We have a fantastic opportunity for a Fundraising Co-ordinator to join our Engagement team and support the successful growth of Brain & Spine Foundation’s income and community. We have an exciting portfolio of innovative and exciting programmes for you to get stuck into, and would be a good opportunity for a Fundraising Assistant or someone with charity volunteering experience looking to take the next step in developing their career within fundraising. 

About the Brain & Spine Foundation
One in six people in the UK is affected by a neurological condition. This includes dementia, stroke, motor neurone disease, neuromuscular diseases, brain cancers, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy to name just a few. That is over 12 million individuals who have experienced or are living with a condition or symptom that may have life-changing, and often life-long effects. The Brain & Spine Foundation is a national charity working to improve the quality of life of people affected by a neurological condition. 

About the role
This role will focus 60% of your time efficiently managing the administration of the Engagement team and providing support across all areas of fundraising. 40% of your focus will be leading our Ambassador programme (a network of volunteers that represent the Brain & Spine community in their local areas) and community fundraising. 

About you
You’ll have at least one year of experience within a fundraising or charity environment. Your organisation skills and attention to detail will help keep our busy team running smoothly. You will be someone who is friendly, helpful and approachable, who is passionate about giving our supporters the best possible experience of fundraising and volunteering. You will have an interest in social media and digital engagement, and be capable of bringing new ideas. You’ll be a proactive team player with excellent communication and people skills who is capable of managing a busy workload. 

This role will close on Sunday 10 July 2022. Interviews will be held in person at our central London office. 

The vacancy

This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK, we want to reach as many people as possible so we can improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson’s. We are looking for people to join our network, make genuine connections, and be part of a larger team that works together to support the Parkinson’s community.

About the role

This is your chance to make an impact to improve and develop how we communicate locally to build our communities. We want people to know about the fantastic opportunities to get involved locally, volunteering and participating in our growing local community development.

Working with colleagues and people living with Parkinson’s, you’ll identify, and create digital and offline content, and consistent messaging to inspire, motivate and engage the Parkinson’s community. You’ll share and signpost to expert advice, activities and opportunities and inspire  people to be part of and shape the work of the charity at UK and local levels.

What you’ll do 

• Lead on the development and implementation of the England Team community communications plan, to maximise community interest and engagement with our local work.
• Work collaboratively with communications colleagues across the charity to ensure effective audience planning and consistent, cohesive and complementary messaging
• Use insight and data to understand audience need and motivation, and use these in your content creation.
• Work collaboratively with people with Parkinson’s to build content that meets their needs.
• Create, publish and approve high quality, user-friendly on brand content across local networks programmes.

What you’ll bring

• Skilled communicator at all levels - able to deliver complex messages to a range of audiences effectively
• Demonstrable experience of creating communications plans that deliver on organisational priorities and meet audience needs.
• Content creation experience (digital and offline) and an understanding of how messaging and content enhances a brand.
• Knowledge of content management systems.
• Experience of using analysis tools to monitor and report on performance and of analysing and interpreting data to inform recommendations for strategic decision making

What's it like to work for us?

We aim to find a cure and improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson's - and you could help us achieve this.

We offer a variety of paid job roles and volunteer opportunities both at our UK office in London and across the UK

The vacancy

We’re working to build and grow a powerful movement of people to transform the experience of people living with Parkinson’s. A big part of how we will do that is by engaging and mobilising our supporters through a wide variety of channels.

You’ll develop plans to ensure all supporter care and fundraising administration work is implemented on time and to high standards, whilst also providing leadership and guidance to the Supporter Care Officers, including allocation of work and opportunities for development such as project work.

What you’ll do

• Ensure the team provides a welcoming, efficient, proactive and professional service to supporters and potential supporters of Parkinson’s UK
• Line management and development of Supporter Care Officers 
• Develop and implement plans to ensure supporter care and fundraising administration is delivered to a high standard, across all areas of work
• Proactively identify areas of risk, or potential improvement and work with peers and direct reports to set up the team to be able to be most efficient and effective

What you’ll bring

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire, motivate and develop others
• Proven experience of delivering effective customer service and supporter care
• Proven experience of working with a relational database, and accurate data entry
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with people at all levels

As well as flexible working hours, these roles are offered on a flexible contract giving you the opportunity to also work from home, on an agreed working pattern.  You will be required to cover your own travel expenses to the office.

Interviews to be held week commencing 11 July 2022

We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief. We actively encourage people with Parkinson's to apply.

What's it like to work for us?

We aim to find a cure and improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson's - and you could help us achieve this.

We offer a variety of paid job roles and volunteer opportunities both at our UK office in London and across the UK

This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK, we want to reach as many people as possible so
we can improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson’s. We are looking for people to join
our network, make genuine connections, and be part of a larger team that works together
to support the Parkinson’s community.

