Would you love the opportunity to be part of one of the most exciting Charity Partnerships of 2022?

Charity People are thrilled to be working with Together for Short Lives to recruit the team that will be manging the delivery of their £10million Partnership with Morrisons, launching in February. Together for Short Lives is here to make sure that 99,000 seriously ill children and their families across the UK can make the most of every moment they have together.

This is a phenomenal opportunity to work on a significant flagship partnership with a major UK high-street retailer, raising millions of pounds to support the lifeline work of the UK's children's hospices.

As Partnerships Officer you'll be providing high quality support to the Morrisons account management team in all aspects of fundraising and event administration. This will be a busy and fast paced role; capturing data, conducting research and making sure that processes function effectively across this flagship partnership. Day to day you'll be stewarding events, managing and coordinating mailings, certificates, newsletters, and fundraising packs as well as delivering first class supporter care and building relationships with Morrisons colleagues.

We are looking for an organisational pro with fantastic supporter care/customer service skills. Ideally, you'll have experience of working in a fast-moving environment preferably within fundraising, marketing, PR or sales.

This role is a 3 year FTC for the duration of the partnership.

Location - hybrid mix of home and Bristol head office. Together for Short Lives have a fantastic culture and are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements including job shares.

To find out more about this super opportunity get in touch with a copy of your CV to Ellen Drummond at Charity People.

Closing: 4th February but please get in touch ASAP so we can get excited together sooner!

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), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Brain Tumour Support has a fantastic opportunity for a Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser to join a successful and supportive fundraising team at an exciting time as the charity looks towards 2023 and the 20th Anniversary of its founding.

You will ensure the longevity and retention of our existing corporate partnerships, while also identifying, securing, and maximising new corporate partnerships to increase income. You will be responsible for understanding the motivations that encourage corporates to give and the delivery of strong stewardship, by being proactive and creative in identifying ways to engage partners to uplift/gain support.

You will have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. You will be a self-starter able to use your own initiative. Problem solving, prioritisation, excellent planning and organisational skills are all essential in this role. You will be confident in networking and presenting on the charity’s behalf at all levels, whilst always working in line with the charity’s vision and values.

This role is a great opportunity for a Corporate Fundraiser with minimum 2- 3 years of experience to develop and manage a corporate pipeline, seek out new fundraising partnerships and play a pivotal role in expanding the reach of our corporate partnerships across the country.

Location: Bristol, Thornbury (Flexible home working and office based role)
Salary:£26,000 to £29-000 pro rata, dependent upon experience
Hours: 21-28 a week
Contract: Permanent

Further details – to apply for the post, please submit CV and covering letter, highlighting your suitability and experience relevant to the role.

Closing Date: 18th February 2022 (23.59)

Interviews: 3rd March 2022 (in person, location Thornbury, South Gloucestershire)

Would you love the opportunity to apply your marketing and communications skills to one of the most exciting Charity Partnerships of 2022?

Charity People are thrilled to be working with Together for Short Lives to recruit the team that will be manging the delivery of their £10million Partnership with Morrisons, launching in February. Together for Short Lives is here to make sure that 99,000 seriously ill children and their families across the UK can make the most of every moment they have together.

A unique role, as Marketing Executive, you will be dedicated to providing marketing and communications expertise for the charity's flagship partnership with Morrison's. Working within the Partnerships team, you'll also work closely with the wider Communications team, the charity's 54 hospice partners, as well as Morrison's customers and colleagues to create key messages, content, and activity to drive engagement and motivation.

This is a phenomenal opportunity to help engage stakeholders and the public to support the generation of millions of pounds of income for the charity, and to diversify your skill set within the charity sector in a role where you'll see really tangible results across engagement and income generation.

Core responsibilities within your role will include leading on content creation and developing assets to powerfully convey the impact and breadth of Together for Short Lives' work. You will be responsible for creating tools and activities to communicate effectively across Morrisons' diverse workforce; developing tailored communications plans that tell powerful stories in partnership with colleagues from local hospices; creating engaging opportunities to promote income generation to new and existing audiences across a range of media, including digital channels; and developing strong relationships with Morrisons colleagues across the business to build integrated plans for partnership communication.

