Our centre fundraising team is expanding and we're looking for a fundraiser who has strong planning and organisation skills to join our team at Maggie's Barts.

You will utilise effective and efficient administrative and fundraising skills to assist in delivering both financial and non-financial targets which will provide a gateway to all fundraising activity across Maggie’s.

You will assist the Centre Fundraising Manager to implement the fundraising strategy to deliver income targets through proactive donor recruitment and excellent donor care. 

This includes supporting and retaining existing supporters and researching new key relationships with individuals as well as partnerships with local businesses, groups and associations.

You will represent the work, vision and purpose of Maggie’s whilst supporting the delivery of local and central fundraising initiatives and campaigns. This includes presentations, face to face, telephone and written communications. 

There will be a requirement to work irregular hours as well as regular local travel. 

In addition to a rewarding career, Maggie’s offers a range of staff benefits including competitive holiday entitlement, workplace pension, option to apply to continue NHS pension, sick pay scheme and travel and cycle loans.

Please send your CV and cover letter by Monday 14 February 2022 at 11p.m.

The closing date for applications may be brought forward if we appoint a successful candidate prior to Monday 14 February.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate and self-motivated Community Fundraiser to join our welcoming fundraising team.

The successful candidate will be achieving and gaining additional funds to directly improve the impact we can have for people with a learning disability across the United Kingdom.

This is a permanent and full-time position with 37.5 working hours per week, Monday – Friday. The nature of community fundraising is that there will be occasional evening and weekend work, for which time off in lieu will be given.

The role is home based with travel expectations covering Wales and the West (Including Bristol, Wiltshire, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall), the Area Fundraising Manager will be directly responsible for the strategic direction, planning and day-to-day management of all community fundraising for your geographical area.

Within this role, you will achieve agreed fundraising targets for the area through effective management, support and cultivation of both existing and new regional supporters including: individuals, groups, associations, local corporates and schools whilst maximising the current portfolio of Mencap Owned Products. You will research, identify and develop new community fundraising opportunities, areas of potential support and build a robust regional pipeline.

At Mencap, we value a diverse and inclusive workplace and we intentionally plan for the success of our colleagues in everything we do. We welcome applications from everyone, so come as you are and join us. Together we are Mencap!

Key skills and requirements (essential):

• The ability to develop, implement and monitor strategic plans, present budgets and interpret financial information
• The ability to research, assess and initiate new opportunities within the context of an overall plan
• Able to recruit, develop and train, motivate and manage individuals and teams of Volunteers to give their very best
• Able to use interpersonal skills in order to engage effectively with others, understand what motivates them and respond appropriately
• Written communication skills and a high level of numeracy to be able to produce business plans, monthly reviews, press releases, letters, presentations and other similar documents
• Excellent verbal communication skills, to be able to deliver presentations and give local media interviews
• Able to work as part of a team, to see and understand the national picture and to contribute effectively to team plans and goals
• IT literate – use of word-processing, spreadsheets PowerPoint and databases
• Experience of working in community fundraising and delivering or exceeding income targets

Please read the full role profile to see a more extensive list of essential skills and experiences required for the role.

This role will close for shortlisting on Sunday 30th Jan. If you have the relevant skills and experiences we are looking for and this opportunity sounds like the perfect role for you, please click the “Apply” button to express your interest and to begin the application process.

Please ensure you provide a bespoke and up-to-date CV that demonstrates all your experience and skills relevant for this position and tells us what you could bring to Mencap.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and welcome applicants with disabilities to apply for all roles with us. To find out more about the scheme please visit the direct gov website.

Benefits

As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.

• 32 days holiday (including bank holidays) increasing to 35 days with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme
• Service related sick pay when 6 month probation is completed
• Eligibility to join Mencap Pension Plan where Mencap matches contributions up to 5% on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings. If you don’t join the Plan you start, you will be auto-enrolled after three months with us.
• Membership of Mencap Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary death in service live cover AND Income Protection of 50% salary to be triggered at 26 weeks of long term sickness
• Loans for debt consolidation, bikes, computers and phones when you have been with us for 6 months
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via Mencap Extras
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Quarterly award scheme and recognition at every 5 years through our YouRock program
• Access to award winning training and development

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Mencap

We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You will have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential.

Our work includes;  

• providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose
• providing advice through our help lines and web sites
• campaigning for the changes that people with a learning disability want

Head of Fundraising

We have a new, exciting and unique opportunity for a Head of Fundraising as part of a new organisational structure and development of Warrington Youth Zone.

