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ob Description –Trusts and Grants Manager (maternity cover)
Department: Fundraising
Reporting to: Senior Trusts and Grants Manager
Location: Hybrid / London Office
Contract:Fixed – 12 months
Hours per week: 35 Hours
Salary: £39,414 - £41,488
Our Vision: A UK where “No good food goes to waste”.
We are UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to approximately 8,500 frontline charities and community groups. Every week we provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.
There has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness. For more information visit our website.
FareShare is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities and as a Disability Confident Employer, we provide reasonable adjustments.
We aim to recruit from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our commitment to redistributing surplus food, come and join us!
The role
FareShare is committed to expanding our work so more surplus food can reach thousands of charities and community groups nationwide. Central to this aim is a vibrant national fundraising department that has consistently grown the organisation’s new and existing income streams in recent years.
FareShare’s Trusts and Grants Team has a strong track record of working across a range of impactful partnerships to raise ~£5m of income each year. A team of 6, we pride ourselves on being knowledgeable and passionate about FareShare’s work, building compelling cases for support that can amplify our impact for years to come.
As a Trusts and Grants and Manager you will take on the management and stewardship of a diverse portfolio of high-value funding relationships, while developing new partnerships with a high propensity to support our work. You will play a proactive role in strategic planning and have line management responsibilities of a Trusts and Foundations Officer.
You will be a strategic thinker, used to working with high value grant making professionals and trustees and with senior staff and stakeholders within your own organisation. You will have a strong track record in income generation and supporter stewardship and have excellent communication skills. Cross team collaboration is crucial to the role, and you will be able to demonstrate strong relationship building and influencing skills.
This is an excellent opportunity for somebody looking to broaden their experience and take the next step in their career in trusts fundraising, while working in a high-performing and supportive team.
Main areas of responsibility
- Build relationships with portfolio of five and six figure trust supporters, understanding their motivations and tailoring opportunities and communications to cultivate strong, long-lasting partnerships.
- Foster a deep understanding of FareShare’s work and strategy to create persuasive fundraising proposals that inspire and solicit funds. This includes developing relationships across the organisation to build a sound understanding of FareShare operations and where support is most needed
- Champion and input in to the teams prospecting process, using your own research and sector knowledge to take new opportunities from identification through to solicitation, particularly focussing on those with multi-year and high value potential.
- Develop innovative and personalised stewardship plans, in collaboration with senior colleagues when appropriate, to deepen funder relationships. Craft compelling written communications including emails, proposals, and reports to showcase the impact of trust support and celebrate key milestones. Lead calls, meetings and visits to strengthen funder partnerships and engagement with our work.
- Provide supportive management to a Trust and Grants Officer, offering regular advice and guidance, identifying opportunities for development and monitoring performance objectives in line with the organisational and team strategy.
- Play an active role in developing and delivering the Trusts and Grants team strategy contributing to planning and management of team objectives, and supporting the Senior Manager to motivate the team and drive trust income.
- Work with colleagues across the Fundraising sub-teams to maximise cross over opportunities between income areas.
- Maintain accurate records of partner interactions in our CRM system and shared files, and consistently update financial records and account plans.
As an employer committed to Equal Opportunities, we will assess applications in line with these criteria that we consider either as being essential or desirable in this role.
Person Specification
Experience
- Experience of securing and successfully managing five and six figure grants and multi-year gifts from a range of grant makers, including project funding and unrestricted funding.
- Experience in prospecting for new high value business opportunities via multiple research channels and soliciting new donors to make significant gifts.
- Experience in writing compelling funding applications and impact reporting.
- Experience in developing and presenting complex project and financial information to support compelling funding proposals.
- Experience of successful cross department working with senior colleagues to deliver on funding objectives and budget.
- Experience of line management or transferable skills to line management.
Skills, knowledge and abilities
- Strong up-to-date knowledge of the trust, grant and foundation landscape.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly in writing proposals and presenting to or meeting with funders.
- Proven ability to form good working relationships, both internally and externally.
- Ability to assimilate strategic plans into compelling funding proposals.
- Excellent numeracy skills with the ability to work with complex budgets and present them to funders.
- Ability to work on own initiative, meeting objectives and managing competing priorities and tight deadlines under pressure.
- IT Literacy and ability to use a CRM.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of using Salesforce or equivalent CRM system.
- Demonstrable interest in food insecurity, food waste and surplus redistribution.
Values and behaviours
- A commitment to recognising and celebrating diversity and inclusion.
- An interest in furthering FareShare’s mission.
- Flexibility of approach and a team player.
- Forward thinking and willing to contribute ideas and opinions.
- Willingness to travel around the UK on an occasional basis.
Benefits
- Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel
- 28 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays
- Employers pension contribution
- Employee Assistance Program
- Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme
- Season ticket loan
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Position Training & Prevention Manager
Salary £37,000–£40,000
Remote/Hybrid Hybrid (3 days/week in Croydon + travel across South London)
Days in office 3 days per week in Croydon
Overview and key points on the role
As the Manager of our Training & Prevention team you will lead and grow our Training & Prevention offer.
You will focus on the development and management of training to a range of audiences, including internal staff and volunteers, and other frontline professionals.
You will also manage our sexual violence prevention work in schools, colleges, and universities, coordinate our Service User Advisory Group, and supervise two Training & Prevention Support Workers.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about trauma-informed, intersectional practice, with experience in education, facilitation, and leadership within the violence against women and girls sector.
The post is open to female applicants only as the role is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
RCSL is an equal opportunities employer, and we are particularly keen to receive applications from women underrepresented in management and leadership roles in the violence against women and girls movement.
