This is a full time post based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, supporting four hospital charities - Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity, Heartlands Hospital Charity, Good Hope Hospital Charity and Solihull Hospital Charity – which all work together with the administration carried out at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham offices.

The Grants Assistant will work closely with other members of the hospital charity, in particular the Senior Grants Assistant, to efficiently administer the grant making programmes at each of the four hospital charities.

Working as part of a team the post holder will have specific responsibility for accurate inputting of charitable orders, checking suitability of grant requests, correspondence with suppliers and procurement teams.

The post holder will also learn how the Charity proactively seeks feedback on its grant programme, and will be actively involved in sending out and obtaining grant review forms and passing on interesting case studies to the Charity’s communications team.

Fundraising Engagement Manager

You will join our dynamic team as an ambitious fundraising relationship manager and help us fight for young lives against cancer.

As a Fundraising Engagement Manager you will maximise income and awareness for CLIC Sargent by supporting and developing regional fundraising activity across North Birmingham, Shropshire and The Black Country.

You will achieve ambitious targets by generating and managing fantastic supporter relationships, proactively building pipelines and securing new business.

Our ambitious team is passionate about fighting for young lives against cancer. We are proud of our clear focus to deliver our strategy by building outstanding supporter relationships.

Fundraising Engagement Manager Responsibilities:

- You’ll be responsible for generating income from corporate partners and community supporters.
- You will recruit, retain, motivate and develop fundraising groups and volunteers.
- This position offers an exciting opportunity to help deliver our national partnership with Morrisons and play a key role in delivering national campaigns.

Fundraising Engagement Manager Requirements:

- The successful candidate may have a proven track record in fundraising or relationship management and generating new business to meet income targets.
- You’ll be an influential negotiator with highly engaging communication, presentation, networking and relationship building skills.
- You will be self-motivated and action focused with excellent time management skills.
- Have a full UK driving licence and access to a car.
- Have a sufficient Broadband connection if home based.
- Live in North Birmingham, Shropshire or The Black Country. Candidates who live outside of the local authority should highlight an intention to relocate to the area in their covering letter for their application to be considered.

Cancer doesn’t discriminate and neither does CLIC Sargent.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

About CLIC Sargent:

An exciting opportunity to join the UK’s largest children’s cancer charity.

“Amazing staff and important cause” – Glassdoor review, April 2019

Location: West Midlands

Job type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: £27,531 per annum

Closing date: 31 October 2019

You may have experience of the following: Fundraising Engagement Manager, Fundraising Manager, Fundraiser, Engagement Manager, Fundraising Executive, Fundraising Officer, Fundraising Assistant, Fundraising Administrator, Sales Executive, Business Development, Charity, Third Sector, NFP, etc.

Ref: 89754

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week

Location: Birmingham

We are looking for a Partnership Manager in the Public Sector Team to raise £500k + per year working between public sector and corporate partnerships unlocking opportunities in Birmingham and surrounding area.

They will support and execute a successful strategy for The Prince’s Trust response to the devolution agenda in the West Midlands, including businesses in Birmingham with a focus on Built Environment, Social Value and Digital.

They will liaise closely with partnership and internal colleagues to ensure the proposition for employers and regional government continuously improves.  They will support the generation of new partnerships in excess of £500k in multi-year value.

About The Prince’s Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

We are looking for an entrepreneurial fundraiser, passionate about tackling educational disadvantage, to work with our CEO and wider team in dramatically scaling up our fundraising programme.

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualities:

• A strong commitment to education, the non-profit sector and raising the aspirations, achievements and life chances of all children
• The drive, adaptability and initiative to move conversations forward and close them, with a proven track record of turning ideas into actions and outcomes.
• Experience writing proposals and applying for grants to secure donations of at least five figures – ideally from a range of sources, including individual philanthropists, grant-making organisations or companies.
• Exceptionally strong communicator: able to listen and build rapport. You are able to generate trust in you and in our work, and persuade people to give support.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills: experience successfully planning and managing multiple, varied projects and relationships.
• Ability to think critically and creatively to solve problems.
• You take ownership of your work and you enjoy working collaboratively and contributing to a supportive team.

Our offer 

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you: 

• Flexibility on how you work – agreed between you and your line manager 

• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays 

• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate) 

• Competitive salary rates

• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers 

• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters. 

• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development 

How to apply 

To apply for any of our vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website. 

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. 

Unfortunately, due to the number of applications we receive at this stage we will not be able to contact unsuccessful applicants.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and the most vulnerable in our society and, as such, we are unable to employ individuals with relevant convictions, including the following: a conviction for an offence involving violence or dishonesty, of a sexual nature or against minors, or for any other offence that is relevant to the nature of the services provided by our organisation. 

As an employer, we have a responsibility to prevent illegal working in the UK by ensuring that our employees have the right to work in the UK. Therefore, as part of the recruitment process to verify your eligibility you will be required to produce relevant documentation.