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Salford Foodbank provides emergency food parcels to local people who are referred to us in crisis. Food is donated, sorted and packed at our warehouse, then delivered to our 7 centres across Salford, where teams of volunteers greet people as they pick up their food parcels. People can also access support and advice at our centres to help them maximise their income and ensure they are less likely to need to use the foodbank again.
You’ll be joining a friendly team of 6 part-time staff, 6 Trustees and approx. 80 volunteers, all dedicated to supporting people facing hardship. We are part of The Trussell Trust, a nationwide network of foodbanks.
Rate of pay: £21,000 per annum for 22.5 hours per week (£35,000 FTE pro-rata)
Full-time / part-time: Part time role 22.5 hours per week (flexible, home based within the North West with some contact hours at Salford Foodbank warehouse/office)
Temporary / permanent: Fixed term contract role for 18 months, with opportunity to extend based on funding
- This is an exciting opportunity to join Salford Foodbank in a new role, accountable to the Foodbank Manager and the board of trustees. As the need for Foodbank services continues to grow Salford Foodbank has developed and expanded. The staff and volunteer team have increased, and we have embarked on new projects to support those that use the Foodbank.
- In order to maintain our current services and further develop, we need to grow our annual fundraised income.
- Through this new organisational role, you’ll proactively create and grow fundraising income, reach, and support from grant giving trusts and foundations as well as corporate organisations across Salford and Greater Manchester.
- Through your fundraising expertise, you will have a proven track record of growing income and building relationships with trusts and foundations as well as corporate partners to achieve and exceed annual income targets and KPI’s. You’ll have the capacity to create and craft compelling funding proposals that successfully engage and attract donations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Through excellent, comprehensive and considered research, you’ll identify and prioritise a pool of potential grant giving trusts and foundations funders for Salford Foodbank. You’ll forge relationships with those funders, develop and submit timely and winning funding applications.
- You’ll manage the ongoing relationships with grant giving trusts and foundations funders, ensuring they receive excellent stewardship, timely reporting and doing all you can maximising potential for further funding
- You’ll proactively identify, engage and build good relationships with prospective corporate donors, successfully securing them as funding partners. Alongside this you’ll deepen engagement and grow our relationships and partnerships with existing corporate donors.
- Working with colleagues across Salford Foodbank, you’ll develop authentic, compelling, creative and winning funding and partnership proposals that can successfully engage grant giving trusts, foundations and corporate partners and that can successfully align our vision and work with their needs, motivations, areas of interests and values.
- You’ll research potential funding opportunities from the local council and local authorities.
- You will develop, monitor and manage a fundraising portfolio. 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.
- You’ll work collaboratively with other Trussell Trust food banks across the Greater Manchester area, identifying and progressing opportunities for joint funding proposals and partnerships.
- You’ll forge strong relationships with colleagues across the wider Trussell Trust network, sharing best practice and learning from other charities across the network. You’ll proactively take advantage of any fundraising training and skills development opportunities and engage with any joint fundraising opportunities.
- You’ll be willing to carry out other reasonable duties contributing to the overall aims of the Foodbank.
Skills
- You’ll have good, established experience of trusts and foundations fundraising as well as corporate partnerships fundraising.
- With excellent written and verbal communication and relationship management skills. You’ll be able to inspire and motivate new and existing funders.
- You’ll have experience of setting, managing and reporting against fundraising KPI’s.
- You’ll be 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.
- You’ll be able to demonstrate empathy for people from disadvantaged, marginalised or socially-excluded backgrounds.
- You are supportive of the goals, Christian ethos, values and vision of Salford Foodbank.
Closing Date 5pm on Friday 31st May.
Interviews will take place the week beginning Monday 17th June.
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The British Asian Trust is one of the most exciting and innovative charities working in South Asia. They were founded in 2007 by His Majesty King Charles III and a group of British Asian business leaders to tackle widespread poverty, inequality and injustice in South Asia. In recent years they have experienced substantial growth, with income increasing from £1m to £22m.
An estimated 172 million children in India are considered ‘at-risk’ from various forms of harm and exploitation. Children are made vulnerable by a complex network of interconnecting factors such as high levels of poverty, gender inequality, unsafe migration, cultural norms and poor implementation of schemes and laws. The Child Opportunity Fund’s goal is to create more safe spaces to ensure that millions of children can live their lives to the fullest potential. To achieve this, they are aiming to raise $25m which will be matched by the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, totalling a $50m fund.
