Senior head of philanthropy jobs

Vice-Chancellor’s Office

Development and Campaigns Office

Senior Prospect Research Officer

Ref: SC4227

£27,929 to £34,308 per annum

We are looking to recruit a highly skilled individual to provide on-demand and planned research and analysis, from multiple electronic sources. This post is based within the Data and Research unit of the Development Office, as part of the University’s fundraising programmes.

Educated to A level standard (or equivalent qualification with experience) in a directly transferable role, you will be responsible for the development and delivery of the prospect research strategy at the University to ensure there is a robust pipeline of high value donors. You will focus on researching donors and prospects, analysing data for prospect capacity and propensity, creating donor profiles, and identifying priorities for relationship managers to achieve income objectives.

The post is immediately available on a full-time indefinite basis and applicants must be able to evidence that they meet the essential criteria within the job description.

Closing date: Monday 5 September 2022

The University is committed to diversifying its workforce. As examples, we already hold an Athena SWAN Silver Institutional Award in recognition of our advancement towards gender equality. We also have a Vice-Chancellor led Taskforce on Tackling Racism and a Race Equality Charter Working Group which support our work on race equality. Our aim is to submit to the Race Equality Charter in 2024

Sightsavers is looking for a Head of Content and Stories – a 12–13-month fixed term maternity cover contract role within our expanding campaigns and communications team.

Salary: Up to £54,000 per annum

Location: UK remote/ hybrid - with occasional travel to Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 3BW when required

Contract: 12-12 Month Fixed Term Maternity Cover Contract

Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked and some home working

About the role

The content and stories team brings together content production and story gathering functions into one creative team. As well as delivering in these dedicated areas, we are responsible for responding to creative briefs on strategic communications projects. We develop long term creative campaigns and tactical content assets which inform, engage and persuade our priority audiences and help fulfil our communications, campaigning and organisational objectives.

We are looking for a passionate and talented interim Head of Content and Stories who can guide and inspire the team, providing creative and ethical leadership while continuing to embed our processes and adapt our approach based on learning.

The role has responsibility for implementing the creative strategy, ensuring our creative pillars and ethical storytelling principles guide everything we produce. And for championing ethical storytelling across the organisation, promoting the principles and consulting on fundraising materials.

The Head of Content and Stories needs to provide strong management to the team managers and work with them to ensure the three strands of the team collaborate and communicate effectively. The role also needs to manage the budgets for the team and for the directorate’s story collection and content production activity.

About you

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in leading creative development and delivering innovative campaigns as well as extensive experience in story collection. To succeed in this role, you will need:

• extensive knowledge and experience of devising and implementing successful content and story approaches to deliver strategic communication objectives
• a proven track record of developing and delivering creative communication campaigns that achieve high level change
• experience of creative thinking and brief management and leadership
• experience of managing a content and stories function as part of a wider communications department (or being part of function and contributing to the running of the team)
• experience of leading a team of creative professionals in balancing a challenging workload
• experience of working in, and knowledge of, international development issues
• experience of working in a politically sensitive environment and providing communications advice as it relates to ethical content policies and practices to senior colleagues
• experience of critically assessing creative materials
• experience of devising and maintaining systems and processes to ensure creative projects are delivered effectively
• the ability to operate with a high degree of flexibility in covering a range of activities and responding to urgent requests
• the ability to consistently horizon scan, model best practice and learn from success and failure to drive continuous improvement and innovation across content and story methods and practices
• demonstrable understanding of ethical storytelling issues and the integral role it plays in delivering strategic communications

This is a brilliantly varied role, please read the full job description for further details. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts. If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London.

Next steps

To apply for this opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying. Please note that there will be an expectation that you can occasionally visit our modern and collaborative offices in Haywards Heath, West Sussex (RH16 3BW)

We anticipate that remote interviews will take place in late August 2022 and the evaluation process will include a role specific task to be completed by shortlisted candidates in advance of this.

Certitude is London’s leading adult social care provider for people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs. As a not for profit organisation, they support over 1,800 people across 17 London boroughs, predominately in the west and south. They run a wide range of programmes and initiatives including registered care home support, outreach programmes and day care centres. The organisation currently employs over 1,500 people and the income of the organisation in 2021/22 was over £50m. Their reach to people is already fantastic and they have very ambitious plans with the aim of doubling the size of the operation in the next ten years.

The role 

Reporting to the Director of Finance & Housing and Financial Controller you will develop a culture of effective finance business partnering to support stakeholders. The role will require you to plan and implement improvements to working practices within the management accounting function; using finance systems to develop new reporting packs that meet the requirements of a wide group of stakeholders. You will also develop financial costing models and be the lead on new growth and development pricing. The postholder will also be expected to take on elements of day-to-day management of the team.

Areas of focus

Transformation- you will be tasked with leading on different elements to ensure you bring your finance expertise to different strands of the transformation programme

Collaborative Working - you will work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation  developing the approach to business partnering.

