Role start date: May 2021

This is a national role which will require presence in our Central Office in Reading.

The Digital Fundraising Innovation Partner helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by actively monitoring the external environment and influencing and challenging teams on the adoption of technology as part of fundraising growth.  This role will ensure that with the adoption of technology we gain new supporters, increased donations and value for money from our digital fundraising.

Through the application of technology and online trends, you will influence strategic change to drive optimal performance and delivery of fundraising objectives.  Monitoring the sector and latest developments you will advise the Fundraising Management Team of potential new sources of revenue, donor acquisition, prospecting and ways to improve the donor experience.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. As a charity, we’re always keen to support flexible working as best we can. 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.

Candidate profile

To be able to fulfil this role, and provide help to those with sight loss, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• Qualified or experienced Technology/Digital Professional
• Significant experience, and a detailed understanding of current and evolving technologies and how they can be applied in our environment.
• Good understanding and experience of Business Analysis and process mapping techniques, as well as detailed understanding of Project management methodologies.

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.

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.

How to apply

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above. As part of your application ensure you provide to evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

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 disabled people as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invite to interview for all disabled applicants who 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.

The Regional Policy and Campaigns Manager helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by leading the development of policy and campaigns in the English region to support Guide Dogs strategic aims, working in collaboration with the central policy, public affairs and campaigns team and the regional leadership team. You will develop and foster strategic partnerships to further the aims of Guide Dogs across the South East and South West (excluding London), including relations with local government, local societies, local authorities and other relevant organisations. You will ensure, that Guide Dogs is aware of all policy initiatives in the region in matters relating to the organisation and its stakeholders.

The role will prepare policy position papers and responses to consultations from councils, combined authorities and other local or regional government bodies. The role will lead Guide Dogs' campaigns at a regional level and increase the involvement of blind and partially sighted people in campaigning.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. As a charity, we’re always keen to support flexible working as best we can. 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.

Candidate profile

To be able to fulfil this role, and provide help to those with sight loss, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• A degree level qualification with relevant professional or research based qualification and / or experience.
• Experience of working in a policy role with responsibility for liaison, internal and external networking, project leadership and reporting.
• Experience of networking with and influencing opinion formers including politicians, civil servants and professional groups.
• Experience of campaigning to secure change in policy and practice and working with groups of campaigners.
• Demonstrable experience of working in a professional management, supervisory or teaching / training role related to vulnerable people.
• Experience of working in the third sector.
• Experience of volunteer management.
• Able to demonstrate experience of managing a complex operations environment where exceptional, customer-focused delivery is achieved.

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.

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.

How to apply

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above. As part of your application ensure you provide to evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

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 disabled people as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invite to interview for all disabled applicants who 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.

Head of Marketing and Communications

Racing Welfare is a registered charity supporting the workforce of British horseracing.  It offers professional guidance and practical help to all of racing’s people – including stud, stable and racecourse staff, alongside those working in associated professions – whose dedication is vital for the wellbeing of racing.  The charity aims to help people, from recruitment to retirement, to thrive in day to day life and through a range of life’s challenges.

Racing Welfare is looking to recruit a dynamic and creative Head of Marketing and Communications to lead a high-performing and talented team. 

The role forms part of the charity’s senior management team and is key in maintaining the profile and brand awareness of Racing Welfare.  The position would suit an innovative and driven individual who is ready to play a significant part in Racing Welfare achieving its ambitious plans for the future. 

As Head of Marketing and Communications you will report at board level, attending Trustee meetings throughout the year.  You will be responsible for steering the direction of the charity’s marketing and communications functions and delivering on its strategic objectives.

Other key responsibilities include:

• devising and implementing the charity’s communications strategy, in conjunction with the Chief Operating Officer, ensuring that all appropriate measures are taken to ensure its success;
• overseeing press, marketing and digital functions;
• management of the marketing and communications team;
• working closely with other teams across the business to ensure that our key messages are expressed to the highest standard and continue to elevate the profile of Racing Welfare;
• acting as brand guardian for the charity, ensuring clarity and consistency of messaging across all outlets;
• evaluating campaigns/awareness initiatives and managing budgets.