We are looking for someone with excellent creative skills who is confident in all aspects of digital communication with excellent stakeholder relationship management ability. You will ideally be versed in digital fundraising and online supporter journeys.

In terms of experience, you will have experience of working within charity communications or marketing; and experience of developing campaign ideas as well as designing and testing campaigns and messages. We'd love to see applications from people with experience of pitching stories to the media; delivering and developing marketing strategies; and of using a range of digital, written and multimedia approaches to engage audiences.

This role is a 3 year FTC for the duration of the partnership.

You will be home based and location is flexible within England, Scotland or Wales - with travel to Bristol and Bradford when required, as well as some national travel to hospices and stores. Together for Short Lives have a fantastic culture and are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements including job shares.

Please get in touch with a copy of your CV to Alice Wood at Charity People for an initial discussion about the role.

Closing: 4th February but please get in touch ASAP so we can get excited together sooner!

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), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

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We are one of the largest learning disability charities in the UK, supporting over 2,200 people through our friendly, supportive, creative and diverse teams.

Working as part of the Strategic Partnerships Team, the Partnerships Manager will be responsible for the development of relationships with Major Donors and Trusts to achieve agreed income targets and key performance indicators (KPIs).

In this role you will help develop and implement a strategy for long-term support from Major Donors and Trusts identifying and successfully approaching prospects for support and managing those relationships throughout the whole stewardship cycle.

Salary: £35,069 per annum
Job Type: Full time, 37.5
Location: Homebased - with occasional travel to our Central Support Offices in Bristol and other Hft locations around the UK.

About you:

You will be an experienced philanthropy fundraiser who can generate income from our Trusts and Major Donor income streams. An excellent relationship builder with exceptional writing skills, you’ll be able to analyse data and turn it into compelling cases for support, securing significant gifts to Hft.

You will be someone who has proven experience of delivering an ambitious program which meets and exceeds income targets from Trusts, Foundations and Major Donors. You will have a proven track record of securing significant donations and multi-year grants and have experience of securing and delivering a successful fundraising pipeline

What we Offer

Access to the Hft Plus benefits package, which includes a great number of discounts and rewards across shops, restaurants, gym membership and days out; but also an Employee Assistance Programme, with telephone and face-to-face support options. Access to award winning training and development – Hft is one of only four charities to have achieved the Skills for Care ‘Centre of Excellence’ provider status. Annual staff award scheme – The Fusion Awards, and peer recognition through our GEM awards programme. 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time staff). A contributory pension scheme & life assurance.

Closing date: Sunday 20th February 2020

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

You may have experience or an interest in the following: Fundraising Manager, Partnerships Manager, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Strategic Partnerships, Major Donor, Social Care, Trusts and Foundations, Not For Profit, Learning Disabilities, Fundraiser, etc.

Oasis Community Partnerships is looking for someone who can combine an entrepreneurial flair and excellent leadership skills to become the new Community Hub Leader supporting the established Hub at North Bristol. 

The post holder will lead the development of the Hub based in the Lawrence Weston area of Bristol supporting the Academies and wider local community, and to hold the vision of integrated community delivery, which will include a range of services such as family support, holiday provision, volunteering, Youth mentoring, employability and NEET prevention. We are looking for an experienced Community Leader who will take the Hub Charity to the next stage of development and grow the local community movement through our Christ-centred ethos. Some of the specific duties of this role include:

• planning, resource and coordinate the community Hub plan, measuring impact.
• building supportive working partnerships across the community and various groups.
• leading Hub strategic development (e.g. comms, income generation, MEL)
• developing a team that can grow an Oasis Movement (e.g. engaging staff, volunteers and community workers).

This is very much a relational and project management role.  As such, the successful applicant will need to demonstrate:

• experience of leading community delivery and growing projects from start-up phase.
• innovative use of resources and budget management to maximise funding.
• a thorough knowledge and understanding community work.
• an education to degree level or equivalent and /or relevant professional qualification.

This is a unique opportunity for a self-reliant and results-focused individual, who is looking to make a difference in this complex and high-profile field of work.  In return we offer:

• Flexible working practices which encourages innovation and fresh ideas.
• A supportive network and friendly team in a motivating working environment.
• A non-contributory defined benefit pension scheme with 7% employer contributions.
• 25 days holiday per year (plus Bank Holidays), rising to 30 days after 2 years of service.

