Major donor fundraiser jobs near Charing Cross, Greater London

About The Bike Project

We provide an innovative solution to one of the most pressing problems facing asylum seekers and refugees on arrival to the UK: access to transport when living on a limited income, which for asylum seekers is as little as £5.66 per day.

Our mission is simple: each year we match refugees and asylum seekers with the many thousands of bikes that go abandoned or unloved around the country. We then go on to support these new bike owners to realise the emotional, practical and physical benefits of cycling.

10 years since that first bike donation, we are about to donate our 10, 000th bike and have expanded the project to include multiple programs, from refugee befriending services to women-only cycling classes.

We have supported tens of thousands of refugees to get access to bikes, learn to cycle and created a community of colleagues, refugees, volunteers and supporters. And we’ve grown rapidly in the last few years, from £720k turnover in 2018, to £2.2m turnover in 2021.

Despite our successes, this is just the start. The demand from refugees for our work far outstrips our ability to meet it so we are looking to continue to grow until every refugee in the UK has the opportunity to start cycling.

If you want to be a part of that, read on!

About this role

We are looking for a freelance Head of Marketing & Fundraising, to lead the charity’s community and events fundraising, and marketing work; and to provide input into the charity’s overall direction and management as part of the senior management team.

We would like to stress that the job requirements in this pack are quite exhaustive, and that applicants would not necessarily have to meet every obligation. Muna, our Head of Marketing would welcome a chat with any interested parties to discuss the opportunity in more detail.

Further information about how to contact Muna, and addiitonal details of the opportunity and responsibilities please see the Job Pack.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a small charity in year 4 to help them secure further

funding to support the great work of the organisation. GROW is looking for a candidate to

manage some existing long-term partnerships, secure new corporate partnerships and funding

on both a local and national level. There is the opportunity to curate a calendar of fundraising

events and to create new fundraising initiatives throughout the year, keeping the GROW farm

and programmes at the forefront of all activity.

Key Accountabilities:

Events and Partnerships

- Stewardship of key existing corporate partnerships, managing agreed corporate

fundraising goals and events with the aim of extending the relationships.

- Responsible for project managing a number of income generating events, partner

events and fundraising campaigns.

- Developing new online and IRL fundraising initiatives and campaigns to secure

engagement and income.

- Identify new fundraising partnerships with corporate partners and brands in Barnet and

beyond.

- Coordinate paid for corporate volunteering days on the GROW Farm for partners.

- Contribute to the development of all fundraising materials, including but not limited to a

corporate fundraising and volunteering pack.

Relationship management/Stewardship

- Stewardship of existing major donor relationships and development of any new

prospects.

- Maintain donor thanking processes and sending regular updates to all donors.

- Source prizes for raffles, auctions & prize draws and liaise with winners.

- Touring external visitors, guests, and stakeholders on the GROW farm.

Income generation and financial management

- Ensure that income and engagement targets are met inline with GROW’s fundraising

strategy.

- Reporting of all fundraising income to the finance department to ensure all income is

correctly accounted for and tracked.

- Track Gift Aid claims on all donations.

Community Engagement

- Maintain a strong network and high visibility within the Barnet community and attend

key community and networking events.

General

- Liaising with internal departments to ensure streamlined processes.

- Regularly communicating key fundraising updates to the wider team.

- Create and manage event budgets accurately to ensure no overspending is done.

- Identify and approach all suitable and relevant trusts and foundations using grant

finders and industry news.

- Write funding bids and applications for small grants (Up to £10k).

- Contribute to impact and funding reports.

- Use social media platforms to promote and enhance fundraising messaging and

strategies.

- Establish fundraising or initiatives for special events and celebrative ‘times of year’ ie

Christmas & Halloween.

- Work with any external PR agencies to grow brand awareness around the organisation.

- Work with ambassadors and celebrities who can promote and support GROW.

- Act as an external face of GROW, to build brand awareness, trust, recognition and

perception.

