About The Advocacy Project

We help marginalised and vulnerable people make effective choices about what happens in their lives. We support them to speak up and help improve important services we all need. We want to make sure people across all age and care groups – including learning disability and mental health – can:

• voice their concerns

• understand their rights

• make effective choices about what happens in their lives

We do this through advocacy services which support people individually, and user involvement projects that help organisations improve the services they offer.

About the role

Over the last three years we have grown our advocacy and user involvement service across London, taking on more public sector contracts in new London boroughs and offering a wider and more diverse range of services to the most vulnerable and disadvantaged groups.

We now offer services across low, medium and high secure forensic units including Broadmoor Hospital; we have London-wide NHS England services and are part of an exciting personal health budgets pilot project. We have built a solid reputation for delivering high quality services and have a strong track record of winning public sector bids.

Our new three year income plan builds on this success, with a focus on diversifying our funding streams. Our target includes growing our income from trusts and foundations by 17% over the next three years to £550,000. We are now looking for an exceptional and experienced trust and foundation fundraiser with a solid track record of winning new business from these funding sources.

You will work with our Head of Business Development to raise funds, generate income, making sure our fundraising activities meet annual targets, raise our profile and enhance our reputation in line with our values.

Key responsibilities

• Identify, qualify and develop income opportunities from trusts and foundations, in line with our income plan, strategy and values.

• Research, develop and maintain new relationships to secure funding.

• Write tailored, inspirational high quality applications and project reports addressing grant-making priorities or requirements,as specified.

• Identify gaps and niches in the market that are in line with our core strengths and competencies.

• Liaise closely with senior managers and staff to plan and develop the strongest possible proposals and build relationships.

• Evaluate the effectiveness of each application and make sure we embed a continuous improvement cycle into all fundraising activities.

• Evaluate, monitor and report back to donors in a timely fashion on projects which have been funded.

• Record details of applications made, funding pledged and forecast income.

• Input and update information on our CRM database.

General responsibilities

• Participate in team meetings and training.

• Participate in personal, team and organisational development.

• Make sure our corporate identity is kept to, all legal requirements and fundraising regulations are met.

• Keep to our policies, including health & safety, and risk regulations.

• Uphold our mission, vision, and values.

• Carry out other projects and tasks as needed.

Person specification

Essential:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Excellent interpersonal skills. Good at working with a wide variety of people including commissioners, service users and colleagues.

• Proven record of securing six-figure donations from trusts and foundations.

• Ability to combine seeing the big picture with an eye for detail.

• Solutions focused self-starter with an ability to thrive in a busy environment – focusing resources and prioritizing areas with the greatest impact.

• Commitment to working within The Advocacy Project code of conduct, equality and safeguarding policies.

• Ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative, to plan and prioritise your own workload.

• Willingness to promote The Advocacy Project in line with our mission, vision and values.

• Commitment to ongoing professional development.

  Desirable:

• Relevant professional qualification and affiliation.

• Evidence or commitment to ongoing professional development.

• Understanding of the issues faced by vulnerable and disadvantaged care groups, such as mental health, learning disability, dementia.

Benefits of working for us

We’re committed to providing an empowering, flexible and supportive working environment for all our staff.

Our employee benefits include 30 days annual leave (including up to 3 days between Christmas and New Year), participation in a pension scheme with 6% employer contribution, access to a free confidential counselling service, and an interest-free travel/bike loan.

All our staff are supported to learn and develop in a variety of ways, including a monthly lecture series where we invite sector experts to talk to our staff on topical issues.

We are a Disability Confident and Mindful Employer.

How to apply

Send your CV and a supporting statement explaining why you think you’re the person we’re looking for and how your experience meets the person specification. In your supporting statement, please write a brief description of The Advocacy Project in no more than 500 words, as you would for a funding application.

Upload your application via our website:

You will be passionate about sharing USPG’s vision with a variety of existing and potential supporters.

