About the role

Quakers in Britain have adopted an exciting new fundraising strategy. We aim to ensure that we continue our work for equality and for a sustainable and peaceful world. To do this, we need to expand and professionalise our fundraising capacity. We are looking for an experienced legacy fundraiser to help us do this. The role is for 21 hours per week.

About you

• You will be ambitious with a flexible approach to work and be excited by the opportunity to develop and launch a new inspiring legacy promotional campaign.
• You will have demonstrable experience in legacy fundraising, including developing and managing legacy marketing campaigns and maintaining relationships.
• You will have a sound understanding of what motivates individuals to leave legacies to charities, organisations campaigning for social change and faith-based bodies.
• You will also have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, demonstrating the ability to work collaboratively with a range of different stakeholders, including volunteers.

Working for us

Quakers are committed to equality and encourage applications from all sections of society. You do not have to be a Quaker to apply for this post, but we expect staff to uphold the values of our organisation.

You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, staff discount at Friends House Café and Restaurant, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work–life balance.

For more details of this exciting role and how to apply, please go to our website via the apply button.

Closing date: 16 December 2019 (by midday)

Interviews: 17 January 2020

Quakers in Britain are committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk and expect all our staff and volunteers to share and uphold this commitment.

Quakers have a faith commitment to equality and encourage and welcome applications for posts from all sections of society. You do not have to be a Quaker to apply for this post, but we expect you to uphold the values of our organisation.

Quakers in Britain are committed to equality in all of its employment practices.

I have a fantastic opportunity for a community fundraiser to join the ambitious health charity Cardiomyopathy UK.

This fantastic organisation provides vital information, advice and support to those affected by the heart disease and raise awareness of the condition to ensure everyone struggling with the illness can live long and fulfilling lives.

This role will ensure the organisation's amazing work continues by planning, implementing and managing the charity's community fundraising programme.

• Your previous experience in community fundraising will allow you to create a successful programme of effective community products and community events.
• Your proven track record in achieving and exceeding financial targets will ensure your programme achieves maximum income and agreed targets.
• Your strong relationship building and maintaining skills will ensure that supporters feel connected to the charity and will promote long-term supporter retention.
• Your previous supporter stewardship experience will ensure that you maximise fundraising and awareness raising opportunities for the charity.
• Your confident and personable approach will allow you to communicate effectively with supporter, volunteers and colleagues at all levels.

This is a unique opportunity for a creative and flexible fundraiser to join a small but successful team and build an exciting programme and portfolio of products for an impactful organisation.

Location North West London
Salary £28,000
Contract Permanent

Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis, so get in touch today to avoid disappointment. Please note only successful applicants will be contacted.

A fabulous opportunity has opened up to join Contact as their Trusts and Statutory Fundraiser.
Contact is a wonderful charity that help support families whose children have a disability. They help these families feel valued, supported, confident and informed.

You will be responsible for raising income from trusts, statutory and lottery funders. You will meet and exceed personal income targets, bring exceptional management to a high-value portfolio of existing funders and identify, research, pitch and secure new 5 and 6-figure funding opportunities for the charity.

To be considered for this opportunity you will have experience in trusts fundraising with a good knowledge of the sector. You will be an enthusiastic and confident communicator, have great written skills and a proven track record of raising income to target.

If you would like to receive a full job description for this role, with details on how to apply, please send your CV to [email protected] or call Terri at Harris Hill 0207 820 7326.
This is a rolling recruitment, so applicants are encouraged to apply early.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Role: Trusts & Statutory Fundraiser
Location: City Road, London
Salary: 33,000 - 36,414 per annum
Contract: Full-time, permanent

Please note that due to the high volume of applicants not all candidates will be responded to.

Tearfund's vision is an appealing one: to see people lifted out of poverty; living transformed lives; and fulfilling their God-given potential. As trust fundraisers, we have the joy of helping to make that happen. 

We're at an exciting stage in the trusts team at Tearfund, as we reach out to a wider range of trusts and foundations and seek to secure larger gifts to enable Tearfund to help more people who are living in poverty. We have the privilege of working with a wide range of funders, as well as Tearfund's field staff, technical experts and leadership team. We enable funders to connect with the issues they are passionate about and to challenge the injustices they see.

Good relationships are key to what we do - both internally and externally - so building connections in both spheres is key to this role. 

