Full time/37.5 hpw (4 days/30 hpw week considered for the right candidate)

Salary £28,000 - £32,000 FTE

Do you have a passion for the local community, love working with people and a positive/can do attitude? We are looking for an experienced, self-motivated leader to join our high-achieving and dynamic Fundraising team.

This is a permanent position, leading on our Community Fundraising income stream. Working with and managing our current (successful and experienced) team, the ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, experience in Community fundraising (including events) and the ambition to help achieve our organisational strategy to double the reach of our care by 2028.

You will lead the rebuilding of this core income stream following the pandemic and maintain the direction of travel, to bring our Community Fundraising activities back to their pre-pandemic levels. Then through experience and innovation grow our wonderful network of support and income line for the future.

This role would suit a Community Fundraising Manager looking for a new and exciting challenge, or an experienced Senior Community Fundraiser looking to take the next step in their career, and can evidence the required skills, ability and ambition to achieve.

About You:

• A confident communicator and team player able to engage and inspire your team and a wide range of supporters
• Substantial experience of implementing safe and well regulated community fundraising activities including larger scale events
• Proven track record in achieving targets in a fundraising role
• Passionate about delivering an exceptional experience to our supporters
• Excellent organisational skills
• Decisive decision maker
• Experienced in performing well under pressure, strong attention to detail and ability to drive multiple projects concurrently
• Solid IT skills in Microsoft Office and fundraising databases
• Flexible and willing to work occasional evenings and weekends

What We Offer:

• 25 days annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays
• Flexible working opportunities (hybrid working available, minimum of 3 days required in the hospice/local community)
• SMART pension scheme with employer contribution
• Free onsite parking at our office in Northchurch, Berkhamsted
• Wide range of free training courses
• Employee Assistance Programme
• On-site home cooked food served at a reasonable rate in our bistro​

If this sounds like you, we’d love you to join our friendly, creative and professional Fundraising team to help us to raise the £5million a year which we need to deliver our free expert care.

Closing date for applications is Monday 1st November 2021

Interviews to be held on Thursday 4th and/or Monday 8th November 2021

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Fundraising and Communications Manager

Magic Me is the UK’s leading provider of intergenerational arts activities, working with care home residents and other people most impacted by covid. We are looking for an experienced, confident, fundraising and communications professional to establish this brand-new role, for an initial 12-month contract, to start as soon as possible.

The arts have a vital role to play in post-pandemic community building, and this is a crucial and exciting time in Magic Me’s development. Join us and lead the creation and delivery of a new fundraising strategy to continue this vital work, including a major bid to Arts Council England for NPO funding in early 2022.

Can you:

• Write, lead and deliver a clear fundraising strategy for Magic Me, in partnership with the Director and Programme Director?
• Conduct prospect research to identify potential new funders, whilst nurturing relationships with existing supporters?
• Develop and write compelling, successful bids with a focus on trusts, foundations and livery companies?
• Lead the writing of bids, including an NPO bid to Arts Council England.
• Review and update Magic Me’s communications, our messages and channels, e.g. social media, newsletters.
• Oversee Magic Me’s website, writing copy and working with colleagues to create new content.

Salary: £28,000 pa, 28 hours per week for a 12-month Fixed Term Contract (pro rata £35,000 Full-time role) Interested in applying for this role as a freelancer? Please contact us.

We welcome and encourage applications from disabled people, Black and Asian candidates, and those from other minoritised ethnic communities. Our board and staff are actively working on a new anti-racism strategy. We believe by improving the diversity within our organisation and our leadership, we will improve the quality of our work.

HOW TO APPLY 

Please read the full Application Pack and complete the Personal Details Cover Sheet and Monitoring information Form.

You are required to send the following: anonymised cover letter, anonymised CV and the accompanying forms (more details of this is found in the application pack) to our email address. Please ensure you follow the directions on the forms carefully, so your application can be processed fairly and anonymously.

NB To ensure the shortlisting process is anonymous and fair, please do not include your name on your CV or covering letter. Instead, please include this information in the Personal Details cover sheet. The selection panel will not see your Personal Details or Applicant Monitoring Information when shortlisting applications.

Deadline for applications: Send your application to us by 9 am on Thursday, 4th November. We will not be able to consider applications received after this deadline.

RECRUITMENT TIMELINE

• MONDAY 11 OCTOBER – Adverts out and recruitment starts.
• THURSDAY 4 NOVEMBER – Deadline for applications.
• FRIDAY 5 NOVEMBER – Shortlisting and candidates notified.
• WEDNESDAY 10 NOVEMBER – Interviews. Decision.
• START DATE – As soon as possible.

Main Purpose of the Role

The Head of Fundraising will take a strategic lead and manage a small team of fundraising and communications colleagues to increase income from larger trusts and foundations, corporates and individuals in line with CHASE Africa’s 5-year strategic aims. They will also work closely with the programmes team and our overseas partners to help develop and write strong institutional funding applications.