Your role

• to increase engagement and gifts from churches currently supporting USPG; to engage new churches and supporters; and to re-engage churches whose support has lapsed.
• to increase engagement from individuals and recruit new individuals to become USPG supporters.
• to deliver fundraising appeals and campaigns ensuring that supporters go on a meaningful journey with USPG and become lifelong supporters
• to work closely with the with the wider Mission Engagement Team to ensure there are a growing number of engaged individuals and churches with an awareness of both fundraising and Mission Engagement activity

USPG is looking for someone with

• experience of managing fundraising or marketing campaigns and appeals
• ability to write compelling fundraising copy
• experience of managing a supporter CRM
• experience of and understanding of fundraising within the church context

You will be

• highly organised and efficient
• able to work in collaboration with a small staff team
• excited about engaging with a variety of supporters in order to help USPG achieve it’s mission

This appointment is subject to safer recruitment procedures, including an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Applications must be recieved by 9am on Friday 24 July 2020,  using our application form, CVs will not be accepted.

Interviews will take place on Thursday 30 and Friday 31 July 2020.

The Clock Tower Sanctuary (CTS) is the only drop-in day centre for young homeless people in Brighton and Hove. We provide practical and emotional support to 16-to-25-year olds experiencing homelessness, so they can move from crisis to stability. Our vision is that no young person becomes part of the long-term homeless population. We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Fundraising & Communications Officer to join our team on a maternity cover basis and to help ensure our income generation and communication plans are delivered. The role is very varied and will offer the right candidate a fantastic way to gain valuable experience across multiple areas of responsibility.

Llamau is daring to imagine a world without homelessness – will you help us to create it?

Llamau’s mission is to end youth homelessness and homelessness for women in Wales. It’s a big ambition and to some people it might seem impossible, but we know that if we all work together, homelessness genuinely doesn’t have to exist.

We’re looking for passionate, talented and tenacious people to join Team Llamau.

You’ll be highly motivated to deliver against income and contribution targets and have demonstrable experience of leading and motivating a successful team. You’ll be a strategic thinker and will use your excellent analytical skills to shape an effective fundraising strategy. You’ll ideally have at least 4 years’ experience of fundraising so you can give hands-on support to your team while also taking a strategic overview.

You’ll be working alongside passionate and supportive colleagues in a rewarding environment, where you’ll be making a huge contribution to creating a Wales without homelessness, every single day. 

Reference:SFC03

Contract: Permanent

Department: Fundraising and Communications

Location: Cardiff

Salary: £32,400 per annum

Hours: 37 Hours, mostly Mon-Fri but some weekend and evening work required

Windle International is looking for a highly-skilled and motivated Fundraising Manager to create and lead on the fundraising strategy for the organisation – helping people who have been affected by conflict and marginalisation in East Africa to get a quality education, so that they can contribute to sustainable development and the creation of peaceful societies. 

Windle International (WI) is an international NGO, comprised of independent charitable organisations – our members - based in and operating across East Africa, the UK, the US, and Canada.

What we do

Starting from humble beginnings in 1977 with the establishment of Windle International Kenya in Nairobi by founder Dr Hugh Austin Windle Pilkington, we now operate in Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, the UK, the US, and Canada.

Together, we empower refugees and people affected by conflict to achieve their academic potential, and contribute to sustainable development, by acting as a lead provider of quality education and training. We run education and vocational training programmes, manage Early Childhood Development and Vocational Training Centres, primary and secondary schools, and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate scholarship programmes. Our vision is a world in which every child has the opportunity through education and training to make the most of their potential and contribute to sustainable development.

About the role

Windle International is the umbrella organisation responsible for representing, supporting and coordinating Windle’s work at an international level. Windle is at a crucial time in its development, and we have exciting plans to build on our reputation for being a trusted and well-respected organisation and to increase support for our work. We are seeking a highly-skilled Fundraising Manager who has significant experience of fundraising, including proven track record of writing successful proposals, negotiating, winning and delivering partnerships with, and funds from, charitable trusts and foundations, companies, individuals, and major donors. Experience of delivering successful fundraising campaigns would be an asset.

This is a newly-created and pivotal position, and the successful post-holder will work closely with the recently appointed Communications and Advocacy Officer who is based in Oxford, UK. The role is part of a small, dedicated and friendly team and will have a lot of autonomy. It will involve close collaboration with the leadership and senior staff in our member offices in East Africa and Europe, and the trustees of the organisation. The role will require national (UK) and international travel. We welcome applications from people seeking to work from home, provided they can commit to spending regular time in the office in Oxford.

