Fundraising Manager – Individuals

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust, taking the reins of Individual Giving fundraising.  This is your chance to join a passionate local charity that is committed to safeguarding the Severn Valley Railway.  In 2012 the Charitable Trust was established to help future proof this much loved major tourist attraction, and eight years on we have raised over £5million. We are now embarking on our next chapter, to raise £10million, would you like to come on board?

Overview

Post: Fundraising Manager, Individual Giving

Reporting to: Director of Development

Employer: Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust

Salary:  £30,000 to £35.000

Primary location: Number One, Comberton Place, Kidderminster

Hours: Part-time (30 hours)

Holiday: 31 days (inclusive of Public holidays)

Summary of Role

This is a fantastic opportunity to bring your proven fundraising experience in individual giving to this driven and passionate heritage charity. The Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust is a separate entity to the SVR Holdings Company who operate and run this much loved attraction.  The Trust’s focus is to help secure the future of the Severn Valley Railway through donations, grants and sponsorship.  This position is a hands on role and initially comes with line management of a part-time Fundraising Co-ordinator and 3 volunteers.  We envisage this area of the business growing as the successes of your initiatives are realised.  We have been extremely successful in our individual giving thus far, but it is time for a new experienced fundraiser to take it to the next level, focusing on both acquisition and retention, and building a stronger fundraising volunteer base to assist you in delivering your plans.  Your remit will involve a mix of fundraising techniques, including 1-2-1 fundraising to our high value donors.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Strategy and Planning

• To increase income generated from individual giving fundraising activities.
• To create and execute a donor acquisition and retention strategy.
• To manage the individual giving budget in line with objectives and KPIs, reporting to the Director on income and expenditure and highlighting variances in a timely manner.
• To test, monitor, evaluate and implement existing and new channels and key messages that allow two-way engagement with donors.
• To develop long term sustainable income through identifying the audiences, channels and messages that will maximise effectiveness and efficiency.
• To develop high quality supporter care including responsive and prompt donor care and stewardship and to support the Fundraising Co-ordinator to implement these.
• To develop a volunteer-led model of fundraising.

Direct Marketing

• To manage and deliver integrated online and offline campaigns.
• To manage the design, print and production of direct marketing activity, negotiating bought in services and ensuring invoices are in accordance with quotes.

Administration and Reporting

• To manage the Individual Giving budget and provide monthly updates to the Director.
  • To keep accurate and up to date records of all activities, using ThanksQ CRM database, extracting reports for the team as required, and maintaining high standards in customer care and record keeping.

Managing Relationships

• To provide management and guidance to the Fundraising Co-ordinator to ensure that KPIs and objectives are achieved and a clear personal development plan is in place.
• To build strong internal working relationships with colleagues and externally with supporters.
• To work with the SVR Holdings Marketing and Communications team to gain support and cross selling opportunities within the different SVR audiences.

Development

·To work with the Director to review the Trust’s CRM database and consider an Organisation wide CRM system.

Other

·Proactively ensure all materials produced are accurate and compliant with relevant GDPR protection and Gift Aid legislation.

·To undertake all activities in line with best practice standards and processes as set out by the Fundraising Code of Practice and industry regulatory bodies.

·To keep abreast of all developments in Individual Giving and ensure charity compliance.

·To contribute to the Fundraising Team’s strategic planning and budget process.

·To carry out any other tasks as reasonably requested.

·To actively implement the principles of Equality and Diversity.

Person Specification

Educated to degree level and / or an accredited fundraising qualification such as Certificate or Diploma in Fundraising.

Experience

• Developing and implementing an Individual Giving strategy.
• Managing and developing team members.
• Increasing income through donor acquisition and retention.
• Using a fundraising database to record data and extract intelligence accurately.
• Implementing donor segmentation, targeting and positioning strategy.
• Knowledge of a range of fundraising products, recruitment channels and engagement channels.
• Managing income and expenditure budgets.
• Presenting to internal and external stakeholders.

Skills and abilities

• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Able to engage audiences using a range of communication tools.
• Strong direct marketing skills; skilled at devising and delivering social media and print campaigns.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and to secure resources and support from colleagues in different business areas.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills; confident and personable with the ability to manage and build strong relationships with key individual donors and organisations.
• Strong organisation and time management skills. Able to plan / prioritise own work and meet agreed deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail and methodical approach to tasks.
• Competent use of MS Outlook, Excel, Word and the Internet.
• Strong numerical / budgeting skills.
• Strong data processing skills.
• Experience of social media campaign management.

