I CAN is the UK’s leading children’s communication charity. We exist solely to help children and young people with speech, language and communication needs find their voice, and develop the skills they need to thrive and fulfill their potential.
The issue we are tackling is enormous, and so will be your role in helping us achieve our mission that no child should be left out, or left behind, because of a difficulty speaking or understanding.
Following a restructure of the team, as we gear up towards achieving our goal of reaching a quarter of a million children by 2023, we are seeking to appoint an experienced and enthusiastic Senior Trusts Fundraiser within our Philanthropy team.
Your work will make a concrete difference to the lives of children affected by speech, language and communication needs in the UK. As such, we seek professionals who share our ambition and donor-centred approach, are target-driven, and have strong work ethic. This is your opportunity to be an exceptional fundraiser as part of a dedicated, hardworking team that loves nothing more than supporting one another succeed.
Reporting to the Head of Trusts & Statutory Fundraising and an active member of the team, you will raise income from grant making organisations and build strong relationships with them.
We are keen to hear from you if you match the criteria outlined in the person specification and can fulfill the requirements of the job description. However, we expect the postholder to unequivocally demonstrate:
- Experience in fundraising
- Aptitude for developing relationships
- Ability to deliver against agreed targets
- Excellent written communication skills, and ability to develop compelling funding applications.
To apply, please send a one-page cover letter and your CV by the closing date. Your cover letter must address the above 4 points to support the shortlisting process.
For more information download our job description and recruitment pack.
Interviews will be held via video call on Thursday and Friday, 11th & 12th February 2021.
I CAN works within the government’s Covid-19 guidelines.
I CAN is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons, particularly Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.
Due to the volume of applications we receive, unfortunately, we are not always able to respond to every applicant. If you have not received a response within one week after the closing date, you have not been successful on this occasion.
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Job Title: Trusts Fundraising Manager
Responsible To: Director of Fundraising & Marketing
Contact: Full time
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000
About The Felix Project
The Felix Project is London's leading food redistribution charity. We rescue surplus food from businesses, supermarkets, restaurants and farms. This food is nutritious, in-date, and safe – and includes a high proportion of fresh vegetables, fruit, meat and fish. If Felix did not rescue this food, it would be thrown away and wasted. Instead, we deliver it completely free of charge to local charities, schools, food banks, COVID food hubs and other organisations serving people in need. Our food is a vital lifeline for children and families, people on low incomes, people who have lost their jobs, the homeless, refugees, domestic abuse survivors, the elderly and keyworkers. Our vision is a London where no one goes hungry and good food is never wasted.
The Felix Project is a very ambitious and dynamic young charity. We haven’t stopped growing since we were founded in 2016 in memory of Felix Byam Shaw, by his father, entrepreneur Justin Byam Shaw. Right now, we are running a very high-profile media fundraising campaign with the Evening Standard and Independent, which is on track to raise 10 million pounds. We have had celebrity endorsement from the likes of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Jack Whitehall. This winter, we will partner with FareShare to run their London depot independently. By the end of 2020, we plan to have delivered enough food for 20 million meals. We have huge growth plans for the next 4 years – aiming to have the capacity to deliver food for 100 million meals by 2024. This will be enough to almost eradicate hunger in London.
About you
You will be an experienced fundraiser with significant experience in securing six-figure grants and achieving fundraising targets from trusts and foundations. The ability to prioritise, plan and develop compelling grant applications will be key to your success in this role. An excellent communicator, you will have a strong analytical flair for thorough, detailed prospect research. You will be an excellent relationship builder that uses their creativity and experience to develop a strategy and approach that maximises income growth.
Role Overview
The Trusts Fundraising Manager will be responsible for delivering the trusts 3-year strategy and support the future growth of The Felix Project. The role will work closely with key stakeholders from across the organisation including managing the Trust Fundraising Officer. This position will be integral to the growth of income from both restricted and unrestricted sources through careful research, development of relationships and production of first-class proposals. We are looking for an experienced trust and relationship fundraiser who is motivated to work for a dynamic young charity helping the most vulnerable people in London. The role will require working from home until further notice.
