Area Fundraising Manager Jobs

Alzheimer’s Research UK – Head of Philanthropy

Location: Hybrid working, with two days a week in the office in Cambridge.
Salary: Circa £65,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent. Full-time hours

Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia and Alzheimer’s disease research charity, is seeking a Head of Philanthropy to lead the organisation’s work with their philanthropy audiences including major donors, trusts and foundations.

Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) works to encourage debate, drive collaboration, and build partnerships across academia and industry that increase the probability of transforming discoveries from the lab bench into treatments for people living with dementia. Since funding their first project in 1998, the charity has now committed over £171 million of funding for ground-breaking dementia research.
As part of the ARUK Leadership Team, the Head of Philanthropy plays a pivotal role in leading the charity to accelerate progress towards a cure. Working closely with the senior stakeholders across ARUK, the post-holder will lead the organisation’s philanthropy work by defining and implementing the team’s strategy and ensuring that these plans support the charity’s vision, mission and strategic objectives. 
The Head of Philanthropy will lead a team of approximately 8-10 people. The role holder will also personally lead on relationships with a small group of ARUK’s most generous supporters, and prospective supporters, across Philanthropy audiences.
The ideal candidate will have experience of managing a philanthropy team to deliver significant income growth, as well as demonstrable knowledge and experience of major gift fundraising. They will have a background in developing and implementing fundraising strategies and a proven track record in establishing, monitoring, and achieving ambitious fundraising targets.

Alongside excellent communication and planning skills, they will be highly motivated and target driven as well as being a strong team player who can work both independently and collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders. They will also possess strong negotiation, influencing and decision-making skills, with an ability to present arguments logically and confident and to inspire confidence and respect at all levels.

This is a fantastic role working to support world-leading research into dementia across the UK and beyond and with a team of passionate and driven employees.
 

Please note there is no closing date for this position – applications will be assessed as they come in and the role closed once the suitable candidate has been identified.

About us

We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here. 

The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.

About the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a lively, dynamic and driven fundraising events team. Over the last decade, Breast Cancer Now has built up a strong events function community fundraising and events currently accounting for nearly a quarter of the charity’s overall voluntary income.

We’re now looking for an events officer to play a key role within the team. You’ll lead on the delivery of a range of events including runs, triathlons, cycles, treks and overseas challenges, with a focus on growing income and engagement. Your role will also help to drive us forward as the go-to charity for challenge events by providing an excellent supporter experience.

About you 

We’re looking for someone with a real drive and a passion for charity events fundraising. You’ll be delivering your own portfolio of events including recruitment of participants, development of supporter journeys and stewardship communications to meet net income and supporter retention targets.

We’re a dedicated team with our supporters at the heart of what we do. If you have experience and interest in delivering events and building relationships with supporters, then this could be the role for you.

Job description and benefits

The job description and our attractive benefits package are available for you to download.

Primary location of role and hybrid working

This role is primarily based in our London or Glasgow office. However, our hybrid working model allows full-time staff members to work up to 3 days per week at home. 

When applying

We hope you choose to apply for this role. In support of your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. When applying please ensure you refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as possible with examples to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any questions regarding this role please contact The Breast Cancer Now Recruitment Team in the first instance.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.

Closing date 9am on Friday 21 June 2024 

Interview date Week commencing 1 July 2024 

Are you an experienced philanthropy fundraiser with a proven track record of securing major gifts?

Position: Philanthropy Officer
Type: Full-time (35 hours a week), permanent
Location: Office-based in London, N4 with flexibility to work remotely
Salary: £36,309 - £38,786 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band F1

About us

We make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK. 

Our strategy is based on what people affected by MS have told us is important to them. It gives us a clear and determined focus.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive working environment where you'll be able to make a difference. 

About this job

We’re delivering some of the most exciting major gift fundraising in the UK and we’re looking for a new Philanthropy Officer to join our creative and energetic team.

Working collaboratively, you’ll be securing significant gifts to help us deliver services to people living with MS, and work hand-in-hand with our Research team to raise funds for our pioneering research programme.

You’ll be identifying, engaging with and stewarding a mix of cold and warm major donors and prospects.

We have a highly committed Appeal Board, which brings together high profile, engaged and well-connected individuals passionate about the cause and our ambitious plans for the future

This is a fantastic opportunity to build on your philanthropy fundraising experience so far and make a difference for our MS community.

We recognise the significant and excellent contributions; experience; and skills our employees bring to the MS Society.

Working with external pay and reward consultants, we’re taking active steps this year to review our employees’ pay and benefits package. Ensuring we’re aligned with the most accurate and up-to-date benchmarks for the UK charity sector.

Closing date for applications: 9am on Tuesday 25 June 2024
Anticipated interview date: Monday 1 and Wednesday 3 July 2024

PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.

