Executive Director of Fundraising and Creative
c. £100,000

Comic Relief is one of the UK’s best loved and most widely recognised charities. We work to drive positive change through the power of entertainment, and our flagship events include Comic Relief, Sport Relief and Red Nose Day. Millions of generous participants and donors have raised an astonishing total of over £1bn in the past 35 years, all of which has gone to improving lives in the UK and across the globe.

A lot has changed since 1985, and we’ve invested considerable time and thought into recasting our focus and philosophy to address emerging challenges and opportunities. We are committed to being impact-led; to channelling creativity; and to working smart. If you’re looking for a genuinely creative way to make a concrete difference to the world, this influential and visible leadership role could be the most important move you make.

Our fundraising strategy is uniquely Comic Relief: we create entertainment, stories and brilliant partnerships which inspire people to care about (and thus to support) the causes and charities that we fund. Sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, and always serious, we engage millions of people of all ages. The Fundraising and Creative workgroup is the largest directorate in the organisation, and comprises three teams – Public Fundraising, Corporate Partnerships and Creative – collaborating closely together. It’s a multi-faceted and cross-channel group, with a strong focus on embedding and championing digital throughout all our content and working practices. And it’s an incredibly exciting place to be.

You’ll be accountable for generating our income, ensuring that we continue to be a popular, progressive and dynamic brand which is entertaining, engaging and highly effective. Significant experience in public fundraising through creative leadership is essential, and your record of sustained, tangible increases in income will set you apart. The ability to work through relationships is key, and you must have the judgement, communication and influencing skills to play a visible and highly scrutinised role in a major charitable organisation. And as if that didn’t narrow the field enough, we’re also uncompromising about wanting to see comprehensive experience of embedding digital strategy and practice within an organisation, plus exceptional prowess as a strategic marketer, communicator and producer.

Are you a fundraising guru with knowledge of charity governance and development?  If so, the Barnet third sector needs your support!

As you will be well aware, Covid-19 has brought unprecendented challenges to the charity sector.  Just when need is greatest, resources are hard to come by and many charities face real threats to their sustainability.  To answer this need, we require someone able to advise on all aspects of fundraising to ensure our vital local organisations keep delivering.  If that's you, you'll be aware of the London funding landscape, able to quickly identify opportunities and point organisations in the right direction.  You'll also be happy to roll your sleeves and review and re-write bids as required, and you'll relish the challenge of helping to develop and shape partnerships to keep maximise the impact of our fantastic sector.

Ideally, you will also have a good knowledge of third sector governance and the issues small organisations face, and be able to advise confidently on a range of queries.

In return, you will get the opportunity to work in a unique organisation - one that delivers both for disabled people and across community services in Barnet.  You'll also find yourself part of a friendly and supportive team, both within Inclusion Barnet and across the Barnet Together partnership.  .

Working 28 hours a week, you will have a certain amount of flexibility as to how you arrange your hours: we don't mind if you want to work four long days or five short ones.  You can work from anywhere in the UK, but an ability to visit our headquarters in Barnet after lockdown would be advantageous. 

This is a fixed term contract until the 20th January 2021 in the first instance, extendable subject to future funding.  The post is funded through the generous support of the National Lottery Community Fund. 

Disabled candidates who demonstrate how they meet all the essential criteria in their application letter willl be guarenteed an interview.  We also particularly welcome applications from BAME candidates, who are currently underrepresented in our organisation. 

Unicef ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

We are currently seeking a Deputy Executive Director, Philanthropic Relationships to help us achieve our ambitious goals and move us closer to making every child safe, and able to reach their full potential. As a member of the senior executive team and reporting directly to the Executive Director, the new Deputy Executive Director will be integral in raising our sights and helping us achieve our ambition. Unicef UK currently secures around £10 million annually in major and principal giving, however, we believe that we can increase this income significantly with the right leadership and aspiration setting for our philanthropic partnerships team. We want to invest in the strategy, approach, capability and people that will help us realise that goal.

