Closing date: 2nd October 2019 at 11.30pm 
Interviews: 10th October 2019

Are you an organised multi-tasker with excellent copy writing skills? Are you looking to apply these skills to support Shelter’s fundraising to tackle homelessness? Then join Shelter as a Fundraising Executive and you could soon be playing a vital role within our Major Donor team.

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change — with individuals, in communities, across society – and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve. 

Shelter has a fantastic opportunity to join our high-performing major donor fundraising team. After significant investment and growth over the past 3 years, now is an exciting time to join the team, as we embark on the next stage of our ambitious strategy to double our income by 2021.

About the Role

Our Major Donor programme has increased its annual income by almost 200% in five years and now has a pool of donors who give regularly through recurring gifts or cash donations. Your challenge will be to steward this pool to ensure that they continue to give, and to identify opportunities to uplift donors wherever possible. This will involve regular mailings, bespoke reporting on areas of interest, additional materials such as cards and books and one-off personalised opportunities. And, when you're not busy designing, delivering and managing a first class stewardship programme, we’ll rely on you to support the Major Donor team by providing effective administrative support.

About you
A great opportunity to join a truly high-performing Major Donor team, you’ll need to be able to write clear, compelling reports/materials to effectively communicate Shelter’s work to prospective donors. You’ll also need strong administrative skills, including the ability to work to multiple deadlines and juggle a variety of projects. A flair for carrying out research and amalgamating information from multiple sources is important too, as is the initiative to solve problems and achieve results. Comfortable communicating with people at all levels, both internally and externally, you’re proficient using Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, Outlook and Internet Explorer, and familiar with Raiser’s Edge or a similar database.

Benefits include 30 days’ annual leave, the possibility of flexible working, enhanced family friendly policies and significant opportunities for learning and development.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We're here so no-one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

For further information about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website.

At Shelter, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

We are working for a world where LGBT+ young people are fully included in society, with equal access to opportunities, living without fear of prejudice, discrimination and harassment. We are a Cambridgeshire based charity with big ambition and a voice and influence that belies our modest size.  We are seeking an exceptional person to lead the team that takes the vision forward into an exciting future.

This is a great time to join a charity with a strong local and national profile, with exciting plans to expand our services to reach more LGBT+ young people across the county, increase our schools and training services and establish ourselves as the lead LGBT+ charity in the East of England. In 2020, we’ll embark on a new 3 year strategy so we’re looking for an experienced leader to facilitate and realise its development and delivery. 

Our staff team, volunteers and trustees are incredibly passionate about The Kite Trust’s work and leading our organisation will be exciting challenging and rewarding.

Our work is guided by the following values.  We are:

Supportive and Guiding.

We support, encourage and care.

Positive and Inclusive.

We nurture confidence, pride and happiness. We understand and support LGBT+ issues.

We provide opportunities to learn and grow.

Safe and Friendly.

We are trustworthy, professional and confidential. We are open, fun and relaxed.

With a strong history of delivery of services, we now need to focus on continuing our core programmes whilst maintaining and growing our profile. We have a strong business development track record and we need to consolidate and develop this.

The successful candidate will lead and manage a small yet dedicated team of staff and volunteers. As Chief Executive you will provide value based, clear and mission-driven strategic leadership to the charity, ensuring financial sustainability and growth. You’ll also act an ambassador for the charity and champion for young LGBT+ people.

We are looking for someone with proven experience of strategic leadership, empowering staff and volunteers, and growing programmes or services to deliver at scale. We expect you to work closely with the governing Board of Trustees to ensure the effective financial, legal and moral governance of The Kite Trust. You will need to be able to oversee programme delivery and bring the best out of the small dedicated team, delivering the strategic aims of The Kite trust in a creative and inspiring way that will engage others. Although not essential, lived experience of LGBT+ identity would be desirable.

This post is subject to a DBS check. The Kite Trust welcomes applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, belief or disability.

Application Information: Application form and 4-page statement with person specification addressed in detail, with examples please

Closing date for applications: 5pm on Friday 11th October 2019

Interviews: Interviews will be held in Cambridge on Monday 21st October between 10am-3pm. Please expect to join us for a full day of recruitment activities and a chance to meet young people and the team.

