Organisation Development Manager Jobs in Central London, Greater London
With the recent publication of the first national Kinship Care Strategy, this is an exciting time to join our growing and impact driven charity. Importantly, you’ll be committed to our mission to improve recognition and support for kinship families, and you’ll be ready to play an integral role in creating a system that works for kinship families so they are more able to find the support they need, when they need it.
Kinship is seeking to recruit an experienced individual to lead on developing strategic relationships with partners to support the successful delivery of our new national Kinship Carer Training and Support Service, funded by the Department for Education.
This role will suit a proactive and dynamic individual with the ability to plan and deliver a national approach to map organisations and services that are in contact with kinship families, develop effective relationships, and create referral pathways into the Training and Support Service. Working with a range of stakeholders including schools, healthcare providers, national and local charities, and cultural and faith organisations, you will help connect the ecosystem of support for kinship families across England.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, accurate and timely use of our Salesforce CRM, effective collaboration across teams within Kinship and excellent attention to detail will be key to achieving our goals.
What you'll be doing:
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Working with the Head of Network Development to plan and execute a new strategic approach to developing partnerships with relevant organisations
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Building an up-to-date and accurate picture of the organisations in contact with kinship families
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Leading on the development and ongoing management of partnerships across a wide range of organisations including education and health, charities and cultural and faith groups
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Establishing connections between partner organisations, the Training and Support team, peer support groups, Kinship’s services, and the wider ecosystem of kinship support
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Proactively using our Salesforce CRM database to record, collate, and analyse information to inform delivery and evidence effectiveness of your work
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Collaborating effectively with internal colleagues and external partners to collect and share information and to develop and deliver effective plans to reach and engage kinship carers
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Collaborating with the marketing team to develop integrated plans or reaching and promoting Kinship to key organisations
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Being a credible and knowledgeable face of Kinship, including preparing and delivering high quality presentations, in person and online, to raise awareness about the Training and Support Service and other services and programmes
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Promoting available resources including the online information hub, Kinship Compass to kinship carers
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Collaborating with partners to attend awareness raising workshops on the Training and Support Service, establish referral pathways, and improve signposting to support
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In collaboration with the training team, supporting the development and delivery of high quality and engaging training and support roadshows and events for kinship carers
What you’ll need to demonstrate:
Essential Requirements include:
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Experience of delivering a strategic engagement plan to develop strong, collaborative relationships with a range of stakeholders, ideally in a relevant role and organisation
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Experience of proactively and successfully identifying and securing new relationships, managing a pipeline, and account managing relationships
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Excellent project management skills with proven ability to work across teams and coordinate work and activity to achieve organisational objectives
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Ability to respond quickly and effectively to external opportunities and developments
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Excellent communication skills, with an ability to present information clearly, accurately, and persuasively
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Ability to represent Kinship confidently and effectively with a range of audiences
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Experience of using databases to manage and build relationships (ideally Salesforce)
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Experience of working in a fast-paced environment, responding with flexibility and agility to changing and competing priorities and emerging opportunities
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Able to work on own initiative and take responsibility for own area of work
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Ability to apply Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion Principles in all areas of work
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Empathetic, with an understanding of the lived experience of kinship carers and the children and young people they care for.
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Confident user of Word, Excel and PowerPoint
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Ability to travel to meet the needs of the role
Desirable
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Experience of kinship care
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Own vehicle and clean driving license
Kinship is an equal opportunities employer. We warmly welcome applications from appropriately qualified people from all sections of the community and aim to promote diversity.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Chalk Farm Tenant Management Organisation (TMO) is looking for a competent leader with a passion for social housing to manage our housing organisation.
Located close to the historic Camden Market, the TMO provides housing services and community activities for residents of the estate. Sustainably funded by Camden Council long term, this is an ideal opportunity for a candidate with experience in management and a real interest in social housing, who values the autonomy of working in a small and close knit organisation.