Attitude and Personal Qualities

• Motivated, reliable and professional.
• Flexible, able and willing to respond to changing priorities.
• Strong team player with collaborative working style, who enjoys individual and team working.
• Willing to participate in all activities relevant to the role.
• Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends.
• Commitment to GDPR and Fundraising Code of Practice.
• Commitment to the principles of Equality and Diversity.

There has never been a more important time to join the Age UK fundraising team. Against a backdrop of a broken social care system and millions already turning to Age UK for help, older people are amongst those hardest hit by the current pandemic. Calls to our trusted Advice Line have doubled and requests for telephone friendship have treble. We have been moved by the public support for our Coronavirus Emergency Appeal, but we must raise vital future funds to ensure we can be there to help and support older people as they rebuild their lives.

Our Fundraising team has an ambition to grow our income beyond £60M in the next three years. We are investing in an ambitious Fundraising strategy to help us deeply engage more supporters and partners in our work, so that we can be there for the millions of older people who need someone to turn to.

We are looking for a manager in our Individual Marketing Acquisition team. The team's goal is to attract new supporters to support us financially for the first time and win back those that have lapsed, which is pivotal to the success of our strategy. The Acquisition team work across a variety of direct marketing channels to deliver campaigns, develop new propositions and new fundraising products. Using audience insight we find the moments that are important for potential supporters and understand their motivations to best engage them with our cause. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who has experience working in a direct marketing acquisition team and has proven experience using supporter focused strategies to grow supporter acquisition. In this role you will be able to develop your management skills, fundraising skills, strategic thinking and work as part of an ambitious and collegiate individual marketing team.

This opportunity would best suit a direct marketer who has experience acquiring new/winning back customers/supporters and driving revenue/sales increases. We're looking for someone who can coach, empower and motivate a team, whilst providing strategic direction.

You will

* Manage and monitor the business plan and budget for your areas of responsibility across loyalty initiatives
* Responsible for building the strategy, briefing and working with Executives to deliver Loyalty campaigns.
* Responsible for ensuring that all campaigns within your team are project managed to deliver quality, high performance communications in budget, with appropriate response handling processes and on-going programmes delivered within agreed time frames.
* Complete monthly financial reporting.
* Responsible for effective line management of two Direct Marketing Executives.
* Work collaboratively with other team members and departments to ensure opportunities for innovation are explored, improvement to business performance, supporter satisfaction and lifetime value is at the forefront of the programme.
* Manage relationships with external agencies and suppliers
* Have a good understanding of Charity and data protection legislation and meet relevant Fundraising Regulator, DMA, TPS & Charity Commission guidelines.
* Take a bold approach to innovation, continually look to test and learn to engage new/win back existing audiences.

What we offer in return

* Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme.
* Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, Simply Health cashback plan and EAP.
* Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan.
* Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
* Discount on Gym Membership and Go Sweat Fitness & Wellbeing Benefit.
* Perkz (online employee benefits scheme offering discount with UK retailers.
* You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.

Additional Information

This role is London based with Flexible working. Age UK's office is currently closed and will open from 1st September 2020.

For a full list of benefits please click here https:// www.ageuk. org. uk /about-us/jobs/ employee-benefits/

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

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

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Job title: Campaign Manager - Regular Giving

Region: London

Directorate: Fundraising

Contract: Permanent, full time 35 hours per week

Salary: £36,788.93 (£32,336.93 plus £4,452 London Weighting)

About The Royal British Legion

The Legion is at the heart of a national network that supports our Armed Forces community through thick and thin – ensuring their unique contribution is never forgotten. We’ve been here since 1921 and we’ll be here as long as they need us.

Our Values and Behaviours

Does the following describe you?

• An experienced campaign manager with a desire to manage the communications to the Royal British Legions’ passionate supporters

• A desire to provide a great customer service and support to our committed supporters through improved supporter journeys.

