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Fundraising Manager – Individual Giving
This is a fantastic opportunity to bring your individual giving fundraising skills to this highly effective and growing heritage charity. The Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust is a separate entity to the SVR Holdings Company who operate and run this much-loved attraction. The Trust’s focus is to help secure the future of the Severn Valley Railway through donations, grants, and sponsorship. The position of Fundraising Manager for individuals is key to our future success, understanding our donor base and creating a clear donor stewardship programme for the 15,000 donors we have.
In addition, you will create engaging fundraising asks, strong engagement processes and effective recruitment campaigns. You will have the support of a Donor Care Officer to help deliver your plans.
You will be able to demonstrate your experience in creating and delivering effective donor stewardship plans to include single, legacy and in-memorial giving. Access ThankQ database and Tessitura experience is desired.
We are seeking a resourceful, proactive team player who demonstrates initiative and takes ownership and responsibility for completing and finishing tasks, including setting and achieving targets. You will naturally identify opportunities and maximise these for the benefit of the Railway.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust, taking the reins of individual giving fundraising. This is your chance to join a passionate local charity that is committed to safeguarding the Severn Valley Railway.
Overview
Post: Fundraising Manager, Individual Giving
Reporting to: Executive Director
Employer: Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust
Salary: £30,000 to £35.000 FTE
Primary location: Number One, Comberton Place, Kidderminster
Hours: Part-time, 4 days per week (30 hours)
Holiday: 31 days (inclusive of Public holidays) FTE
Summary of Role
This is a fantastic opportunity to bring your proven fundraising experience in individual giving to this driven and passionate heritage charity. This position is a hands-on role and comes with line management of a part-time Donor Engagement Officer and 3 volunteers. We envisage this area of the business growing as the successes of your initiatives are realised. We have been extremely successful in our individual giving thus far, but it is time for a new experienced fundraiser to take it to the next level, focusing on both retention, uplift, and acquisition, whilst building a stronger fundraising volunteer base to assist you in delivering your plans.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Strategy & Development
- To increase income generated from individual giving fundraising activities.
- To create and execute a donor retention, uplift, and acquisition strategy.
·To lead on developing our CRM system, working with the Executive Director and Finance Manager to review the Trust’s CRM database and implement an Organisation wide CRM system.
- To manage the individual giving budget in line with objectives and KPIs, reporting to the Executive Director on income and expenditure and highlighting variances in a timely manner.
- To test, implement, monitor, and evaluate existing and new fundraising asks and channels to increase two-way engagement with donors.
- To develop and manage high quality supporter care including responsive and prompt thanking and updating our donors on the impact of their support.
- To develop a volunteer-base of fundraisers.
Direct Marketing
- To manage and deliver integrated online and offline campaigns.
- To manage the design, print and production of direct marketing activity, negotiating bought in services and ensuring invoices are in accordance with quotes.
Administration and Reporting
- To manage the Individual Giving budget and provide monthly updates to the Executive Director.
- To keep accurate and up to date records of all activities, using ThankQ CRM database, extracting reports for the team as required, and maintaining high standards in customer care and record keeping.
Managing Relationships
- To provide management and guidance to the Donor Care Officer to ensure that KPIs and objectives are achieved, and a clear personal development plan is in place.
- To build strong internal working relationships with colleagues.
- Organise face to face thank you events for our supporters.
- To work with the SVR Holdings Marketing and Communications team to gain support and cross selling opportunities within the different SVR audiences.
Other
·Proactively ensure all materials produced are accurate and compliant with relevant GDPR protection and Gift Aid legislation.
·To undertake all activities in line with best practice standards and processes as set out by the Fundraising Code of Practice and industry regulatory bodies.
·To keep abreast of developments in individual giving and ensure charity compliance.
·To contribute to the Fundraising Team’s strategic planning and budget process.
·To carry out any other tasks as reasonably requested.
·To actively implement the principles of Equality and Diversity.
Person Specification
Educated to degree level and / or an accredited fundraising qualification such as Certificate or Diploma in Fundraising.
Experience
- Creating and implementing successful individual giving donor stewardship plans.
- Implementing donor segmentation, targeting, and positioning strategy.
- Proficient with fundraising CRM systems ideally ThankQ and Tessitura. To include building, analysing, and reporting.
- Creating, writing, and delivering strong fundraising appeals across all platforms.
- Writing compelling cases studies.
- Legacy and in-memoriam fundraising.
- Managing income and expenditure budgets.