We offer a supportive team environment, where we are always learning, as well as the opportunity to test new ideas and develop our approach to trust fundraising. 

Are you a confident, pro-active and self-motivated relationship builder/manager? If so, we would love you to hear from you! 

Interviews for this role will take place on Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th January.

Applicants must be committed to Tearfund's Christian beliefs. 

The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding issues. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a Watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter-terror measure.

We are excited to be supporting a great human rights charity to find a Trust Fundraiser, this organisation provides support to refugees helping them rebuild their lives within the UK. This is an excellent role working across a range of trusts and foundations, you will take over a warm portfolio and help source new funders.

The postholder will research and apply for funding from Trusts for all areas of the charities service areas, as well as managing relationships with a varied portfolio of existing donors.You will ensure that there is a strong funding pipeline in place, forging relationships with Trusts to support the development of new sources of funding and ensure excellent stewardship of Trust relationships.

To be considered for this role, you will have proven experience of successful fundraising from Trusts and Foundations with excellent prospect research skills and excellent written skills. 

Salary: £27,000

Closing Date: Asap

To have an informal chat about the role please call us on 0203 006 2787 or contact us on [email protected]

If enough applications are received, the charity reserves the right to end the application period sooner. If you would like to have an informal discussion, please visit our website for details.

Charity People are extremely excited to be working alongside an inspirational International Medical Health Charity, in their search for a Grants and Statutory Fundraiser to join their successful team during an exciting time for the organisation.

Job Title: Grants and Statutory Fundraiser
Organisation: International Medical Charity
Salary: £40,000 pro rata
Contract: 18 month (Potential for extension)
Hours: 22.5 hours a week (3 days)
Location: London
Closing date: Friday 20th December 2019
Required: CV and Cover Letter

This Charity has been pioneering healthcare delivery to vulnerable and neglected populations for over one hundred and fifty years. Although impressively historic, it is at the forefront of innovative life-changing projects - its most recent being a Virtual Doctors partnership to allow healthcare access to extremely remote areas in East Africa. The Organisation has a wealth of experience and is consistently finding new, ground-breaking ways to address challenging medical issues.

As Grants and Statutory Fundraiser you will lead on developing proposals, drafting budgets and coordinating the submission of applications to prospective funders for international projects. You will have the opportunity to design, develop and implement the programme to secure income for their new project, as well as be responsible for researching and generating income through high quality applications, and developing strong relationships with internal and external partners.

We are looking for an organised, personable and proactive fundraising professional eager to join a dedicated team. You will be an enthusiastic communicator, passionate about international development and have extensive experience raising funds from international and domestic statutory donors and trusts. You will be strategic and creative and possess strong donor report writing skills.

If you would like to apply or find out more, please contact Stuart at [email protected] today!

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) supports families and cares for children and young people with life threatening conditions across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Assistant Corporate Fundraiser
Location - Norwich, Norfolk
Permanent, Full-Time 37.5 hours per week
Salary - £19,000-£21,000 depending on experience

The Corporate Fundraising Assistant will support the Corporate Fundraiser in developing new areas of income from companies within the county. This includes managing activities such as staff fundraising, payroll giving, sponsorship and Charity of the Year schemes.

You will be responsible for particular projects as requested by the Corporate Fundraiser including researching new potential donors and attending networking events.

The successful applicant will gain extensive experience in Corporate and Events Fundraising.

Benefits include generous annual leave, free parking and pension package (including NHS pension if already contributing. 

Closing date: Monday 6th January
Interviews: Wednesday 15th January

Please note that this vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications have been received. 

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website. 

EACH is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

No agencies please.

We are working with a wonderful human rights charity based in North London to recruit a Grants Fundraiser. This charity work with survivors of torture, provide counselling and group therapy as well as ongoing support to survivors.

Job Title: Grants Fundraiser
Organisation: Human Rights Charity
Location: London
Salary: £32,888 - £33,950
Contract: Permanent
Required: CV and Cover Letter
Closing Date: Monday 9th December 2019

This role has lots of statutory, international and grant management responsibility. If you have strong experience working with UK Government, European, US and or other international funders we would love to hear from you.

The team are on a trajectory of growth hoping to develop new income streams in the coming years. This role will be responsible for applying for funding from UK medium Trusts, large foundations, the Big Lottery and for researching funding opportunities from EU and US sources, we are looking for a strong fundraiser who is proactive and loves seeking out new opportunities!

