With public awareness of mental health higher than ever before, there’s never been a more exciting time to join the Corporate Partnerships Team at Mind. We’re growing and changing fast, but there’s still much to be done.

We’re looking for a Regional Corporate Partnerships Officer to join our successful and growing team. Mind has recently secured a high profile seven figure national partnership with a large-scale UK food retailer, for 2019-21. You will support the delivery of this partnership in your region, whilst also managing a small portfolio of your own partnerships. As a skilled relationship manager, you’ll provide first-rate account management and stewardship. You will develop creative fundraising and engagement plans to excite, inspire and maximise income and other opportunities for Mind. 

This role is homebased, covering the West Midlands and Southern part of the North West. This is an 18-month fixed-term contract.

To apply, please follow the link below to our website.

Closing date: noon 4th November

Interviews: week commencing the 11th or 18th November

Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

ABOUT ZOE’S PLACE

We’re incredibly proud of our hospice. We provide respite and palliative care to children aged 0 – 5 years old with life limiting or life threatening illnesses, with our team of specialist nurses offering 24-7 care and support. We’ve created a safe, caring and fun place, where parents know that their child will receive the best care possible - a home away from home.

THE ROLE

The right person will have managed succesful relationships with commercial organisations both big and small, generating income to ensure annual income targets are achieved. The post holder will be responsible for delivering agreed partnership activity and first class day-to-day account management, as well as exploring opportunities to develop new partnerships and events.

With strong communication and research skills, you are able to prioritise tasks and work calmly under pressure to meet multiple deadlines. You will be a people person who is able to influence and negotiate in order to achieve the best outcome for the charity, you’ll be great at giving presentations to a range of different people and you’ll be confident in putting together good quality written reports.

The ideal candidate for this role will be someone who is confident, ambitious and organised, with the ability to think creatively and strategically. You'll be passionate and able to work with minimal supervision. Due to the nature of the position, the post holder will be expected to work unsocial hours to meet the needs of the role.

How to apply: Please apply by submitting your CV and cover letter, detailing how you meet the criteria listed in the person specification. If you would like an informal chat prior to applying, please contact Muna Chauhan (Fundraising Manager). Please note that applications submitted without a cover letter will not be considered. The closing date for this role is Thursday 17th October and the interviews will take place on Monday 21st October.

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week

Location: Birmingham

We are looking for a Partnership Manager in the Public Sector Team to raise £500k + per year working between public sector and corporate partnerships unlocking opportunities in Birmingham and surrounding area.

They will support and execute a successful strategy for The Prince’s Trust response to the devolution agenda in the West Midlands, including businesses in Birmingham with a focus on Built Environment, Social Value and Digital.

They will liaise closely with partnership and internal colleagues to ensure the proposition for employers and regional government continuously improves.  They will support the generation of new partnerships in excess of £500k in multi-year value.

About The Prince’s Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. 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.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

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We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Join the EDT team in the role of Partnership Executive. This new post will play a key role to work with the EDT team to plan and execute partnerships; maintaining and developing excellent collaborative relationships with existing and potential partners, maximising income generation opportunities to enable us to support more young people on their education and career pathways.

We are a UK wide education charity, working in collaboration with industry, education and partners to provide opportunities for young people of all ages providing 40,000 experiences each year. We are working to our vision of a society where young people across the UK have equal access to engage with STE(A)M subjects and achieve their potential in STEM careers and opportunities for further study.

Through experience days, projects, placements and Industrial Cadets accredited programmes, we create pathways through education to employment and…

• inspire young minds
• unlock potential
• promote achievement
• encourage attainment
• bridge the gap between industry and education.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the EDT team, as we work together to help young people develop skills, fulfil their potential and make informed decisions about their future. 

Please download the Job Description for further details.

