Permanent Development Director Jobs

Oceana UK - Development Lead

Are you an experienced ocean fundraiser?

• Do you have a passion for securing funds for ocean campaigns?
• Do you have a track-record of developing and managing proposals and relationships with charitable trusts and foundations?
• Do you have a flare for delivering diverse, innovative and impactful charitable fundraising strategies?
• Are you driven to cultivate and grow relationships with new partners and funders?
• Do you want to join one of the world’s most effective marine conservation organisations?

Oceana UK

Oceana is dedicated to protecting and restoring the world’s oceans on a global scale. We are a leader in science-based advocacy, and we campaign for policies to make the world’s oceans more abundant, vibrant, and biodiverse. Globally, Oceana has won over 300 policy victories for marine life and habitats. From stopping bottom trawling in sensitive habitat areas to protecting sea turtles from commercial fishing gear, our victories represent new hope for the world's oceans.

Oceana is now focused on some of the biggest threats facing UK seas, alongside climate change. Fighting habitat destruction, stopping industrial overfishing, and preventing new offshore oil and gas developments with their inextricable link to the climate crisis.

The UK registered charity has a vision for thriving seas around the UK, using highly visible campaigns and detailed policy interventions to secure measurable changes to rebuild and maintain ocean abundance and health. Oceana UK will act as a vital public-policy interface –raising the profile of our issues through campaigns, science, communications, and expeditions, and influencing policymakers directly for commitments at key moments throughout the year.

Job Purpose

Oceana is seeking an experienced Development Lead to curate, grow and diversify our rapidly expanding fundraising and partnerships portfolio. Working closely with our UK team and US-based international development team, you will be responsible for the collaborative stewardship of relationships with some of the world’s biggest environmental foundations and philanthropists.

You will help identify and drive new relationships, managing successful grant applications with trusts and foundations in the UK, and cultivating new fundraising streams. You will have a strategic mindset along with a meticulous attention to detail. Fostering exemplary relationships with diverse partners is central to the role and critical to our success. You should be experienced in handling competing priorities, delivering exceptional funding applications and reports, and providing updates with precision and confidence. You will also have a passion for growing and diversifying income streams and converting new interest into long-term, sustainable, support.

Reporting to the Director of Finance and People, you will work closely with our teams, and the global development department, to secure the sustainable resources Oceana UK needs to deliver further impact at this crucial time for our ocean. The role will also help Oceana maximise opportunities to deliver policy victories for UK seas for many years to come and strengthen our work globally.

You will be a self-starter, with a broad range of previous experience, and the ability to develop and manage your priorities in this new role. You will be comfortable working independently and as part of a small team. The position will be hybrid, with 2 days per week from home and 3 days per week based in Oceana’s office in Paddington, London or in Newquay, Cornwall. Occasional travel will be required to meet team members and stakeholders in geographically diverse locations.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the development of a UK specific fundraising strategy.
• Manage relationships and reporting to existing funders alongside the international development team and Executive Director. This will primarily be with trusts and foundations, and individual philanthropists.
• Identify and develop new opportunities with trusts and foundations.
• Manage successful grant applications and budgets, co-ordinating and collaborating with the international development team.
• Work closely with the finance and campaigns team to ensure all relevant stakeholders are consulted in grant applications and reporting.
• Manage and deliver timely reporting, communications and updates to funding partners and stakeholders.
• Oversee and develop other existing UK income streams, including mass giving.
• Identify, develop and manage additional UK income opportunities, including with smaller trusts and foundations.
• Collaborate with the Director of Finance and People, and international development and budgeting teams to manage the income forecast and grant financial reporting.
• Maintain appropriate development records and database for all UK activity.
• Develop and manage key fundraising and partnerships events.
• Work with Executive Director to develop our outreach with funders at international events.
• Attend and represent the UK in monthly development meetings with the international team.
• Design and manage the UK’s development budget.

Candidate Requirements:

Education and work experience:

• Extensive professional experience in fundraising and development, ideally in the ocean or the environmental space.
• Good professional relationships with environmental trusts and foundations
• Demonstrable experience in managing successful multi-year grant applications and budgets with trusts and foundations.
• Strong experience of managing charitable foundation relationships and delivering detailed and timely reports, and communications to add value where required.
• Experience or working with campaigns teams to develop funding applications.
• Experience of managing philanthropist and major individual donors.
• Experience in prospecting, managing and analysing research on fundraising opportunities.
• Experience in co-developing and diversifying fundraising strategies (mass giving, digital, appeals, etc)
• Clear experience of in co-developing and diversifying fundraising strategies, and writing strategic plans, and contributing to planning and budgeting processes.

Skills & Knowledge:

• Demonstrable experience of networking and relationship development with funders.
• Proficiency at understanding, distilling and communicating complex scientific issues and detailed campaigns for fundraising purposes.
• Highly organised in managing positive relationships with funders beyond reporting.
• Strong writing skills, with experience writing applications and reports
• Excellent relationship building and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience using CRM platforms or other grant management tools.
• Strong project management skills, with demonstrable experience managing multiple workstreams effectively.
• Integrity and the ability to work with confidential information with discretion.
• Attention to detail and a commitment to fundraising targets.
• Ability to work collaboratively with staff and other organisations.