We are looking for an exceptional philanthropic fundraising leader, with experience of leading an appeal and first-hand programme management skills, to undertake a one year maternity cover as the Interim Head of Child Opportunity Appeal. The postholder will be responsible for overseeing the appeal, working collaboratively with the team to reach their significant fundraising targets across HNWIs, trusts, institutional funders and corporate partners.
This is an incredible opportunity to join a dynamic team that is creating a lasting impact that will enable future generations to not only survive, but also thrive.
About the role
As Interim Head of Child Opportunity Appeal, you will:
- accelerate and coordinate fundraising for the Child Opportunity Appeal across a diversified range of high value income streams in the UK, India, Dubai and globally;
- drive and implement the fundraising strategy, ensuring KPIs are monitored and met;
- coordinate internal working groups as well as external senior volunteers to ensure a consistent and aligned approach to fundraising and new donor engagement;
- produce effective prospect research and robust donor pipelines to secure major donations at the 6 and 7-figure level from HNWIs, corporates, trusts, foundations and institutional funders;
- ensure all donors and partners receive first-class stewardship and relationship management, working closely with in-country, programmes and communications colleagues to produce compelling proposals, reports and updates;
- support the CEO to manage the partnership with the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation;
- develop and deliver strong engagement opportunities and leverage cultivation event and project visit opportunities;
- contribute to financial planning and reporting, and develop processes and systems for effective fundraising and stewardship.
About you
Ideal skills and experience:
- Demonstrable experience of operating in a senior philanthropic leadership role with a strategic mindset and high levels of ambition
- Exceptional project/programme management skills
- Experience of running a significant philanthropic appeal/campaign, or playing a senior role in the delivery of a large project in a complex organisation
- Experience of implementing a fundraising strategy and successfully meeting KPIs and targets
- Strong track record in securing high value gifts from warm and cold donors and partners, including demonstrable ability to independently manage the fundraising process from research/identification to closing the ask
- Exceptional communication and networking skills with the confidence to engage stakeholders of all levels (SMT, Trustees, senior volunteers, donors, partners and colleagues)
- Strong team leadership skills with a supportive and motivating approach to rally colleagues across the organisation to deliver on the Appeal
- Ability to be both strategic and operational
- Ambitious, a natural-analyser, trustworthy, calm and proactive
Employee benefits
- 25 days annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays and 3 days between Christmas and New Years
- 5% employer contribution pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to a well being platform
Expert recruitment for fundraisers and charities.
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our growing Clinical Services team.
Working Pattern – 37.5 hours worked over 43 weeks per year (term time).Part time hours will be considered.
Salary - £39,327 (pro-rated to £37,579 based on number of weeks worked).
Location – Liverpool and surrounding areas.
Reports to – External Therapies Lead
You will join our dynamic multidisciplinary team working to provide consultancy, training, advice and direct therapy interventions for pupils and staff to primarily mainstream schools on an outreach basis. Supported by our Highly Specialist Therapist and External Therapies Lead you will contribute to service evaluation and data collection ensuring interventions are evidence-based and professional guidelines are met.
You will provide specialist advice, consultation and training to children, young people, their families, carers, and staff within school, assessing when there is a need for onward referral of students. You will provide data and evidence to support the External Therapies lead/Team lead to evaluate and report back to stakeholders on contract outcomes. Part of your role will be managing the appraisal and supervision of junior colleagues within the occupational therapy team.
What can you bring to the team……………
- Degree (or equivalent) in Occupational Therapy including member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists with current registration with the Health Care Professionals Council as fit to work in the UK.
- Knowledge of embedding therapy into learning activities.
- Knowledge of Autism Spectrum Conditions.
- Experience of working in mainstream school settings, devising, and delivering training using various outcome measurement tools and assessments.
- Experience of working with young people with complex needs including learning disabilities and Autism Spectrum Conditions.
- Excellent communication skills with ability to relate well to parents, carers and school teams as well as manage own case load and work autonomously.
To discover the full details of this rewarding role within the Together Trust take a look at our Job Description.
