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Philanthropy Officer

Salary: £29,355 per year + benefits
Contract: Permanent
Location: London Office – We encourage flexible working and therefore do not require you to work from our London office full time.
Closing date: 12 July 2022
Interview Dates:
• W/C 18 July 22 – First round interviews will be based in our office (SE1).
• W/C 25 July – Second round interviews (remote)

The role:

We are looking for a Philanthropy Officer to join our fantastic Philanthropy and Partnerships team on a permanent basis. The P&P team consists of six members of staff, and together we want to raise £2.6m this year. This role is all about great relationship management and organisational skills to ensure that supporters of Pancreatic Cancer UK (PCUK) feel valued and inspired.

We’re a small and ambitious team that works closely together to maximise our collective impact. As Philanthropy Officer, the post-holder will support and engage high-value supporters and deliver stewardship at the highest level. The role is varied and requires a proactive, resourceful individual with a love of relationship management and the ability to work across the donor journey.

Some of the main responsibilities of this role include:

• Managing a portfolio of high-value supporters and prospects, providing an outstanding supporter experience, and maximising the impact of their support
• Working with members of our Development Fund Board to maximise their income potential individually and through their networks
  Supporting the Director of Fundraising, Head of P&P, and Senior Relationship Manager in the management of DFB member relationships and their networks as appropriate (ensuring the provision of briefings, preparation of compelling proposals, and reports).
• Supporting the Senior Special Events Manager with key fundraising events in the calendar that deliver a strong net income

About you:

We are looking for someone who wants to begin or grow their career in high-value fundraising and is inspired by PCUK’s mission. You’ll be passionate about people and always put our supporters first. You’ll have great communication skills, both verbal and written. You’ll be confident articulating Pancreatic Cancer UK’s mission and be able to build relationships and inspire confidence with high-net-worth individuals.

You will have a proven ability in the following areas:

• Managing positive relationships with supporters, donors, or other stakeholders
• Cultivating positive relationships both internally and externally
• Communicating sensitively and compassionately with our supporters who have been affected by pancreatic cancer
• Project management skills with demonstrable ability to work well under pressure, handling multiple demands, planning ahead and prioritising own workload with minimum supervision

About Us

Pancreatic cancer is a tough one but we’re taking it on. It is tough to diagnose, tough to treat and tough to research. For too long this disease has been side-lined. We want to make sure that everyone affected by it gets all the help they need. Together we are taking on pancreatic cancer. Underpinning this vision are our four values:

• Pioneering
• Compassion
• Determined
• Integrity

We cannot achieve our vision without employing staff who are committed to our vision, strategy, and values.
At PCUK our ambition is to create an inclusive working environment that reflects the communities and audiences that we engage with and, where everyone can be their true selves, where they feel respected, championed, heard, and supported. We want our workforce to achieve their potential, understand their contribution, and feel proud of their impact by creating a culture and organisation that is genuinely inclusive by advancing equality, diversity, inclusion, and belonging through our policies and practices.

We believe diversity drives great outcomes through encouraging the different points of view that come from a diverse workforce. We know people from different backgrounds can bring fresh ideas, thinking, and approaches which make the way we work more powerful, more innovative, effective, and more collaborative.
We have an exciting future, with a clear purpose and we’ve started the journey to realise our ambition to be a fair, compassionate, and inclusive organisation that can celebrate the fact that we are all equally different!

If this sounds like you – we’d love to hear from you! Please see the job description and person specification for full details of the role on our website. If you wish to discuss the role informally, before applying, please contact Victoria Hurwood, Senior Relationship Manager (details are on our advert on our website).

How to apply:

• You can download the Job Description, Person Specification, and application form on our website.
• You must have the right to work in the UK when you apply.

WR Fundraising Recruitment has a great opportunity for an experienced trusts and grants fundraiser to work with a popular environmental charity to lead on grant fundraising from a wide range of funders. This exciting new role will help to both coordinate and develop an existing portfolio, as well as provide line management and support for an existing team member.

This role needs someone who can bring experience and proven success securing grants from trusts and foundations. Managing an existing team member, you’ll bring expertise, insight, enthusiasm, and experience of coordinating proposals based on strategic need. You will need to be highly organised and able to balance a varied role with a wide range of internal stakeholders.

