Location: Southwater HQ (Temporarily based from home due to Covid-19)

Salary: circa £30,000 per annum

Hours: 35

Closing date: Friday 30 October 2020

Are you a talented Senior Marketing Executive looking to use your direct marketing experience in an organisation whose cause you really care about? If you are, we can't wait to hear from you!

The RSPCA is the largest Animal Welfare charity in the UK. Every year thousands of animals suffer from neglect, cruelty and abuse. In the decade of our bicentenary, and operating in a world that's more complex and challenging than ever before, we¿re determined to continue increasing our reach, impact, and effectiveness.

The Legacy Marketing team is responsible for activities that recruit, convert and retain supporters growing and maintaining the Society's largest income stream. This role is vital to raising awareness and maximising response through mass direct marketing activities.

Working with the Legacy Marketing Manager, you will develop and implement strategic objectives and plans to maximise the potential income from new supporters to the RSPCA that will commit to leaving a gift in their Will.

What you'll be doing:

• Providing input on an annual basis into strategic and tactical planning.
• Identifying new opportunities for growth and making implementation recommendations.
• Activation of annual plans through the planning, development and implementation of
• supporter acquisition campaigns across all direct channels (including DRTV, digital, social, press, radio).
• Managing the marketing executive to ensure campaigns are delivered on time ensuring KPI's are achieved.
• Working with media agencies to plan effective campaigns that perform to the required targets.
• Managing agencies and external suppliers, from point of contract, ensuring they operate on behalf of the RSPCA to agreed principles and plans.
• Supporting the Legacy Marketing Manager (Recruitment) and working directly with the Senior Legacy Marketing Executive (Development) to ensure plans are in place to convert recruited supporters through to leaving a gift in their Will.
• Monitoring, report and analysing campaigns and sharing with stakeholders making recommendations for future activity.
• Manage, motivate, coach and direct your team to ensure they have the ability, skills and knowledge to perform their role as required. Includes setting objectives and regularly measuring against them, and introducing and maintaining performance management processes as required.
• Monitoring transfer of data, including confidential supporter information, between third party suppliers and the RSPCA website and the database.

You'll have:

• Experience of running direct marketing campaigns across multiple channels including Direct Response Television, Digital and Direct Mail.
• End to end marketing campaign management experience (planning, target setting, creative development, media targeting, print production, analysis).
• Budget management experience, including setting, monitoring and managing expenditure and income.
• Proven experience of managing supplier and agency relationships.
• People management experience.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Highly numerate and excellent attention to detail.
• A proven ability to analyse and interpret results and translate this analysis into action.

What's in it for you:

You'll have an opportunity to work for the largest animal welfare charity in England and Wales.

We value and recognise our employees' contribution and are proud to offer an extensive benefits package that includes:

35 hours standard working week, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to 30 days with service; a generous pension scheme with associated life assurance and group income protection scheme; access to private healthcare scheme; support for professional development after qualifying period and access to our employee assistance programme. We also offer free parking on site.

How to apply:

Please send your CV with a cover letter stating your suitability for the role to our Resourcing Team quoting reference SLME3876 by the closing date listed above.

Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, we will be holding interviews mostly through Google Hangouts. For any part of the recruitment process requiring an onsite visit a full assessment will be carried out to ensure everyone's safety.

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close this advert early if enough suitable applications are received.

All online information and documents are available in alternative formats, including Braille and large font, upon request from the Resourcing team.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the heart of our organisation. We seek to promote fairemployment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. 

Ending cruelty, promoting kindness and alleviating suffering to animals.

Working with partners across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, Feba is all about the creative use of radio and other audio media to inspire people to follow Jesus Christ.We have a particular focus on ‘closed countries’ and ‘hard-to-reach’ people groups, including places where Christians face persecution for their faith.

We are looking for an outstanding, experienced and highly motivated individual for this new role.

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing strong and enduring relationships with current and potential major donors and family trust funds.
• Create compelling, relevant and tailored funding proposals
• Design and develop a targeted contact strategy and bespoke cultivation plan
• Co-create a new major donor development strategy

You will have:

• A clear demonstrable personal Christian faith and a commitment to Feba’s ministry
• A successful track record of securing five or six figure grants from trusts/foundations and/or a major fundraising role
• A strong, engaging presence with individuals and groups
• Ability to negotiate and influence effectively with strong written and verbal skills
• Great networking skills and familiar with the current landscape, approach and technique

The Feba team is small (less than 10 people), all of whom care passionately about what we do.We love to roll up our sleeves, try new ways of doing things and support each other so that we can achieve our goals.If that sounds like you and you share our vision and values, then we’d love to hear from you.

Salary:Circa £21,000 per annum for 21 hours (FTE £35,000 p.a.)