Why work for us……
- We are proud to be a real living wage employer and offer salary increments every 2 years.
- 27 days annual leave rising to 30 after 5 years and 33 after 10 years plus bank holidays.
- Occupational sick pay and family friendly policies including enhanced maternity.
- Comprehensive training and continuing development opportunities.
- Reward and Discount Platform.
- Employee incentive for refer a friend scheme.
- Mental Health First Aiders offering support from trained colleagues, and free mental health support through our employee assistance provider.
- Please refer to our job pack for more benefits.
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If this sounds like a place for you and you think you have the relevant skills and experience, we are looking for please get in touch or apply now. We would love to hear from you!
We may remove this advert should we find the successful candidates prior to the closing date therefore early applications are encouraged.
We currently do not provide sponsorship, but we welcome applications from those who have the right to work in the UK
The Together Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support and expects all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy, including an Enhanced DBS check (at no cost to yourself)
We are a UK charity supporting children in care and people with disabilities, autism and complex needs in the North West.
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Do you wish to be part of a growing and dynamic Fundraising team and support our Farming community? RABI, the leading UK farming charity, are seeking a fundraiser with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in generating income from trusts and foundations.
You must be a great communicator with experience in prospect research, writing funding proposals and developing relationships with trust representatives. This is an exciting time to join RABI as we develop a strategy aimed at raising seven-figure sums in 3-4 years to support the farming community.
As part of a growing and dynamic Fundraising team, your main duties will be to research trust and foundations, create and send applications and steward relationship with current and future charitable trusts. As part of the team, you will also be involved in generating funds across various other income streams.
Key responsibilities:
- Research and identify charitable trusts which may provide future financial support to RABI whilst maximising the potential for giving from trusts with which the Charity already has a relationship.
- Develop and maintain relationships with key trust representatives.
- Prepare, submit and monitor applications to charitable trusts including the maintenance of records of applications, grant receipts and successful/failed submissions. Ensure Trusts are thanked for donations in timely fashion.
- Updating the CRM system to ensure activities, communications, donations and other important details are accurately recorded and maintained.
- Compile statistical and background research to support the development of new and existing relationships with Charitable trusts.
- Monitor trust income for finance purposes, ensuring all donations or grants are coded appropriately, including any restrictions upon the use of the income.
- Creating monthly reports on trust income received.
- Support regular and individual giving, corporate, legacy and other income streams.
- Provide general administrative and wider Fundraising team support.
Person Specification:
Essential
- A minimum of three years’ experience of successful trust fundraising.
- A good understanding of fundraising disciplines.
- A pro-active team player who is also self-motivated and confident working independently.
- A good communicator, whether face to face, by telephone, virtual calls or in writing.
- Able to convey complex information accurately, succinctly and engagingly.
- Enthusiastic, adaptable, agile and resilient, with the ability to focus, prioritise and manage all aspects of this varied role in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent IT Skills.
- Affinity and understanding and demonstration of the goals and objectives of RABI.
Desirable
- Farming knowledge or an interest in agriculture and the people who work in it.
- A full UK driving license.
- Knowledge of working in a confidential environment, with some understanding of Data Protection and fundraising compliance.
This role profile is not exhaustive and is subject to review in conjunction with the post holder according to future developments at RABI.
Early applications are encouraged for this position as shortlisting and interviews will take place on a rolling basis. We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a suitable application prior to the deadline.
RABI is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and aims to ensure that all employment practices secure equality of opportunity and that no prospective or current employee receives less than favourable treatment at RABI as a result of their sex, sexual orientation, age, race, religion, belief, ethnic origin, disability, marital, or for any other reason which cannot be shown to be justifiable. Our recruitment process strives to ensure that individuals are selected only based on their relevant skills, experience, qualifications and abilities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Prospectus is excited to be supporting Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in their search for a Trusts and Foundations Manager. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) has a clear mission to enrich lives through orchestral experiences. Performing approximately 200 concerts each season and with a global live and online audience of more than 60 million people, the Orchestra acts as a cultural ambassador for the UK on the world stage, whist also enhancing the social and cultural fabric of local communities through a wide range of community, education, diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing programmes.