We wish to encourage applications from experienced senior leaders drawn from a wide variety of backgrounds. The successful candidate will be a proven fundraising leader, with demonstrable experience of cultivating and delivering on philanthropic relationships at the highest level. You will have knowledge of working alongside high net worth individuals and philanthropic trusts and securing support at the seven-figure level. You must have the energy and aptitude to further enhance Unicef UK’s reputation with wide range of philanthropic supporters and their representatives and help expand this portfolio substantially. Excellent communication skills are essential, alongside a clear passion and commitment to Unicef’s mission.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled advocacy professional to join our team in a new role as a Senior Advocacy Advisor.

We looking for a highly motivated individual with demonstrable experience both designing programmatic work with beneficiaries and delivering policy and influencing work. You will be supporting the development of new advocacy content in our programmes with women entrepreneurs in Nigeria, Indonesia and Vietnam, so participants are empowered to identify and safely challenge systemic challenges to the success of womens’ businesses. You will also be leading on the operational delivery of our broader advocacy strategy focussing on developing our policy, influencing and research work.  

This is a part time, permanent role at 21 hours per week (60%) with a salary range of £21,924 – £26,187 pro rata (£36,540 – £43,645 per annum).

Applications close 9.00am BST, 30 July 2020. Interviews will be held remotely in the first half of August.

Please note, the Foundation’s team is working from home and you will be too until such a time that we can safely return to our Central London office (W1), from where you’ll be based after then. We offer flexible working arrangements. 

The Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply for this position. All applicants should have the right to work in UK. 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 number of applications we receive, we will contact those we wish to invite you to interview only.

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

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.

Since the coronavirus outbreak began, our society has pulled together to achieve extraordinary things. Thousands of people sleeping rough have been temporarily housed in a matter of weeks, and many more were prevented from becoming homeless due to emergency changes to legislation.

As we begin to emerge from lockdown, we now stand at a crossroads: we can build on the incredible progress that has been made by helping everyone move into a secure and permanent home; or we risk seeing thousands of people being forced into homelessness.
We are recruiting for a Fundraising Development Officer to join our expanding Partnerships and Philanthropy team, to work alongside our inspirational supporters and beneficiaries to bring an end to homelessness in Great Britain.

About the role
As a Fundraising Development Officer you will join our innovative, dynamic and creative Fundraising Development Team (FDT). The FDT was established a year ago to create a team of talented people who lead on all the internally focussed work required to create the supporter experiences we need to end homelessness.

The team lead on all of the following for the Partnerships and Philanthropy team; working across a range of internal teams to produce all 6 and 7 figure cases for support, creating engagement opportunities (whether in-person events, communications, webinars, virtual reality experiences, etc.), ensuring seamless and rewarding volunteer experiences, digital marketing, cross team funder reporting, supporting on new business, and more – the remit is broad, the space for creativity and risk taking is generous and in their first year this new team have smashed it and are ready to grow.

Whilst you won’t be primarily supporter facing you will be absolutely central to fundraising success, using and growing your in-depth knowledge of corporate partner and philanthropy audiences, putting you in a brilliant position to later move into either a frontline fundraising role or a range of other internal teams. But we hope you won’t want to leave!

About you
To be successful in this role you will have:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including experience writing for high net worth and/or business audiences.
• Confidence in using digital channels to communicate and meet objectives
• Experience of working on events for high value audiences, in both a lead and support role.
• Experience of building productive working relationships with a range of stakeholders in a medium to large scale organisation
• Good numeracy skills and an understanding of finance processes.
• Experience supporting a busy team on multiple projects and managing competing deadlines.
• Strong organisation skills, attention to detail and a methodical approach to tasks.
• Able to work on own initiative, but also as part of a closely coordinated team.
• Share Crisis’s values and be passionate about ending homelessness

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. 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: Tuesday 14th July (23:59)

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.
 

