access needs. We want to create a workforce that is a true reflection of the communities we serve.
Scope will interview all disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria for the post. This is part of our commitment as a Disability Confident Leader. Just let us know in your application that you are applying under the Offer an Interview Scheme. This was previously known as the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.
Some applicants might need adjustments during the application process. You can find out more about interview adjustments on the Scope website.
Scope benefits
We believe hard work deserves reward and recognition. We offer a wide range of benefits including:
- 27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Flexible, hybrid and remote working options
- Pay progression at 6 months and 2 years
- Company pension
- Excellent training and career development
- Strong colleague networks across disability, race and LGBTQ+
- Discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme and much more.
How to apply
If you want to become a Disability Gamechanger, we'd love to hear from you.
Click the apply button to create an account and complete your application form.
Please note applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and interviews may take place and an appointment be made before the closing date. Early applications are therefore encouraged.
We are looking for a high-calibre candidates to take on the role of Regional Operations Manager. We currently have vacancies for a Regional Operations Manager in our West Yorkshire cluster and our Nottingham & Peterborough cluster. Please note: These are two separate vacancies, for more details please visit our website.
We’re an award-winning charity that runs local learning centres in the heart of communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide an innovative education programme which includes practical learning support and
motivational and confidence-building activities for children and young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to inspire students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to broaden their horizons and achieve their full potential.
As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping thousands of young people each year. From Spring 2024 we will have have forty three centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, with
ambitious plans to scale-up our provision further over the coming years.
As a Regional Operations Manager you will line manage the Centre Leaders in your region to ensure that new centres are set up and launched and all centres are working effectively, that the high quality of programme delivery to young people is maintained across the cluster, and that targets are monitored and met. And of course, you will need to have a genuine passion and enthusiasm for working with young people and helping them achieve their ambitions.
As a charity with social mobility as its core objective, IntoUniversity is wholly committed to equality of opportunity. We work with children and young people from a diverse range of backgrounds, and we believe that our staff team should be similarly diverse and representative.
The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be, and we recognise that we have much more to do in this regard. We are committed to building a culture where students, staff and volunteers are valued for the unique people they are. We therefore encourage applications from candidates from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds. In particular, we actively and warmly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, male candidates and candidates with a disability as they are currently under-represented within IntoUniversity. If you believe that all young people deserve the chance to develop their talents regardless of their background and want to play a part in helping them succeed, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
Location
West Yorkshire Cluster
Location: At one of IntoUniversity’s four current centres in West Yorkshire (Bradford, Leeds East, Leeds Extension and Leeds South). Regular travel to centres in the region required.
Nottingham and Peterborough Cluster
At one of IntoUniversity’s three current centres in Nottingham (Nottingham Central, Nottingham East, Nottingham West) Regular travel to centres in the region required.
Working hours
Mon and Thurs: 09:30-18:00 Tues, Weds, Fri: 09:00-17:30
Opportunity to work from home one day a week
Annual leave
- 33 days (inc bank & public holidays) + additional 2 closure days in December and 1 in July + additional length of service entitlement (one day per year of service, up to 5 days)
Staff benefits
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Life Assurance
- Staff in FOCUS – rewards, competitions and prizes across the year
- Interest-free new starter loans of up to £1,000
- Year round ‘early finish’ Fridays at 4.30pm
- Summer working hours
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Corporate eyecare scheme
- Employer pension contributions of 6%
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Asylum Justice is a registered charity (1112026), and a company limited by guarantee (5447875), which was set up in 2005 to provide free legal advice, assistance and representation to asylum seekers, refugees, and vulnerable migrants without access to Legal Aid. We are a small but dynamic charity which is growing to meet demand. We are looking for a funding officer to manage our grant funding and fund raising, and to identify and utilise new funding opportunities.
About the role
Hours:37 hours a week
Salary: £31,500 per annum
Contract terms: Open-ended (on the basis of ongoing continuation of external funding). Probationary period of 12 weeks.