This will be a rolling recruitment campaign so we invite you go to the Oasis UK charity website for further details on how to apply.  CVs will not be accepted after Midday, Monday 7th February 2022.  First round of interviews will be held on 10th February with final interviews on Thursday 17th February, in Bristol.

We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups.  If you require any assistance to overcome potential barriers, please let us know.  Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos. 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.  The successful candidate will need to show proof of right to work in the UK. 

Based in North Bristol

Full Time (40 hours per week), Permanent Contract

£31,919 – 35,934 per annum

Oasis supports Equal Opportunities.  Registered Charity No. 1163889

Reporting directly to the CEO, this position forms part of the SMT with responsibility for a small, creative team to support long term growth.

Location: Bristol with flexibile working

Motivation is an international development organisation, focused on transforming the lives of disabled people around the world. It’s both a charity and a social enterprise, focused on making the biggest impact possible and influencing systems change, alongside delivery and support. They work closely with country teams, policy makers and partners, advocating for the rights of disabled people and empowering them to stay healthy, access education/employment, and participate in their communities.

It’s an organisation that packs a punch, focused on long-term sustainability and adaptability to achieve the greatest impact. They push barriers when it comes to product and design, developing cost-effective and suitable solutions that allow for greater inclusion and support. This includes exciting and innovative partnership work with the likes of the International Paralympic Committee to design low-cost sports wheelchairs and open up the world of sport to thousands of people worldwide.

The Head of Partnerships & Philanthropy is a key role for Motivation, playing an active role in the Senior Management Team as the organisational lead for fundraising. As such, we’re looking for an experienced fundraiser with a passion for creating a more inclusive world for disabled people. As Head of Partnerships and Philanthropy you’ll be an ambitious and passionate fundraising leader, with a track record of securing sustainable income from a range of sources, including partnerships and HNWIs.

Job description

As Head of Partnerships & Philanthropy you will:

• Have overall responsibility for developing a global fundraising strategy, with a long term focus on growth and alignment to organisational ambitions;
• Act as an active member of SMT, working collaboratively with peers to share leadership responsibility;
• Work closely with key stakeholders and trustees to maximise network opportunities and increase funding support for Motivation;
• Line manage a small and creative team, developing their broader skills whilst embedding a culture of collaborative fundraising across the organisation;
• Remain hands on, directing the development of a sustainable and diverse portfolio of funding opportunities to maximise income growth from varied sources (specifically individuals, major donors, corporates, trusts and foundations)

Person specification

The role would best suit:

• An individual with expertise of high value fundraising and a demonstrable track record of securing long term, committed support from donors and partners;
• Someone with strategy development expertise, keen to lead a small and creative team to deliver a global fundraising strategy that supports organisational aims;
• An ambitious fundraiser with a creative mindset and the passion to come up with new ideas and funding opportunities;
• A credible and inspiring leader, able to develop the team to adopt an agile and adaptable approach to fundraising to ensure that income generation continues to change and evolve alongside the external environment.

The deadline for applications is 31st January with interviews to commence the following week. Please get in touch for further details.

Chief Executive Officer

CHASE Africa is a growing UK-based international NGO working to support rural communities in East Africa. We believe that when people in resource-poor, rural and marginalised communities are healthy, are able to make informed family planning decisions and live in a sustainable and flourishing natural environment, they are far more likely to have a better quality of life and leave poverty behind.

Based near Frome in Somerset, CHASE Africa has ambitious plans to increase its impact across sub-Saharan Africa over the next few years, and enable more organisations working in Africa to adopt community health and sexual and reproductive health activities alongside conservation programmes. CHASE Africa is looking for a Chief Executive Officer to enable the achievement of its aims.

CHASE Africa has a small, relaxed and friendly team. Since 2012, we have provided 375,000 family planning services, over 900,000 health services, and supported communities to plant over 240,000 trees. We have worked with 13 trusted local partner organisations in Kenya and Uganda to integrate rights-based family planning programmes into their work.