The following will be required for this role:

• degree level or professional qualification in marketing/communications/journalism, or equivalent experience
• demonstrable experience of working within communications and marketing, this may be within the corporate or charitable sector
• the ability to inspire and capture the imagination of Racing Welfare’s audience, both new and existing
• capable of delivering innovative, creative campaigns and managing multiple projects simultaneously.

Experience of the horseracing industry is desirable.

The role is flexible on location, although some travelling should be expected across the UK including some evening and weekend work.

If you wish to play a pivotal role in the future of Racing Welfare, please submit your covering letter and CV.

Closing date for applications is 8 February 2021.

Racing Welfare is committed to safeguarding and will always recruit all personnel in line with government guidelines, relevant legislation, and the Charity Commission's best practice guidance.

This post is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. We only ask applicants to disclose convictions which are not yet spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

Racing Welfare’s Safeguarding Statement of Intent can be found on our website at: 

Racing Welfare is an equal opportunities employer.

Head of Finance Transformation: £450 - £500 per day (Umbrella Co.), London

For a large, complex organisation, we are recruiting an interim Head of Finance Transformation for up to 12 months to deliver a first-class Finance function and transform the finance service delivery model. Reporting to the CFO, this role will lead the transformation change project to reshape the Finance division, realise the benefits of the implementation of a new finance system and improve system effectiveness. This role will design, develop, and implement a new Finance Operating Model, will embed business partnering across the organisation, and will define, develop, and lead culture change - building trust with stakeholders and Executive team.

Main Duties:

• ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE: Lead all aspects of transformation change to deliver first-class Finance and Procurement function
• Define, develop, and implement culture change
• Activity analysis of roles and responsibilities, lead and manage transition of devolved finance activity out in the business into a central function
• Manage, develop, and lead staff transferring from the business centrally and lead cultural alignment
• ORGANISATIONAL DESIGN: Gap analysis of AS IS and TO BE operating model and organisation structure
• Design organisational practices to deliver the TO BE operating model and structure
• Job design / redesign to improve value-ad, improve productivity and lead workshop design and management to drive efficiency
• Build and develop relationships across the organisation, reporting to the CFO and Exec Team

Person Specification:

• CCAB Qualified with experience of leading and delivering large-scale finance change and transformation programmes
• Experience of undertaking organisational design, implementing business partnering
• Experience of working in a challenging project environment having project managed people and cultural change
• Delivering process efficiency
• Substantial experience of building effective networks and collaborative working relationships, influencing at senior leadership level
• Knowledge or organisational change methodologies and how to assess and use OD diagnostic tools

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Head of Finance Transformation: £80,000 - 85,000 (12-month FTC)

For a large, complex organisation, we are recruiting a Head of Finance Transformation for a 12-month FTC to deliver a first-class Finance function and transform the finance service delivery model. Reporting to the CFO, this role will lead the transformation change project to reshape the Finance division, realise the benefits of the implementation of a new finance system and improve system effectiveness. This role will design, develop, and implement a new Finance Operating Model, will embed business partnering across the organisation, and will define, develop, and lead culture change - building trust with stakeholders and Executive team.

Main Duties:

• ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE: Lead all aspects of transformational change to deliver first-class Finance and Procurement function
• Define, develop, and implement culture change
• Activity analysis of roles and responsibilities, lead and manage transition of devolved finance activity out in the business into a central function
• Manage, develop, and lead staff transferring from the business centrally and lead cultural alignment
• ORGANISATIONAL DESIGN: Gap analysis of AS IS and TO BE operating model and organisation structure
• Design organisational practices to deliver the TO BE operating model and structure
• Job design / redesign to improve value-ad, improve productivity and lead workshop design and management to drive efficiency
• Build and develop relationships across the organisation, reporting to the CFO and Exec Team

Person Specification:

• CCAB Qualified with experience of leading and delivering large-scale finance change and transformation programmes
• Experience of undertaking organisational design, implementing business partnering
• Experience of working in a challenging project environment having project managed people and cultural change
• Delivering process efficiency
• Substantial experience of building effective networks and collaborative working relationships, influencing at senior leadership level
• Knowledge or organisational change methodologies and how to assess and use OD diagnostic tools

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If you know anyone looking for a new role, your referral could earn you £250

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Chief Executive

SF Executive are proud to be working with the Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital Charity to find the organisation an inspirational and commercially driven Chief Executive.