Equal OpportunitiesOceana UK is committed to having a diverse workforce that is representative of the community it serves at all levels of the organisation. We therefore welcome applications from all backgrounds and all sections of the community.

All offers of employment are conditional upon the successful completion of reference checks.

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Application Deadline: 2 July 2024

Interviews: w/c 8 July 2024

Starting: ASAP

Salary:  up to £55,000 (dependent on experience), plus generous pension scheme, flexible working culture

Contract: Permanent, subject to a six-month probation period 

Hours: 35 per week full-time. Applications for job shares, part-time and flexible working will also be considered. 

Location: London/Hybrid. In person attendance for certain meetings is required (including all staff/team meetings and governance/committee meetings that take place in person). Travel within the UK and internationally may be required. 

About the RSS and this role

The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) is one of the world’s leading organisations advocating for the importance of statistics and data, which have never been more vital. We’re looking for an exceptional, experienced business development professional who can help us increase our impact.

The main purpose of this role is to create and manage a pipeline of customers, from initial research, through to strong leads, and ultimately sales. Working closely with teams within the Society to research, follow up and develop strong leads, you will participate in events and marketing activities as needed, and develop and maintain a working database of contacts within our CRM system, to enable effective logging and tracking of potential customers.

The Society offers a diverse range of products from training, sponsorship and professional accreditation and you will be expected to understand these business models and work with teams to maximise their revenue generating potential.

As this is a new role, you’ll have the unique opportunity to build the role around you, with flexibility to play to your strengths and manage your own projects independently. The work will be varied, and you’ll work with a variety of partner types, so this role is perfect if you’re looking to put your business development skills to the test.

You will be required to act as an ambassador of the charity in everything you do; we are looking for someone who is going to embody the charities ethos and who will keep the charity at the heart of all the decisions that are made.

We are particularly keen to hear from individuals who really want to work for a charity or not for profit organisation. While not essential, some familiarity with developments within data science, statistics, machine learning, AI and related subject areas would be an advantage.

Our Head of Business Development will:

• Work with wider RSS staff to develop our understanding of the preferences and needs of key internal and external markets to ensure our services align with those preferences and needs.
• Monitor emerging trends in statistics/data science/AI and keep track of competitors to ensure RSS services remain relevant and current.
• Understand key policy and strategy objectives of the RSS and develop, plan and where appropriate implement sales strategies to support those objectives, working closely with other colleagues as required.
• Understand the range of products delivered by the Society and create business development strategies and plans to maximise their commercial value.
• Work with the Director and other colleagues as required to help to shape the Society’s marketing strategy.
• Support development of the commercial aspects of strategies and plans across the organisation. Create and manage a pipeline of customers, from initial research, through to strong leads, and ultimately sales.
• Work with teams to identify new potential revenue streams, sponsorship opportunities and customer types to contact.
• Look for and exploit opportunities to expand our current products to increase revenues.
• Understand key policy and strategy objectives of the RSS and develop, plan and where appropriate implement sales strategies to support those objectives, working closely with other colleagues as required.
• Explore and develop opportunities to extend the reach of the RSS brand and sub-brands to grow partners and sponsors.

Your skills and experience will include:

• A track record of success in sales or business development in the service sector.
• Experience working with different types of products, ideally including sponsorship.
• Experience developing strategies and plans to maximise commercial value
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of people.
• Excellent organisation and planning skills – ability to identify and respond to changing priorities.
• Desire to establish and develop an extensive network of external contacts in the industry.
• Able to make sound commercial decisions and identify commercially viable/profitable projects.
• Collaborative team worker – works with colleagues to achieve strategic, operational and commercial objectives.
• Happy to work on own initiative within corporate and RSS guidelines/directives.
• Experience of CRM systems.

Full job description and person specification is available to download at our website.

How to apply

Please submit your CV with a supporting statement/letter to Holly O'Brien (Governance Manager) telling us about:

·Why you should be considered for the role

·How your skills and experience align with the responsibilities and person specification

·How this role fits with your career plan 

For over 75 years MAF has been working in partnership with hundreds of Christian and relief organisations, enabling practical help, physical healing and spiritual hope to be delivered to some of the world’s most remote and inaccessible communities.Leading the people team you will oversee the development and implementation of our PEOPLE strategy designed to attract, develop, and retain a high performing and creative workforce who are passionately engaged with our vision to see isolated people changed by the love of Christ. Part of that plan will be the development of strategies to address our recruitment needs both in the UK and overseas. The Director will also provide strategic level HR leadership to our 60+ UK based staff and 30 staff and their families overseas.

Reporting to the CEO, you will serve on the six-strong senior leadership team contributing to the wider organisational strategy and play a central role shaping the Christian culture of the organisation.