As estate manager, your main duties will be to:
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Give the TMO the strategy it needs to deliver an excellent housing service for residents.
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Ensure that the TMO is adequately and responsibly resourced.
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Ensure that the TMO complies with the Management Agreement signed with Camden Council, all applicable legislation, and current best practice.
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Provide effective day-to-day leadership, management and supervision of staff.
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Uphold a service culture which puts residents’ satisfaction at the heart of delivery.
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Ensure the effective delivery of the TMO’s housing management functions.
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Work in partnership with the committee to deliver continuous improvement and good value across all TMO managed and contracted services.
This could be you if you have:
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4 years+ experience of managing staff, and at least 2 years experience of reporting to a board;
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good knowledge of housing law or current issues relating to social housing;
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experience in procuring contracts and managing contractors;
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a proactive, can-do attitude, and an ability to motivate a team;
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excellent numerical and IT literacy, including a record of preparing and scrutinising budgets;
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Either a Level 4 Certificate in Housing, or an undergraduate degree (2:1 or above), and are prepared to enrol in the 1 year online Level 4 course by the Chartered Institute for Housing.
The TMO is prepared to fund the Level 4 course, and to support a bright manager with a successful track record of delivery to transition into social housing.
Please download the job description and person specification, and send your CV and Cover Letter by the closing date.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
As an experienced Partnerships Manager, you will have a flair for identifying and nurturing corporate and community partnerships. And, for crafting compelling propositions and proposals that align to our charity goals and are tailored to our target audiences. The ideal candidate is a proactive, creative thinker, who is outcomes-focused and enjoys working in a small close-knit team.
We encourage you to apply if you like a challenge and will thrive on being given the responsibility to work autonomously to cultivate and oversee transformational relationships.
Resuscitation Council UK’s (RCUK) Communications and Engagement Department delivers creative communications and authentic engagement activities that support the organisation’s Vision to 2030, which is to ensure that everyone in the UK has the skills they need to save a life and receive appropriate resuscitation.
Main duties and responsibilities
Partnership Management
- Responsible for coordinating, managing and supporting RCUK’s collaborative activity with community and corporate partner organisations in the UK.
- Act as the central link between partner organisations, and our patient and public voice group.
- Manage relationships with both corporate and community partnerships developing strong new relationships and strengthening existing relationships, liaising with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
- Take leadership for all operational aspects of our community and corporate partnerships, including the quality of partnership bid documents and correspondence received by the partner, and any day-to-day matters.
- Work closely with the Media and Campaigns and Policy and Public Affairs departments on campaigns and parliamentary engagement opportunities. Jointly working with the Media and Campaigns Manager to align the right partner/s with campaigning activities.
- Writing press releases to announce new partnership relationships and promote partnership events locally.
- Work closely with teams in RCUK to identify and develop growth opportunities for new and existing partnerships.
- Ensure RCUK discharges its responsibilities in relation to involvement/consultation with our patient and public voice group. Implementing and developing community and commercial strategic relationships with organisations, in accordance with Resuscitation Council UK’s overarching, objectives and goals.
Strategy and Planning
- Lead on the implementation of a new partnership strategy for RCUK working closely with the Director of Communications and Engagement and key internal stakeholders, ensuring it remains relevant and develops across the life of our partnership activity.
- Lead on developing bespoke individual plans for each partner relationship.
- Lead on proactively researching and developing a pipeline of new partners whose values and mission align with the RCUK vision, presenting progress in monthly stakeholder meetings.
- Develop compelling partnership propositions and presentations for corporate prospects, ensuring alignment with our values.
- Chair a monthly partnership forward planning meeting with internal stakeholders and key members of the Senior Leadership Team.
- Look for specific income-generating partnerships that will help fund our campaigning activity.
- Continually monitor and evaluate each partnership to ensure objectives are being met in line with both RCUK and the partners' expectations.
- Setting KPIs for each of our corporate and community partnerships.
- Effective corporate account management - managing multiple and high-value partners.
