This is an exciting time to join Ataxia UK, as we seek to significantly increase our investment in research and services, so that people affected by the ataxias have access to the best treatment, information and support and we seek to deliver treatments and cures. Fundraising for the resources for us to do this is essential to our success and we also want to diversify our income streams. 

We are looking for someone with a desire to create positive change and embrace our values which inform how we deliver our services, the choices we make and how we work with, support and develop our staff and volunteers:

If you are looking to take the next step in your career and want to take on new opportunities, learn new skills and be fully supported in your progression then this is the right team for you to join. 

About Ataxia UK

Ataxia is the umbrella term for a group of neurological conditions and Ataxia UK is the UK’s leading ataxia support and research charity. Ataxia UK collaborates with the global ataxia community through our Research team, and we are on the board of the international non-profit association, Euro-ataxia. Our Services team focuses on helping everyone affected by ataxia in the UK to live their best life. We have a Helpline and Advocacy service providing information, advice, and 1-2-1 support to help people access their rights; whilst the InControl Community Engagement service provides activities, engagement and volunteering opportunities to bring the ataxia community together and reduce feelings of isolation.

About the Team  

You will be joining a small, friendly team in the Fundraising & Communications department. Although we are all currently working remotely, we do try to join up in the office in small groups when safe to do so as we feel working alongside others is still important for building relationships and achieving the best out of our work. We offer an Employee Assistance Scheme & Employee Hotline as an outsourced support service for all staff and we have a Wellbeing Officer onsite as well. The Ataxia UK family is currently growing in size which is exciting and we look forward to welcoming our new Trusts & Foundations Manager to the fold.

We are seeking a new Individual Giving Fundraiser to help plan and deliver an ambitious and effective Individual Giving development programme for in memory giving, individual donations, appeals, regular giving, raffles, lottery, legacy marketing. Whilst, maximising supporter recruitment and development and ensure long-term donor engagement and income growth.

Working with a fun and creative Fundraising and Communications Team, the hospice has a wide range of staff benefits including free on-site parking, child care vouchers, and 38 days holiday (including statutory).

This post will play a key role in assisting the Director of Fundraising in developing and delivering the strategy in this area. The goal and ambition is to increase income from: Grant Giving Bodies (GGB - i.e. Statutory, Lottery, European, trusts and foundations); and individual giving (i.e. regular donations, legacies, one off donations, In Memoriam), on a regional and national basis.

With a passion and creativity for writing successful applications, you will be responsible for: research to ensure a regular and reliable pipeline of new prospects; developing grant proposals; and also leveraging existing relationships. You will also be responsible for reporting on all grants, including the management of data required for monitoring and evaluation.

You will work with the Director of Fundraising and support the development of individual giving income streams including legacies, regular donations, raffle, In Memoriam, one off donations and a related stewardship programme. 

Role:  Director of Income Generation and Marketing (DIGaM)

Salary: £64k- £70k pa (Grade SMT)

Hours: 37.5 per week, core hours 08.30am – 5pm

Closing date:  4 February 2022 (5PM)

Interviews; 16 February 2022, if required, second interviews 28 February 2022

St Catherine’s Hospice is a local charity with a big ambition: to help everyone face death informed, supported and pain free. Providing expert hospice care alongside statutory services, we’re here for people in West Sussex and East Surrey when life comes full circle.

After years of voluntary income and services growth working more expansively alongside NHS partners, the pandemic has undeniably impacted our forward momentum exactly at a time when the quality of death and dying are much in the public mind. 

While our Income Generation Directorate has demonstrated real resilience throughout this last two year period, this exciting leadership role centres on developing brilliant fundraising, marketing, communications and retail staff /volunteer teams all the while positively articulating the case for support for both our revenue AND our capital need.  Working as a member of our senior management team reporting to the Chief Executive, you will deliver and grow sustainable charitable income at scale as we build back from Covid impacts, grow our services AND press ahead with the transition to our new hospice home two miles away at Pease Pottage – a world class new facility offering local people a beacon for outstanding hospice care and support.  A larger facility from which we plan to deliver more hospices services.

If you’re an experienced and values driven, audience-focussed, digital savvy fundraising professional excited by the opportunities of charity retail and who is passionate about data led, multi-media efforts to connect people, organisations and stakeholders with our cause through being a first-class, inspirational leader, then we’d love to hear from you.

We care in communities in Surrey and Sussex which are richly diverse and we want to reflect that in everything we do. We celebrate and support difference and welcome applications from all backgrounds. If you believe in the importance of what we do, share our values and want to be a part of an outstanding team building something important, we’d love to hear from you. 

This post is offered on a full-time basis, working 37.5 hours per week (flexibility will be considered). The post-holder is required to be fully vaccinated against Covid -19 or medically exempt.

Employees at St Catherine’s Hospice can enjoy a variety of benefits including:

• 27 days holiday, increasing to 32 following successful probationary period + public holidays

• Option to buy or sell up to 1 week of annual leave

• Day off for volunteering

• Day off for moving house

• Blue Light Card

• Cycle to work scheme

• Eye test vouchers

• Generous Pension – Up to 9% employer contributions or honour NHS pension

• Enhanced maternity/adoption pay

• Pay enhancement of unsocial hours

• Flu Jabs

• Counselling Offering

• Discounted Gym

• Schwartz rounds

• Wellbeing Supervision (aka clinical supervision)

• Career pathway and progression

We are currently located in Malthouse Road, Crawley, West Sussex, which is within commuting distance from Brighton and London and just a five minute walk from Crawley railway station.  We will move to Pease Pottage in late 2023.

We’re looking for a forward-thinking designer to create compelling, high quality design solutions, which will help us achieve our vision of making design accessible and empowering people with sight loss to live the life they choose.

Together our design team:

· Approaches projects with creativity and passion

· Brings ideas to life, delivering concepts and designs which are best in-class brand expressions across all media

· Communicates and collaborates with the design team, marketing colleagues and key stakeholders

· Takes ownership of briefs, campaign milestones and deliverables

· Works positively with internal stakeholders to ensure design work meets project objectives

· Ensures a high standard of visual execution across all work and within brand guidelines

· Thinks ahead and creatively pushes the brand forward, with digital-first thinking

· Presents designs in a clear and compelling manner; articulating and defending creative direction choices

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year.

We recognise that the world looks a little bit different since the pandemic. Therefore, we’re committed to enabling our staff to work where best suits the needs of the individual, their team and the organisation. For this role, there will be opportunities to work from home as well as the office. We want our staff to flourish and work in environments which maximises their potential and best serves our stakeholders.

We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Diversity

Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

Candidate profile

To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• Degree or equivalent experience in graphic design
• Professional, friendly, positive attitude with strong work ethic and willingness to learn and continually improve
• Expert knowledge in setting up artwork for print and optimising output for a range of digital channels
• Up-to-date understanding of best practice principles of accessible communications and how to apply them

Desirable

• Experience of working in an inhouse creative team
• Design for accessibility from both a visual and technical perspective eg considerations in use of colour, typography and creating accessible PDFs
• Experience of motion design

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.