There is an occupational requirement for the job holder of this position to be a committed Christian.  Additional information is available on request.

Responsibilities

 The Director of People and Culture has nine key performance areas

1. Enhancing learning within the charity to ensure that we have the skills, experience and mindset needed to move forward.  (Learning & Development)
2. Shaping our practice to align with our Values, Mission, and Cultural Norms (Culture)
3. Creation and maintenance of a positive culture promoting staff wellbeingand community.  (Wellbeing)
4.  Design and  delivery of strategies to increase the number of new recruits to serve overseas and attract and hire talent to serve in our offices in the UK. (Talent Acquisition)
5.  Shared responsibility for Improving Partnership internally within MAF UK and externally with MAF International (MAFI), other Resourcing Groups and mission and Church groups within the UK. (Partnership)
6.  Taking thelead on all HR related issues and acting as a trusted partner and guide to members of the Executive Team. (Leadership)
7.  Managing our compensation and benefits schemes to ensure that MAF UK compensation remains fair and competitive. (Compensation & Benefits)
8. Maintaining a high level of legal awareness and ensuring HR legal obligations are maintained and our policy and practice is appropriate (Legal & Finance)

• • Ensure that HR policy and practice remains compliant 
  • Ensuring that our ‘Safeguarding’ responsibilities are upheld, staff receive training and DBS checks as appropriate 
  • Oversight of the People budget including the international staff, recruitment and training.

9. Professional Development by maintaining currency with employment legislation, HR good practice, and trends within Christian mission organisations 

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

Requirements:

Education/Qualifications:

• Degree or equivalent standard
• CIPD qualified (Level 7 - Chartered membership)

Experience:

• Proven experience in senior HR, management, and leadership roles
• Success in HR strategy design and change management
• Significant experience in recruitment

Skills/Abilities:

• Strategic planning and financial management expertise
• Excellent communication, presentation, and training skills
• Ability to influence at all levels within a complex organisation
• Knowledge of UK HR employment legislation

Personal Attributes:

• Committed evangelical Christian, able to represent MAF's mission, values and beliefs
• Emotional resourcefulness and service orientation
• Flexibility and adaptability towards others and circumstances

Terms and Conditions

• Location: This role can be based at the MAF UK Offices in Folkstone, Kent or optionally could be in the Oxford, Cambridge arc as we seek to launch a new hub in the Milton Keynes area, maximising our engagement with a thriving local aerospace and charity sector region.  Up to two days a week in our Folkstone Office might be initially required.We welcome hybrid working in line with our flexible working policy, the needs of the business, the requirements of the role and your location. This will be discussed at interview.
• Working Hours: This is a full time role (at least 36 hours per week, with 1 hour for lunch daily unpaid) but requiring some flexibility on the successful candidate to work additional hours occasionally some of which could be outside the normal business hours.   Hours should be agreed with line manager.
• Travel: Flexibility will be required for working additional hours and travel to meet business needs (inlcuding overseas travel) or for travel/meetings on weekends or evenings.
• Annual Leave: Annual leave entitlement of 22 days per year and 8 paid public holidays per year.
• Pension Scheme: Non-contributory (10% of salary).
• Probation: 6 months
• Notice Period: 3 months each.
• Salary: circa £65,000 per annum

Deadline for applications: midnight Sunday, 28th July 2024.

The Mark Evison Foundation is a charity working in London state schools promoting the personal development of young people through challenge. We invite and mentor non-academic proposals for challenge from 17 year olds. It is exciting work, bringing out the best in young people.

The Role

This is a fantastic opportunity to join this fast-growing charity at an exciting time and make a significant impact as our first Development Director. You will be responsible for our fundraising strategy and setting up and professionalising our fundraising function. You will have the backing of a committed group of Trustees and volunteers who are eager to help and support your work. You will also be responsible for fundraising for the MEF across several areas, and for developing funding initiatives for our future.

We are looking for someone with a great track record of success in fundraising, who can thrive in a small ambitious team. We will expect you to represent our interests in a range of public and private contexts; to be a confident and pro-active verbal and written communicator; and a skilled networker with a strong track record of relationship building.

Responsibilities and Duties 

• To establish a fundraising strategy and ensure fundraising compliance.
• To generate income from individual donors at the low, mid and major gift level. To support the Executive Trustee steward existing, and cultivate new, major donors.
• To research and develop a trust and foundation pipeline and prepare and submit grant applications and draft progress reports
• To grow our income and diversify our donor pool through targeted campaigns
• To grow our network – including influencers and organisations that can help to raise our profile
• To ensure appropriate stewardship processes are in place so that donors at all levels feel well thanked and informed of their impact.
• To grow our presence amongst small to medium businesses, London schools and local residents
• To build partnerships with businesses to extend our profile and find new funding opportunities
• To effectively engage schools and businesses to support the Foundation, to raise awareness and help raise funds
• To liaise with the team on a regular basis to explore better community engagement, local connections, and fundraising opportunities
• To report regularly to the Board on income, prospects, and strategic objectives in alignment with our objectives
• To help foster a positive culture of fundraising across the organisation
• To promote the MEF widely, through the written word and social media
• To research and plan fundraising events, with other MEF staff and the charity’s trustees 

For more information please visit our website or see the attached Job Description below .

