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.

This is an exciting time to join our team. During the Coronavirus pandemic our bold, collective action has helped thousands of people off the streets in the space of just a few weeks and prevented thousands more people from becoming homeless. The easing of restrictions is a time to build on this and shape a better future for all of us.  To make sure everyone housed temporarily during the outbreak is helped directly into a secure home of their own. To make this the beginning of the end of homelessness.  

About the role
As Fundraiser Manager, you will lead on the development and delivery of our established fundraising strategy and plans in Wales and the South West. You will work closely with colleagues in Swansea and throughout Great Britain to ensure that our ambitious plans are achieved, and that our supporters and funding from a range of streams are integral to our success.

About you
To be successful in this role you will be an experienced fundraiser and networker, with a proven ability to develop and implement a fundraising strategy and plan involving a range of income streams. You will share our passion and commitment to ending homelessness and will put Crisis supporters and members at the heart of our work.

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. For the Supporting Statement section, candidates are required to address points1-4 only. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the red '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: Monday 31 August 2020 (23:59)

Interviews will take place on Monday 7 August 2020.

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

Job Title: Corporate Partnerships Manager

Responsible To:  Director of Fundraising and Marketing

About The Felix Project

The Felix Project is a dynamic London charity that works with food suppliers and charities and schools to reduce food waste and food poverty. We were set up in 2016 by entrepreneur, Justin Byam Shaw. 

More than eight million people in the UK struggle to afford to eat every day, while our food industry generates 100,000 tonnes of edible food waste each year. 

We rescue good food that cannot be sold and would otherwise go to waste.  This is high-quality and nutritious, including a high proportion of fresh fruit and vegetables, baked goods, salads, meat and fish.  We collect or receive food from 170 suppliers, including supermarkets, wholesalers, farms, restaurants and delis. 

We sort and then deliver this food to charities that cook meals and prepare food parcels for vulnerable people and to primary schools to distribute to children and their families. This year we will deliver over 2,500 tonnes of food to more than 310 London frontline charities and primary schools. This is enough food to make over 6.5 million meals. 

We have 37 staff, 400 volunteers and a fleet of 20 vans.

We have 3 main operations.  Our 2 depot operations at Enfield and Park Royal and our Central London operation.  The depots are open during the day and from these we collect, sort, deliver and store surplus food using our own vans completing pre-configured routes.  Our Central London operation runs in the evening and does point to point re-distribution directly from food retailers to charities, without the need for depot storage.  The Central London operation is fully “green” and uses electric vans and walking and cycling routes to extend our reach.

Role Overview

The Corporate Partnerships Manager will develop and deliver a business plan to grow existing and new support for The Felix Project. This role will take the lead on generating new income from the business community and managing high-value, strategic partnerships. With support from our Director of Fundraising and a well-connected trustee board, and in collaboration with our current Corporate Partnerships Manager you will secure sponsorships, develop tailored pitches and win new strategic and Charity of the Year (CoTY) partnerships.  It will suit a driven fundraiser who is motivated to work in a dynamic young charity helping the most vulnerable people in London with a beautifully simple model that provides good food for good causes. Initially the role will be focused on developing support from either the Food or Financial sectors.

Responsibilities

1. Strategy
   • Implement the 3 year strategy and plan to time and budget, meeting specific financial and organisational objectives, targets and KPIs
2. Securing New Income
   • In conjunction with the Director of Fundraising, Corporate Partnerships Manager and the Fundraising Committee, identify and qualify pipeline for new partnerships and corporate support
   • Deliver the plan to secure the income pipeline by involving other team members as appropriate
   • Work with Volunteer team to develop regular income from corporate volunteering
   • Maintain accurate records of new secured income
   • Network to develop relationships and create new opportunities
3. Account Management
   • Account management of the charity’s most valuable partnerships
   • Develop first class stewardship programs in order to maximise and maintain accounts
   • Ensure that partners receive motivating, timely and relevant updates about the work of The Felix Project
   • Create engagement moments to further cultivate support for the work of Felix through site visits and special events
   • Build excellent working relationships with Trustee’s relevant to the success of partnerships and corporates
4. Administration
   • Effectively create and maintain up-to-date corporate fundraising records
   • Create and maintain up-to-date press and fundraising records
   • Provide analysis and regular income reports
   • Evaluate and create written agreements for partners, as necessary
5. General

• Keep up to date with all the major issues related to food surplus and food poverty
• Ensure Tax and VAT requirements, relating to corporate support are adhered to
• Organise corporate volunteering days
• Assisting with other fundraising initiatives as required
• Represent The Felix Project at external events
• Contribute to team meetings

Measures of Success

• Growth in Corporate income
• Increased number of new business approaches
• Increased number of CoTY applications
• Increased number of new partnership / corporate leads
• Healthy conversion rate from prospect to partner
• Retention of and increased support from existing funders
• Positive stakeholder feedback

About You

You will have experience of identifying, approaching and securing corporate and high value partnerships.  We are looking for a proactive fundraiser who is a strategic thinker, confident communicator and has excellent relationship management skills who can comfortably network and engage at all levels. With demonstrable experience for achieving targets and growth, you will have enthusiasm and drive with a flair for motivating others. You will be committed to the work of Felix and will have excellent organisational skills.