The successful candidate will be a resourceful development professional with an established network within the Trusts and Foundations community. Working closely with the Head of Development, the Trusts and Foundations Manager contributes to, and implements the Trusts and Foundations strategy to maintain and develop existing relationships, whilst proactively identifying and approaching new and innovative funders.
Attention to detail and the diligent stewardship of the RPO’s existing relationships are of paramount importance. The role requires excellent writing skills, experience of structuring persuasive cases for support, and securing significant grants from a broad range of trusts, foundations and grant making bodies. This role is open to candidates from a broad range of industry sectors and would be an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking to take the next step in their career by taking on the challenge of a more senior fundraising role.
This is a permanent position with hybrid working, based 3 days from their London offices and flexible working. The salary is £38,000 - £42,000.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply. If you have any disability and would like assistance with completing an application, then please contact Flora Cunningham at Prospectus.
If you are interested in applying to this position, please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or 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.
Sands exists to save babies’ lives and ensure that anyone affected by pregnancy loss or baby death receives the support and care they need.
We are recruiting a Trust Fundraiser to work with the Trusts and Statutory Fundraising Manager to grow and develop the vital trust income stream through the delivery of the trust fundraising pipeline.
This pivotal role involves overseeing fundraising and stewardship mailings, crafting reports for funders, and spearheading applications to both new and existing trusts.
The post-holder will be able to make a significant impact on the work that Sands does in supporting bereaved parents and saving babies lives, including our work with parents and communities, and providing bereavement training for professionals within the workplace and NHS.
As part of this dynamic position, you will collaborate closely with Sands' various teams and directors to identify new funding opportunities and gathering crucial information to effectively communicate impact to donors.
We’re seeking a results-driven individual with a proven track record in researching trust funding opportunities, adept proposal writing skills, and experience in managing relationships with Trusts and Foundations.
The ideal candidate will be a strong team player, demonstrate exceptional organisational abilities and thrive in meeting demanding deadlines.
This is a deeply fulfilling role which will make a tangible difference to the impact Sands can make to bereaved families across the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a Trust Fundraiser and Case Support Officer to join a team with a well known national health and social welfare charity, to secure income from medium-sized grant-giving charitable trusts and foundations.
This is a hybrid role with one day a week in the London office.
The Charity
A warm and collaborative charity, dedicated to supporting people through the most difficult times of their lives from palliative and bereavement care to supporting families with the loss of a loved one.
You will be joining a highly respected organisation, with an inclusive working culture, offering fantastic benefits including structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities to aid career progression, 27 days holiday - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays and a company pension scheme as well as much more.
The Role
Join a team of four to research new trust opportunities, provide first class stewardship to a portfolio of donors, seeking to retain them as well as uplift their donations, wherever possible.
Carft compelling funding applications to secure gifts ranging from £10-30k.
Support service information requests from fundraising teams and translate them into project briefs and compelling case for support materials.
Maintain accurate, up to date and comprehensive records of trusts on the fundraising database or CRM system (currently Raisers Edge).
The Candidate
Experience of securing gifts of over 10k from trusts.
Experience of maintaining relationships with funders and providing tailored donor care and stewardship plans.
Experience of project-based fundraising and the development of restricted and unrestricted propositions within a fundraising team .
Experience of developing pipelines of trust income and activity.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Please note this charity will interview on a rolling basis, so do get in touch ASAP to find out more.
Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful, but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.
We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.
Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.
The Job Description, Person Specification and Application Form are available on the Trust’s website.
Applications MUST be made using the form provided via website. PLEASE NOTE: only applications that are compliant with our application process will be considered
As a registered charity, fundraising is of critical importance to our organisation in supporting the delivery of a number of projects, from historic building preservation to innovative new learning programmes and community outreach.
This newly created role within our Development Team will play a vital role in supporting the Historic Dockyard in generating funding to support a wide variety of projects.
We are looking for someone who is a natural relationship builder and is passionate about the aims and objectives of Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust. The successful candidate will be working alongside the Development Manager to grow support from Charitable Trusts and Foundations, corporate supporters and growing individual giving opportunities.
This role is a great opportunity for someone looking to build on their fundraising experience and develop further utilising a wide range of fundraising disciplines.
HOW TO APPLY
If you are interested in joining our team and wish to apply for this vacancy, please complete our application form and send it back to us along with a copy of your CV by Friday 7 June 2024.
