Director of Fundraising Horatio’s Garden Charity.

Horatio’s Garden charity is looking to recruit a highly experienced, dynamic Director of Fundraising to join our inspirational organisation.

We are a growing, award winning, national charity improving the lives of people with spinal injuries by creating and nurturing outstanding garden projects in NHS spinal injury centres.

In the new role of Director of Fundraising you will be responsible for increasing fundraising income to support the organisation’s aspiration to grow charitable expenditure year on year to meeting new capital appeals and cover operational costs of existing gardens.

You will develop and implement a five year fundraising strategy to accelerate income growth in a sustainable manner across a diverse range of income streams throughout the UK , leading and developing the fundraising team and raise fundraising income year on year.

For this exciting and challenging opportunity, you will need to have significant fundraising experience gained in a charitable environment, ideally as a Director or Head of Fundraising, whilst also having strong previous experience in leading fundraising campaigns and attracting and developing major corporate partnerships and community groups.

You will have demonstrable experience and knowledge of the latest donor development techniques and experience of working on major fundraising initiatives, as well as proven experience of delivering fundraising targets.

The post will be based at the charity’s head office just outside Salisbury and is full time.

Salary dependent on experience.

Essential experience:

• Director or Head of charity fundraising team

• Track record of year on year income generation

• Successful team performance management

• Management of regional fundraising teams

• Development and implementation of fundraising strategies

• Development and management of budgets and delivering targets

• Operating within an environment of growth and change

Required:

• Outgoing, positive, engaging personality

• Calm under pressure

• Outstanding team management skills

• Strategic, intelligent thinker

• Confident to implement strategic change

• Highly experienced presentation skills

We welcome applicants who may be considering the role to have an informal chat in advance of applying. Please ring and ask to speak to Olivia Chapple chair of trustees. Please apply with covering letter and two page CV.

Job Title: Senior Head of Financial Accounting

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week

Location: Birmingham

This is a key senior role, leading our Birmingham-based Finance Hub, responsible for the effective management of the Finance Shared Service Centre for the Prince's Trust delivering first class customer service and advice to users across the organisation. The team of around 15 staff are responsible for the timely and accurate production and review of monthly financial information including transactional processing and management of balance sheet and cash flow as well as the production of statutory accounts and returns and overseeing audit processes.

To learn more about the role, please download the job description and visit our website. 

About The Prince's Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince's Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince's Trust Behavioural Framework.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

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The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust (QCT) champions, funds and connects young people across the Commonwealth who are working hard to drive positive change in their communities. QCT is made up of a small, dynamic and highly passionate team working collaboratively with aligned values and an agile culture to bring the mission to life.

We are looking for an established fundraiser who will play a key role in building and delivering the fundraising strategy for QCT. This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for an energetic and talented fundraiser who is passionate about social impact and keen to use their skills to connect supporters with a youth-focused cause.  The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in high value relationship fundraising from UHNWIs and/or companies. Experience in raising money internationally would also be an advantage.

Given the start-up stage of QCT, this is a flexible and dynamic role. The Head of Fundraising will focus on recruiting new supporters – both face to face meetings with prospects and preparing proposals and presentations. 

Please see the attached job description for more information.

To apply, please submit:

• A CV detailing your relevant experience and
• A covering letter of no more than two pages in length, showing any experience of the responsibilities outlined in the job description

Closing Date for applications: 1st November 2018

Posted on: 14th October 2019

Closing date: 1st November 2019

1st Interviews: 8th November 2019

2nd Interviews: w/b 11th November 2019

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.

Interim Deputy Director – Partnerships and Philanthropy (12-months’ maternity cover)

Bloodwise has embarked on an exciting period of significant growth and realignment, with a new Director of Fundraising and Marketing, Chief Digital Services & Innovation Officer and other senior and Board-level appointments. During this period, we will need to learn from, and build on our strengths, at the same time as driving transformational change to ensure we achieve the best outcomes for blood cancer patients, their families, friends and supporters. 

Through the new strategy, we have a real opportunity to increase income from high-level supporters and organisations. 

We have an emotive and compelling case for support, a small but engaged pool of major donors and senior volunteers, and established special events, corporate fundraising and trusts fundraising programmes. The impact of this division is pivotal in helping us to finally beat blood cancer. As Interim Deputy Director – Partnerships and Philanthropy, you will be responsible for supporting the Director of Fundraising and Marketing manoeuvre through this transformation period and help us to deliver the strategic and operational Fundraising and Marketing Strategy.

