London South Bank University Students’ Union is on a mission to totally transform the way a students’ union works in a modern university. We are now seeking an outstanding professional leader to join the organisation as Chief Executive to take forward its future development, operational delivery and management across a growing team of staff and volunteers.

About the role

LSBSU is the recognised representative body of 18,000 students at London South Bank University. Many of our students come from less privileged backgrounds and have had to overcome significant barriers in life simply to get to university.

South Bank students have high expectations and ambitions for themselves but lead complex lives where they are faced with the pressures of trying to balance their studies with work and juggling their lives at home. Many don’t identify primarily as students, but instead as carers, nurses, engineers, parents, designers, workers, entrepreneurs, apprentices, last chance learners, and Londoners.

In recent times, realising that much of our activity was not engaging significant parts of our student population, we have taken a long hard look at ourselves. We know that we can do so much more for our students.

Following a period of transition, we have set out an ambitious vision for 2025 that will take us on a journey of improvement and innovation. Our goal is to be a truly transformative students’ union that improves the lives of students on every course and beyond at London South Bank University. We have set a plan for year one, and goals for year five, but how we get there could take many routes and we will need you as CEO to steer that journey.

This is a brilliant opportunity to support an SU which is rebuilding itself from the ground up. We have invested heavily in our transformation, started to build a more inclusive and equitable workplace, and we have significant changes to governance in the pipeline for 2021.

As CEO, you will have the chance to bring people into the senior team and work collaboratively with our Officers, Board and University partner to establish the best way to achieve our goals for 2025.

Who we're looking for

Our ideal Chief Executive will be able to provide dynamic leadership, be motivated to change students’ lives and be passionate about building an organisation that is relevant and responsive to those it seeks to serve.

You need to have strong communication skills, emotional intelligence and an ability to build relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders. It is essential that you are committed to role modelling inclusive behaviours, building equity and removing the systemic barriers that exist to hold our students back.

We are actively looking to diversify our Trustee board and leadership team as this has not been as diverse as our student population in the past. We are especially interested to hear from candidates from BAME communities and/or candidates that have overcome other significant barriers in their lives.

If you are inspired by the job, we highly recommend you contact Peridot for an informal discussion and background on the role.

Executive Director of Fundraising and Creative
c. £100,000

Comic Relief is one of the UK’s best loved and most widely recognised charities. We work to drive positive change through the power of entertainment, and our flagship events include Comic Relief, Sport Relief and Red Nose Day. Millions of generous participants and donors have raised an astonishing total of over £1bn in the past 35 years, all of which has gone to improving lives in the UK and across the globe.

A lot has changed since 1985, and we’ve invested considerable time and thought into recasting our focus and philosophy to address emerging challenges and opportunities. We are committed to being impact-led; to channelling creativity; and to working smart. If you’re looking for a genuinely creative way to make a concrete difference to the world, this influential and visible leadership role could be the most important move you make.

Our fundraising strategy is uniquely Comic Relief: we create entertainment, stories and brilliant partnerships which inspire people to care about (and thus to support) the causes and charities that we fund. Sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, and always serious, we engage millions of people of all ages. The Fundraising and Creative workgroup is the largest directorate in the organisation, and comprises three teams – Public Fundraising, Corporate Partnerships and Creative – collaborating closely together. It’s a multi-faceted and cross-channel group, with a strong focus on embedding and championing digital throughout all our content and working practices. And it’s an incredibly exciting place to be.

You’ll be accountable for generating our income, ensuring that we continue to be a popular, progressive and dynamic brand which is entertaining, engaging and highly effective. Significant experience in public fundraising through creative leadership is essential, and your record of sustained, tangible increases in income will set you apart. The ability to work through relationships is key, and you must have the judgement, communication and influencing skills to play a visible and highly scrutinised role in a major charitable organisation. And as if that didn’t narrow the field enough, we’re also uncompromising about wanting to see comprehensive experience of embedding digital strategy and practice within an organisation, plus exceptional prowess as a strategic marketer, communicator and producer.

