Relationship Fundraising Manager - Manchester/Cheshire/Merseyside region 
Permanent role
Full time (34.5 hours)
Home-based
£26,500 - £33,500 PA plus car allowance and benefits

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

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

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

This role is home-based, and there will be some travel across the Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside region approximately 1-2 days a week at peak times. There will be a requirement for some travel across the North West and other parts of the UK occasionally. You must have a full UK driving licence at the time of application and, as a car allowance is provided with the role, you should have access to your own vehicle.

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

About the role

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

About you

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

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

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

About us

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

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

Recruitment process

Application deadline Tuesday 8 February by 23:59 pm. You will be notified of interview by 5pm on Wednesday 9 February 2022. 

Virtual Interviews will be held on Monday 14 February 2022.

Remuneration: Circa £35,000 per annum

Hours of Work: Full time (36.25hrs per wk)

Location: Hybrid working between home, in the field & the Kidscan Office based in Salford.

ABOUT US

Kidscan Children’s Cancer Research funds research across the UK dedicated to finding new and improved treatments for children diagnosed with cancer.

After years of fundraising success in the North West Region, we are now in a position to drive the charity forward with the goal of becoming a national charity. We are now looking for an experienced Lead Fundraising Manager who has the drive and ambition to help steer Kidscan through this exciting time.

Your main responsibility in this role will be to take a hands-on approach to Corporate Fundraising whilst having an oversight of the fundraising team.  You will be target driven, and proactive in developing a pipeline of leads through both networking and prospecting activities. Using your experience and working collaboratively with the team, you will be able to confidently develop and deliver engaging, inspiring and winning presentations in order to secure income. In addition to securing new partnerships you will develop a series of stewardships plans in order to support and develop long term income generating partnerships.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Secure new corporate partnerships in order to achieve a fundraising income of at least 3 times salary
• Manage and nurture existing partnerships & relationships
• Oversight of fundraising team

To do this you will be expected to:

• Develop a pipeline of leads to support the achievement of fundraising targets
• Attend networking events and conferences to support lead generation and stewardship
• Research and formulate a strategic approach to each new corporate partnership including collaboration with other stakeholders to ensure all income streams are considered
• Write and produce engaging, inspiring and winning applications and pitches
• Work collaboratively with the Head of Operations & Marketing and wider team to develop compelling proposals for key corporate partners
• Draw on your experience in the charity sector to offer insight into other fundraising streams including Community Fundraising, Trusts & Foundations fundraising and Major Donor Fundraising.
• Frequently report on progress of corporate fundraising and general fundraising to the board of trustees
• Maintain support information through Kidscan CRM system in line with policies and GDPR guidelines
• Work collaboratively with the marketing team to; provide insight for the development of lead generation campaigns, ensure a smooth stewardships process in in place, identify PR opportunities and key stories and utilise social media to support stewardship and acquisition.

THE PERSON

As a small team Kidscan are looking for someone who is highly ambitious and thrives in a busy environment. As a friendly and outgoing fundraiser you will enjoy networking and confidently engaging with stakeholders at all levels. You will be highly driven and tenacious, with the ability to hit the ground running and to maximise every opportunity presented to you.

Most importantly you will have experience in Corporate fundraising and will be able to demonstrate:

• Success securing five or six figure corporate partnerships
• Superior stewardships and account management of corporate partners and supporters
• The skills to deliver presentations with confidence (verbal and written)
• Excellent understanding of corporate fundraising and a commercial awareness of fundraising trends in the UK
• A working knowledge of fundraising regulations and guidelines
• Management experience within a non-profit setting

Please note successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced CRB check.

Girlguiding is the leading charity for girls and young women in the UK. Across Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers, Girlguiding gives girls and young women a space where they can be themselves, have fun, build brilliant friendships, gain valuable life skills, and make a positive difference to their lives and their communities.

Split into 10 countries and regions, Girlguiding is truly nationwide and connects with over 500,000 people per year. To remain vibrant and relevant to young people, Girlguiding is undergoing significant organisation-wide change and transformation - and as such, this is an exciting time to join!