We are seeking a highly experienced Partnerships and Philanthropy professional with extensive fundraising experience in the corporate and major donor market to join us as our Interim Deputy Director - Partnerships & Philanthropy, this role is a maternity leave cover position and we envisage it will be for 12-13 months.

You will have a proven ability to deliver at both a strategic and operational level.  Experience of leading successful teams and managing organisational change is essential. The successful candidate will have a pragmatic approach, understand the importance of culture in driving and sustaining performance and have a superior attention to detail.  In return you will have the opportunity to have a significant impact on the effective performance of a growing organisation and of delivering life changing results for those whom we serve. 

If this sounds like the role you are looking for and you feel you have the knowledge, skills and experience we need, please apply via our website including a current cv and cover letter outlining your suitability for this position.

*All applications will be reviewed on receipt and for this reason we reserve the right to bring the closing date for this role forward*

About us

People with mental health problems are three times as likely to be in problem debt: we’re here to change that. Money and Mental Health is an independent research charity, committed to breaking the link between financial difficulty and mental health problems. We conduct research, develop practical policy solutions and work in partnership with both those providing services and those using them to find what really works. Set up by Martin Lewis, of MoneySavingExpert in spring 2016, we are a small dynamic organisation that works flexibly and intensively across a range of policy areas. During our first three years we have worked tirelessly to drive real change in the essential services industries, in policy and in the health system, and are excited about what we can achieve with the latest addition to the team.

The role

We are looking for a creative, insightful and passionate person with a demonstrable track record of leading policy research to form a key part of our Senior Management Team. This is a vital role for the organisation, setting our research agenda, maintaining our reputation for quality, ensuring people’s lived experiences remain at the heart of the organisation and developing thoughtful policy recommendations that create impact.

The successful candidate will have the intellectual curiosity and dynamism to lead a multi-disciplinary team capable of conducting research across the full spectrum of our interests. They will work with the rest of the Senior Management Team to shape the future of the organisation, as well as building a strong network of effective relationships that can help us to drive real change.

Prospectus is pleased to be supporting the Genesis Research Trust during this exciting time as they grow their fundraising team. We are searching for a Head of Fundraising who will be a major gift, relationship-focused fundraising specialist looking for their next challenge.

The organisation is the largest collaboration of reproductive health researchers in the UK. They fund lifesaving research into female infertility, miscarriage, late pregnancy loss, preterm labour and stillbirth. The Genesis Research Trust is based in the heart of the original, cutting-edge medical research at the Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College London.

As part of the senior management team, you will be responsible for the development and implementation of the fundraising strategy. Central to this will be the production of annual fundraising plans including budgets and financial targets, and the development of a sustainable major donor programme. The Head of Fundraising will lead and continue to build the team while working closely with an experienced CEO and engaged board members to really bring fundraising to its full potential.

The organisation is looking for a major donor fundraising specialist with experience of leading a team and developing/delivering a fundraising strategy, including managing budgets and forecasting. The successful candidate will be a proactive self-starter with an interest in creating significant impact within this unique and vital medical research space.

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.

Interim Finance Manager for a leading charity based in Central London. This is a temporary to permanent position.

• The successful candidate will manage the day to day financial and management accounting functions including the finance team
• Develop and produce key monthly reports and annual statutory accounts, fully supported by comprehensive reconciliations and analyses within timescales
• Assist the Director of Finance & Corporate Services in producing the budget
• Oversee payroll and pension submissions to external providers within timescales
• Deputise for the Director of Finance & Corporate Services in respect of the finance function as and when required.