Unicef ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

We are currently seeking a Deputy Executive Director, Philanthropic Relationships to help us achieve our ambitious goals and move us closer to making every child safe, and able to reach their full potential. As a member of the senior executive team and reporting directly to the Executive Director, the new Deputy Executive Director will be integral in raising our sights and helping us achieve our ambition. Unicef UK currently secures around £10 million annually in major and principal giving, however, we believe that we can increase this income significantly with the right leadership and aspiration setting for our philanthropic partnerships team. We want to invest in the strategy, approach, capability and people that will help us realise that goal.

We wish to encourage applications from experienced senior leaders drawn from a wide variety of backgrounds. The successful candidate will be a proven fundraising leader, with demonstrable experience of cultivating and delivering on philanthropic relationships at the highest level. You will have knowledge of working alongside high net worth individuals and philanthropic trusts and securing support at the seven-figure level. You must have the energy and aptitude to further enhance Unicef UK’s reputation with wide range of philanthropic supporters and their representatives and help expand this portfolio substantially. Excellent communication skills are essential, alongside a clear passion and commitment to Unicef’s mission.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and self-motivated Senior Philanthropy Manager, to join our thriving Partnerships and Philanthropy Team on a 12 month fixed term Maternity cover basis. Working in more than 120 countries, we do whatever it takes to create breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. Our Fundraising, Brand & Marketing department exists to inspire millions of people – from individuals to large corporate organisations – to support our quest for change. Together, we save children's lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential.

The Senior Philanthropy Manager will:

• Source investment from major donors (primarily 6 figure gifts) initiating and developing meaningful, long term relationships with prospective major donor supporters of Save the Children
• Significantly contribute to the Partnerships & Philanthropy Team's ambitious targets; supporting the creation of a sector leading department
• Exercise influence to drive greater impact across the team and wider organisation, helping further our mission for children
• Work with senior volunteers, consult and work with senior stakeholders and the Chief Executive's office

The role will also support in the development of team members, playing a key role in supporting the success of others in developing long standing major donor relationships.

To be successful you will have extensive experience of working within an account management or fundraising environment. You will also have excellent communication skills both face-to-face and on the phone. In addition, you will have:

Strong inter-personal, influencing and relationship building skills with the ability to work with senior stakeholders, across teams and build strong internal and external networks
Excellent written skills, knowledge of proposal development, and the creation of compelling communications for donors
Experience of managing and developing people
The ability to plan, prioritise and manage a varied workload to meet deadlines; with experience of working in dynamic, exciting and fast paced environment.
An understanding of Supporter Databases with excellent IT skills including Word, Excel and Powerpoint
At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.

Please note - We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and may schedule interviews before the closing date.

For more information and to apply please visit our website.

Closing date: Sunday 19th July 2020

Scripure Union is seeking a Major Donor Fundraiser, to help deliver an ambitious growth in income to support the work of Scripture Union in England and Wales. The successful candidate will:

• be an experienced major donor fundraiser who has a sound knowledge of the UK Christian marketplace and the attitudes and motivations of Christian donors.
• be an excellent communicator with a proven track record in project managing and major donor campaigns.
• have proven track record of personally soliciting high value gifts from major donors and of developing long term relationships.
• have experience of arranging events and organising high-profile meetings with senior colleagues, stakeholders, and donors.
• have excellent networking, negotiation and influencing skills.
• be an enthusiastic team player and be competent at working effectively on your own, as well as part of a team.

If this describes you, and you are in agreement with the aims and beliefs of Scripture Union, then we would like to hear from you. For more details or to apply, please visit our website and submit your CV and a covering letter.

If you have any questions about this role, please contact Adelaide Nketsia, HR Officer

Closing date:17 July 2020 

Interview date: To be confirmed

Interview Location: On Microsoft Teams

Harris Hill is delighted to be assisting the fantastic charity, Group B Strep Support, in the search for a new Major Gifts Manager at their office in Haywards Heath, West Sussex on a full or part time basis.

Group B Strep Support is a National charity that works across the UK, striving to prevent life-threatening group B Strep infections in newborn babies. They aim to inform every expectant parent of the dangers posed by group B Strep infection. If a pregnant woman is tested for group B Strep, she can be offered antibiotics in labour to minimise the risk to her baby - preventing illnesses such as sepsis, meningitis and pneumonia.

