Alumni & Development is responsible for the University’s relationship with its graduates and fundraising for key University initiatives. As part of the Operations Team, you will have the ability to multi-task efficiently while maintaining a high level of accuracy. The post-holder will act as the first point of contact within the Operations Team for a range of enquiries as well as being responsible for all aspects of financial processing, including the annual Telethon campaign, with additional responsibilities for updating biographical and educational data and data cleansing in The Raiser’s Edge and NetCommunity. The post-holder will also have full responsibility for the administration of departmental prizes, and assist in the administration of undergraduate scholarships and the University of Strathclyde USA Foundation.
With strong IT skills, proven experience in very high volume data entry and using and reporting from relational databases, you will be a self-motivated, flexible, team player with a methodical approach to work tasks, excellent data entry, accuracy, time management and communication skills. Knowledge of the fundraising environment and The Raiser’s Edge would be an advantage.
Interviews are scheduled to take place on 30th and 31st March 2020.
Mary’s Meals is a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. We continue to change the lives of over 1.6 million children who today will receive Mary’s Meals.
The Operations Support Officer will provide a back-office support function regarding facilities management, development of systems and processes, implementation of the health and safety management system, logistics and administration. This includes contributing to the development of operational excellence that supports the growing awareness of the Mary’s Meals movement, building relationships and meeting expectations of internal and external stakeholders.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting colleagues in the implementation of systems and processes.
- Undertaking agreed audits of our charity shops, communicating with colleagues on the timetable and type of audit and feedback any identified non-compliance or required improvements.
- Providing support and training to employees and volunteers in our shops and to those who operate material aid collections and loadings.
- Maintaining the system for repairs and maintenance and cleaning matters for offices, shops and warehouse, ensuring the safety and security of our shops and warehouse premises.
- Providing a reception service, responding to telephone enquiries.
- Organising all office purchases in line with our policies and procedures.
- Supporting the preparation of mail-outs.
To apply, please visit our website by following instructions on Charity Job.
Closing date: Friday, 28 February 2020
Here at Human Appeal we have an exciting opportunity for a Challenges Coordinator to join our integral Fundraising department. You will join us on a full time basis as part of an initial 1 year fixed term contract and in return you will receive a competitive salary of £20-27k per annum.
Frequent travel will be required nationally and potentially internationally so you can be based anywhere across the UK. We have offices in Birmingham, London, Leicester, Glasgow, and our head office in Manchester.
Human Appeal is a faith-based charity that aims to abolish poverty by providing humanitarian aid, sustainable development programs and championing advocacy for our beneficiaries worldwide.
Key duties and responsibilities of our Challenges Coordinator:
- To strategically lead on the development, management, and delivery of a range of regional, national and international Challenge Events by working closely with National Events and Challenges Manager, ensuring that all available opportunities for raising funds for HA are successfully exploited and maintained at agreed levels of return on investment.
- To work closely with the Volunteers Coordinator to recruit, develop and grow the volunteering database, to recruit Volunteers for Challenges and Fundraising events
- To lead the development of new innovative Charity Challenge events, as well as a broad spectrum and variety of challenges for all target audiences.
- To build awareness of HA projects and donor relationships, increase income generation and donations year on year to secure the long-term financial sustainability and growth of HA in line with national FR strategy.
- To contribute towards and implement the annual fundraising strategy for regional and national challenge activities.
- To contribute to and expand the current challenges programme to meet and exceed agreed targets, by achieving donation income growth and donor growth (Year-Over-Year).
- To successfully develop a strong FR portfolio to lead and support in-house FR teams during Challenges.
- To ensure local and national FR challenges are well supported, run effectively, regularly, whilst delivering Quality Assurance in line with Health & Safety, customer satisfaction, complaints management, and Fundraising Regulators code of conduct.
Benefits of joining us as our Challenges Coordinator:
- 35 Days Annual Leave
- Matched Pension Contribution
- Flexible Working
- Employee Discounts and Memberships
What we’re looking for in our Challenges Coordinator:
- Ideally degree-educated, or Voluntary Service Oversees (VSO) beneficial
- Minimum of 2 years in similar post, proven track record of project and events management.