All positions are located in the UK and require the right to work in the UK.
How to apply
Please apply with an up-to-date CV and cover letter (of up to 1000 words) identifying how you meet the essential and any desirable qualifications, skills and experience
Registered Charity
21 - 50
Specialist South London support for women and girls who have experienced rape and/or childhood sexual abuse.
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About Us
We're the UK's leading charity for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.
A diagnosis of Crohn’s or Colitis is life-changing. Over 500,000 people in the UK are living with a lifelong disease many people have never heard of, and for which there is no known cure.
Crohn’s & Colitis UK funds research, provides award winning information and support and raises vital awareness by increasing the public’s understanding of the conditions, and what it means to live with debilitating symptoms. But we need to do more. We need to be a louder voice in the marketplace. Our ambitious plans for 2025, will help to make a real difference to every supporter’s journey with us. If this excites you - join us!
Role Overview
The successful candidate will be involved in leading and co-ordinating the delivery of Crohn’s & Colitis UK’s research strategy including our programme of grants, and our work to support increased patient and public involvement in research. They will work with the Director of Services & Evidence and Head of Evidence & Research to support the charity’s involvement with external research bodies and contribute to the leadership, planning and delivery of cross-team projects, helping to influence and meet our strategic objectives.
About You
We are looking for someone who has proven experience of delivering successful research funding and patient and public involvement research activities. The successful candidate must be adept at establishing and maintaining effective relationships with external stakeholders and comfortable working with operational performance metrics, and implementing strategies and objectives for the organisation. Ideally your background will be in health care or working in a medical charity and you’ll be educated to degree level or equivalent. Given this role will involve managing and providing leadership to the Research team, prior management experience would be an advantage. Whilst not essential, a knowledge of the needs of people affected by Crohn’s and Colitis would be beneficial also.
Please see our Recruitment Pack for details of our full Job Description and Person Specification.
Our Location
We are based in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, so we are easily accessible by road and rail. In this role, there is plenty of scope for working from home, although there will be times when you will need to travel to events/conferences. You will be required to attend two Directorate days each year and occasional face-to-face meetings with your team or our partner agencies. In addition, the charity meets four times annually at its office in Hatfield (or a location in London) for its’ ‘All Staff Together’ days, at which attendance is mandatory.
Benefits
- 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing one day per year up to 30 days
- Salary Sacrifice Pension scheme
- Flexible working options
- Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity pay
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Wellbeing programme
- Interest free loan for season tickets
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking and secure bike locks
- Training and development financial support and/or study leave
- Performance review and development scheme
We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities to all regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We are not a licensed sponsor at this time. Any offer of employment will be made subject to the applicant residing in the UK and a valid right to work in the UK being provided.
Please submit a CV and supporting statement outlining why you’d like to apply, how you fulfil the person specification, and what you feel you will bring to the role, so you’ll need to refer to the Recruitment Pack.
Closing date: 9am Tuesday 27th May 2025
Interviews will be taking place w/c 2nd June and will be held remotely.
Please note: no applications will move forward within the recruiting process without a supporting statement.
We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities to all regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage civil partnership status, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We will not be accepting any contact from Recruitment Agencies or Media Sales
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Registered Charity
51 - 100
We break taboos, drive pioneering research, bring people together & campaign to improve lives. We are leading the fight against Crohn's & Colitis
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This exciting new role is perfect for a candidate who is ready to make the role their own, and a self-starter keen to make an immediate impact, through a combination of:
- Supporting the expansion and transformation of our client advice services by ensuring operational service procedures are established, embedded and monitored.
- Exploring, implementing and enabling office and hybrid-working modernisations, including supporting senior members of the operational team to implement business innovations around hybrid-working software, HR systems, and integration of technology (possibly including AI) into our work.
- Alleviating administrative burdens so far as possible on our team delivering advice to clients, helping us to make an even greater impact on our community.
- Contributing to the design and development of robust policies that relate to office and outreach coordination, HR support and budgeting.
- Supporting our supervisory team in their management of people and relevant office administration duties.
- Maintaining and developing office resources, including our office manual, IT equipment, and shared online and offline documents.
- Supporting the trustee board and senior members of the leadership team in the delivery of their strategic goals and day-to-day administration.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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At Fuel Bank Foundation, we believe no one should have to choose between heating and eating. Every day, we help people across the UK who are facing fuel crisis—providing emergency financial support, advice, and long-term solutions that create lasting change.
We’re looking for an experienced Strategic Partnerships Manager to help us grow and nurture high-impact relationships with corporate partners, charitable trusts, and grant-making bodies. If you’re a confident communicator, natural relationship-builder, and passionate about making a difference, this could be the role for you.
About the Role:
As Strategic Partnerships Manager, you will play a central role in driving income growth and increasing the impact of our partnerships. You’ll work closely with the Head of Strategic Partnerships to deliver our partnership strategy—developing new funding opportunities, managing existing relationships, and ensuring excellent stewardship throughout the partner journey.
This is a dynamic and varied role that offers scope for creativity, strategy, and hands-on relationship management. You'll collaborate closely with internal teams to bring partner activity to life, demonstrate impact, and align our work with shared goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and manage a portfolio of strategic partnerships, including charitable trusts, corporate sponsors, and grant-making bodies.
- Deliver high-quality stewardship and build strong, long-term relationships with supporters.
- Identify and secure new partnership and funding opportunities in line with organisational strategy.
- Create compelling, tailored proposals and pitches that align with partner objectives and Fuel Bank’s mission.
- Track partnership performance, prepare reports and evaluations, and share impact stories with funders and internal stakeholders.