The successful candidate will have strong grant management experience including donor reporting and monitoring project results. This charity has an established and mature team and are looking for someone to join to add a creative touch to help diversify income.

You will carry out all monitoring, donor reporting and work closely with the Finance Team on financial reporting.

If you would like to apply for this position, please contact [email protected]

Prospectus is excited to working with Orbis, an international development charity focused on health that maintains an eye hospital and training facility on an airplane, to help them recruit for a new Senior Trusts Fundraiser. You will be part of a team that will support you in raising around £350,000 from trust, foundation and statutory donors through their unique case for support.

The role is offered on a permanent full time basis paying £30,000 to £32,000 per annum to be based in their new offices near Bank Tube Station.

This position will be responsible for working with a range of trusts, foundations and statutory donors as part of an experienced team to deliver a creative strategy designed to end suffering. Your day to day will be varied across bid writing, prospect research, developing relationships with donors, working with the programme teams and helping to evolve the organisations strategy towards donor priorities.

They are looking for someone with demonstrable experience in delivering five bids from UK trusts and foundations. The charity has said that someone with experience working on six figure bids would be desirable but not essential.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application. In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. 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 speaking with you soon.

Role description:

About Us

‘Nicodemus’ is a Christian Charity that bridges the gap; rescuing and restoring young people. Some may have once been sponsored or supported by other agencies, but have now found themselves living back on the streets while others have become impoverished and face difficulty due to the generational cycles of poverty. Helping them to rebuild their lives by empowering and equipping these same young people as community leaders transforming and rebuilding their communities, promoting community development, sustainability and leaving a lasting legacy of positive world change...

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to build a career in fundraising and to make a huge impact on the lives of marginalised young people, as well as the growth of an amazing charity. We are looking for a Trainee Trusts & Grants Fundraiser to enhance our sustainable income generation. The post holder would be expected to work from the office or from home as agreed. They will need to attend regular meetings and participate in discussions with colleagues in the office. This is a new role as part of our future investment in fundraising. This investment will enhance our strategic and operational ambitions in line with our three-year plan.

Reporting ultimately to the Delivery and Development Manager you will be responsible for supporting with the development of our trust fundraising capability; that will include but not be limited to, investigating, researching and constructing applications for new funding. You must possess excellent communication skills, to ensure we demonstrate a strong case for support.

To be successful in this role, you will have experience and excellent capabilities in writing and undertaking research, with the ability to present information concisely to a wide range of audiences. You will have good communication and relationship development skills, and will be capable of working with a small, yet, dynamic team that are used to taking both initiative and responsibility. 

During the first 6 - 12 months, the successful candidate will be expected to establish themselves in the new role and some early income generation will be anticipated from established strategies and contacts.

Post this establishment period, an annual fundraising target will be proposed and agreed with the Trustees. Trust and Grant Fundraiser is a key member of the Charity with responsibility for developing and delivering our fundraising strategies.

In particular, the post holder will take overall responsibility for:

• Self-motivated fundraising, achieving financial target on an exponential programme.
• Planning, delivering and supporting to develop the fundraising functions.
• Promoting effective collaborative team working and a culture of professionalism, learning and development.

The post starts at £18,000 per annum, with the opportunity to progress to Trust and Statutory Fundraiser, after six months earning £21,000 per annum. 

Job Title: Senior Trusts Fundraiser

Hours: Full-time

Salary: £37,000

Location: London

We are working in partnership with a well-established and widely respected national charity whose income has grown by over 40% since 2012 and is focusing on long term growth, sustainability and success.  This is an especially exciting time at the charity as it repositions to become the leading charity in the sector. 

The charity is now seeking to appoint a dynamic and forward-thinking Senior Trusts Fundraiser to lead on the establishment of a robust portfolio of trusts and foundations, to help meet the organisation’s aim to diversify and grow income over the coming five years. 

This a high-profile and rewarding role which will require the post holder to demonstrate the following:

• Experience of developing and implementing a trust fundraising programme
• Proven track record of securing significant grants
• Strong relationship building skills
• Excellent research and prospecting skills using various tools and techniques
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

You will be a proactive and positive individual with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills.  You will have high attention to detail and have the ability to prioritise and work to tight deadlines, with a proven track record of growing new income. 