The Charity is proud to support Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, the only Trust of its kind in the country. With more than 641,000 patient visits each year, their team works tirelessly to provide the very best treatment and support to women, children and families. Their patients experience some of the most advanced treatments, complex surgical procedures and compassionate care.

Together they strive to always be at the forefront of what is possible.

Thanks to their dedicated supporters and fundraising team, the Charity has been able to help the Trust make a real difference to all who use their services. This vital support has meant the Trust has been able to introduce new technologies and equipment, undertake cutting-edge research and provide the best possible experience and healing environment for children, young people, women and families.

The Role

Based in Birmingham, the Chief Executive is responsible for leading the development and delivery of the Charity’s long-term strategy and for the operational management of the Charity. The role leads on ensuring that the Charity delivers as effectively as possible its annual targets, raising significant income for Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and for research that seeks to improve the lives of women, children and young people, in Birmingham, the UK and across the world.

Leadership & team working

• To provide outstanding leadership, modelling the Charity’s values, to motivate staff, volunteers, donors, partners and other stakeholders to deliver the vision and mission.
• To lead the Charity ensuring targets and objectives are met whilst creating a culture that embraces the Charity’s and the Trust’s values and attracts, develops, rewards and motivates staff and volunteers.
• To oversee performance management by ensuring all staff have annual objectives and appraisals, developing skills and expertise to ensure implementation and adherence to values and standards.
• To ensure effective team working both within the Charity but also between the Charity and the Trust.

Strategy & business development

• To lead on the development and delivery of the strategic plan and provide direction and leadership for overall planning, implementation and monitoring of the Charity’s activities.
• To act in a liaison role between the Charity and Trust, and with other partners where appropriate, to ensure strong and aligned partnerships that inform the Charity’s strategy and seeks to best serve beneficiaries.
• To develop and deliver plans to achieve or exceed annual fundraising targets in line with the agreed long-term strategy and cash flow, whilst ensuring all fundraising activities are delivered in line with the Charity’s commitment to best practice and high ethical standards, building trust and confidence amongst donors, other stakeholders and the general public.

Delivery of operational excellence

• To ensure that a key set of metrics are developed to help track the development and growth of the business and this data is used as part of a continual improvement process to deliver expected outcomes.
• To effectively manage the resources provided by the Charity for the operation of the fundraising team; overseeing the overall financial management/control of the Charity, including financial planning, reporting, budgeting and asset management, ensuring a cost-conscious culture is embedded across the organisation at all times.
• To ensure that leadership, systems and processes are in place to deliver excellent project management and to deliver agreed budgets, plans and objectives.
• To work with the Trust to provide accountability to donors and Trustees, ensuring charitable funds are spent in line with the intention of donors and/or Trustees, to have the greatest impact for beneficiaries.
• To develop a set of outcome measures that provides to demonstrate the clinical, social and economic impact of the funds that have been invested into the Trust by the Charity.

Governance

• To develop a mutually trusting and effective working relationship with Trustees.
• Together with the Group Company Secretary, ensure the Charity delivers great governance and high ethical standards in all it does, ensuring its legal obligations are met in compliance with all Charity, company and other relevant law and good practice guidelines.
• Together with the Group Company Secretary, ensure systems and structures are in place to enable the Trustees to fulfil their legal and governance obligations, providing them with accurate information and advice to enable them to make informed decisions so that they conduct their role in accordance with the law, Charity Commission requirements and the Charity’s own constitution.

Stakeholder engagement & communication

• Building effective relationships across a wide range of stakeholders to ensure effective and timely communication – including but not limited to the Trust, key donors, prospective donors, local businesses, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and other key influencers.