• Enjoy and thrive in working in large teams and with others

• Passionate about supporting the Armed Forces community and honouring their contribution

• Come to work each day to be the best you can and to learn and develop

• A great listener and collaborator, with fantastic project management skills

• An encourager, eager to share your knowledge and experience to help others and grow

• A forward thinker, keen to learn from past performances to effect positive change both your work and your own personal development.

If so then we would like to hear from you ….

The Role

The Royal British Legion is looking for an experienced Campaign Manager to join its Individual Giving Fundraising team.

Sitting within the Supporter Development and Engagement team, and reporting into the Product Manager for Regular Giving and Lotteries, the Campaign Manager: Regular Giving will be responsible for managing The Royal British Legion’s Regular Giving cause-led programme, including marketing and communications to existing regular givers and other supporters to optimise income and retention.

The regular giving programme currently consists of the supporter journeys of the Cause Regular Giving, Poppy Supporter and our Payroll Giving products.

You will be responsible for developing and managing communications to existing regular givers within these products, aimed at offering an excellent supporter experience, and maximising retention. You will also organise marketing activity aimed at growing the number of regular givers from within the existing Legion supporter database.

You will plan and manage campaigns end to end, using a range of marketing channels including direct mail, email, telephone, SMS, and events. Working with the Product Manager for Regular Giving and Lotteries you will also develop long-term strategies, budgets and targets for this important programme.

The successful candidate will have a degree level qualification or equivalent relevant experience, with a particular focus on planning and managing complex direct marketing campaigns. You will also have experience of managing suppliers, managing budgets and forecasting, analysing results and using insight to inform strategy and campaign plans.

You will be a strong team player who can lead and manage multiple projects at once with varying levels of support across the organisation.  You must be highly organised and have a positive attitude towards continuous development and change.  Strong critical thinking skills are essential ensuing all decision making is based on insight.

If successful you will be part of a positive and enthusiastic individual giving team who all play an active part in each other’s roles, providing support, advice and guidance throughout your working life.

The role is primarily office based in Borough High Street, SE1 1AA with occasional work from other Legion premises, however due to the COVID 19 pandemic the team are currently all working from home.  This role would likely begin remotely and then follow organisational guidelines on returning to the office and homeworking policies, with potential opportunities to continue to work from home on a regular basis going forward.

How to Apply

Please click ‘Apply Online’

Closing date for this role is: Sunday 12th July 2020

Marketing Manager – Part Time (Contract)
London, W1 (currently working remotely) 

About Us

Established in 1948, Tavistock Relationships is a leading charity that delivers and develops advanced practice, training and research in therapeutic and psycho-educational approaches to supporting couples. 

We provide a wide range of training services, 20,000 sessions of counselling and psychotherapy a year, and have secured funding for a number of innovative delivery and research projects.

We’ve more than doubled in size in the last six years and have exciting plans to extend our reach physically in the UK and online around the world. As part of this, we’re repositioning our organisation, transforming our website and expanding our training (particularly our online offer) and clinical service reach to many overseas territories.

As such, we are currently looking for a Marketing Manager to join us and support the delivery of these projects. This is a 12 month fixed-term contract, working 22.5 hours (three days) per week.

The Benefits

- Salary of up to £30,000 pro rata
- Pension (6% employer contribution)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Contribution towards eye tests
- Weekly fruit bowl
- 25 days’ annual leave pro rata plus Bank Holidays

If you are a hands-on marketing professional with experience of creating offline and digital marketing plans, this is a great opportunity to take on a part-time role where you can make a real impact. 

You will have the chance to play an integral role in the evolution of our organisation and contribute to the development of our online voice and presence. 

We foster an open, welcoming atmosphere where employee wellbeing is paramount and all staff are supported to pursue their professional ambitions.

The Role

As the Marketing Manager, you will implement our marketing plans and support the delivery of our projects, including our website overhaul. 