- You may be required to carry out other duties that may reasonably be required in line

with your main duties and responsibilities

- Be mindful of child safeguarding at all times. Keep up-to-date with relevant training and

understand GROW and TTA’s safeguarding policies and procedures

Skills/Knowledge/Expertise

- 3+ years of fundraising experience in managing corporate partnerships or events

management

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Fluency in written and spoken

English.

- Understanding of the corporate social responsibility landscape and the fundraising

regulation code of conduct.

- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.

- Experience of cost control and budget management relating to events.

- Experience and confidence working with a variety of stakeholders from Major Donors to

community members.

- Proficient in IT skills.

- An understanding of grant processes and bid writing.

Nice to have

- Knowledge of the Barnet area

- Experience using social media platform

- Knowledge and interest in agroecology and sustainable food growing and education.

- Knowledge and practical application of Google Drive tools

- A passion for supporting young people in realising their potential.

Benefits

- Access to the GROW Farm and 20% off produce

- Free weekly yoga on site

- Flexible working/WFH

- 28 days holiday pro rata

- Subsidised lunches

Everyone is welcome:

At GROW we’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunities

employer. We believe that uniqueness is powerful and that diversity drives innovation.

All qualified and eligible applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender,

gender identity or expression, race, national origin, religion or belief, disability, age, sexual orientation or

pregnancy and maternity.

We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities; in particular those who are

currently under-represented in the charity sector including BAME and disabled candidates. We are

committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities.

RoadPeace has an exciting opportunity for a compassionate individual to join our organisation and make a significant difference to our charity and to the lives of the road crash victims we support. We are seeking a highly organised, efficient, and compassionate individual with excellent administrative and IT skills and good interpersonal skills to work with our Director of Operations in supporting our members, supporters and donors.

We're looking for an experienced fundraiser to take on a new Trusts and Foundations Manager role in our growing team. We have a solid foundation of donors from across the trusts and foundations, major donor and corporate partnerships space. We’re now looking to build on our success in order meet the growing need and alleviate the impact of poverty on children.  

The Childhood Trust

The Childhood Trust is London’s child poverty charity. Children growing up in poverty face multiple and complex challenges which limits their potential and development, leading to poor health and life chances in adulthood. Our work is focused on supporting the 700,000 children living in poverty in London.   

Since 2013, The Childhood Trust has raised more than £31 million through our matched fundraising campaigns that have enabled us to fund the delivery child poverty projects across all London boroughs, engaging more than 390,000 children and young people to date.We are now looking to take our fundraising to the next level and need a talented Trusts and Foundations Manager to help us get there.

Role description

We want to hear from talented people who can bring a creative and proactive approach to identifying, engaging and securing funding from new and existing relationships. We’ll support you to take a lead on focusing our activity on generating five and six figure gifts from trusts and foundations, that genuinely help to break the cycle of poverty in London.

As the successful candidate, you’ll take a relationship management approach to fundraising. This won't be your average Trusts role sitting behind a screen, you'll be out meeting the people and projects we support and cultivating relationships with new supporters, as well as writing impactful proposals that secure funding for all areas of our work. You will bring capacity and expertise to our trusts and foundations programme, with the opportunity to develop our approach and considerable autonomy in role.

Join us and you’ll be part of a fast paced and flexible team that are deeply passionate about the work they do and the difference they make for children experiencing poverty in London. 

Small international development charity is seeking a fantastic Head of Fundraising …

Are you an enthusiastic fundraiser with great writing and communication skills, and trusts & foundations experience? We are looking for a dynamic Head of Fundraising to lead our fundraising programme, raising money to run exciting grassroots projects that make a difference for Tibetan communities.

You’ll be a relationship builder who cares about our supporters, and unafraid of a hands-on role in a small team where you will have the opportunity to try new ideas and make the role your own. 

Trust fundraising is a vital part of the role, as well as producing appeals and managing relationships with individual donors and corporate partners. You’ll need to be confident in working with numbers and data, writing for digital platforms, and translating project information into engaging, supporter-friendly copy. 