• To champion a marketing and communications strategy that seeks to communicate engaging and motivating messages both internally and externally for the Charity and the Trust, demonstrating the impact of charitable funds and the need for continued support.

Brand profile and reputation

• To protect and develop the Charity brand, further building the national and international profile of the Charity as a values-led organisation with high ethical standards and integrity.
• To act as key representative for the Charity at internal and external meetings and events, acting as a spokesperson for the Charity where appropriate.
• To contribute to donor and partner relationships at the highest level, working with relevant teams to identify and where appropriate lead on approaches to high value potential supporters and ensuring the Charity delivers best practice stewardship for all supporters.

Using diversity and inclusion to drive improvement

• Build on our current approach to diversity and inclusion to drive value through:
  • Increasing the scope of the existing supporter base.
  • Attracting and retaining talent within the teams you lead.
  • Establishing clear inclusion diversity and inclusion goals that are targeted to growth priorities.

The Person

The blend of experience we’d want to see in shortlisted candidates would be as follows –

• Experience of management and leadership responsibility at CEO or Senior Director level
• Experience of developing and implementing organisational strategies in changing external environments.
• A strong track record of leading a senior leadership team in setting and delivering a strategy.
• Evidence of effective working as a member of a team, with the ability to ensure full stakeholder engagement and the ability to secure the commitment of other key organisations, agencies and individuals to work together to achieve shared goals.
• Experience of setting, managing and controlling large budgets.
• Experience of motivating, developing and empowering teams to exceed objectives, whilst ensuring individuals across an organisation feel valued and are helped and supported to develop and fulfil their own personal aspirations and potential.
• Experience in leading engagement across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Excellent communication skills, able to connect and engage with a wide range of people 1-2-1, in small groups and with large audiences.
• Understanding of operating in a regulated, highly public and transparent environment.
• Experience of leading and successfully delivering significant fundraising or income generating strategies, involving high level relationship management experience (ideally including within the Charity sector).
• Passionate about continuous improvement in ways of working, always seeking to question, challenge and innovate, seeking to learn from others where best practice exists.
• Demonstrates a commitment to great governance, high ethical standards, honesty and integrity.
• A track record of promoting sand supporting diversity in teams that you have led.
• Degree level education or equivalent.

In Summary

This is a hugely rare opportunity to make a difference to an organisation at a pivotal stage of its development.

As a value based organisation it’s really important the successful candidate shares the Trust’s and Charity’s values.

This doesn’t necessarily mean somebody from an NHS, public sector or fundraising background. Instead what is most important is that we find somebody whose leadership practice can role model and promote the Trust values of ambition, bravery and compassion. These were developed by our staff and are an important part of how they deliver their services, whatever they may be. A key element of the successful candidates’ leadership approach will be to value, engage in, support and promote inclusion and diversity both within the team but more widely across all aspects of the business.

We are looking for a highly motivated and creative marketing & comms all-rounder to lead our charity’s brands to the next level.

Making The Leap is a small and innovative social justice charity that aims to make a big difference. From direct delivery, to advocacy and leadership, we refuse to stay in our lane and believe passionately that those we exist to serve have the right to be anything they want to be. To say that this is an exciting time for the organisation would be an understatement, as our incredible funders, donors, partners and supporters have given us the chance to move to the next level, and have further influence and delivery nationally.

The shared soul of the organisation is to be passionate about helping young people from less-advantaged backgrounds; build up other charities and community groups and want to partner with them or support them; want to work with businesses and organisations to get things done; and care deeply about addressing racial inequity generally (and anti-Blackness in particular). The people here work hard, are good at what they do, and for so many it is ‘home’, with an average tenure of 11 years.

The organisation has a number of strands: core Making The Leap; the UK Social Mobility Awards; the Social Mobility Podcast and our brand new initiative Black Charity Leaders.

• Do you have a proven track record in fundraising, development, and communications, and would you like to join an innovative, place-based partnership?
• Do you thrive on rolling your sleeves up and personally getting stuck in, as well as working collaboratively with partners, teams, and boards?
• Are you passionate, as we are, about addressing issues around poverty and inequality?
• If so, then you might be just the person we are looking for to lead our ambitious development and communications strategies for Islington Giving and Cripplegate Foundation.