Zoe's Place is an incredible organisation that provides respite and palliative care to children aged 0-5 with life limiting, or life threatening illnesses. With their team of specialise nurses who provide 24-7 care and support to the children in their care and their families, this is an organisation that provides vital support. Based across three sites, the organisation has a hospice in Coventry which is a safe, caring, and fun place - a home away from home.
Established in 2011, the organisation is approaching its tenth birthday, and the Coventry site has a small, talented fundraising in place. As Corporate Partnerships Officer, you will be responsible for developing and managing successful fundraising relationships with commercial organisations both big and small, ensuring that annual income targets are met.
Joining a welcoming, friendly and supportive team, this position is a mix of account management, including development, of existing partnerships; and generating new business opportunities to increase the organisation's base of corporate support.
This role will suit candidates either with a corporate fundraising background, or from a commercial background that includes new business development and account management. It's an excellent opportunity for someone currently working in the commercial sector who wishes to work for a cause they are passionate about, and raise income for an extremely rewarding cause.
Key duties within the role will include:
* Deliver a first class experience to the organisations corporate partners; providing excellent stewardship to ensure the best possible outcomes from the relationship
* To meet income targets through corporate fundraising activity
* To promote and raise awareness of the hospice in the commercial world, including delivering engaging fundraising presentations to potential supporters from the private sector
* Manage a small portfolio of fundraising partnerships, providing high quality account management; as well as spotting and acting on opportunities for partnership growth
* A strong focus on building additional partnerships in the lead up to, and during, the charity's 10th anniversary celebrations in 2021
* To develop and grow the partnership portfolio by researching potential new partners, attending networking events, spotting new leads and ensuring that opportunities are converted into long-term, sustainable partnerships
* Develop sponsorship packages and championing the commercial value of these packages to new and existing supporters, maximising event sponsorship
* Set up and maintain accurate reporting of income and activity for corporate partners
* To undertake the marketing and PR for corporate partnership fundraising events, alongside colleagues
The successful applicant will have the following skills and experience:
* Previous experience gained in a corporate partnerships position within the charity sector, or within a business development / account management or marketing role within the commercial sector
* Experience of account managing partnerships
* Significant experience of producing and presenting compelling pitches and proposals for a corporate audience across multiple sectors
* Substantial track record of meeting and exceeding targets
* Excellent influencing and negotiating skills
* Experience of successfully managing relationships with people at all levels
* Knowledge of the UK corporate sector, including corporate marketing strategies and CSR
* Good use of MS Office and databases
* Awareness of diversity and equality issues

If this is a role you'd be interested in learning more about, please do send your CV to [email protected], or call on 020 7939 7448 for an initial chat about the position. The deadline for applications is 28th October and interviews will be held on the 7th November.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), race, religion or belief, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Administrative responsibilities: 

- Act as the central point of contact for Code Your Future(CYF) Birmingham for external parties, volunteers, students and other CYF programmes.

- Act as the central point of contact for the city for CYF management.

- Oversee and organise accounting, expenses and funding processes.

- Organise the booking of venues for CYF classes and events, childcare and, where necessary, transport for class purposes.

• Manage the licensing of laptops, modems and other hardware to students; manage relationships with hardware licensors.

Programme development and sustainability

- Liaise with volunteers, students, CYF management and third parties to help develop the direction of CYF Birmingham as an organisation.

- Develop partnerships with other organisations to help support the functioning of regular classes as well as to support training and employability for students/graduates and the sustainability of the CYF Birmingham programme.

- Take an active role in student recruitment and build relationships with suitable organisations to facilitate this.

- Process student and volunteer applications for the course and arrange meet-ups when required.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Suitable candidates should be able to demonstrate the following attributes in their application and interview:

- The ability to self-organise and simultaneously manage a range of tasks required to fulfil the responsibilities of the role

- An understanding of, and empathy for, the issues that may face the students attending CYF

- Proven experience of delivering information effectively, including via presentations

- An understanding of the organisation and delivery of small scale projects

- An ability to coordinate multi-disciplinary teams of volunteers

- Good office IT skills using Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Gmail and Calendaring applications

Working Hours

This is a full-time role and includes an expectation that some weekend working may be needed to support student & mentor needs during class sessions.