You will also manage a team of three people and work closely with the CEO to progress major donor relationships and plan budgets. This is a fantastic role for an adaptable fundraiser who can turn their hand to most tasks and is looking to step up into a Head of Fundraising position.

Full time (35 hours/week). We can offer flexible working. The role is hybrid and would be a mixture of working from home and in our office in Camden (at least once a week). 

To apply

Please apply via CharityJob, sending your CV along with a covering letter of no more than two sides of A4 that demonstrates why you want to be our Head of Fundraising. N.B. applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Closing date for applicants is midday Friday 12 August. We will monitor applications whilst this advert is live. A first round of interviews will be conducted via Zoom or Google Meet week beginning 15 August.

Background: Founded in 1959, Tibet Relief Fund is a well-established and dynamic charity that empowers Tibetans to build sustainable communities and better futures through education and innovative practical grassroots initiatives. We work closely with a number of partner organisations, mainly in India and Nepal, and run an active sponsorship programme. 

Patron: Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

Mission: Tibet Relief Fund works to empower Tibetans to build sustainable communities and better futures through education and innovative, practical, grassroots initiatives.

Vision: A world where Tibetans can live and work with equality and security, and celebrate their rich culture and traditions.

Statement on diversity: Tibet Relief Fund is committed to valuing diversity and equality of opportunity for employment, career and personal development. We believe that people from different backgrounds bring perspectives and skills that create fresh ideas, thinking and approaches that make the way work is undertaken more effective and efficient. We know that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. 

Statement on safeguarding: Tibet Relief Fund is committed to safeguarding and ensuring the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. It expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees or volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process, in accordance with this commitment and our Safeguarding Policy.

Age UK is recruiting a new Trusts Fundraising Manager to join our award-winning Fundraising team.

We're seeking someone knowledgeable and passionate when it comes to generating charitable gifts from trusts and foundations.

Crucially we're looking for someone who recognises why the work of Age UK is so compelling and can help us realise our ambition to continue growing income from this donor audience.

Older people are facing the long-term health impacts of months of isolation during the pandemic coupled with the spiralling cost of living crisis. So the work of Age UK is more critical than ever - we must be here for every older person when they need us the most.

This is why we're seeking talented committed fundraisers who are focused in helping us more deeply engage our supporters and generate much-needed funding for our work.

This fantastic opportunity would best suit an individual with successful and proven experience in achieving income targets in a high value trust fundraising role.

All applications for this role will be anonymised, we won't know your name, address or gender until after shortlisting for interview has taken place. We want to select the best candidate for this key role based on lived experience and passion, rather than qualifications.

You will have:

• A track record in researching high value Trust funding opportunities, generating a forward pipeline of applications and personally asking for major gifts, alone or with senior colleagues and volunteers.
• Empathy and understanding for the issues faced by older people and a desire to help address these.
• Excellent proposal and bid-writing skills and the ability to articulate compelling funding propositions to secure grants and gifts.
• Sound donor stewardship skills including ability to prepare high-quality donor reports and ensure compliance with funder requirements.
• Excellent verbal communication, interpersonal and presentation skills to gain buy-in and confidence from Trust supporters including senior-level contacts.
• Ability to work collegiately with colleagues across teams to develop and deliver funding propositions, to problem-solve and generate creative opportunities and to engage your funders.
• The ability to meet and manage individual KPIs and contribute towards the delivery of team KPIs
• Budget management skills
• Proficiency in MS Office

What we offer in return:

* Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme.
* Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, health cashback plan and EAP.
* Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan.
* Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
* Heka Fitness & Wellbeing Benefit.
* You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.

Additional Information

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

We’re looking for a motivated, ambitious individual who’s keen to develop a career in fundraising and make a difference in the work they do.

The role of Fundraising Officer is crucial, helping us maximise the amount of income raised for our charity, as well as developing and maintaining supporter relationships through effective communication and stewardship.