This is an exciting role that will cover marketing and communications, online and digital, social media, data and reporting activities. Some of your duties will include: 

- Working with teams to create plans to recruit and engage target audiences 
- Acting as a brand and style guardian for the organisation 
- Creating our international marketing and engagement plan
- Enhancing our website and online products and infrastructure
- Working with the Marketing and Design Co-ordinator to devise, create and repurpose compelling content
- Planning and creating content for our social media platforms

About You 

To join us as a Marketing Manager, you will need: 

- A proven track record of creating and implementing a wide range of offline and digital marketing plans, especially website delivery projects
- Experience of developing and implementing social media campaigns, particularly Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and Pinterest 
- Detailed knowledge of SEO and PPC acquisition strategies to deliver customers 
- Knowledge of dynamic email marketing techniques 
- Previous success in recruiting or acquiring delegates, students, customers and/or clients in the training, events, health/social care, clinical or academic sectors

A digital and/or professional marketing qualification would be beneficial to your application, as would experience or developing market intelligence and using it to inform marketing planning. Familiarity with basic press work, releases working with trade and national media would also be an advantage.

Other organisations may call this role Marketing and Communications Manager, Communications Manager, Online Marketing Manager, Digital Marketing Manager, Social Media Manager, or Senior Marketing Executive. 

This is a part-time role, working 22.5 hours per week (3 days). 

Webrecruit and Tavistock Relationships are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you are seeking a rewarding contract as a Marketing Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

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

The brilliant Individual Supporters Team at Crisis plays a key role in our successful and innovative Fundraising Programme – raising in excess of £30m per year. The team is vital to the long-term income growth of the organisation, recruiting new individual supporters and increasing the engagement of existing supporters through an audience – led communications programme of diverse channels and products.

About the role
As Year Round Giving Manager, you will develop and deliver strategies informed by insight to achieve increasing levels of net income and lifetime value for the Individual Supporters Team, through year-round activities. This will be delivered in accordance with the organisation’s plans for growth in sustainable income from new and existing supporters, through a planned programme of targeted acquisition and retention activities.

About the role
As Year Round Giving Manager, you will develop and deliver strategies informed by insight to achieve increasing levels of net income and lifetime value for the Individual Supporters Team, through year-round activities. This will be delivered in accordance with the organisation’s plans for growth in sustainable income from new and existing supporters, through a planned programme of targeted acquisition and retention activities.

About you
To be successful in this role you will be comfortable working in a fast paced environment and have extensive experience of strategy and planning of large-scale direct marketing programmes including donor acquisition and retention programmes across a range of media. As well as a detailed knowledge of print production and mailing techniques.

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
• Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 25 days annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your on-going development to build your skills, experience and career.

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

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team, contact details can be found on our website.

Closing date: Sunday 26 July 2020 (23:59)

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

For more information about our work please visit our website.

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

Network Development Manager

£27,255 per annum

(Ref SUS2936)

37.5 hours per week – based in North East and Cumbria

Our Network Development Manager roles are truly unique developing accessible walking and cycling routes for everyone. These roles are at the centre of delivering our Paths for Everyone vision for the National Cycle Network which aims to improve the number and quality of traffic-free paths across the UK.

We currently have a vacancy in the beautiful North East and Cumbria region. As part of this role you will be out and about on the National Cycle Network, meeting partners and communities to influence and inspire the upgrade and improvement of routes in the urban and rural environment.

We engage with a diverse range of stakeholders and so we are looking for someone who excels in building and maintaining successful relationships and who can write excellent reports. The role will involve working with design and engineering colleagues to develop and progress feasibility studies and designs, seek consents, secure funding and ultimately take projects into delivery - this is a role where you will see your projects through from start to finish.

We are looking for someone with direct or transferable experience in transport planning, project management, business development and stakeholder engagement. If you are passionate about sustainability, like the idea of working in a small team where you can make a big impact, this the role for you.

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am Monday 20 July 2020.  Interviews will take place via MS Teams during week beginning Monday 27 July 2020.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion. We welcome applications from people with the appropriate skills from all parts of the community.

Our goal at Make-A-Wish is quite simple – the grant the wishes of seriously ill children.  The communications officer; digital is a key role in the team as they will help us engage with audiences across a range of channels.  The work of this role will help us to gain more supporters, more income and be able to grant more wishes as a result. 

In this role you’ll develop content for social media, email and web that supports our campaigns and objectives, and which engages our audiences. 

You’ll craft creative content to capture the attention of these audiences and which tells our story consistently.

You’ll oversee the development of these channels making sure we are using all the tools and tricks to build our audiences in each channel – so for social, knowing Stories, Creator Studio, Facebook Fundraisers, what Twitter is up to and You Tube will really help.  SEO won’t phase you and you’ll know how to integrate your work with wider plans around Paid Search marketing (that a colleague will look after). And you’ll know how to build lists and create copy for email too.