Position: Head of Fundraising

Location: Warrington

Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum

Hours: 40 hours per week (we operate a flexible working policy)

Closing date: 9am, 31st January 2022

Interviews: Video interviews, 3rd February 2022, Second stage, In person interviews 8th Feb 2022

About the charity:

Warrington Youth Zone is a state-of-the-art £7.05m facility currently under construction in Warrington and is due to open in Spring 2022. Attracting young people from across the borough and beyond through its fantastic facilities. The Youth Zone is a registered charity offering young people somewhere to go, something to do and someone to talk to, whilst raising their aspirations.

The Role:

As Head of Fundraising, you will be tasked with generated income through philanthropic giving whilst diversifying, consolidating and growing the charity’s fundraising income, working closely with the CEO and leading the fundraising team.

Your core responsibilities will include:

• Income generation
• develop, deliver and monitor an ambitious three year fundraising strategy
• Marketing and communications

About you:

As Head of Fundraising you may be currently acting as Head of Fundraising / Senior Account Manager or up and coming fundraiser looking for your next career move.

Key skills and experience for this role include:

• Experience of corporate and major donor fundraising, partnership work and relationship management, with a flair and passion for major donor fundraising. 
• A track record of securing significant funds through a wide variety of income streams and meeting challenging financial targets. 
• The ability to draw on your strong negotiation skills, a head for strategy, and a confident approach to your work.
• Comfortable leading a team and consider yourself an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills. 
• Most importantly, you will be a resilient, determined and passionate individual – with the ability to articulate the vision of the Youth Zone, generate interest from the local business community and build lasting and fruitful relationships with patrons and funders

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of the Senior Management Team at Warrington Youth Zone, helping to create a long-lasting legacy for young people of Warrington. 

If you have the desire and drive to take on this leadership role, please provide a CV and supporting statement explaining how you meet the criteria for this role based on the person specification. Please note, CV’s without supporting statements will not be accepted.

In your application please ensure you provide the following information :

• Details of your current or most recent remuneration package and your notice period
• If you have at any time been convicted of a criminal offence, please provide the details in strict confidence.
• Confirmation you are eligible to work in the UK (the successful candidate will be required to provide documentary evidence before an offer of employment is made)
• Any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you in your application or the selection process.

The strength of the charity comes from the diversity within their people. They aim for the team to reflect the local community and value people working together from a range of different backgrounds locally and nationally, and with different experiences, all with a shared passion for boosting the aspirations and lives of young people. Diversity brings innovation, fresh ideas and creativity, and they actively strive to create a culture that is truly inclusive and fair for all and where everyone in the team can be themselves and thrive. The organisation is committed to the safeguarding of young people. In accordance with Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an enhanced DBS check.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Fundraising Manager, Senior Fundraiser, Trusts and Grants Fundraising, Trusts and Foundations Manager, Fundraising Innovation Manager, Deputy Head of Fundraising, Fundraising Director, Donor Manager, Head of Fundraising Development, Head of Partnerships, etc

Could you be our new Regional Service Manager (South)?

Who we’re looking for:

Are you a terrific multi-tasker, with a passion for supporting staff and volunteers to be the best they can be? Can you also bring a strategic eye to the development of our services and improvements to operational delivery?

Support Through Court depends on our two Regional Service Managers (South and North) to keep the Leadership Team up to date on what's happening across our network of court-based services, where staff and volunteers help litigants in person navigate the civil and family court system. As line manager for 6 to 8 Service Managers, you'll set standards and objectives according to our organisational aims, and will enthuse and support Service Managers to achieve them. While you'll be home-based, your team will work in court buildings from Birmingham to Bristol and Cardiff to Chelmsford, and you'll be expected to travel as necessary to visit them, as well as keeping in touch between visits.

You'll work closely with the RSM (North) and other colleagues and will report to the Head of Service, who will depend on you for informed opinions on managing and improving our services. You will take responsibility for a variety of Service-focused projects and will relish delivering positive outcomes through collaborative working. This will include building your own networks of contacts to help promote Support Through Court, encourage supporters and funders to donate to us, and improve the court experience for litigants in person.

About Support Through Court

Support Through Court is an independent charity providing practical and emotional support to people facing the court process without the benefit of legal representation. Most people are unfamiliar with - and may be frightened of - the courts, and may be facing serious issues that could affect their children and relationships, finances, or the security of their homes. Our staff and volunteers empower people facing court alone, helping them to go through the court process with dignity and confidence. Together, we can ensure that no one faces court alone.

What we can offer you

This role offers an opportunity to combine staff management and operational delivery with influencing at national level, as well as contributing to the direction of the charity, as we work through an ambitious 5-year strategic plan. We’re a highly regarded, energetic and friendly charity, offering our staff a range of benefits, including a generous leave allowance (28 days + bank holidays, increasing over time); up to 6% pension contribution (with optional salary sacrifice), season ticket loan and/or cycle to work scheme.

How to apply
For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Lizzie Iron, Head of Service, in the first instance. 