GBSS is looking for a Fundraiser with experience of securing four/ five-figure donations from Trusts & Foundations and/ or HNWIs, to join their team. You will have sole responsibility for setting up and running the Trusts & Foundations and HNWI fundraising stream for the charity.
You will need to enjoy researching funders and developing projects as much as you like stewarding funders and hitting income targets. In conjunction with this, you will have sole responsibility for creating, producing, and implementing a new Trusts & Foundations and HNWIs fundraising strategy for the coming year. Throughout, you will need continually to monitor financial performance, keep an eye out for any new marketing and fundraising opportunities, and report progress back to the Chief Executive.
To be considered for this role you will need to be well versed in building and managing relationships with Trust & Foundation supporters and/or with HNWIs. You will have significant experience of successful fundraising from donors, demonstrable excellent written communication and project management skills, and excellent attention to detail.

If you would like to receive a full job specification for this role or have a confidential conversation, please send your cv to [email protected] or call Natalie at Harris Hill on 0207 820 7336.

Closing Date - ASAP

Only suitable candidates will be contacted.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Post Title:Partnerships Director

Reports to:Executive Director

Location:Flexible but candidates must have the right to work in their chosen location.

Annual Salary:Salary £75,000+ depending on experience

About Womanity

The Womanity Foundation believes in a world where all women and men enjoy equal rights and opportunities. We work towards a more inclusive society, accelerating gender equality through innovative investments. Womanity are celebrating 15 years of bold and innovative projects for gender equality. Since 2005, Womanity has invested $11,871,370 USD in women’s empowerment, reaching 27.6 million people.

Womanity test new ideas, adapt and develop pioneering programmes and catalyze innovative solutions, creating the best chance for sustainable, long-term impact.  The foundation scales innovations that support women’s progress by building capacity and reach and build disruptive media solutions that challenge gender norms.

Womanity´ s award winning programmes include:

• Girls Can Code: this programme works with schools in Afghanistan to provide 16-19-year-old girls with basic computer literacy.

• The Womanity Awards support the adaptation of impactful models addressing violence against women across regions.  We select partner organizations that come together to replicate and adapt a successful model from one country to another. The Womanity Award acts as a catalyst and accelerates the dissemination of learnings, best practices and impactful programmes addressing Violence Against Women.
• Our Women Change Makers programme identifies women focused social ventures and, through institutional development, helps strengthen the organizations to increase their reach and impact.
• Ten years ago, we founded Radio Nisaa, the first female-led Middle East radio station putting women’s voices and issues on the public agenda.
• We Mean Media was created to strengthen our commitment to accelerating social change and creating positive impact. It is an Arabic digital media multi-platform dedicated to creating and distributing engaging content that challenges gender stereotypes and promotes a more inclusive society. We Mean Media recently launched Smi’touha Minni (‘You Heard it from Me’), a YouTube based satire show that debunks gender stereotypes and deconstructs common traditional narratives about gender.

Purpose of Role

Womanity is seeking to build on their success and to maximise the organisation’s sustainable income from private sources. To this purpose Womanity are recruiting a senior level Partnerships Director to work both strategically and operationally to shape, maintain and lead the implementation of their partnerships strategy globally to deliver deeper impact.

This is a new role and the Partnerships Director, in collaboration with the Executive Director and President of the Foundation, will have direct accountability and responsibility for the development, leadership and delivery of the fundraising and development strategy to grow annual income to CHF 2 million over five years.

The Partnerships Director will further develop and form new relationships from national and international foundations globally to secure funds to support the work of Womanity. The post-holder will understand, lead, and develop funding applications, ensuring that Womanity has the proper approach, processes, and tools to enable the securing and ongoing management of such opportunities. Additionally, the Partnerships Director will serve as an external representative for the organisation in relation to partnership development activities and support the Executive Director and President in their interactions with key funders.