- Collaborate across departments to align partner activity with service delivery and communications.
- Contribute to income planning, forecasting, and the delivery of financial targets.
What We’re Looking For:
- Strong experience in partnership management, business development, account management, or fundraising—ideally within the charity, non-profit or social impact sector.
- A track record of building successful relationships and delivering income growth.
- Skilled in writing proposals, reports, and presenting ideas clearly and persuasively.
- Commercial awareness and confidence working with budgets, forecasts, and reporting tools.
- Strategic thinker with a creative mindset and the ability to spot new opportunities.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and relationship-building skills.
- Comfortable working independently and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
What You’ll Receive in Return:
- Team Support: Join a supportive and collaborative team committed to your success.
- Enhanced Annual Leave: 27.5 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell additional days.
- Flexible Working: Enjoy a flexible schedule that supports a healthy work-life balance.
- Comprehensive Benefits:
- Enhanced pension contributions.
- Private healthcare and access to an Employee Assistance Programme.
- Training and Development: Benefit from a comprehensive onboarding programme and ongoing professional development opportunities.
- Equal Opportunities Employer: We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The Research and Community Engagement Manager will have significant knowledge and experience of health and social care services and community engagement including managing key research projects and working with people who use services. We are excited to be managing the Healthwatch North Northamptonshire Service and appointing new staff for the service. Our aims and mission are to give voice to the public and engaging communities especially those who are least heard and the most vulnerable. You will also be committed to working collaboratively with communities, VCSE and statutory sector services.
You will be able to lead all the key functions including:
• Carry out priority areas of research, using a range of methods and sources of data, on health and social care.
• Produce high quality analysis, reports and presentations for a range of audiences.
• Facilitate co-production activity, working with experts by experience, service users, carers, and peer researchers.
• Work with Healthwatch NN staff and volunteers
We are looking for someone who is committed to social justice and equalities and able to translate this into practice. We need a confident research specialist who is credible and can lead an effective work research and community engagement programme relevant to meeting the needs of local communities and informing change to policy and practice of health and social care services.
Job Purpose:
A core element of Healthwatch NN’s work is the management of research, collection, analysis, and subsequent reporting on information and data relating to people's experiences of publicly funded health and social care services. The Research and Community Engagement Manager is responsible for overseeing this crucial function, ensuring its effective delivery.
In addition to managing research activities, the Research and Community Engagement Manager takes the lead in developing and executing the CRM system. Furthermore, they spearhead the creation of impact measures for the organisation, ensuring that our efforts are aligned with our mission to improve health and social care services in North Northamptonshire.
Our aim is to raise awareness amongst commissioners, providers and other agencies about the importance of engaging with communities, and the expertise and value that individuals can bring to discussion and decision making on local and national issues.
We hope to carry out activities across a number of different programme areas to enable us to fulfil our statutory functions and the Research and Community Engagement Manager will be responsible for:
· By capturing community views through people’s experiences and by understanding and reporting on these experiences to health and social care services.
· By actively promoting community involvement in the commissioning, provision and scrutiny of health and social services, giving people and communities a stronger voice to influence and challenge how health and social care services are provided within their locality.
· By undertaking community-led research in priority areas to examine the impact of health and social care services, its pathways and make any recommendations for change.
· Healthwatch can monitor and review how local services are planned and run (except for social care facilities for children and young people) and have the statutory power to ‘Enter and View’ premises delivering health and social care services. This enables authorised representatives of Healthwatch to observe the nature and quality of services, report on their findings and make recommendations so that local authorities and health services can exercise their duty to respond.
· By providing Information & Signposting Service to help people understand the services available in their local area and to make informed choices about different health and social care services.
KEY TASKS:
To work closely with the Healthwatch Service Manager, Healthwatch NN Advisory Group and the Support Northamptonshire’s CEO to:
Main duties and responsibilities
· Organise, design and carry out participatory qualitative fieldwork.
· Designing peer-research models of social research investigation.
· Conducting qualitative analysis of data conducted through interviews, focus groups, workshops or other methods, with a focus on lesser heard voices.
· Carrying out quantitative data analysis using Excel.
· Utilising a wide variety of research approaches, particularly participatory approaches, which inform, involve and bring together individuals, groups, service providers and decision makers.
Research and analysis
· Carry out priority areas of research, using a range of methods and sources of data, on health and social care.
· Produce high quality qualitative analysis, reports and presentations for a range of audiences.
· Facilitate co-production activity, working with experts by experience, service users, carers, and peer researchers.
· Work with Healthwatch NN staff and volunteers and provide regular progress feedback.
· Analyse quantitative information gathered through research and engagement collected by Healthwatch NN to draw out trends in relation to health and social care service provision.
· Translate research findings into practical learning for developing and improving health and social care services.
· Take responsibility for data and project management and administration as it relates to our social research activity.
· Collaborate with stakeholders and colleagues to develop the annual research programme.
· Lead and oversee the delivery of the annual research programme, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives.
· Utilise creative and appropriate methodologies to design and manage research projects, employing both quantitative and qualitative methods.
· Apply various research techniques, including document analysis, surveys, focus groups, interviews, and case studies, to gather relevant information.
· Produce research-based briefings and provide support to stakeholders in understanding key points.
· Analyse and evaluate research findings, interpreting data to identify key issues and develop actionable recommendations.
· Present research data in formats suitable for different audiences, including reports and infographics.
· Collaborate with CEO and team to gain insight into themes identified through community-based activities.
· Support in developing engagement activities based on service user feedback and intelligence.
· Identify simple interventions that Healthwatch NN can implement to impact service improvement.
