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There has never been a more important time to join the Age UK fundraising team. Against a backdrop of a broken social care system and millions already turning to Age UK for help, older people are amongst those hardest hit by the current pandemic. Calls to our trusted Advice Line have doubled and requests for telephone friendship have treble. We have been moved by the public support for our Coronavirus Emergency Appeal, but we must raise vital future funds to ensure we can be there to help and support older people as they rebuild their lives.
Our Fundraising team has an ambition to grow our income beyond £60M in the next three years. We are investing in an ambitious Fundraising strategy to help us deeply engage more supporters and partners in our work, so that we can be there for the millions of older people who need someone to turn to.
We are looking for a manager in our Individual Marketing Acquisition team. The team's goal is to attract new supporters to support us financially for the first time and win back those that have lapsed, which is pivotal to the success of our strategy. The Acquisition team work across a variety of direct marketing channels to deliver campaigns, develop new propositions and new fundraising products. Using audience insight we find the moments that are important for potential supporters and understand their motivations to best engage them with our cause. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who has experience working in a direct marketing acquisition team and has proven experience using supporter focused strategies to grow supporter acquisition. In this role you will be able to develop your management skills, fundraising skills, strategic thinking and work as part of an ambitious and collegiate individual marketing team.
This opportunity would best suit a direct marketer who has experience acquiring new/winning back customers/supporters and driving revenue/sales increases. We're looking for someone who can coach, empower and motivate a team, whilst providing strategic direction.
You will
* Manage and monitor the business plan and budget for your areas of responsibility across loyalty initiatives
* Responsible for building the strategy, briefing and working with Executives to deliver Loyalty campaigns.
* Responsible for ensuring that all campaigns within your team are project managed to deliver quality, high performance communications in budget, with appropriate response handling processes and on-going programmes delivered within agreed time frames.
* Complete monthly financial reporting.
* Responsible for effective line management of two Direct Marketing Executives.
* Work collaboratively with other team members and departments to ensure opportunities for innovation are explored, improvement to business performance, supporter satisfaction and lifetime value is at the forefront of the programme.
* Manage relationships with external agencies and suppliers
* Have a good understanding of Charity and data protection legislation and meet relevant Fundraising Regulator, DMA, TPS & Charity Commission guidelines.
* Take a bold approach to innovation, continually look to test and learn to engage new/win back existing audiences.
What we offer in return
* Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme.
* Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, Simply Health cashback plan and EAP.
* Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan.
* Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
* Discount on Gym Membership and Go Sweat Fitness & Wellbeing Benefit.
* Perkz (online employee benefits scheme offering discount with UK retailers.
* You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.
Additional Information
This role is London based with Flexible working. Age UK's office is currently closed and will open from 1st September 2020.
For a full list of benefits please click here https:// www.ageuk. org. uk /about-us/jobs/ employee-benefits/
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.
Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.
Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
Who we are
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An opportunity has arisen for a Direct Marketing Officer to join the Individual Giving Team in a maternity cover role at the Motor Neurone Disease Association. This is your chance to join a high performing fundraising department reporting to the Direct Marketing Manager.
About the role
The role is responsible for project managing direct marketing campaigns, to recruit new supporters and maximise fundraising income, as part of our supporter acquisition and development activity. This post also manages our new regular giving product Cure Finders and online hub site.
What are we looking for?
The successful candidate will have experience working with both internal stakeholders, and external creative and print agencies. The ability to create effective communications for a variety of different channels including digital, and a high degree of numeracy and excellent creative writing skills is a must.
Excellent project management skills, the capability to work across multiple projects to tight deadlines, and excellent communication skills are also essential for this role.
Although this post is based in our brand new offices in Northampton, we have also moved to agile working practices so are open to discussion over working hours and home working.
How to apply?
We are reviewing applications as they are received so please don't delay in submitting your application.
We encourage you to submit your CV along with a covering letter so that we can really understand your passion and experience for this role.
If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, apply online now.
About Us
The MND Association is going through some exciting changes - embracing agile working, introducing new technology and a recent move to a new, flexible office space.
These changes, together with a high level of trust and performance driven culture, will give staff the freedom and flexibility to work in the best way for them, the Association and, most importantly, people with MND.
The MND Association was founded in 1979. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We also fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND. The Association also campaigns and raises awareness so the needs of people with MND, and everyone who cares for them, are recognised, and addressed by wider society.
Important Notices
Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive, and we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.
At the MND Association we are committed to equalities and value diversity. We are working hard to remove perceived and actual barriers to participation by people with and affected by MND, current and future staff and volunteers and stakeholders.
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Direct Marketing Officer, an opportunity to join a known and long-established Children's Charity, based in Central London.
As the Individual Giving Officer, you will join a talented and passionate Individual Giving and Engagement team who deliver multi-channel campaigns to engage with existing and new individual supporters.
Working with the IG Manager and your colleagues on large scale campaigns you will be responsible for:
- Managing campaigns throughout a supporter life cycle from acquisition, welcome and retention.