This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to play a significant role in shaping the organisation’s fundraising strategy whilst generating immediate impact. If you have a passion for humanitarian work, are experienced in setting up a prospect pipeline, managing partnerships and securing funding, we would love to hear from you.

Download the Fundraising Manager Recruitment Pack for more information and detailed job description.

Fundraising Manager, West Kent Mind

NJC pay Scales 35-38 £31,401 - £34,106*

37 hours a week

This post is based at Sevenoaks Wellbeing Centre, 34 St John’s Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3LW although we would consider flexible working options.

We are looking for a creative, energetic person to lead on the development and implementation of fundraising initiatives within West Kent Mind, maximising income, reach and creating a diverse funding base.

West Kent Mind is transforming to adapt to new ways of delivering, operating and raising funds. We are looking for someone who is inspired by change, driven by excellence and is looking to work in a team of supportive and passionate people.

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you. click on apply for more infomation

Closing date: Monday 3rd August 2020, 5pm

Interviews: Wednesday 12th August 2020

*2018 NJC pay Scales

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

This is an exciting time to join our team. During the Coronavirus pandemic our bold, collective action has helped thousands of people off the streets in the space of just a few weeks and prevented thousands more people from becoming homeless. The easing of restrictions is a time to build on this and shape a better future for all of us. To make sure everyone housed temporarily during the outbreak is helped directly into a secure home of their own. To make this the beginning of the end of homelessness.

About the role
In the temporary role as Fundraiser Manager covering the permanent post holder’s maternity leave, you will lead on the development and delivery of our established fundraising strategy and plans in Scotland. You will work closely with colleagues in Edinburgh and throughout Great Britain to ensure that our ambitious plans are achieved, and that our supporters and funding from a range of streams are integral to our success.

About you
To be successful in this role you will be an experienced fundraiser and networker, with a proven ability to develop and implement a fundraising strategy and plan involving a range of income streams. You will share our passion and commitment to ending homelessness and will put Crisis supporters and members at the heart of our work.

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

 · Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
 · Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
 · 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your on-going development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online.

Please address points 2, 3, 4 & 11 only from the Person Specification in your supporting statement. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the red 'Vacancy Details' button.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team, contact details can be found on our website.

Closing date: Sunday 26 2020 (at 23:59)
Interviews will take place week commencing 3 August 2020

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

For more information about our work and to see our work in action, please visit our website.

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

Fundraising Manager – Individuals

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust, taking the reins of Individual Giving fundraising.  This is your chance to join a passionate local charity that is committed to safeguarding the Severn Valley Railway.  In 2012 the Charitable Trust was established to help future proof this much loved major tourist attraction, and eight years on we have raised over £5million. We are now embarking on our next chapter, to raise £10million, would you like to come on board?

Overview

Post: Fundraising Manager, Individual Giving

Reporting to: Director of Development

Employer: Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust

Salary:  £30,000 to £35.000

Primary location: Number One, Comberton Place, Kidderminster

Hours: Part-time (30 hours)

Holiday: 31 days (inclusive of Public holidays)

Summary of Role

This is a fantastic opportunity to bring your proven fundraising experience in individual giving to this driven and passionate heritage charity. The Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust is a separate entity to the SVR Holdings Company who operate and run this much loved attraction.  The Trust’s focus is to help secure the future of the Severn Valley Railway through donations, grants and sponsorship.  This position is a hands on role and initially comes with line management of a part-time Fundraising Co-ordinator and 3 volunteers.  We envisage this area of the business growing as the successes of your initiatives are realised.  We have been extremely successful in our individual giving thus far, but it is time for a new experienced fundraiser to take it to the next level, focusing on both acquisition and retention, and building a stronger fundraising volunteer base to assist you in delivering your plans.  Your remit will involve a mix of fundraising techniques, including 1-2-1 fundraising to our high value donors.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Strategy and Planning

• To increase income generated from individual giving fundraising activities.
• To create and execute a donor acquisition and retention strategy.
• To manage the individual giving budget in line with objectives and KPIs, reporting to the Director on income and expenditure and highlighting variances in a timely manner.
• To test, monitor, evaluate and implement existing and new channels and key messages that allow two-way engagement with donors.
• To develop long term sustainable income through identifying the audiences, channels and messages that will maximise effectiveness and efficiency.
• To develop high quality supporter care including responsive and prompt donor care and stewardship and to support the Fundraising Co-ordinator to implement these.
• To develop a volunteer-led model of fundraising.