More about our employee benefits:
We have a wide range of employee benefits including (but not limited to): 

Encouraging work life balance

• 38 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), pro-rata for part-time
• More annual leave entitlement, based on length of employment
• Smart working options (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and us) 
• Flexible working options 

Caring for you and your family 

• Generous sick pay entitlement
• More sick pay entitlement, based on length of employment 
• Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave in each calendar year 
• Free access to a GP virtually 24 hours a day/7 days a week allowing you unlimited advice, reassurance and where appropriate diagnosis 
• Enhanced leave for new parents 
• Free access to a confidential 24 hours a day/7 days a week helpline service for both you and your family with a specialist range of support and information
• Special leave options (such as up to 5 days paid leave for domestic or personal emergencies a year)
• 10 days paid disability leave a year, pro-rata for part-time 
• 10 days paid carers’ leave a year, pro-rata for part-time 
• New family-friendly benefits, including paid leave:
• In the event of miscarriage or still birth 
• To support fertility treatments
• For antenatal appointments for both parents
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Death in service scheme

Thinking about your finances 

• Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Discounted season ticket loan and interest-free emergency loans
• Give as you earn to support other charities of your choice before tax
• New employee portal including lifestyle savings vouchers and personal wellbeing

Enriching your life at work

• Personalised development plans with a wide range of training courses and opportunities to source additional training options with your line manager
• Yearly internal apprenticeship opportunities
• New, modern offices that embrace working together both in-person and remotely 
• Various opportunities to influence how we internally operate (including surveys, and focus and committee groups) 
• Active and supportive internal employee networking groups for collaboration and peer support 
• 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering for MS Society activities during normal working hours (such as fundraising events, or campaigning in the local community) 
• 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering with other charities during normal

Equal Opportunities 
We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and or from ethnic minority backgrounds.

We’d be grateful if you downloaded and completed the equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application. 

Disability Confident Employer 
We’re a Disability Confident Employer and we’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.

You can ask for reasonable adjustments as part of both our recruitment and new starter on-boarding processes.

If you need any help or adjustments to apply for this role, please contact us. You can also ask for the application materials to be sent to you in a different format. Such as for them to be sent to you by email or in a larger word format.

Safeguarding 
We’re committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone who uses our services and we come into contact with.

This is regardless of Gender, Race, Disability, Sexual orientation, Religion or belief, Pregnancy, Gender reassignment.

We recognise our particular responsibility to make sure vulnerable adults and children are protected.

We have measures in place to protect everyone we come into contact with from abuse and maltreatment of all kinds.

Your right to work in the UK 
You must have the right to work in the UK to work in paid employment with us. You’ll need to share documents showing you’re eligible to work in the UK if we offer you employment.

You can find the UK visas and permits granting you the right to work in the UK on the UK Government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and aren’t able to support you with your visa applications.

No agencies please.

About The Role
Closing date: 28th June
 
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
 
We have a fantastic new opportunity available for a passionate and dedicated Officer to join our us as our new Prospect Development Officer.

Sitting as part of our Philanthropy directorate, you will work together to become an expert on the work of Alzheimer’s Society, ensuring we are consistently spotting the most current & exciting opportunities to further our fundraising ambitions. You will have the opportunity to learn from a diverse array of fundraisers – including corporate, philanthropy, trusts, foundations, and communications experts. 

Your main responsibility will be working with our High Value Fundraising teams to complete high quality research, plans and network maps to deliver outstanding prospect acquisition and intuitive supporter journeys. You will utilize your excellent research skills to support the High Value Fundraisers to achieve their strategic goals.

Working as part of a close knit but geographically dispersed team, there will be regular opportunities to discuss professional strengths and development needs, learning from peers and leadership teams alike. You will also work on strategic projects including developing and delivering prospecting strategies.

The successful candidate will be encouraged to pursue project work playing to their strengths, as well as benefit from robust development plans to support areas for further upskilling. If you feel professionally fulfilled by becoming a subject matter expert and deploying this alongside your technical skills to achieve ambitious income and supporter experience targets- this is the role for you!

Alzheimer's Society have recently been named on the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023! We have achieved excellent scores for workplace happiness, pride, and job satisfaction. This is a fantastic achievement and we're incredibly proud as this is fantastic indication of how far we’ve travelled over the past few years.

We would love to welcome more outstanding people to join our exciting journey to make the greatest difference for people affected by dementia.
 
About you

- Experienced researcher looking to broaden your skillset, who regularly asks – “how can we do this better?” 
- You may be a fundraiser with a passion for horizon scanning and research looking to hone your technical skillset.
- You will share your knowledge, experience, and expertise through your excellent network of internal relationships.
- You will be innovative, but detail orientated, and be able to present complicated information to a range of audiences.
- You will be motivated by delivering truly transformational positive impacts for those affected by dementia, and you will learn how to weave this pivotal impact into every piece of work.
- Ability to use and enhance your technical skillset, using news aggregations tools, CRM databases and other software to build high quality research outputs. 

The successful candidate will be encouraged to pursue project work playing to their strengths, as well as benefit from robust development plans to support areas for further upskilling. If you feel professionally fulfilled by becoming a subject matter expert and deploying this alongside your technical skills to achieve ambitious income and supporter experience targets- this is the role for you!