Build It International is a development NGO that has pioneered a simple and highly effective model that is enabling hundreds of unemployed young people in Zambia to learn essential building skills whilst building vital schools and clinics. Our approach has evolved over the past 12 years with continual learning and improvement.

We have a team of 30 staff across the Shrewsbury and Lusaka offices.

About the role: This is a new senior leadership position who will lead a number of core functions to ensure continued growth and performance improvement.  Taking overall responsibility for fundraising, you will also oversee our strategy implementation including leading on organisational development. We anticipate increasing responsibility as the role establishes itself, with a possible career path to CEO in the medium term.

• Overall responsibility for income across the organisation (currently £1.36m)
• Senior leadership experience within a not for profit organisation ideally with overseas development experience. Some commercial experience an advantage
• Sound understanding and experience of relationship based fundraising/income generation 
• A strong affinity with our mission, values and approach
• Forward-thinking and dynamic with proven experience of leading, developing and managing a high performing team

To Apply

Once you have read the full role description, please submit your CV and include a brief supporting statement (no more than one page of A4).   This should be sent with ‘Managing Director’ in the subject heading by 1600hrs on 14th October, 2019.

Please also see the Information pack available through our website.

Note previous applicants for the position Director Development and Performance need not apply.

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity enables families who have a child with a life-threatening or terminal illness to make the most of time together, providing expert, practical and emotional support, where they need it for as long as it is needed.

About the role:

This Sunday Times Top 100 Not-For-Profit organisation is looking to appoint a Major Donor Executive to support the implementation of the Major Donor strategy to raise £1.3m p.a, whilst providing outstanding stewardship of existing major donors.

Leading on a series of planned communications to Major Donors, you will take responsibility for conducting research into prospects, preparing communications to existing and prospect major donors including funder reports, and maintaining accurate donor plans and records.

Reporting to the Major Donor Manager, you will manage the support of our Friends Groups and professionally and confidently act as a representative of the charity to a variety of external and internal audiences with high net worth individuals and in different contexts and events.

Location

Our new, modern Head Office is situated in Leatherhead, Surrey located just 45 minutes from London Waterloo and Victoria and 25 minutes from Guildford.  We are less than a 10 minute walk from Leatherhead Station and the town centre, with free on-site parking.

What we’re looking for:

• Outgoing, warm and friendly – you are extremely socially focused with great attentiveness to others and an ability to cultivate relationships quickly
• A confident and enthusiastic networker – you have a very persuasive “selling” communication style providing information in an informal manner, and are able to meet and connect with new and different people
• An ability to work at a faster than average pace – you shift quickly between simultaneous tasks and can successfully manage a variety of tasks, maintaining a strong sense of urgency to keep everything going smoothly
• Knowledge of the principles that underpin good customer care – you adhere to established guidelines, policies and procedures
• Applications will be particularly welcome from those who have worked in a fundraising environment and who have managed volunteers/interns, and are educated to degree level or equivalent
• Confident use of MSOffice and experience of using a CRM database – you have strong attention to detail and produce high quality accurate work.

What we offer:

We have a range of fantastic benefits that we offer our employees. If you’d like to find out more about these benefits and working with us, click here.

Part-time hours may be considered, dependent on experience

How to apply:

To apply please send your CV and a covering letter highlighting why your application should be considered above others.

First interviews will take place at our Head Office in Leatherhead on 27 September 2019, with second interviews being held approximately one week later. We will only contact those applicants who have been successful.

Rainbow Trust is an equal opportunities employer and a Best Companies One-Star rated organisation.  Registered Charity No: 1070532

An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this post.

Nurture a strong portfolio of warm bodies who give £10k+ and develop new relationships with HNWI who give 5/6 figures.

This leading health charity is looking for a Development Manager (Major Donor) to joining a large, well established fundraising directorate who, on average, raise c.£85m a year.

The successful candidate will sit within the Philanthropy team, whose current financial target stands at c.£3million and which is made up of 15 staff. They are headed up by a newly appointed Director of Philanthropy, who is looking to develop the Philanthropy team further.

The successful candidate will be expected to be a proactive, confident, new business practitioner as well as an excellent steward of an already warm portfolio of HNWIs.