Holiday entitlement: 28 days plus bank holidays
Place of Work: Primarily Home-based with potential for hybrid working if requested
Responsible to: Legal Director
Key responsibilities and duties
The post holder will have the following areas of responsibility: -
1.Fundraising (55%)
a.Research and identify fundraising opportunities;
b.Write and submit grant applications and funding bids;
c.Foster relationships and lead meetings with donors/panels during funding application processes;
d.Promote and coordinate opportunities for individual giving, including online donor platforms, newsletters, regular social media communications, campaigns, and events (with support from trustees);
e.Maintain and set-up new partnerships to increase income generation;
f.Update existing strategies related to:
a.Fundraising
b.Monitoring and evaluation
c.Communications.
2.Project Management (15%)
a.Assist the Legal Director with partner meetings to ensure smooth set-up of projects;
b.Review contracts / agreements and liaise with the Finance Officer / trustees to request amendments where necessary;
c.Update the Client Liaison Officer/s on monitoring and evaluation requirements and make necessary amendments to systems / forms to capture relevant data.
d.Manage project funding through allocations in Quickbooks, with support from Finance Officer where necessary.
3.Monitoring and Evaluation (30%)
a.Regularly update overview of case records and track enquiry numbers, calculating statistics and reporting these to Legal Director, trustees, and external parties where relevant;
b.Prepare and submit monitoring reports to donors with statistics and testimonials gathered by the Client Liaison team;
c.Attend and lead monitoring meetings with donors;
d.Prepare the annual report with support from trustees and Finance Officer;
e.Create internal and external communications to share results, with support from trustees.
4.General
a.To work within Asylum Justice Policies and Procedures at all times
We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.
Last year alone, 14,000 professionals received our training. Over 80,000 adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 100,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last six years, over 4,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, and that’s just the start.
Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.
The Community Fundraiser plays a vital role in fostering and expanding our network of individual givers and community fundraisers. The position is responsible for:
- Developing and managing relationships with our supporters.
- Signing SafeLives up to a programme of fundraising events.
- Maintaining and growing our supporter base.
- Responding to fundraising opportunities from individuals and corporates.
We will occasionally require you to support with organising events for our high-net-worth individuals. The role is managed by our Trusts and Grants Manager. It was a new role in 2022 and the successful candidate will build on the foundations that have been set over the last year and a half.
The ideal candidate will bring creativity and proactivity to the role – thinking outside the box and finding new ways to grow our supporter base and market our opportunities. You will be the perfect balance of engaging and motivational and a rigorous planning coordinator with exceptional attention to detail. You will help us reach new supporters, through events and fundraising, and communicate our key messages in a way that encourages people to support our work.
Benefits include a generous package, such as:
- 34 days’ holiday per year, including public holidays
- Flexible Working (compressed hours)
- Cycle-to-work Scheme
- Eye Care Vouchers
- Pension Scheme with 4% employer contribution
- Childcare Vouchers
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Clinical Supervision
- Holiday Purchase Scheme (buy up to an additional 5 days)
- Enhanced Family Leave Policies
- Enhanced Sick Pay
- Professional Development Fund
- Individual Learning Budget
- Restorative Practice Training
- Time Off In Lieu.
If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter and CV.
Closing date: Thursday 18th April 2024.
SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all, please see our job description for full details.
No agencies please.
Project Manager
Salary: £32,000 p.a. pro-rata (£40,000 p.a. FTE)
We also offer 27 days of annual leave (pro-rated for hours worked) plus bank holidays and a birthday day off, 8% employer pension contributions, a core hour’s system of working and enhanced family friendly policies
Hours: 30 per week
Contract: Fixed term for 12 months with the potential to extend
Location: Home-based / Wigan or London offices with hybrid working available
Keep Britain Tidy is one of the UK’s leading environmental charities. At a time when we are living in a world that is facing its greatest environmental challenges, the work we do has never been more important or more urgent.