The ideal candidate will have a track record of securing large gifts and grants from multiple income streams. The Head of Fundraising will also work closely with the Executive Director, programmes team and Finance Manager, and will be a key member of the Senior Management Team, attending trustee board meetings as required.

Background

CHASE Africa is a growing UK-based international NGO working to support rural communities in East Africa. We believe that when people in resource-poor, rural communities are healthy, are able to make informed family planning decisions and live in a sustainable and flourishing natural environment, they are far more likely to have a better quality of life and leave poverty behind.

Since 2012, CHASE Africa has provided over 1 million health and family planning services, supported communities to plant over 200,000 trees and accompanied 9 trusted local partner organisations in Kenya and Uganda to integrate rights-based family planning programmes into their work.

CHASE Africa is a small, relaxed and friendly team, based near Frome in Somerset. We have ambitious plans increase our impact and income over the next 5 years, and are looking for an experienced fundraising professional to help us achieve our aims. The team have developed excellent relationships with a number of UK and overseas trusts, high net-worth individuals and regular donors.

The Head of Fundraising will be responsible for leading the fundraising and communications team. Currently, there are four part-time staff members who report directly to this role (three fundraisers and a Communications and Engagement Coordinator).

Main Responsibilities

Fundraising

• Manage an effective, motivated fundraising team to achieve or exceed agreed targets.
• Write and submit proposals to achieve repeat and new funding to ensure income growth in line with organisational strategies.
• Work with the programmes team and overseas partners to develop and submit competitive larger, and multi-year, grant applications to institutions and trust funds.
• Ensure a pipeline of opportunities is maintained and developed, using the CRM Donorfy.
• Ensure excellent reporting and donor stewardship is maintained across the organisation.

Strategy, Planning and Budget Management

• Lead the fundraising and communications planning process to produce effective strategies which achieve income targets across a range of revenue streams.
• Produce regular income forecasts and contribute to financial forecasts.
• Develop and maintain income tracking and evaluation systems.
• Oversee the fundraising and communications team budget.
• Strive to develop an organisational culture of full cost recovery in all fundraising activities.

Senior Management

The Head of Fundraising will be a member of CHASE Africa’s Senior Management Team (SMT) and the post-holder will be expected to play a proactive role in the management of the organisation, including contributing to:

• Organisational strategic planning, budget forecasts and development.
• Working closely with the Finance Manager, attend monthly finance meetings, and advise the SMT on the availability of funds to support CHASE Africa’s work.
• Ensuring key policies are adhered to, including data protection and fundraising regulator guidelines.

Staff Management

• Agree objectives and work plans through regular 1:1 meetings with fundraising and communications team members.
• Plan and implement personal development plans with team members and undertake annual reviews.
• Recruit and train new team members as and when required.

Anticipated Skills and Experience

Essential

• At least 5 years’ experience in a relevant fundraising role.
• Experience of managing a team.
• Familiar with the international development sector.
• Experience in developing and implementing strategy and direction for fundraising work.
• Proven success in securing six-figure multi-year funding from grant-making organisations.
• Experience in preparing detailed donor budgets from partners’ project plans, budgets, and reports, and reporting against budgets to donors.
• Familiarity with using logframes, theory of change, risk analysis and describing value for money.
• Experience in networking with donors and funders.
• Experience in use of database systems for logging and reporting.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work co-operatively in a team.
• Strong written and spoken English.
• Ability to research, collate and summarise information from a wide range of sources.
• Responsible and accountable with good time management skills.
• Right to work in the UK.

Desirable

• Relevant bachelor’s degree.
• Experience of working in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Experience of securing funding from large institutional funders such as DFID/FCDO, EU, Comic Relief, and managing institutional funding contracts.
• Experience in charity communications and marketing.
• Experience of writing and producing annual impact reports and other publications.
• Experience of corporate fundraising.

What we can offer:

• 25 days paid holiday + bank holidays (pro rata).
• Flexible working.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Variety of learning and development opportunities.
• Potential for overseas travel to visit programmes in East Africa.

Application Notes:

To apply for this role, please consider the job description and person specification. Send your CV (maximum 3 pages) and a 1-page covering letter explaining your interest and suitability for the role by 9am on Wednesday 10th November. Please put “Head of Fundraising” in the subject line.

Please note interviews will take place on Monday 22nd November 2021. Candidates will be notified on Monday 15th if they have been selected for interview.

CHASE Africa is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are open to all talent and we actively ensure that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regards to race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other protected class.

Are you a tenacious and persuasive negotiator who is looking to apply your skills in a charity setting? Are you a dynamic fundraiser looking for the next step in your career development? If so, we’ve got a fantastic opening for a career development opportunity in our growing fundraising team! Read on to find out more…

YMCA DownsLink Group are currently recruiting for a Head of Fundraising/Fundraising Manager to join the team based in Brighton and Hove. You will be working on a full time, permanent basis, working 37 hours per week and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £39,000 - £45,000 per annum, starting salary will be based on experience with progression opportunity.