Relationships
- Effectively manage the relationships with partners at all levels including internal stakeholders.
How to apply
Please email your CV, covering letter and diversity monitoring form to us with 'Partnerships Manager' in the subject line.
The closing date for applications is Midnight on Thursday 18 April 2024.
Interviews for this role will take place in person on Monday 29 April 2024.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on school pupils in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors are volunteers who make and experience a life-changing difference.
We are looking for a Volunteer Recruitment Manager with a solid knowledge of Ealing and West London more generally, to focus on recruiting mentors both out in the community and through forming pioneering partnerships with key public and private sector organisations. You will work closely with our Volunteer Recruitment Managers in Hertfordshire and Surrey and provide ongoing support for each and every one of our mentors, establishing a deeply personal service that inspires every volunteer and organisation to feel a hugely valued part of the MCR family and cause.
Key responsibilities:
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Recruit high-quality volunteer mentors to reach the required targets both through engagement in the community and with organisations
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Communicate the charity's purpose and need, developing purposeful relationships with prospective mentors and organisations
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Work with colleagues to deliver on mentor recruitment plans and share best practice
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Working closely with the marketing team manage effective recruitment campaigns
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Manage systems to evaluate and assess effectiveness of strategy and practice
Recruiting volunteer mentors from West London for schools in these areas, applicants with a strong local knowledge will be at a tremendous advantage. Ideally this role would be full time but we will consider part time 3-4 days a week.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Who we are?
Speakers for Schools is the largest social mobility charity in the UK. We help to level the playing field between state and independent schools by giving all young people access to the same prestigious networks available to the top fee-paying schools.
We believe that by inspiring young people to explore their ambitions through our speaker programme, facilitating access to multi-day experiences of the world of work, and supporting young people to successfully seize opportunities available to them, then we can make a profound difference to the lives of young people, their future happiness and prosperity.
By 2028, our ambition is that every young person in the UK has access to high quality work experience. Yet today, less than half of young people leave secondary school having had any work experience whatsoever.
Role Summary:
Working for the Head of National Business Development, the Business Development Manager will be responsible for securing income-generating corporate partnerships to drive forward engagement across the whole Speakers for Schools proposition.
This role is the engine of growth for the charity: sourcing, engaging, and developing partnerships with employers across the UK. These partnerships will provide opportunities for high-need young people across the UK to access our programmatic interventions while delivering income to support the financial sustainability and growth of the charity.
This crucial role will demand close collaboration and working across all directorates to develop and deliver compelling and successful bids and proposals to potential partners.
This role offers a starting salary of £31362, rising to £33948 after a years successful service.
Key Duties / Responsibilities
Strategic Purpose:
- Developing outreach strategies to secure corporate partnerships in support of the Charity’s aims and goals.
- Meeting income generation targets as determined by the Head of Business Development.
- Responsible for developing and agreeing programmatic design for corporate partners in collaboration with programme and delivery teams.
Engagement:
- Working closely with delivery teams to ensure smooth transition for employer account management.
- Working closely with programme and delivery teams to ensure new partnerships are deliverable.
- Flexibility and a willingness to work innovatively to help with any tasks the team might require support for.
Delivery:
- Holding expertise in how Speakers for Schools programmes and interventions enable and enhance corporate CSR talent pipeline and social mobility.
- Reporting on activity to Head of Business Development.
- Confidently discussing Speakers for Schools and our goals, aims via email communication, virtual meetings, and telephone.
- Represent and work to our values as, fostering a culture of positivity, support, respect, and inclusivity, while taking personal responsibility for their attitude, performance, and development
- Ensure that best practice in safeguarding is enshrined in all activity.
- Ensuring consistent and accurate updating of CRM and ensuring proper data management.
- Adherence to data compliance, standards, guidelines and best practices to ensure our data integrity and consistency.
- Other duties as required, as identified by the Head of Business Development.
Note: This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities and duties required.