For 30 years, Keep Britain Tidy’s Education Team has delivered the Eco-Schools programme. Eco-Schools gives nurseries and schools a simple, 7-Step framework to help them to increase environmental learning and to make their sites more sustainable. The largest environmental education programme in the UK, Eco-Schools empowers schools and young people to make huge environmental impacts.
Environmental change is affecting us all and we want people from all backgrounds to be part of the solution and help us make the changes that cannot wait. It is for this reason that Keep Britain Tidy has flexible and supportive policies for all our staff, and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic project manager, with basic carbon literacy and an understanding of the schools system in the UK. The role will be responsible for the day-to-day operational delivery and iteration of Count Your Carbon – a comprehensive, web-based carbon footprint calculator, built in collaboration with, and for, schools. Funding has been secured for a large update to the calculator, which will involve working with subject experts, extensive project planning, supplier management and stakeholder-relationship management. The role will also have line-management responsibility for administration staff.
The successful applicant will have experience of developing project outlines and proposals; creating and maintaining project management documentation (such as operational plans, schedules and risk logs); managing, using and reporting from large datasets; delivering evaluating projects and implementing changes based on findings; reporting to varied stakeholders; and supporting fundraising activity.
All our roles benefit from generous holiday entitlements and pension contributions, including the opportunity to join the UK’s first net zero carbon pension scheme and to receive extra days leave for using alternatives to flights. If you have any special requirements for interview just let us know.
If you are interested in this job and want to help us make a difference, please review a copy of the full job description. After reading the application information, if you would love to work with us, please follow the application instructions.
As part of the application process you will need to answer 3 questions, submit your CV and complete equal opportunities monitoring information as we want to try to make sure that our workforce is representative of the population and we are not excluding any community. Please note that this information will be held separately.
Please submit your application before the closing date.
The deadline for applications is 09:00, 22 April 2024
Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams w/c 06 May 2024
If you require an in person interview, please let us know.
We have signed the pledge to always #ShowTheSalary for the roles that we advertise.
We are proud winners of the Working Families’ Best Small Employer Award 2021.
No agencies please.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is looking to recruit an experianced Institutions, Foundations and Organisations Manager to join our growing international team.
About the organisation:
The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, based at the foothills of Mount Kenya, works as a model and catalyst for the conservation of wildlife and its habitat. We do this through the protection and management of species, the initiation and support of community conservation and development programmes, and the education of neighbouring areas in the value of wildlife.
For the last three decades, our practices have resulted in thriving black rhino habitat and population, which in turn has created a robust ecosystem for a multitude of species including the endangered Grevy’s zebra, elephant, lion, cheetah, giraffe and more. We envision a future where people across Kenya value, protect and benefit from wildlife. This future depends on communities being able to derive their day-to-day livelihoods in ways that are compatible with thriving wildlife habitat. As a result, we invest heavily in the livelihoods of our neighbours through programmes in education, healthcare, water, micro-enterprise, youth empowerment and more.
As a catalyst and champion of this model that puts people at the centre of conservation, Lewa has influenced and supported the conservancy management for both private and community lands across northern Kenya.
Purpose of the job:
This role is responsible for supporting the Director of Institutions, Foundations and Organisations to maximise income from foundations and organisations and institutions. The post-holder will develop a robust pipeline of funding through organisations based in the UK and internationally.
Skills and experiance required:
● Minimum five (5) years of professional experience successfully delivering high value, multi-year funding from the UK and internationally
● Extensive experience of donor prospecting and pipeline management
● A strong background in foundation, organisation and institutional bid writing, application processes, reporting and stewarding with successful 5 and 6 figure outcomes
● Demonstrable experience of personally securing 5 and 6 figure sum gifts
● Experience of complex bid development and working with delivery teams on programme design and grant management
● Excellent written and spoken English
● Sound strategic thinking and planning skills and the ability to think creatively, set priorities, and develop of work-plans
● Ability to work under pressure and with multiple competing priorities
● Strong attention to detail
● Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
● Experience in Salesforce highly desirable
● Ability to travel periodically to the United States, Canada and Europe
Benefits:
The successful candidate will receive 21 days of annual leave (pro-rated from their start date) and 8 UK bank holidays. They will also be auto-enrolled into a defined contribution pension scheme administered by NEST.