Applicants should apply with a CV and a covering letter explaining persuasively why we should offer you the post. It is important that your letter should provide evidence of the criteria detailed in the person specification.

Closing date: 12 midnight on Sunday 20th February 2022

Interviews will be held in the week beginning 28th February 2022

We are delighted to be working with a leading disability charity recruiting an Area Fundraising Manager for Wales and the West, the postholder will work from home full time.

You will be responsible for implementing and developing the ambitious fundraising strategy within the West of England. You will proactively build and develop strong relationships with new and existing supporters, providing excellent stewardship, improving engagement and increasing funds raised. As part of this role, you will also research and identify new opportunities with local community groups, individuals, and corporates.

You will need to be able to demonstrate:

• Experience of working within community fundraising
• A proactive approach to building new positive relationships
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing and prosperous team.

Closing date: Asap

Salary: £31,500

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Lucy on 02030 062787 or email [email protected].

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

Relationship Fundraising Manager (South Central team covering Hampshire, Berkshire, Bucks and Oxfordshire)
Permanent and Full time (34.5 hours)
Home based
£26,500 - £33,500 PA plus car allowance and benefits

Do you have a track record of building lasting relationships? Do you have the skills to drive income now and increase a supporter’s lifetime value? Are you keen to use those skills to inspire more people to give to Macmillan so we can do whatever it takes to help everyone with cancer live life as fully as they can? Would you like to join us in our ambition to be the sector leading relationship fundraising team? If so, read on.

At Macmillan, we understand how important it is that our workforce is representative of the people we support, and who support us. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, minority ethnic and / or LGBTQ+ candidates who are under-represented in our organisation at this level.

We strive to ensure that every individual is empowered to bring their best self to work, and that’s why we offer flexibility in our hours and a range of benefits, to ensure we support you in your life and career ambitions. Macmillan has flexible start and finish times. We are determined to ensure our roles are accessible to disabled candidates and people with caring or childcare responsibilities.

About the role

This role is home-based, and there will be some travel across the counties of, Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Bucks and Oxfordshire, approximately 1-2 days a week at peak times, and other parts of the UK occasionally. You must have a full UK driving licence at the time of application and, as a car allowance is provided with the role, you should have access to your own vehicle.

There will also be a requirement for some flexibility and out of hours working to support occasional evening and weekend activity. You will be compensated for this with time off in lieu.

As a member of the relationship fundraising team, you will deliver first class personalised stewardship across Macmillan’s fundraising portfolio, working as one team, to deliver against financial and non-financial key performance indicators in an ever-evolving environment. You will understand your supporters’ motivations and help them to support Macmillan in the way that appeals to them. All while ensuring you offer excellent levels of communication; fundraising guidance; suitably recognise their contribution; and demonstrate the impact of their support for people affected by cancer.

About you

We are looking for someone with excellent account management experience who is skilled in building rapport and developing relationships with a variety of different individuals, organisations, and groups simultaneously. You will place our supporters at the heart of everything you do by cultivating and stewarding relationships to deliver a first-class experience.

Your sound robust planning and organisational skills, will come in to their own when achieving deadlines in a multi-tasking environment. Success in this role demands a proactive, hands on approach to deliver shared targets for the area and territory, as well as individual targets for your personal portfolio of supporters, measured by conversion, retention, and average value.

In addition, you will have strong written and oral communication and influencing skills to enable you to engage, inspire and deliver key messages. Plus, experience of working collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders.

About us

We help millions of people with cancer across the UK live life as fully as they can through physical, emotional and financial support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions. Together, we do whatever it takes for people living with cancer; with heart, with strength and with ambition.

We commit to actively developing you and our benefits include private medical insurance, life assurance, pension, generous leave, and interest free loans for season tickets and gym membership.

Recruitment process

Applications close at 23:59pm on 31st January 2022.

First stage interviews TBC  (virtual over Microsoft Teams).

For those successful at the first stage, there will also be second interview.

Corporate Fundraising Officer, an exciting opportunity to join a growing Health Charity, based in West London.

Due to investment across the charity and the growth within corporate fundraising and engagement, the Corporate Fundraising Officer role as been newly created to support the Corporate Fundraising Team, while also managing your own portfolio of accounts.

As part of your role at Corporate Fundraising Officer, working with the Corporate Partnerships Manager and alongside the wider team, you will help strengthen key partnerships and maximise income generation through.

• Account Managing a portfolio of partners, building excellent relationships with existing partners and key contacts, identify and cultivating growth opportunities.
• Ensure the pipeline of prospective corporate partners is actively maintained, with the aim to source and add new prospects on a regular basis.
• Through excellent research and qualification skills, generate new leads.
• Support the development of a range of engagement opportunities for partners, including delivering first class stewardship, ensuring partnership KPIs and commitments are met.