Our Senior Grants Fundraiser will lead the grant fundraising team to generate income for all areas of the organisation.

As our Senior Grants Fundraiser, you will be responsible for managing effective grants fundraising to support all programmes of work, developing strong relations with funding partners, and securing income to achieve our annual income plan.

To be successful in the role you will drive forward Trees for Cities’ grants fundraising, working closely with the teams to develop applications that are tailored to meet the needs of our urban forest and school programmes and fit closely with funder objectives, leading on large, multi-year applications as required.

This is a permanent role for an ambitious, individual to build upon our strong track record of grants fundraising. It is an opportunity to develop new funding relationships and secure vital funds to grow the breadth of our work programmes as we strive to meet the challenges of a global climate crisis. 

Trees for Cities is an ambitious, far-reaching organisation.

Trees for Cities is the only charity that focuses on planting urban trees in cities worldwide.  We are a rapidly growing and developing organisation that suits ambitious, dedicated and passionate staff.

We seek a highly-motivated, confident individual to join our Development Team. The person we are looking for has proven experience in grant fundraising, a passion for urban trees and healthy cities, together with strong organisational, inter-personal and communication skills. 

This is a full-time position based in Kennington, London SE11.

HOW TO APPLY

Please visit our website to view a full job descriptio. Download and complete the application form and submit by email to with the subject heading ‘Senior Grants Fundraiser’.

We are inviting applications on a rolling basis and urge candidates to apply at their earliest convenience. We reserve the right to close the appointment if a candidate is appointed.

If you are shortlisted for interview, you will normally be contacted within one week after applying. If you do not hear from us within this period then you should assume that on this occasion you have not been selected for interview.

Trees for Cities is an equal opportunities employer. Registered Charity No: 1032154.

About us

British Exploring Society is a world class youth development charity with a unique heritage, founded on the belief that challenging experiences can define lives, empowering and equipping young people with the courage, integrity, skills, resilience and motivation to make the most of their future.

Who we are looking for 

This role provides an excellent opportunity for an energetic, ambitious and flexible individual seeking to develop their fundraising skills, who wants the chance to make this post their own. You will be supporting a critical area of the charity by enabling our major donor administration, communications and development. You will also support our wider fundraising strategy.

You are a proactive and driven individual with excellent organisational abilities and attention to detail; you have accurate and engaging communication skills (written and verbal) and will be able to use your creativity to enhance our results and help us achieve our fundraising targets.

Alongside your professional skills, you will need to demonstrate empathy with the work of the charity and a commitment to its purpose and values. At British Exploring Society we travel economy and stay in hostels – but we work with a wide range of stakeholders who require high levels of polish, care and perfect discretion.

Key Accountabilities/ Duties

• Maintain and nurture relationships with current and prospective donors
• Steward supporters more broadly, including sending out high quality communication materials and information
• Deliver our major donor programme
• Plan and execute a small direct mailing programme, working alongside the Membership officer
• Prepare briefings and other information for external meetings and fundraising events
• Provide planning and delivery administration for dinners, philanthropy breakfasts, private receptions
• Undertake research to identify potential new donors within our stakeholder network
• Support delivery of fundraising reporting data as required
• Prepare reports for the Head of Fundraising sand CEO on progress towards agreed fundraising objectives as required
• Ensure that all activities undertaken meet Charity Commission requirements and are compliant with with relevant legislation
• Maintain excellent record keeping , updating our new CRM system with donation and supporter information
• Communicate with supporters and funders in a timely fashion
• Respond to ad hoc supporter queries

The post holder will also

• Contribute to achieving the objectives of British Exploring Society
• Represent the charity at external events in a professional manner
• Adhere to the charity’s policies, procedures and working
• Ensure all records are held in compliance with the Data Protection Act, GDPR, the Institute of Fundraising and British Exploring Society’s policies
• Have effective IT skills across a wide range of common applications including Excel, Google and Word
• Following a full induction, participate in the team rota as a Duty Officer during periods when the Society is running 24 hour support service for our expeditions;
• Undertake additional ad-hoc tasks as required

What happens next?