Person Specification

- Verbal and written communication skills to liaise with a diverse range of stakeholders.
- Excellent IT skills and extensive experience/knowledge on using Microsoft packages.
- Work collaboratively and be able to prioritise your workload effectively.
- Strong analytical and interpretation skills.
- Excellent organisational skills and great attention to detail.
- Advocate for Alzheimer’s Society, demonstrating passion and resilience to make a difference.
- Be a self-starter and incredibly motivated.

About Alzheimer's Society
At Alzheimer's Society, we believe passionately that life doesn't end when dementia begins. We are here for anyone affected by dementia, and we do everything we can to keep people with dementia connected to their lives and the people who matter most.

Everything we do is shaped by people affected by dementia. Their knowledge and experience are critical to bringing about real-world solutions. From choosing the most promising research through to telling their stories to raise awareness; they are the heart of this organisation

The Prince of Wales Hospice provides specialist palliative care for adults with a terminal diagnosis, and those around them. The hospice offers a 14-bedroom ward for patients who need round the clock care as well as a Wellbeing service – in total The Prince of Wales Hospice cares for over 300 people a year! Despite costing £12,000 a day to run the hospice and £4m a year, all of the services are entirely free of charge to patients and their families.

“The whole experience here at the Hospice is just amazing. We have to get this across to people. And that it is not just about end of life and they want to help you improve.” (patient)

 

The Role

Volunteers support the delivery of the services at The Prince of Wales Hospice, their charity retail shops and fundraising activities. The Volunteer Officer role is an exciting new position, working with approximately 250 volunteers and coordinating volunteer activities. You will play an integral role in designing, delivering and effectively implementing volunteer management processes including promotion, recruitment, induction, training, ongoing support and management of volunteers.

Duties include:

• Actively promoting volunteering opportunities ensuring information is accurate
• Working closely with managers to drive and support volunteer recruitment
•  Supervising reception volunteers to deliver a high quality, professional and safe reception service in the Hospice.

The Person

We are looking for a personable and approachable individual, wanting a unique and worthwhile role in volunteer management. As you will be developing new processes and policies, proven experience of working with volunteers is highly desirable. You should be flexible and organised with an ability to work with different teams as well as on your own initiative. With the ability to thrive in a busy environment, you should be able to deal with conflicting priorities and deadlines and should have the skills and confidence to speak with and lead small groups.

Why Prince of Wales Hospice?

 

The Prince of Wales Hospice pride themselves on staff development and their compassionate, collaborative culture, which creates a positive working environment. The charities strong values contribute to the huge difference they make in the local community.

In their last staff survey the result showed:

• Over 97% of employees were satisfied with their job.
• Over 95% of employees enjoy working with the people in the organisation.
• ​Everyone felt proud to work for the Hospice.
• Everyone enjoys the work they do in the Hospice.

This role is permanent, 30 hours per week and is based in the Hospice in Pontefract. The role will involve travelling to meet with volunteers across the local area therefore you will need a driving license and have access to your own vehicle.

Please note the salary advertised is pro rata for 30 hours per week.

If this sounds like the type of role and charity that could suit the next phase of your career, then do get in touch. To register your interest please apply here, or for more information contact Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons.

Please note: If you would like to submit an application or express your interest in an alternative format, such as audio or video upload, please contact either Charlie or Leanne who will be happy to advise on this. Also, please let us know if you require any adaptations for your initial engagement with us.

 

Please also be aware that we use anonymous recruitment methods when submitting shortlists for all our roles and we only work with organisations that are happy to engage with us in this way.

Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition, and pregnancy.

Five Sisters managed Services Ltd is wholly owned and operated by Saint Joseph’s Hospice, based in the East end of London. An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our catering team based at Saint Francis Hospice, Havering atte-bower, near Romford, RM4 1QH on a part-time basis.

The successful applicant will support the Chef Manager in the production of foods and the general safe running of the catering operation. This includes preparation of foods for both our inpatient unit and retail offer. The post holder will be based at our client hospice contract at Saint Francis Hospice, Havering-atte-Bower, Romford, RM4 1QH.

We offer 27 days holiday plus public holidays and an excellent pension scheme.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Applicants are subject to a DBS check (previously CRB).

For more details and to apply, please visit the website via the Apply button.

Closing date: 26th June 2024

Interview date: TBC

At Demelza, we deliver extraordinary care for extraordinary children.
Our supporters mean everything to Demelza and the families we care for, without them we would not exist.
We are looking for an experienced customer focused individual who is passionate about delivering remarkable service. This role will provide you with the opportunities to work closely with our teams across Demelza and provide excellent service to our supporters. 

To be key in ensuring supporter records are updated and maintained. To work across the Supporter Services, Fundraising and Finance Team to add income and supporting documentation for audit trails, future thanking and Gift Aid claims. You will lead on the processing of post and redistribution to correct areas of the organisation. 

To be responsible for providing a high standard of supporter care to Demelza’s supporters by responding to written, email, web and telephone enquiries as well as the first point of contact for onsite visitors to ensure excellent supporter engagement.   