About the role

You'll develop, lead and deliver a communications plan to support the physical activity
strategy of the charity and our wider strategic programmes of work for the Parkinson's
community.

You'll identify, shape and create effective digital and offline content to inspire, inform and
engage the Parkinson's community. You'll promote resources and opportunities to be active
with partners, activity and healthcare providers and our community, and inspire people with
Parkinson's to become and stay active.

What you’ll do

● Lead on the development and implementation of the physical activity
communications strategy and plan, to maximise community and partner
engagement.
● Work collaboratively with communications colleagues across the charity to ensure
effective audience planning and consistent cohesive and complementary messaging
● Use insight and data to understand audience needs and motivation, working
collaboratively with people with Parkinson’s and partners to create content that
meets their needs.
● Advise and support community development colleagues to create high quality and
user friendly communications and web content.
● Create, publish and approve high quality on brand physical activity content across
local network programmes
● Build more effective use of digital platforms, e.g. social media and online
communities.
● Champion Parkinson’s UK brand, and make sure our comms are aligned with core
messaging, brand guidelines and values.

What you’ll bring

● Collaboration and engagement skills with the ability to work in an inclusive and user
focused way with colleagues, volunteers and networks
● Skilled communicator at all levels; able to deliver complex messages to a range of
audiences effectively
● Demonstrable experience of creating communications plans that deliver on
organisational priorities and meet audience needs.
● Content creation experience (digital and offline) and an understanding of how
messaging and content enhances a brand.
● Experience of using audience insight and data to drive content creation and iteration
● Experience of operating in a modern digital workplace, including using digital tools
to work collaboratively and productively.
● Exceptional organisational skills with the ability to work autonomously, prioritise
your own workload effectively and manage competing time pressures

Please apply by sending us your CV, together with a supporting statement. The
supporting statement should fully demonstrate how you meet all the criteria as stated
in the "What you'll bring" section of the role description.
The successful candidate will be required to:
● have exceptional written and verbal communication skills
● provide their own broadband service with a minimum download speed of 2Mb
● have a confidential space in which to work

The vacancy

This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK, we want to reach as many people as possible so we can improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson’s. We are looking for people to join our network, make genuine connections, and be part of a larger team that works together to support the Parkinson’s community.

About the role

You’ll inspire, recruit and support people to volunteer their time, skills and energy for the charity. You’ll work as a “local expert” in your area with responsibility for leading on volunteering through our local groups and networks. 

You’ll have particular focus on supporting the volunteer committees with recruitment, effective governance and activity development.

 What you’ll do 

• Support and advise local group committees and network volunteers leading on volunteer recruitment & retention, financial management, local governance, and activity planning, reviews and events.
• Build strong relationships with the local group network and communicate effectively in your area to ensure volunteers  are connected and engaged with the wider work of the charity
• Initiate, promote and facilitate volunteer recruitment, induction and training to volunteer roles through collaboration with colleagues and other organisations
• Participation in relevant working groups and networks internally and externally ensuring the voice of NI is fully represented.
• Maintain mapping information in various formats, keep accurate records, update databases, volunteer data and prepare written reports

What you’ll bring

The ideal candidate will have: 

• Strong relationship management skills, with experience of resolving conflict and challenge effectively.
• Skilled communicator at all levels, able to deliver complex messages to a range of audiences
• Strong volunteer management skills including use of supervision, coaching and mentoring techniques to achieve positive outcomes.
• Ability to support group volunteers with budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting
• Understand the importance of accurate data management in effective working with volunteers.
• Experience of operating in a modern digital workplace, including using a data entry system and digital tools to work collaboratively and productively.

Candidates must live in Northern Ireland in order to carry out this role.

What's it like to work for us?

We aim to find a cure and improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson's - and you could help us achieve this.

We offer a variety of paid job roles and volunteer opportunities both at our UK office in London and across the UK

The vacancy

If you're motivated and organised we have an exciting opportunity for you to join the Parkinson's UK team. In this unique role you'll provide full professional business support to our Research and Corporate Services directorates. You’ll ensure high quality administration across a broad range of tasks and liaise with various stakeholders across the charity. 

You’ll work with colleagues across the business support team to improve our processes and the technology we use to manage our information, team and projects to become more efficient and collaborative.

This is a permanent, full-time role working 35 hours per week. Your workload will be split 21 hours per week with Research and 14 hours per week with Corporate Services.

You’ll be based at the UK Office, London (Victoria), with occasional working from home.