Please note applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis so the post may be filled before the published closing date below .

This is an exciting opportunity to help Cambridge City Food Bank realise it’s vision of ending the need for foodbanks, through an ambitious strategy creating a network of affordable food clubs, financial inclusion projects, and campaigning to change current systems which contribute to food insecurity – and working alongside it’s eight existing foodbank welcome centres.

Your passion for our cause, proven track record of building relationships with individuals and corporate decision makers, and your capacity to create and craft compelling proposals will successfully grow resources from new and existing supporters, and help the charity achieve annual income levels in excess of £1M. (Income for y/e 30th September 2023 was £773,118)

Reporting to the CEO, you’ll proactively create development opportunities with individuals, corporate partners, granting giving trusts / foundations, and community groups. You'll oversee the Development Assistant and Development Volunteers to grow a volunteer development team, bringing our cause to life and building lasting support from within our local community.

Main Duties:

● Create development strategies which identify and deliver resources to enable the charity to carry out its ambitious strategic objectives, toward achieving its Vision and Mission.

● Identify and build good relationships with key individuals and corporate decision makers, securing them as development partners who go on to resource the Charity’s work.

● Develop, monitor and manage a development portfolio capable of maintaining charity income levels in excess of £1M per annum. You’ll establish a fundraising pipeline, including a range of KPI’s that can be tracked, and that will enable you to make informed projections regarding future income.

● Line-manage the Development Assistant to support and deliver the Charity’s development outcomes. Including work-planning, supervision and support.

o Support the Development Assistant to create Community development assets, which enable community groups to engage with and provide resources for the Charity, such as charitable fundraising events.

o Support the Development Assistant to develop strong individual donor relations with regular stewardship communications and powerful fundraising appeals alongside establishing the associated data and systems; growing supporters.

o Together with the Development Assistant, work with and support external consultants to help secure income from grant giving trusts and foundations.

o Together with the Development Assistant, develop a team of volunteers who can support the work of the Charity’s development function.

● Forge strong relationships with colleagues across the Trussell Trust network, sharing best practice and learning from other charities across the network. As part of a network ‘learning set’, you and your team will proactively take advantage of training and skills development opportunities and engage with any joint fundraising opportunities.

Personal Specification:

Technical skills and minimum knowledge:

● Strong experience of liaising with key individuals / corporate decision makers to win results.

● Excellent written and verbal communication and relationship management skills, through which you inspire, motivate, and win support.

● Creative flair to identify and create opportunities to achieve your objectives.

● Experience of managing data and of setting and reporting against KPI’s to demonstrate achievement and impact.

● Experience of working with, supporting and overseeing employees, volunteers and external consultants. 

NB. Experience of charitable fundraising is not essential when demonstrating the strong transferable skills above.

Behaviours and competencies:

● Tenacious and able to embrace, develop and shape a new role. You’ll be well organised, proactive, and a self-starter who is able to self-motivate.

● Able to demonstrate empathy for people from disadvantaged, marginalised or socially-excluded backgrounds.

● Be committed to the vision, respect the ethos and uphold the values of Cambridge City Foodbank and Trussell Trust.

Our Vision, Ethos & Values:

Our Vision is to end the need for UK foodbanks. Each day we meet the need for emergency and affordable food, and tackle the causes of poverty, by harnessing the power of the community. We are an independent local charity and member of the Trussell Trust network.

We value dignity, justice, compassion, community and impact, in all that we do. We serve local people regardless of background, inspired by our Christian ethos and values.

As part of our commitment to inclusion, diversity and equity actively encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions and those with a lived experience of poverty as well as any other under-represented group in our workforce. We are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of our employees from all forms of harm.

In 2023: our amazing team of 200 volunteers assisted by a small staff team, provided 16,000 3-day emergency food parcels to people across Cambridge (36% were children) and distributed 170,000 Kilos of food.

Development Director 
Peterhouse 
University of Cambridge 
£80,000 - £90,000, depending on experience

Peterhouse seeks to appoint a talented fundraiser as its new Development Director, a key position within the College. 

The new Development Director will have the exciting opportunity to develop and shape a new fundraising and campaign strategy for the College. Working closely with the Master, Professor Andy Parker, you will ensure Peterhouse meets its significant fundraising potential. 

In 2034, Peterhouse will reach its 750th anniversary and celebrate 50 years since the admission of women to the College. The work done so far has built strong relationships with our alumni which will form the foundation of a new campaign over the next decade, leading up to these milestones. The incoming Director will lead and shape this campaign.

You will manage a portfolio of the College's most significant donors and prospects, cultivating and personally soliciting potential benefactors for major gifts.