Responsibilities
1. Strategy and Management
- With support from the Trusts Fundraising Officer, you will deliver the 3-year strategy to maximise income from trusts and foundations
- Implement the plan to time and budget, meeting specific financial and organisational objectives, targets and KPIs
- To manage and develop the Trusts Fundraising Officer
2. Securing New Income
- With support from the Director of Fundraising and Fundraising team, systematically identify, qualify and strategise a trust pipeline for restricted and unrestricted funding.
- Develop and implement a stewardship programme for funders, including site visits to our depots and delivering presentations to secure support
- Maintain accurate records of pipeline and secured income
3. Account Management
- To manage relationships and reporting needs from a portfolio of existing trusts and foundations
- To work closely with the Director of Fundraising to develop distinct and persuasive proposals to maximise and extend support from existing funders
- Ensure that funders receive timely, relevant and motivating updates about The Felix Project and impact of their support
- Create engagement moments to further cultivate support
- Build excellent working relationships with trustees and the Fundraising Committee
4. Proposal Development
- To develop compelling case for support and produce funding applications of the highest quality
- To work across the organisation to source the necessary budget and programme information for proposals
5. Administration and Cost Management
- Effectively create and maintain up-to-date trusts and foundation records on the fundraising CRM
- Provide regular analysis and income reports
- To manage the restricted funding income and ensure that Finance and Operations are aware of spend needs in line with grants
6. General
- Keep up to date with all major issues related to food surplus and food poverty
- To maintain an awareness of the best practice and legal requirements relating to trust fundraisings
- To contribute to team meetings
- To represent The Felix Project at external events
Essential Experience
- An experienced fundraiser with demonstratable success of securing six-figure grants from trusts and foundations
- Experience of providing detailed reports to funders
- Proven track record of identifying, qualifying and securing new trust income
- Experience of presenting and packaging budgets and knowledge of charitable financial accounting
- Proven ability to develop good working relationships with people of all levels
- Proven experience of managing fundraisers
- Confident and capable of presenting information for a variety of audiences
Desirable Experience
- Proficient in Microsoft Dynamics CRM or similar fundraising database
- Previous work experience in a food-based charity
Competencies and Behaviours
- Motivated and enthusiastic about our work
- A clear and concise writer who can write motivating proposals and impact reports
- Brilliant communicator and influencer – including strong writing skills
- Results-focused with a problem-solving approach to challenges
- Digital/IT savvy
- A good eye for design
- Highly competent in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook and PowerPoint
- Organised with a methodical approach
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Philanthropy Manager, Feed the Minds
Contract: Fixed term 18-months
Salary: c£37k
Location: Vauxhall, London
About our work
Feed the Minds is a small, but ambitious UK-based international development organisation, operating in 10 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Our projects emphasise partnership and sustainable solutions promoting economic empowerment, health, and citizenship through practical education. Our funding comes from a wide variety of sources, and we are keen to diversify our funding streams.
About the role
The right person will have several years’ experience of fundraising and securing 6+ figure gifts from statutory, corporates and trusts and foundations that act like institutions etc., to build a sustainable portfolio to enable Feed the Minds to fund the work that we undertake. In this newly created role, you will join a small but high performing team. You will think strategically and lead on sourcing and responding to new funding opportunities.
Due to current circumstances this role will initially be home based.
Closing date for applications: 5pm 28th January 2021
To apply, please send your current CV and a covering letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) stating how you meet the person specification to Sandra Golding (by clicking on the apply now). The job description with person specification is attached. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
Interviews for shortlisted candidates will take place on Thursday 11th February 2021
We do not wish to be contacted by recruitment agencies. Thank you.
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During the Covid-19 pandemic, amid the unprecedented surge in demand for support from people who have been rocked by the financial impact on their livelihood, Turn2us has responded with compassion and agility. Thanks to our supporters, we’ve been able to offer over £3m in direct grants to households struggling to afford basic essentials. We’ve increased our telephone helpline capacity for people with additional needs and we’ve ensured our digital income maximisation resources, including our welfare Benefits Calculator and Grant Search tools, used by millions since March, reflect the latest support available to people.
We want to go further. Our drive to continuously improve our services and target them to the people and places where need exists, is dependent on securing sustainable funding for new and existing programmes at Turn2us and in partnership with other organisations.