Education / Experience / Knowledge
- Experience of business development with a variety of stakeholders and owning, managing and delivering an ambitious commercial target.
- Previous experience working with HR/Recruitment/CSR/Engagement teams is advantageous
- Confident liaising with and managing relationships with stakeholders from all levels
- An understanding of the UK Education System and a familiarity with careers provision within UK schools and colleges would be an advantage
- Sociable and confident, experience of building and maintaining relationships with multiple stakeholders
- Confident in delivering presentations and networking/representing the charity at external events
- Proven capability of working through high volumes of work and delivering on targets across varying objectives within delivery
- Experience planning structured programmes that align with both employer and charity objectives
- Experience in working with technology and data management.
- Proficient use of the Salesforce CRM, to track relationships and ensure proper data management
- Clear and concise communicator, capable of producing written content to a professional quality
- Excels at organising their workload and enjoy driving work forward independently
Speakers for Schools Values:
PASSION:
We are committed to levelling the playing field for young people across the UK, creating social mobility and tackling disadvantages.
AGILITY:
We challenge our ideas of what is possible in order to better meet the needs of those we support. We are human, make mistakes, learn, evolve and adapt.
INTEGRITY:
We act with empathy and bring our authentic selves to work every day. We value and respect the talent, time and intentions of those we work with.
COLLABORATION:
We are one team with one mission and only by working together can we deliver better outcomes for young people. We support each other unconditionally and feel motivation in shared success as well as individual progress.
DIVERSITY:
We know it takes people with different ideas, strengths, identities, interests, and cultural backgrounds to make our organisation succeed. We encourage constructive debate and critical friendship.
Diversity at our core
Speakers for schools is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating discrimination.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Full or part-time from 4 days a week
As Grants Manager, you will be a member of the Biomedical Grants and Policy Department and will take oversight for the delivery of a sub-set of the Academy’s UK and international grants portfolio to support our strategy - notably our strategic priority to support the next generation of researchers to reach their full potential.
Working in a small team will give you the opportunity to develop line management skills, set and manage your budgets, and be directly involved in securing funding for our schemes.
You will keep abreast of developments in UK medical research funding policies and the wider career policy context to ensure that the Academy's grants schemes remain innovative, attractive and fit for purpose.
Benefits
- Salary progression framework.
- Hybrid and agile working.
- 29 days annual leave including Christmas closure dates, plus bank holidays.
- Pension (the Academy contributes 7.5% of gross salary to a pension scheme, with an employee contribution of 3%).
- Life assurance.
- Season ticket travel loan (interest free).
- Family friendly benefits (enhanced maternity and paternity leave, coaching for parents returning to work).
- Subscription to Headspace and Class pass.
- Staff training to support your development including EDI training.
For more information and to apply online, please visit our careers portal.
Closing date: 5.00pm on Friday, 19 April 2024.
Interview date: w/c 29 April 2024.
The Corporate Partnerships Account Manager plays a pivotal role in the Fundraising and Communications directorate and is responsible for managing, stewarding, renewing, and growing our corporate partners to meet our fundraising income targets. Our partners range from complex programmatic-focused partners to employee engagement-driven partners and reflect a combination of financial support, skills-based support, and volunteering. The role is varied and requires strong time management, excellent written and verbal communication skills, relationship management, and a deep understanding of industry standards, best practices, and trends. You will be required to engage and influence a wide range of partner stakeholders plus collaborate across our Fundraising and Communication Directorate, Delivery Directorate, and Finance teams to meet the needs of our partners.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the management of our corporate partners, developing and delivering partnership strategies and stewardship plans for each account to deliver against the objectives and meet income targets.
· Work closely with the New Business Senior Manager to ensure the collaborative transition of new partners into account management, liaise with the Volunteering and Events Manager to deliver volunteering opportunities to partners, and the Fundraising Officer to promote challenge events to our partners.
· Support the CEO on the development and management of stewardship for select trustees and senior partner contacts.