You will provide fundraising and administrative support and will have a hands-on role within a busy fundraising team, focussing largely on supporting community fundraising, special events, CRM activity, individual giving, stewardship, and supporter events.

You will also be able to explore and propose new fundraising opportunities and ideas with the potential to implement them within our small, flexible team.

This role is perfect for someone with fundraising experience who’s looking to grow their experience in a range of income streams. You’ll be given the support to get creative, test ambitious new ideas, and be mentored by an experienced Fundraising Manager 

What we are looking for

• Someone with previous experience (minimum 1 year) of fundraising, preferably working knowledge of the principles of event management, individual giving and community fundraising.
• Excellent communication and networking skills, able to speak with a wide range of stakeholders and facilitate strong relationships with people inside and outside the charity.
• Someone who is highly organised with evidence of successfully working to deadlines and prioritising tasks.
• Ability to be self-motivated, with a pro-active approach to problem solving.
• Able to use creativity, imagination and an entrepreneurial attitude towards fundraising. 
• Experience of working with CRMs

Benefits of working with us

• A comprehensive, tailored induction to your new role.
• As part of a small, flexible team, you will be able to develop and expand this new role.
• Flexible working arrangements are possible. 
• Ownership of projects with full support from Fundraising Manager 
• Working with a range of people from charity staff, volunteers, beneficiaries and funders.

The Maypole Project is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safe recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working across our services.

Are you an experienced Individual Giving Fundraiser looking to step into a new Manager role? I am thrilled to be working with The Prince’s Trust as they look for an excellent Individual Supporter Manager to step into this new role within their IG team.

You will be working on a mixture of supporter retention and acquisition campaigns, however, there will be more of a focus on managing campaigns to retain existing supporters, and grow their lifetime value.  This new role will be an essential part of the Individual Giving & Legacy team, helping to transform the individual giving programme so that it can generate significantly larger, more sustainable income.

The Prince’s Trust is working hybrid, with flexibility to work from their London or Bristol office two days a week. The Trust offer an incredible benefits package, with 30 days annual leave + bank holidays & Christmas.

You will:

• Be an analytical thinker that is comfortable working with data to both deliver projects and deliver analysis
• Have knowledge of raising funds through individual giving, including inspiring new supporters and providing exceptional stewardship
• Have excellent direct marketing skills with the ability to inspire action

Deadline: 23^rd August
Salary: £26,000 - £38,200
Hours: 35
Location: Hybrid working with 2 days in their London or Bristol office.

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Jake on 02030 062787 or email [email protected]

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here. We proactively welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

We’re looking for a rising star with a track-record of high performance to join our award-winning fundraising team during a pivotal period in the charity’s history. As well as playing a lead delivery role, the Supporter Engagement Manager will be very involved in strategy development by working alongside other key team members to drive decisions.

About Resources for Autism

Our vision is a society where autistic people can live life as equal citizens in their community. Since our founding in 1997, Resources for Autism has supported autistic people and those who love and care for them. We help over 2,000 beneficiaries and 5,000 family members, providing practical support for those facing physical, social or emotional challenges. In addition to developing resilient parents and resilient children, we work to create resilient services that are aware and inclusive of neuro-divergence.

Working across Greater London and the West Midlands, we are driven by an ethos of radical acceptance of each individual as they are, working within their environment to transform their outcomes. In addition to our core work, we provide high-quality, hands-on training and consultancy around autism.

This is a very exciting time in our organisation’s journey, with a new strategy (launched in June 2022), an incoming and high-profile Chair; and an increasingly prominent and relevant cause. We want to continue to grow our service delivery, and we now want to find an ambitious, open and strategic Head of Fundraising to allow us to support more people and grow our reach. As a charity, we pride ourselves on being flexible, open to new ideas, caring and culturally inclusive.

We hope you will want to join our team.