Our client is looking for you to have excellent relationship building skills, ideally from within fundraising. Ideally with experience of stewarding corporate partners and strong research skills.

             Community Engagement Manager Greater London, Midlands and the North- West

Location:Honeypot Head Office, 19 Berghem Mews, London, W14 0HN

In line with government recommendations, home working maybe agreed by the CEO. There is a requirement to work from our Welsh House a minimum of one /two days a month with an overnight stay or to travel for meetings with donors in this region as required.

Hours:   9am – 5:00pm or 9.30am to 5.30pm by agreement, Monday to Friday (with flexibility to accommodate the Honeypot event calendar as necessary)

Benefits: 25 days per annum plus bank holiday allowance, plus additional length of service days

5% contributory pension

Reporting To: Director of Income and Communications

Background

The Honeypot Children’s Charity is the leading organization that provides support services to young carers aged 5  to 12, who look after a sick adult, a sibling or both. Honeypot is the ‘go-to’ organization for a wide spectrum of children’s agencies and organizations wishing to access our respite breaks and outreach services.

Our range of services have been developing rapidly to include a number of highly impactful, life changing interventions for young carers, to address the issues that they struggle with, such as isolation, anxiety, low self- esteem, poor educational performance and exceptionally high levels of bullying. You will be a key Manager in a highly impactful charity with a  fundraising and communications team whose passion and commitment for our cause is truly inspiring.

You are a key manager within a harmonious, experienced, talented fundraising team who will always wish to work with you to achieve more together.

Job purpose

• To achieve your yearly fundraising budget by managing community fundraising relationships and corporate relationships of £10,000 and under in the Greater London Midlands and North- West Regions and to identify opportunities for, and implement, new relationships primarily with Community Organisations, Groups and Individuals.

• Honeypot sees individual giving as a major growth area. You will lead on the development of individual giving with donors within your geographical region as defined above. You will especially play a key role in recruiting supporters to be form teams that champion our large annual appeal.

• You will work closely with the Community Engagement Manager for Hampshire, and the Senior Corporate Partnerships Managers to co-ordinate activities to ensure that as a team all partnership opportunities are taken up by Honeypot.

• You will provide coverage for requests for support from a wide range of community organisations that contact Honeypot by all sources, to meet their requests for resources or attendance at school assemblies, group meetings, and community organisation presentations.

• The Marketing and Communications Team of Honeypot provide excellent support and fundraising resources to each division within Honeypot Fundraising team. They will work closely with you to produce the fundraising materials you request. You will work collegiately to ensure that a suite of high- quality community fundraising marketing materials are produced to meet the needs of community appeals, events and community groups.

• To give strategic and operational lead on the Charity’s local community and events fundraising programme to significantly increase income and supporter engagement year on year from events and community fundraising activities.

• You will have responsibility for developing and delivering the volunteering strategy to recruit and retain the right volunteers to manage and deliver our life-changing services.

• You will be familiar with best practice and legislation with regards to volunteering and able to implement vetting and barring requirements.
   
• Contribute to the development of a cost- effective community fundraising strategy and deliver our strategy within a given geographical area.

Community Fundraising

Build and maintain a support base within community groups which maximises donations and awareness.

• Engage community groups to support and fundraise for Honeypot.
• Develop individual giving
• Build and develop long term relationships, i.e. Charity of the Year.
• Attend networking and beneficiary functions, and deliver talks and presentations to raise the profile of the charity, generate support and funding.
• Be the first point of contact for individuals wishing to fundraise and/or put on events for Honeypot ensuring a high level of stewardship.
• Be prepared to be a public-facing voice for Honeypot, understanding and appreciating its work, team, aims and objectives.

• Maintain a calendar of events for effective long term planning and fundraising.
• Supervising and coordinating all community volunteer fundraisers and events to make sure they are profitable, delivered within an acceptable RIO to be agreed with your line manager, well run and within Honeypot guidelines.
• To research and source potential community fundraisers and donors and encourage long term support.

• To manage and co-ordinate our flagship Regional events, the London Marathon and Royal Parks Half Marathon
• To manage the organisation’s community fundraising budget, ensuring that income generation targets are met.
• To enter supporters on the database for fundraising purposes and financial reports.

• Support individuals and organisations involved with community fundraising and build and maintain strong relationships with them.
• Ensure all records and admin is kept up to date.

Corporate Fundraising

• Work with the Director of Income and Communications, the Senior Corporate Partnerships Managers, and the Community Engagement Manager in Hampshire to maintain and implement a regularly updated strategic plan for corporate partnerships.
• Monitor income targets and expenditure budgets and keep line manager informed on progress against them.
• Manage all local corporate relationships of £10,000 and under, maintaining appropriate contact with existing partners.
• Raise an agreed level of net income from existing partners each year.
• Identify, devise, maximise, and take advantage of opportunities to increase income and/or the Charity’s supporter base from existing relationships.
• Ensure that records for all community donors and partners are recorded accurately on the fundraising database.
• Present oral or written proposals, alone or in conjunction with senior staff colleagues, to potential corporate partners.