About the Head of Fundraising/Fundraising Manager role:

As part of our organisation’s investment, YMCA DownsLink Group are now seeking either a Head of Fundraising or a Fundraising Manager (with supported progression to Head of Fundraising in 6-12 months) to work within our enthusiastic team to develop and deliver our ambitious fundraising strategy.

Having achieved our initial annual targets, we are now looking a commercially minded fundraiser to help drive us towards generating an annual income of £1 million in five years’-time.  This will be a hands-on role and we would welcome applications from candidates who have proven success at building commercial/fundraising revenue streams from scratch.

Person Specification:

You will be target driven, enjoy making connections and building relationships, and have natural commercial acumen. Most importantly, we’d like someone with a positive and creative energy! ?Someone who has a proven ability to drive new fundraising possibilities and inspire others to follow.

 We are happy to consider applications from experienced managers or those seeking to develop their career and progress into a senior leadership role; if you think you meet the person specification, please do apply, as support can be provided to help you develop towards the Head of Fundraising role.

What we are looking for in our ideal Head of Fundraising/Fundraising Manager:

• Key Traits: Tenacious, entrepreneurial, creative, target driven, enthusiastic
• Demonstrable experience of personally, developing new fundraised income across a variety of fundraising streams which might include; individual giving, community fundraising, high net worth fundraising, events, or corporate fundraising
• Very strong, persuasive, communication skills, able to influence audiences at all different levels of seniority and experience
• Experience of fundraising in the charity sector and/or developing fundraising income from scratch
• Excellent written and verbal communication, ability to prioritise, and some management experience

Benefits you will receive as our Head of Fundraising/Fundraising Manager:

• 27-32 days annual leave per annum (plus bank holidays)
• Company sick pay scheme
• Life assurance policy of 2x your annual salary
• Health and wellbeing cash plan
• Cycle to work scheme

YMCA DownsLink Group welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We value diversity and promote inclusion, which we demonstrate through our activities, as well as in our policies and working practices. Reinforced by our culture and values, we seek to create an inspiring and inclusive place to work.

Please note, applications will be reviewed and shortlisted as they are received so early application will be beneficial.

Closing date: 25th October 2021

If you feel like you have what it takes to become our Head of Fundraising/Fundraising Manager click apply today. Please include your full CV and a detailed cover letter outlining how your skills and experience meet the requirements for the role and including your experience of fundraising and why this role in particular excites you.

Senior Account Management lead for big-name charity-company partnerships.

Are you an ambitious and experience account manager, keen to work with leading businesses such as Barclays, Virgin Media and Sodexo to create positive social change?

We are seeking a driven and tenacious individual with experience managing complex and high-profile accounts to help us drive maximum value from our partnerships.

This social enterprise tackles disadvantage by facilitating and promoting the sharing of professional skills to help charities help people. They do this by selling a service to businesses that is of benefit to them and to charities.

Running programmes in which employees at corporate partners use their skills to support charities can be a valuable learning experience as well as an opportunity to give back.

The charities and social enterprises the organisation works with develop their strategic knowhow, strengthen their organisations and, ultimately, increase their impact.

In 2021 the organisation will support over 150 charities and social enterprises, working on a diverse range of social issues such as homelessness, domestic violence, mental health, education and youth work, and support services for the elderly, using the professional skills of over 600 company executives from a diverse range of corporate partners.

Job description

The Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager will lead on the delivery of first-class account management to a growing portfolio of corporate partners.

Working closely with the Head of Partnerships, you will be responsible for retaining business by deepening relationships and identifying opportunities for growth, which will include the planning, testing and implementation of new ideas and initiatives.

The successful candidate will have experience managing complex five and six figure partnerships and a proven record achieving significant account growth and retention targets.

You will deploy your influencing skills and ability to build profitable relationships to great effect as you take a leading role identifying and nurturing future strategic partnerships.

Ideally, the successful candidate will also have line management experience and an understanding of the HR & Talent Development and/or CSR space.

As this organisation bridges the worlds of charity and business, they are looking for someone who may come from either sector, with an interest in the other, and above all has the gravitas to engage with a wide range of stakeholders.

This position has a rolling closing date, so please get in touch asap to apply.

Do you want to work in a supportive, dedicated virtual global team?

TreeSisters is a UK registered, environmental and social change charity that supports the global shift towards a regenerative world. 

About the Role

We are seeking a UK based Fundraising Manager who can develop and execute our fundraising strategy and inspire donors.

The role is 4 days per week and the salary from £30,000 per annum pro-rata.