Responsibilities

The Partnerships Director will have primary responsibility for developing and implementing the partnerships strategy at an international level with the following objectives:

• Explore fundraising opportunities across and between global, regional, national levels with an open mandate to drive innovative approaches to fundraising activities, with a strong focus on trusts, foundations, and major donors.  
• Leverage the position of Womanity to secure resources from national and international funders, building and maintaining relationships with a portfolio of relevant national and international funders, navigating the complex funding environment.
• Represent Womanity externally with confidence and gravitas in respect of its programme generally, and fundraising strategy, specifically.
• Support and coordinate interaction with regional and headquarters colleagues, to deliver partnership activities as effectively as possible.
• Work seamlessly and collaboratively across all levels of the organisation to ensure alignment between programmes and fundraising to further deepen impact for Womanity´ s work.

Experience

• At least ten years of proven and relevant experience at a senior level in fundraising ideally within an international context.
• Experience of developing and implementing long-term fundraising strategies, coordinating inputs from a range of stakeholders, and adapting these strategies to take account of changes and/or stakeholder needs.
• Extensive experience in developing relationships and delivering fundraising proposals and reports to funders from a range of spheres, in particular, trust and foundations.
• Extensive experience of engaging, nurturing and maintaining relationships across all levels of stakeholders. 
• Knowledge and practical experience of the international fundraising sector, with existing contacts and networks highly desirable.
• Experience of working with funders as an external spokesperson of organisations.

• Demonstrated cultural awareness and sensitivity to the diversity of values, views and approaches to issues relevant to Womanity programmes by stakeholders around the world.
• Demonstrated experience in financial management, including developing forecasts, budgets, and monitoring expenditure.
• Proven ability to write compelling, creative, succinct, and clear proposals and reports.

Skills Required

• Relevant university degree, diploma or equivalent. 

• Fluency in English is required and French and Arabic would be an advantage.
• Excellent computer and IT skills, including the use of standard MS software packages as well as fundraising databases.

Personal Attributes

• Collaborative approach to working coupled with curiousity and passion for the work of Womanity.
• Stature, gravitas and confidence to gain the credibility and respect of the President, Board members and staff at all levels internally, as well as external partners and stakeholders.
• Highly networked and tenacious in creating opportunities with prospective partners.
• Versatility to combine self-management and self-support when working alone with productive team membership and leadership.
• Entrepreneurial spirit and enthusiasm for Womanity’s unique programmatic approach.
• International focus and cultural sensitivity in working in multiple contexts and across time zones.

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Young H & F in a new role as we develop and embed our fundraising strategy.

The focus will be on collaboration and fundraising; the Partnership Director will be responsible for building cross-sector relationships with businesses for the purpose of investment that support opportunities for young people in the borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.

This is a new role for the charity and as such the manager requires the skills to confidently lead on developing the strategy, nurturing new relationships with businesses, and operating within an evolving and collaborative environment.

This role is crucial in supporting Young H&F to bridge the gap between young people, the youth sector, and local, national and global businesses; supporting businesses to maximise their social purpose in response to what local young people want & need. A key priority is advocating the work of Young H&F members and their positive impact with children & young people aged up to 25

Responsible to 

Young H&F CEO

Salary

Upto £40,000 (pro rata)

Hours

0.6 (22.5 hours) hours with potential to increase dependent on access to funds. (We are flexible and willing to work flexibly with the right candidate, including remote working). 

Location

Based remotely with travel to Hammersmith & Fulham, as well as other London locations.

Key relationships

Young H&F CEO.

Local Small/Medium Enterprises and Corporates.

Organisations delivering opportunities to Children and Young People in H & F. 

Contract

12-month fixed term contract with the opportunity to increase following a successful review. Reasonable expenses are offered, as well as ad-hoc training/development opportunities,role flexibility and other benefits.

Employer’s pension contributions are offered at 6%.

Roles and Responsibilities:

General

• Support the CEO to develop a grant making strategy and lead on fundraising strategy to meet these objectives.
• Lead on corporate fundraising activity, including developing and nurturing relationships with local businesses.
• Develop new unrestricted and core fundraising opportunities (Spacehive, Local giving, Crowdfunder etc).
• Support the CEO in fundraising for Young H&F / Young People’s Foundation joint programmes.
• Ensuring Young H&F members are aware of fundraising training events or ‘meet the funder’ opportunities.