Essential Experience

• Experience of identifying, qualifying and securing new business income
• Proven experience of managing corporate partnerships worth at least six figures
• Firm grasp of fundraising principles and practice
• Proven ability to develop good working relationships with people of all levels
• Excellent communication and personal skills with a flair for supporting the creation of compelling marketing materials
• Strong writing skills and experience of writing persuasive proposals
• Excellent track record of donor care
• Experience of working with a CRM database
• Well organised with a record of providing regular reports and analysis

Desirable Experience

• Passionate about food-waste / environment
• Experience of winning charity partnerships with companies in either the food industry or financial sector

• Proficient in e-tapestry
• Confident public speaking and presenting skills
• 3+ years fundraising experience

Competencies and Behaviours

• Motivated and enthusiastic about our work
• Brilliant communicator and influencer
• Results focused with a problem solving approach to challenges
• Digital/IT savvy
• Competent in MS Excel/Word/Powerpoint
• Organised with a methodical approach

The Opportunity

Working alongside the Head of Corporate Partnerships, the post holder will be responsible for driving growth to the organisation through approaching and securing new corporate partners who will champion the rights of people from a refugee background and increase their access to bespoke training and employment opportunities.

At Breaking Barriers, we put corporate partners at the heart of our mission to help refugees find meaningful employment, and we already have a number of successful partnerships with businesses including IKEA, Gucci, Bank of America and Grant Thornton. The key focus of this role will be to find and secure new companies to add to this portfolio.

The role will also be responsible for helping Breaking Barriers launch its next strategic corporate aim, the launch of a Refugee Integration and Business Network (RIBN). This network will be formed of members from the private sector and business world, each committed to supporting the successful integration of people from a refugee background.

Role Summary:

• To demonstrate the value to private sector organisations of supporting refugees and partnering with Breaking Barriers.
• To launch and run the Refugee Integration Business Network, a new venture that will engage with existing and new corporate partners.
• To identify and secure new strategic, long-term corporate partnerships that align with Breaking Barriers’ organisational objectives. These partnerships will be programme-led, as well as income generating, ensuring their long-term sustainability.

The charity

Founded in 2015, Breaking Barriers is a fast-paced, start-up charity with a mission to help refugees in London gain the knowledge, confidence and experience to secure stable and fulfilling employment in their new home.

We offer effective and flexible employment support in direct partnership with businesses that help refugees secure work, progress into better jobs, and successfully integrate into UK society. We have a unique approach, working with corporate partners to help refugees develop careers that match their skills, experience and aspirations.

Since Breaking Barriers’ inception we have grown to support in excess of 500 refugees per year and have ambitious plans to expand this as part of our strategic plan. We concentrate on getting things done in a flexible environment where everyone is encouraged to take ownership and contribute.

We are a team of around 30 staff supported by several hundred volunteers, who are all driven and committed to helping London’s refugee community. We are looking for similarly driven and ambitious individuals keen to join an enterprising organisation where they can benefit from the opportunity to innovate and shape the direction of the charity. Colleagues who thrive are passionate, driven and have the confidence to work autonomously while remaining team players and sharing credit with all involved.

We are looking for someone who lives and breathes our values:

• Mission-led: our clients come before everything else.
• Welcoming: we want all people to feel happy, comfortable and secure with us.
• Collaborative: we are supportive and considerate, curiously exploring other viewpoints to find solutions.
• Enterprising: we are discerningly bold, entrepreneurial and have the courage to give things a go.

The recruitment process

We will be actively interviewing candidates as and when we receive suitable applications, so please do not wait until the deadline to submit an application. Please note that applications without a covering letter will not be considered.

Please note, in light of the Covid-19 outbreak, all Breaking Barriers staff are working remotely and we will be conducting all interviews virtually for the foreseeable future.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Breaking Barriers particularly welcomes applicants with experience of migration and/or a refugee background.