Direct Marketing

• To manage and deliver integrated online and offline campaigns.
• To manage the design, print and production of direct marketing activity, negotiating bought in services and ensuring invoices are in accordance with quotes.

Administration and Reporting

• To manage the Individual Giving budget and provide monthly updates to the Director.
  • To keep accurate and up to date records of all activities, using ThanksQ CRM database, extracting reports for the team as required, and maintaining high standards in customer care and record keeping.

Managing Relationships

• To provide management and guidance to the Fundraising Co-ordinator to ensure that KPIs and objectives are achieved and a clear personal development plan is in place.
• To build strong internal working relationships with colleagues and externally with supporters.
• To work with the SVR Holdings Marketing and Communications team to gain support and cross selling opportunities within the different SVR audiences.

Development

·To work with the Director to review the Trust’s CRM database and consider an Organisation wide CRM system.

Other

·Proactively ensure all materials produced are accurate and compliant with relevant GDPR protection and Gift Aid legislation.

·To undertake all activities in line with best practice standards and processes as set out by the Fundraising Code of Practice and industry regulatory bodies.

·To keep abreast of all developments in Individual Giving and ensure charity compliance.

·To contribute to the Fundraising Team’s strategic planning and budget process.

·To carry out any other tasks as reasonably requested.

·To actively implement the principles of Equality and Diversity.

Person Specification

Educated to degree level and / or an accredited fundraising qualification such as Certificate or Diploma in Fundraising.

Experience

• Developing and implementing an Individual Giving strategy.
• Managing and developing team members.
• Increasing income through donor acquisition and retention.
• Using a fundraising database to record data and extract intelligence accurately.
• Implementing donor segmentation, targeting and positioning strategy.
• Knowledge of a range of fundraising products, recruitment channels and engagement channels.
• Managing income and expenditure budgets.
• Presenting to internal and external stakeholders.

Skills and abilities

• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Able to engage audiences using a range of communication tools.
• Strong direct marketing skills; skilled at devising and delivering social media and print campaigns.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and to secure resources and support from colleagues in different business areas.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills; confident and personable with the ability to manage and build strong relationships with key individual donors and organisations.
• Strong organisation and time management skills. Able to plan / prioritise own work and meet agreed deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail and methodical approach to tasks.
• Competent use of MS Outlook, Excel, Word and the Internet.
• Strong numerical / budgeting skills.
• Strong data processing skills.
• Experience of social media campaign management.

Attitude and Personal Qualities

• Motivated, reliable and professional.
• Flexible, able and willing to respond to changing priorities.
• Strong team player with collaborative working style, who enjoys individual and team working.
• Willing to participate in all activities relevant to the role.
• Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends.
• Commitment to GDPR and Fundraising Code of Practice.
• Commitment to the principles of Equality and Diversity.

The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust is dedicated to improving the lives of young people and communities from disadvantaged and under-represented backgrounds.

Through our portfolio of high-impact programmes and partnerships we:

• Work with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds aged 13 to 30 to inspire and enable them to succeed in the career of their choice.
• Empower individuals and communities to create better places for people to live and work.
• Support people to create a fairer, inclusive society in which everyone can flourish.

We have undergone an exciting journey to move from being London-focused charity to having national reach by developing a fundraising portfolio that includes Individual Giving, Events & Community Fundraising, Corporate Partnerships and Trusts & Foundations.

We are looking for a creative, energetic person to lead on the development and implementation of fundraising initiatives, maximising income, reach and creating a diverse funding base.

The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust is transforming to adapt to new ways of delivering, operating and raising funds. We are looking for someone who is inspired by change, driven by excellence and is looking to work in a team of supportive and passionate people.