Your accountabilities

• Responsible for developing and executing TreeSister’s fundraising strategy as a whole.
• This will incorporate the various sources of funding available to charities with encouragement to be innovative and diverse
• The role will co-ordinate and incorporate the work of the business partnership programme that has its own fundraising team, into the fundraising strategy and ensure coherence in our fundraising approaches
• Develop and deliver sound processes that cultivate and steward donors, including monitoring and reporting internally and externally
• Responsible for building the fundraising team as and when funds allow
• Develop engaging ideas, into events and campaigns for fundraising
• Working closely with the marketing and comms team around internal and external communication and the Partnerships team to develop joint approaches for fundraising

The ideal candidate 

You will be self-motivated and thrive when working in a globally distributed, virtual team environment. We would love you to apply if you are a people person with strong collaboration, communication, organisation and interpersonal skills. You should have a minimum of three years fundraising experience in the charity sector, desirably in the environmental and/or consciousness shift and impressive experience in managing large donors and writing compelling proposals. 

Essential Requirements

• Experience using various business management systems, including but not limited to 
• Infusionsoft, Slack, Asana and Gsuite.
• Access to a personal laptop with good internet connectivity.

Interested?  Apply Now! 

Please apply using our employment application form on our website. We will only accept completed application form submissions.  Please note the closing date for applications is Monday 25th October 2021 (midnight BST).  We regret that we are unable to reply to all applicants, therefore if you have not been contacted by the end of day on Monday 1st November (BST), you can assume that you have not been shortlisted for this position, however, we really value all your interest in TreeSisters and would invite you to keep in touch by signing up to our mailing list.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
TreeSisters is enthusiastically committed to a long term, ongoing, organisation-wide journey of transforming systemic racism within our work. We invite applications from people who would like to both experience and play a part in this journey. We welcome applications from BIPOC.  As an organisation, we have committed to playing our part in dismantling systemic racism and making our team and network as inclusive as possible.

TreeSisters values your perspective and experience regardless of sexual orientation, gender, religion, spiritual practise, belief system, physical ability, formal education and background. We are committed to equal opportunity employment, and we want to hear from you if you feel inspired to apply to TreeSisters.

Who Are We?

TreeSisters is a UK registered social change and reforestation charity that places tropical restoration into everyone’s hands. Through individuals and businesses that give back to nature every month, TreeSisters has so far funded the planting of over 15 million trees across 12 locations in Brazil, Borneo, Cameroon, India, Kenya, Mozambique, Madagascar, Nepal and West Papua.

Our vision is a world where it is normal for everyone to protect and restore themselves and their world. 

Our mission is to rapidly accelerate tropical reforestation by inspiring and channelling women’s Nature-based feminine leadership into local and global action.

Fundraising Manager – Individual Giving

This is a fantastic opportunity to bring your individual giving fundraising skills to this highly effective and growing heritage charity. The Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust is a separate entity to the SVR Holdings Company who operate and run this much-loved attraction.  The Trust’s focus is to help secure the future of the Severn Valley Railway through donations, grants, and sponsorship.  The position of Fundraising Manager for individuals is key to our future success, understanding our donor base and creating a clear donor stewardship programme for the 15,000 donors we have.

In addition, you will create engaging fundraising asks, strong engagement processes and effective recruitment campaigns.  You will have the support of a Donor Care Officer to help deliver your plans.

You will be able to demonstrate your experience in creating and delivering effective donor stewardship plans to include single, legacy and in-memorial giving.  Access ThankQ database and Tessitura experience is desired.

We are seeking a resourceful, proactive team player who demonstrates initiative and takes ownership and responsibility for completing and finishing tasks, including setting and achieving targets.  You will naturally identify opportunities and maximise these for the benefit of the Railway.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust, taking the reins of individual giving fundraising.  This is your chance to join a passionate local charity that is committed to safeguarding the Severn Valley Railway. 

Overview

Post: Fundraising Manager, Individual Giving

Reporting to: Executive Director

Employer: Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust

Salary:  £30,000 to £35.000 FTE

Primary location: Number One, Comberton Place, Kidderminster

Hours: Part-time, 4 days per week (30 hours)

Holiday: 31 days (inclusive of Public holidays) FTE

Summary of Role

This is a fantastic opportunity to bring your proven fundraising experience in individual giving to this driven and passionate heritage charity.  This position is a hands-on role and comes with line management of a part-time Donor Engagement Officer and 3 volunteers.  We envisage this area of the business growing as the successes of your initiatives are realised.  We have been extremely successful in our individual giving thus far, but it is time for a new experienced fundraiser to take it to the next level, focusing on both retention, uplift, and acquisition, whilst building a stronger fundraising volunteer base to assist you in delivering your plans. 

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Strategy & Development

• To increase income generated from individual giving fundraising activities.
• To create and execute a donor retention, uplift, and acquisition strategy.

·To lead on developing our CRM system, working with the Executive Director and Finance Manager to review the Trust’s CRM database and implement an Organisation wide CRM system.

• To manage the individual giving budget in line with objectives and KPIs, reporting to the Executive Director on income and expenditure and highlighting variances in a timely manner.
• To test, implement, monitor, and evaluate existing and new fundraising asks and channels to increase two-way engagement with donors.
• To develop and manage high quality supporter care including responsive and prompt thanking and updating our donors on the impact of their support.
• To develop a volunteer-base of fundraisers.