To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter of no more than 2 sides of A4 explaining your suitability for the role. Due to remote working conditions, there is currently a delay in receiving postal applications so would request that all applications are submitted digitally.
 
In your application please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements, or if you need us to make any adjustments to the interview process.

Interviews will take place using Zoom web conferencing in week commencing 20th July.
 
We regret that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

2020, the start of a new decade in which we want to do more and better, together – doubling our impact by 2025.

To achieve this we are investing in creating an exciting and new Fundraising and Donor Engagement team to provide stewardship to an ambitious Business Development strategy.

We are looking for two inspirational, energetic and committed individuals to pioneer and take us forward on this exciting journey.  The fundraising and donor engagement function will be broad, interfacing with all One YMCA’s services across family support, housing, gyms, youth, community hubs and nurseries.

We envisage that no one person will have the full breadth of experience we are asking for in the attached job description but we do ask our people to have a desire to learn and teach others what you know.  We are looking for people with an excellent track record in fundraising strategies including;

Donor relations and engagement (communities, individuals and groups),
Digital Fundraising,
Bid writing for funds from grant making trusts,
Corporate partnerships and sponsorship,
Individual giving and event fundraising,
Cause-related funding appeals/campaigns
Direct marketing and
Fundraising through storytelling

The final areas of responsibility will be shared depending on the skills and expertise of successful applicants.  You will have the opportunity to evolve as an individual and develop your skills into new areas of fundraising and donor engagement as we progress and establish the service.

You will receive full support in achieving your own, and our, ambitions for this role from an inspirational and visionary executive and senior management team.  We are a Charity with a deep-rooted desire to succeed in doubling our impact and we are not afraid to take risks along the way to meet the unprecedented demands on our service users.  If you want to be a part of our exciting mission, or find out further information about the role, get in touch today!

To apply for this exciting opportunity, please send us your CV clearly headlining your fundraising achievements, and a letter of application no longer than 2 sides of A4 addressing the essential and desirable criteria in the person specification.

Closing date: 09.00 6 July 2020

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional to join the recently formed Young K&C as a Development Manager. A varied role, you will be helping create an innovative new organisation and make a real difference to young people’s lives.

Young K&C is a brand-new charity established to support children and young people in Kensington & Chelsea.  Young K&C is an innovative cross-sector partnership, working with youth clubs, charities, schools, businesses and Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.  

Together we will shape opportunities and create the best services for children and young people in Kensington & Chelsea through supporting and sustaining the children and young people’s sector.

A membership organisation, the Development Manager will help build and manage the membership base and create strong consortia.  You will have tenacity and drive, leading funding applications and working with corporates and individuals to leverage investment.

Young K&C will also be offering small grants to its member charities.  Your role will be to help us develop our grant giving and manage our grant making processes.

We are seeking a passionate and highly skilled individual into an exciting and flexible environment which offers excellent prospects as the charity develops.

About us
We are a charity dedicated to ensuring that people most impacted by injustice are leading campaigns that affect their lives, from better housing to fairer treatment of migrants to LGBTQ+ rights. Our mission is to support people to run effective campaigns that challenge injustice. We do this by running campaign training programmes that help people develop the skills, confidence and community to change things that matter to them. In our trainings, we prioritise people from communities directly impacted by injustice.

Job Purpose:
Meeting income targets
Supporter stewardship
Manage the administration of the Fundraising team
Stakeholder management to further the organisation’s objectives

Job Responsibilities

Meeting income targets:
Researching, writing and submitting applications to new trusts and foundations for four and five-figure bids under £40,000.
Reporting to funders in line with their requirements, including supporting the Fundraising team with narrative and financial updates.
Supporting the Head of Fundraising and Fundraising Manager with diversifying income streams, including through public donations, individual giving and the sale of scholarship places and workshops for NGOs.
Represent the fundraising remit of Campaign Bootcamp at external networking events, sector conferences and funder meetings.