Senior Trusts and Grants Fundraiser

Full-time (with 0.8 FTE potential)

Maternity cover contract (9-12 months) with the possibility of going permanent

London with Hybrid Working

Circa £40,000 per annum

Key responsibilities of the role will include:

• Develop and lead the grants programme, growing a robust pipeline of new and existing funders
• Line manage the grants fundraiser, providing support, insight, and expertise
• Take full ownership for all aspects of grant funding, including strategic planning, budgeting, cost-recovery, stewardship, and reporting
• Develop and provide oversight for grant applications, ensuring close alignment with operational project delivery and strategic aims
• Deliver high levels of donor stewardship ensuring accurate and timely reporting, and nurturing long-term donor relationships
• Analysis of impact and evaluation of grant funded projects
• Support a collegiate environment, fostering a high level of collaboration across all team members

The ideal candidate for this role will:

• Have knowledge and experience in grant funding, and a track record of securing 5 and 6 figure grants
• Be highly skilled and knowledgeable in the trust/grant funding discipline, with a diverse range of experience
• A confident communicator, able to work with a wide range of stakeholders
• Have a strategic approach, able to bring together the many aspects of project delivery and organisational aims with funding proposals
• Be a positive and proactive person, comfortable with change, and flexible in approach
• Be skilled in CRM software
• Be a passionate advocate for the work of the charity, and an ambassador for their work

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

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

RNIB's Telemarketing Team is made up of 75 home based Telephone Fundraisers, who are responsible for delivering up to 80 outbound customer service and income generating fundraising campaigns each year.

We are seeking 3 Senior Telephone Fundraisers to work as a front-line Telephone Fundraiser, to contribute to the growth of fundraising net income through contacting individuals and converting them into supporters and advocates of the organisation, using the telephone as a route to market.

Also provide support to the Team Leader, acting as cover for a team of 15 Telephone Fundraisers in Team Leader absence.

Purpose of job:

• Contributing to the growth of fundraising net income by contacting members of the public with a variety of fundraising products.
• Ensuring the delivery of excellent customer service on every call, which will include Fundraising and Non-Fundraising (survey) calls.
• Responsible for day-to-day supervision of the team, in Team Leader absence, escalating to Team Leader as appropriate.

You will have experience of working in an outbound call centre environment and delivering in a customer service and sales role, this will include knowledge of using outbound telephony systems and a web-based platform. You will also have experience of supporting with, and responding to, safeguarding cases.

In exchange we offer a competitive salary, a stimulating and supportive working environment and a benefits package including:

• 26 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), which increase with service.
• Excellent pension schemes

If you would like to apply for this great job opportunity please review the documents linked below, then click "Apply Online" at the bottom of this page and complete our application form, telling us how you meet the Specialist Skills, Knowledge and Experience criteria (Section 1 of the person specification). Guidance for completion can be found on each page of the application form

We're the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and we're here for everyone affected by sight loss. Working for us means working for one of the UK's biggest charities, supporting almost two million people living with sight loss in the UK.

Salary: £17,862- £19,648 (Pro rata)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 25 hours per week (Flexibility required, core hours 4-9pm Monday -Friday with some daytime/weekend work dependent)

Major Donor Fundraiser
Tall Ships Youth Trust
Portsmouth
Up to £32k depending on experience
Portsmouth, hybrid working

Charity People are delighted to be working with The Tall Ships Youth Trust in finding them a Major Donor Fundraiser to research prospects and build long term sustainable relationships with high level donors.

The Tall Ships Youth Trust are a youth development charity, bringing together a complete cross-section of young people to work and live in a unique, physically and mentally challenging environment that enables them to develop the life skills, social skills, confidence and self-esteem, needed to realise their true potential. 75% of those they support are from disadvantaged backgrounds.

They need a fundraiser who has experience in cultivating gifts and who is an exceptional relationships builder. In this role, you will need to build a sustainable donor pipeline and secure significant gifts from major donors, primarily from new donors.

About you.
You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and confidence engaging donors through multiple media sources.
You will be comfortable building relationships with donors to meet KPIs and income targets.
You will have experience in excellent record keeping using the CRM system to record and track activity.

If you have experience in successfully making fundraising asks and are a pro-active self-starter get in touch for more information on this exciting opportunity.

To apply please send a copy of your CV to Dawn at Charity People. If your profile fits what we're looking for, we'll be in touch with further details and to arrange a phone or video call.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity 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 do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities with which we work.

This is a very exciting time to be joining Impetus as we aim to support more young people this year than ever before in our history. We are looking for a highly motivated Philanthropy Officer who is excited by the prospect of working for an ambitious fundraising team in a sector leading charity. In this varied role, you will have the opportunity to learn about a variety of different types of fundraising, including events, major donors, grant making trusts, and corporate partnerships. 