Hours:21 hours per week

Location:Flexible working considered, yet within regular traveling

distance to West Sussex (Worthing - Chichester area).

Closing date:9.00am 2 November 2020

First Interviews:Weeks beginning 9 or 16 November 2020

For more information and application details, please visit the website

This post is subject to an Occupational Requirement that the post holder is a committed evangelical Christian under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.

A fantastic opportunity to be part of an exciting strategy as Head of Supporter Engagement at an international development, animal welfare charity, where you will drive an ambitious income generation, supporter growth and engagement strategy forwards.

This is a newly created role designed with a supporter engagement funnel in mind. The Fundraising and Communications team is at a time of exciting change, and you will empower and develop this team to success.

As a confident leader you will lead three teams in a wide range of activities including fundraising, volunteering, and campaigning across digital as well as across traditional marketing channels. You will coordinate strategies to recruit and harness personalised relationships with individual supporters to maximise their total lifetime value and create wider impact through large digital mobilisation campaigns.

Key skills and experience:

* A highly experienced senior digital fundraising or marketing professional
* A champion for data driven approaches
* Understand how digital supports teams
* Demonstrable in-depth understanding of fundraising from individuals- both offline & digital acquisition, retention and data analytics.

This is a permanent role, based in London, with flexible working in place. You will start (in the current climate) working from home. Working hours 9am- 5pm.

Salary £60,000- £64,000

Please call me for a conversation 02078207305. Or e-mail your CV to [email protected]

Please note the charity are looking to interview w/c Monday 2 nd November, so please get in touch ASAP to avoid disappointment.

PURPOSE OF ROLE

Working directly with the Director of Fundraising to deliver Premier’s Major Donor fundraising strategy.

This is a key income generation role for Premier, the UK’s leading Christian Media charity and will involve; relationship building with a wide range of supporters and stakeholders to secure long-term financial support for the charity.

This role will work within a small but dynamic fundraising team to build Premier’s Major Donor supporter base. Identifying and cultivating potential supporters of Premier through our expansive network of relationships, bringing supporters into committed giving programmes and raising funds for Premier’s Leap of Faith special campaign which will raise funds to establish the first ever Centre of Digital Excellence for Christian Media in the UK. 

A unique opportunity for a talented fundraiser, to expand their experience in an exciting media environment which will involve relationship building with high net worth individuals and through prestige events, working with audiences of brands such as Premier Christian Radio, Christianity magazine and Unbelievable? 

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Prospect/Donor Engagement:

• Be an engaging, empathetic and effective ambassador for Premier 

• Contribute to the development of effective cases for support and wider fundraising materials to ensure integration of core messaging and strategic objectives Implement agreed Major Donor fundraising strategies

• Manage a portfolio of donors & prospects, in order to generate major gifts and multi-year pledges, through a mix of face-to-face and desk-based (phone) relationship building

• Establishing a pipeline of opportunity and delivering all aspects of the donor journey including research, cultivation, briefing, ask and stewardship phases for each prospect either in person or by the CEO, other senior colleagues, Board members or volunteer ambassadors

• Achieve donation targets by growing support from existing Major Donors, as well as identifying and securing new Major Donors, bringing them into a closer relationship with Premier

• Help organise and manage regular cultivation events for prospective donors

• Participate in cultivation events e.g. online events such as webinars and Zoom conferences, as well as in person events which could include parliamentary networking events, music events such as the Premier Gospel Awards, community awards ceremonies and a wide variety of conferencing events throughout the UK, with the aim of leveraging the events programme and content production to build a strong portfolio of relationships and/or in support of the wider fundraising programme

Reporting and Pipeline Development:

• Conduct ongoing desk-based research to qualify existing contacts, maximising on Premier’s extensive existing database

• Maintain a diary of prospect cultivation meetings

• Maintain accurate records of interactions with donors and volunteer leaders and regularly update a tracking system

• Deliver responsible fundraising as per the IOF Code of Practice, demonstrating a genuine duty of care for Premier’s supporter base.

To undertake any other reasonable tasks as required by the Director Of Fundraising.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Degree educated

• At least 4 years’ experience working in face to face donor cultivation which could be within Community, Corporate or Major Donor fundraising roles

• Good demonstrable experience in target driven roles

• Proven success in relationship building and creativity in approach, taking a prospect through to Major Donor status 

• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills

• Institute of Fundraising accreditation (desirable but not essential)

• Familiarity with Raisers Edge (desirable but not essential)

ABILITIES & SKILLS

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills – spoken, written & face-to-face

• Confident in relationship building with a natural ability to adapt appropriately to different audiences

• Highly developed organisational, administrative skills and the competency to manage multiple tasks simultaneously

• Proficient IT skills and related software packages 

• Results driven but a team player 

• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends

• Regional travel may be required so an ability & enthusiasm for travel is essential