Implementing new ways to report and manage finance information - Review and improve existing reporting systems and implement changes that meet the needs of budget holders and other key stakeholders – fully utilising technology

Cost Modelling – finance lead in tendering and ensure contracts are delivered in line with agreed pricing

Management – day-to-day management of a team of 2

New Contract Mobilisation – supporting this through working with other finance colleagues.

Reporting to the Board and Various Sub Committees - lead on reporting requirements for the Board and Sub committees, developing monthly information packs for key stakeholders so they are able to manage resources and budgets effectively.

You will be a qualified accountant with an excellent understanding of effective business partnering. Committed to improving the quality and the timeliness of management reporting across the organisation you will have very strong systems experience and understand how to use reporting systems to deliver excellent decision- making support and improve the quality of the flow of information.

Please note that applications will be reviewed as they are received. 

Senior Partnership Manager (fixed term - 18 months)

REQ000404

£38,500 - £45,000

Woking, Surrey GU21 4LL/Hybrid Working

This is an amazing opportunity to use your experience in managing and leveraging corporate partnerships to save our planet. We are the first generation to know we are destroying the world. And at WWF UK we are focussed on doing something about it. One answer is to forge new, high impact and long-term partnerships to catalyse action, change hearts and minds and create solutions to save nature. Which is where your skills come in as a Senior Partnership Manager.

As Senior Partnership Manager, you will take responsibility for one of our largest and most impactful partnerships. We will look to you to ensure it delivers against ambitious impact, income, advocacy, communication and growth objectives. Line managing a small team, you will make sure effective governance mechanisms are in place, share achievements and updates with colleagues and oversee budgets, income and expenditure. You will also develop strong relationships with key stakeholders in our corporate partners and support the team to grow our wider partnership portfolio. You will be responsible for the effective monitoring, evaluation and reporting of partnerships too.

You must have significant experience of managing corporate partnerships in a commercial or charity setting. Used to engaging and networking at a CEO and Director level, you will have an in-depth understanding of how business interfaces with charities and NGOs. You will have a firm understanding of conservation and sustainability issues and trends too. Experience of corporate fundraising and exposure to the finance, FMCG, food or tech sectors would be advantageous.

A team player you are adept at overcoming obstacles, you’ll have tenacity and drive and can demonstrate a commitment to the natural world and WWF’s core mission. Naturally warm and enthusiastic, you will also possess excellent networking, relationship-building communication and presentation skills. You will be a strong project manager, who enjoys strategic planning and a collaborative working environment.

If you have the ability to maximise income, impact and influence opportunities for us through partnerships and are passionate about building a movement in defence of nature, we’d love to hear from you. Please visit our website via the link, complete the online registration and submit a copy of your up-to-date CV with the Supporting Statement highlighting what makes you a good fit for us.

Application closing date: 31st August 2022

Every role at WWF is open to applications from all sections of society. We believe in the potential of everyone regardless of; sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other aspect that makes you, well you.  Here at WWF, we are committed to conscious inclusion that helps cultivate an ethos of belonging, connection and shared purpose.  We believe that the more diverse we are the better we become; this brings us together and empowers us to develop, engage and inspire; and critically to help build a future where people can live in harmony with nature.

Our policies and benefits reflect the importance of people being able to have a good work-life balance and being able to bring their ‘full self’ to work.

Our world needs you like never before. We are the first generation to know we are destroying the world and we could be the last that can do anything about it. We are looking for people who are passionate about making it politically, socially and economically unacceptable to destroy our planet’s natural resources. We need you to join us in the fight for our world.

Head of Philanthropy

Location: Home based with regular travel to London or Agile working (working two days from our London office and from home)

Pay: £45,992.41 to £51,147.93pa or £48,638.51 to £53,794.00 per annum (including London weighting).

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 hours per week

Imagine being part of an organisation whose common purpose is to help those who are severely impacted by mental illness. Here at Rethink Mental Illness and Mental Health UK we are a passionate group of people and are driven to make a difference.

We are able to make that difference due to generous donations from our wonderful supporters and we wouldn’t be able to deliver the diverse services that we do, without them. Which is why philanthropy has been identified as a new and lucrative income stream for Mental Health UK and Rethink Mental Illness, through the research completed by Bill Bruty and his team.

We know that growing our philanthropy programme will actively help us reach more people who need help and support. We believe that everyone should be treated with respect and dignity – and that’s why equity is one of our core values. We understand the importance of drawing on the expertise, unique perspectives and lived experience of our people – regardless of who they are or their background – to help us become an inclusive and anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider that reflects the diverse communities we support as a leading mental health charity.

To take us on our new and exciting journey, we are looking for an experienced Head of Philanthropy to join our passionate team of fundraisers. The successful person will develop and implement an effective Philanthropy fundraising strategy for both organisations, that supports income growth and ensures that we deepen our relationships with existing donors and proactively engage new supporters.