Responsibilities:

Financial Accounting

• Ensure prompt and accurate processing of finance transactions
• Ensure all balance sheet accounts are reconciled monthly
• Lead on treasury management, credit card management and bank liaison
• Review and manage aged debtors and aged creditors
• Preparation of cashflow forecasts 
• Authorise new suppliers together with change of supplier bank and other permanent details
• Check, authorise and reconcile petty cash and travel warrants
• Ensure procedures and processes are adequately documented
• Ensure continuous improvement of finance systems and processes

Management Accounting

• Production of the monthly management accounts pack within timescale
• Lead on the development of reports.
• Review and investigate budget variances, liaising with budget holders, revising forecasts as necessary including participation in monthly finance review meetings with all budget holders
• Actively promoting and supporting budget holders understanding of finance reports and other finance issues pertinent to their roles
• Supporting annual budget setting process
• As required, to present finance papers to other stakeholders including but not restricted to the Leadership team and Finance & Fundraising Committee

Staff Management

• Provide day to day support and supervision, goal setting and evaluation including regular 1-2-1 meetings, probation and annual reviews with finance team reflecting current HR policies and procedures
• Manage finance team volunteers reflecting current HR policies and procedures
• Oversee training and professional development of finance team
• Actively ensure transparent communication within the finance team and the other teams including fostering a collaborative, transparent approach
• Involvement in the recruitment and induction of finance team
• Ensure all records relating to finance team including time sheets, annual leave and sickness absence are accurately maintained [currently, via PeopleHR database]

Monthly Trial Balance and Month /Quarter End Procedures

• Ensure all Balance Sheet control accounts are reconciled on a monthly basis
• Ensure all bank accounts are accurately reconciled at least monthly
• Support Director of Finance & Corporate Services in the preparation of annual accounts including production of supporting schedules
• Ensure Gift Aid is claimed quarterly and reconciled to fundraising database [currently, Raisers Edge]
• Ensure all fundraising income including donations, grants and legacies are reconciled to fundraising database [currently, Raisers Edge]

TPP is proud to be working in partnership with a leading and dynamic healthcare charity for young people to recruit for a Head of Innovation and New Product Development. The charity is well established and has exciting growth plans in which this role will play a key part.

You will be responsible for setting up a new function whereby you will develop new products across a range of fundraising audiences and streams. Working across the organisation you will lead on and identify new strategic opportunities for innovation and new product development. You will adopt a test and learn, fail fast approach to growth using supporter feedback and data. Finally, you will also manage Innovation Projects Manager.

To be successful in this role you will have significant experience of new product development and develop innovation strategies. You will also have experience or knowledge of working across multiple fundraising streams to drive income or growth. You will also be data savvy and competent at using data or insight to generate fundraising opportunities. Finally, you will have sound people skills in order to engage and inspire a team.

You will benefit of a salary between £51,000 to £54,000 and flexible working initiatives including occasional working from home, flexitime and condensed hours if required.

How to Apply

Closing date - 30^th October

If you are interested in this role or wish to register with TPP to hear about future posts, please call Patrick on 020 7198 6040 or send your CV to [email protected]

TPP is proud to be working in partnership with a leading and dynamic healthcare charity for young people to recruit for a Head of Individual Giving. The charity is well established and has exciting growth plans in which this role will play a key part.

You will be responsible for setting up the Individual Giving department for the charity. You will be responsible for developing programmes across multiple functions, products and audiences. The role will have a key focus on acquisition, regular giving, digital and face to face fundraising. Further down the line, you will aim to develop new or emerging streams such as gaming and in memory/legacy. You will also work collaboratively across the organisation to develop robust stewardship plans for supporters. Finally, you will lead and inspire a team with three direct reports (Individual Giving Managers)

To be successful in this role you will have proven experience of developing individual giving programmes across multiple channels. From this you will also have a sound financial track record and experience of working towards six figure targets. Finally, you will have excellent people management skills to create and manage a high performing team.

You will benefit of a salary between £57,000 - £60,000 and flexible working initiates including occasional working from home, flexitime and condensed hours if required.

How to Apply

Closing date - 30^th October

If you are interested in this role or wish to register with TPP to hear about future posts, please call Patrick on 020 7198 6040 or send your CV to [email protected]

TPP is proud to be working in partnership with a leading and dynamic healthcare charity for young people to recruit for a Head of Philanthropy. The charity is well established and has exciting growth plans in which this role will play a key part.

You will be responsible for setting up the philanthropy or major donor function for the charity. With the backing of a great brand, you will aim to build a portfolio of high net worth individual supporters. You will ensure there is a robust stewardship plan in place to engage and enthuse donors with fundraising opportunities and products. You will also aim to build a Philanthropy team which will consist of a Philanthropy Manager and Prospect Researcher.

To be successful in this role you will have a proven track record in major donor fundraising. You will have experience of developing relationships with high net worth individuals worth £1 million +. Finally, you will be an accomplished leader who can lead and inspire a team to financial success.