Supporter stewardship:
Managing day-to-day relations with a portfolio of four and five-figure current and prospective foundation donors.
Managing grant awards, including grant agreements, interim reporting, project visits, end of grant reports and budget reconciliations.
Testing and implementing new ways to engage current and new funders as the Fundraising team develops new income streams across trusts, individual giving and online appeals.

Manage the administration of the Fundraising team:
Managing the grant set-up process on Salesforce.
Managing and further developing the relevant administrative infrastructure, including Salesforce.
Ensuring that donations, donor tracking and reporting systems are accurate and that electronic records are up to date.
Contributing to the management of the general fundraising communication channels.

Stakeholder management to further the organisation’s objectives:
Creating content for our public facing channels, e.g. website, newsletters and social media, to raise awareness of Campaign Bootcamp and our funding needs.
Ensuring Salesforce records are accurate and up-to-date so that the Finance and delivery teams have the information they need from the Fundraising team to deliver on grant objectives.
Working with the Training and Programme delivery teams to ensure our applications and reports are as strong as they can be; this includes coordinating and participating in regular catch-ups with delivery teams, project visits and regular communications through in-person/Zoom meetings, emails and via Slack.
Supporting our work to evaluate and improve our programmes.

General:
Work in a sustainable manner with consideration of the natural environment
External customer service: answer the general Campaign Bootcamp phone via Circleloop and emails relating to fundraising via our shared 'hello' inbox
Any other reasonable tasks as directed by your line manager or Leadership Team
At all times adhere to relevant legislation including GDPR
At all times take personal responsibility for exhibiting behaviours in line with the person specification and the values of Campaign Bootcamp.

Prospectus is excited to be partnering with New Horizon Youth Centre to support their search for a Fundraising Manager. This role is offered as a one-year contract with the potential to extend thereafter.

New Horizon Youth Centre is a vital support network for 16-24 year olds who have no one else to turn to. They provide everything from hot food, showers and laundry to sourcing accommodation, training and employment. They offer counselling, drug and alcohol support, health, fitness, art, music and communication skills workshops - everything they need to create a positive future.

As part of a small, dynamic and collaborative team, you will lead on fundraising relationships with corporate, individual and community partners. You will be equally comfortable dealing with large companies as with smaller community groups and high net-worth individuals. You will use your creativity to grow and build existing and new relationships, you will deliver first class supporter cultivation and stewardship plans and look to involve young people in fundraising work where appropriate.

New Horizon Youth Centre is looking for you to have a good understanding and interest in various funding streams, with direct experience in at least one (corporate, individuals, community). You will have a positive can-do attitude and will be able to manage your own workload and prioritise accordingly.

The current crisis has led to deep concerns for young people disproportionately affected by the social and economic challenges that the fallout from Covid-19 will bring. This is a chance for you to play an integral role as part of a passionate team to be the crucial support and life-line for homeless young people.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application. In order to apply, please go to the role on the Prospectus website and submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to speaking with you soon.

About us
Crisis is the national charity for people facing homelessness. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

This is an exciting time to join the Policy and Campaigns team at Crisis and play an important role to help us advance our goal to end homelessness in Great Britain. In the last few weeks we have seen significant progress in policy making on homelessness, and it is a critical time to ensure this momentum is not lost.
As Senior Policy Officer for Health and Homelessness Prevention, you will lead a new area of policy work for Crisis, developing our policy positions and strategy around health to ensure that health policy is well-considered and advocated for in our solutions to end homelessness. You will also work closely with Public Affairs and Campaigns colleagues on influencing decision makers to help people out of homelessness and campaign for the changes needed to solve it altogether.