We are looking for an experienced Fundraising Manager who will be responsible for developing and implementing the Fundraising Strategy for Vision Aid Overseas and for achieving our fundraising goals in respect to Individual Giving. This will include growing our donor base and identifying opportunities for income growth with a specific focus on the acquisition of new supporters and regular givers including those across the optical sector.  The role will also oversee the work of two staff working on fundraising from Institutions, Trusts and Foundations. 

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates 

Senior Safeguarding and Quality Practice Manager - Subject Expert in Managing Allegations

Permanent

35 hours per week

£50,653 in London, £47,759 outside London per annum

Flexible - Based within one of our offices country wide

We are really pleased to advertise this newly created post of Senior Safeguarding and Quality Practice Manager, which brings an exciting opportunity for a highly experienced and motivated Social Work professional to join the Safeguarding and Quality Practice Team within The Children's Society.

The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 130 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way. We also have a strong community network, brilliant supporter base and over 100 shops. This is a dual facing role with an organisational wide responsibility for the development and delivery of safeguarding across the organisation, with a particular focus on ensuring robust management of allegations against employees and volunteers across the organisation and, leading on best practice in responding to and supporting disclosures of non-recent abuse.

The Senior Safeguarding and Quality Practice Manager will be an ambassador of best practice and will manage specialist safeguarding and quality practice staff within the Safeguarding and Quality Practice Team including the only Ofsted regulated service within The Children's Society, the Access to Records Team, to ensure that The Children's Society develops and maintains consistently high levels of service delivery and practice standards in relation to safeguarding across the organisation.

We are looking for an experienced Social Work England registered Social Worker, with a social work qualification to join our dynamic, ambitious team. A key part of this role will be your ability to work with a range of professionals from different backgrounds, not just those that work directly with children and young people. We are also seeking someone who will look outside the organisation to draw on good practice in the sector to ensure our safeguarding and quality standards remain high.

In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have:

-Comprehensive specialist knowledge of the safeguarding agenda and allegations management.

-Experience in managing complex safeguarding cases and providing advice on a range of different safeguarding issues (for children and adults with care and support needs).

-Proven experience of analysing complex information, providing highly specialist advice and analysing and assessing levels of risk.

-Experience in designing, delivering and managing a comprehensive safeguarding training programme.

-Experience line managing a range of professionals with different backgrounds in different specialisms.

-Excellent communication skills, with an ability to engage our Board of Trustees and colleagues from across the organisation.

Please be aware that this post covers a national geography and has team members that are located remotely and therefore there will be a need to travel to multiple work locations across England. There will also be occasional anti-social hours arising from the need to complete activities outside of working hours or to meet competing demands of the role.

The Children's society has a strong commitment to your development as well as offering many benefits including; a generous holiday entitlement increasing with service, a contributory stakeholder pension, enhanced maternity and paternity pay and flexible working.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services. This role is subject to an enhanced DBS check. Therefore, candidates applying for work in our CYP Directorate will be required to complete an “Employment history_template” document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate once an interview is secured.

The closing date for applications is Midnight on Wednesday 5th August 2020.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 12th August 2020.

Link is looking for an experienced, multi-disciplined fundraiser to help deliver our mission of bringing quality education to all children. If you are an accomplished team player with excellent stewardship skills and want to help us build long-term relationships with a diverse range of supporters then we want to hear from you!

The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience in developing fundraising strategies, managing a diverse portfolio of supporters, particularly trusts and foundations, and writing engaging technical proposals.

We’re looking for someone who has a genuine passion and dedication to making a difference. We encourage applications from under-represented groups, in particular those with a right to work in the UK who come from the Global South, and offer a variety of flexible working options to help accommodate our staff’s needs.

For the full job description and applicatio form, please visit the Link website.

Location: Please note that the role is either office based in Warwickshire or home based from any location in the UK - dependent on candidate.

Details: an exciting new opportunity has arisen to lead on RDA’s Corporate Partnerships. This is a perfect challenge for an experienced corporate fundraiser to take on a strategic and operational leadership role in an expanding team. Corporate partnerships is a key growth area for the RDA with significant untapped potential. We are seeking a motivated and successful fundraiser with a talent for new business to drive growth.

You will be responsible for ensuring RDA maximises income from companies – including winning competitive Charity of the Year pitches, negotiating sponsorships that deliver mutual benefit, developing multi-layered strategic partnerships and more. You will have an excellent track record in generating new business and developing relationships with corporate partners.

About RDA: RDA is dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults with disabilities through interaction with horses. With the support of 18,000 volunteers and qualified coaches, RDA has 500 centres all over the UK, supporting cities and remote rural areas. Through fun activities like riding and carriage driving, our beneficiaries experience the positive impact of our work; with significant improvements in physical and mental wellbeing, verbal and non-verbal communication, relationship building and confidence.