· Develop an impact reporting system to measure and communicate Healthwatch NNl's impact effectively.
· Liaise with admin regarding information requests, research promotion, and evidence collection from web and social media.
· Analyse the Healthwatch NN database to produce representation reports for commissioners, providers, stakeholders, and the Executive Board, informing them of current trends.
· Provide regular performance reports for the Advisory group.
· Produce reports from the Healthwatch NN database for multidisciplinary boards such as the Health and Wellbeing Board, Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, Overview and Scrutiny Committee etc.
Team working
· Train and support people to take on peer research roles, putting control and ownership of the research process with people interested in and affected by health and social care services.
· Support those actively involved in Healthwatch NN to develop a shared understanding of the implications of gaps in involvement of people from different communities.
In consultation with the Healthwatch NN Service Manager and Support Northamptonshire CEO:
· Represent Healthwatch NN at strategic meetings, conferences and public engagement events as required, acting as a spokesperson for Healthwatch NN at such events.
· Deliver presentations to the public, stakeholders and partner organisations.
· Engage with the Healthwatch network, and health and social care system partners across Northamptonshire and neighbouring area as appropriate.
APPLICATION: Please send your CV and a covering letter showing how you meet the detailed job and personal specification.
CLOSING DATE: Monday 19th May
PR0POSED INTERVIEW DATE: Friday 23 May or Wednesday 28 May
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Are you an experienced and inspirational manager ready to lead a team supporting young people facing challenging life circumstances?
At Peabody, we’re committed to helping people flourish. We provide specialist housing and support for those who’ve experienced trauma, homelessness, or other complex life situations. Right now, we’re looking for a Team Manager to lead from the front — someone who can nurture and develop a team of Housing Support Workers and ensure we deliver high-quality, person-centred services every day.
What you’ll be doing
You’ll be the kind of manager who rolls up their sleeves to inspire, guide, and support — but knows your role is to lead, not just “do.” You’ll:
- Provide strong leadership, with regular supervisions, team meetings, coaching and ongoing development.
- Oversee the day-to-day running of the service, ensuring staff have the tools and support to succeed.
- Take the lead on high-risk or complex cases, modelling good practice and championing safeguarding.
- Build strong partnerships with statutory and community services, acting as a key contact for external stakeholders.
- Ensure quality standards, support plans, risk assessments, and records are consistently up to scratch.
- Manage budgets, reporting, and service performance — keeping things running smoothly, transparently, and compliantly.
What we’re looking for
- Experience in the care and support sector, ideally with vulnerable young people or those facing homelessness.
- A proven track record of line managing and motivating staff, bringing the best out of your team with compassion and clarity.
- Strong knowledge of statutory and community-based services and how to connect people with the support they need.
- Confidence in assessing and managing risk in a sensitive, strengths-based way.
- Fantastic people skills, great time management, and the ability to keep calm and focused under pressure.
This role will suit someone who has worked as a senior support worker or team manager, is ready to take the next step, and believes in doing the right thing – always.
Why join us?
We live by our values – Be kind. Do the right thing. Celebrate diversity. Love new ideas. Pull together. Keep our promises. If those resonate with you, you’ll fit right in.
You’ll have the chance to shape and lead a passionate team and make a real difference in young people’s lives. We also offer excellent training, development opportunities, and the chance to be part of a supportive organisation that puts people first.
We also offer:
- 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Flexible benefits package (healthcare, dental, discounts).
- 4x Life Assurance.
- Professional development opportunities (apprenticeships & qualifications).
- Two additional paid volunteering days.
- Family-friendly policies & up to 10% pension contribution (matched 1:1).
Closing date: 10th May 2025.
PLEASE NOTE: As an employer, Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licenced UK employer
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We are looking for an exceptional Grants Commissioning Manager (Scotland), with a focus on Faslane. This is a senior management role working as part of the Grants team within the RNRMC at a time when the Charity’s strategy has a real focus on beneficiary need and impact, managing RNRMC commissioned grants in Scotland, ensuring that the funds are awarded in accordance with the Charities Values and Outcomes Framework.
The role will work strategically with The Director of Relationships and Funding to support and deliver the charities funding plans for Scotland and support the Head of Commissioned Grants with all elements of the commissioning cycle including understanding need, designing projects, performance management of delivery and reporting of impact. Working with internal and external stakeholders, the role will involve the oversight and good governance of grants programmes to ensure quality, evidenced outputs, and value for money of projects.
In addition, you will lead and manage the Grants Administrator (Scotland, taking responsibility for actively and proactively supporting them to achieve in their post.
About the RNRMC
RNRMC is the Navy’s principal charity which exists to support every sailor, marine and their families, for life. We do this by offering grants to and working with, other organisations to deliver programmes that meet the needs of our beneficiaries. We work hard, engaging with supporters to help raise awareness and funds to deliver the outcomes required for today and tomorrow.
Experience and Background
You will have previous skills and experience in working with a wide range of stakeholders across the statutory and third sector and possess the ability to inspire confidence, provide credible leadership, build and maintain relationships plus motivate and drive towards delivery of change at pace. In addition, you will have excellent interpersonal skills, be diplomatic and approachable with a strong ability to communicate verbally and in writing.
You will be a confident manager able to adapt to a changing environment with strong problem-solving skills and excellent judgement alongside a meticulous, accurate and disciplined approach to work. You will also possess good organisational skills and be able to prioritise a varied and busy workload and deliver to deadlines. You will be self-motivated and enthusiastic, be able to think strategically to resolve problems and make recommendations and present options for approval.
Please see the job description for full details on the duties and responsibilities.