As Strategic Trust Funding Manager, you will play a core role in the pursuit of our purpose to support people in financial hardship to move from surviving to thriving. You’ll also be joining at an exciting time in the charity’s evolution. We have refined our purpose, values, strategy and structure in the past twelve months. We are co-producing our work with people who have lived experience of financial hardship, so that their unique insight and voices drive change in policy and practice.
Your insight into the funding landscape, emerging trends, high value income generation and success securing significant gifts from a range of institutional funders will help shape our approach and deliver new income and impact. Your perception and confidence will help match Turn2us’s vision to funders’ interests and values.
You will instinctively understand the close relationship between institutional funders, family and personal philanthropy, enabling you to build and steward relationships and grow our income pipeline. Your superb interpersonal skills and experience of working with funders will also enable you to make the most of networks that exist within the charity and our partners, volunteers and influencers.
Your demonstrable bid and tender writing experience and skills, alongside a naturally collaborative approach mean that you’ll work effectively with expert colleagues and partners to build and target insight-led compelling bids, applications and budgets for key charity programmes that drive impact. You will enjoy being part of an ambitious income team and able to use your skills and experience to support and line manage a Trust fundraising colleague.
Critically, your personal values, drive and ambition to contribute to achieving impact for people without enough income to thrive, particularly in the context of Covid-19, will shine through in this key role.
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Unicef ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.
The Resource Hub at Unicef UK empowers colleagues to deliver best in class relationship management, by providing sector-leading professional services such as prospect research, risk screening and strategic writing for our Partnerships and Philanthropy teams. As a result of growth, we are currently recruiting for an additional Prospect Research Manager to join the team.
The new Prospect Research Manager will work alongside one other Prospect Research Manager to provide high quality research, scoping projects, mapped networks and biographies for Relationship Managers across our Partnerships and Philanthropy fundraising teams, on both existing and potential supporters.
To succeed in this role, you will have experience of high-value prospect research, and its application in high-level fundraising best practice within a charity or other non-profit organisation. You should have demonstrable experience in supporting fundraising teams to manage relationships and a high value prospect pipeline. Knowledge of GDPR is also essential.
This is a great opportunity to use your prospect research skills to help us to raise more funds so that we can deliver more for the world’s children.
Closing date: 5pm, Thursday 28 January 2021.
First Interview date: Tuesday, 9 February and Wednesday, 10 February 2021 via video conferencing.
We are normally based in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London but while our office is closed, this role will work from home or from wherever makes you happy.
We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at Unicef UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.
Unicef UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.
We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.
If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.
Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)
The Cystic Fibrosis Trust is the only UK-wide charity making a daily difference to the lives of people with cystic fibrosis, and those who care for them. We invest in cutting-edge research, drive up standards of clinical care, offer support for everyone affected by cystic fibrosis, and campaign hard on the issues that matter.
Cystic fibrosis is chronically misunderstood, kills thousands worldwide and is carried unknowingly in the genes of millions. We’re here to beat it.Putting people with cystic fibrosis at the centre of everything we do is key to helping us beat the condition for good and doing this is a challenge that you’ll relish.
This is a key role in the Philanthropy team to help achieve its plans for growth and sitting within the Philanthropy Team, you will work closely with the Senior Philanthropy Manager, Trusts, and the wider Philanthropy Team to deliver agreed income targets from charitable trusts and statutory funders and contribute to the ongoing growth strategy development.
You will manage a portfolio of trust and statutory relationships with a focus on five figure grants in line with agreed income targets. This will involve developing strong partnerships with funders and working collaboratively across the organisation to develop proposals and timely reports. You will also have the opportunity to work on larger funding opportunities.
If you feel you can contribute to helping us create a life unlimited for people with cystic fibrosis, take a look at the full role description on our website where you will also find details on how to apply.
*Please note: due to COVID-19, you will be working from home until further notice
The Cystic Fibrosis Trust welcomes applications from candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from people with cystic fibrosis, disabled people, and Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) and LGBTQI candidates.
Closing date for completed applications will be 5pm Thursday 21 January 2021
Interviews will take place week of 25 January 2021.
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SportInspired is a national, award winning charity helping children and young people from the UK’s most deprived communities to improve their physical and mental wellbeing.