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Fundraising Manager to join the team and help us along our journey to achieving further growth.

Job Purpose:

The ongoing development and implementation of organisational funding strategy with a focus on strategically important donors across a diverse range of funding streams

• Working closely with the Chief Executive, Head of Operations and wider SLCT team to identify opportunities, develop proposals, and build relationships with prospective funders and partners
• Developing and maintaining a pipeline of funder prospects and prospective collaborative partners
• Overseeing the ongoing development of our CRM database (Donorfy) and business development processes to deliver efficient and timely business development support to the organization
• Lead and manage the growth and development of the Trust’s corporate and individual income by maintaining existing and developing new relationships with companies and individuals working closely the Senior Partnership Relationships Manager
• Pro-actively responding to opportunities for support, ensuring you have a holistic view about how to best maximise each relationship and activity
• Ensure existing and new relationships are stewarded effectively to secure long-term support for the Trust
• To manage the relationship with the Trust’s Ambassadors, providing outstanding supporter care and maximise fundraising opportunities
• To lead on the on-going development of the Friendship scheme, ensuring all necessary materials are developed and undertaking marketing activity to recruit new members and maintain existing members
• To further develop the fundraising strategy, ensuring income from existing partners is maximised and building a pipeline of new partners working closely the SLCT team.
• To identify opportunities for income-generating activity by pitching for new external high third-party fundraising and partnership opportunities

Key skills / experience / abilities

• Minimum 3 years fundraising experience, ideally across a variety of income streams including corporate, community, individual giving or event fundraising
• Proven track record of building relationships with high value supporters and an understanding of stewardship best practice
• Experience in creating and reviewing budgets and tracking and reporting on income
• Knowledge of the wider fundraising sector
• A self-starter who is happy to work independently and prioritise own workload
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong organisational skills
• Ability to see the bigger picture without losing sight of details
• A positive attitude and willingness to get stuck into tasks at a variety of different levels
• Understanding of and empathy for the work of the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust
• Knowledge/experience of digital fundraising campaigns
• Experience of national fundraising strategies

Main tasks:

• To work with the CEO and Head of Operations and wider SLCT team to develop annual fundraising plans and targets
• To lead and manage all fundraising activities of the organisation (some high profile relationships)
• To maintain and develop relationships with key funders and donors through face-to-face contact, telephone and written communication
• To develop engaging and high-quality materials and effective processes to help with thanking and stewarding supporters working with our communications team
• To support the maintenance of the Trust’s website, ensuring it contains high quality content that accurately reflects opportunities for supporting the charity
• Identifying opportunities to generate income and ensuring it’s messaging is amplified as widely as possible
• To identify and research new sources of funding within the corporate sector
• Develop and manage relationships with existing and new donors in order to maximise fundraising potential and supporter retention.
• To work with the Head of Operations to help shape the proposition for partners ensuring our programmes deliver maximum return for the Trust

• To manage a calendar of events and scheduled fundraising activities throughout the year that helps to generate a steadily growing unrestricted income stream

• To ensure that a response is made in a timely and appropriate manner to all donor enquiries with clear understanding of how to maximise their support
• To liaise with the Chief Executive, Head of Operations and wider SLCT team to explore new funding opportunities in order to maximise voluntary income.
• To research, prepare and submit funding proposals, e.g charity of the year, probono support including agreed outcomes and budgets, in consultation with service delivery staff, finance and other staff, where appropriate.
• To manage all advertising and marketing associated with fundraising, including digital communications (together with communications colleagues)

Line management

• To manage direct reports and matrix manage others to deliver on all fundraising objectives
• Experience of managing a team

Financial Management

• To manage the fundraising budget, including planning, phasing and forecasting in line with the organisation’s financial procedures
• To oversee weekly financial report pulling and coding of income
• To work with Head of Finance to develop and refine appropriate financial processes in order to effectively track income
• To prepare regular internal updates on performance against income generation targets
• To report to donors on the impact of our work and the important role they are playing in supporting this

Administrative

• To lead on maintaining the SLCT database (Donorfy), ensuring it’s used appropriately
• To ensure that accurate records of all supporter activity are tracked effectively
• To maintain accurate and up to date records of all funding opportunities, appeals, approaches, donor contacts and coverage.