You will: 

Input new supporter data and update existing records as needed 
Handle cash and cheque donations adding these directly onto the database to create income batches and ensure reconciliation with the Finance system 
Be the first point of contact for supporters via telephone and visiting in person 
Provide administrative support to all members of the Fundraising Team

Senior Individual Giving Executive - 12 Month FTC

Do you want to join an ambitious team to raise vital committed funds for the families that come to Great Ormond Street Hospital? Are you passionate about exceptional supporter stewardship and maximising the impact of donor retention? Do you want to work for a high-profile and well-loved brand? Then this is a great opportunity to join a leading children’s charity, raising money to help seriously ill children across the UK and beyond.

We are looking for a talented Senior Individual Giving Executive (Retention) to join our Committed Giving Team for 12 Months on a fixed term contract. The role reports into the Senior Individual Manager (Retention) and is responsible for the developing integrated stewardship journeys across committed giving products.

This is a really exciting time for the team and the charity, and we are looking for someone with great ideas and initiative, who is keen to get stuck in to make real change.

The salary for this position is £34,821. 

About the Team

The Committed Giving Team is a high achieving team responsible for the acquisition and retention of regular donors. The team work across 3 key areas; Non-dialogue Acquisition, Direct Dialogue Acquisition (Face to Face channels), Stewardship,. The team work closely together with the shared aim of delivering exceptional supporter experience and raising the reliable income the hospital needs to help provide extraordinary care for seriously ill children and their families.

About You

You will be a creative, self-motivated, and organised project manager with experience of working within a diverse, target-driven team. With a keen eye for detail and able to manage multiple projects at once, you will have a direct marketing background, ideally within the charity sector.

The ideal candidate will also have:

• Highly organised and able to work autonomously with little supervision
• Experience of regular giving programmes (ideally both cash direct debit and weekly lottery products)
• Experience in writing campaign briefs (creative, data)
• An analytical and inquisitive mind, with a keen eye for detail
• Exceptional project management skills and excellent time management
• The ability to build and manage great relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• A passion for exceptional donor experience

How to apply   

Please click on the apply button in the top right-hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete. 

Closing Date: 10th July 2024 

About the charity   

Every day brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, over 750 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Our staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for seriously ill children starts with you. 

Along with being awarded the ‘Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023’, we were delighted to be recently awarded the Charity Times Fundraising Team of the Year 2023.  

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion   

A more diverse workforce will enable us to deliver even more impact and we particularly encourage applications from communities which are under-represented in the charity. This includes people from ethnically diverse backgrounds, disabled people or those with long-term conditions, LGBTQ+ communities, and those from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. Further information on our EDI strategy can be found on our website.

As a Level 2 Disability Confident Committed Employer we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible throughout the recruitment process. For more information on this please contact us.

Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment. 

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Through our three charities, we work in partnership with the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust to deliver world class care. 

Crucial to this is the energy and focus we bring to ensuring charitable donations are utilised as effectively as possible through the Guy’s Cancer Charity, the Evelina London Children’s Charity and the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity. You will work in our Trust Engagement team, which is responsible for developing projects with colleagues at the Trust, making grants to deliver those projects and managing those grants on an ongoing basis. We also manage many donations for specific Trust services, which are held in our special purpose funds and disbursed through partnerships with Trust staff.

 You will play a central role in ensuring the positive impact of our grant making and special purpose funds for patients and staff at the Trust and will work closely with our Funding Managers to support our funding processes and the design and delivery of projects across our three charities.
 

 You will also work closely with colleagues in our Fundraising, Evidence and Impact, Finance and Operations and Communications teams as well as colleagues across the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
 

 This role has huge potential for an ambitious, energetic and self-starting professional to have a significant impact on the lives of patients and staff across the Trust’s hospitals and community sites. 
 

 You do not need established expertise in health; but the ability to learn and establish credibility quickly is important. 
 

 We are committed to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion at all stages of our funding and this will be a crucial element of your role.
 

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage a portfolio of grants, advising and guiding applicants and grant holders, with appropriate support from Funding Managers where needed.
• Manage questions and issues on grant or fund expenditure as escalated by the Funding Operations team, or delegated by the Funding Manager.
• Manage initial enquiries from Trust staff, responding to potential applicants and progressing ideas as agreed.
• Support the Business Manager to co-ordinate Committee meetings for all three Charities, including liaison with applicants and progressing meeting actions.
• Build strong relationships with the Fundraising and Communications teams, supporting robust information flow between the teams.
• Build strong relationships with grant holders, Special Purpose Fund holders and other Trust contacts, helping to raise the profile of our three Charities and spot opportunities to develop and fund work.
• Become familiar with the Charities’ Special Purpose Funds (SPFs), supporting annual requests for spending plans, coordinating approvals, and responding to queries from fundholders.
• Develop and manage a process to monitor fundraising income into SPFs and allocation of restricted donations.
• Work with the Trust Engagement Business Manager to design reporting that enables robust pipeline and grant management, and supports monitoring and evaluation.
• Support improvement projects as needed, such as improvements to funding schemes, funding operations or business systems.