Benefits
30 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
Hybrid working – 60% in office and 40% home working
Employee Assistance Programme to give you confidential support 24 hours a day
Life Assurance (after one year’s qualifying service)
Private Healthcare Scheme (after one year’s qualifying period)
A generous non-contributory Pension Scheme (7% contribution after 3 months qualifying period)
Enhanced Maternity Leave Package (after 2 year’s qualifying period)
Hours of Work
Hours of work are 35 hours per week, 09:00 – 17:00 Monday to Friday.
We have a friendly, supportive, and inclusive environment with a hybrid working approach of 60% in office and 40% home-working.
Salary
The salary range for the post is between £ 43,500 to £ 51,100 per annum, according to skills and experience.
Pre-appointment Checks
The successful candidate will be asked to provide evidence they are eligible to work in the UK and undergo a Disclosure Check and additional security checks as required.
Please provide a covering letter detailing how your skills and experiences match the requirements for the role.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Charity People is pleased to be working with Ataxia UK (AUK) to recruit for an exciting, brand-new role of Senior Philanthropy Manager. This role is vital to the growth and ongoing sustainability of the charity, a fantastic opportunity for someone to make a huge impact.
Working closely with the Director of Fundraising & Communications and the wider team, the Senior Philanthropy Manager will lead the delivery of AUK strategy to build a sustainable pipeline of major donors and family trusts and foundations which enables growth in our unrestricted income year-on-year. The right candidate will be a natural relationship builder with a proven track record of securing high value, long term partnerships with major donors.
Job Title: Senior Philanthropy Manager
Location: Hybrid working with travel to the London Office once a week
Contract: Permanent and part time - 28 hours a week
Salary: £45,000
About the organisation
AUK are the leading national charity in the UK for people affected by any type of ataxia, which is a rare condition, made up of neurological disorders that affect balance, coordination and speech. AUK fund research into finding treatments and cures, and offer advice, information and support to people affected by the condition
About the role
As Senior Philanthropy Manager, you will secure long term, high value relationships with major donors and family trusts and foundations, personally securing 5 and 6-figure gifts.
You will be responsible for developing an excellent stewardship programme which grows unrestricted income and nurtures relationships with Ataxia UK's existing major donors. You will also lead the development of our strategy to identify, cultivate and secure gifts from new donors.
You will use excellent communication skills to write compelling and tailored cases for support. As a key member of the Fundraising & Communications department, you will bring creativity, insight and experience to the team, and you will be a confident ambassador and representative internally and externally.
Responsibilities:
- Help identify new, and build existing, relationships with individual major donors and family trusts and foundations, personally securing five and six figure gifts
- Work with the Director of Fundraising & Communications to recruit and line-manage a Philanthropy Consultant (fixed-term) for a discrete exercise to research and populate a pipeline of new major donor prospects
- Manage the continued identification of prospective donors and donor research
- Develop a peer-to-peer network of engaged major donors who give to and fundraise for AUK
- Build and maintain a moves-management stewardship strategy for a portfolio of donors and prospects
- Design and deliver a range of income-generating cultivation events or other engagement opportunities
- Develop strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including volunteers and ambassadors
- Commit to external networking with relevant major donors and family representatives and sector networking with peers
General Responsibilities
- Write compelling proposals, reports, and other stewardship materials to convey impact to donors, with the support of the Communications & Marketing Manager and Officer
- Pitch partnership opportunities through impactful presentations, visits, and personal conversations with potential donors
- Use and update the CRM system (Raisers Edge) to ensure forecasting and pipelines reflect the work being undertaken and the progression of all relationships
- Support the delivery of events such as intimate dinners hosted by senior volunteers
- Admin and Finance - Ensure planned expenditure is within budget and monitor and report on performance. Ensure systems are updated and records kept correctly. Produce pipeline progress information for inclusion in quarterly Board Reports
- Undertake professional development and training
- Play an active role across the charity, fostering good working relationships with other teams and enhancing communications with colleagues
About You
If you are a people's person, a self-starter and have a pro-active approach to philanthropy fundraising this role will be ideal for you. You will also have the following experience;
- Demonstrable experience of successfully securing large gifts (£25,000+) from major donors and delivering against six figure annual targets
- Excellent communication skills - written, verbal and presentational
- Experience of working as a major donor fundraiser
- Line management experience
- Ability to analyse, understand, and translate data
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work independently and to prioritise and multitask effectively
Application Process
If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Kevin Croasdale today with your CV.
Closing date: 16th May 2025
1st stage interview will be held week commencing 19th May
2nd stage interview will be held week commencing 26th May
Charity People are committed to providing equal opportunities and welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds. If you require any assistance or adjustments during the application process, please don't hesitate to reach out.
Job Description: Senior Philanthropy Manager
Salary: | £45,000 pro-rata 4 days a week. 4 annual increments of £500 in April following end of Probationary Period. (Pro Rata at 4 days is c.£36,000p/a) |
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Reporting to: | Director of Fundraising & Communications |
Responsible for: | Philanthropy Consultant (fixed term); Major Donor network and Volunteers |
The Role:
As Senior Philanthropy Manager, you will secure long term, high value relationships with major donors and family trusts and foundations, personally securing 5 and 6-figure gifts. You will be responsible for developing an excellent stewardship programme which grows unrestricted income and nurtures relationships with Ataxia UK's existing major donors. You will also lead the development of our strategy to identify, cultivate and secure gifts from new donors.
You will use excellent communication skills to write compelling and tailored cases for support. As a key member of the Fundraising & Communications department, you will bring creativity, insight and experience to the team, and you will be a confident ambassador and representative internally and externally.