We believe it is unacceptable that 4.1m children are growing up in poverty in the UK and we passionately believe sport has a vital part to play in improving the life-chances of those who need it most.
By 2030, we will be supporting every 9-year-old across the UK with our services. This role will play a key part in that growth.
Here’s what you will need to do:
Income Generation – Major Donors
- Set up an innovative, new Major Donor programme to support the growth required to reach 2030 vision
- Create a robust, commercially astute development plan to roll out an effective Major Donor strategy
- Develop pipeline of potential donors along with cultivation and retention strategies
- Developing and managing a newly created Philanthropy Board
Income Generation – Trusts & Foundations
- Identify Trust & Foundation opportunities that align with SI’s objectives
- Manage proposal submissions in a timely and efficient fashion
- Produce compelling proposals and reports
- Identity high-value prospects and develop robust relationships
Income Generation – Corporate Partnerships
- Partnership manage some of SportInspired’s key corporate partnerships driving strong relationships, growth, and retention
- Innovate to develop new engagement products
- Nurture and grow corporate fundraising income
- Produce compelling reports
- Support the Head of Fundraising and Communications with new funding opportunities as appropriate
The postholder will use strong commercial acumen and relationship skills to ensure all opportunities for cross-fertilisation across all these income streams are maximised.
Organisational Development
- Work closely with Head of Fundraising and Communications to ensure all deliverables support 2030 growth
- Work closely with Communications Manger to produce professional assets across each income stream
- Significant liaison with CEO and COO to produce competitive proposals grounded in SportInspired’s overarching strategy
- Ensure SportInspired governance framework is adhered to and embedded within everything you do
- Ensure all processes and systems defined / supplied by SportInspired are used
Skills / Knowledge:
- Excellent communications skills with the ability to influence at a senior level
- Excellent relationship building skills
- Excellent, persuasive writing skills
- Excellent Microsoft office skills
- Excellent presentation skills
- Deep understanding of fundraising frameworks and best practice
- Ability to manage workload with competing priorities
- Commercially astute and credible professional
- A passion for working with children and young people
- Highly organised and able to work efficiently, with good time management, and to hit deadlines
- Sharp attention to detail
- Open and transparent, shares knowledge with others
- Team player
Experience:
- High-level fundraising experience of personally securing five-six-figure partnerships
- Significant major donor fundraising experience with demonstrable income generation results
- Experience of setting up a new, successful major donor programme
- Experience in nurturing and growing funder relationships
- Strong network of high-net-worth individuals
- Significant proposal writing experience with proven ability to distil complex information into a compelling case for support
- Demonstrable experience of innovating to secure new funding
- Significant, successful experience of pitching for new partnerships
- Desirable to have worked in a small/medium-sized charity setting
- Experience using Salesforce or similar CRM
The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
The role will be homeworking for now with the option for both home and London office working once restrictions are lifted.
Equal opportunities employer
SportInspired values diversity and inclusion and strongly encourages applications from all sections of the community. We request that you complete our Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form to establish if there are different success rates between genders, people of different sexual orientation, ages, different ethnic backgrounds or faiths, and people with disabilities. Your answers will be treated confidentially and will not affect your application in any way.
Unfortunately, we are unable to reply to everyone who applies, so only applicants shortlisted for interview will be contacted.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Senior Major Gifts Manager is responsible for managing a large portfolio of prospect, donor and key influencer relationships.
They are responsible for developing and advancing these relationships towards clear philanthropic support.
The Major Gifts function sits within the Philanthropy and Partnerships division of Fundraising. The division is responsible for all high value and relationship fundraising from individuals, trusts and corporate partners.
The team includes prospect research support and enjoys a strong relationship and support from our research and other mission teams to identify and develop compelling cases for support on projects and programmes in support of our mission to beat blood cancer.
This role will engage extensively with Fundraising and Mission teams, including significant work with our research community around the UK.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The role will maximise and grow income generated from charitable trusts, foundations and statutory sources, both in the UK and global markets.
You will develop and submit funding applications, approaches and pitches for income to meet agreed annual targets and will work collaboratively to support the generation of income across the fundraising department.
You will have experience in trust/ statutory fundraising, and in developing and submitting applications to statutory and multilateral funders. You will also have a track record of achieving and exceeding income targets.