Other tasks relating to the grants and special purpose fund process as delegated 

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Experience in a customer-facing role, ideally in a funding or fundraising environment or similar
• Managing relationships with stakeholders, and particularly helping them to navigate complexity
• Using a database to manage information and projects
• Experience of working with budgets and other forms of financial information
• Using reports to gain insight, assess progress and inform plans
• Analysing narrative and/or financial information to make decisions
• An interest in health, philanthropy, and diversity, equity and inclusion
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office packages
• Able to manage and analyse financial information
• Able to build strong relationships with stakeholders and customers, to help them achieve their objectives
• Able to grasp complex situations quickly and navigate complicated structures
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and demonstrable listening ability
• Empathy and patience
• Problem-solver, able to use initiative and find pragmatic solutions
• Comfortable managing and prioritising a varied workload and multiple stakeholders

Keen to learn and develop new skills 

Benefits

• Up to 12% employer pension contributions
• Annual personal development budget
• Annual health and wellbeing personal allowance 
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and parental leave pay accessible without length of service requirements.
• Health and wellbeing programme that offers optional free yearly health check-ups.
• Support for healthy eating via fruit bowls and onsite lunch facilities. 
• Agile working, flexible hours, and supportive IT kit. 
• Shower facilities and bike lock area. 
• Generous annual leave (27 days + bank holidays)
• Subsidies for glasses
• Employee Assistance Programme

About Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation

At Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation, our mission is clear – to build the foundations of a healthier society.
 

As part of our team, including Impact on Urban Health and three NHS charity brands, you will work alongside talented people from a mix of personal and professional backgrounds. We are a Living Wage employer and support flexible working, part-time roles and job shares. Though our ambitions are serious, this is a friendly place to work with lots of opportunities to meet and socialise with colleagues. We believe there is immense power in diversity and aim to recruit and nurture talent who think and act differently

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. MAP is the leading UK charity delivering health and medical care to those worst affected by conflict, occupation, and displacement, in the occupied Palestinian territory and Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon. We have been the leading INGO responding to the current crisis in Gaza and are looking to increase our capacity to meet the urgent needs.

We are seeking an experienced MEAL Manager to support the development of our programmes. The successful candidate will be fluent in Arabic and English, with significant experience in MEAL processes and systems. They will have experience in providing MEAL training and designing primary data collection tools.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Developing and maintaining MAP’s MEAL systems - 50% 

• Work with the UK Director of Programmes to develop MAP’s online MEAL database. Support the testing of the new system and its roll out to MAP staff and partners. 

• Work with MAP programme staff to develop high quality MEAL tools for each project. 

• Work with MAP programme staff to ensure that data is collected, compiled, checked for its quality and completeness in compliance with MAP and donors’ standards; 

• Support the revising and improvements of MAP’s MEAL systems and processes 

• Document and share learning, evidence, and data from previous projects to inform programme design; 

• Support the development of surveys (e.g. baseline and end line) and the commissioning of evaluations in coordination with regional programmes staff and partners; 

• Support the use of standard mobile data technology and online dashboard to enhance timeliness and quality of data collection, analysis and visualisation; 

Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) – 25% 

• Support the leadership of MAP’s cross-team Accountability Group which aims to embed accountability mechanisms into programming 

• Support the Senior Programme Manager in meeting MAP’s commitment to the Core 

Humanitarian Standards (CHS) including meeting verification requirements 

• Train and mentor MAP’s programmes teams to improve accountability mechanisms at project level and at regional programme level 

• Train and mentor MAP’s local programme partners on feedback mechanisms 

• Input into MAP’s feedback mechanism SoPs and support ongoing training for MAP staff 

Support to restricted funding proposals - 25% 

• Provide MEAL support to the Fundraising team in the development of restricted funding proposals, ensuring donors’ needs are met. 

• Provide ongoing support to regional programmes teams on MEAL activities for large, restricted donor funded projects. 

PERSON SPECIFICATION 

Experience 

• Experience developing primary data collection tools, conducting data collection and entry 

• Possess advanced technical knowledge of M&E approaches and techniques including Outputs, Outcome monitoring; Theories of Change, Logical frameworks, data collection, basic data analysis, accountability, and community feedback mechanisms 

• A minimum of two years experience in humanitarian/development INGOs is essential; 

• Health-related programme experience is highly desirable, as is experience working in emergency situations and areas of conflict. 

• Experience in using MEAL databases is highly desirable 

Skills and abilities 

• Excellent facilitation skills, and strong understanding of how to safely and accurately collect feedback from community members. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Arabic is essential. 

• Good computer skills in MS Office, especially Excel, Word and PowerPoint– with experience in writing MEAL reports. 

• Experience of providing training and mentoring support on MEAL topics 

• Demonstrated analytical, systematic-thinking, and problem-solving skills 

• Good interpersonal, communication and networking skills and the ability to work successfully with multiple external and internal partners; 

• Organised self-starter, able to work alone or as part of a team. 