As Development Manager (Major Donor) you will:

• develop and lead new and current strategic relationships to secure 6/7 figure gifts, working to a personal target of c.£200,000 and a team target of c.£1m
• nurture and grow a diverse portfolio of those who give £10,000+
• work closely with the line manager (Senior Development Manager) to help set realistic team targets and strategy.

The role would best suit:

• a proven and successful fundraiser with experience of writing successful applications to secure 6/7 figure gifts
• a strong communicator, able to reach and engage multiple audiences at every level
• a creative thinker who is able to distil complex information into understandable, emotive and persuasive communications across a number of mediums
• a proactive and confident team player, able to shift focus from complex relationships and asks, to supporting the wider fundraising team, financial reporting and upholding and keeping abreast of fundraising best practice.

Deadline for applications is ongoing but they are looking to appoint someone asap, so if you are interested, please do get in touch.

To apply for this role, please click Apply with Charityjob to submit your CV to Sarah Bowie at QuarterFive Fundraising Recruitment. If your experience is a good fit, we will send you a job description and arrange a briefing call or meeting that will provide you with all the information required to formally apply. QuarterFive aims to proactively support your job search, so we may also consider your details for other job vacancies to enable us to find a position that is most suitable for you.

Major Donors Fundraising Manager 

Hft is a national charity and established care provider for nearly 3,000 adults with learning disabilities and autism. We work with the people we support and their families to understand their individual needs and provide person centred care. Hft empowers people with learning disabilities to live with more independence and choice, and we strive to help them live the best life possible. 

Position: Major Partnerships Manager 
Location: Homebased - Cheshire or Wirral 
Job type: Part Time, Permanent 
Hours: 21 hours per week 
Salary: £33,786 pro rata 
Benefits: Access to the Hft Plus benefits package (discounts and rewards across shops, restaurants, gym membership and days out), 20 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) increasing to 25 days after first year, contributory pension scheme private health and life assurance, an Employee Assistance Programme with telephone and face-to-face support options, as well as support for financial wellbeing, annual staff award schemes. Access to award winning training and development – Hft is one of only four charities to have achieved the Skills for Care ‘Centre of Excellence’ provider status 

About the role: 

Working as part of the Partnerships Team you will be responsible for the development of relationships with major donors to achieve agreed income targets and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). The role will have a national scope based in the North West, with accounts concentrated in counties such as the Midlands, the Wirral, Yorkshire and North Wales. 

You will help develop and implement a strategy for long-term support from major donors, identifying and successfully approaching prospects for support and managing those relationships throughout the whole stewardship cycle. 

This is an excellent opportunity to be involved in a forward thinking, welcoming organisation in the early stages of a major donor programme. 

About you: 

The successful candidate will have significant major donor fundraising experience (or equivalent transferable experience) and possess excellent communications, interpersonal, presentation and proposal writing skills. They will also be accustomed to working to deadlines and managing budgets. 

Strictly no agencies please. 

You may have experience of the following: Major Partnerships Manager, Fundraising Manager, Fundraising, Partnerships Manager, Major Donor Fundraising, Fundraiser, Major Donor Fundraiser, Partnerships Executive, Fundraising Executive, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, NFP, Not for Profit, etc. 

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King’s is one of the top 10 UK universities, the fourth oldest university in England and is located in the very heart of the capital. Its research impact is truly global.

King’s Health Partners is one of the UK’s six academic health science centres, providing nearly 5 million patient contacts a year across a population which is among the most ethnically, socially and economically diverse in the world.

The Head of Major Gifts is a role for an outstanding leader, responsible for a personal portfolio of donors and for a team focussed on generating gifts of six figures and above.  The focus for the team is to help King’s Health Partners develop new clinical, educational and research excellence across three priority areas: Haematology, Cardiovascular Research and Children & Young People’s Mental Health.

Above all, you will be a creative thinker with a strong sense of integrity and a values-driven approach to philanthropic fundraising. You will demonstrate sophisticated interpersonal and communication skills, a passion for supporting the delivery of world-class clinical care and research, and a high level of motivation in building relationships with key members of KHP’s constituency.

Reporting to the Director of Development, this role is a potentially career-accelerating opportunity for a growing leader to play a pivotal role in one of the most successful fundraising teams in the UK.

Flexibility for a reduced working week, adjusted hours and a portion of home working are possible.