General

• To attend supervisions, team meetings and other meetings, as and when required.
• To attend internal and external training courses, as agreed with your line manager.
• To represent the organization at internal and external events including networking events, fundraising events and launch activities, as and when required, occasionally on evenings and weekends.
• To adhere to the Institute of Fundraising Code of Practice, Charity Law, Health & Safety Law, GDPR and other relevant legislative requirements.
• To undertake any other duties that may be reasonably required.

Diversity Policy:

The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust is keen to encourage applications from individuals from a diverse range of applicants. We are particularly proud of our commitment to diversity and inclusion.

The post will be subject to a DBS check.

Please complete a 1-page covering letter statement attached to your CV demonstrating your capabilities in relation to each of the essential and personal qualities listed above, addressing each point in the order shown.

Where relevant use your answers to illustrate how your competences have helped you achieve positive results.  This will give you the best possible chance of being short listed.

Please note, we will interview suitable candidates before the closing date.

Goodheart Animal Sanctuaries (GHAS) is looking for a full-time Fundraising Manager with a strong track record to join our new team.  This is an exciting opportunity to help develop our charity using your experience.

Set up in 2016, GHAS operates a Farm Animal Sanctuary near Ludlow (GHAS Head Office) and is also on the Board of Wiccaweys Rescued Border Collies and Working Sheepdogs near Gainsborough.  The successful candidate will need to develop and implement a fundraising strategy to support the charity and both rescue sites.   This will include all aspects of fundraising from encouraging support from individual givers through to developing corporate partnerships.

Our Farm Animal Sanctuary is the first in Europe to receive verification from the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries; we were awarded the Shining World Compassion Award in 2019 and have recently embarked on the development of our Education and Outreach programme.  In addition, we are in the development stage of several on-site projects including our Pig Barn and Woodland Project and Outdoor Classroom; initiatives that are aimed at making the visitor experience more rewarding and helping us maximise engagement.

It is an exciting time to be championing farmed animals and encouraging people to adopt a more plant-based lifestyle. Full Details are attached.

Do you love creating outstanding green spaces for people and nature?  Are you an experienced fundraiser?  And do you relish a challenge?

Then Urban Green Newcastle wants to hear from you!

As the charity’s main fundraiser, you will implement the full fundraising mix, maximizing income and developing new and innovative income streams. The successful candidate must have demonstrable experience in achieving significant income targets.

This is an opportunity to play an integral role in creating something really special.  We want to improve our parks, creating beautiful and vibrant spaces that are enjoyed by all.  Think you have the skills and experience to do this? Then we would love to hear from you. 

Closing date for applications:  Monday, 3 August at 9am

Interview date: w/c 10 August

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional to join the recently formed Young K&C as a Development Manager. A varied role, you will be helping create an innovative new organisation and make a real difference to young people’s lives.

Young K&C is a brand-new charity established to support children and young people in Kensington & Chelsea.  Young K&C is an innovative cross-sector partnership, working with youth clubs, charities, schools, businesses and Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.  

Together we will shape opportunities and create the best services for children and young people in Kensington & Chelsea through supporting and sustaining the children and young people’s sector.

A membership organisation, the Development Manager will help build and manage the membership base and create strong consortia.  You will have tenacity and drive, leading funding applications and working with corporates and individuals to leverage investment.

Young K&C will also be offering small grants to its member charities.  Your role will be to help us develop our grant giving and manage our grant making processes.

We are seeking a passionate and highly skilled individual into an exciting and flexible environment which offers excellent prospects as the charity develops.

FUNDRAISING AND OPERATIONS MANAGER

Reporting to: Executive Director 

Based at Choices Offices (390 Caledonian Road, N1 1DN) or at home during lockdown

Salary: £28,000 pro rata plus pension contributions in line with the Government’s statutory requirement

Hours of work: This is a part-time role of 2.5 day/week (20 hours). You will occasionally be required to work out of hours and flexibility will be expected.