We are looking for an entrepreneurial fundraiser, passionate about tackling educational disadvantage, to work with our CEO and wider team in dramatically scaling up our fundraising programme.

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualities:

• A strong commitment to education, the non-profit sector and raising the aspirations, achievements and life chances of all children
• The drive, adaptability and initiative to move conversations forward and close them, with a proven track record of turning ideas into actions and outcomes.
• Experience writing proposals and applying for grants to secure donations of at least five figures – ideally from a range of sources, including individual philanthropists, grant-making organisations or companies.
• Exceptionally strong communicator: able to listen and build rapport. You are able to generate trust in you and in our work, and persuade people to give support.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills: experience successfully planning and managing multiple, varied projects and relationships.
• Ability to think critically and creatively to solve problems.
• You take ownership of your work and you enjoy working collaboratively and contributing to a supportive team.

Our offer 

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you: 

• Flexibility on how you work – agreed between you and your line manager 

• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays 

• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate) 

• Competitive salary rates

• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers 

• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters. 

• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development 

How to apply 

To apply for any of our vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website. 

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. 

Unfortunately, due to the number of applications we receive at this stage we will not be able to contact unsuccessful applicants.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and the most vulnerable in our society and, as such, we are unable to employ individuals with relevant convictions, including the following: a conviction for an offence involving violence or dishonesty, of a sexual nature or against minors, or for any other offence that is relevant to the nature of the services provided by our organisation. 

As an employer, we have a responsibility to prevent illegal working in the UK by ensuring that our employees have the right to work in the UK. Therefore, as part of the recruitment process to verify your eligibility you will be required to produce relevant documentation.  

Job Title: Marketing Manager

Contract: Fixed Term (12 months)

Hours: Full time- 35 hours a week

Location: London or Brimingham

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. 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!

This exciting marketing manager role will play a key part in supporting the delivery of one of the largest initiatives in our history.
As part of our mission to work with one million young people over the next 10 years, we will support 10,000 young people into health and social care careers over the next 4 years. Our new marketing manager will lead the marketing planning and tactical implementation to achieve this.

You will join our team to work on this ground-breaking project that will see The Prince’s Trust work in partnership with health and social care organisations across England to be part of solving the health and social care workforce challenges, and encourage young people to start a valuable career in the health/care sector.

To learn more about the role please visit our website.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Flexible location 

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

We're looking for a Business Development Research Manager to support the department's activities across a number of markets, in line with our organisational priorities. This includes analysis of funding flows, due diligence competition, and understanding the political environment.

Reporting to a Head of Business Development, you will manage a small team, supporting the department to fully understand the markets it operates in, and carrying out a range of research and support functions. You will be someone with an ability to lead a team, embed a high-performing culture and ensure tangible results.

Closing date: 11/11/2019

Interview date: tbc

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

Are you passionate about working with Volunteers? Do you want to be part of the largest fundraising and volunteering campaign ever undertaken in the Midlands?  We are just about the launch our next campaign.  Inspired by our founder, Joseph Chamberlain, it will aim to change lives locally and globally.  It will be unique and ambitious and will place Birmingham as one of the leading fundraising and volunteering universities in the world. 

We are recruiting a Volunteer Project Manager, a key post in the successful execution of our next campaign.  Reporting to the Head of Volunteering, you will be responsible for rolling out an exciting new volunteer initiative which will be the flagship programme for volunteering in our next campaign.  The role will provide the opportunity to create new and innovative volunteer programmes to support momentum of the next campaign and help achieve our ambitious volunteer targets.  As part of the wider Fundraising and Volunteering team you will join a group of enthusiastic and dedicated individuals at the very start of an exciting and innovative campaign.

Our University has a proud history of philanthropy stretching back to its foundation in 1900.  With a clear vision to change the lives of the people of Birmingham, Joseph Chamberlain raised the funds required to build the University from citizens and corporations based locally and around the globe. Since then philanthropy has continued to play an important role in shaping the University. There have been a number of fundraising campaigns, including a £1m urgent capital appeal after the Second World War and a £1.4m campaign to fund the Vale ‘student village’ in the 1960s.  In 2015 we closed the Circles of Influence Campaign, which raised £193 million, making it the largest HE fundraising campaign outside Oxbridge and London.