To download the job description for the position and for further information about how to apply, please click the 'Apply on website' button.

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ActionAid UK is recruiting for a Major Gifts Executive to support the development of the major gifts programme by managing the Funding Futures Network giving product, supporting the account management of high value donors and the engagement of prospective donors.

ActionAid is an international charity that works with women and girls living in poverty. Our dedicated local staff are ending violence against women and girls and helping change lives, for good. We won’t stop until women and girls are out of danger, out of poverty and on track to create the future they want.

Our Major Gifts Executive will take responsibility for developing a strong engagement programme for a pool of prospective donors consisting of compelling updates and materials, selective ‘asks’ and invitations to events in order to grow income and develop donors for the wider team.

They will generate the maximum possible funds from this pool of donors, including managing asks in the eventuality of a red alert emergency or wider appeal. To be successful with this, it is essential that you have very strong interpersonal and relationship building skills.

To succeed within this role, you must have previous experience of running a successful fundraising campaign, along with a clear understanding of the factors that make up high value fundraising. You must also have a proven understanding of philanthropy trends and fundraising best practice.

Our Major Gifts Executive will also be required to have successful experience of supporting the delivery of events for existing supporters and prospects, such as private dinners, briefings and small receptions.

We are keen to receive applications from those with excellent written communications skills, along with a high level of accuracy and good attention to detail.

If you have this, along with experience of working in a fast-paced environment and of managing and prioritising a varied workload, whilst ensuring agreed deadlines are kept to, this may be the role for you.

We are especially keen to hear from those with a passion to work within an organisation committed to improving the lives of women and girls living in poverty, for good,

Please note that this is a fixed term contract to cover a period of maternity leave. It is primarily being offered for 8 months but there is potential for it to be extended to 11 months.

ActionAid is passionate about supporting flexible working. If you would like to discuss flexible working options, including the possibility of a job share for this role, there will be space to do so during the interview process.

ActionAid is committed to driving improvement through digital channels, tools and ways of working. We will ensure that we provide the technology and the training to enable all staff to perform their roles to the best of their abilities. In return, we ask that all staff are committed to continually improving their digital skills and knowledge within the working environment. Our recruitment processes will evaluate the digital skills of all applicants.  

POST:    Senior Fundraising Executive

SALARY:    £32,000-£36,000

ACCOUNTABLE TO:    Director of Fundraising & Business Development

Position Summary

Are you tired of working in just one area of fundraising? Looking to expand your skill set? The Senior Fundraising Executive role is a new position in our successful fundraising and business development team and your chance to make a real and lasting impact on the charity.  The role will incorporate elements of corporate, individual giving and major donor fundraising and is a great opportunity for a fundraiser to gain experience across a range of fundraising disciplines.

Historically Career Ready has raised the majority of our income through corporate partnerships. This is still a significant source of funding for us but we are diversifying our income streams to increase our income during a period of strong organisational growth.

We are looking for a high performing fundraiser who can help us introduce a new individual giving and major donor programme as well as managing some key corporate partners.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• To manage a small portfolio of national partnerships to develop the relationships, increasing the income and support we receive from each partner.

• Work with the team to develop new corporate partnerships with a national reach.

• Introduce a new Individual Giving programme to the organisation to create a long term and sustainable income stream.

• To create a stewardship programme to retain and grow individual giving relationships generated through the new IG programme.

• Work with the Director of Fundraising to grow our Major Donor programme and to manage the relationships generated through this.

• To work closely with the CEO and volunteers to approach their contacts and networks with a view to developing new partnerships. 

• Promote all current and future Career Ready fundraising and communication activities to relevant potential partners.

• Work closely with the Events Manager to maximise cultivation opportunities from Career Ready’s annual events programme.

• Play an active role in the Business Development and Fundraising team, and across the organisation as a whole, presenting the team internally and externally, upholding Career Ready’s values and behaviours and fostering good working relationships and enhanced communications with colleagues.

• Develop and maintain an understanding of the charity’s work, and of the needs of Career Ready students and schools.

• Understand and comply with charity law and Fundraising Code of Practice.

• Track, analyse and report upon performance using agreed performance measures (monthly and quarterly) and partake in regular supervision, annual appraisal and development opportunities.