To apply: download the job description and send a supporting letter identifying clearly how your skills match the person specification and what you would bring to this role, along with your CV. Completed applications should be emailed via Apply with CharityJob button, and titled Corporate Partnerships Manager Application in the subject box, by the closing date.  

This is the perfect job for someone who makes things happen and gets a kick out of seeing people's lives change. You'll further develop a successful project supporting seventy 16-21 yr olds with learning disabilities in Beds & N Herts. 

Working with schools, colleges, local authorities and employers, you will manage 2 PT hub co-ordinators and 2-3 PT assistants and will directly recruit, deploy, manage and support a team of 70 peer and adult volunteers. Together you and your team will support 70+ young people with special needs through a two year person-centred transition programme which works to help them move towards independence and adulthood, including work and next steps education.. Current hubs are in Luton, Bedfordand Stevenage.

You are an excellent organiser, team leader and communicator with a can do approach. You are great at forging relationships. A key part of the role will be developing stronger links with businesses and the wider community to create opportunities for young people with special needs. From experience you also know how to work sensitively and effectively with this group - and you have the drive and ability to provide leadership and a quality response to the challenge of futher developing this project as we emerge from lockdown, including virtual as well as face to face provision. 

Reporting directly to our Senior Projects Manager, you will be excited by the opportunities in a charity and a project needed more than ever. You will be determined to deliver successful outcomes for the young people we support. 

Are you a fundraising professional whose drive and passion can inspire prospects to become partners? Are you a creative self-starter who is network-savvy and always looking for the next opportunity? Are you committed to working towards a world where women have equal rights to men, and have the economic independence they need to participate fully in society?

If so, then you could be the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women’s new Partnerships Development Manager.

We know that women mean business, and so does the Foundation. Working through a combined approach of programmes and advocacy, we help release the potential of women entrepreneurs in low and middle income countries. Since 2008, we have supported over 160,000 women entrepreneurs, and we’re not stopping there.

In January this year, we launched our 100,000 Women Campaign, our three year target to support a further 100,000 women entrepreneurs by the end of 2022, raising £10 million over the same period to fund this vital work. With COVID-19 drastically impacting economies around the world, the need for our work is more vital than ever. With the support of our funding partners, we’re able to scale our tech-based and online-delivery programmes to support women to sustain and grow their businesses during the pandemic and beyond.

As Partnerships Development Manager, you will play a crucial role in helping us reach our target. You’ll be part of a dynamic and ambitious Partnerships Team, working strategically both collaboratively and independently to identify opportunities and secure new income from corporates, corporate trusts, and family trusts and foundations. You’ll join the dots to reveal new prospects and you will think outside the box in order to give us the competitive edge.

If this sounds like the sort of challenge you have been looking for, we welcome your application.  

This is a full-time permanent position with a salary range of £30,450 - £35,425. You’ll be entitled to 28 days of annual leave (which includes 3 that must be taken at Christmas), and other benefits. We have a lively, friendly, passionate and hard-working team, with an international and collaborative culture.

To apply, please download the job description and send us the following:

• Covering letter addressing relevant experience for the role (1,000 words max)
• Current CV – no more than two pages

Please apply via Charity Jobs, or get in touch with us via our website.

Apply by 9:00am BST, 7 August 2020. Interviews will be held via Zoom in August.

The Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply for this position – diversity is important to us. All applicants should have the right to work in the UK. We are open to receiving applications from individuals who are interested in flexible or remote working options. Please let us know if you have any access requirements of which you would like us to be aware during this process.

Due to the large amount of applications we receive, please note that you will only be contacted should we wish to invite you to interview.

Thank you for your interest in the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. We look forward to receiving your application.

Are you on a mission to use digital communications to create sustainable change?

Do you have experience in creating successful strategies and compelling content for a range of digital channels?

Salary: between £31,500 to £38,000 depending on experience, plus 6% employer’s ethical pension contribution and 25 days annual leave, rising by one day a year for up to five years’ service.

There is no time to waste in taking urgent, radical action to tackle the climate and ecological emergency. At Bioregional we’ve been championing sustainable change for 25 years using our sustainability framework, One Planet Living®.

We’re now looking for an exceptional digital communications manager who wants to use their skills to inspire others to help create a better, more sustainable future.

Experience and responsibilities

You will already have spent at least three to five years working in communications, with experience in:

• digital strategy development and implementation, as well as creating shareable content across channels eg websites, social media, email marketing
• creating communications and/or marketing strategies based on the needs of different audiences
• providing communications advice and building positive working relationships across teams
• championing user-led content design for websites, including creating user personas and mapping user journeys

You’ll also have a good eye for design and experience managing external designers, as well as ideally knowing how to use Canva or Adobe Spark yourself.