Team Working

• Refer to our  National Trusts and Foundations Team large funding opportunities that you may come across in this area to maximise returns from Trusts and Foundations income.
• Work with the Marketing and Communications Team to assist in disseminating and communicating key organisational marketing messages and materials, as well as taking the lead in generating local press coverage.
• Work with the Marketing and Communications Team to gain their assistance in developing the marketing materials you deem necessary to support fundraising in your areas.
• Champion Honeypot wide fundraising campaigns in the areas you manage to promote participation and support for organisational wide initiatives, such as our Patrons Campaign, our own large annual matched funding appeal and our participation in  the Big Give.
• Work with the Senior Corporate Partnerships Managers to assist them to maximise Corporate Fundraising from large Charity of the Year Corporate Relationships within the Hampshire, Southern Region and South Coast.
• Work with the Director of Income and Communications to assist him to identify and develop new initiatives outside areas that are covered by corporate and community fundraising.
• Play a key role in the weekly team meeting for thanking and coding of donations.
• Contribute to the fortnightly team meetings to make colleagues aware of  progress and developments within your areas regarding fundraising and communications.

Assist or lead on initiatives that are reasonably requests of you by your line manager.

Regional Manager (South West Region)

This is a flexible part time role of 28 hours per week.

Location: Home based

Salary: £37,355 FTE per annum

Closing date: 31 Jan 2022

About KIDS

Passionate, caring and trusted since 1970, KIDS is a national charity that provides more than 120 different services and works with around 80 Local Authorities across England in order to help disabled children and young people develop independence and achieve their aspirations. As well as working with individuals from birth through to age 25, we offer invaluable support and practical help for their families too, in environments where there’s a real sense of achievement. The work can be challenging, and humbling at times, but it’s also hugely rewarding and meaningful. Maybe that’s why our staff tend to stay with us for many years. 

About The Role

Do you have a good understanding of the health and social care sector and its funding streams, plus proven experience of managing service planning and delivery and ensuring compliance with statutory contract and quality standards? Would you like to make the most of your skills and experience in the third sector, for a worthy cause? Then KIDS, has the ideal role for you.

As Regional Manager you will lead and be accountable for a variety of Regulated and non regulated services within the South region.  Participating in the development and improvement of the region as directed by the National Operations Director and other Executive Membership team (ELT) to ensure KIDS delivers its strategic objectives.

You will work alongside the National Operations Director to provide leadership to a variety of services, and ensuring those services meet and exceed regulatory requirements like Ofsted and CQC will be a regular feature of the role, as will supporting the implementation of business plans for the region. Working closely with families and children and young people to ensure they’re involved in service planning and design and driving a culture of quality and continuous improvement throughout my client’s services – these are just two of the challenges that come with a rewarding role that will definitely give you a strong sense of purpose and achievement.

The role of Regional Manager South West is home based but requires candidates to be near Wiltshire or South Gloucestershire with regular travel across this area and Hampshire. 

About You

This is a great opportunity to utilise your skills gained in a health or social care setting, ideally as a Registered Manager, you’ll need a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Service and a management/business and/or finance, social work or nursing qualification. You’ll also need a proven ability to inspire, motivate and develop geographically dispersed teams and influence and negotiate at a strategic level with commissioners, funders and regulators alike. A track record of managing comparable budgets and resources is also required, as is experience of change management, including leading a team through significant changes. As comfortable putting safeguarding principles into practice as you are providing advice and guidance on operational management, you’re a firm believer in keeping abreast of the relevant key policies and good practice too, and have the self-motivation it takes to work independently when required.

Further characteristics are shown within the full job description, so if you believe you possess the skills, knowledge and experience we are looking for, we would love to receive your application. 

Head of Fundraising

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced fundraiser who is interested in taking an existing fundraising function and significantly developing it to enable Read Easy to extend its reach into all parts of the UK over the years ahead.

The role can be partly home-based, but (under normal circumstances) will require at least one day per week to be worked in our office in north Gloucestershire, as well as availability to travel as necessary for donor meetings.

Our work is currently receiving a lot of national and local TV and media coverage, and our fundraising to date has demonstrated that there is significant interest amongst funders to support what we do.