This is a very exciting time to join this respected a charity as the fundraising department is rapidly growing and income is increasing both in the UK and internationally.
Due to our current situation, we are able to consider home based candidates and would like to hear from applicants that are interested in permanent and interim positions.
We are looking to fill the position as soon as possible so get in touch early to avoid disappoint.
We look forward to hearing from you.
The IRC has invested significantly in the UK fundraising team which has increased its capacity considerably over the past 3 years. There are ambitious plans to increase this even further as part of an exciting global revenue generation strategy in development. This is therefore an exciting time to join a fast-paced, dynamic team with ambitious but achievable targets.
This role sits within the UK Trusts & Foundations Team. Currently comprising 3 members of staff, the Trusts & Foundations team is part of the Global Foundations & Trusts pillar within the International Partnerships & Philanthropy (IPP) department. The team also works alongside the Philanthropy, Corporate Partnerships and Mass Markets teams in the UK.
Trusts & Foundations is a key growth area for IPP, with significant potential to grow revenue from existing supporters and a robust new business pipeline in place for financial year (FY) 2021. This role will be critical in enabling the sub-team to achieve this potential and surpass targets for FY2021 and beyond.
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
As Trusts and Foundations Executive you:
Work with the other Trusts global team members to maximise restricted and unrestricted income from existing and new donors within the Trusts & Foundations function,
Identify, research and cultivate potential new supporters of the IRC’s work to meet ambitious new business development targets
Deliver outstanding donor stewardship and grants management support to existing IRC trust and foundation supporters.
SCOPE AND AUTHORITY
Authority: Contribute to the delivery of the trusts and foundations annual fundraising target, including supporting the development of strategic new donor relationships.
Responsibility for Resources: None
Key Working Relationships
Key contacts:
IRC UK high value fundraisers
IPP & Global Foundations & Trusts teams
International field and technical staff within country and regional programmes and the US
Representatives of existing and potential trust & foundation supporters, including senior stakeholders (e.g. trust Board members)
Finance staff in the UK
Fundraising and communications colleagues in the UK, US and Europe
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
New business development (50%)
Responsible for maintaining and developing a portfolio of current and potential trust and foundation donors in order to maximise sustainable unrestricted and restricted income.
Develop, prepare and submit funding applications to trusts and foundations, and contribute to the delivery of the Fundraising team’s target to raise both unrestricted and restricted funds, with a particular focus on priority funding needs.
Support the Head of Trusts & Foundations on strategic partnership opportunities as required.
Maintain a good knowledge and understanding of the IRC’s international programmes to ensure the development and delivery of high-quality concept notes and applications.
Produce donor development plans and bespoke communications.
Ensure all trust and foundation business development and relationship management activity, including new gifts and opportunities, is captured accurately on Salesforce, and support timely and accurate internal reporting on the team’s activity.
Donor Stewardship & Grants Management (40%)
Ensure that the Trusts team is able to develop its existing supporter relationships to maximise revenue and other strategic objectives through outstanding donor stewardship, including at senior stakeholder level.
Ensure the highest standards in grants management, working with colleagues in International Programmes, Technical Units and Finance to develop high quality narrative and financial reports in line with IRC processes, including through the IRC’s grants management system OTIS.
Strategic Support (10%)
Collaborate with global fundraising and International Programmes staff to develop timely, accurate and compelling information about the IRC’s work and impact.
Monitor developments and trends in trust fundraising, including through relevant sector events and networks.
Contribute to overall strategic and financial planning as required.
Actively participate in Fundraising team meetings and events.
Carry out other duties, as required, to maximise IRC’s trust and foundation fundraising.
Special Conditions
Must be flexible and able to attend occasional weekend and evening events.
The deadline for applications is midnight between Thursday 28th January / Friday 29th January.
Applications will be reviewed and invited to interview on a rolling basis. Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.
IRCUK is committed to equality of opportunity and non-discrimination for all applicants and employees.
IRC-UK seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce regardless of gender, race, religious belief, nationality, ethnic/national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.
IRC-UK welcomes applications from all candidates, including underrepresented groups and refugees who have the right to work in the UK.
IRC UK will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application and/or interview process, and for essential job functions if appointed to a role. Please contact us if you may need such adjustments.
