Supportability is a sector leading charity that provides high quality, person centred individual and group-based services for Children, Young People and Adults, where we believe people who have disabilities are equally valued and empowered to live full and rewarding lives.

We are looking to appoint a dynamic and experienced Fundraising Manager to:

• Become part of our forward-thinking Charity
• Oversee and direct a small diverse income generation team
• Deliver our new fundraising vision to support our growth and provide greater sustainability
• Raise our profile both locally and regionally and cultivate relationships with donors and funders, with a particular focus on developing corporate partnerships that work for both parties
• Embed fundraising throughout the organisation and with external partners to ultimately benefit those we support and their carers
• Meet and exceed the financial targets for the team

In return you will get:

• Induction and training programme
• Pension
• Healthcare Cash Plan (qualifying period applies)
• Life Leisure discounted memberships (qualifying period applies)
• Cycle to Work Scheme (qualifying period applies)
• Retail Discounts (qualifying period applies)

All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. 

Further information, including the full job description is available on our website.

We are looking for an experienced, ambitious and skilled senior fundraiser. This new position has particular responsibility for securing and cultivating major donor relationships, growing our existing individual giving programme, and helping to deliver our overall ‪fundraising strategy. It is an exciting and crucial time in the charity’s development and this specialist role will offer a chance to really make your mark.

With responsibility for both strategy and delivery, you will be a highly motivated, determined and experienced fundraiser who relishes the opportunity to develop this exciting new income area for the charity. The ideal candidate will have experience of major donor fundraising and individual giving schemes.

You will shape and develop a major donor and individual giving fundraising strategy, considering and collaborating with the staff team to deliver strategy and communications that are complementary to the overall supporter journey.

You will be passionate about our work, and be an articulate, persuasive and tenacious professional with an exceptional ability to forge relationships with donors. You will have up to date knowledge of charity legislation and a proven track record of setting and achieving fundraising targets.

At The Orchard Project you’ll find a committed, friendly and supportive team where staff wellbeing is valued and prioritised. 

We can offer a flexible approach to working days, hours and location.  Our head office is in London, and we are happy to support home-based working for the right candidate.

The ICO’s work as the UK’s privacy and information rights regulator has never been more important. The ICO is an independent public body; we uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals. 

We have a number of new roles which come at a really exciting time for the ICO, as we begin to take ownership of the specification, delivery and maintenance of large parts of our Digital & IT Service and continue on our ambitious transformation program. 

We’ve already improved the working lives of our users through the deployment of ‘cloud first’ laptops, collaboration tools and Office 365, making our users truly agile and supporting our COVID-19 business continuity response. Alongside this we’ve delivered major projects such as a CRM platform to ensure our casework colleagues can work effectively and have easy access to the records they need, a new EDRM to support our corporate record keeping, and an intelligence database to ensure that we make best use of intelligence data. These are just a small number of the projects we’ve been working on so far, alongside the day to day support for c. 900 colleagues and the infrastructure and systems that they rely on. 

Looking to the future, we want to deepen our relationship with our users, allowing us to better understand and anticipate their needs. In order to support this we are moving towards a product focussed Digital & IT service, introducing delegated accountability, faster decision making, increased agility and better business outcomes. The new roles complement the existing team and ensure that we have the skills and resources to take forward our plans.

Incident and Problem Management Officer 
Starting salary £28,737 - £32,379 pa depending on experience, skills and knowledge 

You will manage the lifecycle of all ICO system Major Incidents and associated communications – owning them through to resolution and following up on root cause and fix implementation. Communicating the status of both Incidents and Problem Records to key stakeholders within the ICO. As such you must be confident and effective with written and verbal communication. 

You will facilitate Major Incident Reviews, Problem Management calls and meetings with the ICO’s third party support partners. You will proactively analyse incidents, monitor trends and you should be able to demonstrate a good level of analytical report writing skills.

Apply

Please upload your CV and complete the Equal Opportunities part of the application form only.

Closing date: 23:59, Friday 9 April 2021

Why work for the Information Commissioner's Office?

We are proud to provide our people with a premium benefits package. We are continually improving the rewards we offer. Here are a few of the valuable rewards that you will enjoy:

• Flexible working hours, including flexi leave.
• Civil Service Pension arrangements.
• 25 days' paid holiday a year with options to buy, sell, and bank days.
• Extra "privilege" days in addition to normal public holidays.
• Compressed working hours options.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities.
• Health cash plan.
• Colleague assistance scheme.
• Access to many discounted products and services.
• Welfare and family-friendly policies.
• Staff medical scheme and eyesight testing.

Our employees are currently working remotely in line with government guidelines.

Please note if you are appointed to work with the ICO you will be required to complete security clearance processes. These include identity and qualification checks and a Basic Disclosure level check of unspent criminal convictions. 

The ICO is committed to Equal Opportunities in employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Regional Partnerships Manager

Do you have a proven track record in sales and networking and a desire to see children released from poverty? Does the opportunity to combine both sound like the dream job for you? We have an exciting opportunity for a Regional Partnerships Manager to establish, build, maintain and grow key relationships with existing and potential Church Partners within a Christian organisation.

Position: Regional Partnerships Manager

Location: Greater Manchester area with extensive travel within the region

Salary: £33,400 - £39,500

Hours: 35 hours per week over a flexible working pattern with some Sunday working

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: Enhanced pension scheme with 10% employer contribution, equivalent of 5 normal working weeks' annual leave a year, plus normal bank holidays, Dental Insurance, Income Protection and Group Life cover on appointment.