- Planning and delivering multi-channel campaigns including Direct Mail, Email and Online Social and SMS.
- Ensure end to end delivery of campaigns through all stages of planning, briefing; copy and creative development; sign-off; production process; audience selection and results monitoring.
Our client is looking for you to have previous experience of managing end to end delivery of multi-channelled Direct Marketing Campaigns within a fundraising environment.
If you have Individual Giving experience and are looking to further develop your campaigns skills within a passivate and creative team, this could be the team for you.
The team are currently working remotely and therefore offer remote interview and onboarding process.
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About Us
Established in 1948, Tavistock Relationships is a leading charity that delivers and develops advanced practice, training and research in therapeutic and psycho-educational approaches to supporting couples.
We provide a wide range of training services, 20,000 sessions of counselling and psychotherapy a year, and have secured funding for a number of innovative delivery and research projects.
We’ve more than doubled in size in the last six years and have exciting plans to extend our reach physically in the UK and online around the world. As part of this, we’re repositioning our organisation, transforming our website and expanding our training (particularly our online offer) and clinical service reach to many overseas territories.
As such, we are currently looking for a Marketing Manager to join us and support the delivery of these projects. This is a 12 month fixed-term contract, working 22.5 hours (three days) per week.
The Benefits
- Salary of up to £30,000 pro rata
- Pension (6% employer contribution)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Contribution towards eye tests
- Weekly fruit bowl
- 25 days’ annual leave pro rata plus Bank Holidays
If you are a hands-on marketing professional with experience of creating offline and digital marketing plans, this is a great opportunity to take on a part-time role where you can make a real impact.
You will have the chance to play an integral role in the evolution of our organisation and contribute to the development of our online voice and presence.
We foster an open, welcoming atmosphere where employee wellbeing is paramount and all staff are supported to pursue their professional ambitions.
The Role
As the Marketing Manager, you will implement our marketing plans and support the delivery of our projects, including our website overhaul.
This is an exciting role that will cover marketing and communications, online and digital, social media, data and reporting activities. Some of your duties will include:
- Working with teams to create plans to recruit and engage target audiences
- Acting as a brand and style guardian for the organisation
- Creating our international marketing and engagement plan
- Enhancing our website and online products and infrastructure
- Working with the Marketing and Design Co-ordinator to devise, create and repurpose compelling content
- Planning and creating content for our social media platforms
About You
To join us as a Marketing Manager, you will need:
- A proven track record of creating and implementing a wide range of offline and digital marketing plans, especially website delivery projects
- Experience of developing and implementing social media campaigns, particularly Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and Pinterest
- Detailed knowledge of SEO and PPC acquisition strategies to deliver customers
- Knowledge of dynamic email marketing techniques
- Previous success in recruiting or acquiring delegates, students, customers and/or clients in the training, events, health/social care, clinical or academic sectors
A digital and/or professional marketing qualification would be beneficial to your application, as would experience or developing market intelligence and using it to inform marketing planning. Familiarity with basic press work, releases working with trade and national media would also be an advantage.
Other organisations may call this role Marketing and Communications Manager, Communications Manager, Online Marketing Manager, Digital Marketing Manager, Social Media Manager, or Senior Marketing Executive.
This is a part-time role, working 22.5 hours per week (3 days).
Webrecruit and Tavistock Relationships 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.
So, if you are seeking a rewarding contract as a Marketing Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
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.
The brilliant Individual Supporters Team at Crisis plays a key role in our successful and innovative Fundraising Programme – raising in excess of £30m per year. The team is vital to the long-term income growth of the organisation, recruiting new individual supporters and increasing the engagement of existing supporters through an audience – led communications programme of diverse channels and products.
About the role
As Year Round Giving Manager, you will develop and deliver strategies informed by insight to achieve increasing levels of net income and lifetime value for the Individual Supporters Team, through year-round activities. This will be delivered in accordance with the organisation’s plans for growth in sustainable income from new and existing supporters, through a planned programme of targeted acquisition and retention activities.
About the role
As Year Round Giving Manager, you will develop and deliver strategies informed by insight to achieve increasing levels of net income and lifetime value for the Individual Supporters Team, through year-round activities. This will be delivered in accordance with the organisation’s plans for growth in sustainable income from new and existing supporters, through a planned programme of targeted acquisition and retention activities.
About you
To be successful in this role you will be comfortable working in a fast paced environment and have extensive experience of strategy and planning of large-scale direct marketing programmes including donor acquisition and retention programmes across a range of media. As well as a detailed knowledge of print production and mailing techniques.
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. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the '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 July 2020 (23:59)
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 please visit our website.
Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094
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The Charity
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey Children's Hospital a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 330,000 patients and families we care for every year.