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Job Title: Philanthropy Manager
Hours: 35 per week
Salary: £38,859 , London Based
Type of Employment: Permanent
Dept and Location: Relationship Fundraising, Dual Location
Line Manager: Head of Philanthropy
Direct Reports: None
Main Purpose of the Role
We are looking for a motivated and experienced major donor specialist to work as part of a mission-critical new function at Teenage Cancer Trust. We need our Philanthropy Managers to be brilliant relationship builders with stacks of emotional intelligence and supporter engagement skill. We need them to identify, own and drive relationships with major philanthropists and some of the charity’s highest value individual supporters. This is a great opportunity to help shape a new fundraising programme with real potential and make a real difference to the experience of young people with cancer.
How to Apply
Please upload your CV and supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria for the role.
Closing date : 19th January 2021
First interviews: 26th January 2021
Second Stage Interviews: 2nd February 2021
We are committed to working towards ensuring Teenage Cancer Trust is a diverse and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of race, age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.
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The Organisation
The Brilliant Club is an award-winning charity that exists to increase the number of pupils from underrepresented backgrounds who progress to highly-selective universities. We do this by mobilising the PhD community to share its expertise with state schools. We recruit, train and place PhD researchers to work with state schools: either part-time as tutors through The Scholars Programme or our new Brilliant Tutoring Programme; or full-time as classroom teachers through Researchers in Schools (RIS).
The Opportunity
With a charity fundraising target of over £800,000 per year, The Brilliant Club is looking for a Senior Fundraising Officer to grow our income from Trusts and Foundations, build our corporate partnerships and engage our supporters in the work of the charity.
The Senior Fundraising Officer will lead our Trust and Foundations and corporate fundraising, and they will work closely with the fundraising and operations team to grow these strands. This will include new business development, writing high-quality applications, and managing our supporter relationships.
The Senior Fundraising Officer will also ensure that that the charity’s fundraising is in line with sector best practice. The Senior Fundraising Officer will work closely with the Head of Philanthropy and the External Affairs Director to track fundraising progress, escalate and manage fundraising risks and ensure that fundraising practices are aligned with the strategy and vision of the charity.
The successful candidate will have experience of working with external stakeholders in a fundraising capacity, with experience of building relationships, writing successful fundraising applications, producing high-quality reports, and delivering positive supporter engagement opportunities. They will also have experience in delivering cross-organisational projects and working with senior stakeholders.
The Brilliant Club has three core values, which we expect all employees to embody: 1) We get to a solution, 2) We seek and act on the best data available, and 3) We understand that little things go a long way. The successful candidate will have examples of where they have demonstrated these values in the past.
The Brilliant Club exists to increase the number of pupils from underrepresented backgrounds progressing to highly selective universities. We think it is important that our charity reflects the lived experience of our beneficiaries, and we want to be an organisation where employees from any background can thrive. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans including non-binary (LGBTQ+) candidates, and candidates from low income families. These groups are currently underrepresented at The Brilliant Club and we are committed to increasing representation and diversity at the charity.
The Organisation
The Brilliant Club is an award-winning charity that exists to increase the number of pupils from underrepresented backgrounds who progress to highly-selective universities. We do this by mobilising the PhD community to share its expertise with state schools. We recruit, train and place PhD researchers to work with state schools: either part-time as tutors through The Scholars Programme or our new Brilliant Tutoring Programme; or full-time as classroom teachers through Researchers in Schools (RIS).
The Opportunity
As The Brilliant Club enters our tenth year, and we develop our next five-year strategy, we are looking for a Head of Philanthropy to grow our fundraising income, to support our mission. The Head of Philanthropy will report to the External Affairs Director and will work closely with the Executive Leadership team to deliver our fundraising target of over £800,000 per year. They will lead a small fundraising team and be responsible for the delivery and diversification of our fundraising income. This includes introducing major donor fundraising and growing our corporate partnerships, alongside the continued development of the charity’s well-established Trust and Foundations fundraising. The Head of Philanthropy will ensure that that the charity is compliant with fundraising and data protection regulations, and share fundraising best practice. They will build relationships, create fundraising opportunities and engage our supporters.