Amongst the 31 Colleges that make up the University of Cambridge, Peterhouse is truly unique. We are the oldest College, the smallest College and we foster an exceptionally supportive and close-knit community of Fellows, students, staff and alumni. Located in the heart of Cambridge city centre, we are known for our friendly and welcoming atmosphere.  Our students are drawn from a diverse range of educational, cultural and social backgrounds.

We are looking for an experienced and innovative fundraiser with a proven record of raising significant gifts.  You will have the desire and drive to identify, cultivate and personally solicit potential benefactors for major gifts from a global alumni and supporter population.  With strong communication skills, you will have the presence and intellect to operate at all levels.

This is an exciting and pivotal time to be joining Peterhouse.  We have significant fundraising potential and opportunity.  The new Development Director will have a formative impact on the College’s fundraising.  Success in this role will be transformational not only for the College but also for your own career. 

The closing date for this position is midnight on 23rd June 2024.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

Peterhouse is committed to the principle of equality of opportunity and does not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender reassignment, age, marital or civil partner status, religion or belief, or disability.  It recognises the particular contributions to the achievement of the College's mission that can be made by individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences.

No agencies please.

Do you want to join an organisation that was established to transform the provision of higher education in the county and beyond? Would you like to join a modern and agile institution that is growing and developing in many ways including its approach to fundraising and philanthropic giving? Could you take responsibility for a personal portfolio of High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNWIs) identifying, cultivating, soliciting and stewarding philanthropic gifts from this group? If so, this might be the ideal opportunity for you.

Harris Hill is partnering with the University of Suffolk, a modern, agile institution, with an ambitious growth strategy and a vision to be recognised as an empowering force for individuals and communities. The University is focused on driving transformative change through education, research and public engagement. Suffolk's growing success is evidenced by an incredible rise of 68 places in the last three years in the Complete University Guide.

The Alumni Relations and Development team raises charitable funds to enhance the University's ambitions, ensuring they are spent compliantly and impactfully. They work with donors, prospective donors, ambassadors and funders that promote and support their cause. The University of Suffolk is now seeking a proactive, experienced, and hands-on individual to join the team as a Development Director on a part time, permanent basis.

Key details:

Role: Development Director

Location: Hybrid working with at least 1 day per week on campus

Salary: £56,000 - £67,000 per annum (FTE) plus benefits

Contract: Part time, permanent (3 days per week)

Amongst other criteria, the successful candidate will have:

* Extensive philanthropic fundraising experience at a senior level with proven success in identifying, cultivating, and personally soliciting major gifts at the 5 and 6 figure level.
* Experience in development and fundraising management, including major gifts, legacies and trusts and foundations.
* Knowledge of Alumni working including strategy and development.
* Experience of senior executive networking, public speaking, and ability to represent an organisation to a senior external audience.
* Demonstrated success in setting strategy and achieving strategic outcomes within a comparable size institution.

If you would like to receive a full job description for this role with details on how to apply, please contact Faye Marshall or Hannah Laking at Harris Hill:

Faye Marshall: [email protected] | 020 7820 7303

Hannah Laking: [email protected] | 020 7820 7331

* Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 24 th June 2024
* Date of First Interview: Wednesday 3 rd July 2024

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.

We are working in partnership with Hampshire Cultural Trust (HCT), who were established as an independent charity in 2014. HCT operate visitor attractions, galleries, museums, and arts centres across Hampshire, and are responsible for conserving and maintaining one of the largest and most significant regional collections of historical artefacts in the country. Their charitable purpose is to change lives through culture, both for Hampshire’s residents and for visitors to the county, placing particular emphasis on reaching individuals, groups and communities who are vulnerable or disadvantaged, breaking down barriers of access to arts and culture. 

HCT are now seeking to appoint a Director of Development to lead and deliver a trust-wide strategic approach to fundraising, in alignment with organisational needs and priorities. The director will develop and lead a high performing team and will be responsible for growing income from a range of sources, including trusts and grants, individual giving and developing a philanthropy programme based on a portfolio of designated funds to support strategic projects and ongoing revenue funding. This role sits on the SLT, with shared responsibility for setting and realising the organisation’s goals, strategic priorities, and business plan. 

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate:

• Significant experience in fundraising, including developing and implementing successful development strategies and securing income from a wide range of sources.
• Significant experience in securing philanthropic gifts at the five and six figure level.
• Strong track record in developing successful proposals and securing grants from trusts and statutory funders, with an ability to convey information in a concise, relevant, and compelling way.
• Experience of managing and developing high-performing teams, and senior stakeholder relationships, including donors and funders.
• Good working knowledge of charity finance, budgeting, and reporting.

We are seeking a strategic and operational fundraiser, with an entrepreneurial and collaborative mindset, and the ability to persuade and influence, and lead and develop.

For more information, please contact Katherine Anderson-Scott, Associate Director, Charisma Charity Recruitment. Your application should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.