Skills and Experience:

Essential

Leadership and strategic skills

Effective and innovative stakeholder management skills

Effective business planning skills, including finance, marketing and corporate objectives

Effective communication, networking and influencing skills

Desirable

Good understanding of issues and challenges facing 0-25 and the role of the children and young people’s sector in addressing these

Good understanding of the youth sector

Good understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility & Social Value

Experience

Experience of building and managing relationships across a range of diverse partners

Experience of working at a strategic level both internally and externally on behalf of an organisation

Experience of delivering against income generation targets

Experience of working to tight deadlines with minimal supervision

What does success look like for this role?

Specific targets:

• Raise more than £55k of new funding for H&F youth services and organisations through local partnerships and fundraising opportunities.
• Developing and implement a Fundraising and Grant Making strategy.
• Encourage one to four new corporate fundraising partnerships.
• Develop access to alternative sources of income and diversify opportunities through online platforms and a range of other mediums to secure a minimum of £10k

Young H&F is an equal opportunities employer.

Young H&F will ensure that none of its policies or practices discriminates directly or indirectly against our employees in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

Recruitment and selection practices are free from unlawful discriminatory criteria and we encourage applications by people from a range of backgrounds. Job applicants are considered objectively based on merit.

How to apply

We run an anonymised application procedure to ensure our hiring process is as fair as possible. So please remove your name and contact information from your CV before uploading it, and only enter these details on your Charity Job profile. 

To apply, you will need to include:

• your CV (with name and contact details removed)
• cover letter (2 sides of A4 approximately) 

Applicants without a cover letter will not be considered.

Closing date: 17th July 2020 at 9am

Interviews will be held in the commencing week of 27th July 2020

The ideal candidate should commence to start the role in September 2020 but we can be flexible with start date. 

The Eve Appeal is looking for a strong relationship builder to lead on our high-value fundraising – across corporates, high-net-worth individuals and trusts.  

The Eve Appeal is the UK's leading national charity funding research into, and raising awareness of, the five gynaecological cancers – womb, ovarian, cervical, vulval and vaginal. 

We’re looking for a strong relationship builder who has experience in higher-value partnerships management to help us save women's lives. You will be highly organised with a can-do attitude, and will support your small team (this role line manages 2.5 FTE) to maximise income from high-value audiences. 

With many corporates from the beauty and retail industries on board, proven success with trusts and foundations and the building blocks of a successful high-net-worth individual programme now in place, this is a genuinely exciting opportunity for someone to join and drive our high-value fundraising forward. 

You will benefit from a committed multi-disciplinary team, an experienced and supportive line manager, an outward-facing CEO and a highly-networked and engaged Board of Trustees. 

This role could suit a proven Partnerships Manager, someone looking to take their first step up into management or someone with transferrable skills looking to make the move across to high-value fundraising in the charity sector. 

Please click Apply and send us your CV with covering letter (no more than two A4 pages) detailing your suitability for the role. NB only applications accompanied by a covering letter will be considered.

Please note we are holding rolling interviews and reserve the right to close the role and appoint ahead of the published closing date. Therefore we encourage all applicants to apply as early as possible.

The Jack Petchey Foundation is a dynamic Foundation, set up in 1999 by Sir Jack Petchey to inspire and motivate young people and recognise them for their achievements. To date, the Foundation has invested over £133 million in young people across London and Essex. We are looking for a Head of Partnerships to lead and develop our major partnerships and our paid internship programme. You will have lead responsibility for the majority of JPF’s major partner programmes and will harness the potential of JPF’s network to strengthen opportunities for young people across London and Essex.

Purpose of Job

• To lead and develop our portfolio of partnership programmes, ensuring that JPF is a supportive partner and that programmes operate effectively, deliver value for money and provide outstanding opportunities for young people.
• To convene and provide support to JPF partners so that they can learn from each other and can develop and share best practice and complementary approaches to their work.
• To lead and deliver the Foundation’s paid internship programme, ensuring that youth organisations are supported and young interns provided with a robust programme of training and development.