Completed application forms can be emailed or posted to:
Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust
The Fitted Rigging House
The Historic Dockyard
Chatham
Kent
ME4 4TZ
Please note, due to the volume of applications we receive, we are not able to contact all unsuccessful candidates.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you a fundraiser who wants to use your relationship building skills to help support children with cardiac conditions and their families?
Charity People is delighted to be working with Children's Heart Unit Fund (Chuf ) in their search for a Trust Fundraiser to lead on their trust fundraising while supporting the wider Chuf fundraising team.
Trust Fundraiser
Salary: £30,000 per annum
Location: Hybrid, mix of home and office working (based in Gateshead). Everyone is in the office on Wednesdays. It's a great way to catch up with the team but also lots of amazing Chuf supporters who love to pop in.
Contract: Permanent, full-time position, 37.5 hrs per week. Happy to discuss flexible working options, including reduced hours.
Benefits include: 25 days leave per annum plus Bank holidays and birthday leave, and a whole host of fantastic benefits. Joining team Chuf is an investment in your career. With a focus on wellbeing, they offer generous flexible working policies, access to their medical insurance scheme, significant investment in staff training and development opportunities for all team members, alongside a thriving workplace culture.
About the charity:
Chuf has been on an incredible journey over the past few years. With a mission to improve the lives of children and young people with heart conditions by providing lifelong support, Chuf funds large and small pieces of equipment, facilities, aftercare, salaries, and research that run alongside holistic care projects. Chuf supports the Children's Heart Unit at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle and the six district hospitals across the North East of England. The Heart Unit at Freeman Hospital treats over four thousand patients each year from all over the UK and is one of only two children's heart transplant units in the UK.
About the role:
As Trust Fundraiser, you'll be primarily focussed on raising funds through trusts and foundations to help Chuf deliver their ambitious 2024-27 fundraising strategy. A good chunk of this will be project based. You'll also be part of the Chuf fundraising team, so you'll be getting involved with all income generating activities. This will include assisting in the delivery of Chuf's in Memory Giving strategy through maintaining donors and providing fantastic stewardship. You'll also help the Director of Fundraising to achieve Chuf 's legacy strategy by maximising income generation through gifts in wills. First and foremost, you'll be a Chuf Fundraiser; making sure supporters receive first-class supporter care.
About You:
We are seeking a strong networker and relationship builder, ideally with a track record of securing income from trusts and grant making organisations. You'll be able to manage projects and balance competing priorities and will have experience achieving set income targets. A self-starter, who likes to work as part of a busy team and can adapt and change as necessary, you'll love working with and supporting your fabulous teammates. Most importantly, you will be passionate about being part of a charity which supports groundbreaking services which will positively impact children and their families.
If this sounds like you, and you'd love to join one of the North East's leading charities, please send a copy of your profile or CV in the first instance to Ellen Drummond at Charity People.
Deadline: 9am on 22nd May
Interviews: 5th and 6th June
Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.
Reading Support Strategy Lead - HMP Belmarsh
Location: London
Salary: £29,584
Hours: Full time (35 hours per week)
Job Type: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent
Benefits: Standard Shannon Trust: Employee benefits include a company contribution to pension scheme of up to 5%, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance, paid volunteering days, discounts via Reward Gateway and an Employee Assistance Programme.
Do you want to join an organisation committed to addressing illiteracy amongst people in prison?
Shannon Trust are delighted to be working with His Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) to provide peer-led literacy and numeracy programmes across a number of prisons. We now have the opportunity to provide a service at HMP Belmarsh (subject to contract award). Working closely with the prison and their staff, people in prison, Shannon Trust volunteers and mentors, this post will lead the delivery and development of our literacy and numeracy programme at HMP Belmarsh, maximising opportunities for people in prison to learn to read.
Ideally you will have some experience of prison settings underpinned by the ability to build relationships and personal qualities that include resilience, determination and a problem-solving approach.
This role will be prison-based. Employee benefits include a company contribution to pension scheme of up to 5%, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance, paid volunteering days, discounts via Reward Gateway and an Employee Assistance Programme. The biggest benefit though is our culture – our people really want to work for the organisation.