The Philanthropy team raises income for Impetus and for Impetus partner charities. There are eleven members of the team which is responsible for fundraising, events, and donor engagement, as well as collaborating with colleagues across the organisation to ensure we make a compelling case to generate new financial commitments and wider support for our work. The team also delivers a high-quality engagement programme of volunteering and pro bono for Impetus’s corporate supporters. Impetus has an annual income of £8 million which we are looking to grow to £10 million within the next few years. The team is led by the Director of Philanthropy and Partnerships.

Impetus is driven by a shared belief in tackling the barriers that hold back young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in education and employment. Alongside investing extensive financial and non-financial support in our charity partners through our Investment Team we also seek to influence decision makers to design and implement evidence led policy and direct new resources to get young people the support they need through our Public Affairs team. We are resolutely focused on outcomes, driven by quality evidence.

About this role

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with the passion and skills to develop in a career in fundraising. We are looking for someone who is fascinated by the charity sector and eager to learn about the dynamic world of high-level major donor fundraising and corporate philanthropy.

The Philanthropy Officer is a highly professional, proactive and dynamic individual who will directly support the Director of Philanthropy and Partnerships, as well as the wider team to secure and maintain income from a range of funders including Corporates, Individuals and Grant-Making Trusts to help transform young people’s lives.

Working closely to support the Director of Philanthropy and Partnerships will be a key focus of the role, including diary management, administration, meeting preparation, and varied duties required to maintain and develop strong team operations and donor relationships.

The Philanthropy Officer will be an enthusiastic, creative, can-do team player, who is able to manage a busy and varied workload, work autonomously and work with all members of the organisation.

Key responsibilities

Assisting the Director of Philanthropy and Partnerships 

• Responsible for providing direct support to the Director of Philanthropy and Partnerships; includes meeting arrangements, diary management, Board papers planning, and other administrative duties as required by the Director.  

Research and Briefings 

• Research prospective donors and create bespoke briefings for donor meetings.
• Research and report on philanthropy trends, philanthropic developments in the private equity and associated industries as well as key updates pertinent to our donors and prospects.   

Philanthropy team operations 

• Support team diary management, including scheduling cross-organisational meetings, team training, and other coordination of team activities. 
• Support the events team in the lead up to and delivery of events (guest list management, database management and ad hoc preparation).  
• Maintain financial and income records, including recording donations.
• Supporting other teams when required.

Fundraising support 

• Support account managers with fundraising cycle, including updating pitch decks, meeting preparation, support for donor committees, and ensuring that all donor meetings and emails are logged correctly and promptly on Salesforce (customer relationship management platform).  
• Manage online giving platforms, uploading relevant information to Salesforce. 
• Demonstrate professionalism and best practice in all duties, comply with the organisation’s policies and procedures and proactively support the wider team to deliver our mission effectively.  

Person specification

Essential

• Demonstrable experience working in a relevant professional environment
• Clear aspiration to build a career as a fundraiser
• Experience or understanding of corporate fundraising, major donor fundraising or GMT fundraising 
• Able to grasp and interpret complex ideas, including the venture philanthropy model of Impetus and the private equity industry
• Committed to Impetus’ mission 
• Committed to equality, diversity and inclusion
• Strong research and prospecting skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent analytical and data reporting skills
• Excellent PowerPoint and presentation skills 
• Experience of using databases, including input and extraction of data, reporting and experience in using Salesforce or a comparable CRM system
• Excellent IT and technology skills with strong experience and/or knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, Powerpoint). Excel skills would be a benefit 
• Ability to work well under pressure with the ability to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple projects
• Ability to look beyond own area of expertise and be pro-active and creative in problem solving

Desirable 

• Knowledge of the sector – young people, education, employment

How to apply

You can find a full information pack on our website. Candidates will be required to send a comprehensive CV and supporting statement to us by 11.30pm Sunday 10 July 2022. The supporting statement should be no more than two sides of A4 and should address the criteria in the person specification.

Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

We believe that a diverse workforce leads to an organisation that is more open, creative and gets better results. We want our team at Impetus to represent the diversity of the people and communities we serve. We also want our team to be one where different experiences, expertise and perspectives are valued, and where everyone is encouraged to grow and develop. We want to reach a diverse pool of candidates. We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that potential employees may need to in order to be successful. We recognise the importance of a good work/life balance. We do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including working from home, working part-time job shares and other arrangements. Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond) if these are options you’d like to explore.