The CHASE Africa team have developed excellent relationships with a number of UK and overseas trusts, high net-worth individuals and regular donors. Income continues to increase enabling more work to be done.

Main Purpose of the Role

To provide leadership to the operation of CHASE Africa, to shape and implement the strategic plan, and to ensure that activities achieve the vision and mission set by the Board of Trustees. The Chief Executive Officer will take overall responsibility for raising the profile of CHASE and for the management and administration of the charity, including programmes and fundraising, and working with the Chair of Trustees to enable the Board to fulfil their governance duties and fiduciary responsibilities.

MAIN PURPOSE OF POST
The Fundraising Officer is responsible for nurturing relationships with existing and perspective donors, specifically to increase unrestricted donations, including but not limited to: regular givers, community fundraisers, and community groups. In addition to this, the Fundraising Officer will need to be able to support the rest of the Fundraising team as required. The post holder will oversee a programme of community events and runs to maximise this funding stream for the organisation, taking responsibility for sustaining and developing existing partnerships as well as forging new ones with prospective donors. The post holder will ensure that the activities for which funds are sought are impactful, and measurable. The post holder may also be required to support with and attend fundraising events with the purpose of relationship building, nurture and networking.

The post holder will develop and maintain both internal and external contacts and will need to develop a thorough understanding of Women’s Aid’s work, business plans and strategic priorities.

DUTIES AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Fundraising

1. To be responsible for making recommendations for the Community fundraising budget and how this should be spent throughout the year.
2. To support with the implementation of a stewardship programme for unrestricted donations, with the view to increase our regular givers.
3. To be responsible for a portfolio of running events that Women’s Aid has purchased places in.
4. To assist with the development and production of a range of fundraising stewardship materials including: posters, our online fundraising newsletter, and annual thank you to donors.
5. To work closely with key internal stakeholders both to understand and be able to package up their work into clear compelling asks for all stewardship documents.
6. To assist, when required, with the content and production of all Women’s Aid fundraising appeals, including: our winter appeal, International Women’s Day appeals and activities and any others throughout the year.
7. Assist with the organisation of fundraising events as required.
8. Assist with maximising all fundraising opportunities with fundraising groups including: but not limited Schools, Universities and religious organisations.
9. To assist with managing the portfolios of legacy and in memory donations as required.
10. Take responsibility for ensuring that full records of all contacts are maintained on the fundraising database.
11. Co-manage all online giving programmes including Just Giving and Give Penny etc.

2. Individual donors and community fundraising

2.1. To assist with developing and implementing a programme for donor recruitment, retention and uplift programmes.

2.2. To be responsible for your own Women’s Aid portfolio of events. Including filling all places, and supporting runner’s right up until race day and beyond.

2.3 To support community fundraisers raising money for Women’s Aid. Giving them tailored support for their event and cultivating them to become a long-term supporter of Women’s Aid.

2.4 To support with providing tailored support for all community group fundraisers including but not restricted to religious organisations, schools and universities etc.

2.5 Co-manage the community fundraising budget to ensure that we have appropriate materials to support fundraisers.

3. Stewardship

3.1. Assist with the implementation of a stewardship programme for all one off/regular and community fundraisers.

3.2 Actively work to reduce our attrition rate by ensuring regular contact is maintained with donors.

4. Information Management, monitoring and evaluation
 

4.1 The post holder will ensure appropriate means of monitoring and evaluation are established in order to feed into the fundraising team’s KPI’s.

4.2 Use the fundraising database to analyse the success rates to support the fundraising strategy.

4.3 Keep-up-to-date with new fundraising opportunities.

4.4 Take responsibility for ensuring that full records of all contacts are maintained on the database.

5. Financial

5.1 To co-manage the community fundraising budget, including purchasing places for events.

5.2 To assist with all stewardship mailing budgets including costs for: design, printing etc.
5.3 To ensure that all donations are quickly and correctly processed and acknowledged and that reports are available in the appropriate format.

5.4 To contribute to the teams KPI’s and update all appropriate reports/documentation.

6. Contact and liaison

6.1 Develop and manage relationships with fundraisers, encouraging them to become long term supporters of Women’s Aid.
6.2 Work closely with key internal stakeholders both to understand and be able to package up their work into clear compelling asks for all stewardship documents.
6.3 To manage the relationship with external suppliers, including seeking quotes for printing of our publication materials, liaising around print deadlines etc.