Head of Fundraising Responsibilities:

As Head of Fundraising, you will report to the Chief Executive, and as a member of our Management Team will have the opportunity to influence the overall development of the charity, as well as this role and potentially the fundraising team, over time

You will need to be confident and ambitious in your approach, as you will be responsible for delivering a steady increase in budget year on year, in line with our strategic plan. Good foundations are already in place with a range of Trusts and Foundations that have provided repeated funding over the years. Our aim now is to continue stewarding and applying to both new and existing trusts and foundations while diversifying our income portfolio by beginning to develop corporate partnerships and increase individual giving.

In addition, the role will involve responsibility for communications and raising public awareness of Read Easy’s work to support fundraising, including line management of our Website and Social Media Manager.

Head of Fundraising Requirements:

An excellent history in fundraising, including creating and delivering an effective fundraising strategy and raising significant 5 figure grants and donations, ideally with experience of developing corporate partnerships.

You will have the ability to make face-to-face approaches to major donors, with outstanding influencing skills to negotiate successfully and confidently the ask. You will also have strong presentation skills, including tailoring messages and building strong and meaningful one-to-one relationships.

Excellent written English and verbal communications skills, with demonstrable ability to communicate complex and nuanced issues and excellent attention to detail, and ideally, a good understanding of the adult literacy sector and its issues.

About Read Easy UK:

Did you know that more than 7% of the working age population of England can barely read at all?

Read Easy is a rapidly growing national charity that delivers life-changing opportunities to adults who struggle with their reading. We are, in fact, the only national organisation attempting to offer a proven, confidential, free, one-to-one reading coaching programme for the thousands of adults in our communities who can’t read at all, or who struggle to read.

Our evaluation data shows that, following support from Read Easy:

• 90% of adults reported an improvement or significant improvement in their reading, and
• 83% reported an improvement or significant improvement in their confidence, self-esteem and ability to cope with everyday life.

Location: North Gloucestershire or Remote
Contract: Permanent, Part Time. This role is initially for 4 days per week, with the expectation of increasing to full time hours as the charity grows.
Salary: £33,000 - £35,000 per annum, pro rata. (This is the full-time equivalent salary, and the part-time salary is calculated on the number of hours worked.)
Benefits: 33 days holiday, pro rata, including bank holidays. Pension scheme available.

The closing date for applications is 20th February and interviews will be held during the following fortnight.

You may have experience of the following: Fundraising Manager, Senior Fundraising Executive, Senior Fundraising Officer, Head of Fundraising, Charity, Fundraising Director, Head of Marketing, Head of Communications, Marketing Manager, Marketing Operations Manager, Charity, NFP, Charities, Not for Profit, etc.

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A fantastic opportunity has arisen within our much-loved local charity to join a friendly, passionate team of professional Fundraisers as a Relationship Fundraising Manager.

As one of our most senior members of the Fundraising team, a Relationship Fundraising Manager holds responsibility for delivering supporter relationships, event planning and implementation, leadership and inspiration to colleagues across the workforce, whilst managing income streams, supporter and activity pipelines and exceeding income budgets.

Ensuring that ‘relationship fundraising’ is embraced in every aspect of our interaction with hospice donors and supporters, you will facilitate the delivery of fundraising to its fullest potential, maximizing income across multiple shared income streams.

This role will have a specific focus on the development and implementation of a Major Investor strategy that will engage and motivate these supporters to achieve ambitious income budgets, as well as the pro-active seeking out, developing and management of our Business Partnerships. 

About you:

This role would be ideal for an experienced Relationship Manager or person who is able to clearly demonstrate your ability to win and develop new relationships, grow existing relationships and positively influence decision makers. 

You should have a strong sales like approach to work with excellent planning and an ambitious outlook, driven to seek new opportunity and maximize your fundraising impact.

You will be confident in delivering engaging, successful activity plans which might range from events, to communications and mailings, to campaigns or online asks and remote fundraising. You should be able to demonstrate income growth within your previous roles.

Our ideal candidate might have a proven background in Fundraising, Sales and/or management with experience of leading teams, developing opportunities and influencing stakeholders. If you have a good understanding of the charity sector, this would be an advantage. 

Benefits include a generous holiday allowance (including the opportunity to buy more!) and pension scheme, mobile phone and mileage allowance, free parking and subsidised café.

Job Title: Corporate Fundraising Officer

Salary: £26,000-£28,000

Duration: 35 hrs per week, 1 year fixed term (renewable, with the possibility to become permanent)

About Providence Row
At Providence Row, our vision is that everyone has a safe home and a community in which to belong. In order to achieve this, we want to support and accompany people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness on their journey to recovery, especially those who are most vulnerable and least likely to access services elsewhere.

We work with around 1,200 homeless and vulnerably housed people a year in London, offering an integrated service of crisis support, advice, recovery, learning and training programmes. Central to our work are our core values of Compassion, Respect, Inclusiveness, Empowerment and Justice. These inform the content, style and delivery of all our services.