PERSONAL QUALITIES

• Ambitious and pro-active nature

• The post-holder will work within a Christian environment and therefore it will be necessary for the post-holder to have sympathy and understanding for the Christian faith

THE CARES FAMILY: PARTNERSHIPS ASSOCIATE (CORPORATE FUNDRAISER)

ROLE FEATURES

• Full time, 12-month contract
• Salary: £30,000 (negotiable for exceptional candidates)
• 26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
• Flexible working hours
• Based in London

The Cares Family helps people find community and connection in a disconnected age. First established in 2011, our objectives are to reduce loneliness and isolation by creating and supporting meaningful mutual relationships between people who might not otherwise interact; to help people feel belonging, purpose and power in a rapidly changing world; and to bring people together to reduce the gaps across social, generational, digital, cultural and attitudinal divides.

In your role as The Cares Family’s Partnerships Associate, you will work closely with our Director of Development, Head of Development and Head of Community Fundraising to generate at least £200,000 from businesses and national corporate partners across the five branches of The Cares Family (North London Cares, South London Cares, Manchester Cares, Liverpool Cares, East London Cares) as well as for our new national projects.

This is an exciting time to join our ambitious fundraising team. Thanks to the expansion of corporate partnerships this year, you will be responsible for managing and delivering all volunteering and engagement opportunities with current partners to sustain and grow their support. New business development is also a core part of this role so you will create a robust pipeline of prospective corporate partners and convert new multi-year collaborations, sponsorships, and employee engagement and fundraising into income.

With so much of this role depending on relationships, we need a real people-person. You will have excellent organisational and people management skills to engage new businesses and deliver volunteer engagement opportunities. You will be ambitious, innovative and confident in scoping and pitching. We need someone who is passionate about people and who can clearly promote our vision for building friendships across deepening divides. If that sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you.

For the full job description and details on how to apply, please see our website. 

DEADLINE: November 4th 2020 at 9am

The Cares Family is an anti-racist organisation committed to advancing anti-racism in our work and in our communities. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, who are under-represented in our organisation. We are an equal opportunities employer.

We are working with this leading international charity to recruit this exciting new role You will be leading a brand new team that has been shaped around audience engagement, each team is set up to play a crucial role in engaging audiences and supporters. .

As a member of the Senior Leadership team in the Fundraising and Communications department, you will play a significant role in devising strategies with that bring this new vision, along with ambitious income, growth and engagement targets to life.

The Role
Devising a new 5- year strategy with ambitious income, supporter growth and engagement targets.
Coordinate strategies to recruit and harness personalised relationships with individual supporters
Lead the development and delivery of a supporter engagement operational plan that supports and enables the broader Fundraising and Communications strategy
Manage 3 teams - First Engagement, Supporter Engagement and Development and Journey
Work with Fundraising and Communications Management Team in developing and achieving a strong innovation and piloting culture within the department

The Candidate
A highly experienced senior digital fundraising or marketing professional with substantial experience in the area of supporter engagement/ digital mobilisation and oversight of implementation
Proven ability to provide strategic direction and team leadership across a number of specialist functions
Understands how Digital supports the work of different teams and the organisation
Experience of leading teams of both offline and digital specialists
Experience of fundraising from individuals, both offline and digital acquisition, retention and data analytics

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

Hull Women’s Aid is a registered charity based in Hull, providing support services to women, children and young people affected by domestic abuse.

We are facing one of the most challenging times in our organisation’s history, seeing a rising demand for our services against the backdrop of uncertain funding. We seek a talented fundraiser to help us sustain and grow our income and help us succeed in our mission. If you think this is you, we want to hear from you.

We will consider applications for 16 hours per week (flexible working)

As our Fundraiser, you will work remotely initially, with an option to continue some remote working longer term.

In return for your drive and passion, we offer 3% matched pension contribution from 3rd month of employment onwards, and 25 days’ annual leave (pro rata for part time) rising with length in service.

The advertised salary will be pro rata.

Closing date: Noon on Wednesday, 28th October 2020. Interviews w/c 2nd November 

This post is open to women only. The Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1.

Woman’s Trust is a registered charity based in Central London providing counselling and support services to women affected by domestic abuse.

We are facing one of the most challenging times in our organisation’s history, seeing a rising demand for our services against the backdrop of uncertain funding. We seek a talented fundraiser to help us sustain and grow our income and help us succeed in our mission. If you think this is you, we want to hear from you.

We will consider applications for either full-time (35 hours per week) or part-time (min. 21 hours per week) hours.

As our Fundraiser, you will work remotely initially, with an option to continue some remote working longer term. Woman’s Trust’s offices at present are at Edgware Road/Paddington.

In return for your drive and passion, we offer 3% matched pension contribution from 3rd month of employment onwards, and 25 days’ annual leave (pro rata for part time) rising with length in service.