• Maintain confidentiality at all times and ensure proper observance of and adherence to all Career Ready policies and procedures.

• Carry out any duties that may reasonably be required in the light of the main purpose of the job including UK wide travel and some out-of-hours work.

Performance Measures

Achievement of targets and KPIs including, but not restricted to:

• Growth from existing corporate partnerships – value/number of internships/volunteers
• Successful implementation of a new Individual Giving programme, which is generating income for the charity.
• Generation of new major donor relationships.
• Institute of Fundraising Codes adhered to
• Quality and effectiveness of administration
• Quality and effectiveness of teamwork and good working relationships with Career Ready staff, trustees and volunteers.

Person Specification

Skills & Experience

Essential

1. Experience of income-generating activity in the commercial or voluntary sector.
2. A proven track record in achieving ambitious financial targets.
3. Experience of at least one of the following; Individual giving/major donor/corporate fundraising.
4. Experience of giving presentations, pitches and a proven ability to close deals.
5. Experience of account management
6. Ability to build and develop effective relationships with partners at all levels
7. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
8. Highly accurate with a strong attention to detail when handling information.
9. Personal organisation and team-working skills, to manage the workload and ensure the production of high quality work, and manage and prioritise a varied workload to meet agreed deadlines.
10. Strong inter-personal and relationship building skills.
11. A self-starter who has a flexible, creative and enthusiastic approach to work.
12. Excellent IT skills to enable the production of appealing and professional Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents.
13. Ability to travel regularly and work out of hours

Desirable

1. A minimum three years’ experience of fundraising
2. Experience of other funding stream e.g. trusts & foundations, Major Donors, individual giving, corporate, statutory etc.
3. Experience of using Salesforce 

Salary & Benefits

£32,000-36,000 per annum (DOE)

Plus 6% contribution to personal pension plan, subject to 3% employee contribution

Interest-free season ticket loan

Annual leave: 25 days per annum plus bank/public holidays. The office is also closed between Christmas and New Year and there is an additional 2 days of leave available in August

Appointment will be subject to a 3 month probation period during which time the contract may be terminated with one week’s notice.

An enhanced criminal records (DBS) check will be required for this role

Timetable

Closing date for applications: 5.00pm, 4th October 2019

Interviews held week commencing 14th October 2019                             

Candidate takes up post on 2nd January 2020               

To Apply

If you are interested in the role, please submit by e-mail your CV and a covering letter that demonstrates clearly through use of examples, how your experience meets the requirements of the role and what attracts you to Career Ready.  Please provide details of your current salary.

Please note that if your application is not accompanied by a covering letter your application will not be considered.

Registered Charity Numbers 1092891 (England & Wales) SCO43678 (Scotland)

Legacy Relationship Executive

Contract: Permanent, full time - 36.5 hours per week

Based: Milton Keynes

World Vision is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries.

Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we’ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. And as a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.

Work for World Vision UK and you will be part of a truly global Partnership, building brighter futures for vulnerable children.

Job Purpose

To grow the future legacy income of World Vision through building relationships with some of our longest serving supporters and asking them to consider leaving a gift in their will and following up our supporters who have expressed an interested to convert them to pledgers. You will have a fantastic, warm phone manner and a passion for excellence and making a difference to the lives of the children we serve.

You should be comfortable being on the phone and have previous telemarketing experience in either sales, account management or customer service, with a good level of written English. Ideally, you are results driven and focused on delivering above and beyond.

World Vision has over 100,000 supporters around the UK and this job is focusing on our supporters who have been supporting us for over 10 years and really love sponsoring a child and helping our cause. You will be mainly thanking our sponsors and ensuring they are getting the best experience, keeping them informed, updated and asking them to consider a gift in their will. It’s a role where you can really build some fantastic relationships and the people you are calling quite often have time to chat and want to talk to you!

As an active Christian, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.

In addition to the salary offered, we offer good benefits including pension, generous holiday entitlement and free parking (MK).

Please upload your CV of full employment history explaining any gaps of employment and reasons for leaving your previous employer. This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in the Job Description.

Closing Date for applications: 7th October 2019

Interview Dates: TBC

World Vision UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people representing all sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices.

As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

No agencies please.