The Head of Philanthropy will work with the External Affairs Director and the Executive Leadership Team to develop a five-year fundraising strategy, aligned with our charity strategy. The successful candidate will have experience of working with major donors and developing new business. They will feel confident engaging with senior stakeholders, be proactive in identifying opportunities and have excellent relationship building skills.
The Brilliant Club has three core values, which we expect all employees to embody: 1) We get to a solution, 2) We seek and act on the best data available, and 3) We understand that little things go a long way. The successful candidate will have examples of where they have demonstrated these values in the past.
The Brilliant Club exists to increase the number of pupils from underrepresented backgrounds progressing to highly selective universities. We think it is important that our charity reflects the lived experience of our beneficiaries, and we want to be an organisation where employees from any background can thrive. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans including non-binary (LGBTQ+) candidates, and candidates from low income families. These groups are currently underrepresented at The Brilliant Club and we are committed to increasing representation and diversity at the charity.
About GoodGym
GoodGym is an award-winning charity that encourages people to get fit and do good at the same time. Our work is shown to reduce isolation, improve community cohesion and to improve wellbeing for all involved. It is frequently cited as a leading social innovation by the government, mainstream press and leading think tanks.
Job Purpose
As the Public Sector Partnerships Manager you will take the lead on our public sector income. Releasing the monetary value of GoodGyms achievements so we can increase our impact going forwards. This is an exciting opportunity to design and deliver your own strategy, whilst also being given the opportunity to further develop existing relationships. The successful candidate will also be able to make use of the crucial learnings we’ve learned on our journey so far. Our current public sector relationships are often built at a local level, going forward we want to transition into having national relationships and therefore achieve a key objective of having a lean operating model. We are a small core team and are committed to increasing our social impact.
Responsibilities:
- Supporting and maintaining existing relationships with partners such as Age UK and British Red Cross. Staying on top of sharing our news and insight with our network.
- Building and exploring new partnerships across the sector, for example exploring avenues within both the Government and NHS. You will have the sole ownership of your pipeline.
- Working closely with GoodGyms operations team to ensure our partnerships are valuable in both income and structure.
- Working with the Head of Business development on new grant applications and reporting to our existing funders.
- Helping to ensure the New Business Team hit their target each year.
Person Specification
- Strong partner engagement skills with the ability to develop rapport and translate established relationships to programmes and partnerships that positively impact the core business. We are looking for a significant track record of showing impact through partnerships.
- Skilled at generating new leads, establishing new relationships and building trust. The benchmarks of this role are not only quality partnerships, but also significant financial targets. We are looking for experience of negotiating high value contracts (
- Strong organisation and time management skills meaning you can combine and successfully manage our public sector partnership portfolio.
- Significant understanding of commissioning landscape and procurement processes, ideally with NHS department knowledge.
- Process an existing network of leads and contacts within relevant sectors.
- Experience in applying for contracts in either adult social care, leisure services or across a range of service/outcome themes.
- Experience of writing business cases for grant applications.
Why join us?
- Be part of our important mission to bring communities together and reduce loneliness and isolation. GoodGym is a scalable approach to tackling major social issues and you’ll play a key role in it
- Friendly, positive and supportive team with a genuine purpose
- Growing organisation with national reach at a pivotal point of change
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Central London location; Somerset House, free entry to many exhibitions and events
We are looking for the best people to help us provide support to millions of people affected by loneliness in the UK. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone, regardless of race, sex, gender identity, disability, age, nationality, religious or philosophical belief, age, sexual orientation, educational attainment, family status, trade union activity or any other factor. We see diversity as strength and want everyone to be able to be their whole selves at work. GoodGym recognises we don't have the diversity we are aiming for, we actively encourage applicants from people with diverse ethnic backgrounds.
We have a code of conduct in place, and are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels safe and respected.
The successful candidate will have experience in securing 5+ figure gifts from statutory or trust funders, be an effective relationship builder, have experience of producing high quality proposals and be a strategic thinker with the ability to conduct research to improve understanding of funders.
If you would like to receive further Information on this role, with details on how to apply, please send your cv to [email protected] or call Natalie at Harris Hill 0207 820 7336.
Due to current circumstances this role will initially be home based. However, the charities HQ is based in London and you would be required to be in the office at least twice a week when it is safe to do so.
Please note: we will only be able to respond to suitable candidates.