Impetus is an equal opportunity employer and is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, or marital status. We value diversity and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Cycling UK, the national cycling charity, is on a mission to inspire a million more people onto their bikes. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced corporate partnership professional to join the Income Generation team at Cycling UK. You will lead on growing new corporate support for the charity, as well as managing existing relationships, to feed into Cycling UK’s overarching fundraising strategy.

Senior Corporate Partnerships Officer Requirements:

This role will oversee the full cultivation cycle for potential partners, from building the pipeline to initiating approaches and developing pitches. You will be experienced at building relationships with strong sales and marketing acumen. You will be the organisational 'expert' and work closely with the Head of commercial, Fundraising team and other service departments to grow income, brand awareness and our reputation.

If you are target driven, a strong storyteller and communicator and able to build and retain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, we want to hear from you.

We are an inclusive organisation and would, particularly welcome applications from candidates from a broad range of backgrounds. We strongly believe that diversity strengthens our work. If you are already passionate about cycling, that’s great, many of us are too! But if you are simply really excellent at what you do, no matter what your background, that is what matters most to us.

If you think that this describes you and you are excited by the prospect of joining our team, please do get in touch to find out more.

Location: Home-based in UK (Occasional travel to Guildford)
Contract Type: Fixed Term, until March 2023
Hours: Part-time (3 or 4 days per week)
Salary: £29,880 - £33,200 (based on full time hours)

Closing date: Monday 18 July 2022 - 9:00am

You may have experience of the following: Senior Corporate Partnerships Executive, Fundraising Manager, Divisional Fundraising Manager, Community Fundraising, Corporate Partnerships Executive, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, NFP, Not for Profit, Fundraiser, Corporate Partnerships Manager, Partnerships Executive, Fundraising Executive, etc.

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We are recruiting a Senior Fundraising Officer – Trusts and Foundations, who will play a key role in our small and successful fundraising team. A confident and capable fundraiser, you will bring vital capacity to this side of our income generation and work closely with the CEO, Senior Leadership Team and Fundraising Manager.

About the role

This Senior Fundraising Officer role is a new position, ideal for a creative and ambitious fundraiser who is seeking a role where there is an opportunity to develop and step up professionally.

If successful, you will join a small fundraising team where from the start, you will enjoy real responsibility. In this new role, you will work on a diverse range of funding proposals and have the autonomy to lead on the management of your own portfolio of funders. You will also work alongside senior staff, including our CEO and Senior Leadership Team, to develop larger, strategically significant proposals.

Although your main focus will be fundraising from Charitable Trusts and Foundations, you will have the chance to broaden your experience by working with the Fundraising Manager to develop and maintain the fundraising presence on our website and social media. You will also provide administrative support for the team, including keeping up-to-date records.

In this role, you will be home-based or London office-based (Vauxhall). We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer and if you are seeking a role that is 3–4 days a week, we are open to discussion. Apply and let us know what working pattern you are looking for.

In return, we offer: a generous 30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata if part-time), a cycle to work programme and auto-enrolment into a pension scheme, a flexible working environment, including home working, compressed and variable hours, access to employee resource groups, including the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion working group, Wellbeing Committee, regular social activities and a Wellbeing Action Plan for each member of staff. And as part of our People Strategy, we are proud to offer many learning opportunities.

About Kinship

Kinship is the leading charity in England and Wales for kinship carers – relatives and friends who raise children when their parents aren’t able to. We offer kinship carers expert advice as well as financial, legal, practical and emotional support and understanding from the moment they need it, for as long as they need it. We’re always there to help with the complicated and stressful decisions that so many kinship families have to make, as well as to celebrate the good times.

Working alongside kinship carers and the children they raise, with their voices and views at the fore, we build communities of support and give everything we have to fight for each family and their rights, as well as to raise awareness of kinship care and secure better support for all those playing this critical role.

For further details about the role, please refer to the attached job specification.

To apply, please click the Apply button to send us your CV and cover letter, along with a completed Equal Opportunities form.

Interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

Senior Fundraising Manager

The Link Visiting Scheme is in search of an experienced fundraiser to join our team and work closely with the CEO to development our service provision and ensure we raise our profile and standing with our stakeholders. 

We are a charity whose mission is to confront the serious impact of loneliness among older people living in Wokingham Borough. We celebrate and honour older people in the community and offer a range of services and activities from 1:1 befriending, to a program of activities and one-off events.  Our aim is to help establish new relationships and encourage older people to feel they can be an integral, important part of the community again – and have fun!