- Presenting to internal and external stakeholders.
- Managing and motivating staff.
Skills and abilities
- Outstanding verbal and written skills. Able to engage audiences using a range of communication tools.
- Exceptional analytical skills to be able to evaluate our donor base and create effective tiered donor stewardship plans.
- Significant direct marketing skills: devising and delivering social media and print campaigns.
- Ability to work cross-functionally and to secure resources and support from colleagues in different business areas.
- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills; confident and personable with the ability to manage and build strong relationships with key individual donors.
- Exceptional organisation and time management skills. Able to plan / prioritise own work and meet agreed deadlines.
- Excellent attention to detail and methodical approach to tasks.
- Competent use of MS Outlook, Excel and Word.
- Strong numerical / budgeting skills.
Attitude and Personal Qualities
- Motivated, task-orientated, and professional.
- Flexible, able and willing to respond to changing priorities.
- Strong team player with collaborative working style, who enjoys individual and team working.
- Willing to participate in all activities relevant to the role.
- Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends.
- Commitment to GDPR and Fundraising Code of Practice.
- Commitment to the principles of Equality and Diversity.
- An interest in heritage railways.
As a volunteering organisation, we ask staff to volunteer 5 days per year to support our operational staff in the busy season.
SVR Family
The SVR Family consists of the three separate companies
1. Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) Plc (Company number 01046274) is a not-for-profit company limited by shares. No dividend is paid to shareholders with all profit used to support the running of the Railway. It owns the infrastructure and assets of the SVR, employs the paid staff, and is responsible for the governance, operation, finance, planning, customer service and management of the SVR.
2. Severn Valley Railway Company Limited, (Company number 00906842), a company limited by guarantee, supported by a paid membership of 12,500 members and provides volunteer staff who assist in the operation of the Railway from a working volunteer membership pool of 1,700.
Both organisations are led by Helen Smith, Director and General Manager.
3. Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Limited, a company limited by guarantee (Company Reg, No.04341280) Registered with the Charity Commission (Reg.No.1092723).
The focus of the SVR Charitable Trust is to generate funds:
- To enhance, maintain and restore SVR rolling stock and infrastructure.
- To provide educational and interpretive displays for the SVR
- To provide educational and heritage skill training used in the restoration, repair, and operation of the SVR.
The Charitable Trust is led by Shelagh Paterson, Executive Director.
Our Staff
Volunteering
The Severn Valley Railway is run by a team of 150 full-time equivalent paid staff and 1,700 volunteers. As part our commitment and recognition to our volunteers, we request that all paid staff give five volunteer days to the Railway every year, this may involve supporting key events, to include Santa Specials, Halloween, and Gala’s.
Our Objective
SVR is recognised as an outstanding visitor attraction, with great days out and inspiring events, all with consistently high standards of customer service. SVR provides an authentic heritage railway experience where you can let your senses take you on a journey through history, with learning opportunities in abundance.
The organisations to support this are professionally led, values-based, and commercially strong. While it may be old on the outside, on the inside, SVR uses 21st century technology to run its activities effectively. It is able to recruit, train and retain the Staff and Volunteers it needs, and brings in the wide range of Financial and other support required to develop further. SVR is known for having good and enduring relationships with its stakeholders, from the diverse local communities in which it sits, to the Loco and Rolling stock owners, the Regulators and Industry partners. On a day-to-day basis the 3 key areas of Management focus for SVR are Safety, People and Heritage. In addition, SVR has an industry-leading approach to the issue of Sustainability.
Contract type: permanent, 4 days a week (30 hrs a week)
Salary: 30,000 to 35.000 FTE
Please Apply ASAP!
Key responsibilities:
To create and execute a donor retention, uplift, and acquisition strategy.
To lead on developing our CRM system, working with the Executive Director and Finance Manager to review the Trust s CRM database and implement an Organisation wide CRM system.
To manage the individual giving budget in line with objectives and KPIs, reporting to the Executive Director on income and expenditure and highlighting variances in a timely manner.
To test, implement, monitor, and evaluate existing and new fundraising asks and channels to increase two-way engagement with donors.
To develop and manage high quality supporter care including responsive and prompt thanking and updating our donors on the impact of their support.
To develop a volunteer-base of fundraisers.
To manage and deliver integrated online and offline campaigns.
To manage the design, print and production of direct marketing activity, negotiating bought in services and ensuring invoices are in accordance with quotes.
To manage the Individual Giving budget and provide monthly updates to the Executive Director.