You will need exceptional relationship management skills as you work collaboratively across Fundraising, Partnerships, Senior Leadership and the wider organisations.  You will also be a strong and creative communicator with excellent verbal and written skills, which will allow you to develop compelling proposals, create memorable engagement opportunities and produce detailed reports for donors and prospects.

So, if you are a proactive Philanthropy professional who is keen to make their mark in the mental health sector and help us set up our Philanthropy programme from the beginning, why not be part of our future and join us in our newly created Head of Philanthropy role? Apply today!

More information can be found in the job description.

We offer a wide range of support. Some of our benefits include:

• PULSE – your rewards, wellbeing, and benefits platform. Providing access to thousands of discounts and benefits including cashback; reloadable cards; savings etc. A Wellbeing hub that gives physical, emotional, and mental health support. We also have an Employee Assistance Programme with access to appointments.
• Taking time for you: we work flexibly –you get to choose where you work, managing your own diary. We have generous annual leave, starting at 25 rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays, as well as your birthday off.
• Planning for the future: We have a contributory pension scheme.
• Structured Corporate Induction: Onboarding you into the Charity supporting your wellbeing along the way.
• £300 when you introduce a Friend: receive up to £300 when you introduce a friend or family member

Additional information:

Closing date is 9am 30th August 2022.

Interviews will take place week commencing 5th September 2022 and will consist of Competency/Behavioural interview and a presentation, which will be provided closer to the date.

The job of a Save the Children UK's Senior Programme Manager is impactful and varied.

• Do you have extensive experience in project cycle and grant/contract management, with knowledge of institutional donor compliance requirements?
• Do you have extensive experience working with institutional donors such as FCDO, UN and multilateral agencies particularly on proposal development and report writing
• Do you have significant experience of working in the international aid sector, including in overseas roles, with practical experience and understanding of related contextual and operational issues?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Job Purpose

The Senior Programme Manager's(SPM) primary focus is to oversee the quality management of programmes and related awards (grants & contracts) that are part of a portfolio covering several COs or donors. The portfolio under the SPM's overall responsibility is a sub-set within a wider portfolio covering a geographical region (‘regional portfolio') or programmes funded by particular corporate and philanthropy donors (‘partnerships portfolio'). The composition of the portfolio under the SPM's remit will vary over time, in line with changes and demands in SCUK's overall international programmes funding portfolio.

This role involves both direct management of programmes and related awards implemented in specific country programmes or supported by particular corporate & philanthropy donor(s); and providing direction, support and technical advice to Programme Managers (PMs) working in the same portfolio sub-set. The SPM works with wide autonomy and decision-making capacity, both within their directly management portfolio as well as the portfolio sub-set, with regards to portfolio's risks, issues, and workload management.

Being responsible for several COs or corporate & philanthropy donor(s), the SPM plays a key role, and works very closely with the Programme Management Lead in the effective development and implementation of regional and partnership strategies; in identifying and addressing systemic risks and issues; in improving and creating new internal processes; and in ensuring the capacity building and professional development of PMs.

Please Note:  There are 3 x Senior Programme Manager roles available (1 x 18 months, 1 for 12 months and 1 for 11 months)

Main Accountabilities

The Senior Programme Manager's key duties will be to:

Support to quality programming in Country Offices

• Drive the COAC (Country Offices as Agent of Change) agenda across relevant teams in SCUK, by making the COs' priorities, analysis and decision-making the centre of SCUK support to Save the Children programming.
• Develop strong a knowledge of in-country context and current issues, as well as of Save the Children's key programmatic themes and priorities, for the countries or programmes under their directly managed portfolio. Provide input to the Programme Management Lead and influencing SCUK funding strategies for the countries or programmes under their portfolio.
• Act as the focal point within SCUK for any matter or question regarding the countries or programmes under their responsibility.
• Contribute to the growth of Country Office's funding portfolio and facilitate this is in line with their Country Strategic Plans (CSPs), Strengthen and build capacities of CO staff, particularly around quality programming and funding management and donor compliance.
• Develop a strong knowledge of donor's priorities and interests in the country(ies) under their responsibility.
• Develop and maintain relevant donor relationships, serving as the focal point for HQ-level donor staff, for the countries or programmes under their directly managed portfolio.
• Travel to Country Office's as required, in order to provide higher level strategic support.