About you

The new Director of Development and Communications, in addition to having a strong track record in fundraising from a range of donors and sources, will need to be consultative, with strong listening skills and respect for the opinions of others. They will need the confidence and expertise to advise and guide their small team, board, and governors. They will need to be able to relate to the big picture and vision, whilst also being able to consider the detail. We would be delighted to hear from you, especially if you:

• Have a strong track record in fundraising and development.
• Enjoy rolling your sleeves up and leading and implementing fundraising and development plans yourself, as well as guiding others.
• Are flexible, collaborative, and work very well as part of a committed team within a small organisation.
• Have experience of leading and managing.
• Are a strong communicator and relationship builder.
• Have a commitment to ensuring that Islington Giving and Cripplegate Foundation continue to flourish.

We value diversity, equality, and inclusivity. Applications are especially welcomed from underrepresented backgrounds, including but not limited to gender, race, age, sexual orientation, disability, and religion. Please let us know if you would like any additional support with this application, or the role.

Find more information in application pack or on Islington Giving webpage

Head of Fundraising and Marketing
Location: Norwich
Hours: Full time – 37.25 hours per week (consideration will be given to part time hours)
Salary range between: £30,004.13 - £34,226.79 (depending on experience & qualifications) Plus employee pension scheme and other benefits

The successful candidate must be able to drive and have access to a vehicle.

Are you looking to take on a challenging new role at an exciting time for a charity supporting children and young people?

Founded in 1994, The Benjamin Foundation works across Norfolk and Suffolk to empower young people to become resilient, independent members of society.

We are seeking to recruit a Head of Fundraising and Marketing to lead on developing and delivering the fundraising strategy, in order to increase income from individual giving, digital income streams and community and corporate fundraising. In addition, the successful candidate will Manage and develop the use of The Benjamin Foundation’s brand to increase awareness of the charity and its activities.

The Benjamin Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. An enhanced DBS check will be required for successful applicants. The Benjamin Foundation embeds the Nurtured Heart Approach ® which creates strong and improved relationships by focusing on positive behaviour rather than energising negativity, providing clear rules and consequences, creating an environment in which people thrive.

Closing Date: Thursday 11th February 2021 09.00
Interview Date: Shortlisted candidates will be required to take part in online interviews via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 24th February 2021

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the Vacancy Pack and Application Form.

No agencies please.

Chief Executive Officer

A fantastic opportunity for an experienced CEO to lead and be responsible for the successful management and development of the UK's largest organic gardening charity.

Position: Chief Executive Officer

Salary: Circa £65,000 per annum depending on experience

Hours: Full time, permanent

Location: Coventry. Flexible / remote working available, although regular travel will be needed

Benefits: Life insurance, 8% employer pension contribution. 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holiday days. Flexible and remote working options considered

Closing date: Sunday 7th March 2021

Interviews: W/C 15th March 2021

About the role:

This is an exciting time to join this incredible charity, as the team is poised to move forward with the next chapter of their history and are looking for a driven, dynamic and inspirational leader to take the helm.

As CEO you will work to a strategic direction agreed by the Board of Trustees, and in accordance with all agreed policies and procedures.

Some of the key responsibilities will include:

• To lead the charity in pursuit of its Vision, Mission and Purpose, ensuring that the highest standards of integrity, openness and professionalism are maintained
• To take the lead in bringing to the Board of Trustees such plans, strategies and policies as required
• To protect and promote the organisation’s respective brands
• To deliver against a robust organisational business plan that meets the agreed strategic direction
• To ensure a successful external profile by developing good relations with relevant partners at national and local level
• To lead, manage and motivate the Executive Team
• To hold overall responsibility for the operational financial management of the Charity in conjunction with the COO and Head of Finance
• To be responsible for an effective workforce recruitment and retention strategy
• To ensure full statutory and legal compliance for all aspects of the organisation as a company and as a charity

About you:

As CEO you will be an exceptional leader with the ability to inspire every member of the team, you will have the ability to develop a long-term vision and think entrepreneurially and strategically to grow the organisation.