Person specification:
Creating and implementing successful individual giving donor stewardship plans.
Implementing donor segmentation, targeting, and positioning strategy.
Proficient with fundraising CRM systems ideally ThankQ and Tessitura. To include building, analysing, and reporting.
Creating, writing, and delivering strong fundraising appeals across all platforms.
Writing compelling cases studies.
Legacy and in-memoriam fundraising.
Managing income and expenditure budgets.
Presenting to internal and external stakeholders.
Managing and motivating staff.
Outstanding verbal and written skills. Able to engage audiences using a range of communication tools.
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Are you determined to make positive change and help develop a truly inclusive culture?
The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being fair, diverse and inclusive both internally and externally. This role of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Manager sits within our People Team and reports into our Deputy Director of People. This role is critical in helping us achieve our overall EDI strategy by working with the Senior Management Team, Colleague Networks and key stakeholders across the organisation.
We require somebody who has a strong understanding and professional knowledge of how to deliver an ED&I strategy, working with colleagues in the People Team to deliver a programme of activity to achieve positive change.
Responsibilities will include:
- Supporting the delivery of the people-related actions in the Fund-wide Fairness and Inclusion Strategy and a broader culture change, helping us to be an even greater place to work
- Identifying & developing key workstreams, policies and activities to achieve positive impact and change
- Providing expertise and guidance to improve and enhance our processes, recruitment and retention strategies
- Working with external bodies to benchmark progress, ensure best practice and keep up to date on latest developments in research and thinking
- Working closely with our Learning & Development team to develop a suitable EDI learning offer
- Listen, coach, challenge and influencing a wide range of stakeholders in a complex environment
Essential Criteria
- A credible subject matter expert in the field of fairness & inclusion with recent experience of successfully delivering EDI related activity
- Knowledge of equality legislation and best practice and working knowledge of the Public Sector Equality duty
- Evidence of managing and delivering a complex project
Desirable Criteria
- Proactive decision making and problem-solving, using and analysing data
- Ability to use initiative and work autonomously
- Ability to drive change, and take others with you
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, ability to challenge, support and influence multiple stakeholders at all levels
For you
We seek to develop our staff and offer a wide range of personal development opportunities.
We offer a wide range of generous benefits including:
- Generous annual leave and company pension scheme
- Flexible working to support staff with their work/life balance, taking into account things such as caring responsibilities, worship and attendance at religious festivals
- Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Season ticket and cycle to work loans
- Paid volunteering leave
Equal Opportunities
Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.
We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. We are committed to being an inclusive and great place to work, and recognise our people come from diverse backgrounds. As such we particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, LGBT+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and will proactively make reasonable adjustments if needed through the recruitment process and during employment. This can be related to a physical and mental health conditions.
We are also proud to be a Stonewall Diversity Champion, supporting our commitment to being a great place to work for LGBT+ staff.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Position Title: Major Giving Assistant Manager
Reports to: Head of Major Giving
Location: Muslim Hands, 148 – 164 Gregory Boulevard, Gregory House, Nottingham, NG7 5JE
OR Muslim Hands UK, 595-597 Commercial Road, London, E1 0HJ
Hours of Work: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Salary guideline: (Up to) £32,000.00 per annum (commensurate with experience)
Terms of Employment: 12-Months’ Fixed-Term Contract (with a 6-Month Probationary Period, Renewable and Extendable)
Application Process & Closing Date: Send an up to date CV and supporting Covering Letter by Email by no later than 31st October 2021
Approx. Interview & Role Commencement Date(s):
Interviews: As and when suitable applicants identified.
Start: ASAP thereafter
Note: Strong Applicants may be contacted sooner, ahead of the closing date, to hold an Interview either an 'In Person', via Telephone or via 'Zoom' with Muslim Hands; therefore, please include your Telephone Contact details within your application and also familiarise yourself with Zoom Meetings in good time.
Job Purpose:
We have an exciting opportunity to join a small but successful fundraising team to play a fundraising role in maximising funding and donations from individual donors, group of donors, philanthropists, trusts, especially from foundations and businesses.
We are looking for someone who can build strong relationships with our existing donors while bringing new ideas and approaches to support the long-term income growth strategy of the Major Giving department.
With a track record in securing significant donations and high value gifts. You must have experience of developing excellent relationships with donors especially with business and foundations.
If you would like to make a real difference in the lives of poor and needy by raising funds to build large water wells, Masjids, Livelihoods, Food and health projects, we look forward to hearing from you, In-sha-Allah.