 What you’ll do:

• Provide administrative and practical support, acting as the first point of contact as and when required, responding to common queries or signposting as appropriate.
• Coordinate team meetings, circulate agendas and make meeting notes.
• Provide support with financial administration tasks such as checking expense claims, raising purchase orders, process incoming invoices and responding to requests as needed.
• Support in producing reports to the Board of Trustees, Executive and other senior colleagues.
• Engage, influence and update a variety of stakeholders at all levels across and at cross-directorate meetings as required

Please note that you’ll be required to carry out this role from our reception area of our building and be the first point of contact for our staff and visitors on at least one day per week.

 What you’ll bring:

• Experience of team administration or supporting a senior executive.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and negotiate when required at all levels internally and externally.
• Excellent administration skills, including minute-taking, presentation preparation and a positive, assertive and resilient approach to prioritising and juggling varying pressures and conflicting priorities.
• Experience in coordinating multiple projects simultaneously that meet the business requirements with minimal supervision.
• Experience of developing and maintaining effective working relationships with senior stakeholders.

 Interviews to be held on 7 & 8 July 2022. We reserve the right to close this vacancy when we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief. We actively encourage people with Parkinson's to apply.

What's it like to work for us?

We aim to find a cure and improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson's - and you could help us achieve this.

We offer a variety of paid job roles and volunteer opportunities both at our UK office in London and across the UK

The vacancy

You’ll be working on direct marketing campaigns that engage and inspire people to donate. And you’ll make it as easy as possible for supporters to choose the way they want to give. You’ll be part of a team that champions and supports each other, and is innovative in a changing fundraising and external environment to achieve our annual income target of over £5million.

Focusing on high volume donations under £1000, we use analysis and insight to deliver a variety of direct marketing activities that recruit new donors and ensure everyone can see the impact of their kind contribution.

What you’ll do

Assist with and, when required, project manage direct marketing campaigns, both online and offline, to maximise income through one-off and regular gifts.

Manage day-to-day relationships with external agencies and suppliers.

Support the Senior Individual Giving Officers to achieve strategic objectives, monitor income and expenditure budgets and use database analysis to inform and improve the direct marketing programme.

Ensure that the direct marketing programme is integrated into Fundraising & Engagement Directorate activities and supports the overall Parkinson’s UK strategic plan.

What you’ll bring

Proven experience of successfully managing campaigns to deliver results against agreed targets and objectives.

Excellent copywriting, creative and proofreading skills.

Experience using digital tools, platforms and techniques

Ability to review and evaluate data and campaign results and pull out key trends to inform future work.

Ability to work well under own initiative, cope well under pressure, meet deadlines and has good attention to detail.

Interviews will be held 12 July 2022.

We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief. We actively encourage people with Parkinson's to apply.

What's it like to work for us?

We aim to find a cure and improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson's - and you could help us achieve this.

We offer a variety of paid job roles and volunteer opportunities both at our UK office in London and across the UK

n exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and creative person to join the expanding Commercial Partnerships team on a fixed term basis for 12 months, covering maternity leave. 

Your role will be a mixture of New Business and Account Management, looking after existing high profile accounts, whilst also seeking opportunities through new partnerships. Working with the Parkinson's community is at the heart of all our partnerships, so you will have a passion for co-production and collaboration.

It is a very exciting time to join the Commercial Partnerships team who have enjoyed some fantastic successes over the past few years, delivering partnerships with Next, National Garden Scheme, Hydrow, Everyone Active and Home Instead.

What you’ll do: 

• Manage existing high profile accounts, such as Next, ensuring their growth and maximising opportunity to deliver income targets and strategic value.

• Work on new business through prospecting new opportunities, creating leads, pitching ideas and finding a shared purpose in collaboration with corporates.

• You will work on a mixture of partnerships in cause related marketing, sponsorship, charity of the year and strategic partnerships.

• Work closely with internal colleagues to deliver projects and build new opportunities to help the charity deliver against its strategy

• Work closely with the Parkinson’s community to deliver true community led partnerships that bring benefit to people with Parkinson’s and income.

What you’ll bring: 

• You are an experienced individual with a proven track record of delivering five and six-figure corporate partnerships.

• You will be proactive and tenacious in your approach to build new relationships with corporates, securing meetings with cold and warm prospects.

• You will have a high standard of accuracy, manage your workload effectively and have a track record of delivering high-quality corporate partnerships in collaboration with others.

• You will be an excellent relationship builder, and able to build relationships across the charity, trustees, the Parkinson’s community and with corporates.

• You will have a commercial mindset but able to see opportunities to bring strategic value to improve the daily lives of people living with Parkinson’s

Interviews to be held w/c 27 June 2022

We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief. We actively encourage people with Parkinson's to apply.

What's it like to work for us?

We aim to find a cure and improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson's - and you could help us achieve this.

We offer a variety of paid job roles and volunteer opportunities both at our UK office in London and across the UK.