We welcome job applications from people with lived experience of the criminal justice system and do not routinely ask for details of any criminal convictions. These roles do require prison security clearance, so we will need to ask for details of any relevant criminal convictions before an offer of employment is finalised.
Interviews are planned for the week commencing the 3rd June 2024 (online).
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35 hours per week
£27,021 - £30,060 per annum
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is one of the UK’s fastest growing nature conservation organisations and seeks to appoint a Corporate Partnerships Officer (maternity cover).
We are seeking an experienced Corporate Partnerships Officer to drive forward relationship building and income generation within corporate fundraising.
Reporting to the Fundraising Manager, this role will lead and manage a portfolio of corporate partnerships to an excellent standard. As well as managing and supporting the development of strategic partnerships, the post-holder will build relationships with multiple stakeholders to develop long-term commitment to Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. Alongside managing our corporate partnerships this role is also responsible for administering our corporate membership scheme, organising Wild Work Days (corporate volunteering), and managing our affinities and Charity of the Year partnerships.
You will collaborate across the Trust to develop innovative and compelling funding proposals, delivering excellent stewardship to existing corporates and identify, research and engage new prospects. You will ensure continuous improvement and innovation in how, evaluating new ideas for income generation and strategies for implementation.
A compelling and engaging communicator, you’ll be adept at managing corporate relationships of all sizes and at different stages – from prospecting and cultivation through to ask, stewardship and retention, working at all levels of the Trust to achieve ambitious fundraising targets.
You must be experienced working with corporates and have a natural talent for building positive relationships both internally and externally. If you want to make difference for Yorkshire’s wildlife and wild places, then we’d love to hear from you.
How to apply:
Please submit an up-to-date CV and supporting statement of no more than 3 sides of A4. When writing your supporting statement, please refer to the job description, and ensure you describe the relevant knowledge, skills and experience you have that are relevant to the role. Ideally, your CV and supporting statement should be in an editable format, such as Word so we can anonymise your documents prior to the short-listing process. Please DO NOT include any personal details (name, address etc) on your supporting statement.
Closing date: Monday 3rd June at midnight
Interview date: Monday 17th June
Please note that applications received after the closing deadline may not be considered. The Trust regrets that it is unable to give feedback on unsuccessful applications.
We are committed to creating a Movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We want our people to flourish, just like nature.
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We are seeking a dedicated and motivated Deputy Trust Executive to work closely with the Director of The Linbury Trust and the Lead Trust Executive of The Headley Trust, to ensure that grant-making is in keeping with the philanthropic vision, values, and ethos of the Trustees.
The Linbury Trust and The Headley Trust are independent grant making Trusts, part of the operating office of The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts (SFCT). Established by members of three generations of the Sainsbury family, the trusts’ support for charitable causes for over 50 years represents one of the leading examples of sustained philanthropy in Britain.
With a wide and varied remit, including Arts, Heritage UK and Health and Social welfare, the key responsibilities will include:
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Providing the Trustees with expert professional advice and well-judged recommendations for grant-making, based on detailed knowledge of their sector and comprehensive research and analysis.
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Assisting in the management of grant making operations including assessing applications, conducting due diligence, and ensuring effective grants administration.
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Reviewing and evaluating the progress of programmes and partnerships, working closely with recipients of grants and programmatic investments to develop their capacity to maximise impact and ensure effectiveness.
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Providing Trustees with research relevant to the Trusts’ mission and priority areas as well as financial and narrative reports, and information on the Trust programmes including grants, investments, and projects.
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Cultivating a network of contacts with experience in working in the Trusts’ priority areas and building partnerships and funder collaborations to improve the effectiveness of grant making in the sector.
About you:
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With experience and understanding of working in areas of activity relevant to the Trusts’ work, you will have demonstrated experience in managing grant programmes with diverse grantees to achieve strategic charitable goals.
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With excellent communication skills, you will be able to present ideas skilfully both in writing and in person and be able to build rapport with Trustees and build strong collaborative working relationships with other funders, expert advisors, NGOs, and grantees.
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You will have strong research skills based on knowledge of the charity sector and be able to successfully plan and manager a substantial administrative workload, with careful attention and be able to effectively prioritise work across both Trusts.