Please note that the role is only applicable to candidates based and eligible to work in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Mary’s Meals is a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. We offer more than just a career, we offer the opportunity to support our global movement in a dynamic and inclusive environment with a real focus on personal development.
The Supporter Engagement Officer plays a key role in the development and implementation of Mary’s Meals UK’s fundraising activities, to secure increased support and funding for the organisation’s overseas school feeding programmes.
This role has particular responsibility for prioritising the growth and nurturing of the volunteer network, building relationships and resourcing our community volunteers within East London and Essex.
Principal duties include:
- Promote the formation of more local groups, to encourage our community volunteers to meet and support and encourage one another in their efforts.
- Steward, develop and closely manage certain donor relationships where appropriate.
- Work to proactively create opportunities to share the Mary’s Meals story, with the purpose of inspiring action.
- Contribute highly creative ideas for new fundraising campaigns or initiatives and play a significant role in formulating and implementing approved campaigns in the local community.
- Support our community volunteers with resources to ensure our network is empowered and enabled, ensuring responsibility for the promotion of our campaigns and materials with our movement.
- Act as an ambassador for Mary’s Meals, representing the organisation at public engagements and supporter events – and, where necessary, delivering speeches or presentations to a wide range of audiences.
- Collaborate and work closely with the Major Giving and Partnerships Team to maximise opportunities with corporate partners in East London and Essex.
- Work closely with the communications team to promote fundraising stories and events and provide input into creative and engaging fundraising resources and educational materials.
- Research, analyse and present data which informs decision-making with Head of Supporter Engagement and other senior managers.
Please see the recruitment pack for further information on our website bu selecting the Charity Job apply button.
Harris Hill is searching for an Alumni and Development Executive for around 3 months to cover a leaver.
This role will need to start around the 22nd April for a handover with the current postholder. The post can be 3, 4 or 5 days per week but on the understanding that this be hybrid based with the need to attend their numerous sites, depending on alumni events.
This role has sites in London and Surrey, so you may need to attend either for specific events. This could be a couple times a month to a few times a week during holiday periods. These essentially correlate to alumi tours of the schools. You would know about these a couple weeks in advance and you would have some power to book these in dates and times that work. This does mean that a driver would be essential so you can get to the location. It is also noted that you could potenitally do the tour and go back and work from home.
Your position in this organisation will be to support the alumni programme. This will include alumni engagement, fundraising, events and other general support. This will include:
Being first point of contact for families of Alumni.
Networking Alumni and families
Overseeing tours of the schools.
Monitor Alumni inbox.
Maintaining database
Events support - tickets and registrations.
Social media- write posts and work with marketing events.
More details can be provided but the above is the main focus for the interim period.
This role also has the opportunity of going permanent,
If you would like to find our more about this opportunity, please get in touch.
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Major Gifts Manager, International Fundraising
Position Objective:
To solicit major gifts (£5,000 and above) to support PETA’s international programmes and campaigns.
To build and advance relationships with PETA entities’ major donors and prospects.