You will benefit of a salary between £57,000 - £60,000 and flexible working initiatives, including occasional working from home, flexitime and condensed hours if required.

How to Apply

Closing date - 30^th October

If you are interested in this role or wish to register with TPP to hear about future posts, please call Patrick on 020 7198 6040 or send your CV to [email protected]

Head of Partnerships
Youth Endowment Fund with Impetus
£55,000 - £65,000

The Youth Endowment Fund is a bold new attempt to put early intervention at the heart of efforts to tackle youth offending. Run by youth charity Impetus, in partnership with the Early Intervention Foundation and Social Investment Business, it is supported with £200m of funding from the Home Office over a 10-year period to support interventions and community partnerships working with 10-14 year olds at risk of being drawn into crime and violence. 

There is an ambition to work with other funders to drive additional resources to this vital work through innovative funding partnerships over the lifetime of the Fund. To achieve this, the Youth Endowment Fund and Impetus are now looking to recruit a Head of Partnerships who will help deliver this funding over the next ten years. 

Focusing on partnerships with bodies such as trusts and foundations (both national and local), corporates, local authorities, other statutory funders and individual philanthropists, the post-holder will develop these relationships and secure significant income that will support and enhance the work of the Youth Endowment Fund.

The Youth Endowment Fund and Impetus are looking for an accomplished and creative senior fundraiser with experience of working across a range of funders who enjoys establishing and building relationships both internally and externally, and has the confidence to work closely with senior leadership, trustees and supporters in order to explore funding opportunities. They will have the awareness to recognise and take the best approach to developing a funding relationship and will enjoy working collaboratively as part of a team. 

This is an exciting and unique opportunity for a pro-active and experienced fundraiser with a passion for supporting young people to help deliver income that will have a direct impact on youth crime and youth offending across England and Wales. 

For further information, including details of how to apply, please click the ‘Apply on Website' button. You will be redirected to the Execucare website.

A group of secondary academies in south east London are looking to recruit a Finance Business Partner to join them as soon as possible. The role is perfect for any skilled Accountant, who really enjoys collaborative stakeholder management and interaction with the business as a whole. It's also a great chance to work as part of an organisation that impacts young people across London.

• Prepare and lead on monthly and year-end processes for cluster of academies in line with set deadlines, ensuring all forecasting, year-end accruals and prepayments are made in line with financial procedures.
• To investigate and report on significant variances and make appropriate adjustments if necessary in line with internal procedures.
• To support the preparation of regular and ad hoc financial statements, variance analysis and to produce a forecast out-turn position on a monthly basis for management review
• To meet regularly with budget holders to assess financial performance and to provide financial management information, analysis and advice.
• To ensure all income is accounted for, all expenditure is authorised, assets are safeguarded and liabilities discharged in a timely manner.
• To prepare three year budget to Academy Principals, Senior Finance Business Partner and to the Federation.
• To ensure budget holders and senior leaders have an awareness of financial performance requirements, including the need for budgetary control and adherence to scheme of delegation (SOD), and to provide financial awareness training where necessary
• Support academies to manage the Finance Officers workload and development
• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations including inter-company reconciliations, bank reconciliations etc.
• Closely monitor budgets so to avoid overspend.
• Provide business support to the Principals and procurement team when required, including the contractual arrangements for key external providers, such as coach tenders, leisure facilities, etc.
• Review and check payroll and challenge significant variances appropriately
• To ensure that appropriate financial accounting systems, procedures and policies are in place at each of the Academies and that the SOD is adhered to.
• Present management accounts on a termly basis to each Academy's Finance and General Purpose Committee and Governors
• To work with senior managers and service leads to prepare business cases and bids for new business and/ or service re-design.
• Ensure that EFA (Education Funding Agency) reporting deadlines are met throughout the year.
• Ensuring financial procedures are adhered to and reviewed on a regular basis.
• Any other adhoc work that is necessary for the performance of your role

Bluebell Wood is a place as magical as its name. We’re here to help families make the most amazing memories, and we provide a home from home in the toughest of times. The children who stay with us have a wonderful time in our soft play area and six acres of gardens, and can experience arts and crafts, music therapy and many more activities during their stay. We provide specialist medical care both at the hospice and to support families in their own homes. Many people who haven’t visited us think a hospice is a sad place but at Bluebell Wood, this couldn't be further from the truth, and we make the very most of each moment.