The Brief

Our Fundraising team enjoys strong, long-term relationships with many trusts and foundations, such as BBC Children in Need, the National Lottery Community Fund and Garfield Weston. We are looking for someone who can strengthen and expand our highly successful trusts and foundations fundraising, support the growth of our corporate fundraising and also build and develop a portfolio of major donors, an income stream that is so far untapped. Working closely with the Senior Leadership Team and Board, you will harness and develop both existing and new supporters, ensuring that donor relationships are sensitively and professionally stewarded.

The Person

This role suits someone who is ambitious, with significant fundraising experience and a desire to take their career to the next level, within a charity that is growing, flexible and open to new ideas. We’re looking for someone who is an excellent communicator, who can build strong relationships at all levels and who can think creatively. Our charity operates at a fantastic pace, and colleagues are incredibly supportive of each other, so we are keen to find someone who will enjoy being part of this environment, and who will work closely with the CEO and Chair to find new ways of securing income.

Most importantly, we are looking for someone who wants to make a real difference to the lives of autistic people, to share in the joys and successes that our team enjoys together each day – and who will be proud to see the real, meaningful impact they’re able to make.

Main Responsibilities

• Work with the Trustees, CEO and wider team to develop our fundraising streams (trust and foundations, corporates and major donors) to make asks, or lay the groundwork for an ask
• Steward and develop relationships with existing supporters and donors (we are already funded by 40 trusts and foundations)
• Research and build relationships with new trusts and foundations, corporates and major donors
• Ensure the case for support continues to be strong, up-to-date and relevant
• Support and develop the Senior Trust Fundraiser to grow in their role, and support our Regional Head of Service to develop our corporate fundraising work
• Be able to articulate our vision in a clear, passionate and confident way to potential and existing donors and supporters
• Develop and implement a process for gathering new potential funders/donors, ensuring no opportunity for engagement is ignored
• Use and develop our CRM to ensure there is a clear process for recording and managing fundraising activity
• Help to guide and lead the organisation through membership of the Senior Management Team
• Promote and comply with all policies and practices; undertake any other reasonable duties, commensurate with the level of the post
• Maintain client confidentiality, given the role’s access to sensitive information about service-users and their families

Essential Experience and Required Skills

• Track record of trusts and foundations, corporates and major donor fundraising
• Ability to think creatively and strategically about fundraising opportunities
• Excellent, engaging and inspiring writing and speaking skills
• Confidence in working with budgets and able to use them to create a financial story
  • Development of cultivation and solicitation plans
  • Event planning and management

Personal Attributes

Our team is full of colleagues who are hugely warm, compassionate and people-centred. We are looking for someone who will want to be part of our amazing team, who is self-aware, values-driven and who wants to make a difference in the world.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice helps babies, children and young people who are seriously unwell, and their families, make the most of every day. The charity aspires to become a centre of clinical
excellence for children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions.

We’ve been on a major upward trajectory in recent years, with more children being supported, more major hospitals being partnered with and more supporters donating. We’ve transformed
from being an enthusiastic start-up delivering care in the community, to a serious player delivering major impact both in the community and at our state-of-the-art hospice building, The Ark, opened
in 2019.

Philanthropy, which covers both Major Donor and Trust fundraising streams, is pivotal to Noah’s Ark – typically accounting for more than 50% of the charity’s overall income. The successful candidate will manage the Grants, Trusts & Foundations programme which has been expertly led and is now an area of real success. However, we know that we can go much further still.

The Senior Philanthropy Manager will benefit from working as an integral part of a high-performing and super supportive team, ready for its next exciting growth phase.

The Senior Philanthropy Manager will line manage an existing Trust Fundraiser and work closely with the Senior Head of Philanthropy & Partnerships, with guidance from the Director of Fundraising
& Communications, to manage and develop the trust pipelines, along with instrumental work on developing a structure around corporate and community application processes. The post-holder will be key in taking the philanthropy programme to the next level, securing new multi-year grants, supporting with applications to key corporate foundations and establishing lasting relationships
with funders.