As part of our friendly and ambitious comms team, and with scope for developing in your role, you will be:

• Leading on developing and implementing our digital strategy and engagement, with overall responsibility for managing our website
• Working with our Senior Communications Officer to create compelling content for the website and social media, as well as email newsletters
• Measuring the success of this content against our KPIs and making suggestions for iterative improvements
• Using SEO and Google Ads to drive quality traffic to our website
• Developing our annual content marketing schedule focused on Bioregional’s marketing priorities and managing our blog, including writing and editing content
• Liaising with our network of One Planet Living partners to share their inspiring sustainability stories and ensure brand coherence, including producing their annual progress reports
• Producing marketing and other communications resources, such as our annual review, brochures, insight reports etc
• Acting as an internal ambassador for the power of comms by providing strategic communications advice and training for staff

About Bioregional

Bioregional is an award-winning social enterprise and charity working at the cutting edge of sustainability.

Our ambition is simple. We want to inspire people to live happy, healthy lives within the natural limits of the planet, leaving space for wildlife and wilderness. We call this One Planet Living.

We work with businesses, developers, local authorities and other partners to help them tackle the climate and ecological emergency, and use stories of success to inspire wider change.

More information

Due to Covid-19, the role is currently based at home, but we have created a supportive team atmosphere digitally. Usually the role is based at our offices at BedZED eco-village in Hackbridge, South London, which is 30 minutes by train from London Victoria or Blackfriars.

Bioregional is committed to increasing diversity within our organisation, and the environmental sector as a whole. We welcome applications from everyone, whatever your age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.

Deadline for applications: 9am, Monday 17 August

Interviews will be held on Thursday 20 and Friday 21 August. These will be done remotely via Zoom.

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the early development of this newly formed Catholic charity.  We are looking for a committed and dynamic self-starter, with a strong entrepreneurial spirit, with the ability to think strategically and have the drive to implement and execute a high growth plan internationally.  The role offers significant opportunities for individual career development and growth.

Sycamore’s mission is to help people discover the Catholic Christian faith, to help people deepen their faith, and to support Catholic communities in their desire to share the faith with others.As Mission Development Manager, you will be responsible for implementing Sycamore’s strategic business plan in order to promote the use of Sycamore materials; equip, train and support Catholic leaders using Sycamore; and generate income to realize Sycamore’s mission. 

The role will need to balance the development of new partnerships with the management of existing accounts, with the aim of extending current engagement, and building a community of Sycamore leaders and ambassadors. 

Key Responsibilities

Specifically, you will meet key performance indicators as agreed with the trustees. Your responsibilities include:

1. New Business Development– Identify and develop a comprehensive target list to promote the use of Sycamore by dioceses and parishes both nationally and internationally.Promote the strategic vision, mission and values of Sycamore with key stakeholders and benefactors. Work closely with Trustees to develop a short, mid and long term business development strategy. 
2. Current Customer Accounts Management– Support current Sycamore users; relationship building with communities currently using Sycamore. Develop systems for collecting and analysing current user data and feedback. Develop, maintain and build strong user support networks to enhance customer lifetime value. Develop referral programmes and build a network of users who can become strong brand ambassadors.
3. Sales & Marketing – Develop, manage and report on marketing campaigns and events, both digital and non-digital. Provide input and develop relevant content for marketing promotion materials aimed at different target audiences and users. Coordinate with our Social Media Manager about campaigns, messaging and content. Ensure appropriate use and promotion of Sycamore brand and brand initiatives. 
4. Strategic Alliances & Partnership– Work alongside Trustees to proactively look for opportunities where Sycamore can gain value, income, influence, savings, etc., by working with external partners to deliver Sycamore’s strategic vision. Identify and develop digital and non-digital strategic contacts with key influencers and potential partners to promote Sycamore. You will be a key advocate for Sycamore in the Catholic community and in public square.
5. Customer Support – Support and advise current users and local leadership teams. Assist with remote induction, training and mentoring of new leaders. Proactively respond to user enquiries and provide support for new and current leaders. Assist in implementing and maintaining current contacts database.
6. Reporting and Monitoring - Work with Trustees to provide regular and timely updates for the Board of Trustees and other stakeholders, to ensure plans are on track and delivered. To provide operational data to help the Trustees enhance the organizational development, business processes and strategy. Administer and organise own work to ensure that it is accurate and meets quality targets, reasonable deadlines and reporting requirements. 
7. General- Work in a manner that facilitates inclusion and within the policy frameworks of Sycamore and statutory/charity frameworks. Adopt an anti-discriminatory approach in all aspects of the role. 
8. Meetings– Attend weekly operational team meetings (via remote if necessary); attend regular Trustee meetings, every two months (via remote if necessary).