We need to raise £4 million a year to keep our doors open and keep delivering 50,000 hours of life-changing care. So this is a tall order: we’ll expect you to expand and transform our income-generating activities and challenge accepted wisdom in everything we do. At the heart of our Strategic Leadership Team, you will maximise our income streams across individual, community and corporate giving, events, trusts, major donors, retailing and our lottery.

Your inspiring leadership will get the most from every member of our team, and you’ll be a high-profile ambassador for the organisation – making sure everybody knows about our vital work. Commercially astute, financially aware and highly entrepreneurial, you’ll be a seasoned fundraiser with an impressive record of success. Driving change, championing best practice and delivering innovation should be second nature to you, and you will bring deep knowledge of charity and fundraising legislation. Above all, you will possess the passion to transform our income generation - so you’ll be central to our successful future.

In return, we offer flexible working arrangements in a unique, relaxed and welcoming environment, a generous pension scheme, enhanced healthcare benefits, subsidised meals and 33 days’ annual leave (including bank holidays). However, your biggest reward will be helping us make children and families smile in the most difficult of circumstances.

If you’re interested in using your professional skills to really make a difference to children and families, then we would love to hear from you. To find out more and apply, please visit our website via the apply button.

Closing date: 10am on 1st November 2019.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our clients team as Head of Advocacy, to lead on the strategic delivery of the charity’s global advocacy aims.

Position: Head of Advocacy

Location: Based in Sidmouth, Devon – “an area of outstanding natural beauty”, home-working arrangements for the right candidate would also be considered

Hours: Full-time

Salary: £51,000 per annum

Contract: This is a full-time, permanent contract starting as soon as possible.

Benefits: Generous annual leave, pension scheme, Healthshield plan, confidential counselling service, subsidised restaurant, free parking, enhanced maternity/paternity benefits, Life Assurance Scheme, 31 day’s holiday per year, inclusive of the 8 statutory public holidays. This increases by one day each year until a maximum of 34 days is reached.

Closing Date:Friday 15th November

As Head of Advocacy, you will work closely with the Director of Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns to lead on the strategic delivery of the charity’s global advocacy aims. 

The Role

The Head of Advocacy will:

• Design and implement strategies to influence decision-makers.
• Build powerful partnerships for change.
• Ensure advocacy and campaigns are collaborative and mutually supportive to influence key stakeholders.
• Manage all aspects of the department, including budget, planning, and staffing.
• Work closely with other departments to ensure the aims and work of the Advocacy team are compatible with those of other streams of the charity.

You will lead and manage a team working with and influencing governments, civil society and other stakeholders (such as the UN, UN FAO, OIE, World Bank) to achieve real lasting impact and genuine change, and will investigate and identify funding sources for future advocacy projects, and wider initiatives, such as UN SDGs.

This post will require international travel.

About You

As Head of Advocacy, you will be a natural communicator with excellent negotiating skills, as you will collaborate with organisational partners and networks, representing the charity in the media and strategic high level forums.

You will bring with you:

• Significant previous post qualification experience.
• Well defined analytical skills, combined with the ability to develop strategic responses.
• A practical understanding of the challenges and opportunities when ensuring integration between organisational programming and advocacy.
• Experience of leading teams to develop and implement effective advocacy strategies.
• The ability to work with a number conflicting demands and multiple deadlines.
• A strong conceptual understanding of animal welfare and international development.

If you feel you have the qualities, skills and experience to fulfil this varied, rewarding and vital role… then we would love to hear from you!

In return…

You can be part of an evolving program of change taking place within a leading charity working in an area of outstanding natural beauty. With amazing benefits and opportunities to develop you career, you can really make a difference in a fulfilling and rewarding role.

About the Organisation

The charity is one of the UK’s largest international animal welfare charities, currently supporting projects in over 35 countries worldwide. They are working for a world where donkeys and mules live free from suffering and their contribution to humanity is fully valued.

“The Sanctuary is a positive place to work with friendly staff and a wonderful charity. With amazing work throughout the world, once you join you never want to leave!”

Our client is a Disability Confident Employer. They are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable people (children and adults) and expects all staff and volunteers to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to safer recruitment processes, including an application for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check where required for the post.

You may also have experience in areas such as Campaigning, Campaigns, Fundraising, Fundraiser, Development, Operations.