As we widen our work with networks and communities, you’ll support our volunteers to achieve their goals via social media and help them to build email lists that support us to engage and retain those they come into contact with along the way.

You’ll be working as part of a newly formed Income and Engagement team and will need to work with a wide range of individuals to ensure we’re successful.

To be shortlisted for this role you will need to demonstrate experience of working with social media in a charity setting, be able to demonstrate fundraising copywriting for the relevant channels for the role and be able to showcase building relationships and communities with online audiences. 

Your KPIs will be based around campaigns for acquisition and retention and you’ll be key to helping us find the triggers that help us convert in a range of different situations.  You’ll be able to read briefs and understand what you need to deliver as part of a joined up, multi-disciplinary team.  You will need an eye for detail.

It’s a busy role but it’s a unique opportunity to be part of a dynamic team at an exciting time of embracing new ways of working, and with a team fully committed to our mission. 

You’ll be calm under pressure and as some of our stories are emotional you will need a high degree of emotional resilience.

No agencies.

Principal Practice Tutors (PPT) hold key responsibility for teaching and developing participants at the five-week summer institute, regional recall days and in the participant units within local authorities. PPTs play a critical role as the practice experts within Frontline, a core to this role is modelling and supporting practice tutors as well as working directly with a  participant units, based within statutory children’s social care services. Each unit comprises four (in some cases 5) participants and is led by a Consultant Social Worker (CSW). Applicants will need to have  previous experience in Higher Education – ideally having led an academic teaching unit, holding programme lead responsibilities and  taken a leadership role in teaching or research.

Applicants need an excellent understanding of the social work role and an ability to make links across both adults’ and children’s services. Core to the PPT role is the ability to provide general support, challenge and guidance to participants, CSWs and practice tutors in order to ensure that participants practice learning experience is of excellent quality. PPTs also support CSWs to develop and  provide excellence guidance and management to participants on the programme.  To apply you will need to have advanced social work practice skill, experience of developing others and a commitment to educating a new generation of social workers. This role provides the opportunity to genuinely align practice and theory and instill the same strong commitment in CSWs and participants. In doing so you will need a commitment to evidence informed practice models and an appetite to exploring different and innovative approaches to teaching these models.

This role is part time, 0.5 FTE.

JOB PURPOSE

UK for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency's national charity partner, is looking for an ambitious, proactive, team player who can join us a Direct Marketing Manager responsible for Individual Giving.  This role will support offline activities including Direct Mail and Telemarketing, DRTV campaigns and Donor Care activities.  This role will play a key part in the success of our annual fundraising programme.  The individual will be a confident communicator and will have the opportunity to gain a huge amount of experience across multiple channels and fundraising strategies.  If you think you have the relevant skills and crucially, the passion to support the refugee cause, please apply.

WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO

United Kingdom for UNHCR is the United Nations Refugee Agency’s national charity partner for the United Kingdom. We generate public awareness of the plight of refugees and raise funds to help protect them through UNHCR’s humanitarian operations across the world.

Our supporters include UK private individuals, communities, corporate partners, trusts and foundations. The funds we raise help UNHCR deliver emergency relief such as shelter, medical care and basic supplies to people fleeing conflict and persecution, as well as healthcare, education and livelihoods opportunities for those who remain displaced over the long term.

Nobody chooses to be a refugee, but we can all play a part in their protection and we want those who work with us to share our values and passion for the cause.

We strongly value diversity and recognise that it is critical to our success and the cause that we serve. We are committed to providing an inclusive environment for all who work with us and strongly welcome applications from diverse backgrounds. 

We are also open to flexibility in many different ways, including an element of working from home and flexible hours.  Please don’t be afraid to speak to us about this at the interview stage, so we can explore what’s possible.