Location: Winchester / Hybrid (minimum of 1-2 in the office per week)

Closing date: Monday 24th June 2024.  Charisma vetting interviews are being actioned on a rolling basis, please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Interviews with HCT: TBC

Prospectus are excited to be working exclusively with Cochrane to help them recruit for their new  Director of Development and External Relations. Cochrane is an international charitable organisation formed to synthesise medical research findings to facilitate evidence-based choices about health interventions involving health professionals, patients and policy makers. It includes review groups that are based at research institutions worldwide. Cochrane has approximately 30,000 volunteer experts from around the world.

This role is offered on a permanent basis paying a salary of circa £90,000 per annum with flexible remote working arrangements and occasional meetings at their London office.

Cochrane's work providing accessible, credible information to improve global health - has never been more important or relevant than it is today.  This Director of Development and External Relations role is an extraordinary opportunity for an inspirational, experienced, and authentic leader, passionate about evidence and health care, to join Cochrane and inspire significant donors globally to support a truly impactful cause. 

They are seeking someone with experience working in a multi-stakeholder environment, ideally in a global context, with exceptional interpersonal and communication skills with proven capacity to develop influential internal and external relationships.

They are looking for a candidate who is thoughtful, curious, and with a supportive leadership style who can bring a strong track record of leading teams; fostering a high-performing fundraising culture and growing income.  Critically, the ideal candidate will share their vision of a world of better health for all people where decisions about health and care are informed by high-quality evidence.   

Cochrane is a global community and they value the diverse range of experience that this brings.  They strive to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome application from people from all races, religions, genders, sexual orientation, lived experience or ability. 

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact Firas El Dib and Rhiannon Mehta at Prospectus.

If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you. 

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

Purity is a full-service fundraising agency specialising in telephone and digital channels for charity and NGO fundraising. We work with clients such as Greenpeace, Prostate Cancer UK, and Air Ambulance organisations, focusing on supporter recruitment and development. We are a small team with a passion for fundraising, creating strong partnerships with our clients and providing ethical and exciting journeys for supporters.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Fundraising professional to join our team. Our ideal candidate will have a passion for fundraising and knowledge of the non-profit sector. Previous experience in a senior role in telephone fundraising, team leadership and account management will be essential. They will be a great communicator and team player, leading the Client Services team and the wider Purity team in delivering fundraising campaigns for amazing causes. You will be fully supported by the CEO and the wider Senior Leadership team. Our current Client Services Director will be working on a part time consultancy basis for a period after your start date to help ensure you have the support needed to settle into the role successfully. You will continue to develop the strong relationships we have built with our charity partners, evolving their telemarketing programmes, whilst growing and innovating to support their needs and organisation growth. The role encompasses all communication channels, working with the Digital Campaign Manager to develop digital and supporting communications.

This role is a Senior Leadership role, and we are looking for someone who has clear leadership qualities who has a passion not only for fundraising, but for ethical supporter focussed fundraising.

Team Leadership

* Managing an established team of 5: Senior Account Manager, Account Manager, Accounts Manager, Innovation and Creative Manager, and Digital Campaign Manager

* An integral part of the Senior Management Team

* Working closely with our Head of IT in designing and setting up campaigns and data management

Account Management

• Strong project management skills

• Managing a high-quality client management service from you and your team

• Line management of the client services team including project management and creative roles

• Lead on business including pitches, tenders and proposals

• Developing innovative performance proposals to drive clients fundraising activity and evolve existing programmes • Creating a pipeline of annual activity in line with annual capacity

• Developing telephone and digital communications such as SMS, Email and Social campaigns

• Guiding clients in annual forecast volumes and expected results across campaigns

• Ability to create and deliver regular detailed campaign reviews which include in depth analysis of all KPI’s, data segmentation and innovation to evolve fundraising strategies

• Managing and forecasting Purity’s annual business capacity • Lead on decisions in conjunction with CEO, Directors, Head of IT and Head of Fundraising

• SLT member

• New Business acquisition when required and delivering business objectives and growth, ensuring stability of business and opportunities outside of telephone

• Ability to be flexible and respond positively to change

• Ability to form positive relationships with colleagues, clients, and the sector in general

• Work effectively under pressure, and managing the team to deal with conflicting priorities

• Be a self-starter who is keen to take responsibility for their own work and actions

• Continue to develop ad hoc social and telephone campaigns with our telephone agency partners

• Be able to demonstrate strong IT skills

• A strong understanding of quality and compliance in telephone fundraising and a passion for the third sector is essential

• Previous experience with a charity or fundraising agency working in with TM Campaigns is essential

• Creativity and digital skills are encouraged as we have a digital offering and the Client Services Director works both closely with, and managing the Digital Campaign Manager to provide end to end digital and telephone campaigns

• Ability to understand data manipulation and analysis

• Encouraging best practice across the sector

• Exceptional eye for detail

Purpose of the Post/Responsibilities

This is a full-time position reporting directly into the CEO/CFO with an expectation of being on site in the award-winning Caudwell International Children’s Centre in Staffordshire a minimum of 3 days a week, depending on meetings and events.  We are seeking an inspirational leader with the ability to identify opportunities and grow diverse income lines to support the Charity’s expanding service delivery.