The University has global reach, including several partnerships with other leading universities around the world, and is grounded in its local community, having opened the first fully comprehensive University secondary school in the country in 2015.  We are an ambitious and successful research-intensive University (one of the top 100 research-led universities globally) and have produced 11 Nobel Prize winners. Our students come from nearly 150 countries and our flagship outreach programmes mean that almost 25% of our student population come from disadvantaged backgrounds, one of the highest proportions in the UK. 

The Development and Alumni Relations Office (DARO) exists to support this academic and student community by engaging, inspiring, and celebrating alumni, individuals, and charitable funders who give their money, time, and networks to support the University’s strategic priorities.  The Office, which is comprised of 60 staff across five teams, is focused on fundraising and volunteering from alumni and individuals who are passionate about changing lives, through funding various research trials, supporting student bursaries, mentoring students, and providing internships.

Senior Finance Manager  

Location: Covering Birmingham region

Salary details: £42,000- £46,000 per annum depending on experience + plus career average pension scheme + other benefits

Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week

Vacancy type: Permanent

Closing date: Thurs 17 Oct

Interview date: Tue 22 Oct

Are you a strong Finance leader who has a hands-on attitude? Do you want the opportunity to shape the financial output of the schools in your region?

If so we want to hear from you!

We have an exciting opportunity to join Ark as a Senior Finance Manager responsible for the Birmingham cluster.

About the role:

As Senior Finance Manager, you will be an integral part of the team responsible for ensuring high standards of financial management. You will be responsible for the operational finance of 3 academy schools in the Birmingham region.

This is a role where you have the opportunity to have input into the consolidation of the region’s school reports, regional analysis and projects.

You will also have the chance for regular networking with wider finance professionals across the Ark network to share best practice along with exposure to key educational professionals and senior leaders in order to help merge the finances of the schools.

About you:

A financial professional with excellent communication skills and experience of building good relationships with other financial professionals, key contacts, suppliers and across the leadership teams.

Possess strong finance experience and organisational skills with excellent attention to detail ideally within education or a large or complex organisation.

You will be flexible and open minded in your approach and be prepared to take on future changes within the region as required.

Good IT skills, with specific skills using Microsoft Office applications.

You will proudly represent Ark schools in Birmingham.

About us:

Ark is an international charity, transforming lives through education. We exist to give every young person, regardless of their background, a great education and real choices in life. In the UK, we are a network of 37 schools, educating around 27,500 pupils in areas where we can make the biggest difference. Through Ark Ventures, we incubate, launch and scale initiatives that address some of the most intractable issues in education and society, both in the UK and around the world.

We offer:

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• 11% employer pension contribution

• Finance manager training and network days once a term
•Access to a range of discounts through the Ark Rewards Scheme which includes reduced gym memberships, discounts at major retailers

• Travel loans

How to apply:

Apply with a CV and cover letter on our online recruitment portal.

Early applications are encouraged; we reserve the right to close this vacancy if we find the right candidate.

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; all successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

TLG is looking for a qualified teacher with a passion to turn around the lives of disaffected young people aged 11-16. Leading our TLG South Birmingham Education Centre (alternative provision), the Centre Manager will be responsible for delivering exceptional educational programmes with imaginative curricula for disaffected young people, with proven skills and strategies to re-engage those on the verge of exclusion.

Working in partnership with Ecclesia International Church in TLG South Birmingham and a number of other key stakeholders, the successful applicant will need to develop and maintain excellent links in TLG South Birmingham with schools, parents, referrers, and other agencies.

The successful candidate will have excellent team and communication skills and a successful track record in leadership and management, as well as a strong and vibrant Christian faith. TLG is committed to safeguarding our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. The successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the DBS.

Telephone interviews will take place on Wednesday 13th November. Formal interviews will be held on Thursday 21st November.