About you
To be successful in this role you will have solid experience of leading policy projects in housing, homelessness, or health, and developing practical policy solutions to complex problems. You will also be enthusiastic about working cross-organisationally with frontline services and people with lived experience to develop policy from practice.

About you
To be successful in this role you will have solid experience of leading policy projects in housing, homelessness, or health, and developing practical policy solutions to complex problems. You will also be enthusiastic about working cross-organisationally with frontline services and people with lived experience to develop policy from practice.

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 ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click apply now. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the 'Vacancy Details' button.

Closing date: Tuesday 14 July 2020 (11.59pm)

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage and applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness

FUNDRAISING AND OPERATIONS MANAGER

Reporting to: Executive Director 

Based at Choices Offices (390 Caledonian Road, N1 1DN) or at home during lockdown

Salary: £28,000 pro rata plus pension contributions in line with the Government’s statutory requirement

Hours of work: This is a part-time role of 2.5 day/week (20 hours). You will occasionally be required to work out of hours and flexibility will be expected.

This contract is for one year with the possibility of extension

Safeguarding: Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

About the role:

This is a varied and interesting role in which you’ll play an important part in supporting Choices and its growth. The Fundraising and Operations Manager will manage and develop our community fundraising (individual giving and events) and support the Executive Director with running our grant application fundraising.The role also involves developing new areas of fundraising (e.g. corporate; major gifts; mid-level giving), as well as ensuring the smooth running of our office and operations.This is predominantly a fundraising role which includes the management of our office and programmatic operations, given the overlap of impact reporting and data management responsibilities.

About the candidate:

The ideal candidate will be highly organised, creative and self-starting, bringing relevant experience to the role. This job would suit an experienced fundraiser returning to work after a career break, or someone earlier in their career who is ready to take on more responsibility and play a key role in Choices’ future development. As a part time role, it would suit someone looking to work in fundraising and operations whilst also pursuing other interests or meeting caring commitments.

One of the benefits of working in a small charity as a key member of a friendly team is that you can make your role your own and develop it further according to your interests and skills. The successful candidate will therefore be able to demonstrate they are an entrepreneurial self-starter who would relish this opportunity.

About Choices:

Choices is charity that operates from a Christian ethos of compassion, care and respect, delivering services in the community and in prisons including:

-       Non-directive, non-judgmental support for those facing unplanned pregnancy

-       Counselling support for those coming to terms with a decision to terminate a pregnancy or facing anxiety during pregnancy

-       Befriending services for pregnant women and new mothers facing low income, isolation and anxiety

-       Counselling for women in prison supporting them through issues of child separation 

There is an occupational requirement attached to this role requiring you to be a practicing Christian.

Job Description: The Fundraising and Operations Manager will be responsible for two main areas of work and time will be split between the two as the work dictates:

1) managing and developing our fundraising work, with a focus on individual giving, campaigns and events, but also exploring the development of new income streams (e.g. mid-level giving; major donors)

2) managing office operations, and supporting programmatic monitoring and evaluation

Specific tasks include (but are not limited to):

1.  FUNDRAISING

• Stewarding existing supporters through existing means (e.g. sending out newsletters via MailChimp) and developing a more creative and sustainable stewardship programme

• Communicating with individual givers via email and phone

• Identification of mid-level and major donor prospects among individual givers, and proactive prospect research and cultivation

• Supporting external grant-writers to apply for grants, and report-writing

• Managing, recording and submitting monthly appeals to trusts and foundations

• Organising both fundraising and stewardship events

• Running online campaigns and appeals, including creating assets, writing copy, merging emails, using social media platforms.

• Keeping accurate and up-to-date records of grants and securely storing all fundraising data (e.g. donor data, Gift Aid forms) in accordance with GDPR)

• Managing all fundraising data, including managing and developing the use of a CRM database (currently Salesforce) that is also used to store client data.