The role reports to the Director of Operations and will support delivery of the Foundation’s Strategic Plan. The post-holder will not have line management responsibility but will be responsible for managing a large number of high-profile partnerships. These partnership programmes are central to the Foundation’s aims and the post holder will need to have advanced management and leadership skills. They will work closely and collaboratively with others in the team in order to deliver our strategic aims.

A full job description, further details and an application form can be found on our website via the Apply button. Completed Application Forms and Staff Diversity Monitoring Forms should be returned via email as described on our website (CVs will not be accepted).

Application deadline: 9am Monday 20th July 2020.

First interviews: Friday 24th July 2020 by zoom.

Second interviews: Wednesday 29th July 2020, ideally in the office if social distancing and travel requirements permit.

JPF is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we seek to build a team that reflects the diverse communities that we serve.

No Agencies please

The Chief Development Officer will manage the strategic oversight of the charity’s fundraising and communications functions whilst ensuring high standards of engagement with policy makers and commissioners, nationally and in the communities where we work. This role is critical to the ongoing development of the organisation and we need an outstanding leader to deliver our ambitious plans for expansion into new areas and robust income growth.

If successful, you will manage the Development Team to deliver high quality funding bids and further develop the excellent relationships the charity has with its supporters and commissioners. You will also be key in developing new business opportunities in new areas of the UK. You will take the lead on the “pre-discovery” phase of any potential Right to Succeed programme in current and new areas of the UK. Finally you will be expected to represent the charity in key meetings and in the media.

Do you want to advance social justice and human rights with your analytical skills and your expertise on South Asia? We are seeking a Program Officer based in London to manage grant-making and advocacy efforts and campaigns from start to finish and play an advisory role regarding advocacy matters in pursuit of the Program’s strategic goals and objectives and, more broadly, the Open Society Foundations.

The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and inclusive democracies whose governments are accountable and open to the participation of all people. We are active in more than 120 countries, making us the world’s largest private funder of independent groups working for justice, democratic governance, and human rights.

The Asia Pacific Regional Office - South Asia Program works with local, regional, and international partners to enhance governance and equity in economic practice, support civic engagement and participation in challenging environments, and strengthen regional platforms for human rights.

As a Program Officer at Open Society, you will:

• Provide a strategic vision for innovative program development in South Asia, and develop advocacy as a new and integral component of the Program’s work, supporting the integration of advocacy into grant making;
• Supervise, with considerable autonomy, the advocacy, grant making, and operational strategies in South Asia; this includes negotiating and managing grants, projects, project budgets, and contracts with diverse organizations/individuals;
• Serve as programmatic focal point on advocacy efforts with focus on a bottom-up advocacy structure, working with program staff and manager to identify advocacy activities, priorities, and opportunities;
• Develop APRO South Asia Program’s staff advocacy capacity and support integration of advocacy into grant making; Build greater solidarity and partnerships through joint advocacy with a select number of grantees, and cultivate unlikely allies, new alliances, and common cause in advocacy across issues;
• Prepare and deliver concise, targeted written reports and presentations for diverse groups, including peers, internal boards and external audiences;
• Represent APRO in internal and external meetings.

What we are looking for:

• Work experience in, and nuanced understanding of, at least one field related to human rights, justice, or governance in South Asia;
• Experience developing advocacy efforts connected to broader public campaigning and constituency mobilization, within a campaigning framework, and experience doing high-level advocacy;
• Capacity to conceptualize advocacy in inter-cultural, local contexts beyond the “usual places” where advocacy has traditionally been conducted;
• Excellent written and oral English skills;
• Fluency in at least one of the major South Asian languages;
• Ability to work efficiently to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment, and ability to adapt to shifting priorities;
• Willingness to travel frequently, both domestically and internationally.

Desirable (but not required):

• Experience of working on core open society issues in one or more countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and/or Pakistan is desirable;
• Language fluency in one or more of Bengali (Bangla), Dari, Nepali, Pashto, Punjabi and/or Urdu is desirable.

For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the apply button.

Closing date: 7 July 2020.

We aim to build an inclusive workforce that is reflective of the populations we support, and actively seek applications from those who are marginalized and underrepresented. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and colleagues with disabilities.