PERSON SPECIFICATION: Fundraising Officer

EXPERIENCE
Essential:

• Experience of using a fundraising database.
• Proven experience of having met/exceeded financial or otherwise targets in previous roles.
• Experience of working in a fundraising role or sales/customer facing role.
• Proven experience of providing high quality written material.
• Experience of building and maintaining strong relationships.
• Experience of working within a team and individually to achieve success.

Desirable:

• Experience of developing and implementing a stewardship programme for donors.

• Proven experience of writing successful fundraising appeals.
• Experience of managing a portfolio of fundraising events for community fundraising.
• Experience of managing Legacy and In Memory donations.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Essential:

• Excellent computer skills and experience using a wide range of computer packages, including Microsoft packages.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to liaise with people at all levels, on the telephone, face to face and in writing.
• Ability to carry out thorough research to keep-up-to date with new fundraising opportunities.
• Demonstrable initiative and determination.
• Excellent attention to detail and accurate record keeping.
• Ability to prioritise tasks and manage a busy workload.

• Experience of maintaining and reporting against budgets and feeding into the teams KPI’s.

KNOWLEDGE
Essential:

• Knowledge and understanding of Feminism.
• Understanding of domestic abuse and the issues relating including the impacts on women and children.
• Understanding of the role of Women’s Aid.
   

EDUCATION/TRAINING
Essential:

• A-C GCSE grade English and Maths or equivalent

OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential:

• Able to demonstrate a commitment and sensitivity of the aims and objectives of Women’s Aid;
• Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice and equal opportunities;
• Willingness to travel and work occasional unsocial hours as required.

Location: Bristol with some home working

Benefits: A generous package including 26 days holiday a year and public holidays, employee pension scheme with 4% employer contribution, Cycle2Work scheme, 365 days a year Employee Assistance Programme

We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good. Last year alone, nearly 13,500 professionals received our training. Over 70,000 adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 85,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last four years, over 2,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, and that’s just the start. 

Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.

The successful postholder will be responsible for providing high-quality generalist HR services at SafeLives in conjunction with an HR administrator. The HR Officer will oversee the smooth running of key HR operations and you will be instrumental in building a culture amongst our employees that reflects our values through the provision of excellent HR support.

You will provide and develop a range of comprehensive and customer-orientated human resources services which support the implementation of SafeLives’ human resources strategy. There will be a strong focus on supporting the embedding and development of our culture and behaviours; employee recognition and performance measurement/management; learning and development and developing management and leadership capability across the organisation.

You will be the lead operational HR professional, supported by the COO on strategic matters and a full-time HR Administrator on transactional matters. The successful postholder will also have access to an external legal and HR consultancy support when needed.

If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit your 500-word cover letter and CV by 12.00pm, 31st January 2022.

No agencies please

Job Title: Finance Director

Hours: Part time, 30 hours a week / Permanent

Salary: up to £46,000 FTE dependent on experience

Location: Bristol, with some flexible working

We are working in partnership with Off The Record, a mental health charity supporting young people aged 11 to 25.  OTR have seen a significant increase in demand for their youth mental health services and now reach over 13,000 young people each year.  They have widened their impact even further by expanding services into North Somerset and developing work within schools. They are now seeking an exceptional Finance Director to join their developing Senior Leadership Team to provide financial leadership.

The successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant, with Charity experience and demonstrate:

• Experience of leading financial strategy, planning, financial stewardship, and control.
• Previous exposure to audit procedures, project management, governance, and risk management processes.
• Experience of leading teams and operating at a senior level in a charity/ commercial/public sector environment
• Strong understanding of preparing statutory accounts in accordance with the Companies Acts and Charity SORP
• Strong negotiating skills: able to persuade and influence colleagues and key stakeholders at all levels.

We are looking for an individual with extensive experience in finance who has operated at a senior level. The successful candidate will be a flexible and meticulous individual who is able to present complex information to a range of audiences and lead multiple functions. You will also have accountability for our HR and Facilities functions and oversight of two income channels - Trade and Grants. In addition, as part of our Senior Leadership Team, you will shape our strategic direction and ensure that we continue to provide an outstanding offer for young people.  Equally important is a strong personal interest in and commitment to the mental health of young people.