· Accurately forecast and manage expenditures for our partners, creating mitigation plans when necessary
· Contribute to the organisation and team’s annual plans, strategies, and budgets.
· Develop, monitor, and maintain systems and processes including Salesforce database, financial accounting, account management plans, contracts, and due diligence.
· Understand and support the vision, mission, and aims of London Youth.
· Reflect our inclusive culture in your day-to-day work and support a positive health & safety and safeguarding culture in your interactions with colleagues.
· Follow our organisations anti-racism principles and practices as you actively promote and respect diversity and inclusion in all aspects of your work and working relationships.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
· Excellent relationship management and stewardship resulting in demonstrable account growth.
·Effective account management with six-figure corporate partners.
· Experience using creativity and innovation to diversify income from partners resulting in growth.
·Polished communication and people skills to champion, and act as an ambassador for London Youth in the business world, including preparing and leading presentations.
· Detail-driven, strategic, motivated, and have a forward-leaning approach to business.
· Wide breadth of knowledge of the charity sector, including fundraising standards, best practices, and trends.
· Ability to work independently, multi-task, and prioritise a busy workload.
· Strong written communication skills and experience in developing compelling proposals and collateral.
· Experience working with internal stakeholders teams to help ensure partnership deliverables are met.
· Passion for personal and professional development, as well as a proven can-do attitude to get involved in various aspects of fundraising delivery when/if needed.
Attributes and behaviours:
· Passionate and demonstrably committed to improving the lives of young people.
·A commitment to quality and attention to detail.
· Ability to work on your own initiative.
· A highly competent and collaborative team worker.
· Discretion and the ability to maintain confidentiality.
· Willingness to learn new skills.
· Ability to work in a changing and flexible organisation.
About London Youth
We are London Youth: a charity on a mission to support the capital’s youth sector to improve the lives of young people. We do this with and through our members – a network of 600 youth organisations – and at our two outdoor residential centres, Hindleap Warren and Woodrow High House.
Throughout our 135-year history, community youth organisations have provided a constant lifeline and a vital safe space outside the family and formal education, where young people can develop confidence, resilience and skills. Young people need opportunities outside school to have fun with their friends, to make a positive change in their communities and to shape the city they live in.
We look to work with all young people, focusing particularly on those who wouldn’t otherwise have access to the kind of opportunities we offer.
Last year we worked with over 28,100 young people through our sports development, employability, youth action and involvement, mental health, arts and outdoor education programmes. Our member network supported over 575,000 young Londoners. We delivered 149 training sessions to over 1,000 youth professionals.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced National Programme Manager to join The Phoenix Way team. The National Programme Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day management and oversight of our fund, ensuring its effective implementation and impact. This is a key leadership role that requires strong project management skills, strategic thinking,and a passion for driving meaningful change.
The National Programme Manager will be working closely with the National Convenor, The Phoenix Way National Leadership Group (NLG), Global Fund for Children (GFC) and national and regional panels to co-design a collaborative grant-making process.
They will support the development and implementation of the overarching Phoenix Way vision, national and regional plans, which include infrastructure development support, ensuring a consistent approach to grant-making across the nations and regions in line with programme and funder requirements.
Candidates must respond to the 3 questions and submit their CV.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is looking to recruit an experianced Institutions, Foundations and Organisations Manager to join our growing international team.
About the organisation:
The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, based at the foothills of Mount Kenya, works as a model and catalyst for the conservation of wildlife and its habitat. We do this through the protection and management of species, the initiation and support of community conservation and development programmes, and the education of neighbouring areas in the value of wildlife.
For the last three decades, our practices have resulted in thriving black rhino habitat and population, which in turn has created a robust ecosystem for a multitude of species including the endangered Grevy’s zebra, elephant, lion, cheetah, giraffe and more. We envision a future where people across Kenya value, protect and benefit from wildlife. This future depends on communities being able to derive their day-to-day livelihoods in ways that are compatible with thriving wildlife habitat. As a result, we invest heavily in the livelihoods of our neighbours through programmes in education, healthcare, water, micro-enterprise, youth empowerment and more.