Closing Date: 17th May at 12pm

Interview Date: 25th or 26th May

The charity’s Partnerships Department fosters relationships with key existing and prospective partners and is committed to growing the number of children in developing countries who benefit from the organisations sponsorship programme and the number of communities that benefit from its Beyond Sponsorship funding programmes. The team is passionate about releasing children from poverty in Jesus’ name, is committed to achieving ambitious growth objectives in a timely manner and cultivating long-term relationships that aide the mission.

About the Role

As a Regional Partnerships Manager, you’ll work within the Partnerships Department to establish, build, maintain and grow relationships with existing and potential Church Partners to manage local events in order to maximise the opportunities from these partnerships and to achieve regional acquisition objectives.

You will work in collaboration with volunteers, the philanthropy and events team to maximise impact. 

Responsibilities include:

• Actively maintain and promote the organisations Christian ethos and values
• Maximise the number of child sponsorships from churches and local events
• Work collaboratively across the organisation to effectively meet objectives

To ensure good stewardship of the charity’s resources, preference will be given to those located within the Greater Manchester area.

About You

To flourish as Regional Partnerships Manager, you’ll need:

• Sales experience
• Excellent networking experience
• To be a confident and effective public speaker
• An understanding of the aspirations of church leaders
• Core office/administrative skills
• A full driving licence with car

You must be personally committed to the Christian faith and be able to respect, uphold and work within our client’s Christian mission, values, culture and faith statements.

You will represent and speak on behalf of a Christian charity and as such the Occupational Requirement for an active Christian faith is justified under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1, clause 3.

Please note the charity can only consider applicants who presently have the right to work in the UK

Other roles you may have experience of could include Partnerships, Corporate Partnerships, Development, Business Development, Funding, Sponsorship, Faith, Christian, Strategic Partnerships, Partnership Development, Church, Impact Manager, Philanthropy Manager, Volunteer, Volunteer Manager, Sales Manager, Account Manager, Sales Executive, Christian, Innovation, Income Generation, Income, Growth, Major Giving, Major Donor, Bid, Individual Giving, Campaign, Brand, Communication, Charity, Not for Profit, Non Profit.

Hope for Justice exists to bring an end to modern slavery by preventing exploitation, rescuing victims, restoring lives and reforming society. Around the world, we are growing a movement of abolitionists who believe freedom is worth the fight. Our team works from more than 30 locations across five continents. If you’re looking to make a difference, this is the place for the you.

Position

Hope for Justice is seeking an exceptional researcher, communicator and relationship-builder to take us to the next level in the way we interact with institutional funders and grant-making bodies.

As UK Partnerships Officer – Trusts & Foundations, you will secure long-term and sustainable sources of income for Hope for Justice’s award-winning and life-changing projects. The role includes research, application writing, building relationships, generating reports for secured funders and the ability to work effectively towards ambitious targets. You will work with our frontline Programs teams around the world to establish key needs and match these with potential sources of funding. The successful candidate will need to have a good balance of written and numerical/analytical skills, as well as experience with pipeline and prospect database management.

The role will involve representing the charity in external meetings, writing high-quality reports and maintaining comprehensive records, so attention-to-detail is a must.

Knowledge of modern slavery and human trafficking will also be an important part of achieving success in this role.

As Hope for Justice repositions our Programmes to make ten times the impact over the next ten years, the work of the UK Partnerships Officer – Trusts & Foundations will be a vital part of achieving sustainable and long-term income, and in doing so, changing lives and ending slavery.

This position requires someone with at least two years’ experience in a similar role and a proven track record – for full details and requirements, see the Role Profile.

Requirements

• Work as part of a team to deliver the KPIs and fundraising targets set by the International Development Director.
• Generate income from UK Trusts and Foundations to enable delivery of Hope for Justice programmes worldwide.
• To maintain a portfolio of existing trust relationships and to nurture relationships with existing UK Trusts and Foundations. This entails ensuring that contacts are recorded in the CRM system and reports to funders produced in a timely manner.
• To be a major contributor to the development of Hope for Justice Trust and Foundations programme through the cultivation of new relationships in the UK - focussing on trusts capable of contributing at the major and high value level.
• To grow all trust income and maximise all income opportunities from the UK through research and networking.
• To carry out effective research to identify new prospective donors.

Salary: Up to £25,000 per year, dependent on experience

Closing date: 16th May 2021

Location: Manchester, United Kingdom

As part of our commitment to safeguarding, this post is subject to background checks before an offer of employment is confirmed.

Current Total Salary Progression: Up to £49,693 per annum depending on development within the role.

This role will support the North West region with flexibility over office location.

The Rehabilitation Officer (known within Guide Dogs  as an Orientation and Mobility Specialist (OMSp)) helps  people with sight loss to live the life they choose by delivering orientation, mobility services  and technology that promote independence and choice to people who are blind and partially sighted both indoors and outdoors. Through personalisation and re-ablement, the OMSp will provide a specialist holistic assessment of customer needs and deliver support that will enable a person to achieve their goals. The OMSp will use their core skills to empower a person’s independence, wellbeing and provide information and advice about what support is available for them.

The core hours of this role are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. As a charity, we’re always keen to support flexible working as best we can. We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Diversity

Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

Candidate requirements

To be able to fulfil this role, and provide help to those with sight loss, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• Qualification as either a Mobility Instructor or Rehabilitation Worker e.g. Dip HE Rehabilitation Studies or equivalent.
• In addition, evidence of continued professional development to maintain current knowledge and experience within the field.
• Has experience of working with people who are blind and partially sighted.
• Ability to liaise effectively with other professionals / agencies.
• Assessment and planning skills.

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above. As part of your application ensure you provide to evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.

The system does have a time limit, we would advise you to complete your answers and copy and paste into the online form once finalised. Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

Remember to refer to the attached job description and candidate pack for more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.