Prospectus is excited to be working The Heart of England Forest to support their search for a new Development Manager (Major Gifts). This is a crucial and exciting time to be joining the organisation as they embark on their goal to create a new woodland in the heart of the country. They aim to reach 30,000 acres of forest by planting 13 million native trees.

Not only is the forest expanding, but their team is too! The Heart of England Forest is looking for an experienced major donor fundraiser who is looking for their next challenge. The organisation has an attractive and varied portfolio of funding opportunities across woodland creation, habitat restoration, education, biodiversity, accessibility, health, and wellbeing, and the Development Manager (Major Gifts) will have the opportunity to develop and generate new funding to support this work and really make an impact.

Reporting to the Partnerships Director and working closely with the Board, the Development Manager (Major Gifts) will launch the new income stream for the charity, as well as influence strategy. The organisation has a strong pipeline of prospective supporters to begin building long-lasting relationships with.
The successful candidate will have strong experience of major donor fundraising and may have made 5 figure asks successfully and led on/been part of bigger asks alongside colleagues. Having experience of developing and delivering bespoke cultivation and stewardship programmes is essential. The Heart of England Forest is looking for candidates who are highly motivated, cause-driven and eager to take on a new challenge.

The organisation offers flexibility for the role to be home-based in/near London or in the West Midlands.

Interviews will be held on the 30th September.

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.

Location:   Lancashire, base to be agreed with successful applicant

Grade/Salary:   £26,539 - £29,520 FTE, depending on experience

Hours of Work:   Flexible, 28 hours per week

Brief overview of the Position:

Responsibility for establishing and developing our major gifts and individual giving programmes to make a significant impact on the charity’s income from these sources. Develop relationships with individuals, agencies and corporates to generate productive partnerships for the charity including: sponsorship of services; donations of retail stock; pre-retirement course sales.

Assist in the development of a culture within Age UK Lancashire that engages the wider staff team in productive relationships with donors. Contribute to development of the charity’s wider fundraising function within this small, friendly, locally-focused business development team.

Main duties and

Responsibilities:

1. Develop and implement a major donor and individual giving strategy for Age UK Lancashire. Systematically grow the charity’s network of long-term donors and benefactors, generating income to contribute to the charity’s ongoing sustainability.
2. Personally develop and manage relationships with partners, donors and corporates.
3. Identify and develop necessary systems and processes to support the growth of income from partners, donors and corporates. Using research tools create major donor profiles. Identify, research, approach and cultivate new and existing prospects.
4. Working with the Director of Partnerships and Growth and other colleagues, identify suitable projects within the charity to build cases for support and wish lists for donors.
5. Create tailored presentation materials to evidence need and personal, timely reports to evidence impact.
6. Undertake meaningful donor care and stewardship of supporters, including individual donor care plans, written communications and reports, face-to-face meetings and a programme of visits.
7. Secure income from major donors and corporates ensuring all parties are involved internally and externally and all are in full agreement with commitments on both sides.
8. Build and develop cross organisation relationships to facilitate fundraising and strengthen the organisation’s understanding of major gifts and individual giving.
9. Engage with colleagues, senior management, trustees and supporters to facilitate secure personal introductions and meetings with prospects and ensure the maximum income possible through joined up working.
10. Work with the Director of Partnerships and Growth to develop to agree annual targets.
11. Prepare regular fundraising reports for the Director of Partnerships and Growth.
12. Ensure that fundraising activity adheres to fundraising best practice, the Fundraising Regulators code of practice and any relevant fundraising and data protection legal requirements.
13. Maintain and develop the data capture requirements of fundraising on the charity’s CRM database in line with agreed protocols and procedures.

Summary of key attributes & Qualifications for role:

An individual who enjoys variety in fundraising to grow a charity with a very local identity and focus.

Be an experienced fundraiser or salesperson with a proven track record

Experience of working with high value donors

Enjoy working collaboratively with excellent people skills

Excellent relationship manager, highly pro-active, self-motivated and organised.

Main KPI’s / performance measured against:

Productive relationships developed with individuals and corporates

Income generated through major gifts, corporates and individual giving

Sales of pre-retirement courses

Meaningful and effective stewardship

The nature of the post will require travel across the area.  A full driving licence, appropriate insurance cover and use of a car are essential. 