Duties:
- To develop and deliver strategy that significantly increases income from corporations and Foundations.
- Proactive and thorough research of businesses and companies and trusts, consistently developing the charity’s pipeline and initiating new and long-lasting relationships.
- Work with Head of Major Giving department to develop new project templates, monitoring & Evaluation that demonstrate impact of funding.
- Manage multiple proposals, reports and relationship required to deadlines.
- Work closely and effectively with Major Giving team and global implementing partners.
General Expectations
- To demonstrate Muslim Hands’ values and ethics in own working practices, approach and conduct
- To support with Fundraising activities from time-to-time, committing to partake in Live-TV-Appeals during our peak periods.
- To undertake any reasonable responsibilities as required by Line Manager
- To promote and adhere to all Muslim Hands Policies, Procedures and Professional Practice
NB: This Job Description is illustrative and non-exhaustive in scope. The post-holder may be required to undertake any reasonable tasks as and when required by Line Manager from time to time to reflect the changing needs of the Organisation.
Essential
- Must be able to either:
- Provide a valid Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate (issued within the last year) when requested by Muslim Hands; OR
- Undertake to provide full cooperation for Muslim Hands to perform a DBS Check at the required level appropriate for this / similar role.
Skills/qualifications:
- Educated to degree level or above.
- Good communicator and presenter.
- Self-reliance with good writing skills.
- Honest and willing to travel to meet donors and work flexible hours.
- Excellent IT skills, including strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
If you feel this is you please send your CV with a cover letter explaining why you feel you are suitable for this opening – Remember to quote the reference number above!!
Deadline for applications is 31st October 2021 however we reserve the right to end the application procedure early should the right candidate be found.
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We are an ambitious and successful research-intensive University (one of the top 100 research-led universities globally) and have produced 10 Nobel Prize winners, including three who received their awards in 2016. Academics here are tackling some of the world’s most pressing global challenges such as: antibody testing and Covid-19, the impact of climate change on our woodlands and forests, issues caused by migration and displacement, the rise in youth mental health issues, and the prevention of needless maternal deaths in the developing world. Our students come from nearly 150 countries and our flagship outreach programmes mean that almost 25% of our student population come from disadvantaged backgrounds, one of the highest proportions in the UK.
Philanthropy has always played an important role in shaping the University, in 2015 we closed the Circles of Influence Campaign which raised £193 million, making it the largest HE fundraising campaign outside Oxbridge and London.
In 2019 we launched the Birmingham In Action campaign, which aims to transform lives for our generation and the next by tackling some of the world’s greatest challenges. The campaign is truly global (having launched in Birmingham, London, Hong Kong, New York and San Francisco) and aims to raise £400 million, and secure 1 million hours of volunteering, making it one of the largest campaigns in the UK Higher Education sector.
The Donor Experience Manager role is your opportunity to join our established team at an exciting time. Stewardship and donor engagement are vital activities to the success of any philanthropic campaign helping us to bring the impact of donations to life. In doing so, donors are encouraged to continue their giving, and to increase and diversify their support. This role will also oversee the management of several of our giving circles as well as being responsible for thanking content and impact reports.
Although the role sits within the major giving space the Donor Experience Manager will lead the programme of activity from planning to implementation, supporting all areas of fundraising and actively collaborating with our Insight, Campaign Management, Communications and Events Teams at every opportunity, as well as building internal connections across the University to delivery donor engagement activity.
The successful candidate will have a real passion for stakeholder management, outstanding communication skills with experience in writing for impact, leading on creating digital content, and an understanding of the needs and expectations of different audiences. They will be able to balance creativity and imagination with a structured, thoughtful and organised approach to their work and importantly manage upwards as well as matrix working across the office.
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About us
The National Lottery Community Fund is the largest funder of community activity in the UK – we support people and communities to prosper and thrive.
National Lottery players raise an incredible £36 million a week for good causes. This money funds projects and activities that transform communities, protect our heritage and enrich lives through arts, spots and culture. We are proud to be one of 12 distributors responsible for awarding this funding across the UK.
Thanks to National Lottery players, last year we were able to award over half a billion pounds of life-changing funding to UK communities, supporting thousands of projects making a real difference to people’s lives.
Over eight in ten of our grants were for under £10,000 going to grassroots groups and charities across the UK doing great things to support their communities, during a particularly tough time.