You will bring with you the following key skills and experience:

• Experience of at least one of the following policy issues: environment/sustainability, food security, health/well-being, organic/sustainable gardening/farming, community/consumer education programmes
• Team management experience at Chief Executive or executive level.
• Working in collaboration with and being accountable to a Board of Trustees, or equivalent.
• Substantial programme management experience, including budgetary and staffing responsibilities and performance management.
• Excellent ambassadorial, networking and negotiating skills.
• Demonstrable success at inspiring and developing a senior management team.
• Excellent financial management skills.
• Commercial insight.
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills, both written and oral, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure, set priorities and meet deadlines.

The ideal candidate will also have an understanding of membership based organisations, as well as a knowledge of horticultural practice, especially organic-growing principles and practice.

About the organisation:

You will be working for an organic growing charity dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening. The charity prides itself on its innovative work with individuals, communities and schools – helping people to grow and garden following organic principles. They It works collaboratively with a wide range of partner organisations across the voluntary, public and private sectors. Revenue is generated from the organisation's 20,000 members, contracted programmes, trading and through fundraising. They have also secured corporate and national government funding; undertaking research and producing findings with lasting value. Their patron, HRH The Prince of Wales, takes an active interest in their work and has both visited the showcase organic garden and hosted the charity at Clarence House and Highgrove.

To apply for this position please provide a CV and supporting statement explaining how you meet the criteria for this role.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: CEO, Chief Exec, Chief Executive Officer , Director, MD, Managing Director, Executive Director, COO, Chief Executive  etc.

Job Title: Head of Business Development

Salary:  £45,000 - £50,000 depending on experience

Hours of work: Full-time / Six-month contract, likely to go permanent

Location:  Home-based (sites in South Wales, South Gloucestershire, Buckinghamshire and Haringey)

We are working in partnership with Ategi, an established charity currently undergoing a period of organisational transformation.  Ategi supports people to live their lives, providing services that are specific for the needs of the individual.  The organisation strives to ensure that the support offered is consistent, personalised and of high quality across their three streams of work; Shared Lives, Supported Living and Visiting Support.

The charity is now seeking to appoint an experienced Head of Business Development to provide all aspects of Business leadership, Marketing and Communications across the organisation.  Reporting directly to the Chief Executive, you will support them to set and achieve the charity’s vision for the future. The successful candidate will be a dynamic individual, with excellent engagement skills and the vision to see new opportunities, grow income and able to support the charity through significant change. 

In order to succeed in this role, you will be able to demonstrate:

• At least five years of business development experience in a not for profit organisation
• proven track record with tendering and contracting processes
• the ability to network, build and manage valued relationships, with commissioners, the public and service users
• excellent budget management skills and the ability to work effectively with limited resources
• experience and confidence in managing multiple projects simultaneously
• excellent verbal and written communication skills, communications and marketing experience

Reporting to the CEO, you will be a natural leader, have clear commercial acumen with the ability to develop a Business Development strategy that positions ategi to embrace an ambitious future, incorporating a wide-ranging, diverse and sustainable set of funding streams.  You will understand how to motivate and inspire a team as you build and develop the reach and income of the Charity, together helping realise the full scale of the considerable ambition that is ategi today.  If you feel you have the skills and experience to succeed in this role, we very much look forward to hearing from you.

To apply for this role, please e-mail your CV and Supporting Statement to Adam Stacey, Director, Charisma Charity Recruitment, quoting our reference JO2810.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. 

Closing date for applications: 25 February 2020

Interview date: TBC

About the role

At an exciting moment of growth and opportunity, Sabre Education is seeking an ambitious, high-calibre professional who will strategically lead the fundraising and communications team as Sabre grows in prominence nationally and internationally in the years ahead.

A critical senior leadership role, the Director of Fundraising & Communications will report directly to the CEO and will drive forward all of Sabre’s fundraising and communications efforts. Working closely with the CEO, the Executive Director-Ghana and the fundraising team, the post-holder will develop the funding and communication strategy and implementation plans to meet Sabre’s ambitious growth agenda.