If you feel you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role then please submit your CV and supporting statement to Adam Stacey, Senior Consultant, quoting our reference JO1729.

For any further information, please contact Adam Stacey.

Closing date for applications:  6 January 2020

Interview date:  w/c 13 January 2020

Leeds Mencap is a busy, friendly and ambitious local charity based in East Leeds but operating city wide.  Based at The Vinery Centre, we have a thriving community nursery and room hire enterprise running alongside our specialist services for children and young people with learning disabilities and their families. 

We are an independent local charity and we need to raise all our own funds.

Leeds Mencap are looking for an experienced trusts fundraiser with a track record of successfully raising money from trusts and foundations. We need someone who’ll be able to hit the ground running and help us deliver our fundraising plans. A large part of your role will be to implement our annual programme of trusts and foundation applications and secure funds from a range of large, medium and small trusts including a range of multi-year funders. You’ll need excellent writing skills, strong analytical skills and you’ll need to be able to articulate our case for support clearly and persuasively. You’ll also need to develop strong relationships with our existing funders as well as new funders so we can maximise our fundraising from trusts. 

We have a small fundraising team and so we need you to be flexible and creative in your approach. You’ll be a self-starter who can manage their own workload and be willing to get stuck in during this exciting time for Leeds Mencap. With excellent interpersonal skills, you’ll be able to engage with people at all levels and spot opportunities to support our fundraising growth. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an ambitious local charity.

In return you’ll work in a stimulating role with supportive, friendly and talented colleagues. You’ll also go home each day knowing you have made a difference to the lives of people in Leeds with learning disabilities and their families.

This role is 37.5 hours per week but we would consider providing some flexibility around the hours for the right candidate.

Closing date: 12 am Thursday 12th December 2019

Shortlisting: Friday 13th December 2019

Interview date: Wednesday 18th December 2019

Any offer of employment will be subject to a DBS check and two acceptable references.

Please note that CVs will not be accepted. No agency applications please.

Tom's Trust is a small but rapidly expanding charity with a young outlook and a great atmosphere.  We are passionate about psychology because it is under funded and still not recognised as the critical back bone to the whole families' support and recovery.  In eight years, we have funded three Clinical Psychologists who are looking after all children diagnosed with a brain tumour in East Anglia and their families and we have now expanded to the North East with two Clinical Psychologists working at The Great North Children's Hospital.  Our vision is to work with a third hospital which means that our geographical fundraising area is growing rapidly.

We want to expand our corporate support, as well as continue our busy community fundraising calendar.  This will be a demanding but incredibly exciting role and will need a flexible attitude as you work within a small, friendly team.

The successful candidate will show a drive and passion for what our work achieves for children and families with brain tumours.  We are looking for a range of experience, because it is about finding the correct person to work in our team:

- Ability to work with existing supporters whilst developing new relationships and sources of funding

- Becoming part of the planning of expansion of our fundraising and bring a good level of experience and knowledge of strategy planning

- Develop new strategies to increase the number of event participants and pilot and evaluate new challenges

- Support the integration of a new database

- Maintaining our current corporate database and continue to develop relationships

- Motivating office volunteers

- Supporting and creating local events

- Good IT skills are essential

New Year, New Challenge? Eden Brown are currently recruiting for a Community Fundraiser to join a leading Charity in Yorkshire for a 12 month fixed term contract. Due to the current team expanding, this much loved Charity is looking for a passionate, innovative fundraiser to work closely with Community groups across the Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire region. This role will be office based in Leeds with regular travel required throughout the region.

You will be working effectively within the region to both maximise and drive forward income generation as well as raise awareness of the Charity in the area.

As Community Fundraiser you will be working to achieve ambitious budgeted income targets through recruiting, engaging and mobilising networks of fundraising supporters, groups and volunteers. You will also assist fundraisers in running a number of key events in the Charities calendar. You will be joining an established, friendly fundraising team with a Charity who really do value your personal development.

Previous experience in a Fundraising role is essential and volunteer management is also preferable. You must be good at building relationships as a key part of this role is liaising with families. You must also have worked towards financial targets and be enthusiastic and personable. You must also be a car driver with access to a vehicle. To hear more about this fantastic opportunity please email [email protected]

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.