Our success has resulted in the charity growing rapidly from a small organisation into a “medium” sized charity and we are now looking for an experienced fundraising manager to help manage and sustain our continued success.  

As an ideal candidate, you have a track record of successful fundraising campaigns. You’re a motivated leader and a strong collaborator, who thrives on creating a climate of inclusion, trust, and productivity. Ultimately, will be responsible for ensuring that we are able to sustain our new era of growth at The Link Visiting Scheme.

Core Aspects of the Role

• Working with the CEO and board of Trustees, implement our business and fundraising strategy to ensure long term sustainability
• Work closely with the fundraising team to ensure all areas of the charity are adequately funded including submission of compelling grant applications and organisation of fundraising events
• Make effective use of current resources to help execute our fundraising strategy through collaborative working with our staff team, volunteers and trustees to help where required.
• Manage and develop new and existing relationships with a portfolio of individual donors capable of giving at a major/high level.
• Network and approach companies to secure corporate engagement from the local business community and give compelling talks to groups.
• Oversee and ensure we are operating to budget across all our projects and key performance indicators are embedded within the teams.
• Manage Stakeholder relations which include managing and improving the quality of volunteer, client and stakeholder satisfaction through effective feedback, case studies and communications
• Raise the profile of the organisation to ensure engagement with our stakeholders via Social Media, written publications and presentations
• Manage external third-party contracts such as our IT provider and CRM system to ensure we have cost efficient plans and that their services meet our needs.
• Manage, develop and motivate direct reports
• Contribute to the overall health and success of the business

Skills and abilities

• Self-motivated and able to work independently
• Proven track record of raising funds from major gift sources
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Ability to write compelling and innovative funding proposals, applications and reports
• Good financial management skills and experience of managing income and expenditure budgets, restricted funds and working to agreed targets
• Ability to devise new fundraising approaches which can secure both capital and revenue funding
• A thorough understanding of the principles of major gift fundraising and ability to develop and implement new activities
• Organised, with excellent attention to detail, good administration skills
• Ability to demonstrate sensitivity, diplomacy, persuasiveness and credibility
• Self motivated and the ability to work both on own initiative and as part of a small team

About us

The charity runs a highly tailored and personalised be-friending scheme which helps to improve the mental and physical health, well-being, and independence of older people. A network of volunteers visits isolated and lonely, older people (“Link Friends”) in their own homes on a weekly basis - “Link-Ups”. For many “Link Friends”, a weekly visit from a Link volunteer is the highlight of their week.

More than 1,000 Link Friends have benefited over the years and there are currently over 350 active friendships, “Link Ups” in place. Lives have been given much more purpose and joy, enabling lonely and isolated older people to re-integrate into the community and build new, lasting friendships.

Philanthropy Manager

c£40,000

London, flexible working from home and office
Permanent, 4 days considered

Responsible for fundraising and stewardship of relationships with individuals, this role has a particular focus on mid-level and major gifts. Working with the Chief Executive and other Fundraising Managers to refine and develop an established fundraising strategy you will assist in maximising income from individuals.

If you have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and audiences, particularly fundraisers, donors and volunteers, please get in touch.

How to apply and the selection process

Application is by way of CV in the first instance.

 
As this role is available immediately we are actively seeking early applications and will be interviewing on a rolling basis with the intention of making an offer of appointment as soon as we find the right person.

VICTA is looking to recruit an ambitious, highly organised and passionate Senior Fundraising Manager. This is a role that offers real scope, challenge and reward and the chance to contribute and enhance a charity empowering children and young adults with sight loss, and their families.

We seek an experienced ‘all round’ fundraiser to develop and deliver a robust, high-quality fundraising strategy and plan. Drawing on your experience and the strengths of the charity, you will be responsible for growing, developing and initiating new income streams. Our ideal candidate will have excellent relationship building and influencing skills. Your strong leadership skills and change management experience will be essential as you navigate and embed new ways of working within an ambitious and growing team. You’ll bring big picture perspective and use your communicating and influencing skills to ensure our key stakeholders help us deliver and grow.

We provide a positive work culture where learning and development is actively supported and promoted. The ideal candidate will be a problem solver, diligent, have a good sense of humour and happy to lead from the front.

To apply, please send a CV and covering letter. A full job specification is available on request.

Please note successful candidates should expect to be appointed at the starting point of the salary scale and consideration may be given to a higher salary depending on the experience of the individual
Full-time (35 hours pw) – Part-time working considered, minimum 28 hours/week
Permanent contract
Hybrid Working with 1-2 days per week at our offices in either Camberwell, London, SE5 or Holloway Road, London N7 with occasional travel

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Are you a collaborative, proactive and results-driven individual with a background in securing five and six-figure partnerships? Are you an impressive communicator and negotiator with a strong interest in developing new business pitches and ideas?