We also distribute non-National Lottery funds, working closely with Government on funding for important issues, such as tackling loneliness, multiple and complex needs, mental health and distributing Dormant Accounts money.
Over the last five years we’ve awarded a total of £3.4 billion, of which £2.7 billion is National Lottery money.
We fund things that matter – whether helping communities respond positively to national, regional or local priorities, or helping the UK achieve its big social ambitions. Our grants range from £500 up to multi-million-pound programmes – supporting people and projects to do extraordinary things and bring great ideas for their community to life.
About the role
We’re looking for an experienced Research Manager to join our team of 11 Research and Evaluation Specialists. In this new role, you will work with colleagues across different teams and functions of the organisation.
You will be commissioning research that helps us better understand what supports people and communities to thrive and supporting colleagues to use this evidence to inform funding strategy.
You’ll also help colleagues with a range of other research needs (e.g. brand and communications research) supporting them with best practice in design and analysis.
A key part of this role will be improving the coordination of our research – bringing together research from a range of sources, analysing and synthesising findings so they can be more easily understood, accessible and easier for people to use. You will support colleagues to interpret and make sense of this evidence and what it means for them, helping people to use research evidence to inform decision making.
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 Hours per week, flexible working considered
Interview Date: Wednesday 24th November
Location: Flexible – office/ remote/ hybrid. Our offices are across the UK (Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, London, Newtown, Newcastle).
Essential criteria
- Expertise in social and market research with experience of a range of qualitative and quantitative methods and analysis
- Experience of carrying out secondary research, collating evidence from a range of sources to build a coherent story
- Statistical analysis skills (with experience of using SPSS or other statistical analysis software)
- Ability to communicate insight clearly and effectively, helping people to use findings to inform their work
Desirable criteria
- Experience of conducting research with VCSE organisations
- Experience of procuring, commissioning and managing research projects
- Applied experience of ethical, safeguarding and data protection considerations in research
For You
We seek to develop our staff and offer a wide range of personal development opportunities.
We offer a wide range of generous benefits including:
- Generous annual leave and company pension scheme
- Flexible working to support staff with their work/life balance, taking into account things such as caring responsibilities, worship and attendance at religious festivals
- Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Season ticket and cycle to work loans
- Paid volunteering leave
Equal opportunities
Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.
We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. We are committed to being an inclusive and great place to work, and recognise our people come from diverse backgrounds. As such we particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, LGBTQ+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and will proactively make reasonable adjustments if needed through the recruitment process and during employment. This can be related to a physical and mental health conditions.
We are also proud to be a Stonewall Diversity Champion, supporting our commitment to being a great place to work for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) staff.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Leading, Inspiring and Resourcing the UK’s Heritage
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the largest funder of the UK’s heritage. The projects we fund create lasting and positive change for people and communities and we believe that heritage has a crucial role to play in contributing to a more equal society.
We are currently recruiting for a full time Business Support Manager on a fixed term contract (12 months) based in Nottingham or Birmingham.
A Business Support Manager has a wide range of responsibilities which oversee and undertake the day to day work coming in to the business support team ensuring that tasks are managed and efficiently delivered. There are opportunities to develop new processes and IT systems within this role. We are seeking individuals who value working in a close team, collaborate well, understand great customer care and who enjoy the satisfaction of a job well done.
If you are excited about helping ensure that heritage is inclusive and accessible to everyone, for now and future generations, then we want to hear from you.
- Applications close on Tuesday 2 November
- Interviews are expected to take place on Thursday 11 November
Please apply via our company website
Our Values
Our Values and Behaviours sit at the heart of our work and are central to how we recruit. How you demonstrate our Values is just as important to us as your skills and experience.
- Inclusive of all aspects of heritage, people and communities
- Ambitious for our people, communities and heritage
- Collaborative by working and learning together
- Trusted for our integrity, expertise and judgement
Flexible Working
We have offices all over the UK and we champion a flexible approach to working where this supports our business needs. Many of our roles include opportunities to work from home or are open for job share arrangements.
Disability Confident Employer
We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for every vacancy. We always endeavour to make reasonable adjustments and special requirements can be discussed and arranged before an interview.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund pledges to provide an inclusive working and learning environment for our people which prioritises fairness, equality, diversity and inclusion as well as dignity and respect for all. We will create a workspace where intimidation, discrimination, harassment, bullying and victimisation are not tolerated and actively prevented and opposed.
Relationship Fundraising Manager
Come and lead our team of thoughtful and friendly Relationship Fundraisers who are dedicated to creating amazing and memorable supporter experiences.