ROLE RESPONSIBLITIES  

· Support the Direct Marketing Fundraising Manager on acquisition and retention offline fundraising activities, leading on a number of projects across Direct Mail, Inserts, Door drops, Press advertisements, Telemarking and DRTV;

• Work collaboratively with the Digital Fundraising Manager and Executive to provide an integrated supporter experience across channels;
• Manage campaign development, from creative briefing, through to artwork;
• Manage the production process, developing supplier brief and managing approval stages;
• Work with multiple suppliers and internal stakeholders, to ensure campaign timings and the annual programme are kept to;
• Manage end-of-campaign supplier reviews;
• Manage campaign fulfilment, monitoring response to identify issues and opportunities to improve the donor journey; 
• Support with charity data projects, including mailing file development, data cleansing, and SALESFORCE management;
• Ensure cost effective fundraising, maintaining campaign budgets and spotting opportunities to improve ROIs and reduce spend;
• Scope new fundraising themes, research new content areas, and manage content from the field;
• Support with competitor research and mystery shopping projects;
• Support with qualitative and quantitative donor research;
• Support on the development and launch of the new welcome programme; 
• Support on telemarketing campaigns, manage script approvals, support caller briefing and training and campaign evaluation;
• Participate in training seminars, workshops and skill shares where applicable. 

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND EXPERIENCE

Essential Experience

• Experience of project managing direct marketing campaigns, preferably within the charity sector;
• Experience of project managing suppliers and campaign scheduling; 
• Experience of writing creative briefs; 

Essential Skills/Knowledge

• Ability to juggle and prioritise multiple tasks and meet deadlines within a collaborative team environment;
• Good attention to detail, strong ability to proof-read and pick up inconsistencies;
• Able to demonstrate flexibility and willingness to do what it takes to get the job done; 
• Strong presentation, communication (written and verbal) skills, and interpersonal skills; 
• Excellent stakeholder and relationship management skills 
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project 

Desirable Skills/Experience

• Experience working across a broad channel mix (Direct Mail and Telemarketing would be advantageous;) 
• Experience of, or a passionate interest in the charity sector, and the drive to further their fundraising knowledge.
• Completed an undergraduate degree 

United Kingdom for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is registered with the Charity Commission (England & Wales), charity no. 1183415. It is the UK national partner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency.

When applying for this role, please ensure you download a copy of our application from the documents section of our online portal and submit your completed version of this before submitting. 

An exciting new part-time opportunity for an experienced and dynamic all round Fundraiser to join our professional team. This is a far ranging new role which you can make your own. MertonVision is entering into a new strategic period of our development and are offering this fantastic opportunity for the right candidate: We are seeking a candidate with a proven track record of securing new business as well as maintaining and developing existing relationships through great account management. 

Our successful candidate will shape how the charity works with different fundraising audiences raising the profile of the charity with regional corporates, trusts, foundations and institutions. The initial appointment will be on a six month fixed-term contract (two days per week) after which a permanent contract may be offered depending on the success of the initial fundraising strategy

We offer you:

1. a competitive salary c£17,500 for 14 hour week
2. flexible working
3. great variety
4. a friendly inclusive work environment in pleasant surroundings close to local amenities
5. the ability to add real value while making a true impact on our charity

Over the six months our successful candidate will:

• Write applications for our existing identified opportunities
• Research additional application opportunities
• Apply to Merton based organisations to become their 2021 COTY
• Develop funds to support fundraising initiatives
• Mentor our Community Fundraiser
• Initiate systems and processes to help improve fundraising and maximise income 

The successful candidate will be able to work well on their own initiative and within short timelines.

You will have previous experience in a charity fundraising environment and a proven track record across a variety of income streams and channels, including digital and social media. Ideally, your experience will include supporter acquisition as well as retention.

To apply, please send a copy of your CV with a covering letter addressing how you meet the criteria of the Job and person specification quoting Job ref: FundraiserMV2020

Fundraising Communications Officer
Deptford, London (home based currently)

If you are a creative marketing or communications professional with a talent for storytelling, this is an amazing opportunity to develop your career with a charity that’s making a lasting social and environmental impact. 

About Us

We are FareShare, the UK’s largest charity fighting hunger and food waste. We are a charitable distribution network that takes excess, in-date and good to eat food and redistributes it to other charities that turn it into meals.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created an even greater need for our work. During this time, we’ve trebled the amount of food distributed to support vulnerable people.  

Delivering impactful storytelling and communications is more crucial than ever to help us retain existing donors and attract new ones. As such, we’re looking for a Fundraising Communications Officer to join us on a full-time basis.