- Computer literate and competent with Microsoft Office, Social Media, Donor Management systems
- English essential. Knowledge of additional languages such as Arabic/Urdu/Bengali/Gujarati/Hindi/Punjabi an advantage.
This would be the ideal role for a Challenges Coordinator looking to further their career and continue to make a difference in the Charity Sector!
We are looking to appoint this role ASAP and will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, so for the best chance of success please click ‘apply’ today to become our Challenges Coordinator – we would love to hear from you.
A Little Bit About Human Appeal…
What our CEO Says:
“We are faith-based but not faith-specific. We have faith in all of humanity and believe we can achieve great things when we work together. So, come and be part of a dynamic global charity where we celebrate our differences, as well as our common humanity”
Dr Mohamed Ashmawey
What our Staff Say:
“Everyone’s friendly and eager to help. We’re a small team, but everyone has their own thing about them that makes them unique. Someone teaches me something new every day! Everyone is close and we have lunch together. Being a part of Human Appeal is like a second family!”
Eleanor, Volunteers Assistant
“The reasons I have remained working within the charity sector, and specifically with Human Appeal, is the feeling of contentment. I feel that I am contributing towards a greater cause – I am part of a bigger picture – and I get to meet like-minded people”
Jahed, Business Analyst
“At Human Appeal, each one of us has the opportunity to influence others. If you are prepared to challenge yourself there are no limits, so come and make it happen!”
Simon, Systems and Reporting Manager
What We Have Achieved So Far This Year:
- We have provided emergency aid to 10,770 of the most vulnerable people across Yemen
- We have supported 1,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
- We have provided 300 refugee families in Jordan with essential winter aid
- We have helped 36,643 people to have enough food to break their fast during Ramadan
- We have collected and distributed 21,124 coats to the homeless in the UK
- We have provided 258 families with emergency food packs in Manchester
COME AND JOIN THE FAMILY – click ‘apply’ today!
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 35 hours a week
Closing Date: 23:59 on Thursday 27th February
This role is known as Prince's Trust Executive in The Prince's Trust.
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic youth worker to join our dynamic team and is well suited to an individual that is looking to gain hands-on experience in a thriving and supportive workplace. The successful candidate has to be as passionate as us about transforming the lives of young people.
As an Executive, you will work with young people, volunteers and partners to deliver programmes and activities to support and encourage 11-30 year olds. Working as part of a team within South West Scotland, you will work with clear objectives to 'connect', 'progress' and help 'transform' the lives of young people who need us most.
This is a home-based post in South West Glasgow with regular travel across the region.
Responsibilities:
- Supporting young people to develop their confidence and skills.
- Delivery of Prince's Trust programmes (mainly across all offers of education and employability but may have to support other areas)
- Supporting young people into positive outcomes including education, training and employment.
- Planning, organising and budgeting.
- Working effectively with young people, external partners and volunteers
Requirements:
To support our delivery requirements across South West Glasgow, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals with the following qualities:
- Are able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience
- Can be adaptive and flexible, ready to embrace change and innovation
- Are experienced in providing one-to-one support and delivering high-quality learning and development sessions through a variety of mediums.
- Is a natural and effective communicator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decision for young people
- Experience in working business-to-business development and strong selling skills
- Experience of facilitating skills development in at least one of the following settings; Education sector, Employment/Enterprise training.
- Has a strong understanding of the challenges young people within The Trust's target groups face.
For more information, please go to the job description or our ‘Working with Young People’ page.
Why we need Execs:
This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome.
We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years. Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.
We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world. We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.
Perks for working at The Trust:
- Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure the days between Christmas and New Year
- Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
- Interest-free season ticket loans
- Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial wellbeing support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas
- The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
- You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
- Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
- In-house and external training opportunities available throughout the year
The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.
We are committed to equality and believe in building a diverse organisation that is representative of and responsive to the needs of our young people and stakeholders.
A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:
We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!
Req ID: 291
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