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You will be confident to take initiative and work independently and thrive in working in a complex and diverse environment, but most importantly, you will whole-heartedly support the family’s realisation of its philanthropy and demonstrate commitment to the Trustees’ objectives and grant-making priorities.
A full job description can be found on our website here.
Benefits
We offer the following benefits, designed to promote your work-life balance, and make your time working for us enjoyable and rewarding.
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Pension with 12% employer contribution
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Life assurance, critical illness cover and income protection scheme
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Cycle to work scheme and interest free season ticket loan
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Private health and dental care / Annual health assessments
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Employer Assistance Programme (EAP)
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Wellbeing related policies and initiatives
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Flexible and hybrid working
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Social events throughout the year
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Volunteering policy, up to six days’ paid leave per year
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Give As You Earn scheme
Timeline
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Closing date: Tuesday 28th May
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First interviews: Wednesday 12th June
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Second interviews: Monday 17th June
SFCT is committed to creating an inclusive environment, promoting equality, valuing diversity, and combating unfair treatment at recruitment and during employment. We want to make sure that we always recruit the best person for the job in a way that is fair and equitable and demonstrates our commitment to valuing diversity at all stages of our recruitment process.
By anonymising your responses and focusing on your skills that are relevant to this role, you will be given a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process.
We welcome conversations about your flexible working requirements and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success.
The Linbury Trust
The Linbury Trust was established by Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover KG and his wife Anya, Lady Sainsbury CBE and the former ballerina Anya Linden.
The Trust’s focus is public engagement with culture including arts, dance, museums, and heritage, especially when this has benefits such as improved quality of life. We also support work that improves the choices of people experiencing disadvantage and inequality, including homelessness, and refugees and asylum seekers.
We fund work and projects that helps older people to live well, especially those experiencing isolation and complex health needs and help projects that support the environment and climate and connect people with nature.
The Headley Trust
The Headley Trust was founded in 1973 by Sir Timothy Sainsbury.
The Trust funds Arts and Heritage UK (including curatorial support, Industrial, Conservation and Marine Heritage, Archaeological and outreach projects plus the Museums Archaeological Acquisition Fund); Health & Social Welfare (including support for older people and projects that help disadvantaged families and young people); Cathedrals; Education (bursary and apprenticeship support in conservation and heritage skills and music and dance) and Overseas (including Arts & Heritage projects in South Eastern Europe and programmes in anglophone countries in Africa.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Hepatitis C Trust develops projects nationally where peers use their lived experience of injecting drug use and hepatitis C, to provide education and training, increase hepatitis C awareness, and access to testing and treatment for people living with hepatitis C.
Working with the South West Peninsula ODN, The Hepatitis C Trust are now expanding this commitment through the introduction of the HCC (Hepatocellular Carcinoma) surveillance and early liver disease detection programme.
Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge? Do you have experience of working within health services and with volunteers? Have you been affected by liver disease or supported those at higher risk of developing liver disease?
We are looking for a self-motivated individual who can work on their own, engage with stakeholders and have a desire to make a difference in promoting liver screening in community settings, and by increasing access to specialist care services.
Working in partnership with local hospital and community outreach clinics, the post holder will ensure that patients are supported through initial liver assessment and ongoing surveillance as required. The post will coordinate delivery of educational and awareness workshops and promote the delivery of liver screening in community settings
Working under the guidance of the South West Peninsula Peer Programme Manager, the post-holder will work alongside other identified partners to help develop a community outreach liver surveillance program and carry out HCC early detection activity and interventions across Plymouth.
We require a good standard of education, willingness to travel and welcome creativity and innovation in all our work. We are a patient-led organisation – you will be working in an environment where the patient/service user/client is placed at the centre of all that you do. This post will require extensive travel across the region and the post holder is required to hold a clean driving licence and have their own vehicle for work related travel.
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We are seeking an experienced community engagement professional with a demonstrable track record of team leadership, inspiring education and engagement outcomes and successful grant fundraising.
The Head of Engagement will provide maternity cover for approximately 13 months and work as part of the Senior Leadership Team at SERT to drive how we influence, engage and empower people and communities to value and protect rivers in the South East.
You will bring passion for our cause and demonstrable experience in delivering inspiring outcomes from education and engagement projects and programmes. You will drive the further development of our Engagement Strategy with innovation and creativity, securing external funding to deliver against the Trust’s strategy and ambition.