Lead business development, award management and donor compliance assurance

• Monitor and oversight of all SCUK-supported programmes for the countries or programmes under their directly managed portfolio, including identifying related risks and managing issues.
• Grant and contract management, from point of contract negotiation and signature, to quality assurance during implementation, and working with other SCUK departments to support reporting. Ensure awards in the portfolio are compliant with donor requirements and SC quality standards
• Provide support to COs in meeting key programme deliverables, as well as other donor expectations.
• Act as key liaison point between programmes in their portfolio and Programme Management Team and PP senior management, ensuring they are fully briefed in order to make key major strategic decisions.
• Ensure relevant quality assurance processes are completed so that programmes are running effectively and on time.
• Identify new funding opportunities, as follow-on from existing awards and/or as part of the day-to-day interaction with donors. Provide input in or lead on bid management for SCUK institutional and non-institutional proposals

Funding portfolio sub-set oversight

• Provide oversight, support and prioritisation for the management of the portfolio sub-set under their responsibility, acting as first point of senior advice and decision-making on complex issues, involving medium to low risk, brought forward by the PMs working in the same portfolio sub-set.
• Monitor risks and issues developments within the portfolio sub-set, making sure that the Programme Management Lead and PP senior management are aware and fully briefed of issues requiring major strategic decisions.
• Approve and sign-off opportunities and documents, as per delegated authority, within the portfolio sub-set.
• Provide input to the Programme Management Lead and ROs in resource mobilisation strategies for COs and donors within the portfolio sub-set, making sure that agreed priorities are implemented by PMs, as well as other teams, working in the portfolio sub-set.
• Monitor KPIs and other data related to programme and funding management, providing analysis to relevant stakeholders based on information extracted from the databases and information systems managed by the team
• Ensure that input into risk management tools provide sufficient and accurate information to drive evidence-based and effective decision-making by senior leadership.
• Lead on monitoring internal processes and procedures, identifying areas of improvement and recommending changes

People management

• Provide effective support and manage workload for PMs working in the portfolio sub-set under the SPM's responsibility (‘work management'), as part of matrix management with the Programme Management
• Train, coach and strengthen the capacities and competencies of Programme Management Team members
• Ensure there is learning and sharing of experiences within the portfolio sub-set, as well as across the Programme Management Team

 Other accountabilities

• Deputise for the Programme Management Lead as necessary
• To carry out the responsibilities of the role in a way which reflects Save the Children's commitment to safeguarding children in accordance with the Child Safeguarding Policy.
• A commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission, values and approach.

Person Profile

Experience and Knowledge

• Extensive experience in project and grant/contract management, with knowledge of institutional donor compliance requirements
• Extensive experience working with institutional donors such as FCDO, UN and multilateral agencies (e.g. UNICEF, OCHA, World Bank), particularly on proposal development and report writing
• Significant experience of working in the international aid sector, including in overseas roles, with practical experience and understanding of related contextual and operational issues. Good working knowledge of one or more countries supported by SCUK
• Strong working knowledge of international development/humanitarian issues.
• Significant financial processes and reporting skills
• Experience of establishing strong working relationships with colleagues from different organisations, functions, and cultures, often remotely.

 Abilities

• A commitment to safeguarding, anti-racism, eradicating inequality and child rights in all aspects of your work.
• Ability to manage a complex and varied workload, in order to organise and prioritise multiple tasks efficiently, manage reactive and proactive work, and deliver tasks to tight deadlines.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to identify and implement effective processes for achieving outcomes.
• A high degree of flexibility and adaptability to respond to changing needs and effectively address issueProven attention for detail and ability to effectively manage a high volume of data and information.
• Very strong team skills, with the ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships and collaborate both within and outside the team
• Strong communication skills, with good written and spoken English
• Willingness to travel

Ways of Working:

Remote First – The majority of our roles can be performed remotely, however you may work from the office as often as you wish. Whilst you will be predominantly  working from home,  we may require you to come to your contracted office up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter (Note: This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team) This is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building. 

On-site – There are certain roles that cannot be performed remotely and so your role will be based in an office location and you may occasionally be able to work from home.

Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are mot looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think. 

We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here. 

To see our full statement please visit our website.

Background

The RSPCA is about to undergo the most fundamental transformation journey in its near 200 years. Despite serious financial pressures across the charity sector, the RSPCA is looking forward to the next stage of its long history.

We are looking to transform our service offerings, how we engage with customers, government bodies and partners across the animal welfare sector, as part of a new vision to ensure we are here for another 200 years. This is not just about bringing the RSPCA into the present, but re-establishing it as the forward-looking leader for animal welfare. 

Programme Aim

To produce a sustainable operating model that allows the Society to continue to help all animals most in need, those who have tragically experienced cruelty, neglect and abuse, whilst using a partnership model to ensure wider animal welfare is still serviced.

• Develop a sustainable & compliant model that delivers improved & evidenced animal welfare outcomes.
• Deploy our resources more effectively, reducing inefficiency & duplication.
• Work more collaboratively with others, internally and externally.
• Take a leading role in building capacity and standardisation among animal welfare networks.
• Transform our culture from inward-facing to outward-facing - we listen & we learn. 
• Adopt evidence-based innovation & best practice.
• Value, understand and promote our expertise & specialist knowledge. 
• Become role models for high-quality, focused animal welfare provision

Please note that these roles are being offered as 24 month fixed term contracts. 