The charity helps to fund a range of activities and projects that are designed to enhance and improve the lives of our amazing young patients. This includes the funding of specialist medical equipment to ensure our brilliant surgeons and clinical staff have the most up to date and cutting edge technology available and funding hi-tech distraction equipment designed and proven to reduce pain and anxiety in our patients. We also fund a range of programmes and special projects such as our ward musicians, our on-site magician and the play specialists we have on every ward.
In Spring 2020 we launched our £3m Children's Mental Health Appeal. Our 7 in 10 Appeal highlights that 70% of young people with a mental health condition are currently missing out on vital mental health interventions at a sufficiently early age. The Appeal is aiming to raise vital funds to enhance inpatient and community mental health services at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, enabling more children to access the treatment they need at the time they need it, an already vitally needed service which is seeing increasing demand due to the impact of Covid-19.
The Role
Alder Hey Children’s Charity recently launched its 3 year strategy with a focus on investment and growth in Individual Giving and Legacy Income Streams. Since the impact of Covid-19, especially on community and event income, these areas have become even more important. In June 2020 we launch our first ever TV appeal with a focus on regular giving.
This role is a fantastic opportunity to have ownership of the development and implementation of our individual giving and legacy strategy and have an impact on the long term direction of the charity. We are innovative and ambitious organisation with big growth plans and willingness to invest to test new ideas and help achieve our goals.
As a senior member of the team, the post holder will lead Alder Hey Children’s Charity individual giving and legacy fundraising with a focus on maximising income and lifetime value. They will develop and implement multi-year strategies to significantly increase income and other support these areas, in-line with the overall fundraising strategy. They will also play a key role in developing donor journeys for our existing and new supporters ensuring that donors feel valued and informed about the impact they are making.
In order to be successful in this role, you must have:
- Demonstrable experience in managing an individual giving programme including acquisition and retention activity, developing donor journeys and direct mail campaigns and managing relevant agency relationships
- Proven experience of developing existing income streams and developing new fundraising initiatives
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong working relationships both internally and externally
- Be self-motivated and have a positive attitude with the ability to work under pressure and prioritise in a busy environment.
- An understanding of and commitment to the values of Alder Hey Children’s Charity
To apply please send a copy of your CV with a cover letter demonstrating how your knowledge, experience and skills meet the requirements of the role by the closing date to Kim Platt, Office Manager.
Closing date: Wednesday 29th July 2020
Our Values
Courage – We try new things and take risks to innovate and drive forward new ideas. We have the courage to speak up and take a stance. We are accountable, responsive and responsible. We are unstoppable.
Together – We work together as one team, sharing our knowledge and learning. We work in partnership with patients, families, supporters and colleagues. We are respectful, celebrate diversity and empower each other to achieve our aims.
Passion – We are passionate about what we do and why we do it. We work together to share and grow. We inspire others.
Magic – We are fun, creative and child-led. We create special moments, provide little extras and go further for our brave young patients.
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.
The brilliant Individual Supporters Team at Crisis plays a key role in our successful and innovative Fundraising Programme - raising in excess of £30m per year. The team is vital to the long term income growth of the organisation, recruiting new individual supporters and increasing the engagement of existing supporters through an audience - led communications programme of diverse channels and products.
About the role
As Christmas Campaign Manager, you will develop and deliver strategies informed by insight to achieve increasing levels of net income and lifetime value for the Individual Supporters Team, through Christmas activities. This will be delivered in accordance with the organisation's plans for growth in sustainable income from new and existing supporters, through a planned programme of targeted acquisition and retention activities.
About you
To be successful in this role you will be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and have extensive experience of strategy and planning of large-scale direct marketing programmes including donor acquisition and retention programmes across a range of media. As well as a detailed knowledge of print production and mailing techniques.
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. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the '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 July 2020 (23:59)
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
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people.
We are committed to ending homelessness. Every day we see the devastating impact ... Read more
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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.
Network Development Manager
£27,255 per annum
(Ref SUS2936)
37.5 hours per week – based in North East and Cumbria
Our Network Development Manager roles are truly unique developing accessible walking and cycling routes for everyone. These roles are at the centre of delivering our Paths for Everyone vision for the National Cycle Network which aims to improve the number and quality of traffic-free paths across the UK.
We currently have a vacancy in the beautiful North East and Cumbria region. As part of this role you will be out and about on the National Cycle Network, meeting partners and communities to influence and inspire the upgrade and improvement of routes in the urban and rural environment.
We engage with a diverse range of stakeholders and so we are looking for someone who excels in building and maintaining successful relationships and who can write excellent reports. The role will involve working with design and engineering colleagues to develop and progress feasibility studies and designs, seek consents, secure funding and ultimately take projects into delivery - this is a role where you will see your projects through from start to finish.
We are looking for someone with direct or transferable experience in transport planning, project management, business development and stakeholder engagement. If you are passionate about sustainability, like the idea of working in a small team where you can make a big impact, this the role for you.
Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am Monday 20 July 2020. Interviews will take place via MS Teams during week beginning Monday 27 July 2020.
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