For more information, please contact Sandra Smith, Charisma Charity Recruitment.

Applications should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.

Closing date: 27 February 2022

Position Summary:

The post-holder will play a key role in ensuring that the operational and HR aspects of the SFT run smoothly. With an expanding team and increasing partnership work the post-holder will provide strong background support; bringing consistency, continuity and a high level of professionalism to the role.The post-holder will have day to day responsibility for HR tasks, internal policies and procedures, IT and systems management, internal communications, GDPR, insurance and office management. Alongside specific HR and operations responsibilities the post holder will also be required to provide general administrative support to the team from time to time.

Key Responsibilities: 

HR 

• Recruitment and Retention:Oversee and administer HR systems and support recruitment processes and the onboarding of new staff, as may be required from time to time. Ensure Job Descriptions are up to date. Manage annual review process.
• Internal Communications: Ensure team members are regularly updated on relevant organizational changes and developments, with particular focus on ensuring remote working staff feel connected. 
• Policies and Procedures:Oversee and implement SFT policies and procedures, working with others as required. Develop new policies as required.

Operations

•  IT:Ensure all staff have the adequate IT support, hardware, software and training.
• Premises: Ensure the organisation has adequate premises, equipment, insurance etc. in place to ensure it can run effectively.
• GDPR: Ensure the SFT is GDPR compliant. Review compliance on an annual basis.
• Insurance:Keep the SFT’s insurance up to date and regularly reviewed and be responsible for insurance claims and queries.
• Office Management:Ensure the office is a welcoming working environment, by ensuring administrative and maintenance tasks are attended to. 
• Budget Control: Control expenditure on office supplies, equipment and other relevant expenditure categories.
• General Support: Provide administrative support to the wider team, and assist with finance tasks from time to time.

Note: This job description does not form part of the contract of employment but indicates how the contract should be performed. The job description may be subject to amendment.

About the Sustainable Food Trust

The Sustainable Food Trust is a UK-based charity that works to accelerate the transition to more sustainable food systems globally.

We work in a range of ways, from broad-based public engagement through our various communication channels and events, to high level influencing through coalitions and campaigns. We also work at a research level, publishing ground-breaking reports and policy briefings.

Some of our key work areas include:

• True Cost Accounting
• Sustainability Metrics
• Sustainable livestock
• Local food systems
• Linking diet, health and sustainability

Person Specification

Qualifications and Experience 

We are looking for applicants to evidence strong administration, HR and office management skills. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, are a must.

Specifically, we are looking for candidates who have experience with or can demonstrate the following.

Essential Qualifications and Experience 

• Educated to A-level or above, or equivalent experience
• GCSEs in Maths and English at Grade C or above
• Experience in an administrative environment and of setting up and maintaining office administration procedures and systems.
• Writing and implementing procedures, including office and health and safety procedures.
• Accurate data input
• HR administration
• Office management and administration
• Understanding of GDPR, and overseeing the data protection needs of an organisation

Essentail Skills and Abilities

• Excellent Communication and interpersonal skills 
• A flexible working style, with the ability to communicate with authority whilst retaining a sensitive and good-humoured approach to working with others
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Highly motivated with the ability to act in your own initiative
• Attention to detail and high level of accuracy
• Good judgment, and analytic and problem-solving skills
• Ability to be tactful and diplomatic and to represent and be an ambassador for SFT.
• Excellent IT skills including word processing and spreadsheets
• A positive and enthusiastic attitude.

Other

• Commitment to equal opportunities and diversity and experience of implementing good practice.
• Commitment to SFT principles and ethos

Desirable Qualifications

• HR qualifications

Desriable Experience

• Previous experience in a charity or voluntary environment.
• Basic book-keeping knowledge
• Budget management 
• Charity operations and governance.

Award winning Charity Key4Life are currently seeking a South West Manager/Senior Caseworker (Bristol based role). Key4Life is looking for someone with a proven track record and preferably with experience within the criminal justice system who is up for a new challenge.