Interviews to be held week commencing 3rd June 2024.
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The Robin Cancer Trust is looking for a Head of Operations to help make our vision of reaching every young person in the UK with our life-saving cancer campaigns a reality. We are the UK’s germ cell cancer community, and our mission is to save lives.
We do this by:
- Educating young people with our life-saving cancer awareness talks.
- Engaging young people with our award-winning cancer campaigns.
- Empowering young people affected germ cell cancer, all across the UK.
Our values:
- Respect: Not only for the important work we undertake, but also the people who support our mission. We believe in open, honest, and empathetic communication between ourselves and to our community.
- Creativity: We are a small team with a big vision – in order to drive the change we want to see in the world, we must innovate, disrupt and experiment.
- Trust: We are accountable to each other & our beneficiaries. We are responsible for upholding these values and the quality of work we undertake – and will do so with integrity at all times.
If our mission, vision, and values inspire you and resonate with you, please apply to join our team – we want to hear from you!
Overview:
- Salary: £36,000
- Hours: 35 hours per week, flexible working (evenings and weekends as required)
- Location: Fully remote
- Contract type: Permanent
Staff benefits:
- Annual Leave - 33 days (25 days holiday + 8 public/bank holidays)
- Mental Health days (whenever you need them, obvs)
- Flexible working (around you, not us)
- Remote working (we all are)
- Work Laptop (+ whatever else you need to do your job)
- Work Phone (we like a Google Pixel)
- Health & Wellbeing initiatives (Health Cash Plan + Free Counselling)
- Employee Perks (Discounts & Exclusive Deals)
Our culture is the most important thing to us – we want someone to join our team with passion, creativity, versatility, and strategy. We are looking for someone to make this role their own, to help guide our charity through the next phase of our growth, and for someone who will learn and grow with us.
Key responsibilities:
To be responsible for the effective delivery of services in the communities we serve.
- Manage all aspects of operational performance of the services in line with KPI expectations.
- Accountable for the leadership, line management responsibility and operational direction of the service delivery teams.
- Take financial responsibility for the service delivery budgets through annual budget setting, monthly reviewing, and quarterly reforecasting.
- Continually develop and review operational KPIs to ensure they drive performance and align with our strategic ambitions.
- Ensure the customer experience is measured, monitored and delivered with the expected values and behaviors across all teams.
To effectively lead, collaborate and influence to contribute to the success of Robin Cancer Trust and its people.
- Engage the teams with the vision, purpose, and strategic objectives of Robin Cancer Trust.
- Contribute to the development of strategy, business planning and prioritisation activities.
- Be an active member of the Senior Leadership Team and deputise for the CEO as needed.
- Attend and contribute to monthly board meetings.
Person specifications:
- Driven by the desire to help the germ cell cancer community.
- Professional, diplomatic, and able to make objective decisions in complex situations.
- Ability to analyse and translate performance data into operational actions.
- Ability to interpret strategic plans and models to understand their operational impact.
- Highly collaborative and confident to influence across different roles at all levels of the organisation.
- Highly motivated, resilient under pressure and able to flex and prioritise workloads.
Essential qualifications, skills, and experience:
- Strong and effective people leader.
- Experience of leading change initiatives that demonstrate operational impacts.
- Proven track record of successfully managing and flexing budgets with financial accountability.
- Experience of leading successful service delivery functions.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills that can be adapted for public and professional audiences.
Desirable qualifications, skills, and experience:
- Experience of working as part of a senior leadership or strategy team.
- Experience in the charity sector.
Please note: the duties outlined in this job description are not intended to be exhaustive and may be subject to periodic review and amendment to meet the needs of The Robin Cancer Trust.
Closing Date: Friday 31st May 2024
We will provide all applicants with an outcome on your application, this will usually be within 1 week of the application window closing.
The Robin Cancer Trust is committed to being an equal opportunity employer, we recruit based upon capability and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
At The Robin Cancer Trust we know we are not as diverse as we want to be, so we are actively searching for people who share our passion for our mission, with different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, to collectively make a difference.
If there is anything we can do to assist you in your application or preparations to be interviewed for this job vacancy, please let us know so we can ensure you have a positive and comfortable experience.
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