Position: Relationship Manager – Supporter-led, In Mem & Regional Corporate (High Potential)
Location: Homebased, covering south of England
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: Salary circa £37,000 per annum (inner London weighting £3,299 per annum or outer London weighting £1,755 per annum may be applied in accordance to where you live)
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.
Closing Date: 21 November 2021
Interview Date: 30 November 2021
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic interviews may be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.
The Role
The main purpose of this role is to provide the strategic leadership required to ensure your team delivers excellent customer service and income. This team stewards a core group of our regional fundraising supporters who have been identified as having high potential.
This role focuses on delivering income from our key strategic areas; Supporter Led, In Memory & Regional Corporate fundraising.
This is an exciting remotely based role which allows us to focus on providing great support to a core groups of supporters.
Your team will deliver vital income to combat the impact of Covid-19, keep our services going, build for the future and ensure that our supporters have a wonderful experience of Stroke Association.
About You
This role might be for you if you are good at:
Pro-actively seeking out new ways to provide excellent supporter stewardship
Thinking about the bigger picture and how you can develop long-lasting and meaningful relationships with supporters
Seeking out and developing potential partnerships that meet both our needs, and those of our supporters
Maintaining focus and energy even with longer term relationships
Thinking differently and creatively about how we can work with others, provide excellent stewardship and amazing donor love
Inspiring, motivating and leading a team of people
We are also looking for someone who;
Wants to provide amazing customer experiences that result in loyalty and repeat support
Has a drive for high standards; both having them, and expecting them from others
Is curious and has confidence to ask ‘why?’
Wants to take a problem and own it
Loves communication – especially using the telephone and face to face, as well as strong written skills
Has a willingness to flex to the needs of the wider team as we embrace the post pandemic landscape
Please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.
This is an exciting time to join the Stroke Association. If you think you have the skills and aptitude for the role, we would love to hear from you.
To fulfil the role, you must have the right to work in the U.K. Use of a car and full driving license with business insurance is required for this role.
In return…
This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following stroke and to raise stroke awareness in the local population. We offer a host of amazing benefits and flexible working options, with opportunities to progress your career.
About the Organisation
Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.
When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.
We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.
We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.
We’re working to improve the diversity of our team. Because we know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for those affected by stroke.
We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities.
Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.
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Salary - £37,300 - £40,248 + up to £5,000 accountancy allowance
The Government Property Agency’s mission is to provide great places to work for civil servants. We are using our scale and commercial expertise to do this effectively, efficiently and sustainably, helping to support growth in all parts of the UK. We are growing rapidly through acquisition of Government properties from Departments. Turnover has risen from £0.4bn in 20/21 to £1.1bn in 21/22 and it will continue to grow as more properties are transferred and run by GPA. The postholder can be based at any of the GPA locations with Finance presence outside London. GPA has offices in Birmingham, Platform 21, Leeds, The Lateral; Manchester, Piccadilly Gate; Nottingham, Apex Court. Some business travel may be needed in due course when travel restrictions allow.
With a strong focus on improving the GPA’s customer service offering, the Client Finance Manager will be responsible for providing financial management and reporting services to a portfolio of clients, delivering excellent financial reporting and property accounting to new and existing customers alike. The postholder will have full responsibility for all aspects of financial services delivery for existing and prospective clients including budgets, forecasts and client liaison.
The responsibilities of the Client Finance Manager will include
- Being accountable for financial control over property services accounting, ensuring high levels of client satisfaction by providing accurate forecasting, explanations and billing
- Maintaining a focus on process improvement, including planning and establishing new systems and processes for quarterly financial reporting to ensure clients understand their costs and bills, delivering an ongoing service that meets and exceeds expectations
- Being the key liaison between senior finance and property staff for client meetings, involving being acutely aware of the customers’ needs and acting upon them, and being proactive in problem solving and finding solutions
- Delivering budgets and forecasts for each client, property and tenancy, using complex data from the MRI Horizon general ledger and other systems, Hyperion and Excel tools to provide accurate and meaningful financial information
- Leading the service delivery to clients alongside management accountants and other colleagues, supporting the growth of the GPA, and matching resources to client demand
- Manage due diligence exercises on estate-related financial information provided by the client and interrogate to identify material financial risks to GPA and ensure correct account treatments are applied
Key Skills & Experience
- CCAB, or equivalent, qualified/part-qualified accountant with a recognised professional body
- Be proficient in Microsoft Excel skills and able to manipulate complex data sets
- Strong attention to detail and ability to analyse and interpret significant amounts of financial data
- Have experience in client finance, including reporting to clients, managing systems and processes, working in partnership with clients to deliver results (desirable)
- Have experience with property management systems such as MRI Horizon, Yardi Voyager, or similar systems, in addition to Excel and Hyperion (or similar) for financial reporting (desirable)
- Ideally have experience in the property industry within medium to large organisations where customer service is a priority (desirable)
To apply for this opportunity, you will be required to produce a supporting statement against the four GPA core values, answering specific role focussed questions. For more information, please apply using the link, or contact Michael Swinburn or Jack White at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.