The Key4Life 7-Step Model has a proven track record of a maximum 16% reoffending rate and a minimum 60% into employment/meaningful occupation at the end of the programme. The Model works with 18-30-year-old young male participants who have been to prison or are at risk of going to prison and includes equine facilitated learning, (horses) music, football, boxing, emotional resilience and employability support/employment.

Caring in Bristol has grown rapidly in the last three years and our Head of Trusts and Foundations will bring the added maturity and experience to consolidate our growth and unlock the next period of development.  In particular, they will lead the development of services/the organisation that create new strategic, multi-year funding opportunities from the UK’s most significant funders, including statutory sources.

The role is part of the Senior Management Team and Trustee-level Finance Committee, reports to the Director/Director of Fundraising, and currently manages a portfolio of funders donating £500-600k p.a., managing a Grants Relationship Lead. 

The role is a key strategic advisor to the Director, Senior Management Team and Trustees, and is instrumental in helping set multi-year budgets and investment and managing internal progress/expectations towards income growth. You’ll work closely with our service and monitoring and evaluation teams, helping shape the project, impact and reporting needed to support this. 

We’re looking for an experienced, skilled ‘partnership builder’ who can open, navigate and lead complex institutional funders towards deeper involvement with Caring in Bristol’s vision. Building relationships with other charities/delivery partners is also important, to help spot opportunities for co-working/co-funding that can open/develop funding relationships.

An understanding of homelessness/related funders and the wider system of operation/influence will be needed, as you’ll be representing this knowledge internally to shape our decision making at the highest level. 

Strong written, interpersonal, relationship and proposition development skills are a must, with the ability to persuade and influence senior decision makers a key responsibility.

We offer great flexibility around working arrangements and you can largely organise your working hours to suit you. We have a vibrant and relaxed work culture, the chance to make the job your own, and to take our organisation on its next important step.

Diversity

We are committed to increasing diversity of staff within Caring in Bristol and within the Charity Sector as a whole.

We especially welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.  Black, Asian and ethnic minority candidates are particularly encouraged to apply for these roles. We welcome applications from everyone who meets the requirements of the Person Specifications. We encourage applications from all gender identities and sexual orientations; we are committed to equal opportunity, equal treatment and respect for every individual. If you have special access requirements, please do let us know.

We offer, and value, flexible working. As a charity we are proud to be committed to mental health awareness and to actively supporting the wellbeing of the team.

Key tasks

Income generation

• Lead the Trusts and Foundations function internally and externally, setting the strategy for income growth from institutional sources and managing all progress towards this.
• Advise the Senior Management Team and Trustees on strategic and operational issues that have an institutional funding component, helping find workable solutions and managing funder input accordingly.
• Set achievable budgets for trust, foundation and statutory income and identify and lead the organisational development needed to support sustainable relationships with funders.
• Integrate effectively with the service delivery team, helping build fundable services, robust cases for funding and funder development activities that support sustainable growth.
• Monitor and nurture the trust and foundation ‘market’, spotting and opening application opportunities and feeding back relevant insight to the charity.
• Lead on the scoping of new growth-funding streams, particularly statutory funding and social enterprise, to support the organisations sustainability.
• Lead the development and management of all funder relationships in-line with our strategy and budgets, ensuring the sustainable growth of funding for core and project activities.
• Lead the development and delivery of appropriate ‘donor experiences’, including feedback, reporting and funder visits, to sustain and develop funder relationships.
• Prepare and submit well-written, compelling, and complete funding applications of the highest standard to a diverse range of funders and manage their preparation through others in the team.
• Scope opportunities of pro bono support from funders and partners, identifying organisational need and matching this need to support offered.
• Act as the partnership-building expert internally, advising the Director, Director of Income Generation and the wider Senior Management Team on all matters relating to strategic commercial relationships at Caring in Bristol.

Organisational development

• Broker relationships with other charities/delivery partners to support new funding opportunities.
• Lead on the development of a ‘funder friendly’ culture at Caring in Bristol, helping deepen  funder involvement with organisational strategy and project development.
• Work closely with the wider charity to develop our research and evaluation capabilities to support trust and foundation relationships.
• Help amplify the findings of research and evaluation with key audiences externally, especially within or related to trusts and foundations, to develop the reputation of the charity.