Eden Brown is delighted to be working in partnership with a national children's charity supporting them with the recruitment of a Head of Supporter Communities & Groups. This charity is committed to improving the lives of children across the UK and this role provides an opportunity not be missed!

As Head of Supporter Communities & Groups you will be responsible for developing, reviewing and maintaining a portfolio of community and events activities that secures sustainable income and grows our supporter base. You will also play an active role in the departmental senior management team cultivating high-performing, collaborative relationships and developing / implementing strategies that continually satisfy internal stakeholders, suppliers and supporters. You will be tasked with the exciting challenge of effectively leading the senior relationship managers and supporter engagement manager, setting targets and objectives to deliver against the supporter engagement plan.

To be considered for this role you should have an in-depth knowledge of community and events fundraising and significant experience within a senior fundraising management position. You should posses a demonstrable track record of achieving both financial and non-financial targets. Most importantly you should be creative, innovative and inspirational and consider yourself a pioneer in your field!

This role is home-based, full time and comes with a generous remuneration package, positive benefits, flexible working and is an exciting opportunity not to be missed to lead a team to great success. The role closes on Monday 7th October with interviews scheduled for week commencing 24th October. For more information about this amazing opportunity, please contact Charlie on [email protected] or call the office on 0161 233 1600.

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Overview

Our vision is for a society where people have the autonomy, capacity, resources and skills to become the architects of their own destiny; where our individual wellbeing is recognised as being bound up in our collective responsibility to and dependency on each other; and where all of us feel empowered as agents of social change to make a difference – whether at an individual level or more widely.

By working collaboratively with communities we aim to bring about sustainable change on an social, environmental and economic level; to do the social knitting required to create stronger and more resilient communities and to support communities to identify, mitigate and remove the barriers that prevent them from living active and connected lives.

As Project Development Officer your role will be to help develop and sustain new and exciting projects that promote community wellbeing and tackle inequality. Working as part of the funding team you will be responsible for identifying and researching new opportunities, building strategic partnerships and writing funding applications.

Main responsibilities of the role

1. Work with colleagues to scope, develop and sustain projects in line with our strategic aims and objectives
2. Research and identify suitable opportunities for development, including managing a funding pipeline
3. Produce high quality funding bids including writing and editing copy, collating case studies and other response material as appropriate
4. Ensure that deadlines are met and that submissions are managed in a timely way
5. Work as part of the funding team to regularly review and continuously improve processes around fundraising in the organisation
6. Develop strong working relationships with key stakeholders (internal and external)
7. Keep abreast of new and emergent thinking across wellbeing, community development and tackling inequalities
8. Supporting our staff and communities to develop skills in fundraising
9. Carry out all duties as may be reasonable assigned from time to time and with the level of this job description
10. Work to embed the organisational culture required to implement the mission, aim and values of the society

Experience and Knowledge

1. Track record of working autonomously and collaboratively in a dynamic, fast paced and challenging environment
2. Experience of carrying out research-based tasks
3. Strong written and communication skills, ability to write, review and edit copy to a high standard
4. Skilled at summarising complex ideas in writing
5. Evidence of being creative and entrepreneurial in approach
6. A good understanding of the political and social landscape of Birmingham
7. Ability to plan, prioritise, achieve targets and deliver to deadlines
8. Experience of strong partnership working, interpersonal and negotiation skills
9. Highly proficient in use of Microsoft Word and Excel
10. Passionate about tackling inequality and community wellbeing.

Performance Management

If appointed you will agree in consultation with your line manager, a Performance Development Plan, which will include a range of performance criteria with hard and soft outcomes, which your success will be measured against. Hard outcomes will be concerned with the achievement of tangible outputs which fulfil the company’s strategic and business aims. Soft outcomes will emphasize your personal development, direction, commitment, trust and self-regulated behaviour which is at the centre of your approach to people and partners.

How to apply

This vacancy will be live until Friday 25th October 5pm. If you would like to be considered, please apply with both your CV and covering letter FAO Naomi Lynch.

 If you are successful, you will be invited to interview during w/c 4th November.