The role

The Corporate Fundraising Officer plays a pivotal role in our small but committed team. Working in close collaboration with the Head of Corporate and Community Fundraising you will be responsible for all aspects of corporate volunteering, including managing our Garden Sponsorship Programme. Other responsibilities include corporate account management, delivering supporter engagement events, researching for new business and general fundraising admin.

This role offers huge potential for personal and career development. Further details about the role can be found in the attached Job Description.

The position is advertised as full time and has strong potential to become a permanent role within the fundraising team. The role will be 75% homebased (remote working), you will be expected to work in our office in Aldgate when volunteering activities or events are taking place.

The ideal candidate

Passionate about contributing to providing quality support to some of the most vulnerable and excluded people in London, you will have the drive and ambition to proactively and effectively grow a key area of Providence Row’s income generation and volunteering support.

The ideal candidate will have excellent organisational skills with great attention to detail and strong communication skills. They will be confident in working with internal and external stakeholders and able to come up with innovative ideas and solutions to engage supporters. You will be a team-player who wants to work with like-minded people in a vibrant and friendly fundraising team.

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter (No longer than 1 A4 page) via Charity Jobs.

Covering letters are preferred for all applications via Charity Jobs.

The deadline for applications is 3rd February 2022, interviews will be scheduled for the w/c 7th February.*

*Please note, applications will be reviewed as and when received, so early applications are encouraged.

Fundraising Officer (Legacy)

Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Home Worker - Northern Ireland
Salary: £25,806 - £28,181 - actual per annum (depending on skills and experience)
Working Hours: 35 per week

Closing Date: 07 February 2022
Interview Date: To be confirmed (interviews will be conducted through Zoom or Teams)

Please note that we will close this vacancy as soon as we have a pool of suitable candidates. Please submit applications for this vacancy as early as possible to avoid disappointment

Someone develops dementia every 3 minutes and currently there is no cure.

This is our time to make a significant impact to the outlook for people affected by dementia. Legacy fundraising is a crucial part of delivering this change…. are you joining our team?

We are looking for a passionate and motivated individual with a track record of exceeding targets and an ability to build and develop long lasting relationships.

Someone who can be compassionate yet tenacious to achieve our Society goals.

Is this you? We’d love to tell you more!

About the role

As a Legacy Giving Officer, you will be promoting the importance of Gifts in Wills to our most committed supporters and our fantastic staff right across Northern Ireland.

Legacy fundraising is being recognised as a top priority at Alzheimer’s Society – having been absolutely critical for the charity to continue our work through the pandemic.

This is a fast paced role which combines providing first class stewardship, collaborating on strategic projects and event management and delivery. Always putting the supporter at the heart of the work that we do.

You will:

- Be responsible for the planning, organisation and delivery of exclusive face to face and virtual events for some of the Society’s warmest supporters.
- Have ownership of all of the Legacy enquiries and activity across Northern Ireland whilst working closely with a geographically dispersed team based throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland
- Build long lasting, strong relationships with individuals who have made the incredibly generous decision to support Alzheimer’s Society with a gift in their Will.
- Develop and implement new regional opportunities to promote our exciting offers to both new and existing Society supporters.
- Become the go to Legacy expert amongst your regional colleagues. Provide regular updates about the significance of Gifts in Wills and increase your colleague’s awareness of their power.
- Play an essential role in helping to support our wider fundraising strategy.

About you

We are searching for an ambitious and passionate individual who would like to join a welcoming and supportive team of Legacy fundraisers.

Gifts in Wills fund over 25% of all Alzheimer’s Society’s work – so your work in our team will be crucial for securing the charity’s future income.

These gifts are a fundamental part of the entire organisation. Without them we could not provide information and support, improve care, fund research, or tackle injustices in the system so that nobody has to face dementia alone.

- You may not be an experienced fundraiser but you must be an outstanding relationship builder and negotiator.
- You may have experience in fundraising, sales or account management however it is vital that you are experienced in regularly exceeding targets.
- You are confident with verbal, written and presentation skills. Excellent communication will be a huge part of this role.
- You could be eager for an opportunity to expand your experience and develop in fundraising and have an interest in becoming a trusted Legacy expert.
- You are empathetic yet resilient and looking for the next step in your career to be highly rewarding.
- You are a compassionate person who is motivated by our cause and the desire to see change for people affected by dementia.

Our employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people's lives. We are proud to support them with a range of benefits, recognition and many options for working agilely, all contributing to a strong work life balance. We also have various learning programmes to support you in your development and help you grow to realise your potential and shape a career with Alzheimer's Society.

You may have experience of the following: Fundraising Officer, Fundraising Executive, Legacy Giving Officer, Sales Executive, Business Development Executive, Fundraising, Donor Management, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Not for Profit, etc.