This contract is for one year with the possibility of extension

Safeguarding: Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

About the role:

This is a varied and interesting role in which you’ll play an important part in supporting Choices and its growth. The Fundraising and Operations Manager will manage and develop our community fundraising (individual giving and events) and support the Executive Director with running our grant application fundraising.The role also involves developing new areas of fundraising (e.g. corporate; major gifts; mid-level giving), as well as ensuring the smooth running of our office and operations.This is predominantly a fundraising role which includes the management of our office and programmatic operations, given the overlap of impact reporting and data management responsibilities.

About the candidate:

The ideal candidate will be highly organised, creative and self-starting, bringing relevant experience to the role. This job would suit an experienced fundraiser returning to work after a career break, or someone earlier in their career who is ready to take on more responsibility and play a key role in Choices’ future development. As a part time role, it would suit someone looking to work in fundraising and operations whilst also pursuing other interests or meeting caring commitments.

One of the benefits of working in a small charity as a key member of a friendly team is that you can make your role your own and develop it further according to your interests and skills. The successful candidate will therefore be able to demonstrate they are an entrepreneurial self-starter who would relish this opportunity.

About Choices:

Choices is charity that operates from a Christian ethos of compassion, care and respect, delivering services in the community and in prisons including:

-       Non-directive, non-judgmental support for those facing unplanned pregnancy

-       Counselling support for those coming to terms with a decision to terminate a pregnancy or facing anxiety during pregnancy

-       Befriending services for pregnant women and new mothers facing low income, isolation and anxiety

-       Counselling for women in prison supporting them through issues of child separation 

There is an occupational requirement attached to this role requiring you to be a practicing Christian.

Job Description: The Fundraising and Operations Manager will be responsible for two main areas of work and time will be split between the two as the work dictates:

1) managing and developing our fundraising work, with a focus on individual giving, campaigns and events, but also exploring the development of new income streams (e.g. mid-level giving; major donors)

2) managing office operations, and supporting programmatic monitoring and evaluation

Specific tasks include (but are not limited to):

1.  FUNDRAISING

• Stewarding existing supporters through existing means (e.g. sending out newsletters via MailChimp) and developing a more creative and sustainable stewardship programme

• Communicating with individual givers via email and phone

• Identification of mid-level and major donor prospects among individual givers, and proactive prospect research and cultivation

• Supporting external grant-writers to apply for grants, and report-writing

• Managing, recording and submitting monthly appeals to trusts and foundations

• Organising both fundraising and stewardship events

• Running online campaigns and appeals, including creating assets, writing copy, merging emails, using social media platforms.

• Keeping accurate and up-to-date records of grants and securely storing all fundraising data (e.g. donor data, Gift Aid forms) in accordance with GDPR)

• Managing all fundraising data, including managing and developing the use of a CRM database (currently Salesforce) that is also used to store client data.

2.  OPERATIONS

• Running our office processes and procedures (eg Health & Safety and insurance, managing office services, utilities, petty cash, data storage, updating policies, general office upkeep including stationary, office supplies etc)

• Operational support for different project areas (eg collating statistics, updating the database, creating evaluation reports, managing volunteer applications, etc)

• Taking responsibility along with other staff for answering phone calls, booking appointments for clients

• Developing the CRM for recording client data and impact reporting in addition to donor data

• Attend Choices Management Team meetings (on Thursdays) and occasionally attend Board meetings as required (weekday evenings)

PLEASE NOTE: This job description gives a broad overview of the types of responsibilities but is subject to change in discussion with line manager/trustees based on needs/demands in the work of Choices Islington.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Essential:

•  Mature Christian faith. In order to safeguard Choices’ Christian culture and ethos and in keeping with the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9 Para 3) Choices’ Trustees have applied an occupational requirement to this role whereby the post holder will be committed to upholding and modelling Choices’ Christian ethos.