The above is not an exhaustive job description and serves only to highlight the main requirements of the role. The candidate will undertake any other tasks that the trustees deem necessary. The job description will be reviewed regularly and may be subject to change. This appointment is subject to satisfactory references.

About You

We are looking for people with not only the right skills, but those who demonstrate our values in how they approach their work and colleagues. The preferred candidate will have the following experience, abilities and aptitudes:

Catholic Christian commitment and person specification:

• A committed and practicing Roman Catholic with a heart for evangelization
• An understanding of and empathy for the mission of Sycamore
• Trustworthy and with high personal integrity
• Excellent communicator, with strong interpersonal and organisational skills
• Resourceful and self-motivated

Qualifications and experience (essential) 

• At least 3 years of experience in business and sales development and account management, or similar experience
• Proven track record in developing new partnerships, relationship management and project management experience
• Excellent and confident communicator with a track record of interacting and influencing people at all levels. Strong interpersonal skills. Highly developed influencing, persuading and negotiating skills
• Highly organised and able to multi-task and prioritise workload within tight deadlines
• Results oriented with a positive outlook, high level of energy, enthusiasm and dedication
• Resourceful, with a keen eye for detail and accuracy, solution focused, with good problem-solving skills and ability to think on your feet 
• Tenacious attitude and self-motivated approach to work – able to take ownership and accountability for your areas of responsibility and comfortable taking the initiative with ability to work independently

Qualifications and experience (desirable) 

• Graduate qualificationin a relevant discipline, and/or equivalent, and demonstrable experience
• Proven ability to manage efficiently within a commercial business or third sector environment, including client management and external partner relationships 
• Ability to develop new ideas and approaches to engage varied audience in multiple marketing channels 
• Good IT and social media literacy and highly proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Experience with some Customer Relationship Management software
• An open-minded approach to the role with a flexible, can-do attitude

Reporting to:The Chair of Trustees.

Hours of work:35 hours per week, Monday to Friday 

Start Date:  1 October 2020 or as soon as possible.

Contract:Full Time, Fixed Term contract - renewable subject to funding. 

Remuneration:£28,000 to £30,000 (negotiable, depending on experience) 

Base Location: Remote working, based in the UK, with the possibility of periodic meetings in London if distance allows. A laptop and mobile phone will be provided.

Annual leave: 25 days

YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE

1. A covering letter demonstrating your suitability and motivation for this role
2. Your current CV

3.Name, position and contact details (including email) of two referees:one for an employer reference, another for a character reference

4.Confirmation of your right to work in the UK

TIMELINE

·CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS – 22 August 2020

·Notification for those who are shortlisted – 1 Sept 2020

·Interviews – Tues 8 or Wed 9 Sept (preferably in person in central London, or remote if necessary)

·Start date – 1 Oct 2020 or as soon as you are available

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Sycamore is a UK Catholic charity that supports evangelisation, catechesis and faith formationin parishes, schools and chaplaincies in the UK and abroad. It provides video resources, support materials and leadership training; it helps build welcoming communities that are focused on mission; it forms leaders in a culture of welcome and openness, and roots them in a holistic vision of Catholic Christianity.

 It is funded by grants and donations (Sycamore Roman Catholic Charity, CIO 1182843). Our funds are used to develop resources and training for evangelisation and catechesis in accordance with our charitable goal which is to advance the Christian faith as taught by the Roman Catholic Church. 

www.sycamore.fm

Sycamore, Newman House, 111 Gower Street, London WC1E 6AR.

LifeLine Projects are recruiting for a dynamic business development manager to expand our range of exciting work with young people in East London and with faith and community groups, nationally. We are looking for someone who can drive, develop, and oversee the organisation’s income generation, focussing on grant and trust-funding proposals, catalysing corporate funding partnerships, and advancing opportunities and tenders with existing and new commissioners. The successful candidate will be a good team-worker, who will support a close-knit senior management team to mature existing funding-streams, discover new opportunities and advance the organisation’s business and fundraising strategy.

LifeLine Projects has a strong values-based work ethic, which flourishes because of our faith-inspired roots. We are all about impacting individuals and influencing systems:  Our vision is to build thriving communities, where no-one is isolated or lonely and everyone can contribute. Our values pervade all areas of work and are the drivers behind the way our programmes support people to become agents of change within their communities.