Responsible for the strategic management and development of the Charity’s income generation, this role will play a pivotal part in taking the Charity to the next level and helping to change the lives of disabled children across the UK and beyond.

The successful candidate will oversee the main public-facing fundraising activity for the Charity, providing strategic leadership and tactical supervision to a growing team of Fundraisers.

You will be expected to develop a robust and diverse fundraising portfolio across several designated income strands to generate increasing levels of fundraising income year-on-year.

It has been recognised that the Charity currently has minimal market share in most standard charity income lines and this role will be fundamental in developing the required infrastructure, resource and ‘products’ to begin growing market share over the medium to long term.

A primary responsibility of the role will be to assess, develop and implement a new donor management system; ensuring new and existing supporters have a clear communication and cultivation journey with assigned fundraisers adopting relationship responsibilities throughout.

The required standard levels of customer service and donor management for all supporter relations across the Charity will be established and promoted to ensure the required levels of consistency.

This growth will occur while maintaining and strengthening the established income lines which already exist, such as Events and Challenges.

Events are a part of Caudwell Children’s DNA and the single largest income generator in the Charity’s Fundraising Department, therefore there will be a specific focus on maintaining and developing this important department.

The role will initially be responsible for developing two designated teams of fundraising colleagues:

• Individual Giving (Team size: 3)
  • (Wills & Legacy, Regular Gifts/Direct Debit, Major Gifts, Raffle/Lottery, Payroll Giving).
• Community Fundraising (Team size: 6)
  • (Events, Challenges, Mass Participation, Street Collections).

Remaining income streams (Trusts & Foundations, Public Sector Funding, Earned Income and Trading Income) will be managed by the Director of Corporate Fundraising.

As part of the Senior Leadership Team the successful candidate will be responsible for reporting to the CEO/CFO and fellow Directors regularly on strategy and performance.

Monthly reporting to the Trustee Board and regular ad-hoc correspondence with Trustees will also be required.  

Success will be monitored annually by the Trustee Board against KPI’s including income growth, ROI and market share. 

Person Specification

1. Significant experience in fundraising/sales/business development management.
2. Demonstrable understanding of the charity sector and professional fundraising. 
3. Enthusiastic advocate of business planning and sales management.
4. Considerable experience and competence in planning, developing and managing the operations of a successful Sales/Fundraising Team.
5. Experience and skill in new business development.
6. Willingness and ability to undertake basic administrative activities (not expecting of others what you would not do yourself).
7. Highly computer literate with strong competence in using mainstream computing packages and products.
8. Driven, proactive and productive self-starter – able to work efficiently and achieve a lot under their own steam but not afraid to ask questions when needed and manage up.
9. An enthusiastic, driven and sensitive leader – able to inspire and encourage others to give their best.
10. Well organised with the ability to prioritise and manage own (and other people's) workload.
11. Confident, professional and friendly communicator with a hands on approach.
12. Confident to ensure all work complies with Equal Opportunities, Health & Safety, Data Protection and other policies of Caudwell Children.

This Job Description is not exhaustive.  It outlines the general ways in which it is expected you will meet the overall requirements of this post.

Salary for this role is £70k to £80k depending on experience plus bonus and car allowance. 

Disclosure and Barring Service Checks

The Charity is committed to safeguarding children and young people and therefore adopts a safer recruitment approach through a robust recruitment and selection process.  All posts within the Charity are subject to DBS checks, in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974).  This role is eligible for a Standard disclosure.

Equal Opportunities

Caudwell Children is a Disability Confident employer committed to offering an interview to all applicants who meet the minimum criteria and declare they have a disability as defined in the Equality Act 2010.  We are committed to creating a diverse environment and will not discriminate for any reason against any person because of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex or sexual orientation.  We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background and other underrepresented groups.

How to Apply

To apply for this role please click on the 'Apply' button to submit your full CV along with a covering letter detailing suitability for the post.  The closing date for applications is Wednesday 10th July 2024.

Thank you for your interest in Caudwell Children.

This is an exciting opportunity to help Cambridge City Food Bank realise it’s vision of ending the need for foodbanks, through an ambitious strategy creating a network of affordable food clubs, financial inclusion projects, and campaigning to change current systems which contribute to food insecurity – whilst working alongside it’s eight existing foodbank welcome centres.

Reporting to the Development Director, you’ll carry out key administrative tasks, growing the support and development function of the Charity; including stewardship communications with individual donors and creating assets for community supporters to generate food and financial resources. With the support of external consultants, you will assist the securing of income from grant giving trusts and foundations.

Main Duties:

● Develop strong individual donor relations through regular stewardship communications and powerful fundraising appeals, alongside establishing the associated data and systems; growing supporters.

