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Head of Development & Partnerships

React

Remote

£55k per annum pro-rata (0.6 FTE)

Part-time

Permanent

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Head of Development & Partnerships

Salary £55k per annum pro-rata (0.6 FTE)

React

React is a small, well regarded, charity that was established in 1989. It provides Rapid Effective Assistance to Children with Potentially Terminal illness.

React works to give children comfort, dignity and where possible, greater independence.

We supply essential equipment that is not available through the NHS or local authority, from specialist wheelchairs, beds, baths and mobility aids to essential everyday homecare items like pushchairs and domestic appliances.

We also provide our families with holidays and the opportunity to create special memories at our mobile homes situated across the UK.

Since the pandemic we have moved to a fully remote / home based working model.

The Role

We are seeking a passionate, creative and innovative fundraising professional with a history of successful income generation and fundraising development.

Join us at an exciting time in our history and be part of our future as we build on our strong foundations to grow our income further, enabling us to provide greater impact.

You will be responsible for:

· Leading income generation for the charity.
· Creating, implementing and delivering our fundraising strategy.
· Develop new and nurture existing relationships with funders including individuals, trusts and corporates.
· Managing our existing fundraising activities across the charity.
· Identifying new income streams and relationships.
· Bringing a culture of innovation and new ideas

You will report directly to the Director who is responsible to the Trustees for the overall running of the charity.

Salary & Hours

This part-time 3 day per week is a flexible post that can be designed to suit within normal working hours. Competitive Salary £55,000 pro rata

Location

Although home based, the Head of Development & Partnerships will be expected to meet from time to time with major fundraisers and donors, which may occur in person or online.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

· A successful track record of income generation for charities across: Charitable Trusts, Companies, Individual Giving, Major Donors.
· A proven history of maintaining relationships with Trusts & Foundations, corporate partners & donors.
· The ability to train, manage and motivate a team.
· Excellent time management and organisational skills.
· The creativity to develop and grow fundraising activities.
· Working collaboratively and flexibly across the charity.

Desirable Criteria

· A good understanding of marketing, PR and communications.
· Digital and online fundraising strategies and campaigns.

Personal Attributes

· Passion and belief in the ability of small charities to make a difference.
· A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
· Authoritative, professional and inspirational.
· Warmth, enthusiasm and dedication.

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Posted on: 08 May 2025

Closing date: 07 June 2025 at 21:00

Tags: Fundraising, Business Development, Partnerships

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Policy officer - Inclusive Education

Sightsavers

Remote

£29123 - £34262.00 per annum + £29,123.00 - 34,262.00

Full-time or part-time (BBTECH_RESERVED:Text100)

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Sightsavers is looking for an experienced international development, policy or education professional to help us influence the development of inclusive education and international development policy.

Salary: £29,123.00 - £34,262.00

Location: UK, remote

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full-time (35 hours) or part time (28 hours) with some flexibility around hours worked

About the role

We are looking for an experienced international development, policy or education professional to help influence the development of inclusive education and international development policy.

We believe quality, inclusive education is a human right and should be available to all children, irrespective of gender, disability, learning requirements, socio-economic background, geographical location, ethnicity and any other distinguishing characteristics.

As Policy Officer- Inclusive Education, you will Conduct Sightsavers' policy analysis and work with the Senior Policy Adviser on global influencing on education, with a particular focus on the inclusion of people with disabilities in line with Sightsavers thematic strategies. You will support engagement with key external stakeholders and influence the development of inclusive education and international development policy.

You will support Sightsavers work to ensure children with disabilities can access equitable and inclusive, quality education by:

Conducting high quality policy analysis and generating evidence to support Sightsavers' policy objectives in education
Contributing to the delivery of Sightsavers' education policy objectives, including through engagement with relevant national and international policies and processes
Engaging with different networks and representing Sightsavers at relevant external forums to disseminate evidenced based analysis that influence target audiences

Whilst prior experience of education policy is not essential for this role, an understanding or background in International Development and an awareness of inclusion for marginalised groups is needed, as well as the ability to represent Sightsavers to external bodies.

This is an ideal opportunity to utilise your knowledge of education, international development, advocacy and / or policy to influence education and international development policy and champion every child's right to an inclusive and quality education.

There may be some travel required for this role but there is flexibility around this.

Requirements

To succeed in this role you will have:

Essential

Experience of conducting policy analysis
Working experience or educational understanding and awareness of the international development sector, including issues relating to education, inclusion and human rights
Experience of supporting policy and influencing work at national or international levels
Understanding of issues relating to education, inclusion, human rights, or social development
Ability to represent the organisation to external bodies
Strong analytical skills and ability to think strategically
Effective English language communication skills, both written and verbal
Ability to deal with complex ideas and concepts
Relationship building skills with internal and external stakeholders

Desirable

Experience of conducting education policy analysis would be highly beneficial.
Awareness of the challenges faced by learners with disabilities

This is a varied role, please read the full for further details.

Benefits

Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts. If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London.

To apply for this exciting opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.

We anticipate that the evaluation process will include a two-stage verbal interview and a written task

As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.

In line with its commitment to safe programming and recruitment, Sightsavers participates in the inter-agency (MDS) administered by the . Through collaboration with other MDS members, Sightsavers aims to ensure that there are no sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment issues relating to potential new hires and that we can respond systematically to checks from fellow MDS members. This ensures our work is accountable, delivered to a high standard and supports safeguarding across the development and humanitarian fields.

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