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

Since the coronavirus outbreak began, our society has pulled together to achieve extraordinary things. Thousands of people sleeping rough have been temporarily housed in a matter of weeks, and many more were prevented from becoming homeless due to emergency changes to legislation.

As we begin to emerge from lockdown, we now stand at a crossroads: we can build on the incredible progress that has been made by helping everyone move into a secure and permanent home; or we risk seeing thousands of people being forced into homelessness.

We are recruiting for a Philanthropy Manager to join our expanding Partnerships and Philanthropy team, to work alongside our inspirational supporters and beneficiaries to bring an end to homelessness in Great Britain.

About the role
As Philanthropy Manager, you will lead on launching and growing our new philanthropy Giving Club. We are working with an excellent consultant now to design this new offer and the new post holder will take over the reins to establish this exciting new supporter journey. We have a well-established and loyal supporter audience already giving at this level and we want to provide them with an exceptional supporter experience, whilst also providing the engine room to grow our partnerships and philanthropy networks.

The philanthropy team have already grown income by 124% in recent years with a number of new team members in place, so now is a brilliant time to join now that we have clear plans in place for further growth, a great energy in the team and an incredibly urgent cause.

About you
To be successful in this role you will have

• Some experience of philanthropy fundraising, building strong relationships and securing gifts of 4 to 5 figures
• A natural flair for relationships and the ability to work equally well with a wide range of people
• Excellent communication skills, written, verbal and listening
• Knowledge of planning, monitoring and evaluating success in fundraising
• You will be a team player, with a flexible approach and the ability to collaborate well with others

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
• Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your on-going development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online. For the supporting statement section, please address how you meet points 1-5 of the person specification, which can be found on our website by clicking on the 'Vacancy Details' button.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team, contact details can be found on our website. 

Closing date: Tuesday 14 July (23:59)

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

For more information about our work and to see our work in action, please visit our website.

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

As a key member of the IRC's Global Communications Team, the Senior Officer, Global Communications will develop and execute communications strategies related to the IRC’s work in Africa and/or other portfolio priority geographies / issues. In turn, s/he will help to position the IRC as a global thought and practice leader.

The Senior Officer will lead and collaborate on IRC communications efforts within a set portfolio and surge into crisis projects as needed, convening and leading multiple departments and stakeholders to deliver breakthrough communications results. The Senior Officer will act as a spokesperson as needed.

Major Responsibilities:

• Convene, collaborate with, and lead a dynamic range of IRC teams across Africa Regions/other IRC portfolios as needed, to develop and implement communications strategies that drive awareness of the IRC’s impact and advocacy, enhancing the IRC's reputation, supporting fundraising objectives, and influencing target policy makers.
• Work with (and persuade) internal stakeholders, including communications team-members, field teams, advocates, fundraisers, and technical experts to facilitate and support dynamic communications tactics, including innovative media outreach, top tier op-eds, creative digital content and dynamic, audience-driven social media output.
• Deliver strategic proactive and reactive media relations, leveraging global insights and expertise in both international and humanitarian media to increase the IRC’s media share of voice and digital engagement.
• Deploy excellent writing skills to deliver pitches that land IRC-led features, high-level IRC messages for cross-organizational use, top tier landing op-eds, and talking points for spokespeople.
• Represent the IRC as a spokesperson to external and internal audiences, both via media interviews and contributing to digital content. Provide media training to field spokespeople as needed.
• Partner with in house and external experts to produce Digital Content and Communications outputs that are integrated with strategic external relations objectives, aligned to clear distribution, and measurement, working closely with the Marketing Communications department.
• Gather content through multiple digital mediums -- photo, video, audio etc. -- using industry standard practices and equipment.
• Contribute to quarterly reports on media coverage and content results using industry standard metrics and bench-marking.
• Strengthen and develop internal systems and processes to deliver on communications objectives.
• Coordinate and lead crisis and emergency communications, including high profile field visits and high-speed content gathering.
• Deliver and lead executive communications for IRC leaders, including the CEO, as needed.
• Expand and nurture IRC’s communications network.