The creative individual will be hungry to build on our heritage that has seen the charity grow from its seed-bed grant of £20,000 to one of the largest charities in east London, with a  multi-million pound annual turnover, bringing over £60m to the region in its 20 year lifespan.

This role is a unique opportunity to be part of growing the charity to the next level by:

• Identifying relevant funders and funding opportunities to support continued growth and evolution of LifeLine’s core activities in public health, community programming and young people’s services
• Generating new business leads through relationships with a range of funders and partners, including corporate contacts
• Managing an active bid pipeline to ensure an efficient and effective work rate across the team, with a focus on quality, consistency and impact of submissions
• Producing high quality, competitive funding proposals and tender submissions (typical values range from approximately £25,000 to £2 million)
• Overseeing the bid production process, supervising the work of internal and external bid writers, and ensuring input from relevant operational and technical managers
• Supporting, through guidance and insight, the application of evidence and relevant project evaluation to the bid writing process and to organisational knowledge and expertise
• Managing relationships with funding partners, delivery partners, stakeholders and external consultants to ensure LifeLine’s business interests and objectives are achieved and that we continue to build on our strong reputation for approachability, positivity, and being practically minded
• Identifying and managing risk during the tender process to support successful project implementations and handover to operational leads
• Working with project managers and operational leads to develop implementation plans to ensure management and resourcing requirements are met and key milestones achieved
• Working closely with the SMT to develop LifeLine’s business and fundraising strategies
• Contributing to the vision and values of LifeLine as a community-focused organisation

Applicants must have a proven track record of effective bid-management and administration at a senior level, and management of multi-disciplinary teams. This must include a proven track-record of successfully securing significant funding. You will also need to have a thorough understanding and experience of the voluntary sector’s business development world, along with experience of community and trust or grant fundraising. You will also be:

• Highly articulate with excellent writing and communication skills
• Highly analytical with the ability to distil and summarise information clearly and engagingly.
• An excellent researcher, including into Government Policy with the ability to obtain and update varied demographic information
• Commercially astute and detail focused with negotiation skills
• Resilient with the ability to manage multiple initiatives
• Self-motivated, solutions-oriented and flexible
• Able to manage staff, associates and the business development process including finance and operations

For full details of salary, benefits, role requirements and features, please refer to the job description.

Please note that in the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, all employees are working remotely, and all interviews will be conducted virtually for the foreseeable future. This guidance is subject to change as government guidelines are updated.

• Closing date: 9am 7th September
• Shortlisting date: 7th & 8th September
• Interview dates: 14th & 15th September

This is an exciting time for the newly established Switch the Play Foundation. Having operated as a social enterprise for 4 years and building a trusted and credible reputation for delivery, Switch the Play has recently converted to charitable status. The Fundraising Manager will be expected to work closely with the Chief Executive to lead and implement the fundraising strategy for the charity.

The role will be joining the small team at the Switch the Play Foundation and presents an exciting opportunity for someone to play a key role in helping make a significant difference to supporting the positive transition of sports people to life outside of sport. The role brings with it stimulating opportunities for continued professional development enabling the role holder to further grow our fundraising work.

You will be responsible for planning, supporting and leading activities to engage new and existing funders. You will be responsible for meeting income targets by using various techniques to generate donations from sources such as corporate relationships, philanthropy including high net worth individuals and trusts and foundations, and individual giving.

We are looking for a highly motivated, visionary and innovative individual, with a strong set of values aligned to those of the Foundation. This is an exceptional opportunity for an individual to join a unique and thriving organisation which is passionate about making positive change in the lives of professional sports people.

Switch the Play is committed to creating a safe working environment. All recruitment is undertaken in line with our Safer Recruitment Policy. We are committed to Equal Opportunities for all and welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of race, gender identity, biological sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

To apply please send a cover letter and copy of your cv to the contact details provided. We are also happy for candidates to submit additional information about their suitability for the role through a video or creating a Wake via Wakelet. 

About ECCR

Our vision is a more just and sustainable world – a world in which economic justice, human rights and environmental sustainability are core principles. We work to empower churches, faith groups, organisations and individuals to bring about positive change through encouraging joined-up financial choices and campaigning for a fairer tax system. We want to see more and more people using their voices, and the finances over which they have stewardship, to hold both policy makers and the corporate world accountable, to choose more ethical products and to promote economic justice and environmental sustainability. 

We do this primarily through two programmes:

1. Money Makes Change
2. Church Action for Tax Justice

Money Makes Change (MMC) was launched in January 2020 and is a programme and set of resources to help Christians explore and make ethical choices around money. We want to open up conversations around how we spend, save and invest, and inspire action to create a fairer world through our finances. While individually we may have little, we still have the power to make positive things happen with our money. When we act together, our power increases dramatically. Imagine what a difference we could make if every Christian chose to bank with an ethical bank and invested their pension and savings in companies working to better our planet?!