The Benefits

- Salary of up to £33,000 per annum
- Pension
- Travelcard loans (if required) 
- Cycle to work scheme 
- Employee assistance programme

This is a brilliant opportunity to join our dynamic Fundraising Team and tell compelling stories that inspire people to act and help us to feed families across the nation.

COVID-19 has made day-to-day life even harder for vulnerable people, but we are passionate about our cause and overcoming the challenges that lie ahead. Generating income and support for our mission is more important than ever. 

We are doers. We are a community. We change lives. If you think you could thrive as part of our forward-thinking team, we’d love to hear from you.

The Role

As a Fundraising Communications Officer, you’ll develop key messages, content and activity to enable us to acquire, renew, engage and retain supporters.

Specifically, you will:

- Create content and assets that convey the impact and breadth of our work 
- Develop tools and activities to communicate effectively with our donors 
- Liaise with the Marketing Team to develop tailored communication plans and content 
- Create engaging opportunities to promote income generation from new audiences and donor groups 

About You

To join us as a Fundraising Communications Officer, you’ll need: 

- Experience of working in communications and/or marketing within, or for, a fundraising context 
- Previous experience of designing and testing campaigns and messaging 
- A track record of writing for different audiences and using a range of digital, written and multimedia communications 
- Experience of working with internal and external stakeholders in a collaborative way 
- An understanding of storytelling that inspires action 
- Previous experience of using Salesforce or another CRM system 
- Proficiency in emailing systems such as ActiveCampaign or Mailchimp
- To be confident in the technical aspects of digital fundraising and donor acquisition 
- Knowledge of industry codes of practice 

Experience of working with WordPress or similar would be beneficial, as would experience of managing supporter events.

Other organisations may call this role Fundraising Officer, Communications Executive, Marketing Executive, Marketing Officer, Communications Officer, Fundraising Executive, or Marcoms Executive. 

The closing date for applications is the 17th July 2020. Interviews are scheduled to be held on the 23rd and 24th July 2020.

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St John Ambulance Cymru (SJAC) has supported people and communities across Wales since 1880. We existed before the National Health Service and provided the earliest ‘medical’ support to those who were sick or injured.

Now, in 2020, SJAC continues to perform a major role in strengthening community resilience, ensuring people are trained in first aid and able to fulfil key front-line roles to support our vulnerable people, in addition to offering the opportunity for people from all backgrounds to develop their personal skills and confidence to support our charitable and commercial services whilst assisting their own career development. As a Charity, we partner with the Welsh NHS Health Boards and the Ambulance Services NHS Trust, providing Non-emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) in addition to a falls service as well as maintaining our reputation as being the leading organisation to deliver first aid training to both commercial businesses and local-based communities including school throughout Wales.

We also provide additional support to the people of Wales through:

• Medical duties at events
• Community based divisions
• Falls Assistant programme
• Caring Caller programme
• Community First Responders (CFR)

Since March 2020, SJAC has worked in an even closer partnership with WAST and NHS than ever, as we have increased capacity and developed new innovative ways of working in order to assist and relieve the overwhelming pressure brought by COVID-19.

We have helped by providing an average of 30 additional ambulance crews per week, 3707 volunteer ambulance hours throughout April and May and 873 volunteer hours at the Dragon’s Heart Field Hospital. We are now also providing volunteer support to Pharmacy Deliveries throughout Wales.

St John Ambulance Cymru is currently undergo an extensive and exciting programme of modernisation, forward thinking, encompassing a review of its existing service, financial and workforce model, developing a rejuvenated culture aligned to our core vision and values to improve the volunteer experience and our offer to the people of Wales.

Your new role

Reporting to the Chief Executive, the Director of Finance and Corporate Services is a strategic and visible senior leadership role.

You will be technically and intellectually strong and have excellent vision and leadership skills to drive continuous improvement, providing high quality financial information and advice to enable the Senior Management Team to meet its operational and strategic challenges. You will provide strategic financial leadership to St John Ambulance Cymru (SJAC) through the development and implementation of financial plans to ensure that the business remains financially sustainable.