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Alison Read, details can be found in the job pack on our website.

PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CV'S  

Closing Date:  23rd September 2019 at 5pm (early applications welcome)

Interview date: 9th October 2019

£55,000 - £57,000 per annum, depending on experience

Full-time, 37.5 hours per week

Permanent

Based at Counting House, London Bridge

What the job involves

We have an exciting opportunity for a senior major gift fundraiser to join the team as Head of Philanthropy. This is a fantastic time to join as we plan for accelerated income growth over the coming years in line with our engagement strategy. We know we have the ingredients to create even more long-lasting relationships with supporters, using our audience focussed, insight-led approach and our focus on customer experience. We are looking for someone who is passionate about inspiring high value supporters about the work of Prostate Cancer UK, developing exceptional supporter relationships.

What we want from you

We are looking for an experienced fundraising professional with a track record of growing income from major donors and trusts, and a creative approach to designing an engagement strategy and plan for these audiences that leaves them feeling uplifted by the experience.

You will be a proactive individual with a high level of emotional intelligence and strong influencing skills, as you forge and maintain relationships with individuals in senior positions, such as trustees. You will also be a strong people manager and will lead and develop your team effectively. We will expect you to be highly collaborative and people focused, able to work well across teams to spot opportunities and generate commitment and enthusiasm for your work.

You will take a lead on exciting new major giving initiatives, such as the feasibility of a major fundraising appeal, as well as ensuring our approach to high value fundraising is strategically focussed and coherent.

Why work for us?

We have a simple ambition – to stop men dying from prostate cancer. Through shifting the science over the next 10 years to focus on radical improvements in diagnosis, treatment, prevention and support, we can make prostate cancer a disease the next generation of men need not fear. Be part of a team that will put an end to prostate cancer being a killer.

The support we’ll provide

Join our team and you’ll be working at an award-winning charity that will help you learn, develop your skills and expertise, and achieve your highest aspirations. We provide everything you’d expect from a professional organisation – competitive benefits package, contributory pension scheme, life insurance and season ticket loan – but much more besides. Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we fight for a better future for men.

Closing date: midnight, 13th October 2019.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community. Prostate Cancer UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1005541) and in Scotland (SC039332). Registered company number 02653887.

A strategic role, focussed on delivering growth across statutory, trusts and major donor income streams while leading a small team.

Working closely with the Director of Fundraising and Communications, you will drive innovative progress in fundraising across the areas of trusts, statutory and major donor fundraising. You will play a significant role within the team, focussed on establishing relationships (both internal and external) that drive support for multi-year projects and strategic funding.

As Fundraising Development Lead you will have strategic oversight of statutory, trusts and major donor fundraising – identifying new opportunities for support and liaising closely with internal teams to identify and co-produce suitable projects for funding.

Income for the team currently is approx. £800,000 statutory, £560,000 trusts and £150,000 major donor – your role will be to bolster the pipeline of prospects, identify new opportunities and strategically lead the team to grow income across these areas.

As Fundraising Development Lead you will:

• focus on statutory, trusts and major donor fundraising to achieve growth in income and engagement across these areas, aiming for strategic/multi-year funding relationships
• line manage a Trust Fundraising Manager to ensure they have capacity to apply to newly identified prospects and the support required to manage key relationships
• work closely with internal teams to identify fundable projects, focussed on co-design and (where possible) client involvement
• deputise for the Director of Fundraising and Communications where necessary as a senior member of the team.

The position would best suit:

• an experienced trusts/statutory fundraiser, with knowledge of major donor fundraising
• a proactive leader – able to identify new opportunities and support the team to deliver against these
• an individual with strategy experience – able to drive income in growth through considered planning and the identification of new fundable projects
• a fantastic relationship builder – someone focussed on the bigger picture and able to establish solid working relationships with key stakeholders (both internal and external).

Interviews are to be held w/c 14 October.

To apply for this role, please click Apply with Charityjob to submit your CV to Naomi Carruthers at QuarterFive Fundraising Recruitment. If your experience is a good fit, we will send you a job description and arrange a briefing call or meeting that will provide you with all the information required to formally apply. QuarterFive aims to proactively support your job search, so we may also consider your details for other job vacancies to enable us to find a position that is most suitable for you.