The Commercial Finance Manager is a new opportunity to join their ambitious, busy, and dynamic Trading Services Team (the Trading subsidiary to Girlguiding) which has a turnover of £7M. Reporting to the Head of Trading, the Commercial Finance Manager will drive all aspects of the trading subsidiary finances and will provide commercial acumen to drive change in systems, stock/warehousing, planning, and reporting - tracking progress to sustain the retail pace. The role will manage and develop a small team to run the successful day-to-day finance operations.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead and develop the Trading Finance team and oversee the smooth running of all the accounting functions, bookkeeping, banking, payments, receipts, and cash flow management for the Trading Company
• Manage the day-to-day operations and updates of the Finance and associated systems.
• Produce monthly management accounts for the Trading Company and Board management reporting in accordance with the timetable.
• Prepare the year-end finance statements and to take the lead on the year-end audit.
• Produce, with the Head of Trading, annual budgets and quarterly re-forecasts.
• Manage and control the processing of all payments and related issues of the Girlguiding annual subscriptions process.

What you'll offer us:

• A Finance qualification (CCAB) coupled with solid experience of trading, stock, or commercial financial control - including driving margins through price and cost analysis
• Experience in managing a multi-skilled finance team
• A track record of producing management information, monthly management accounts and year-end accounts.
• Experience in driving a commercial company forward as well as the ability to support the delivery of strategic objectives
• Attention to detail, a love of people, self-motivation, and a passion to drive change!

What we'll offer you:

• 25 days' paid Holiday each year, rising to 30 (with tenure), and the ability to buy 5 more
• 15% Pension (we contribute 10%, and you 5%), plus 4x Salary Life Assurance
• A truly flexible working environment including Flexitime, TOIL, and Family Friendly policies
• Healthcare, Eyesight Tests, Gym Discounts, Flu Vaccination, a Career Break, and many more!

The Opportunity: 

The EY Foundation is a charity and a company, limited by guarantee, established in 2014. We were founded by EY, the professional services firm, which continues to provide funding and donations to the charity under a multi-annual funding agreement.  We are governed by a board of trustees, who are supported by a number of committees and leadership and management teams. 

The EY Foundation helps young people, disadvantaged in the labour market, to fulfil their work potential. We are unique in our position as the link between employers and young people, having strong relationships with both. 

Our work involves designing, developing and running our own services: Smart Futures, Our Future and Accelerate, as well as raising independent funds to support new initiatives and reach more young people across the UK. We work with organisations from across all sectors, including commercial, not-for-profit, education and government.

As an independent charity we have to diversify and raise our own income through traditional fundraising, grants and, increasingly, through the development of our work with corporate partners.

Within the Foundation we adopt flexible roles that reflect the dynamic nature of our charity and enable our people to learn, develop and grow their skills and open up career opportunities. This is part of our investment in you.

This role profile provides an outline of what will be involved in your role rather than an exhaustive list of duties. Both you and this role will naturally evolve..

In your role you will be expected to demonstrate or develop leadership competences based on the Foundation’s four key values. They are:

• Growth mindset – increase our impact on more young people through dedication, innovation and hard work 
• Empower people – everyone is given the opportunity to develop and to succeed
• Courage – use new learning and diversity of thought to challenge the status quo, embracing lessons learned even if a project misses its targets
• Collaboration – build relationships – internally and externally – to share ideas, embed an inclusive approach, and achieve bigger outcomes.

We are looking for a highly motivated, creative, and organised Communications and Engagement manager who will bring ideas, imagination and impact to the way we communicate with and engage target audiences. The postholder will be an excellent strategic planner, project manager, relationship builder and content producer. They will be comfortable engaging with our stakeholders who include corporate partners, EY people, volunteers, young people, and staff. 

The work incorporates all areas of strategic communications: including planning and operational delivery of communications projects, stakeholder engagement, internal communications, media relations, events, digital content and other communications-led projects. The ability to balance a complex workload will be essential. The postholder will also have a demonstrable ability to evaluate communication activities against clear, measurable outcomes. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsibility for building and managing our stakeholder engagement strategy. This will include a specific focus on developing and oversee the implementation of engagement plans for key stakeholders, including sector leaders, senior leaders (including across EY), volunteers and programme alumni 
• Responsibility for end-to-end campaign development and delivery, from objective setting (based on insight) and measuring impact through to timely production of all elements as part of an agreed plan to deliver the charity’s priorities to measurable effect. This will include harnessing the potential of owned digital media, earned media and paid for advertising. 
• Project manage multiple strands of work, including working with external suppliers and responsibility for major projects such as impact report and annual award events 
• Communication account manager for priority employer partnerships, with responsibility for creating and delivering joint communication plans 
• Support the promotion of the Foundation’s growing influence work, securing media and social media coverage for new reports and thought leadership pieces. 
• Build a Foundation communication culture through a joined-up approach to internal comms, evaluation, and communication training. 
• Manage contracts with external suppliers, ensuring briefs are delivered to the standard required and on budget. 
• Support the Director of Communications to grow the impact of communication activity in support of Foundation’s overall objectives 
• Raise capability and confidence of colleagues to produce high quality, consistent content through training, developing templates, and managing resources.  
• Deliver high-quality events, from small to large scale, to build engagement across a range of target audiences. 
• Work with journalists and other opinion formers to explain the Foundation’s work to develop public understanding of our aims to build trust and enhance the charity’s reputation.
• Grow the awareness and reputation of the charity with external stakeholders, including influential individuals across multiple audiences.
• When required, lead collaborations with other organisations to deliver joint communications. 
• Travel as required to support activity, including working out of the different Foundation hubs across the UK