ABOUT YOU

You will be a dedicated, organised and reliable individual. You will show determination to succeed and have a solutions-focused outlook. An exceptional and eloquent communicator, excellent  at managing your time and a natural relationship builder; you will have an eagerness for cross-team working. Whilst direct experience in all fundraising areas isn’t a prerequisite, you will have confidence in your ability to add value
through collaborative lateral thinking and through supporting other team members with their applications, as well as acting as a key liaison with our care team to obtain latest information
about service delivery.

If you have experience of leading a trust fundraising programme to an outstanding level, including securing numerous significant, ideally six-figure – grants, we would love you to apply.

Head of Philanthropy

Location: Home based with regular travel to London or Agile working (working two days from our London office and from home)

Pay: £45,992.41 to £51,147.93pa or £48,638.51 to £53,794.00 per annum (including London weighting).

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 hours per week

Imagine being part of an organisation whose common purpose is to help those who are severely impacted by mental illness. Here at Rethink Mental Illness and Mental Health UK we are a passionate group of people and are driven to make a difference.

We are able to make that difference due to generous donations from our wonderful supporters and we wouldn’t be able to deliver the diverse services that we do, without them. Which is why philanthropy has been identified as a new and lucrative income stream for Mental Health UK and Rethink Mental Illness, through the research completed by Bill Bruty and his team.

We know that growing our philanthropy programme will actively help us reach more people who need help and support. We believe that everyone should be treated with respect and dignity – and that’s why equity is one of our core values. We understand the importance of drawing on the expertise, unique perspectives and lived experience of our people – regardless of who they are or their background – to help us become an inclusive and anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider that reflects the diverse communities we support as a leading mental health charity.

To take us on our new and exciting journey, we are looking for an experienced Head of Philanthropy to join our passionate team of fundraisers. The successful person will develop and implement an effective Philanthropy fundraising strategy for both organisations, that supports income growth and ensures that we deepen our relationships with existing donors and proactively engage new supporters.

You will need exceptional relationship management skills as you work collaboratively across Fundraising, Partnerships, Senior Leadership and the wider organisations.  You will also be a strong and creative communicator with excellent verbal and written skills, which will allow you to develop compelling proposals, create memorable engagement opportunities and produce detailed reports for donors and prospects.

So, if you are a proactive Philanthropy professional who is keen to make their mark in the mental health sector and help us set up our Philanthropy programme from the beginning, why not be part of our future and join us in our newly created Head of Philanthropy role? Apply today!

More information can be found in the job description.

We offer a wide range of support. Some of our benefits include:

• PULSE – your rewards, wellbeing, and benefits platform. Providing access to thousands of discounts and benefits including cashback; reloadable cards; savings etc. A Wellbeing hub that gives physical, emotional, and mental health support. We also have an Employee Assistance Programme with access to appointments.
• Taking time for you: we work flexibly –you get to choose where you work, managing your own diary. We have generous annual leave, starting at 25 rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays, as well as your birthday off.
• Planning for the future: We have a contributory pension scheme.
• Structured Corporate Induction: Onboarding you into the Charity supporting your wellbeing along the way.
• £300 when you introduce a Friend: receive up to £300 when you introduce a friend or family member

Additional information:

Closing date is 9am 30th August 2022.

Interviews will take place week commencing 5th September 2022 and will consist of Competency/Behavioural interview and a presentation, which will be provided closer to the date.

The Talent Set are excited to be partnering with Asthma and Lung UK to find their new Prospect Research Manager.

This role offers a wonderful flexible working environment and is offered as a fully remote home-working position or a hybrid working atmosphere in their offices in London.

Asthma and Lung UK’s mission is to be the driving force behind the transformation of lung health. They do this by changing perceptions of lung health and campaigning for its prioritisation. They push forward research and the development of new treatments and best practice. They support those affected with information, advice and practical help. And help mobilise and connect people to drive real change.