If so, St Giles is looking for an experienced Senior Corporate Partnerships Officer to play a vital role within our Corporate Partnerships team, where you will help to identify, research, and secure high-level and high profile strategic partnerships that will help us to deliver on our bold corporate fundraising ambitions

About St Giles 
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others. 

About this exciting opportunity
With the support of the Corporate Partnerships Manager, as Senior Corporate Partnerships Officer you will deliver on areas of account management including maximising income, delivering employee engagement activities, regular reporting and submitting new applications. You will provide vital support with stewarding high-value corporate partnerships including Charity of the Year, corporate grants and sponsorship, plus assist on delivering and developing corporate volunteering opportunities.

You will also provide support for new corporate income generation by developing five-figure partnership applications across strategic and commercial opportunities and support across wider fundraising activity including fundraising campaigns and events locally and nationally. Forecasting and providing regular financial updates is a key aspect of this role, as is ensuring that all information is maintained and used to its full potential on our database, eTapestry.

What we are looking for
•    Extensive experience working in a charity fundraising environment 
•    Proven track record of securing five- or six-figure corporate partnerships
•    Sound knowledge of corporate fundraising
•    An outstanding communicator, with the ability to write compelling copy for different audiences
•    Excellent relationship-building skills with the ability to engage external stakeholders at all levels 
•    Experience organising events and engagement activities for external stakeholders
•    Excellent organisational and administrative skills and good attention to detail

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, access to clinical supervisions, season ticket loan and much more.

Closing date: 11pm, Sunday 7th August 2022.  Please apply early as interviews will be conducted when suitable applications are received.

For further information, or to apply, please visit our website via the ‘Apply’ button.

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

Who we are
Peace Direct is an international charity with a big mission: to work with local people to stop violence and build sustainable peace in some of the world's most conflict affected countries. More than that, we want to change the international system so that it better supports the role that local people and communities play in preventing violence and building and sustaining peace.

Our core values are the bedrock of our organisation, defining our organisational culture. We have agreed the following as our core values, which underpin our ways of working:
Non-violence; Dignity and respect; Inclusion; Trust; Courage.

The Role
We are looking for an experienced Senior Fundraising Officer, available to start ASAP.  This fixed term position (12 months) is based in our small, friendly London office and is well suited to an individual that is looking to work in a very hands-on role in a welcoming and supportive environment. Our expectation is that this role will become permanent, pending funding. You will lead and oversee various projects and work alongside team members to support the relationship with external partners, ensuring that we maximise all income and awareness of opportunities that arise throughout the partnerships.

The successful Senior Fundraising Officer will be a well organised and self-motivated individual who is confident working with data and analytics.  You will have strong writing and verbal skills with previous experience in a similar role, delivering fundraising campaigns and programmes.  Your ability to engage and build relationships with supporters is an important part of this role.

(Please see the full Job Description and Personal Specification for a more extensive list of responsibilities, experiences and key skills required for this role).

The closing deadline for applications is 17th July 2022. 

We require a CV and cover letter only at this stage.  However please note, shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete an application form.

First stage online interviews will be held during the week commencing 25th July 2022.  Second stage interviews will be in person at our London office, within 1-2 weeks of the first interview.

Please kindly note that our office location will move to Central London before the end of Autumn.

Our benefits package includes:

• Hybrid working, staff can work a combination of office/home-base, with a minimum of 2 days per week in the office.
• Flexible working opportunities
• 25 days annual leave, plus paid leave when the office closes between Christmas and New Year.
• 6% pension contribution
• Weekly wellbeing time allocated for all staff
• Training budget available for all staff
• Cycle to work scheme, Techscheme (laptops etc.)
• Study support - time off for exams, exam fees, study materials and professional body membership

The role involves the chance to build on the strong relations we have developed with our current and potential partners, donors and funders, identifying new opportunities and driving us forward, navigating a rapidly changing environment.

In return, we can offer you excellent benefits and a variety of activities and social events to promote health and wellbeing and enable our teams to enjoy a positive, cohesive work environment.
 

About You:

To be successful, you will need

• Proven experience of the following:
  • working in a fundraising or marketing role, or equivalent
  • developing, organising and delivering appeals and/or campaigns
  • organising events (in person and/or remotely)
  • planning and managing budgets
• Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
• Highly organised, able to work to tight deadlines, independently and on multiple projects

Still interested?  Take a look at the job description to see full details about the role.
This post is only open to those with the right to live and work in the UK and is not open to sponsorship.