Education/training 

• A Postgraduate degree in public health, management, business, international development, or a related subject. 

• Relevant MEAL courses and qualifications are desirable. 

Personal attributes and other requirements 

• Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice and equal opportunities; 

• An ability to apply awareness of diversity issues to all areas of work; 

• Commitment to the values and ethos of MAP; 

• Willingness to travel to MAP’s field-level offices 

• Able to work flexibly in emergencies and meet deadlines including some work at evenings and weekends. 

Stories and Media Officer

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced storyteller to show the impact of live music in healthcare through the voices of the charity’s diverse community. This could be people who have experienced the live music, their family members, health and care staff, musicians or other stakeholders.

The Stories and Media Officer will be skilled at telling stories in different ways for a variety of audiences and channels. They will demonstrate human connection and the power of music to create special moments and memories.

This is a remote, part-time role, offering some amazing benefits!

Position: Stories and Media Officer

Location: Remote (UK Wide)

Hours: Part time, 22.5 to 26 hours per week

Salary: £26,000 - £28,000 pro rata, per annum

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: Tuesday 25 June

Interviews: Thursday 4 July via Zoom

The Role

You will build trust with people the charity is sharing a story on behalf of and foster lasting relationships. You will manage media contacts, seeking out relevant opportunities in the press and work with partners on features.

Main duties and responsibilities include:

• Lead on storytelling - writing effective and powerful stories to meet the needs of different functions, including fundraising materials, direct marketing, social media, sector reports and events, press opportunities, website features and publications.
• Attend live music experiences to conduct interviews and facilitate photography/filming etc
• Proactively identify and propose opportunities where stories can support and amplify the work of the charity, increasing awareness and supporting fundraising and impact reporting.
• Work within the communications team to facilitate social media and video content
• Manage a database of stories, case studies and quotes

About You

You will have experience of working across organisations to gather powerful and impactful stories and of building and maintaining relationships with different stakeholders. You will have a proven track record of successfully selling stories into local media and of managing stories in a database, including measuring and reporting on campaign performance.

Why join the team?

You will be offered on the job training and support for your development alongside other fantastic benefits:

• Opportunity to work your hours flexibly
• 35 days annual leave per year (pro rata) including the opportunity to take most bank holidays when you choose
• Employer pension contribution of up to 6%
• Employee assistance programme
• Enhanced Maternity Pay
• Budget for personal development and training
• Positive organisation culture with a firm understanding of supporting remote (hybrid) teams
• Opportunity to help share live music with people who may not otherwise get to experience it.  

When applying for this role you will be asked to submit a CV and Covering letter of no more than 2 sides of A4.

About the Organisation

The charity seeks to share joy through live music with people receiving care or treatment in healthcare settings across the UK, including those who are vulnerable, the elderly, those with dementia and in critical care.

Skilled musicians are carefully selected through a process of audition. Sessions are tailored to the both the setting and the audience to ensure that they can reach and connect people, encourage communication and meaningful interactions and evoke emotions and memories to make people feel good one tune at a time.

The successful applicants will require a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) or equivalent check.

The charity is committed to becoming an organisation that reflects society and promotes diversity and inclusion, and would particularly welcome applications from people who are currently under-represented, including disabled people and those from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic communities.

You may have experience in areas such as Media, Stories, Content, Communications, Digital, Marketing, Marketing and Communications, Digital Marketing, Digital Communications, Media and Content, Content Creator, Media Officer, Stories Officer, Content Officer, Communications Officer, Digital Officer, Marketing Officer, Marketing and Communications Officer, Digital Marketing Officer, Digital Communications Officer, Fundraising, Media and Content Officer, Journalist.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Marketing Officer (fundraising)

£28,567.30 (per annum)

37.5 hours per week

Permanent Contract

Harrogate based (hybrid working available)

Closing Date: 23.59hrs 30th June 2024

Interviews will take place in Harrogate cJuly 2024

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a creative, dynamic fundraising marketer to join a newly formed team as part of a wider fundraising team. This is a fast-paced role, and we really mean it when we say no two days are the same. We have big ambitions to grow our income generation activity and to explore new ways of connecting with existing and new audiences to drive fundraising income targets. If you’re digitally savvy and can craft everything from a reel to a paid for ad, have an eye for a good story and know your way around e-marketing channels, we want to hear from you!

Key responsibilities will include:

• Develop and Implement comprehensive marketing workplans to promote fundraising activities and retail operations, aligning with our organisational goals and objectives.
• Create engaging content and collateral to support fundraising campaigns, events, and retail promotions across various channels, including digital, print, and social media.
• Manage social media platforms and online channels to raise awareness of fundraising initiatives and drive community engagement.
• Coordinate the design, production, and distribution of marketing materials for fundraising events, including posters, flyers, and digital assets.
• Collaborate with the fundraising team to develop compelling appeals, donor communications, and stewardship materials.
• Work closely with retail staff to promote shops, special offers, and events at charity shops through targeted marketing efforts.
• Conduct market research and analysis to identify trends, opportunities, and target audiences for fundraising and retail marketing campaigns.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of marketing activities, tracking key performance indicators and adjusting workplans as needed.
• Represent the charity at community events, networking opportunities, and retail-related activities to raise awareness and drive engagement.