Direct Marketing

• To manage and deliver integrated online and offline campaigns.
• To manage the design, print and production of direct marketing activity, negotiating bought in services and ensuring invoices are in accordance with quotes.

Administration and Reporting

• To manage the Individual Giving budget and provide monthly updates to the Executive Director.
  • To keep accurate and up to date records of all activities, using ThankQ CRM database, extracting reports for the team as required, and maintaining high standards in customer care and record keeping.

Managing Relationships

• To provide management and guidance to the Donor Care Officer to ensure that KPIs and objectives are achieved, and a clear personal development plan is in place.
• To build strong internal working relationships with colleagues.
• Organise face to face thank you events for our supporters.
• To work with the SVR Holdings Marketing and Communications team to gain support and cross selling opportunities within the different SVR audiences.

Other

·Proactively ensure all materials produced are accurate and compliant with relevant GDPR protection and Gift Aid legislation.

·To undertake all activities in line with best practice standards and processes as set out by the Fundraising Code of Practice and industry regulatory bodies.

·To keep abreast of developments in individual giving and ensure charity compliance.

·To contribute to the Fundraising Team’s strategic planning and budget process.

·To carry out any other tasks as reasonably requested.

·To actively implement the principles of Equality and Diversity.

Person Specification

Educated to degree level and / or an accredited fundraising qualification such as Certificate or Diploma in Fundraising.

Experience

• Creating and implementing successful individual giving donor stewardship plans.
• Implementing donor segmentation, targeting, and positioning strategy.
• Proficient with fundraising CRM systems ideally ThankQ and Tessitura.  To include building, analysing, and reporting.
• Creating, writing, and delivering strong fundraising appeals across all platforms.
• Writing compelling cases studies.
• Legacy and in-memoriam fundraising.
• Managing income and expenditure budgets.
• Presenting to internal and external stakeholders.
• Managing and motivating staff.

Skills and abilities

• Outstanding verbal and written skills. Able to engage audiences using a range of communication tools.
• Exceptional analytical skills to be able to evaluate our donor base and create effective tiered donor stewardship plans.
• Significant direct marketing skills: devising and delivering social media and print campaigns.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and to secure resources and support from colleagues in different business areas.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills; confident and personable with the ability to manage and build strong relationships with key individual donors.
• Exceptional organisation and time management skills. Able to plan / prioritise own work and meet agreed deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail and methodical approach to tasks.
• Competent use of MS Outlook, Excel and Word.
• Strong numerical / budgeting skills.

Attitude and Personal Qualities

• Motivated, task-orientated, and professional.
• Flexible, able and willing to respond to changing priorities.
• Strong team player with collaborative working style, who enjoys individual and team working.
• Willing to participate in all activities relevant to the role.
• Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends.
• Commitment to GDPR and Fundraising Code of Practice.
• Commitment to the principles of Equality and Diversity.
• An interest in heritage railways.

As a volunteering organisation, we ask staff to volunteer 5 days per year to support our operational staff in the busy season.

SVR Family

The SVR Family consists of the three separate companies

1. Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) Plc (Company number 01046274) is a not-for-profit company limited by shares.  No dividend is paid to shareholders with all profit used to support the running of the Railway. It owns the infrastructure and assets of the SVR, employs the paid staff, and is responsible for the governance, operation, finance, planning, customer service and management of the SVR.

2. Severn Valley Railway Company Limited, (Company number 00906842), a company limited by guarantee, supported by a paid membership of 12,500 members and provides volunteer staff who assist in the operation of the Railway from a working volunteer membership pool of 1,700.

Both organisations are led by Helen Smith, Director and General Manager.

3. Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Limited, a company limited by guarantee (Company Reg, No.04341280) Registered with the Charity Commission (Reg.No.1092723).

The focus of the SVR Charitable Trust is to generate funds:

• To enhance, maintain and restore SVR rolling stock and infrastructure.
• To provide educational and interpretive displays for the SVR
• To provide educational and heritage skill training used in the restoration, repair, and operation of the SVR.

The Charitable Trust is led by Shelagh Paterson, Executive Director.

Our Staff

Volunteering

The Severn Valley Railway is run by a team of 150 full-time equivalent paid staff and 1,700 volunteers.  As part our commitment and recognition to our volunteers, we request that all paid staff give five volunteer days to the Railway every year, this may involve supporting key events, to include Santa Specials, Halloween, and Gala’s.

Our Objective

SVR is recognised as an outstanding visitor attraction, with great days out and inspiring events, all with consistently high standards of customer service. SVR provides an authentic heritage railway experience where you can let your senses take you on a journey through history, with learning opportunities in abundance.

