The Giles' Trust is a leading brain tumour charity based in the West Midlands, set up by brain tumour patient Stine Giles, and her husband, England cricketer Ashley Giles.

We are looking for a senior fundraiser to join the team and help to grow our fundraising strategy and drive us to the next level.

Whilst you will be responsible for shaping and delivering the fundraising programme for The Giles' Trust, you will also have the advantage of being part of the wider University Hospitals Birmingham Charity team - the official NHS Charity for the Queen Elizabeth, Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull hospitals.

The post holder will be employed by University Hospitals Birmingham Charity and will report to a Senior Fundraising Manager, as well as reporting to The Giles' Trust Committee.

This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced fundraiser looking to develop their strategic skills as well as grow fundraising income.

The Senior Fundraiser will work closely with other members of the hospital charity, and will be responsible for developing and delivering the Charity’s brain tumour fundraising programme which is named “The Giles’ Trust” and is fortunate to have the support of brain tumour patient Stine Giles and her husband, England Cricket Managing Director Ashley Giles.

This is a full time post in the Fundraising Team at University Hospitals Birmingham Charity (‘UHB Charity’), the official NHS Charity for the four hospitals of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust - Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital.

The post offers the opportunity for office working at any of our four hospital sites with the opportunity for some home working as suits the job holder and line manager.

University Hospitals Birmingham Charity consists of four hospital charities supporting some of the busiest hospitals in Birmingham – Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital.

The Charity is dedicated to improving the experience of patients, their families and the staff who care for them.

UHB Charity raises funds to support patients of the four hospitals by providing new and innovative equipment, funding research and supporting patient and family welfare projects.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham in particular has a world class reputation, and specialises in cancer treatment, organ transplantations and trauma care. It is also home of the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, where the UK’s military patients are treated.

Heartlands Hospital has a specialist neo-natal unit and very busy children’s and maternity units.

Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital serve the towns of Sutton Coldfield and Solihull.

Islamic Relief Worldwide is an independent humanitarian and development organisation, serving humanity for over 37 years. With an active presence in over 40 countries across the globe, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflicts and natural disasters.

IRW is currently recruiting for the position of ‘Head of Region, Asia' to join its dynamic International Programmes division. The purpose of the role is to lead on designing and developing regional strategies for the allocated region and to ensure delivery of effective programmes and raising the profile amongst donors and potential funders.

The successful candidate must have or be:

• Postgraduate degree or equivalent in social economics/development studies / social sciences
• Knowledge and experience of managing and developing a large team of international professional staff in different locations, demonstrating significant and measurable improvement in results
• Knowledge and experience of leading and motivating senior professional staff from a broad range of business disciplines
• Knowledge and experience of managing a major crisis requiring a sudden and major change in priorities and rapid management action to respond
• Knowledge and experience of working successfully with senior managers in other parts of own organisation or partner organisations to deliver major change
• Skills in influencing other large organisations to change their policies or priorities
• Generate significant new opportunities for the organisation
• Knowledge and understanding of key trends in international development, and of the evolving role of international NGOs
• Fluent written and spoken English;
• Work experience and proven track record of working with an International NGO as a senior manager
• Substantial experience and knowledge of effective budgetary control and grant management at a regional level.
• Experience of building personal external networks at senior level, resulting in securing
• Experience of and commitment to participatory management and maintaining a supportive, open environment to ensure the learning and development of all staff
• Good interpersonal skills including the ability to listen, sensitivity to others views and perspectives, and conflict resolution
• Strong and well developed analytical skills coupled with the experience of writing quality pieces of work that are publishable and usable by non-specialists

For more information, please click on the Documents tab above to view the full Job Description.

If you are talented, reliable, service minded, resilient and a highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to IRW’s mission and values of sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and custodianship, please apply by completing our online application form.

For more information on the excellent company benefits we offer our employees, please visit our website.

PLEASE NOTE: Interviews are expected to take place on 13/03/2022.