Within this, you will develop and lead the overall annual and long term strategic financial planning process across the organisation, including delivery and presentation of the financial part of the annual plan. You will lead the development of internal audit systems/processes and St John Ambulance Cymru’s strategic approach to finance and resourcing, including annual and long-term budget setting, performance analysis, capital expenditure/investment, risk management, project evaluation and decision making.

Additionally, the position will oversee responsibility for the provision of IT services equipped to support the overarching modernisation agenda, requiring development and implementation of a sponsored IM&T strategy which clearly outlines SJAC’s IT platforms and systems to meet our ambitions. This role will further require the post holder to develop and oversee the delivery of a property strategy to ensure robust management of the Charity’s assets and facilities management, aside from developing and implementing an effective procurement strategy to provide service improvements and cost reduction. This is envisaged to be a broad financial role that encompasses not only financial and treasury management but will also provide strategic leadership for the development of a modern corporate services function.

What you’ll need to succeed

To be considered for this role you will be a senior finance professional (i.e. Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA), educated to Masters Level with a proven track record of positive financial leadership. You will be able to evidence being an effective leader with exceptional people management and first class communication skills, with a passion for delivering excellent customer service, working collaboratively with stakeholders at all levels. Commercially astute, you will have the ability to influence at Senior Management Level and at Board level.

Experience in financial management within the charitable sector is a distinct advantage.

For full details of the role including the required personnel specification please download the attached job description and application form.

To apply, please email your CV along with a statement of suitability (no longer than 2 pages) and your completed application form

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 8th July 2020.

An opportunity has arisen for a Direct Marketing Officer to join the Individual Giving Team in a maternity cover role at the Motor Neurone Disease Association. This is your chance to join a high performing fundraising department reporting to the Direct Marketing Manager.

About the role

The role is responsible for project managing direct marketing campaigns, to recruit new supporters and maximise fundraising income, as part of our supporter acquisition and development activity. This post also manages our new regular giving product Cure Finders and online hub site.

What are we looking for?

The successful candidate will have experience working with both internal stakeholders, and external creative and print agencies. The ability to create effective communications for a variety of different channels including digital, and a high degree of numeracy and excellent creative writing skills is a must.

Excellent project management skills, the capability to work across multiple projects to tight deadlines, and excellent communication skills are also essential for this role.

Although this post is based in our brand new offices in Northampton, we have also moved to agile working practices so are open to discussion over working hours and home working.

How to apply?

We are reviewing applications as they are received so please don't delay in submitting your application.

We encourage you to submit your CV along with a covering letter so that we can really understand your passion and experience for this role.

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, apply online now.

About Us

The MND Association is going through some exciting changes - embracing agile working, introducing new technology and a recent move to a new, flexible office space.

These changes, together with a high level of trust and performance driven culture, will give staff the freedom and flexibility to work in the best way for them, the Association and, most importantly, people with MND.

The MND Association was founded in 1979. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We also fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND. The Association also campaigns and raises awareness so the needs of people with MND, and everyone who cares for them, are recognised, and addressed by wider society.

Important Notices

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive, and we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

At the MND Association we are committed to equalities and value diversity. We are working hard to remove perceived and actual barriers to participation by people with and affected by MND, current and future staff and volunteers and stakeholders.

Prospectus are delighted to be working with Versus Arthritis to recruit their new Digital Fundraising Officer. Versus Arthritis exist want to create a world that no longer tolerates arthritis - no longer dismissing it as inevitable, untreatable and unimportant. This role will be integral to their ambition of sustainably scaling up income so they can reach everybody living with the condition.

The Digital Fundraising Officer will take responsibility for a number of digital fundraising projects across the division and will both lead independently on them and collaborate with team members on projects too. The Officer will work on retention projects and build a broad skillset across the spectrum of mass fundraising. You will work closely with fundraising colleagues as well as digital and marketing colleagues to align all organisational activity with your supporter-led activities and communications.

The selected candidate will have demonstrable experience in delivering digitally led fundraising campaigns and will ideally be able to point to experience of developing and delivering successful campaigns for across different channels. You will be able to interpret support data and be comfortable working to ambitious team targets and objectives. Reporting to the Mass Acquisition Manager, you will enjoy working in a fast-paced and committed fundraising team dedicated to creating a world that no longer tolerates arthritis.

If this sounds of interest, get in touch with Ryan at Prospectus today for a confidential discussion.

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