Purpose of Senior Programme Manager for Animal Journey Programme:   

To manage the scoping, planning and delivery of a transformational change programme to remodel the front line animal welfare service provision to the public to ensure that the RSPCA is focussed on supporting the animals most in need. 

To manage senior stakeholder engagement and change management and to oversee the projects and to hold them, and other business leads, to account for delivery and to align with the broader change programme.

• Facilitate challenging conversations and creative commissioning / service design discussions 
• Build excitement around the vision for the programme
• Manage the programme plan, communications plan and RAID
• Working with the Partnerships team to develop a partnership building capability with other charities and government agencies to help deliver the necessary animal welfare services
• Revised processes & practises for animal centers, hospitals, wildlife centers and Inspectorate to support the partnership working
• Review and improvements in private animal boarding establishment use and private vet processes and practices
• Establishing a national networking, rehoming and fostering practice
• Establish appropriate welfare oversight and auditing
• Recommendations on improvements to MI/KPI tracking
• Recommendations on supporting systems & roadmap

Knowledge, skill and experience for Senior Programme Manager for Animal Journey Programme:

• Experience of running commissioning / service design programmes
• Experience of drafting commissioning documents and presentations
• Experience of having to lead creative thinking
• Experience of working and communicating at a strategic level with key stakeholders in order to build successful relationships and navigate top level politics, with evidence of managing by influence to achieve successful outcomes to complex business problems and proven experience of ensuring that projects remain viable and aligned to scope and strategy
• Experience of establishing strong governance structures and good reporting lines
• Experience of running projects for multiple business functions
• Extensive experience of stakeholder management, identifying, addressing and resolving differences between individuals and/or interest groups
• Experience of using project management tools to manage development activity
• Extensive experience creating Gantt charts, including resource leveling, dependency chains and critical paths
• Experience in controlling, reconciling and reporting on projects
• Experience of analysing complex data to produce useful management information
• Experience of using work package

Purpose of Senior Project Managers -Animal Journeys:

As one of our Senior Project Managers (PMs), you will play a key role within the project delivery processes at the RSPCA.

As a Senior PM, you will deliver complex projects using the RSPCA's Project Management Framework, successfully delivering the benefits and outputs of those projects to deliver business change across the organisation.

You will manage and create proactive, enthusiastic and delivery oriented project teams within a matrix reporting structure and you will be expected to actively build & sustain key stakeholder relationships, take ownership of project delivery and assess business satisfaction with delivered results.

You will control and report on program /project deliverables, progress against milestones, budget, resources, risks & issues in accordance with project governance framework already in place and seek to continuously work towards delivery excellence.

Knowledge and Skills Required for Senior Project Managers - Animal Journeys:

• Degree level or equivalent professional experience 
• Certification in an industry standard project management methodology
• Proven successful delivery of complex enterprise wide change management projects
• Experience of running projects for multiple business functions
• Extensive experience of stakeholder management, identifying, addressing and resolving differences between individuals and/or interest groups
• Proven experience leading a project team through matrix management
• Experience of using project management tools to manage development activity
• Extensive experience creating Gantt charts, including resource leveling, dependency chains and critical paths.

Behaviours required for all roles:

Delivering results  - Achieving impact and value for the customer through great performance management and empowerment
Communicating and influencing - Delivering inspiring and courageous communications and influencing others to achieve
Acting as one team - Creating a one team culture and achieving impact for our customers through our collective efforts across and outside of RSPCA
 

Enabling change - Building an adaptive, resilient organisation, managing change well to set ourselves up as a stronger organisation for the future
Engaging people - Building trust based relationships with a personal, honest and caring approach to one another
The roles will be hybrid; working from our London Hub in Blackfriars with a high focus on remote working. Trips to our hub will be for core collaboration.

Please note that these roles are being offered as 24 month fixed term contracts. 

This well-established children's hospice based in North London is looking for a Senior Philanthropy Manager (Grants, Trusts and Foundations). You will be making a difference to the lives of children and young people who are seriously unwell, and also to their families - ensuring that they can make the most of every day.

- £40-45,000
- Hybrid working
- North London based office - stunning grounds - subsidised meals
- organisation on growth trajectory with highly engaged staff team (e.g. recent survey suggests 100% enjoy their work, 98% enjoy working with people at the charity etc.)

The charity has an ambitious new strategy, a strong Trustee Board, and a collaborative fundraising team. Grants, Trusts and Foundations are an area of real success, and account for a significant proportion of income, but there is room for improvement - this role will be central to overseeing that growth. The post manages one member of staff.