The organisations to support this are professionally led, values-based, and commercially strong. While it may be old on the outside, on the inside, SVR uses 21st century technology to run its activities effectively. It is able to recruit, train and retain the Staff and Volunteers it needs, and brings in the wide range of Financial and other support required to develop further. SVR is known for having good and enduring relationships with its stakeholders, from the diverse local communities in which it sits, to the Loco and Rolling stock owners, the Regulators and Industry partners.  On a day-to-day basis the 3 key areas of Management focus for SVR are Safety, People and Heritage. In addition, SVR has an industry-leading approach to the issue of Sustainability.

About FareShare Sussex

FareShare is a national charity fighting food poverty and tackling food waste by redistributing surplus from the food industry to community groups and charities across the UK. Based in Moulsecoomb, Brighton, FareShare Sussex is one of 21 Regional Centres that operate locally to ensure food that would otherwise go to waste is being used positively to support people that need it most. We currently deliver over 90 tonnes of food a month to over 160 service providers and charities including homeless shelters, food banks & clubs, children’s centres and lunch clubs in Sussex and Surrey. City Gate Community Projects (registered charity 1093245) is the delivery partner and franchise holder for FareShare Sussex. 

Main purpose of this role

This is an exciting opportunity to help FareShare Sussex to achieve its ambitious expansion plans to feed more people and to tackle more food waste across Sussex and Surrey. In this newly created role, you will develop income from corporates, statutory, trusts and foundations. You will identify, with the Senior Management Team, strategic funding opportunities and develop relationships that make them possible.

With corporates you will facilitate partnerships with organisations who wish to provide financial or in-kind support to our work. With trusts you will write compelling applications that get to the heart of FareShare Sussex and that are supported by data and research.

You will join a small and passionate Development team who work collaboratively. You will work alongside and mentor one Fundraising and Communications Manager responsible for social media, our website, challenge events, individual giving and community fundraising and supporting the Senior Management Team generally. We are also keen to recruit someone with a natural flair for communications who can support our communications plans. 

The Eric Liddell Centre is undergoing a significant period of growth, change and development with a new vision for the future, in addition to embarking on an exciting initiative linked to the 2024 Centenary of Eric Liddell’s Olympic Medal winning performance, with our strategic and international partners.

The Fundraising Manager will be a member of our Senior Management Team, will play a key role in developing our fundraising strategy and manage a team of motivated and enthusiastic colleagues. You will lead the work to identify, generate and grow charitable income to underpin the ELC’s work in the community by managing a portfolio of funders and prospects, creatively stewarding existing relationships and maximising opportunities for giving.

You will demonstrate a proven track-record in generating major income through managing a diverse portfolio of funders, strategic developments and staff management. 

The post will suit an energetic person, who enjoys working to create their own success.  There is great potential to grow the role and make a real difference to the Eric Liddell Centre and the communities it serves.  The successful candidate should show a keen interest in and understanding of the Eric Liddell Centre and a passionate belief in our vision and mission.  You will demonstrate a proven track record in generating major income from trusts and foundations and grant funders.  A great team player, with excellent organisational and administrative skills and a positive, can-do attitude, you will be joining us at a challenging stage in our development and this is a great opportunity to become part of a supportive and friendly team.

Duchenne UK are seeking a Fundraising Manager to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to join our young, ambitious charity.

You will play a central role in growing fundraising to enable more investment into research, advancing treatments and supporting the DMD community.

You will drive the stewardship strategy and oversee the supporter journey at every level to create a long term, sustainable fundraising model. You will develop relationships with our supporters and the DMD community, ensuring they are supported through education on impact and outcomes. You will also be proactive in seeking new opportunities to achieve ambitious fundraising targets.

You will lead in the development and delivery of key events and fundraising campaigns throughout the year. You will also support in the delivery of our signature annual London to Paris 24-hour bike ride, The Duchenne Dash.

You will be a part of our small, but dynamic fundraising team and will work closely with the CEO, MD, Head of Fundraising and Marketing and Communications Manager. You will line manage the Fundraising Assistant.

We are looking for someone who is a driven self-starter, who thrives working in a small team environment and who is passionate about helping Duchenne UK achieve our mission, to end Duchenne.

What is Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)

DMD is a devastating muscle wasting disease and is the most common genetic killer of children worldwide.  The disease is caused by a lack of the protein dystrophin in the body which acts as a shock absorber, and without it, the muscles are damaged by everyday use.  Diagnosed almost always in boys, usually before the age of five. Children often lose mobility by their teens and are unlikely to live beyond their thirties.  In the UK there are around 2,500 boys affected and around 300,000 worldwide. There are limited treatment options and no cure.

Duchenne UK

Duchenne UK has one clear aim – to end Duchenne. Our heart and soul, and our reason for carrying on, are our boys, men and rare girls living with DMD. 

We are the largest funder of DMD research in the UK. We connect leading researchers with industry, the NHS and families to challenge every stage of drug development to make the incurable, curable. Together, we will find treatments for this generation of patients with Duchenne.