Peace Direct strives to be a diverse, inclusive employer celebrating the values and power of diversity, with equality of opportunities regardless of personal identity.  We believe that local communities should be the drivers of sustainable peace; partnering with them is at the heart of everything we do.  We are committed to improving our systems and ways of working to support this, including creating a Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) working group and DEI strategy and recruitment guidelines. We strongly encourage individuals from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds to apply, including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), LGBTQ+, people with disabilities and people with mental health challenges.

Peace Direct is committed to preventing and protecting all people from harm in their interactions with us. We expect all those that act in our name to uphold our approach to doing no harm and to sign up to our Safeguarding policy.

Are you a talented high-value fundraiser that wants to make a real impact? Do you have experience in soliciting major gifts of £10,000 and above from individuals? Can you help deliver a philanthropy strategy at one of the country’s biggest charities?

If so, you could be the Philanthropy Development Manager we are looking for!

About the role

You’ll work closely with the Head of Major Gifts in the Philanthropy team to build and maintain a portfolio of individual prospects and donors with capacity to make gifts of £10,000 - £100,000 (leadership gifts), involving volunteers and staff across British Heart Foundation (BHF) as required.

As an ambassador for the BHF, you’ll proactively identify and qualify new prospects, engage existing and lapsed donors, and work collaboratively with colleagues in the Philanthropy team to manage a new Giving Club that incentivises donors to make multi-year pledges.

Ensuring our database is kept fully up to date, you'll coordinate with other fundraisers and teams to facilitate collaboration across the organisation.

You’ll deliver agreed annual targets and help drive income for research that will save and improve the lives of people affected by cardiovascular disease in this country and around the world.

Working arrangements

Please note this is a fixed term contract until April/May 2023 - covering family leave.

This is a dual location role, with your working time split between your Home and approximately one day per fortnight in our London Office. As part of the role, you will also need to travel into London and elsewhere for meetings with donors, as and when required. This will allow us to unlock our best work for our cause, blending the best of home and office working.

Here at the BHF we understand that you might need a little help balancing your work and home life. Many of our people work flexibly in many different ways. Please feel free to talk to us about the flexibility you may need; we’re happy to explore what’s possible for you and the role.

About the team

BHF is creating a culture that drives transformational and sustainable income through philanthropic giving, from high-value donors in the UK and overseas. To achieve this vision, we are building a high performing Philanthropy team comprising dynamic fundraisers working with individual donors or trusts and foundations, talented proposition writers, research and insight specialists, and event and stewardship experts.

Sitting within the Philanthropy team, the Major Gifts team focuses on individual donors and is led by the Head of Major Gifts. It comprises two Philanthropy Lead posts (gifts of £75,000 and above) and two Philanthropy Development Manager posts (gifts of £10,000 and above).

To realise our ambitions, we need to raise significant additional funds to accelerate and drive critical research. Raising funds through philanthropy is a key area of our income generating strategy for 2030.

About you

An ambitious and dynamic fundraiser, with a track record of securing gifts of £10,000 or above from new, cold prospects and existing donors. You will have worked successfully with influential volunteers to deliver income in a large and complex organisation.

With a natural flare for identifying and cultivating relationships, and strong planning and prioritisation skills, you’ll be able to manage a portfolio of 100 - 150 prospects, across the various stages of identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• An exceptionable fundraiser who can demonstrate building relationships with emotional intelligence, and empathy when working with others.
•  A skilled and brave strategic and project manager, who can develop clear, efficient and logical plans to achieve goals.
• Optimistic and positive, with excellent communication skills and able to inspire confidence in donors as well as senior internal and external stakeholders.
• An excellent writer, with a keen eye for grammar who can transform complex project information into compelling stories and content for a high-value audience.
• Meticulous with high attention to detail.
• Proficient at using data and evidence to monitor KPI’s, track trends and help us make informed decisions.
• Driven and ambitious to deliver our high-value income strategy.

About us 

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. By funding research across six decades, we’ve helped keep millions of hearts beating and millions of families together. We’re investing in ground-breaking research that will get us closer than ever to a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases.

We celebrate diversity and make inclusion part of what we do every day. Diversity and Inclusion forms a main pillar in our People Experience Strategy. Our aim is for all of our colleagues and volunteers to bring their true self to work, so we can continue to fund life saving research. 