Pre-employment Checks:

Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:

• screening clearance
• proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
• criminal records check
• receipt of satisfactory references

Please note, for UK-based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications that would require sponsorship.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Applicants should be sympathetic to the values of Islamic Relief:

(Sincerity, Excellence, Compassion, Social Justice and Custodianship)

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer

Cavell Nurses’ Trust supports UK nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants, both working and retired, when they’re suffering personal or financial hardship often due to illness, disability, older age, domestic abuse and the impact of the coronavirus. Following very recent research we now know:

• Annually 5,900 nursing families across the UK need us
• This quadruples those we supported in 2020
• Twelve times the number supported in 2019, a more ‘normal’ year

We are growing our income to enable us to support more people across the UK, and we’re looking for a Fundraising Manager to join us at this incredibly exciting time as we seek to recruit and retain more supporters than ever before. We have our strategy, plans and investment in place, a great team, growing ambition and if you can bring expertise in recruiting, developing and maintaining relationships with donors and supporters, then we’d love to hear from you.

You will,

• Work with the Supporter Experience Director and lead our team of fundraising officers to deliver the ambitious and exciting plans to grow our fundraising across community fundraising, individual giving, regular giving and legacies
• Plan, deliver and optimise our multi-channel supporter activities to recruit and retain supporters and event participants in line with our ambitious plans, to deliver a real step change in our fundraising
• Develop and lead our talented and capable team of fundraising officers, and work collaboratively with our Corporate Partnerships and Communications Managers and other stakeholders in the organisation

The people we help are inspiring and diverse and come from every corner of the UK and beyond. They have varied personal identities. They are nursing students, experienced healthcare assistants, business owners, midwifery leaders and more and they come from all faiths and none. We encourage applications from people who appreciate their own diversity and that of others.

How to apply
Read through the job description for more information, including how to apply. The deadline for applications has been extened for 1 week 

Home based in Leeds (serving mainly wider West Yorkshire areas) 

Plus frequent local and regional travel, occasional UK-wide travel and overnight stays. 

Anne Frank Workers are the front-line delivery posts for all the education programmes of the Anne Frank Trust UK, leading our workshops, training our peer educators and mentoring our ambassadors in schools and communities across the country.   This is a varied, exciting and demanding role for highly organised professionals with a deeply held commitment to equality and the skills to engage 10 to 15-year-olds in a structured, creative journey of learning and empowerment.  If appointed, you will joining a dedicated team of people who are inspired by Anne Frank, passionate about young people and committed to empowering them to challenge prejudice.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Written application:

• Factual CV (1 or 2 pages).
• Supporting statement saying why you would like the job and how you meet each of the points on the person specification below (up to 4 pages).