This brand-new role is vital to the growth and ongoing sustainability of Ataxia UK. Working closely with the Director of Fundraising & Communications and the wider team, the Senior Philanthropy Manager will lead the delivery of our strategy to build a sustainable pipeline of major donors and family trusts and foundations which enables growth in our unrestricted income year-on-year. The right candidate will be a natural relationship builder with a proven track record of securing high value, long term partnerships with major donors.
Key areas of responsibility:
- Help identify new, and build existing, relationships with individual major donors and family trusts and foundations, personally securing five and six figure gifts
- Work with the Director of Fundraising & Communications to recruit and line-manage a Philanthropy Consultant (fixed-term) for a discrete exercise to research and populate a pipeline of new major donor prospects
- Manage the continued identification of prospective donors and donor research
- Develop a peer-to-peer network of engaged major donors who give to and fundraise for AUK
- Build and maintain a moves-management stewardship strategy for a portfolio of donors and prospects
- Design and deliver a range of income-generating cultivation events or other engagement opportunities
- Develop strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including volunteers and ambassadors
- Commit to external networking with relevant major donors and family representatives and sector networking with peers
General Responsibilities:
- Write compelling proposals, reports, and other stewardship materials to convey impact to donors, with the support of the Communications & Marketing Manager and Officer
- Pitch partnership opportunities through impactful presentations, visits, and personal conversations with potential donors
- Use and update the CRM system (Raisers Edge) to ensure forecasting and pipelines reflect the work being undertaken and the progression of all relationships
- Support the delivery of events such as intimate dinners hosted by senior volunteers
- Admin and finance
- Ensure planned expenditure is within budget and monitor and report on performance
- Ensure systems are updated and records kept correctly
- Produce pipeline progress information for inclusion in quarterly Board Reports
- Undertake professional development and training
- Ensure our work is consistent with any necessary data protection legislation
- Play an active role across the charity, fostering good working relationships with other teams and enhancing communications with colleagues
- Maintain confidentiality in line with organisational policy in regard to patients, staff and business sensitive information
- In all areas of work ensure that due attention is given to legal and compliance issues such as health and safety, data protection and risk management
- Share in general office duties
Person Specifications:
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of successfully securing large gifts (£25,000+) from major donors and delivering against six figure annual targets
- Excellent communication skills - written, verbal and presentational
- Experience of working as a major donor fundraiser
- Line management experience
- Ability to analyse, understand, and translate data
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work independently and to prioritise and multitask effectively
- Proven project management skills
- Excellent influencing and negotiation skills
- Ability to build productive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Experience in producing dynamic and engaging fundraising materials
- Experience of organising events or conferences
- Demonstrable stakeholder management skills
- Experience of running cultivation and/or fundraising events
- Attention to detail in the gathering, recording, and dissemination of information
- Demonstrable experience of database management
- A demonstrable passion for, and commitment to, our cause
- Willingness to occasionally work out of hours when necessary
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of the barriers faced by people with a disability
- Experience working with celebrity ambassadors
- Raiser's Edge (CRM) experience
- Understanding of scientific research
Note: This job description sets out the duties of the post at the time it was drawn up. Such duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and cannot themselves justify a reconsideration of the grading of the post. Ataxia UK reserves the right to update the Job Description from time to time to reflect these changes in or to the post after consultation about any proposed changes.
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In the ever-changing landscape of youth work, it is vital that young people in Berkshire have access to safe spaces where they can build positive, trusting relationships and develop their talents, skills, and aspirations.
Berkshire Youth has been supporting youth organisations and delivering a range of youth services across Berkshire for over 85 years. This role will expand and enhance Berkshire Youth’s existing work, ensuring a dynamic and responsive youth offer at the Waterside Centre in Newbury.
Registered Charity
6 - 10
At Berkshire Youth, our mission is simple yet powerful: we are dedicated to championing young people.
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The Talent Set are delighted to be working with The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity to support the recruitment of their Senior Digital Marketing Manager (12 month, maternity cover).
The charity offers a flexible working environment, with hybrid working and an expectation to work from either their Chelsea or Sutton site 2 days per week.
Reporting into the Head of Marketing & Digital and overseeing a team of 6, you will work to significantly increase awareness of The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity and grow the digital marketing capability.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead, manage and develop high performing team members, ensuring opportunities for learning and development, supports innovation and test and learn strategies
- Lead the implementation of the digital roadmap, including the development of the digital content strategy and upskilling colleagues across the organisation in digital
- Work with colleagues across the organisation to plan and deliver brand building and fundraising marketing campaigns, support the digital team to manage schedules across social and web content and oversee the production of high quality, accurate and engaging digital content
- Oversee a programme of paid advertising by working with fundraising teams across the organisation, supporting the coordination of user journeys, and managing the relationship with the digital marketing agency
- Support the Digital Project Manager and Digital Manager in the development, launch, embedding and training for the new website
- Apply editorial and brand guidelines, delivering a high standard of published content
- Monitor and develop KPIs and goals, reporting back on performance, learnings and recommendations to optimise channels, to all levels of the organisation
- Be accountable for efficient management of the digital elements of the Marketing and Digital budget
Key experience includes:
- Experience of managing people and leading a high performing team
- Proven experience of digital marketing, including campaign planning, user journeys and experience, data analysis and optimisation to achieve growth
- Ability to manage a complex programme of campaign and projects
- Strong content creation across social and web, that drives engagement and conversion, with sound understanding of accessibility, SEO and copywriting
- Ability to manage paid advertising campaigns
- Experience managing third party agencies and developing partnerships
- Budget management
What’s on Offer:
- 12-month FTC (maternity cover role), starting in July 2025
- A salary of £47,000-£50,000 with 2-3 days/week in Chelsea or Sutton office
- Interview dates for this role will be 7-8 April
How to Apply:
To apply, please submit your CV demonstrating your suitability for this role by clicking the “apply now” button.