Ref: 105 969

Job title:                 Regional Engagement Manager South East

Location:                Remote or office working in the South East

Responsible to:     Engagement Lead South East

Salary:£30,000 to 38,000 per annum FTE 

Closing date:         Thursday 3rd February at 12:00pm

Interview date:       Wednesday 9th February 

Although this role is based remotely, having knowledge of employer engagement in the area to the West and/or North of the M25 is required. Please note that although most meetings are virtual, you may be required to travel to client locations in and around Herts/Ox/Berks/Surrey/Hampshire therefore for some roles you should live within a commutable distance without impacting productivity or adding a substantive financial burden to the charity, to be successful in your application.

Why us?  

Speakers for Schools are a dynamic, swift-moving and fast-growing charity. We are on a mission to support a million young people across the UK annually by 2023. Having taken the first steps on the road to achieving this, our team has grown then fold in the past two years. This has supported growth in our employer network from 70 to 700 leading employers and 3800% growth in the number of work experience places offered during the same period.

We want to level the playing field, making sure that all young people can access inspirational opportunities and experiences to fuel their ambition.

We are united and unique in our mission to transform lives through raising aspirations of millions of young people every year. Each year, 1,500 senior leaders, celebrities and industry experts deliver a difference to by sharing their story with students in schools and colleges in every corner of the UK. We connect employers such as Disney, The Bank of England, Spotify PwC and almost seven hundred others to communities to provide access to the top opportunities for all across the UK. With us, you will be part of inspiring a generation to reach higher, broaden horizons and get equal access to the top.

To keep growing our charity and our impact, we need top talent and we are committed to treasuring, developing and supporting them to thrive within their roles. 

Role Summary 

Working for the Head of Engagement in your region, and as part of a team of Employer Engagement Managers, Educational Relationship Managers, Programme Delivery Partners, and Regional Fundraising Officers, you will focus on relationship building in your community and will be responsible for connecting a network of schools, colleges, employers and partners in your dedicated region to deliver work experience opportunities, as well as well as other opportunities through our growing portfolio of programmes. 

Key Duties / Responsibilities: - 

• Outreach to and onboarding of new host employers, helping to grow our employer network to reach ambitious targets for Experience and Progression Programmes (and others as they develop). 

• Account managing relationships with participating employers and other regional stakeholders, supporting them in the design of programmes (where appropriate) and engagement with our leading technology platform. 

• Supporting employers to achieve their aims, through either our free or chargeable services, as appropriate. 

• Outreach to discount and opportunity providers, helping grow the range of discounts and opportunities for young people through our Youth Card programme. 

• Supporting programmes as needed on any contact, phone conversations with stakeholders, programme delivery tasks and wider charity work in support of wider organisation aims and needs, particularly during peak delivery periods. 

Skills / Experience / Knowledge:- 

Essential  

• Experience in a similar environment working with a variety of stakeholders 

• Clear and concise communicator, capable of producing written content to a professional quality 

• Confident liaising with and managing relationships particularly with stakeholders from all levels 

• Comfort and experience in working with technology and data management 

• Proven capability of working through high volumes of work and securing targets across varying objectives within delivery 

• Sociable and confident and happy building and maintaining relationships with multiple stakeholders 

• Comfort in holding commercial conversations with stakeholders, who are seeking chargeable service to deliver income.

Desirable 

• Previous experience working with HR/Recruitment/CSR/Engagement teams an advantage 

• An understanding of the UK Education System and a familiarity with careers provision within UK schools and colleges would be an advantage 

• Proficient use of the Salesforce CRM, to track relationships and ensure proper data management. 

Benefits offered at Speakers for Schools: 

• Work From Anywhere in the UK (now and beyond the pandemic)

• Flexiable working

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays plus morning of your birthday off

• Pension scheme

• CharlieHR perks

• Perkbox

• £500 a year training allowance

Diversity at our core  

At Speakers for Schools, we are committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating discrimination. Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

We welcome applications from all, including those where employment has been affected by Covid19 and those seeking to change careers. Diversity if at our core, join us. 

How to apply: 

Please apply as soon as possible submitting your CV and a one page covering letter which outlines your specific interest and ability to successfully fill this role, as well as your salary expectations and current notice period.

Appointees are subject to a successful DBS check, as contact with young people is likely.

Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered.  

The Journey to joining Speakers for Schools: 

You must have the right to work in the UK without visa restrictions to be considered. 

Interviews will be scheduled as applications are received, before the closing date, and will take place over Microsoft Teams. We may appoint before this date depending on applications. 

Please apply as soon as possible, the closing date for this role is Thursday 3rd February 2022 at 12:00pm.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 9th February 2022. 

Immediate starts and delayed starts are available.

If you have not heard from us two weeks after the closing date, please presume your application has been unsuccessful.