2.  OPERATIONS

• Running our office processes and procedures (eg Health & Safety and insurance, managing office services, utilities, petty cash, data storage, updating policies, general office upkeep including stationary, office supplies etc)

• Operational support for different project areas (eg collating statistics, updating the database, creating evaluation reports, managing volunteer applications, etc)

• Taking responsibility along with other staff for answering phone calls, booking appointments for clients

• Developing the CRM for recording client data and impact reporting in addition to donor data

• Attend Choices Management Team meetings (on Thursdays) and occasionally attend Board meetings as required (weekday evenings)

PLEASE NOTE: This job description gives a broad overview of the types of responsibilities but is subject to change in discussion with line manager/trustees based on needs/demands in the work of Choices Islington.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Essential:

•  Mature Christian faith. In order to safeguard Choices’ Christian culture and ethos and in keeping with the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9 Para 3) Choices’ Trustees have applied an occupational requirement to this role whereby the post holder will be committed to upholding and modelling Choices’ Christian ethos.

• Supportive of the work of Choices

• Experience of working as a fundraiser (ideally within individual giving and community fundraising)

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with experience of engaging with a wide range of stakeholders

• Ability to proactively build and develop positive relationships internally and externally 

• Excellent organisation skills

• Strong project management/administration skills, preferably in the charity sector

• IT and social media literate (experience of mailing systems e.g. MailChimp is desirable)

• Experience of working with CRMs/databases 

• Self-motivated and confident working alone

• Solutions-focused

• Excellent interpersonal skills and team player

• Capacity to be flexible and innovative in the changing circumstances of a small, but growing charity

Desirable:

• Entrepreneurial thinking

• Knowledge of safeguarding

• Knowledge and experience of using Salesforce (CRM)

How to apply:

Application is by CV and covering letter with reference to the job description and person specification. Please set out clearly what skills, experience and qualities you will bring to the role and how your Christian faith informs your understanding of Choices’ work and vision.

Please include the name and contact details of two referees: one to be your most recent employer and the other a senior leader at your church who knows you well. References will not be sought prior to the interview.

The closing date for applications is 10.00am on June 30th, but we may close before this if we find the right candidate. You will be notified if you have been shortlisted for an interview.

Are you looking for an exciting new Fundraising role?

Fundraising Manager, Feed the Minds (9-12 month maternity cover)

Contract: Full-time, temporary

Salary range: £29k - £33k

Location: Vauxhall, London

Feed the Minds is looking for a highly skilled and ambitious Fundraising Manager to deliver our fundraising strategy for the organisation – helping to improve the lives of women and their families in marginalised communities in the Global South. We are an international NGO, working with partner organisations in the Global South to run innovative projects for women and vulnerable people living in some of the world’s poorest communities.

About our work

Feed the Minds is a small, but ambitious UK-based international development organisation, operating in 10 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Our projects emphasise partnership and sustainable solutions promoting economic empowerment, health and citizenship through practical education. Our funding comes from a wide variety of sources, with a particular focus on increasing our digital fundraising and regular giving income streams.

About the role

The right person will be an innovative networker and influencer, with strong analytical skills. We are looking for a candidate with several years’ experience of fundraising, including a proven track record of winning and delivering partnerships with, and funds from, companies, community groups and individuals. We are particularly interested in a background in digital fundraising and/or event or community fundraising.

We are keen to find the right person for this role and would therefore be happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, if needed. We can offer supportive working relationships with our core team based in London and our international partners.

Our current Fundraising Manager is due to go on maternity leave in mid-September and ideally, we would like a short handover period.

This post will initially be a 9-month contract with the opportunity to extend.

Salary range £29k - £33k

Closing date for applications: 12 noon Wednesday 15th July

To apply, please send your CV together with a covering letter stating how you meet the person specification. The job description with person specification is attached. Interviews for shortlisted candidates will take place on Tuesday 28th July.