As well as managing and inspiring Sabre’s fundraising and communications team, the Director of Fundraising & Communications will work with leadership to further strengthen the charity’s profile, reputation, and brand externally to a broad range of global stakeholders. The Director will also lead on strengthening and building relationships with Sabre’s expanding portfolio of influential high-value supporters, including Trust & Foundations, institutional and private philanthropy donors.

In summary, the candidate will:

• Report directly to the CEO
• Play a critical role as a member of the senior leadership team in strategic decision-making
• Be an inspirational and collaborative leader for an experienced fundraising team
• Engage with the Board of Trustees on fundraising plans and progress
• Work in close partnership with Sabre’s external Development Board
• Build the internal capacity of the communications function at Sabre

About you

You will have proven fundraising experience and leadership skills, experience of managing and developing staff, and a passion for early years education. You will be a talented leader and relationship manager who is highly motivated by the prospect of shaping fundraising and communications for Sabre Education at a pivotal stage in the charity’s growth.

The role requires excellent relationship building and communication skills with our donor community, deep fundraising expertise across income streams, and superior strategic skills to lead Sabre financially in the years ahead. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with strategic drive who is looking to step into a senior leadership role with a dynamic international charity, and who brings creativity and the ability to inspire others to support our world-class programmes.

Please contact Peridot Partners, our recruitment consultants, for more information. 

Wiltshire Citizens Advice is part of the network which delivers the Help to  Claim Service which offers end-to-end support to help people make a new Universal Credit claim and be ready for when their first payment arrives.

As part of this, there is a national network  of Best Practice Leads, to gather and share learning about how Universal Credit and the Help to Claim service is performing, develop relationships with relevant local stakeholders and share ideas and best practice. 

The role will work across a Jobcentre Plus district in Dorset, Hampshire, WIltshire and the Isle of Wight area to improve people’s experience of Universal Credit and Universal Support as well as feed into the wider Best Practice Lead network and work of national Citizens Advice.

You can be based anywhere in the region but must have the ability to travel to Wiltshire approximately 1 day per week. 

Director of Housing and Youth Services

£60,000

Full-time, permanent

London

Come and join the team that turns around the lives of homeless young people.

City YMCA London is an independent charity affiliated to the YMCA movement that was founded in 1844. Our work is based on the ethos of the international movement and we work across some of London's most deprived boroughs in Islington, Haringey, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barnet and Hackney as well as the City of London. 

We passionately believe that every young person should have the opportunity to build a future of their own choosing.

Over the past fifty years we have helped over 30,000 isolated, homeless young people struggling with family breakdown, school exclusion, poor mental health and drug and alcohol dependencies.

The Director of Housing and Youth Services is a newly established role and you will be joining us at an incredible moment in our history. 

We recently completed a merger (October 2020) and we operate services across six London Boroughs and the City of London. Further to this, City YMCA London are on the cusp of opening a brand new, flagship centre for homeless young people called LandAid House.

Our LandAid House site is due to complete by Spring 2021 and will offer the opportunity for 146 young people to move off the streets and sofa’s and into a safe place they can call home. With it, they will have the opportunity to create a future of their own choosing. It is the first purpose-built accommodation designed for homeless young people in London for over a decade! We are very proud to be at the forefront of this change for young London.

As Director of Housing and Youth Services you will lead the strategic development and operational management of housing services across 5 sites, including the new flagship provision at LandAid House.  Your initial focus will be on bringing together staff, systems, and services to create a unified team within the merged organisation. 

Crucially, your role will be to lead the strategic development and operational management of youth work, ensuring maximising of synergies between housing and youth with the shared focus on supporting young people to create a future of their own choosing.

As a member of the Executive Team you will also have the opportunity to contribute to our wider strategic development and to help us seize future development and growth opportunities.

How to apply

For an informal discussion please contact Simon Lloyd, Director, NFP Consulting.

Application is by way of CV and a Supporting Statement.

Closing date: Monday 15th February

First interviews: Week beginning 22nd February

Final interviews: Week beginning 1st March