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We have an exciting opportunity for Finance and Operations Manager to join a small
team. This is a new role and it will report to the Head of Finance and on occasion
deputise. You will have the responsibility for the management of financial and
operations of the organisation. The post-holder will need to be comfortable with
project management and co-ordination role across the organisation and will
oversee the day-to-day operations of finance, systems and IT, and HR queries.
We’re therefore looking for someone to join UpRising who is a natural people-
focused problem solver, with good financial acumen and a track-record of
successfully managing projects with a wide-range of stakeholders. The successful
candidate will be able to balance the rigour and attention to detail needed to lead our
finance function with the big-picture skills necessary to work with members of the
Senior Leadership Team.
Our Mission is to… open up the pathways to leadership for talented young adults
from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds and to equip them with the
knowledge, networks, skills and confidence to fulfil their leadership potential, find
new opportunities and transform the world around them through social action.
Our Vision is for… public leaders to better reflect and represent the communities
they serve; with the motivation and character to bring about a substantial shift in
power, enabling more people to take charge of their future and positively change
their communities.
Person Specification
Finance
Relevant, recent experience of working in:
- You understand SORP accounting rules and have applied them
- Have a track-record of financial management experience in the not for profit sector
- You are able to reconcile up to trail balance
- Year end experience and working with Auditors
- You have experience developing management accounts and talking them through with budget holders. You are highly numerate and have an analytic approach to your work.
- You are able to use excel to a high level, using pivot table function and complex coding to manipulate financial data for end users ease
- Working with Trusts/Foundation and creating finance reports based on their needs
HR and other
- Working with payroll and payroll agents
- Advised/completed recruitment and induction process for staff
- Implemented learning and development objectives
- Able to manage and coordinate external consultant contracts
- Understand supplier contracts, how to source and negotiate contractual terms
- Conducting IT projects from beginning to end with little support
- Understand GDPR processes and implement
- Able to conduct health and safety checks, reports and assessments
Education/training
You are part qualified, fully qualified accountant or have experience to this level
How to Apply
Deadline to apply: Sunday 31 st October 2021
Please apply as soon as you can: we will interview candidates as appropriate
applications are received. Please email hr at Uprising stating how you meet the
requirements for this post.
Please send a completed application form and up to date CV (include contact details of
two references in CV).
Please note that to keep our recruitment process open and fair, we will not negotiate
salaries outside the advertised range. Position remains open until filled.
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Location: Flexible in the UK
We will be reviewing applications as and when they come through so we encourage you to submit something sooner rather than later!
Here in the Operations Systems team at The Prince’s Trust, we have an exciting transformation agenda ahead of us and need the support of an exceptional Delivery Manager, as a maternity leave cover, to make things happen!
Making an impact on young people is at the heart of what we do and your role will help our technology team effectively deliver change. You will ensure our frontline teams have access to systems that meet their needs and are as efficient and effective as possible.
This role is perfect for you if you have excellent project delivery and scrum-based delivery skills and strong communication and stakeholder management skills. Most importantly, you must believe in The Trust’s work, live our company values, and fit in with our team’s positive, supportive and collaborative culture.
For more information and to apply, please go to our website.
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Location: Please note that the role is office based in Warwickshire. Flexible working will be considered for the right candidate.
Based in Warwickshire and working across the UK this post will play a key role developing and delivering a new strategy in this area. The post holder will be responsible for engaging, managing and developing relationships with national events and community fundraising supporters – providing outstanding stewardship and maximising sustainable long-term income nationally and regionally.
You will be committed and dynamic in your approach, working with external and internal stakeholders developing trusting relationships, helping to grow the charities portfolio in national events and community fundraising. As a key member of the Fundraising Team, you will be responsible for researching and developing a portfolio of national events and community fundraising initiatives - building a pipeline of potential sources of income, identifying new opportunities and growing our partnership base. You will be a natural communicator who has the ability to persuade, influence and inspire, with the confidence to build relationships at a senior level, across various departments and the federation.