We aim to get back to all successful candidate within 48 working hours.
Commitment to Diversity:
The Talent Set and our partner organisation are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of race, sexual orientation, disability, age, or gender. We actively encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds and are always happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.
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Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Operational Leadership:
- Provide strategic leadership to the Senior Management Team's and it’s operational functions, ensuring efficient and high-quality service delivery.
- Develop and implement operational policies, procedures, and best practices to enhance productivity and ensure compliance.
- Continuously streamline processes and workflows to improve operational performance.
- Deputise for the CEO when required, representing the organisation at events, meetings, and in day-to-day operations.
Strategic Planning and Execution:
- Collaborate with the CEO and support, manage and develop the senior management to shape and execute the charity’s strategic plan.
- Translate strategic objectives into actionable initiatives, ensuring effective implementation and tracking progress.
- Identify opportunities for growth, cost optimisation, and improved service delivery.
Board of Trustees Liaison:
- Provide regular reports to the Board of Trustees on operational performance, strategic initiatives, and financial matters.
- Work closely with the CEO to ensure transparency, accountability, and alignment with the Board's expectations.
- Attend Board meetings and provide insights on operational challenges, opportunities, and key achievements.
Financial Management:
- Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning, ensuring the efficient use of resources.
- Monitor financial performance, identifying areas for improvement and taking corrective actions as necessary.
- Drive cost-efficiency initiatives while maintaining a focus on quality and service outcomes.
People Management and Development:
- Line manage and develop the SMT (nine managers)
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Establish performance goals and metrics for staff, offering regular feedback and development support.
- Promote an inclusive, diverse work environment that values employee engagement and professional growth.
- Oversee recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and retention strategies.
Risk Management and Compliance:
- Develop and implement strategies to identify, assess, and mitigate operational risks.
- Ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards, maintaining the highest ethical standards.
- Implement internal controls and governance practices to safeguard the charity’s reputation and assets.
Please send a CV and a cover letter explaining how you meet the required experience and your knowledge, skills, and ability (no more than 650 words.)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Who are Guts UK Charity?
Guts UK Charity is committed to a world where digestive conditions are better understood, better treated and everyone who lives with one gets the support they need. Too many people are suffering or dying in silence or alone. They don’t know where to turn for information or support, diagnosis takes too long for many, and treatment can often come too late.
We are the only UK charity funding research into the digestive system. We raise vital awareness of digestive conditions, fund life-saving research, and provide patients and loved ones with expert information and support – we are informed by evidence and expertise, our community, and the patient voice.
Our mission is simple: to improve the lives of millions of people affected by digestive conditions
The role of Finance Manager
The Finance Manager will oversee the finance operations and lead on the preparation of management accounts, budgets, funding requests and internal and external reporting. The Finance Manager plays a crucial role in helping the Board and leadership team understand their performance and their ability to deliver an ambitious growth plan over the next five years. This job presents a great opportunity for someone experienced with charity management accounting and reporting who has a keen eye for detail and process improvement and a desire to be part of a charity that’s only going to get bigger and more influential!
Our ideal candidate will:
- Have significant experience with finance operations, management accounts, reporting and budgeting in a charity or NFP organisation
- Have a sound understanding of accounting practices, policies and Charity SORP
- Have experience supporting with the financial aspects of trust, grant and partnership applications
- Want to work hands-on as part of a small, dynamic team
- Have a passion for our cause, and a desire to advance the work that we do as a charity
The Finance Manager is one of just 3 members of the Finance & Operations team including the COO and the Finance & Administration Officer. We’re looking for someone dynamic and driven who likes to work autonomously, solve problems pragmatically and plan and organise their time effectively.
Location
We have offices in London and Huddersfield which are easily accessible by road or public transport. We support hybrid working but attendance in one of the offices [dependent on your location] is required on an average of 1 day per week. If you are interested in the role but have queries about office-base requirements, please contactus to discuss.
Please see the attached detail job pack for further information and how to apply.
Registered Charity
11 - 20
Our vision is of a world where digestive disorders are better understood, better treated and everyone who lives with one gets the support they need
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This is an exciting time to join TCV and lead our newly created team. We are looking for an enthusiastic, energetic, confident individual - someone who wants to make a difference and is always willing to go the extra mile and leads by example.
Working directly with your team and the wider income generation team, you will be responsible for setting and implementing our strategic plan aligned to securing income through Trusts, Foundations and Lotteries - working with your team you will identify and develop funding proposals to those partners and stakeholders which sit outside our corporate partnership team.
With your team, you will look to develop innovative ideas and compelling proposals which enable TCV to connect even more people to the green spaces around them, across:
- Environment/nature
- Health and Wellbeing
- Learning and Skills
You will be responsible for developing and bringing to life this new approach for TCV - with an ambition to secure national and or multi-regional funding, enabling us to connect even more people to green spaces.
Ideally you will have already worked in the charity sector and are able to demonstrate experience in leading a team to secure an annual income in excess of £1m across various funding streams.
You should be confident in your ability to set ambitious goals and high standards - and be capable and experienced in leading and supporting a team to achieve both the goals and the standards. You will have ultimate responsibility for leading on both identifying and creating a pipeline of TFL funding streams to meet our annual income target.
As the lead for the TFL team, you must be confident in your ability to communicate our case for support to your team, and to both our internal and external stakeholders, ensuring our proposals are compelling, well thought out and deliver value and impact for both our funding partners and TCV.