To be successful as the Senior Philanthropy Manager you will need:

- Prior experience of raising significant sums from grant-making bodies
- Successful relationship building skills
- A collaborative working style, with experience of managing others to deliver exceptional results
- To be organised, ambitious, flexible and participative

If this sounds like something that you'd be excited to do, please get in touch.

To apply, please send a CV for the attention of Frederick Hillinger and he will follow up with information about the role, organisation, and recruitment process.

Alternatively, [email protected] to arrange a further discussion.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

New Writing North is the creative writing and reading development agency for the North of England. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, we have produced nationally significant work since 1996. We are a committed team of 18, a registered charity, and a National Portfolio Organisation of Arts Council England.

We believe that talent is everywhere but that opportunities are not, and that it is our job to create opportunities. We develop programmes and activities that support individuals and communities to engage with creative reading and writing both professionally and for pleasure. We help good writing find local, regional, national, and international audiences.

New Writing North’s annual programme includes the management of major international literary prizes and awards; open-access and targeted talent development programmes; the production of festivals and events; international writing and translation projects; our young writers’ programmes; community-based programmes; writing for wellbeing activities, and the commissioning of new writing. 

In autumn 2022 we are launching a new Writing and Publishing Skills Hub and we are now recruiting a team of three staff to deliver this programme.

The Senior Programme Manager (Skills & Engagement) will creatively plan and strategically deliver a new creative skills offer for New Writing North (NWN). The role is part of skilled and dynamic Senior Management Team and reports to the Executive Director for Programme and Impact. Leading a team including a Manager and Assistant, the Senior Programme Manager will be responsible for achieving a high-quality creative skills programme that is embedded in and complements New Writing North’s wider work with adults and young people.

The skills programme has been designed to include a wide range of activities including training and learning, artist investment and development, small business support for practitioners and the development of online and in-person writing courses. We expect that the postholder will work further to shape and develop the programmes and to develop new resources and partnerships to advance work in this area. The work will be delivered across the North of Tyne area (Northumberland, Newcastle upon Tyne and North Tyneside). 

The new skills team is supported by the North of Tyne Combined Authority’s Skills for Growth Fund. This important new area of work prepares the groundwork for New Writing North’s development of a new Centre for Writing in Newcastle upon Tyne and the post holder will be part of shaping the skills and volunteering strategy for that development. 

We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities that we serve. We encourage people from all sections of our community to apply for jobs with us. We particularly welcome Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled, and LGBTQI applicants and those from lower socio-economic and working-class backgrounds.

For a full picture of our work please visit our website.

Closing date: 9am, Thursday 1 September 2022

We are seeking a resolute and proactive individual to lead in generating, developing & managing project opportunities with mainly private institutions.

Making The Leap is a small and innovative societal change charity that aims to make a big difference. From direct delivery, to advocacy and leadership, we refuse to stay in our lane and believe passionately that those we exist to serve have the right to be anything they want to be. To say that this is an exciting time for the organisation would be an understatement, as our incredible funders, donors, partners and supporters have given us the chance to move to the next level, and have further influence and delivery nationally.

The shared soul of the organisation is to be passionate about helping young people from less-advantaged backgrounds; build up other charities and community groups and want to partner with them or support them; want to work with businesses and organisations to get things done; and care deeply about addressing racial inequity generally (and anti-Blackness in particular). The people here work hard, are good at what they do, and for so many it is ‘home’, with an average tenure of 11 years. It’s a nice environment to be in, friendly, flexible and one that gives you the reward of making a tangible difference in people’s lives – it’s great.

The organisation has a number of strands: core Making The Leap; the UK Social Mobility Awards; the Social Mobility Podcast and our brand new initiative Black Charity Leaders.

Prospectus is proud to be partnering with Make-A-Wish UK to recruit their new Philanthropy and Special Events Lead

Right now, around 63,000 children in the UK are eligible for a wish because they have a life-limiting or lifethreatening condition. From the moment they are diagnosed, the simple pleasures of childhood and family life are replaced by worry, disruption, medical appointments, financial worries and isolation.

Make-A-Wish exists to put those issues to one side by empowering a child with the chance to choose a wish that's unique to them, when so much else has been decided for them because of their health needs. In doing so, a wish creates joy, happiness and memories for the whole family to cherish. “

When the Hamley's doors opened, out walks little Joe looking ten feet tall, with the most enormous smile on his face. We hadn't seen him smile like that for years, but here he was - we had our son back. It was so emotional. Make-A-Wish gave us our son back.' Mark, Wish Dad

Philanthropy and Special Events Lead

£60,000

Permanent

Hybrid, with Reading Offices. In London/Reading at least once a week

The Philanthropy and Special Events Lead will be responsible for the further development of the philanthropy programme to deliver sustainable income growth in line with the Make-A-Wish strategy, from high value donors, trusts and special events. They will lead on key external stakeholder relationships and will manage a growing team of 8 to deliver ambitious targets. Importantly this individual will work closely with Make A Wish UK's Patron and Chair of the Art of Wishes Foundation, Batia Ofer to further develop the Art of Wishes brand and the foundation's strategy with the support from the Art of Wishes team. This role reports directly to the Director of Income and Engagement as philanthropy is a vital area of income at Make-A-Wish. The relationships and income in this department are pivotal in helping Make A Wish achieve its goal of reaching every eligible child with a wish.