We’re doing this by funding research that’s focused on getting treatments to those affected now – as well as pushing as far as we can for effective treatments in the future. And we’re here to support every family affected and ensure that they receive the best possible care. We aim to not only improve quality of life, but stop the disease in its tracks. We’re doing it faster, too, because this generation of patients can’t wait.

About Us

At MSI Reproductive Choices we are unapologetically pro-choice. We believe that every woman has the right to make choices about her own body and her own future. As one of the world’s leading providers of contraception and safe abortion care, we give women the means to do so. Across 37 countries, we provide high quality, safe services, and work with advocacy to create an enabling environment, so every client has safe access to services when and where they are needed. Because when a woman can determine her own future, she can contribute to creating a better, more sustainable future for everyone.

MSI Reproductive Choices is committed to creating an inclusive environment with a workforce which is representative of the communities we serve. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and give equal consideration to all qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age. We are committed to promoting equality and safeguarding the welfare of all team members and clients, with a focus on vulnerable groups. 

About the Role

In line with MSI’s new global 10-year strategy, MSI2030, MSI’s country programmes (CPs) have developed national strategic plans that outline their goals and business objectives. Building relationships with existing and new donors, mapping opportunities for funding, and creating new partnerships will be essential to ensure adequate funding is available to achieving the goals of MSI2030.

The Regional Fundraising Manager will play a significant role in working with MSI regional teams and CPs to develop, improve and implement country-level fundraising strategies, and positioning with donors and potential partners to influence and build new grant funding opportunities. The role will have a strong capacity transfer and training function, working closely with regional teams to analyse regional strategies and funding gaps, disseminate learning, and build communities of practice. The Regional Fundraising Manager will also work with MSI’s government and foundation donor leads to leverage MSI’s global donor engagement strategies to maximise opportunities for bilateral funding opportunities.

MSI CPs capacity to frame our work, develop messaging and presentation materials and manage relationships with donors varies across the Partnership.  To maintain and increase MSI’s funding base, CPs’ will increase their engagement with donors and partners at country level and develop the relationships, messaging and materials necessary to communicate the value add of MSI’s work. This role will be key in improving country-level fundraising and embedding a fundraising culture and skills at country level within the MSI partnership.

About You

We want individuals who support our mission of eliminating unsafe abortion by 2030 and who work with us to build an enabling environment to increase access to safe services everywhere. We expect all team members to share our vision and commitment to achieving our mission whilst promoting equality and safeguarding the welfare of all clients and colleagues.

To succeed in this role, you must have:

• Extensive experience working in business development or fundraising in the international development, humanitarian, or climate change sectors
• Proven successful engagement with donors, with clearly secured funding outcomes
• Proven experience in maintaining and developing the donor relationships necessary for effective fundraising
• Experience developing regional and country level fundraising strategies
• Developing and delivering engaging presentations and pitches
• Proven experience in the design and delivery of training and capacity building workshops
• Experience in proposal writing and budgeting
• Proven relationship building skills and ability to work jointly and effectively in cross-cultural settings and with a wide variety of stakeholders
• Confidence and ability to represent organisational interests in external meetings and fora.
• Demonstrable success in influencing internal and external stakeholders.

Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written English/French communication skills
• For the West Africa based position a high level of spoken and written French proficiency is critical
• Strong project management skills with demonstrable ability to meet deadlines and perform under pressure
• Ability to multi-task, problem solve, and prioritise to manage multiple and competing demands from internal and external clients
• Strong presentation, training, analytical and strategic skills
• Ability to organise/present complex information in a visual and compelling way to different audiences
• Ability to take initiative and achieve results with limited supervision
• Strong attention to detail and follow-up
• Demonstrated reputation for consistently delivering results to a high standard
• Excellent IT skills: MS word, MS Excel and PowerPoint.

Personal Attributes:

• A strong supporter of the cause of family planning and a woman’s right to safe abortion (pro-choice)
• Committed to the protection of team members and clients, with a focus on vulnerable groups
• Team player, energetic, enthusiastic, and positive
• Quality-focussed and results-orientated
• Resourceful and takes initiative
• Highly organised and action orientated
• Determined to succeed
• Self-awareness
• Willingness to travel required (approximately 10% travel).

For more information about the role, please view the job description and person specification on our website.

Location: x1 position based in ESA region (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Yemen and Madagascar) and x1 position based in West Africa region (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Senegal)

Full-time:  Country Programme contracted hours

Contract type: 18-month fixed term contract

Salary:  UK salary range, £46,000 - £53,000 or Country Programme salary range + benefits + discretionary bonus

Closing date: 31st October 2021 (midnight GMT). Interviews may take place before this date for exceptional candidates.

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced fundraiser with a background in securing income from charitable trusts and foundations to join our team. Groundswell has rapidly grown over the past few years; our #HealthNow campaign alongside the expansion of our Homeless Health Peer Advocate (HHPA) services and research consultancy across the country has grown our brand, networks and impact. Our turnover is just over £2million, bought in by a small but effective team generating income from a range of voluntary and statutory sources. Within Fundraising and Communications, we have a Director and a Communications Officer; yet colleagues across the organisation generate income from statutory sources and our social enterprises (research and training). We’re always working together to be as effective as possible.