What can we offer you

To find out more about benefits available at the BHF please download our benefits document at the bottom of this page.

Interview process

The interview process will be held over MS Teams.

How to apply

It’s quick and easy to apply for a role at the BHF. Just click on the apply button below. All you’ll need is an up to date CV and a supporting statement, outlining your interest in the role and how you meet the role’s criteria.

As part of our commitment to be an inclusive employer and ensure fairness and consistency in selecting the best candidate for this role, the BHF will use anonymous CV software as part of the application journey.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.

Head of Philanthropy (12 months fixed term contract - maternity cover)

Location: Kings Cross, London (Francis Crick Institute) with hybrid working

Contract: Fixed term contract, full-time, part-time, flexible working, with a minimum of 3 days a week in the office

Salary: From £70,000 per annum

Application method: In our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, we operate an anonymised shortlisting process. Please therefore ensure that you have completed the work history section of the application form and answered the application questions. CVs are required for all applications, however they will not be reviewed as part of the shortlisting process.

Closing Date: 12th July 2022. You are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time once we have received sufficient applications.

For the full job description, person specification and details of what we offer, please refer to the candidate pack here:

Are you an experienced major gift fundraising leader looking for your next career move? Come join the Francis Crick Institute, one of Europe's largest biomedical research facilities, in this exciting role as Head of Philanthropy, working in partnership with Cancer Research UK.

Reporting to the Director of Philanthropy, you will lead the development and delivery of our fundraising and campaign strategy for the Crick.

Cancer Research UK (CRUK) is the world's leading independent charity dedicated to cancer research. A substantial proportion of our scientific funding supports our four core research institutes, including the Francis Crick Institute.

The Francis Crick Institute is Europe's largest multi-disciplinary biomedical research facility under a single roof. As an incubator of early talent, the Crick's scientists pursue excellence on the international stage, generating discoveries that will transform our understanding of health and disease. Its aim is to improve the treatment, diagnosis and prevention of human disease. This state-of-the-art facility opened five years ago, bringing together 1,500 researchers and staff to work collaboratively and innovatively to find solutions to some of the biggest medical research challenges, including cancer, cardiovascular conditions, neurodegenerative illnesses and infectious diseases.

CRUK and the Crick work together in fundraising and are in the planning phase of a major global fundraising campaign set to launch in 2023.

About the role

• Working with CRUK and Crick leadership, scientists and volunteers to develop the expertise and structures required for transformative philanthropy for the Institute
• Developing strong internal & external relationships, creating the success conditions for connecting major and principal gift prospects to high quality and multidisciplinary science
• Rigorously managing prospect portfolios and develop written prospect strategies under an agreed annual plan to generate an income target each year
• Working in collaboration with the CRUK and Crick staff to ensure high quality stewardship and recognition plans for all Crick's donors
• Identifying, qualifying and directly canvassing new donor prospects
• Line management of a dedicated team and drawing additional support from the wider CRUK & Crick teams where appropriate

About you

You are an experienced major gift fundraiser with a track record of success and a seasoned and collaborative fundraising leader with excellent people management skills.

You will be passionate and interested in biomedical science and discovery and may be looking to move into a new fundraising sector (charity, biomedical research) or perhaps hoping to build your experience: working with senior leadership, managing a small team, and delivering a flagship fundraising programme and campaign.

You will also have:

• Extensive experience in fundraising at seven figure gifts levels, preferably within the health charity or education sector
• A record of success in expanding a donor base through an established cultivation cycle and programme of stewardship
• Fundraising campaign and team leadership experience
• A strategic mind, with experience in developing written prospect strategies
• The ability and desire to articulate the CRUK and Crick case for support with passion and enthusiasm
• Superb interpersonal skills and be comfortable making direct contact with individual donors to discuss interest and commitment.
• The highest ethical standards and a deep respect for philanthropy.
• Strong emotional intelligence and influencing skills, with the ability to work within a complex environment, balancing a range of different stakeholder interests is critical

What's in it for you?

This is an exciting time to join one of UK's most successful high value fundraising teams. Cancer Research UK and the Francis Crick Institute aim to grow philanthropy income and our high value fundraising team. This role will allow you the opportunity to engage with some of the world's leading philanthropists and help them to develop a meaningful and important connection to our work and organisations. Our benefits package includes excellent annual leave and pension allowances along with additional discounts on a variety of lifestyle subscriptions and events. And ultimately, you'll know that you'll be changing lives through your work.

This position is based at the Francis Crick Institute with some time spent at the CRUK Head Office in Stratford, London.