The postholder will have previous track record of increasing income from philanthropy and trusts and foundations sources and will ideally have personally secured six figure gifts. You will have extensive knowledge of fundraising methodology across these income streams and will be a self-motivated, creative thinker. You will enjoy nurturing and motivating a team to perform at a high level.

If you have any disability and would like assistance with completing an application then please contact Ryan Burdock at Prospectus.

If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application. In order to apply please 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.

We are seeking a dynamic and collaborative marketing Senior Campaign Manager to lead our flagship perception change campaign This is Engineering, and in doing so to help us tackle the longstanding skills and diversity shortfall in engineering by attracting more young people, from all backgrounds, into the profession.

This is Engineering is a long-term marketing campaign, launched in 2018, that has already had a measurable impact on young people; at its most successful it has increased teens’ likelihood to consider a career in engineering by 85%. A finalist in Third Sector’s Communications Campaign of the Year, This is Engineering is recognised as a genuinely pioneering campaign in the profession and has drawn widespread support from organisations including Rolls-Royce, Amazon, and Google.

The role

As Senior Campaign Manager, you will use your digital marketing expertise to lead This is Engineering into its next phase, helping us to keep the campaign creative fresh, maintain its relevance to teenagers, and grow its reach through increasingly effective channel choice and targeting. You will also help shape the development of a community of This is Engineering champions – young engineers who co-create content with us to share on their own channels as well as ours to reach new audiences. You will work with colleagues and partners to make sure that This is Engineering is changing perceptions well beyond digital channels too: in schools, through STEM ambassadors, at events, and through other marketing and partner channels. 

Working alongside the Academy’s media and digital communications teams, you will play a critical role in shaping and delivering National Engineering Day, a national awareness day spun out of This is Engineering to celebrate the impact that engineers have on our lives and broaden public perceptions of engineering. Now in its fourth year, National Engineering Day, formerly known as This is Engineering Day, has consistently mobilised engineers, engineering organisations and influencers across social media to spread the word about engineering, and gained widespread media coverage across broadcast, print and online titles.

Who are we looking for?

You will be an experienced marketing campaign manager with specific expertise in digital marketing and - ideally - experience in running campaigns that have successfully engaged teenagers. You will balance creativity and energy with strong project management skills and a talent for engaging with senior stakeholders. You will be passionate about helping young people shape their futures, and about the opportunities, engineering can offer them.

While marketing is your core expertise area, you will be comfortable working across and alongside a range of communications disciplines and drawing on expertise from these disciplines to develop integrated campaigns. And you'll be a natural collaborator - keen not only to collaborate with colleagues, but also to build networks beyond the Academy in order to increase the reach of the campaign through partnership, keep up to date with best practice and the needs of our community and audiences.

Who are we?

The Royal Academy of Engineering is a charity that brings together exceptional engineers, technologists and innovators to harness the power of engineering to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy that works for everyone. We collaborate with our Fellows and partners to meet this ambition in three ways: by growing talent and developing skills for the future, driving innovation and building global partnerships, influencing policy and engaging the public. Together we’re working to tackle the greatest challenges of our age.

With a diverse workforce and an inclusive and supportive culture, we look to attract candidates from wide and different backgrounds who have a passion for the role engineering plays in society. Our aim is to make the Academy the best place to work for the staff we have and those we seek to attract.

Why work for the Royal Academy of Engineering?

We’re looking for people who are driven to make the world a better place. If you’re passionate about what you do and want to work collaboratively with talented colleagues to make change happen, now and for future generations, we want you to get in touch.

This is the perfect time to join us. We have a dynamic, visionary CEO, a strong leadership team and an ambitious and exciting strategy. The value we bring as experts in our field and change agents is highly recognised and makes the Academy a motivating place to be. Our work today builds on a long, proud history with a focused and ambitious future which we’d love you to be part of.

We are looking for talented people who want to make a difference to join our team – is this you?

Company Benefits

The Academy offers a fantastic package of additional benefits including:

• BUPA cash plan
• Private medical insurance
• Regular social activities
• Independent Financial Advice
• Generous holiday allowance
• Non-contributory pension scheme
• Health and wellbeing programmes
• Wellbeing days and office wide Christmas leave
• Significant investment into your personal and professional development

Location

Our light, spacious offices are based in a fantastic location in central London with views over St James’s Park and close to the West End. We operate hybrid, flexible working practices with a baseline 2 days a week in the office.

For more information and to apply, please visit our careers portal.