We would expect you to be skilled and experienced in writing compelling funding applications and be able to critique and act as a sounding board for your teams own individual applications.
If you're looking for your next exciting senior role in the charity sector and feel you have the experience and drive to deliver this role - please get in touch.
You are going to lead a team with very big ambitions for 2025 and beyond!
The role will require some travel and overnight stays from time to time.
A full, clean or near clean UK driving licence is required for this post, which has been held for a minimum of one year.
To fulfil the role, you must be resident in the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
Registered Charity
101 - 500
Connecting people and green spaces to deliver lasting outcomes for both.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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JOB DESCRIPTION: Corporate Partnerships Manager
Job Title: Corporate Partnerships Manager
Location: Hybrid – Hampshire / Stirling offices / Remote
Salary: £32,000 (FTE pro-rata) / £21,621
Hours: 25 hrs per week (flexible)
Contract: Permanent
About us:
Learning through Landscapes is the UK’s leading school grounds charity, dedicated to enhancing outdoor learning and play for all. Our vision is a society where the benefits of regular time outdoors are valued and appreciated, and outdoor learning, play and connection with nature is recognised as a fundamental part of education, at every stage, for every child and young person.
We have unrivalled expertise based on three decades of experience, practical action and research. With offices in England and Scotland and staff based across the UK, our team and our accredited network of outdoor learning experts have the capacity to work nationally and internationally. Visit our website for more information.
Main Purpose of the Post
To develop and maintain successful partnerships with corporate supporters and corporate foundations whose vision and goals align with Learning through Landscapes’ vision and mission. The role will focus on strategic, long-term, mutually beneficial relationships which help LtL achieve its mission through income generation and added value including staff volunteering, network-building, and probono support.
Specific Duties
New business development
• Develop and progress a pipeline of new business development to secure corporate partnerships.
• Develop and present engaging, creative and mutually beneficial proposals and applications for corporate partnerships.
• Support the Fundraising Lead to identify prospective corporate foundations.
• Support the Fundraising Lead with writing and submitting applications to corporate foundations.
• Collaborate with LtL’s Communications team to reach target audiences with compelling messaging.
• Research and attend relevant networking events to open new partnership opportunities.
Account management
• Provide excellent account management and stewardship to strengthen partnerships, deepen corporate employee engagement and ensure relationship longevity.
• Use data from LtL’s new Impact Measurement Framework to provide inspiring reports on what corporate partners have helped LtL to achieve.
• Work with colleagues to identify and facilitate additional opportunities for corporate engagement, including practical volunteering opportunities and pro-bono work.
Strategy and reporting
• Support the Management Team with the development of a Corporate Partnerships Strategy, including income targets and key performance indicators.
• Provide regular reports to the Management Team and stakeholders to measure progress towards targets.
• Keep comprehensive and accurate records of all fundraising activity.
General responsibilities
• Keep abreast of developments in UK fundraising and how these can benefit the work of LtL.
• Ensure all fundraising activities comply with regulations and guidance, including being GDPR compliant and following the Code of Fundraising Practice and Charity Commission guidance.
• Maintain a sound knowledge of LtL strategy, business plan and the case for investment in school grounds.
• Support organisational goals by contributing to cross-functional projects and initiatives.
What you’ll need:
• Experience of securing and managing corporate partnerships, ideally in the charity, education, or environmental sectors
• Proven ability to develop compelling proposals and presentations tailored to corporate audiences
• Strong relationship-building skills, with a track record of developing longterm, mutually beneficial partnerships
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience writing funding proposals and impact reports
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of how corporate social responsibility aligns with business objectives
• Confidence in networking and representing an organisation at external events
• Experience of planning and delivering partnership activities such as employee volunteering or pro-bono projects
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and maintain accurate records
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across departments to deliver high-quality partnership experiences
• Knowledge of GDPR and fundraising regulations, including the Code of Fundraising Practice
• A commitment to the values and mission of Learning through Landscapes
What we offer:
• Flexible working
• Holiday, 28 days (pro-rata) + bank holidays + a “birthday gift” day
• Laptop, phone and all travel & subsistence expenses
• Family & carer friendly policies
• Training and CPD by agreement
• Sick pay
• Pension scheme – 5% employer contribution
• Subsidised Christmas meal
• Free office refreshments
• A supportive and welcoming team of colleagues.
We’re an equal opportunities employer. All suitable applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
We are actively seeking to increase diversity within our workforce and are committed to recruiting the best people on the objective basis of their skills, ability and experience. We offer a guaranteed interview to eligible applicants who choose to opt-in to the scheme and can demonstrate that they have at least 50% of the “What You’ll Need” list. To be eligible to apply via the Guaranteed Interview Scheme, you must be from an ethnic minority. Please state clearly in your covering letter if you are applying under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.
We are happy to support with any reasonable adjustments that are needed within the recruitment process.
If you would like an informal chat about the role, please contact the HR Manager, Sarah Knott - contact details on website
To apply: Please send the following, see details on our website
• Your CV
• A covering letter explaining in no more than one side of A4, your interest in the role and the skills and knowledge you have that make you an ideal candidate
• Contact details (including email address and phone number) of two referees, one of whom should be your most recent employer.
The recruitment process:
The deadline for applications is 8 am on Monday 2nd June 2025.
If you have not heard from us by 5 pm on Tuesday 3rd June 2025, you have not been shortlisted.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview either via Teams or at our offices in Eastleigh, Hampshire on Thursday 19th June 2025.
Candidates will be informed of the outcome of the interviews by Friday 20th June 2025.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.