Please submit your CV and a cover letter (no more than 2 side of A4) detailing how you meet the essential requirements in the person specification.
Please apply on the Charityjob website.
Interviews will be held on 16 and 17th November 2021 at RDA NTC, in Warwickshire.
Due to high level of applications we will only respond to applicants whom have been shortlisted.
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The newly formed Delivery Partners and Volunteers Team for the West Midlands are looking for an organised and enthusiastic candidate to become our new Youth Development Lead.
You will provide quality support to volunteers across the West Midlands and will be responsible for recruiting and onboarding new volunteers. Holding a firm understanding of Prince’s Trust programmes, you will effectively manage the provision of volunteers according to service delivery needs. Delivering excellent support, you will ensure quality volunteering experiences are had at The Prince’s Trust. Comfortable supporting and delivering volunteer training, you will work with volunteers virtually and face-to-face. You will organise and manage events for partners and volunteers, again in virtual and face-to-face capacities.
The role is suited to you if you enjoy working with people and building strong relationships. From time to time, you may be asked to use your relationship management skills to indirectly manage the educational offer provided by the Trust, working alongside partners in schools and colleges. Face to face delivery with young people may be very occasionally required.
If you are up for a challenge and would like to be part of a great team, we would love to hear from you! Your application will be a CV and a supporting statement. Your supporting statement must provide evidence of how you have acquired and applied each of the essential skills, knowledge, and experience criteria and if possible, each of the desirable skills, knowledge, and experience criteria, outlined in the job description, in current and previous roles, or other scenarios.
We may consider both full and part-time applications.
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Our Financial Planning & Analysis team are looking for someone who is enthusiastic to become the new Assistant Finance Manager working with the Operations and Commercial teams.
The Financial Planning & Analysis function is responsible for strategic, commercial financial advice and financial performance management for the Trust including management accounting, financial bid support, budgeting, and forecasting activities. The team provide key analysis and insights for budget holders and senior leaders to inform decision making and drive effective, sustainable, and commercial planning.
This role has responsibility for commercial advice to management teams, input into business planning & budgeting, monitoring of financial, contractual, and operational performance, challenging senior teams as appropriate. Review of contract income accruals / deferrals, support for smaller local bids. Training budget holders to improve financial management & accuracy of monthly management accounts. The role will be responsible for the management of restricted funds locally. Knowledge of financial management within a charity is desirable.
You will initially be based from home and then based at one of our key centres with the opportunity to work flexibly. There will also be opportunities for you to work with Young People and witness the fantastic work of the Trust.
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Community Campaigns & Digital Fundraising Manager
Income Generation & Marketing Department
37.5 hours per week
Permanent
HCP Pay Band E £30,868
Are you an experienced community fundraiser with the skills and experience to deliver large-scale community campaigns? Do you have an interest in developing digital fundraising platforms to help generate new voluntary income for the charity? Are you a team player, who is self-motivated and resilient and enjoys building long lasting relationships with charity supporters?
If so, then we have a fantastic opportunity for you to join the fundraising team at John Taylor and Birmingham St Mary’s Hospices, who are working in partnership to deliver end of life and palliative care across Birmingham and Sandwell.
The Community Campaigns and Digital Fundraising Manager will develop and deliver a programme of mass participation community campaigns that will help to put the John Taylor and Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice brands on the map in Birmingham and Sandwell. The post holder will be responsible for growing existing campaigns, including the ever growing Treecycling and raffles, as well as identifying and presenting new opportunities for mass participation campaigns.
In addition, this role will also be responsible for innovating and generating new income from digital fundraising, ensuring all new opportunities are maximised and that a gold standard supporter journey is in place for supporters who chose to fundraising for us online.
Reporting directly to the Senior Community & Corporate Fundraising Manager, this role will be pivotal in the creation, implementation and evaluation of the charity’s community fundraising strategy.
The ideal candidate will have experience of managing a portfolio of large-scale community campaigns, with proven success in achieving participant and income targets. You should also have knowledge and experience of working with a range of suppliers and volunteers and have a proven ability to build relationships at all levels. Experience of using CRMs systems is also advantageous.
The Recruiting Manager will review all CVs as they are received. If you are shortlisted for interview you will be expected to complete an application form.
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