Closing date: 10.00am on 22 August 2022.

Interview date: w/c 5 September 2022 (held virtually).

Senior Fundraising Manager

Bespoke Events

£38,433 - £41,000pa

Woking GU21 4LL / Hybrid working

If you have extensive experience of managing and delivering large scale mass participation events with significant income targets, we can offer you an amazing opportunity to use your expertise to save our planet. At WWF UK we are focussed on creating a world where people and wildlife can thrive together. We are now looking for a Senior Events Fundraising Manager to manage and growth of our bespoke events portfolio.

This is an exciting time to join the world's leading independent conservation organisation. We are rapidly growing the fundraising team and have ambitious plans to generate significant income growth through incredible events. You will play a key role in helping achieve this goal.

As Senior Bespoke Events Fundraising Manager, you will lead a committed team and take responsibility for planning, delivering and expanding existing events as well as developing of new ones. You will lead on event innovation too. This will involve identifying gaps in our offering and new audiences and progressing ideas through to launch. Important will be the ability to use supporter insight, data and external trend analysis to identify opportunities to expand our bespoke events programme. We will look to you to evaluate the effectiveness of all activities against campaign objectives and strategic KPIs and use learning to improve performance and shape future activities. You will also ensure that fundraising activities are of the highest standards, compliant and provide supporters with the best possible experience, whilst maximising income for our work.

For this role, you must have experience of managing and delivering large scale mass participation events. This will have given you a good understanding of the Fundraising Code of Practice and the legislation surrounding charity fundraising and data protection. Effective at managing people, you will be used to creating and launching new products as well as comfortable setting and overseeing budgets. Able to manage multiple projects, you will be highly organised and effective at prioritising and meeting deadlines. You will also possess excellent communication, interpersonal and relationship building skills.

If you are enthusiastic about making our world a better place through your work, we would love to hear from you. Please click on the link and apply via our website by submitting a copy of your up-to-date CV and Supporting Statement to highlight what makes you a good fit for us.

Application closing date : 23/08/2022

Every role at WWF is open to applications from all sections of society. We believe in the potential of everyone regardless of; sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other aspect that makes you, well you.  Here at WWF, we are committed to conscious inclusion that helps cultivate an ethos of belonging, connection and shared purpose.  We believe that the more diverse we are the better we become; this brings us together and empowers us to develop, engage and inspire; and critically to help build a future where people can live in harmony with nature.

Our policies and benefits reflect the importance of people being able to have a good work-life balance and being able to bring their ‘full self’ to work.

Our world needs you like never before. We are the first generation to know we are destroying the world and we could be the last that can do anything about it. We are looking for people who are passionate about making it politically, socially and economically unacceptable to destroy our planet’s natural resources. We need you to join us in the fight for our world.

Education Partnerships Group

Senior Programme Managers

Location: Nairobi, Lusaka, Cape Town, Abidjan, Freetown, Accra or London, with international travel. Other locations in Sub-Saharan Africa will be considered

Salary: Competitive

Education Partnerships Group (EPG) is a non-profit consultancy that supports governments in low- and middle-income countries to shape and strengthen their education systems. Our vision is a world in which all children go to school and learn.

At the heart of our approach is the belief that governments are best placed to make decisions about their country. Our role is to enable those decisions by generating and using research to ensure policy is informed by evidence, facilitating the design and effective implementation of policy, and advising on the piloting and scaling of new policy reforms. We are pursuing growth over the coming years to respond to significant demand from governments for a different type of partnership, and are seeking Senior Programme Managers to work closely with our Director of Programmes and wider team. These are critical hires which will help us grow our organisation, our impact and our reputation.

As such we're looking for candidates who are passionate about addressing the global learning crisis, understand how governments work and think, and have the drive and creativity to help us develop and support our teams to pursue our ambitious mission. You don't need to be a technical expert, but you do need to have experience of policymaking or consultancy around policy.

We're looking for people who can lead diverse teams in a range of countries, to help them identify and seize opportunities for impact. As a small organisation we need people who can get stuck into the day-to-day work with teams while seizing opportunities for more strategic work such as external engagements, new business development and organisational learning and development.

Applicants should bring a commitment to improving education quality for all, a Masters' degree in a relevant area (eg. public policy, education, international development) and experience in international development or international consulting, including leading the design and delivery of complex projects. In addition, the successful candidates will have a track record of working directly with governments and the public policy process in low- or middle-income countries and the management capability to lead small and agile teams. Direct experience in global education and fluency in French are desirable but not essential.

If you believe in policy as a key lever of change in education outcomes and meet the above criteria then we would like to hear from you.

To learn more about this unique opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please read the full appointment brief, on the Prospectus website, which can be reached by clicking on the “Apply on Website” Button.

Closing date: 15 August

Prospectus interviews: 22 - 31 August

EPG Interviews: September

EPG aims to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger.