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Fundraising Manager, Trusts & Foundations, Major Donors

Police Care UK

Remote

£38000 - £42000 per annum

Permanent

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Location: Remote

Salary: £38,000-£42,000
Contract Type: Permanent

About Police Care UK

Police Care UK traces its roots back to 1926 following the merger of the charities Police Dependants’ Trust and the National Police Fund. Our mission is to reduce the impact of harm on police and their families across the UK.

The Charity is currently undergoing a period of growth and development and has transformed from a traditional benevolent organisation to a leader in the blue light sector. This exciting phase is allowing us to expand both our services and our reach. With our office based in Woking, Surrey, we operate throughout the UK to deliver groundbreaking research, innovation, and evidence-based action that supports the police community in coping with the impact of policing. Our work has included targeted projects within police forces aimed at improving wellbeing as well as providing emotional and financial support to serving and veteran officers, staff, and their families.

Who We’re Looking For:

We are seeking a proactive and highly self-motivated Fundraising Manager to join our team at Police Care UK and make a critical contribution towards our combined annual fundraising target of approximately £1 million.

With knowledge of the funding landscape for first responders, police, mental health, or wellbeing causes, you will take direct responsibility for income from Trusts & Foundations, Major Donors, and legacy fundraising, alongside oversight of our challenge and community events.

With strong research and writing skills, you’ll identify new funding opportunities and produce compelling, high-quality applications. You’ll also bring excellent relationship-building abilities, managing key donor relationships with care and ensuring grant compliance to maximise impact and income.

If you have a strong track record in securing significant income from trusts, foundations, grant-making bodies and major donors, and a commitment to improving mental health outcomes for those who serve, we’d love to hear from you.

Main Responsibilities:

Develop and deliver a trusts and foundations fundraising strategy to meet agreed income targets.
Research and identify new funding opportunities from trusts, foundations, and statutory sources.
Write compelling, tailored funding proposals, applications, and reports.
Work closely with finance and clinical teams to monitor and report on grant expenditure.
Organise meetings, presentations, and site visits to engage and inspire funders.
Provide timely updates, reports, and impact statements to funders.
Build and maintain strong, personalised relationships with major donors through regular communication and engagement.
Plan and deliver an effective legacy marketing strategy.
Champion Police Care UK and the support it provides to our police, their families and the wider police service.

Experience:

Proven experience in securing significant income from trusts, foundations, or grant-making bodies.
Experience of raising substantial fundraising income and achieving performance targets.
Building and nurturing relationships with grant-making bodies.
Setting and achieving ambitious income targets from major donors.
Experience or understanding of effective legacy marketing and administration processes.
Working with the marketing team to showcase donor impact through storytelling and recognition opportunities.
Working effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
Demonstrable experience of setting, managing and delivering against budgets, reporting on KPIs, variances and re-forecasting.
Managing multiple deadlines and working under pressure.

Knowledge:

Knowledge of the funding landscape for first responders, police, wellbeing and mental health causes.
Understanding of financial budgeting and grant compliance.
The regulatory environment for charities, Gift Aid, Fundraising Code of Conduct.
Proficiency in fundraising databases and Microsoft Office.

Skills:

Exceptional communication skills.
Strong research skills to identify new funding opportunities.
Preparing compelling, tailored proposals to inspire significant philanthropic gifts.
Analyse donor trends and provide insights to enhance major donor fundraising strategies.
Maintain a pipeline of prospects and manage a calendar of funding applications and deadlines.
Strong relationship-building skills with funders and internal stakeholders.
Ability to craft persuasive funding applications.

Additional:

Pro-active and highly self-motivated.
The ability to change and adapt to changing needs and circumstances.
Ability to work collaboratively and to support a skill sharing agenda.
An empathy with the police service and the welfare needs of police officers and their families.

Hours of work: The basic hours of work are 35 hours, Monday – Friday
Location: Remote

How to Apply: If you’re ready to join a forward-thinking charity that values innovation, empathy, and collaboration, we’d love to hear from you. You will need to submit your CV and a detailed cover letter explaining why you’re the right fit for this role. Applications are assessed on a rolling basis, so please apply as soon as you are able.

Limitations

This job description is neither exclusive nor exhaustive. The duties and responsibilities may vary from time to time in the light of changing circumstances in consultation with the jobholder.
The jobholder will be required to work within the rules and regulations of the Charity and accept the authority of the Chief Executive, who has the discretion to delegate authority to the jobholder and to withdraw it.

Equal Opportunities Policy

The Charity is committed to eliminating any discrimination and promoting diversity and equality of opportunity in all it does. The Charity is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment, and we will not unlawfully discriminate against job applicants, employees of the Charity, volunteers, workers, or contract workers on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins) religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

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Posted on: 02 May 2025

Closing date: 15 May 2025 at 23:59

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Team Leader – Semi Independent Home

St Christopher's Fellowship

Twickenham, Greater London (On-site) 15.25 miles

£29,358 per year

Full-time

Permanent

Actively Interviewing

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Team Leader – Semi Independent Home – South West London

£29,358 per annum

40 Hours per week, shift work including weekends and bank holidays

Twickenham (TW1)

We have presently a fantastic opportunity to join one of our 16+ Homes, located in Twickenham, and make a difference to our Young People’s lives.

About Us

Our vision is for every child and young person to be safe, loved and happy, to achieve their potential and have a bright future.

St Christopher's is a leading charity for children and young people and we are proud of our history for providing fostering, children's homes and a range of innovative leaving care services across the UK & Isle of Man. We have a passionate commitment to our young people, placing them at the centre of everything we do. We provide positive life experiences for young people who are unable to sustain a placement in their parental or foster home.

We are an equal-opportunity employer keen to develop an inclusive workforce where people feel they belong. We hope to attract applications from under- represented groups, including people from different cultures, nationalities, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, disabilities, religions, faith, sex, orientation, childcare responsibilities, and gender-diverse identities.

St Christopher’s Academy

At St Christopher's we can offer you a career where you can develop your skills and knowledge while making a difference to young people’s lives.

When you join St Christopher’s, we will set you up in your career with a tailored development plan. Whether you want to move across to a different service, become a Manager or just explore further your current role, we will support you to map out your career trajectory and help you achieve your professional ambitions. If you want to learn more about St Christopher’s Academy, please visit our website.

We are proud that 84% of all our Team Leaders, Deputies and Managers are internal promotions.

About the Role

As Team Leader, you will assist the Manager in the running of a 16+ semi-independent supported accommodation service, supporting the delivery of high quality transition services for young people that promote their independence and increase their life skills.

We have an enthusiastic team including Support Workers, Waking Night Staff and Management who all have different interests which they bring to the service. If you’re ready for a challenge and think you have the skills to drive St Christopher’s forward we would love to hear from you!

Applicants should have

· At least two year’s relevant experience providing housing and/or support services to vulnerable individuals

· A good understanding of the regulatory framework relevant to the provision of housing services for young people

· Knowledge of the welfare benefits system in relation to young people.

· Ability to lead, motivate, supervise and support staff and be a positive role model.

· Ability to prioritise own workload and to work flexibly to meet deadlines or service requirements.

· Ability to use own initiative as well as be an active team member.

· Flexibility to occasionally work evening and weekend shifts and participating in the On-Call system.

In return we offer:

· Salary of £29,358 per annum.

· Competitive pay and reward structure offering salary progression based on performance.

· A friendly working environment, a fun, open and honest culture.

· 25 days holiday rising to 27 days after 3 years’ service, plus Bank Holidays, pro-rata.

· Industry leading training programme including access to level 3 qualifications, children’s right and participation, CSE, empowerment, mental health and social pedagogy.

· Contributory pension scheme, enhanced maternity and company sick scheme.

· UK Life Assurance (Death in service) to the value of 3 times your annual salary.

· BUPA employee assistance programme, offering counselling, financial advice and legal support.

· Cycle to work scheme.

· Bluelight card; discount shopping scheme at hundreds of retailers across the UK.

· Discretionary funded training programs.

· Employee awards based on performance and length of service.

· Fantastic opportunities to develop your career within our range of services.

Recruitment Process

At St Christopher’s we are committed to the safeguarding of all children and young people in our care. During the recruitment process you will be expected to complete an online application form to ensure we capture essential information to meet legislation, best practice and vetting requirements.

Applicants will ideally already be on the DBS Update Service; if this is not the case St Christopher's will carry out a DBS (police) check prior to starting.

Your online application must include a supporting statement addressing the criteria stated in the Person Specification. For the full Job Description and Person Specification please visit our website.

For more information or assistance during the application process, please visit our website

Closing date: TBC

Interview date: TBC

We advise to apply as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Please note this post has a minimum age restriction of 21 for roles working directly with children and young people in our residential and semi-independent Homes in line with the Equality Act ‘occupational requirement’.

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