As a catalyst and champion of this model that puts people at the centre of conservation, Lewa has influenced and supported the conservancy management for both private and community lands across northern Kenya.
Purpose of the job:
This role is responsible for supporting the Director of Institutions, Foundations and Organisations to maximise income from foundations and organisations and institutions. The post-holder will develop a robust pipeline of funding through organisations based in the UK and internationally.
Skills and experiance required:
● Minimum five (5) years of professional experience successfully delivering high value, multi-year funding from the UK and internationally
● Extensive experience of donor prospecting and pipeline management
● A strong background in foundation, organisation and institutional bid writing, application processes, reporting and stewarding with successful 5 and 6 figure outcomes
● Demonstrable experience of personally securing 5 and 6 figure sum gifts
● Experience of complex bid development and working with delivery teams on programme design and grant management
● Excellent written and spoken English
● Sound strategic thinking and planning skills and the ability to think creatively, set priorities, and develop of work-plans
● Ability to work under pressure and with multiple competing priorities
● Strong attention to detail
● Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
● Experience in Salesforce highly desirable
● Ability to travel periodically to the United States, Canada and Europe
Benefits:
The successful candidate will receive 21 days of annual leave (pro-rated from their start date) and 8 UK bank holidays. They will also be auto-enrolled into a defined contribution pension scheme administered by NEST.
Please note that the role is only applicable to candidates based and eligible to work in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you have senior People & Organisation Development (OD) leadership experience?
Have you been involved in developing and implementing successful Organisation Design and Development strategies?
Do you have specialist experience in Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) within Organisation Development?
If you've answered yes to the above questions, this could be a great role for you!
The Organisation Development team exists to enhance the health and effectiveness of Tearfund, enabling people to flourish and reach their God-given potential. We do this by leading OD, cultural transformation and change management initiatives, prioritising ED&I, supporting leadership development, monitoring and acting to improve employee engagement and providing strategic Wellbeing and Learning and Development support to the organisation.
The successful candidate will provide leadership and support in change management and Organisation Development, working on a portfolio of projects across Tearfund to address corporate priorities and strategies.
You will focus on people aspects of change, including how operational processes, structure, systems, technology and organisational culture support or hinder desired change. This position also provides advice and support aimed at building organisational cohesion, capability, health and agility across Tearfund.
You will work in close collaboration with other members of the People and Culture Senior Management Team, with Tearfund's broader Global Leadership Team and members of the Executive Team.
Essential experience, knowledge and understanding required:
- Developing and implementing successful Organisation Design and Development strategies
- Leading EDI at senior management level in a complex global organisation
- EDI best practice in a global context and ideally in a global development context
- Managing major organisational change and transformation work in a complex, global organisation
- Successfully implementing culture change interventions
- Cross-cultural engagement
About you:
- Excellent influencing and interpersonal skills
- The ability to manage, advise and influence senior stakeholder relationships
- Organisational research competencies, in particular the ability to collect, analyse and integrate quantitative and qualitative data; and use these to develop Organisation Development and change strategies
- Strong written and oral communication skills and strong coaching skills - individual and group
All applicants must be committed to Tearfund's Christian beliefs.
Location: This is a global role and can be based in any country where Tearfund can legally employ staff.
The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a Watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter-terror measure.
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Thank you for your interest in the Fundraising Manager role at the Black Equity Organisation (BEO). This is an exciting opportunity for a fundraising professional to broaden their experience and join a new charity with the ambition of dismantling structural racism.
In our start-up phase we have developed a number of strategic relationships with trusts and foundations, corporate partners and high value donors. Our challenge now is to sustain, grow and diversify those income streams. In this pivotal role for the organisation, we are looking for someone who is an experienced and successful charity fundraiser with a proven track record of delivering against stretching income targets and both growing and diversifying income. An entrepreneurial and strategic thinker, you will also be able to spot income-generation opportunities and work with the rest of the team to develop them.