Closing date: Monday 14th February 2022 at 5pm

Tasks and Responsibilities

1. To be outcome-focused and highly organised in planning and carrying out a varied portfolio of educational work, aimed at empowering young people (usually aged 10 to 15) with the knowledge, skills and commitment to challenge all forms of prejudice and discrimination.
2. To be pro-active, methodical and determined in booking Anne Frank Trust programmes into schools and community settings, and to maintain close working links with key schools and partner organisations.
3. To lead inspirational classes and workshops in schools, in community venues and online – teaching about Anne Frank, the Holocaust and all forms of prejudice today; challenging stereotypes; building anti-discriminatory values; and developing skills in recognising and responding to prejudice.
4. To train young people as peer educators so that they share their knowledge and values with their schools and communities, e.g. as guides to Anne Frank exhibitions or by running activities based on Anne Frank’s Diary.
5. To train small groups of peer educators as Anne Frank Ambassadors, drawing on their personal views and experiences of prejudice to produce creative responses to Anne Frank, and empowering them to disseminate their anti-prejudice messages as effectively as possible.
6. To provide mentoring to a caseload of Anne Frank Ambassadors, usually out of school hours, supporting them through a journey of learning and empowerment from induction to alumni support when they turn 16.
7. To be imaginative, collaborative and practical in organising and supporting events and projects with Anne Frank Ambassadors and their communities, including local Anne Frank exhibitions, regional multi-school training days, and an annual national conference.
8. To plan, deliver and monitor all work to meet the targets set by the Trust’s funders and operational plans, and to implement the Trust’s curriculum, quality standards, values and policies.
9. To achieve excellent practice in working with young people, notably by focusing on ambitious but realistic learning objectives, by maintaining a balance of warm engagement and clear boundaries, by identifying any safeguarding or welfare needs, and by making appropriate referrals to other agencies.
10. In all aspects of the role to give a high priority to equality and diversity, notably in the reach, content and impact of educational activities.
11. To keep thorough records of all activity on the Trust’s databases, and to be proficient in gathering data for evaluation, e.g. by encouraging young people to complete questionnaires
12. To use manual handling skills when necessary, e.g. to carry, set up and dismantle educational exhibitions made of pop-up banners.
13. To assist occasionally with fundraising, e.g. by contributing ideas to grant applications or by supporting young people to speak at donor events.
14. To undertake a continuous process of professional development and self-reflection, participating in training, and keeping up to date with best practice especially in education about prejudice and in youth empowerment.
15. To be managed through close two-way communication with line manager, including monthly one to one Support & Supervision sessions and an Annual Appraisal.
16. To be a collaborative team member with the Anne Frank Workers and other colleagues, participating in staff meetings and contributing to the development, cohesion, productivity and team fun of the organisation as a whole.
17. To undertake other tasks commensurate with Anne Frank Worker role, especially as led by the empowered Anne Frank Ambassadors.

Person Specification

All applications to the posts will be assessed on the following criteria:

QUALIFICATIONS

1. Educated to at least degree level, ideally with a relevant professional qualification, e.g. teaching or youth work.
2. Full driving licence.

EXPERIENCE

1. Substantial experience of running learning activities with groups of young people, including aged 10 to 15.
2. Experience of engaging with and meeting the needs of disadvantaged young people and/or those with protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.
3. Experience of providing pastoral or emotional support.
4. Experience of working successfully as part of a team.
5. Experience of keeping records and writing reports.

KNOWLEDGE

1. Knowledge of best practice in teaching and/or youth empowerment.
2. Familiarity with the needs and issues experienced by young people, their families and communities.
3. Sound understanding of safeguarding.
4. Understanding and ideas about how to challenge prejudice and discrimination.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Highly developed organisational skills, able to meet deadlines and manage a varied workload.
• Ability to identify, initiate and sustain effective relationships with other professionals and organisations.
• Ability to use initiative and develop new projects or ways of working.
• Strong literacy, numeracy and IT skills.
• Manual handling skills, e.g. for carrying and using pop-up banners.
• Excellent presentation skills – able to present clearly and inspire an audience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills that demonstrate a balance of warmth and boundaries.

VALUES AND PERSONAL QUALITIES

1. Enthusiasm for Anne Frank and the work of the Trust, including a commitment to the Trust’s strategic direction to greater youth empowerment and creativity.
2. A deeply held belief in equality and diversity.
3. Passionate commitment to the wellbeing and empowerment of young people.
4. Creativity, energy, a can-do attitude to solving problems, with a willingness to learn.
5. Willingness to travel regionally and across the UK, and to work evenings and weekends when required.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Access to a car
• Enhanced DBS check on appointment
• If working from home, an appropriate working space

EQUALITIES COMMITMENT

At the Anne Frank Trust UK we are strongly committed to equality of opportunity in recruitment and employment. We aim for a diverse workforce and inclusive work practices. As an anti-prejudice education charity, we positively value the insights of staff who have lived experience of prejudice or discrimination.

If you would need adjustments or specific support to carry out any of the tasks or responsibilities in the job description – e.g. because of disability or a characteristic protected under the Equality Act 2010 – you are welcome to state this during the recruitment process. We will see this as a positive request and can then let you know how we will respond.

If you believe that you may be unfairly disadvantaged in meeting any of the points of the person specification or if you need any specific help during the recruitment process – e.g., again, because of disability or a characteristic protected under the Equality Act 2010 – you are welcome to state this in your application.  We will see this as a positive request and can then let you know how we will take it into account or what support we can offer.