Term of Employment:
Full-time
Location:
London (hybrid) or remote, with travel to PETA international entities as required, throughout Europe
Reports to:
Assistant Director, International Fundraising
Salary:
£38,000 - £43,000
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop a strategy for international for major gifts fundraising
- Manage and maintain a portfolio major gift donors and prospects, across PETA international entities
- Effectively steward donors and prospects
- Develop personal engagement plans for donors, using knowledge and insights to plan appropriate communications
- Solicit major financial contributions from targeted donors
- Manage a pipeline of prospects, creating engaging opportunities for donors to increase their giving to a higher level
- Acknowledge, thank and recognise donors appropriate to their level of support, and ensure restricted gifts are appropriately allocated
- Maintain accurate records on PETA entities’ databases with relevant information and research
- Work with the prospect researcher to obtain useful information, helping make appropriate asks
- Participate in budgeting process
- Monitor donors’ motivations and interests – keeping accurate and up to date records in the database
- Develop cultivation events within regional hotspots throughout PETA entities
- Work collaboratively with PETA staff across PETA entities
- Maintain a clear understanding of – and the ability to articulate – PETA's objectives as well as details of specific PETA programmes
- Maintain departmental information, files, and records related to legacy estates
- Maintain and expand knowledge of relevant departmental software (e.g. ROI, ResearchPoint, Raiser's Edge, etc) in order to improve communication with donors
- Assist with the preparation and proofreading of mailings and other communications, as needed
- Work with the wider major gifts team and VP of International Fundraising on all aspects of cultivation and stewardship
- Maintain strict confidentiality at all times
- Be aware of GDPR and its implementation in European territories
- Perform and manage any other projects or duties requested by the supervisor
Qualifications:
- Demonstrable experience of major giving fundraising
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Thorough knowledge of animal rights issues and PETA campaigns
- Demonstrated exceptional attention to detail
- Demonstrated ability to prepare professional business communications
- Proven ability to interact with donors in a professional and personable manner
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and effectively
- Proven ability to take initiative and work independently
- Commitment to PETA's objectives
- Adherence to a vegan lifestyle strongly preferred
- Ability to speak and write French (desirable)
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It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do.
The Stroke Association believe that everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. Operating throughout the UK, the charity provides support services to everyone affected by stroke, including families and carers. The charity raises awareness of stroke and campaign for better emergency, rehabilitation and support services. They also invest in stroke research to help reduce the incidence of stroke, to find the best treatment and long-term care and improve quality of life for stroke survivors.
We’re looking for an experienced and driven individual giving acquisition expert to join the Growth and Acquisition within Mass Engagement. You will be joining the Stroke Association at an exciting and important moment as they continue to develop, diversify and significantly build our individual donor bases and income.
As Supporter Acquisition Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Acquiring new supporters at scale in order to grow income across our cash, regular giving and lottery programmes
- Testing, validating and optimising propositions across a broad range of products and channels
- Playing a key role in the strategic evolution of the Acquisition programme as the charity continue to develop, diversify and significantly build our individual donor bases and associated income
Ideal skills and experience:
- Multi-year budget development, planning and forecasting
- Line management experience or support of a peer
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Passionate about supporting the Stroke Association
Employee benefits include:
- 25 days leave per year (plus bank holidays)
- Pension scheme: employee 3%, employer 6%
- Cashback and discount scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme, including a 24-hour doctor phoneline service, around the clock support through their counselling line, and face-to-face counselling if required
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OVERVIEW:
Tom’s Trust provides psychological support for children with brain tumours and their families. Our head office is based in Cambridge but we have a number of staff who work hybrid or fully remote from home.
We already operate services in the North East and North West as well as the East of England but are determined to keep helping more families in more regions and we need someone to help us do that.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
We are looking for a creative and enthusiastic Digital Marketing and Communications Officer to join our small, friendly team. With digital marketing experience, the successful candidate will play a key role in attracting and engaging more visitors and donors to Tom’s Trust.
You will be a team player who is comfortable getting stuck in as there will be occasions where you need to get involved in things that may be outside of your direct job role.
Please see attached for more information.
INTERVIEW:
Interviews for this role will be virtual. While the closing date is 9am on Friday 12th April, we may conduct interviews as we receive suitable applications and may just appoint if we feel we have found the right candidate.
Please send your CV and a covering letter.
Interviews for this role will be virtual. While the closing date is 9am on Friday 19th April, we may conduct interviews as we receive suitable applications and may just appoint if we feel we have found the right candidate so please apply at your earliest convenience.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.