Please see a copy of the full Job Description and Person Specification for this role at the bottom of this page.

Please be aware we reserve the right to close a vacancy early if a suitable candidate is identified.

PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, we are not currently able to consider applicants who do not have the right to work in the UK, but we are exploring becoming a sponsorship employer and hope to be able to offer this in the future.

Have you been recommended to this role by a current employee as part of our recommend a friend scheme? Don’t forget to let us know after clicking apply.

Benefits include: -

· 35 days holiday per year (including Bank Holidays, pro-rata)

· Comprehensive Induction Programme

· Refer a friend bonus scheme

· Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of 8%

· Lifestyle discounts and savings

· Cycle to work scheme

· Employee Assistance Programme

· Access to staff support

· Free group life assurance

· Free DBS check

· Free car parking at Crimple House location.

Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’ and Saint Michael’s Hospice make up registered charity North Yorkshire Hospice Care. You’ll be joining an organisation that is driven, caring, and responsive and you will be playing an important role in enabling us to provide our highly valued services to people across North Yorkshire and beyond.

At North Yorkshire Hospice Care we believe that children, young people and adults should never experience abuse of any kind. Every member of our organisation has a responsibility to promote the welfare of all who encounter our services. We aim to keep people safe and to operate our services in a way that protects them; to make reporting concerns as easy as possible and respond quickly; to listen to all worries and work in partnership with individuals and agencies. All our staff and volunteers receive annual training on both adults and children/young people’s safeguarding. This impacts our recruitment processes and we have adopted a number of safer recruitment practices, which our HR and People team can talk through with you.

We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks being obtained including but not limited to identity checks, DBS clearance at an appropriate level for the role, verification of right to work in the UK, employment references and employment history. Costs of pre-employment checks will be met by the organisation.

North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a registered charity in England and Wales (518905) with a family of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’, Saint Michael’s Hospice, and Talking Spaces. North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (2121179).

Our Values at Work

North Yorkshire Hospice Care is clear about who we are, what we do and why we do it. It is our vision; mission and values that underpin this understanding and all three of these areas continue to evolve as we develop in response to the changing world around us.

We have re-examined our values with our stakeholders seeking to define a sense of who we are today. The result? A set of 10 values/behaviours that crystallize this thinking and act as a yardstick for our thinking and actions.

This shared set of values helps guide our decisions, actions and behaviours and is at the core of our collective aspiration to live in a community where everyone gets the care they need to live their last years, months and days with respect and dignity.

NB: This list is not exclusive or exhaustive but captures those values/behaviours currently at the top of our agenda.

Job Description

Marketing Officer

1.0 Job Purpose

As a Marketing Officer within our charity, your role is pivotal in driving fundraising and retail activities. Your primary responsibility is to devise and execute marketing workplans that effectively promote our fundraising campaigns and enhance the performance of our retail initiatives. By engaging with various stakeholders and utilising creative marketing techniques, you play a crucial role in generating income for our three brands: Saint Michael’s Hospice, Herriot Hospice Homecare and Just ‘B’.

2.0 Key Tasks

• Develop and implement marketing workplans to promote fundraising activities and retail operations, aligning with our organisational goals and objectives.
• Create engaging content and collateral to support fundraising campaigns, events, and retail promotions across various channels, including digital, print, and social media.
• Manage social media platforms and online channels to raise awareness of fundraising initiatives and drive community engagement.
• Coordinate the design, production, and distribution of marketing materials for fundraising events, including posters, flyers, and digital assets.
• Collaborate with the fundraising team to develop compelling appeals, donor communications, and stewardship materials.
• Work closely with retail staff to promote shops, special offers, and events at charity shops through targeted marketing efforts.
• Conduct market research and analysis to identify trends, opportunities, and target audiences for fundraising and retail marketing campaigns.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of marketing activities, tracking key performance indicators and adjusting workplans as needed.
• Represent the charity at community events, networking opportunities, and retail-related activities to raise awareness and drive engagement.

Operational

• Develop and implement marketing plans for fundraising events and campaigns.
• Create engaging content for promotional materials, including social media posts, email newsletters, and website updates.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external vendors to ensure timely delivery of marketing materials.
• Monitor and analyse the performance of marketing activities, providing insights and recommendations for improvement.
• Identify real life stories that can be used for communications activities in a sensitive and ethical way that is in line with our values.

Strategic

• Contribute to the development of long-term marketing strategies to support fundraising and retail objectives.
• Identify new opportunities for fundraising and retail growth through market research and analysis.
• Collaborate with the Marketing Manager and Heads of Income Generation to align marketing efforts with organisational goals and priorities.

Financial

• Assist in budget planning and management for marketing initiatives, ensuring efficient allocation of resources.
• Monitor marketing expenses and report on budget adherence to the Marketing Manager.