This is an incredibly exciting time to join Groundswell – the value of taking a health approach to the homelessness crisis combined with our unique insight into the lived experience of homelessness is generating interest and opportunities. Nevertheless, we know that with the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, changes in commissioning and competition amongst charities who have had to change their fundraising approaches, means the future is unknown.

Working at Groundswell brings you a busy, positive, and enthusiastic environment which you’ll benefit from no matter where you are based. There is no shortage of dedicated staff and volunteers full of ideas on how to overcome homeless health inequalities and influence the sector to use the insight of lived experience to develop solutions to homelessness. You will be a crucial part of the team, working closely with the Senior Management Team, particularly the Fundraising and Communications Director to maintain relationships with our network of existing funders and grow Groundswell’s income. You will be experienced in trusts and foundations but enjoy variety in this role, for example engaging with corporate or individual supporters or assisting SMT with a statutory funding process. You will be a flexible worker with strong organisational, research and written communication skills. You will pride yourself in collaborative working to ensure the most successful chance of securing income, whilst being a self-starter who can manage their own workload effectively.

Application Process

1. Application

To make an application, please submit your CV along with a cover letter which explains:

• how you meet each of the areas outlined in the person specification contained in the job pack below and
• why you are interested in doing this job.

We are taking applications on a rolling basis and will consider them as they come in. Please submit your application via the link above or as contained in the job pack.

Interview

If you are shortlisted based on your application, we will invite you to an interview at Groundswell.

If you would like an informal chat about the role before applying, please email Becky, the Fundraising and Communications Director, via the details in the job pack and they will get back to you.

Fundraising Compliance Manager

Job ID: 034666

Salary: £38,826 - £45,649, including London Weighting Allowance

Business unit: Fundraising & Supporter Development

Department: Fundraising & Supporter Dev Office

Strand Campus

Are you an experienced compliance professional looking to make a difference in the higher education or charity sector? Are you a detail orientated project manager with expert knowledge in fundraising and data protection regulations?

If you are a solution-focused compliance expert then we’re offering the opportunity to join the team that fundraises for a University and two associated NHS charities. We are looking for someone to lead and maintain a culture of compliance across all elements of fundraising and supporter engagement.

As our Fundraising Compliance Manager, you will be the focal point for compliance, providing guidance and advice to colleagues ensuring that we have sufficient controls and processes in place across all areas of fundraising.  You will produce and deliver training and supporting documents to upskill staff and to ensure consistency across the team, as well as identifying areas for improvement and development.

You will have an in-depth understanding and good practical knowledge of data protection and regulatory and legal frameworks in a fundraising context.  You will keep your knowledge up-to-date and will be confident in communicating with staff at all levels and with varying levels of understanding; in an engaging and accessible manner.

Excellent organisation and project management skills will be required to ensure that projects and the day-to-day delivery and reporting of compliance are kept on track.

This post will be offered on an indefinite contract.

This is a full-time post - 100% full time equivalent.

Closing date: 07-Nov-2021.

To apply, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button.

WR Fundraising Recruitment has an amazing opportunity to work with a regional charity in an exciting, newly created Corporate Partnerships Manager position.

Working closely with a new Head of… we’re looking for an experienced corporate fundraiser to be the go-to expert on all things partnerships fundraising. You’ll have the opportunity to lend your expertise to shaping a corporate fundraising strategy while managing some great accounts and developing new business across the region.

We’re looking for someone who has the ambition to kick-start a well- supported corporate partnerships fundraising stream and drive the future success for the charity.

Corporate Partnerships Manager

Full Time, Permanent

Oxford with travel across Thames Valley

Hybrid working

Up to £35,000 on experience

Duties will include:

• Lead, develop and implement the Corporate Partnerships strategy
• Focus on building relationships including but not limited to strategic and multi-year collaborations, sponsorship, Charity of the Year, employee fundraising, pro-bono, etc
• Successfully account manage current corporate partners and secure new partners
• Securing partnerships from regional companies via high-quality pitching and stewardship
• Develop a strong brand and identity as a charity partner, highlighting impact and the people the charity support in order to attract companies
• Crafting and presenting appropriate propositions that align with prospects’ objectives

Suitable candidates will have:

• Demonstrable experience in cultivating fundraising relationships with corporate partners
• Strong experience in building individually tailored fundraising relationships with individuals and companies.
• Experience of developing and implementing ambitious action plans.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including proven ability to build and maintain productive relationships with key influencers and stakeholders
• Very strong presentation skills and confidence in speaking in front of varied audiences.

To apply or for further information, please email a copy of your up to date CV in the first instance.

The team at WR Fundraising Recruitment are passionate about bringing together talented fundraising professionals with fantastic organisations. We’d love to hear from you if you are looking for a new fundraising opportunity.