Join our mission-driven team which is focused on paving the way for generational change in the fight against racism and racial inequality.
In return we offer flexible, hybrid working from day one, a 5% employer pension contribution, a generous leave, maternity and parental leave package together with a strong focus on wellbeing and the chance to be part of the task of dismantling structural racism.
To apply please email your CV and cover letter (no more than 2-sides of A4) setting out how you meet the person specification for the role. Please put the subject line ‘Application’ followed by the role you are applying for.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is an exciting opportunity to join Turner Contemporary at a pivotal moment. Under the new leadership of Clarrie Wallis as Director with Matthew Slotover (Founder and Director, Frieze) as Chair, our Development Manager will play a career-defining part in plans. You will help deliver our refreshed vision as we significantly shift our operating model.
We are looking for a Development Manager to work closely with the Director and Head of Development to develop and deliver Turner Contemporary’s fundraising strategy, predominantly focused on giving circles, major donors and unrestricted regular and one-off supporters, as well as supporting fundraising efforts and co-ordinating relationships with trusts and foundations.
Our ideal candidate is an experienced, high performing and target driven Manager, with a demonstrable track record of securing gifts and donations from mid-high value individuals and corporations, and a deep understanding of the principles of successful relationship stewardships, across a diverse group of donors, patrons and partners.
Please download the Development Manager Job Pack for more background information and the full job specification.
Deadline for applications: 12pm Friday 12 April 2024
First interviews to be held online: Thursday 25 April 2024
Second interviews to be held at Turner Contemporary: Date to be confirmed
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Creative United is one of the UK's leading social enterprises working across the arts and creative industries. Based at Somerset House in Central London, we deliver a wide range of publicly funded programmes focused on increasing access and inclusion in the arts. Our experienced team is committed to supporting artists, musicians and creative entrepreneurs of all kinds with the skills and confidence to develop and grow their social and economic impact, helping to maximise their contribution to the strength and diversity of the UK's creative economy.
We are looking to recruit a talented and self-motivated Senior Business Development Manager to join us in early June 2024 on a 12 month fixed term maternity cover contract.
Reporting to the Director of Strategic Development, this role is essential to driving forward the implementation of Creative United’s business development plans across multiple programme and project strands. Key responsibilities include the planning and delivery of business development activities that build on our existing service offer, responding to the needs of the creative communities that we serve, whether on a local, regional or national basis.
This is a hybrid-working role that involves spending a minimum of 2 days per week at our offices in London. You will have strong interpersonal skills and enjoy building relationships through a combination of face to face, telephone and written communications. You will be comfortable working with minimal supervision to plan and coordinate activities that involve the buy-in of other staff and partner organisations. You will be able to inspire and motivate other people to work with you to achieve our shared goals and priorities through effective planning, implementation and evaluation.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: London based
Salary: £42,750 plus £3,483.94 ILW per year
Length of contract: Permanent
Hours per week: 37
Closing date: 15th April 2024
Interviews: 22nd April 2024
Who are Women’s Aid?
Women’s Aid is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children. We are a federation of over 170 organisations which provide just under 300 local lifesaving services to women and children across England. For almost 50 years we have campaigned on behalf of our members and survivors to shape policy and practice, and to raise awareness of domestic abuse.
Purpose of the Business Development Manager role:
As Business Development Manager, the successful candidate will play an integral role in generating income for the charity – securing high value corporate partnerships and working on product development in collaboration with service delivery teams. Working close with the Head of Business Development, the post holder will source and secure new business and funding to enable the organisation to sustain and further develop our services and further our mission. Alongside targeting prospecting techniques, the Business Development Manager will need an understanding of financial management, and strong influencing skills to harness the support of the wider organisation to meet its objectives – working towards a team income generation target that is reviewed and updated annually.
Key duties and responsibilities of Business Development Manager:
- Identifying, researching and developing new business opportunities, creating robust business cases and resource plan to support proposals.