Church Action for Tax Justice (CATJ) launched 18 months ago with its first employee starting in June 2019. Our fundamental purpose is to raise awareness in churches of the importance of tax justice, to campaign for a fairer, greener tax system and to encourage Christians and all faith organisations to promote tax justice through their work. We focus on campaigning, advocacy and education and want to see a tax system that serves the common good. More specifically, we seek an end to tax dodging and the implementation of tax policies which address poverty and inequality.

This role will work across both programmes, with approximately half your time spent on each one.

The need for the Communications and Campaigns Manager

Both programmes are well established with excellent programme managers co-ordinating their efforts. We’ve created exciting resources for individuals and churches to use and learn from and have lots more in the pipeline. However, we also know that engaging content is only a job half done – we need people and churches to hear about our programmes and be inspired to take action. While we have worked hard to get our messages out there, we also feel it is time to take our efforts to the next level with the creation of this role.

This is a new role and the person appointed will be pivotal in helping to communicate both to a national Christian audience and also work within Church structures to build awareness of and buy-in to our programmes.

Working within a small team, there is huge opportunity to help shape the programme and how we communicate effectively, together with a group of people who are passionate about helping Christians think about how the just use of money can do so much good and further God’s kingdom.

If you’re a self-starter, with strong communication and campaigning skills, with a keen interest in web engagement and experience in creating engaging and powerful content, then we’d encourage you to review the requirements of the job below and apply if you think you meet the criteria.

The role is home based, but some travel throughout the UK is expected. We are initially recruiting for a two-year contract, however, hope to be able to extend this once longer-term funding is secured. We are recruiting for a person to work for 4 days a week but would consider other flexible arrangements for the right candidate.

Communications and Campaigns Manager Role Requirements

Role Requirements

• Contribute to the development of and lead on the delivery of ECCR’s communications strategy, raising the profile of the organisation and the MMC and CATJ programmes.
• Be skilled in writing credible copy to the highest quality, and in planning and producing printed and on-line materials.
• Instigate and run social media campaigns, developing and optimising digital and social media content including text, video and audio to reach key audiences
• Produce clear, consistent and creative content, including specifically Christian content, across digital and print media to communicate our programmes to a variety of audiences 
• Develop digital campaigns and calls to action that are meaningful and easy to engage with.
• Have oversight of the development of a new MMC website, and responsibility for its subsequent maintenance and development ensuring that it is up to date with relevant, engaging content and is user friendly to a wide range of audiences.
• Assume responsibility for existing ECCR and CATJ websites, updating content as required, showcasing current campaigns and calls to action and creating new pages where needed.
• Manage the production of supporters’ newsletters (both ECCR-wide and CATJ-specific) and assist in producing communications required by funders.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with the media, act as a primary press contact and proactively drive press coverage locally and nationally.
• Be a brand gatekeeper, ensuring the organisation remains on message both in content and visually.
• Use analytics tools to measure performance across social media platforms and our websites and be able to drive improvement.

Person Specification

Essential

• Experience of delivering a communications strategy
• Experience of working across a variety of social media platforms and evidence of growing audiences
• Experience of updating or designing web sites and content management systems
• Creative and imaginative thinker finding new opportunities to reach key audiences with our messages
• An ear and eye for stories and images that capture the need for our work and the difference it can make
• Experience of working with virtual communities, fostering virtual communication and a rich online experience
• Exceptional organisational skills, including attention to detail and the ability to multi-task
• A strong “can-do” attitude, combining practical, hands-on skills with a strategic mindset
• Self-motivated with problem solving ability and critical thinking skills
• Outstanding interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Strongly held personal values reflected in respect for others and wanting to make a positive contribution through your work
• As the charity is a Christian organisation, this post is covered by an Occupational Requirement (OR) under the Equality Act 2010 in that the successful applicant will be expected to be a practising Christian and will clearly demonstrate a personal commitment to the mission, principles, values and practises of the organisation.

Ideal

• Experience of working in the not for profit sector
• Familiarity with economic justice (especially tax justice) issues, especially within a Christian framework, though expertise in economics or tax policy is not essential.

If you feel that you meet the role requirements, please apply by submitting a CV and cover letter and how you meet the criteria outlined in the person specification by 9am on Monday, 10th August. 

First round interviews will be held (via Zoom) on Wednesday, 19th August, with a possible second round interview held the following week commencing 24th August.