This is a new but key role within the High Value Partnerships (HVP) team, proving excellent prospect research support to the Corporate Partnerships, Trusts and Statutory, and Major Donor teams. You will be joining a growing team and will contribute to increasing the size and quality of Asthma+ Lung UK's prospect pipeline by undertaking high quality and insightful prospect research.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the development of our prospect pipelines for each of the HVP teams (Corporate, Trusts and Major Donors) tracking conversion rates and other KPls using the CRM system.
• Produce insightful background research on current and prospective donors using financial, biographical, corporate and philanthropic information from a variety of trusted sources and in compliance with GDPR and data protection laws.
• Create new prospect research systems and processes or adapt existing processes to meet the needs of the team.
• Work in close partnership with internal teams, senior stakeholders and Trustees to identify and develop relationships with prospects.
• Fully utilise our CRM system to analyse and record supporter/prospect data.
• Conduct due diligence on donors and prospects in line with the charity's gift acceptance and due diligence procedures, including our Corporate Fundraising Policy.
• Identify, collect and analyse research data, utilising a wide variety of resources to produce high quality intelligence for fundraisers.

To do this the right candidate will have experience in the following:

• Prospect research within a fundraising team (or equivalent research experience in another sector)
• An understanding of the principles of philanthropy, fundraising practices, donor motivations and wealth indicators. Your experience may come from the charity or corporate sectors.
• Conducting structured background research on high-net worth individuals, company directors and/or family trusts and foundation boards with the ability to gather information from the public domain in line with data protection regulation and charity law.
• Robust understanding of due diligence, data protection laws and the latest GDPR and ICO guidelines.
• Producing accurate overview research on donors and prospects as well as in-depth profiles and reports and network analysis.
• Work with in-house database systems such as Dynamics or equivalent.

If we receive a high number of applications, we may need to close earlier than advertised so get your application in quickly! Regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.

Along with Asthma and Lung UK we are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.

The Role:

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate skilled fundraising professional to join a small, creative, and influential NGO, as we deliver our activities championing the equality and human rights of LGBT+ persons and other disadvantaged groups across the Commonwealth using an intersectional lens.

We have recently developed and signed off on our 3-year organisational fundraising strategy, which comes with it our main objective: to diversify KT’s funding beyond Government grants, bringing our restricted and unrestricted funding into better balance.

This will in turn:

● Increase the financial stability and sustainability of KT by building our core income and connecting with new donors

● Allow for long-term planning and long-term commitment to our work in specific localities (which a reliance on Government funding, typically one- or two-year funding cycles, does not).

● Allow us to be autonomous, expansive and imaginative in our programmatic work without being restricted by the parameters of project funding.

● Allow us to make flexible decisions around funding, responding quickly to immediate needs within our own, and partners organisations.

● Allow us to work in regions beyond the Commonwealth, as we choose.

This is a newly developed role within the organisation and so there’s a real opportunity for you to make this role your own. We are looking for someone who will spearhead and implement Kaleidoscope Trust’s fundraising strategy that will set the foundations for sustainable and diversified income through a variety of ways: from regular giving, corporate partnerships and trust funding. 

We are an equal opportunity employer and we especially encourage applications from women, the vast and varied members of the LGBT+ communities, the multiply-marginalised, and Black and minority ethnic people. 

We are a charity working to uphold the human rights of LGBT+ people and so a commitment to the freedom, safety and equality of marginalised communities is essential for this role. 

Key Responsibilities:

Income generation and donor liaison

● Working closely with our communications team to develop our digital fundraising approach and test and implement effective individual giving campaigns.

● Design and issue innovative ways to engage with donors at all levels, from first gifts, monthly direct debit donors to our high value donors.

● Effective record keeping and reporting on our donors through use of our CRM system, Beacon.

● Research, identify and act on opportunities for Trusts and Foundations income streams.

● Identify key corporate prospects and develop sustainable, profitable partnerships by preparing and delivering pitches and proposals as required.

● Create and manage fundraising events to engage new and existing supporters and stakeholders by harnessing key opportunities to engage supporters through the year, e.g. Annual Gala Dinner, LGBT+ History Month, Pride Month and other key dates in the calendar relating to human rights.