Organisational relationships & management

• Establish productive relationships with the Senior Management Team.
• Line-manage, support and develop the Grants Relationship Lead and other team members in line with their job description and responsibilities.
• Design and manage departmental budgets agreed at the beginning of each financial year.
• Identify and manage resources, key directories and publications necessary to support this research.
• Support the Director of Income Generation and Director with the overall fundraising and organisational strategy, taking on other duties as required.
• To attend events as a representative of Caring in Bristol as required.

Other Responsibilities

• Alongside your income generation colleagues, to take responsibility for ensuring our office environment is a healthy, positive and professional space to work;
• To follow organisational policies and procedures and observe the Code of Conduct;
• To actively participate in and attend supervisions, annual appraisal processes and identified training;
• Undertaking any other reasonable task as requested.

Skills and experience

We expect you to meet most of these criteria. However, we don’t expect you to meet every point and welcome applicants with transferrable skills and an ability to apply themselves in a new context.

• Demonstratable experience leading and growing the trust, foundation and/or statutory department/income at other not-for-profit organisations.
• Complete confidence in acquiring and managing sizeable (£100k p.a.) multi-year relationships with funders.
• Experience managing organisational/service development to open new institutional funding opportunities from trust, foundation, and statutory sources.
• Experience of partnership working, and the skills for developing, negotiating, and maintaining multi-organisational agreements.
• Experience advising charity leadership (SMT, Trustees) on decision making that has an institutional funding component.
• Strong communication/interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport quickly and influence at senior levels.

• Strong persuasive writing skills and the ability to influence people ‘off the page’.
  • Experience of organisational research/evaluation programmes, and how to communicate and leverage results externally.
• Knowledge of what sector leadership and innovation looks like for not-for-profit organisations.
• Experience of managing and motivating a team of staff. 
• Strong IT skills.

• Solid organisational skills including consistency, accuracy, and an eye for detail. 
• Empathy with Caring in Bristol’s organisational values.

Brentry & Henbury Children's Centre is a local based non-profit making charity providing daycare and family support services.

We offer free on-site parking, paid DBS check, good bus network, holiday entitlement increases with service, Christmas closure and discounted staff lunches.

We are reviewing applications and interviewing suitable candidates on a rolling basis and encourage people to apply as soon as possible.  The vacancy may close early dependent on suitable applicants

Job Purpose: To lead the organisation in achieving its aims

Salary: £40,254 –£ 46,264 subject to experience

Contract: Permanent

Location: Brentry, Bristol

Reports to: The Board of Trustees

Hours: Full time (38.5 hours, evening and weekend as appropriate)

Annual leave: 25 days plus public holidays

Key responsibilities of the role include:

Developing and articulating the vision and strategy of the Children’s Centre, driving implementation.

Ensuring the integrity and quality of service delivery and that all statutory obligations are met.

Effective staff management.

Ensuring the financial stability and security of the organisation.

INDIVIDUAL SPECIFICATION

Prior experience in Early Years is not a pre-requisite, however may be advantageous.

Key attributes

A strong, insightful, dedicated leader with an ability to motivate and inspire colleagues to achieve the aims of the organisation, in the context of meeting the aspirations and needs of the local community.

A capacity for sound judgement informed by sensitivity, emotional intelligence and exemplary professional standards.

Excellent communication skills, both orally and in the written word, in individual and group situations.

Motivation, persistence, flexibility and drive to capture opportunities and embrace new initiatives that result in service and workforce development and improvement.

A natural grasp of business practice and financial management.

Educational requirements

Essential

Minimum Degree level or equivalent

Desirable

Evidence of Post Graduate Study

Management qualification, or commitment to achieving such in the future

Additional requirements

Current driving licence and daily access to a vehicle with appropriate insurance are essential to carrying out this role.

Application information

Application forms can be found on our website.  A full job description can be found on our eteach page.

Completed application forms must be received by: 9.00am Tuesday 22 February 2022

Interview date: to be confirmed

Ideal Start date:  As soon as possible

BHCC is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds including ex-offenders. We can only accept applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.