• Supportive of the work of Choices

• Experience of working as a fundraiser (ideally within individual giving and community fundraising)

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with experience of engaging with a wide range of stakeholders

• Ability to proactively build and develop positive relationships internally and externally 

• Excellent organisation skills

• Strong project management/administration skills, preferably in the charity sector

• IT and social media literate (experience of mailing systems e.g. MailChimp is desirable)

• Experience of working with CRMs/databases 

• Self-motivated and confident working alone

• Solutions-focused

• Excellent interpersonal skills and team player

• Capacity to be flexible and innovative in the changing circumstances of a small, but growing charity

Desirable:

• Entrepreneurial thinking

• Knowledge of safeguarding

• Knowledge and experience of using Salesforce (CRM)

How to apply:

Application is by CV and covering letter with reference to the job description and person specification. Please set out clearly what skills, experience and qualities you will bring to the role and how your Christian faith informs your understanding of Choices’ work and vision.

Please include the name and contact details of two referees: one to be your most recent employer and the other a senior leader at your church who knows you well. References will not be sought prior to the interview.

The closing date for applications is 10.00am on June 30th, but we may close before this if we find the right candidate. You will be notified if you have been shortlisted for an interview.

Fundraising Manager – Individual Giving
Deptford, London (home based currently)

If you have a background in individual giving income generation and management, this is an exciting opportunity to join an ambitious charity that helps to feed the nation’s most vulnerable people.

About Us

We are FareShare, the UK’s largest charity fighting hunger and food waste. We are a charitable distribution network that takes excess, in-date and good to eat food and redistributes it to other charities that turn it into meals.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created an even greater need for our work. During this time, we’ve trebled the amount of food distributed to support vulnerable people. 

Until recently, the majority of our fundraising focus and successes have been on corporate partnerships and income from trusts and foundations. We have some fantastic and loyal individual donors, as well as thousands of new supporters thanks to phenomenal response to our COVID-19 emergency appeal.

It is imperative that we continue to expand our income streams to convert this new level of support into funds that can help those most in need. As such, we are looking for a Fundraising Manager to join us, focusing on our individual giving income stream. 

The Benefits 

- Salary of up to £40,000 per annum 
- Pension
- Travelcard loans (if required) 
- Cycle to work scheme 
- Employee assistance programme

This is an incredible opportunity to take on a new role in our organisation, drive innovation in our supporter experience and use insight to shape, test and refine our individual giving strategy. 

COVID-19 has made day-to-day life even harder for vulnerable people, but we are passionate about our cause and overcoming the challenges that lie ahead.

We are doers. We are a community. We change lives. If you think you could thrive as part of our forward-thinking team, we’d love to hear from you.

The Role

As the Fundraising Manager, you will lead and develop our individual giving programmes, inspiring and motivating donors to engage with the organisation more often and more deeply.

You will develop existing and new propositions, products, audiences, channels and technology and deliver creative supporter journeys that build long-term loyalty and value.

Additionally, you will:

- Manage, plan and deliver multi-channel and data-driven engagement with individuals
- Oversee the planning and delivery of a new programme of multi-channel activities which support regular and one-off cash donations
- Create an inspiring donor experience that builds long-term engagement 
- Work with the Fundraising Marketing Officer to deliver a great supporter experience 
- Provide insight and evaluation on our donor audience, campaign performance and opportunities
- Work with the Head of Fundraising, Corporate Partnerships Manager and Senior Trusts & Grants Manager to manage major donor relationships and processes

About You 

To join us as a Fundraising Manager, you’ll need:

- Experience of individual giving income generation and management 
- Previous experience of creating activity programmes and business plans to recruit, engage, inspire and retain donors
- Experience of creating and delivering multi-channel campaigns and using digital channels to acquire new donors 
- A track record of providing excellent customer and/or donor care 
- Experience of using Salesforce or a similar database and audience segmentation and using data analytics 
- Solid knowledge of the regulatory environment for fundraising from individuals, including data protection, Gift Aid and fundraising codes of practice and regulation
- Good analytical, forecasting and numeracy skills 
- Proficiency in emailing systems such as ActiveCampaign or Mailchimp

Experience of any of the following would be beneficial: line management, major donor relationship management, or working with a fundraising board.

Other organisations may call this role Individual Giving Manager, Fundraising Programme Manager, Donor Manager, Supporter Experience Manager, Senior Fundraising Officer, or Senior Fundraising Executive.

The closing date for applications is 9am on the 20th July 2020. Interviews will take place during the week commencing the 27th July 2020.

Webrecruit and FareShare UK are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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