- Writing high quality bids and funding applications.
- Delivering a new Account Management approach for corporates, working to bring together existing functions across the organisation in one place.
- Working with the Head of Business Development to build and maintain a strong sales pipeline. Reporting on sales, pipeline and activity.
- Territory planning to define how income targets will be achieved, with documented action plans.
- Working creatively with colleagues across the organisation and with decision makers at partner organisations to demonstrate how working with Women’s Aid delivers measurable business benefits and ROI.
- Identify and build strong partnerships/products that bring us substantial routes to markets, including public sector agencies.
What we are looking for in our Business Development Manager:
- Experience in business development or corporate partnerships background.
- Good understanding of how to generate income in a charity organisation, with experience of income targets in previous organisations.
- Experience of developing and implementing strategies and ways of working.
- Excellent communication skills, evidenced by building and maintaining long-term corporate strategic partnerships.
- Good understanding of digital tools and the ability to analyse data (CRM systems and method and excellent understanding of excel).
- Organised and strong project manager, confident in solving problems and securing financial targets.
- Team player with strong inter-personal skills.
Benefits of joining us as our Business Development Manager include:
- Generous Annual Leave: 25 days + 2 Company Holidays + 8 UK Bank Holidays, with an extra 1 day per year after 1 year of service, up to a maximum of 5 additional days.
- Valuable Pension Benefits: a generous 7% employer contribution.
- Flexible Working: remote working, a generous TOIL scheme, and family-friendly policies
- Wellness and Support: including a cycle to work scheme, free optician check-ups, annual flu vaccines, access to a 24-hour employee assistance counselling helpline, a ‘Headspace’ app for mindfulness, and ‘Reflective Practice’ sessions.
- Making a genuine difference, in a rewarding role where your work will directly result in helping Women’s Aid to be able to provide lifesaving services for women and children across England.
How to apply?
- Using the link, please submit your CV and a Cover Letter. Your Cover Letter should be no more than 2 pages long and should include a summary of your reasons for applying for the position. You should also include details of how your skills, behaviours and experience meet those necessary for the role, as listed in the Job Description and Person Specification.
NB:
- Women only need apply under schedule 9 (Part 1) of the Equality Act 2010
- If you have been shortlisted for interview, you will be informed by email. Regrettably, we are normally unable to acknowledge unsuccessful applicants.
- We reserve the right to close a recruitment campaign earlier than the advertised closing date if a high volume of responses are received.
- All posts, including remote posts, must be based in the UK.
- Women’s Aid is committed to quality, equality, and valuing diversity. Applications are particularly welcome from Black and minoritised women.
- We are a Disability Confident employer. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for vacancies.
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Are you looking for a new challenge to develop your skills and make a difference through creating expansive educational events for members and managing conference events?
About AMOSSHE
AMOSSHE is a not-for-profit professional membership association for Student Services in higher education. Our members support students in fulfilling their academic potential and making the most of university life. We inform and support Student Services leaders by sharing good practice and enhancing professional development.
You would be joining the organisation at an exciting time where we are finishing our current strategy and planning for the future.
Role description
As the Events and Partnerships Officer you’ll be responsible for developing and managing AMOSSHE’s events portfolio and building strategic partnerships. Your responsibilities will include:
1. Event planning and execution:
o Organising in-person conferences, online events and webinars.
o Collaborating with external partners to ensure successful event delivery.
o Managing logistics, budgets, and participant engagement.
2. Partnership development:
o Identifying and cultivating relationships with key stakeholders, including universities, speakers, and industry partners.
o Exploring sponsorship opportunities and securing funding for AMOSSHE events.
o Coordinating collaborative initiatives with partner organisations.
Qualifications and skills
We’re looking for candidates who have:
- Experience in event management, preferably within the higher education sector.
- Strong organisational and project management skills.
- Excellent communication and negotiation abilities.
- A proactive and collaborative approach to building partnerships.