Regulatory

• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and guidelines in all marketing activities, particularly in relation to fundraising regulations.
• To ensure that all campaigns, content, and material meet brand guidelines, the law and ethical best practice and to provide support to encourage other teams to meet such guidelines

Management

• Coordinate with volunteers and external agencies to support marketing campaigns and events.
• Provide guidance and support to colleagues involved in fundraising and retail activities.

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.

Overarching responsibilities

· To embed the values of the organisation into your working practices evidencing this regularly and ensuring this remains a priority.

· To live out our values, which drive all that we do, in the context of your everyday work following our behaviour framework.

· To work in accordance, and fully comply, with our organisational policies and procedures.

• To carry out all duties in accordance with the law, regulations, organisational frameworks, recognised professional guidelines and the have a commitment to FREDIE, integration and collective decision making.

The above is indicative of the current responsibilities of the post which may change from time to time in consultation with the post holder in line with the service need.

Throughout your time with us we will conduct ongoing employment checks and performance reviews relevant to your role, for example professional registration checks, DBS, appraisals, and regular contact meetings.

3.0 Terms and Conditions

Reports to: Marketing Manager

Responsible for: No management responsibilities

Hours: 37.5 hours

Location: Hybrid travelling to North Yorkshire Hospice Care sites

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £28,567.30 per year

Benefits:

• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Application question(s):

• Do you have the right to work in the United Kingdom?
• Have you held a full driving licence for at least 12 months?
• How many years relevant experience do you have?
• Please share any relevant experience you have that complement the needs of this role (Please provide detail up to 250 words):
• Looking at the person specification, please tell us how you meet the knowledge and skills requirements for this role including specific examples of how you feel this meets the requirements of this role (Please provide detail up to 250 words):

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Harrogate

Application deadline: 30/06/2024
Expected start date: 01/08/2024

Join Dementia Friendly Keighley (DFK) as Chief Executive.

As a dynamic Chief Executive you’ll support us through an exciting new stage in our development and will feel confident in strategically shaping, managing and delivering the business plan of the organisation.

About The Role

Leading on project delivery, monitoring and outreach projects, you will also ensure the DFK information centre is supported to continue running successfully. You will be comfortable turning your hand to all aspects of running a small organisation, and leading it to excel. This will include:

• Outreach work to raise awareness of dementia across the diverse Keighley community

• Ensuring delivery against the requirements of our current funders, collating and providing the evidence for this

• Actively seeking and securing further funding streams

• Growing the services we offer

• Overseeing our centre and a small team of staff and volunteers

• Becoming a Dementia Champion

This is an interesting and varied role which will suit someone who enjoys being involved in the day to day, whilst also contributing to the strategic aims and success of the organisation.

As we are entering a new phase, the trustees are seeking this new role to support them to focus on governance rather than management. You will have the opportunity therefore to shape this role within the parameters set by our Mission, Vision and the funders we have.

The organisation has a high public presence in the community and is much respected so you will be expected to be comfortable as an ambassador and demonstrate a passion and commitment to what we do and stand for. 

About You 

You will have a passion for working with people living with dementia and feel enthused by the positive, empowering ethos at DFK. 

You will have a personal/professional understanding of dementia and how it impacts on all  aspects of life for people living with dementia, those caring for them, and their family  and friends. 

You will have a track record as a successful senior leader in a charitable organisation of a comparable size or equivalent managerial or director experience.

You will be confident in public speaking and have excellent communication skills, being able to convey a message with impact to engender trust, and be comfortable communicating with senior stakeholders, staff, volunteers and funders.

You will have experience working with external funders, understanding the importance of delivering a project as agreed, as well as  being comfortable with completing the monitoring and reporting aspects.

You will live in, or have close connections to, the local area where we work.

You will be an effective team leader, understanding how to bring the best out in people, and adapting your leadership style to engender excellent working relationships.

If you'd like an informal chat about the role, please contact Helen Bradley, Chair of Trustees by contacting the DFK centre.

Interviews will take place on the afternoon of Wednesday 3rd July and Friday 5th July. 

For more information about our work, please visit our website. 

St Joseph's Hospice was founded in 1905 by the Religious Sisters of Charity and as such it has a rich, Catholic heritage which informs our work today: to support and welcome those in need, from all different cultures, religions and backgrounds.

We provide high quality specialist palliative care for patients with cancer and other life-threatening conditions across East and North London. We have a large team of clinical staff who work across community, in-patient and out-patient services delivering individualised, responsive and holistic support to patients and their families/carers.

We are seeking an Assistant HR Business Partner will primarily be supporting managers via a business partnering approach. The Assistant HR Business Partner will support with the delivery of an efficient and highly effective HR function. The post holder will work closely with managers on a range of HR functions. You will need:

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• A CIPD Level 7 qualification
• Extraordinary attention to detail
• Good experience in managing complex employee relations cases.

Continuation of NHS Pension Scheme is available.

We offer 27 days holiday plus public holidays with an increase with service and an excellent pension scheme.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the apply button.

Closing date: 23 June 2024.

Applicants are subject to a standard DBS (previously CRB).