To qualify for this role, you must have the following skills and experience:

• Experience of delivering high impact stakeholder engagement strategies
• Experience of campaign development and delivery, including securing media coverage and social media impact 
• Excellent storytelling skills, with an ability to harness social media to bring our work to life. 
• Excellent people skills, able to develop strong working relationships with a range of stakeholders from young people on programmes to senior figures across government and business. 
• Excellent storytelling skills, with an ability to harness the latest technology to bring our work to life. 
• Take an insight driven approach to all activity, continually assessing the impact of content and adapting content design to respond to user feedback.  
• Strong face-to-face communicator, able to deliver engaging communication training and support for teams within the Foundation. 
• Happy to embrace multidisciplinary work, aligning communications activities across functions against a clear plan. 
• Good knowledge of – and passion for tackling – the issues facing young people facing barriers to fulfilling employment. 
• Understanding of employment, social mobility, education sectors is desirable, with networks across business, third sector and government.  
• Event management in face-to-face and virtual environments 
• Fully IT literate, including a high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office and editing software 

What we offer
We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

Please note
Prior to finalising your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional, we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world. Read more about our commitment to diversity & inclusiveness here. We ask because it matters! 
 
If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
 
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Head of Fundraising

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

Position: Head of Fundraising

Location: Warrington

Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum

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

Closing date: 9am, 31st January 2022

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

About the charity:

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

The Role:

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

Your core responsibilities will include:

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

About you:

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

Key skills and experience for this role include:

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

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

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

In your application please ensure you provide the following information :

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

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

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

Head of Finance 

Salary: £43,857 per annum (pro rata for part time) 

Working hours: Minimum 21 hrs (0.6WTE) up to 35 hours per week with flexible working required to suit the needs of the role.

Location: St Wilfrid’s Enterprise Centre, Hulme & other service delivery sites, as required.

Gaddum are actively seeking a Head of Finance to support us in delivering our organisational objectives through a financial management function and controls ensuring quality, governance and value for money.

The role will be responsible and accountable directly to the Chief Executive and be a member of Senior Leadership team and reporting to Trustee Board as required. 

Gaddum has been described recently as “a forward-thinking employer where people of talent gravitate towards.”

Our aim is to empower and enhance the lives of people in Greater Manchester. 

We currently work in four Greater Manchester authorities, Manchester, Rochdale, Salford and Stockport, delivering advocacy, carers support and therapy services. 

For further information contact call Gaddum to arrange a discussion with Chief Executive.

Interviews will be held mid/late February 2022. 

VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

37 hours per week

SCP16-19 £24,012 - £25,481 per annum

BASED IN MANCHESTER WITH TRAVEL / HOME WORKING

The newly created post of Volunteer Coordinator will improve the promotion, recruitment, selection, induction and ongoing support for volunteers across our organisation especially in meeting the rigorous standards for safe recruitment.  Our ultimate objective is to provide a best practice approach to welcoming and supporting the contribution of volunteers.

The role will be critical in supporting Service Managers meet their management responsibilities for volunteers and while developing our practices to ensure volunteers are motivated, nurtured and fulfilled and opportunities are inclusive.

The role will provide support to identify and develop opportunities to make volunteering within Caritas more accessible and increase the diversity of our volunteers so that they reflect the communities that we support.  Additionally to include those who have lived experience of particular challenges like homelessness, poverty or isolation in order to build confidence and develop skills and potentially to develop opportunities for corporate volunteers.

An appropriate professional qualification is required relevant to the ability to develop, co-ordinate and train volunteers along with being able to evidence sound working knowledge of current legislation as it relates to volunteering.

Closing date: Wednesday, 2 February 2022 at 10:00am

Interview: Friday, 11 February 2022

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