● Create community development assets, which enables community groups to engage with and provide resources for the Charity, such as for charitable fundraising / food donation events.

● Together with the Development Director, secure income from, and maintain relations with grant giving trusts and foundations, including working alongside external consultants.

● Together with the Development Director, develop a team of volunteers who can support the work of the Charity’s development function.

● Support the Development Director in their communication with corporate partners, to build good relations, gain and maintain corporate partner support.

● Liaise with colleagues across the Trussell Trust network; sharing best practice and participating in learning opportunities, to further the work of Cambridge City Foodbank.

● Other administrative activities may be requested from time to time by the CEO, Development Director and senior staff, consistent with the needs of the Charity.

Personal Specification:

Technical skills and minimum knowledge:

● Strong administrative experience, highly organised, and able to effectively juggle multiple administrative tasks at the same time!

● Competent in the use of Zoom/Teams and MS Office software.

● Excellent written and verbal communication and relationship management skills, you will inspire and motivate existing and prospective supporters, providing excellent stewardship and crafting compelling donor updates, applications and appeals.

NB. Experience of charitable fundraising is not essential when demonstrating the strong transferable skills above. Training will be provided.

Behaviours and competencies:

● Friendly, trustworthy and able to maintain confidentiality.

● Able to demonstrate empathy for people from disadvantaged, marginalised or socially-excluded backgrounds.

● Be committed to the vision, respect the ethos and uphold the values of Cambridge City Foodbank and Trussell Trust.

Our Vision, Ethos & Values:

Our Vision is to end the need for UK foodbanks. Each day we meet the need for emergency and affordable food, and tackle the causes of poverty, by harnessing the power of the community. We are an independent local charity and member of the Trussell Trust network.

We value dignity, justice, compassion, community and impact, in all that we do. We serve local people regardless of background, inspired by our Christian ethos and values.

As part of our commitment to inclusion, diversity and equity actively encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions and those with a lived experience of poverty as well as any other under-represented group in our workforce. We are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of our employees from all forms of harm.

In 2023: our amazing team of 200 volunteers assisted by a small staff team, provided 16,000 3-day emergency food parcels to people across Cambridge (36% were children) and distributed 170,000 Kilos of food.

The Director of Development Operations plays a critical role in significantly growing development income at Kew, leading a high-performance team and developing and embedding best practice fundraising across the Development Directorate and broader Kew. You will lead the Research, Stewardship, Fundraising Campaign and Events teams and will manage the Development Directorate’s strategy development and delivery planning. You will facilitate positive and productive engagement with key stakeholders across the organisation, including marketing, communications, science and horticulture, for example co-creating fundraising campaigns, project propositions and impact reporting. 

Working with the Associate Director, Campaigns and the Executive Director of Development, this role leads on implementing Kew’s major public fundraising campaign, achieving significant income targets, strengthening Kew’s fundraising capabilities and helping to establish a culture of philanthropy across the organisation. You will be a member of the Development Directorate leadership team and support our Trustees and Development Council to engage with our fundraising efforts.

About You

Our ideal candidate will have extensive experience in fundraising and/or marketing, and be an expert in one or more of the Development Operations functional areas (Research, Stewardship, Campaigns and Events). With a proven track record in leading high-performance teams, the ideal candidate will have excellent communication and influencing skills to build strong relationships across the organisation. You will be a strategic thinker, able to translate ambition into deliverable impact. You are organised, persistent and proactive, able to work at pace and deliver to a high standard. You have strong analytical skills and able to communicate complex information effectively.   

This role is based at Kew with the option of regular home working, subject to operational requirements. 

About Us

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is a leading plant science institute, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and major visitor attraction. Our mission is to understand and protect plants and fungi for the well-being of people and the future of all life on Earth.

We are working to end the unprecedented extinction crisis and to help create a world where nature is protected, valued by all and managed sustainably. We will achieve these goals by drawing on our leading scientific research, unrivalled collections of plants and fungi, global network of partners, inspirational gardens at Kew and Wakehurst, and our 260 years of history.

Join us on our journey as protectors of the world’s plants and fungi!

Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well as access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst.

We are dedicated to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to interview disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.

No agencies please.

You will be joining us at a really exciting time as we look to deepen our work in Wales and expand to new areas across England, all while keeping our core purpose and values at the heart of decision making and strategy.

The role will be supporting all areas of Platfform in achieving our business growth ambitions, working with a varied range of projects and service areas. We are continuing to expand and diversify our work and deepen our connections with communities and organisations. Platfform has a growing footprint with increasing opportunities for growth across England and Wales.

The Head of Business Development role involves working alongside operational teams, co-creating responses to tender opportunities, leading the bidding process and pitching to funders about why Platfform is the provider of choice. It’s about meeting people and organisations, forming partnerships and ensuring our offer is strategically relevant. You will also be managing and working with a Business Development Coordinator, and working alongside a wider leadership team across Platfform.