● Identify and maximise opportunities for data capture and ensure all data is managed in a way compliant with current best practice.

● Identifying key opportunities to engage individual and corporate supporters through the year, e.g. LGBT+ History Month, Pride Month and other notable dates.

● As appropriate across income streams, make timely and compelling applications for funding in line within the strategic plan, including but not limited to: proposals to trusts and foundations and major donors; pitches and presentations to local companies for corporate sponsorship options.

● Use digital media to connect, communicate and reach supporters and develop fundraising initiatives.

● Working with the programmes and communications team, maintain an up-to-date bank of stories and case studies from Kaleidoscope Trust for use in fundraising applications and supporter updates.

Strategic and financial planning

● Activating our fundraising strategy and creating opportunities to diversify and maximise diverse funding streams; delivering sufficient unrestricted

income to boost our reserves and contribute to non-programmatic costs.

● Implement the strategy following a clear work plan and building a robust,

multi-year pipeline.

● Working collaboratively with the wider teams (Executive Leadership, Programmes and Communications), putting in place and operating a system of impact measurement.

● Identify and package fundraising opportunities with a preference towards multi- year gifts / support and unrestricted income.

Managing systems and reporting

● Develop and maintain a fundraising database via our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, Beacon.

● Maintain up-to-date records and information of all supporters and volunteers on the database.

● Compile quarterly reports on fundraising activities and monitor against agreed targets and budget. Report on these to the Board and our Fundraising and Communications subcommittee at regular intervals.

● Liaise with the wider team to keep track of restricted donations and regularly inform donors of Kaleidoscope Trust’s progress and achievements.

● Develop Gift Aid systems in line with best practice.

● Monitor, maintain and develop digital giving pathways (currently NowDonate).

Person Specification:

We recognise that historically marginalised groups may not apply for a role they could be brilliant for because they don’t see themselves in every single bullet on the person spec. If you are interested in applying but aren’t sure that you have all of the skills and experience, please do still apply.

We are looking for a candidate who is:

● Skilled at identifying new funding opportunities from corporates, trusts, individuals etc.

● A natural relationship manager, who can build relationships with internal and external stakeholders to secure funds, buy in, and gather key information.

● Someone with great written communication skills - able to translate complicated policy into accessible content, to write compelling funding proposals, write engaging communications for newsletter as well as writing reports for the board.

● Someone with great verbal communication skills, including presenting and engaging with internal and external stakeholders.

● Knowledge of the fundraising landscape, particularly corporate and digital.

● Database management skills, including data insight led fundraising, knowledge of GDPR and charity law as applied to fundraising.

● Commitment to Kaleidoscope Trust’s mission to advance the human rights of LGBT+ people.

● Administration skills, time management and problem-solving skills.

● An understanding of how a human rights organisation operates in an international context, or a willingness to learn.

● A collaborative, adaptable and detail-oriented approach.

● Good Confident working as part of a team and with managing the on-time delivery of tasks from various colleagues.

● Willingness to “pitch in” and support colleagues outside the parameters of the job description where necessary.

Terms and Conditions:

● This role is full-time for a fixed term of 12 months (with possibility of extension, dependant on funding).

● The salary is £41,000 p.a. plus pension contributions.

● The post-holder is entitled to standard annual leave plus bank holidays.

● The post-holder will be managed by Kaleidoscope Trust’s Executive Director.

● The post-holder may work from home but in a reasonably commutable distance to KT’s office, as there will be the requirement to travel to the office for appraisals and key meetings or events. Office equipment will be provided.

● Standard core hours of work are 9:00am - 5:30pm with possible requirement to work very occasionally at evenings and weekends (which will accrue Time Off In Lieu).

● The post-holder must possess the right to live and work in the United Kingdom for the period of the contract.

Closing date:Monday 15th August 2022 at 09:00am GMT

Interviews:  w/c 22nd August 2022 via Zoom

Start date: ASAP