To find out more and apply with your CV, please visit our website via the apply button.

Closing date: 9am on Monday, 9th November 2020.

We will conduct interviews on a rolling basis. Please note, if an appointment is made before the closing date, the post will close early.

This post is open to women only. The Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1 applies.

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.
About the role
Our ambitious Marketing and Communications team is growing, so that we can build large-scale public support for our goal of ending homelessness for good. This exciting new role is part of our new supporter engagement function, which will develop a cross-organisational approach which inspires supporters to get involved in all aspects of our work including fundraising, campaigning and volunteering. You’ll work with all supporter-facing teams to champion our supporters and to share learning, insight and best practice so that all supporters have consistently exceptional experiences of Crisis.
About you
To be successful in this role you should have a background in communications, marketing, digital or customer experience. You will have experience developing excellent customer/supporter journeys and used insight and analysis to improve customer/supporter experience. You will be comfortable leading on projects with competing priorities and deadlines. Importantly, you will share our passion and commitment to put supporters at the heart of our work, and to make all decisions based on what is best for them and our members.
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 ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.
How To Apply 
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply For Job' button below.
Closing date: Sunday 25th October 2020
At Crisis we value diversity, promote equality, and challenge discrimination, and we encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team, contact details can be found on our website.

We are looking for a High Value Fundraiser to join the Fundraising team at Samaritans. This role will lead on the development of high-quality applications and reporting to a portfolio of high value Trusts, Foundations and Statutory Funder. The High Value Fundraiser will coordinate operational and financial information for key strategic programmes, identify funders and funding opportunities, and provide support on strategic bids and reports.

• Permanent, full time role (35 hours per week)
• Homeworking at present, then based in Ewell, Surrey
• We are open to flexible working requests

Responsibilities:

Bid development and writing  

• Work with the team to collate and develop compelling wording, evidence, and case study materials to build a bid library of relevant information on Samaritans work, achievements and track record, and key policies and practices.
• Pull together materials, wording, project outlines and budgets to create a compelling Case for Support against key programme, projects, or themes.
• Lead on identifying funders and scoping out funding opportunities; drawing on thorough funder research and insights.
• Lead on prospecting, developing applications and reporting for large Trust and statutory funders – working closely with the Statutory Fundraising lead and Head of Trusts, Statutory and Major Gift Fundraising.

Donor care and stewardship

• Manage a portfolio of applications and funding relationships, developing strong cultivation, stewardship and engagement opportunities to grow partnerships with funders central to achieving Samaritans vision.
• Work collaboratively across teams to maximise integration to provide positive and inspiring donor experiences, ensuring donors are at the heart of all we do in are efforts to support people who are struggling so that fewer people die by suicide.
• Able to use a fundraising contact management database to maintain up to date records and regular reporting on activity.

Financial management

• Work closely with the Finance department, operational leads and project managers to create budgets for applications and report, including packaging up work and relevant cost across departments for programmes of work and new projects.
• Work closely with the Head of team, and Assistant Director for Business Development to maintain regular contact with the finance team on budget and income throughout the year to help identify funding gaps/needs and share clarity on restricted and unrestricted income secured. 

The Person:

• Previous experience and knowledge of the bid process to statutory and trust funders
• Previous experience of successfully securing funding through writing compelling bids and applications to funders
• Knowledge of managing a portfolio of funding relationships
• Knowledge and understanding of funder requirements and best practice
• Good working knowledge of fundraising databases
• Excellent communication skills - written storytelling and verbal
• Excellent numeracy skills – can understand and create budgets (full cost recover) and present financial reporting 
• Strong organisational skills and able to manage time to meet deadlines
• Able to engage stakeholders at all levels within the organisation

Samaritans is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity, and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person that they are. We warmly welcome applications from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences. 

Part-time (min 21 hours)

This post is women only, the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1 applies.

Woman’s Trust is a registered charity based in Central London providing counselling and support services to women affected by domestic abuse.

We are facing one of the most challenging times in our organisation’s history, seeing a rising demand for our services against the backdrop of uncertain funding. We seek an innovative fundraiser with excellent relationship skills to develop our community fundraising. If you think this is you, we want to hear from you.

Remote working initially, with an option to continue some remote working longer term. Woman’s Trust’s offices at present are at Edgware Road/Paddington.

Further information can be found on our website via the apply button.

Closing date: 9am, Monday 16th November 2020.

Interviews on a rolling basis. If an appointment is made before the deadline the post will close.

Main Responsibilities

Would you enjoy designing a supporter journey that connects with people's values and inspires them to take action in a movement of animal lovers both in the UK and around the globe?  Then read on.

At Brooke, we are going through a very exciting digital change process across our Fundraising and Comms Directorate.  You will be joining a new team that has been shaped around the audience engagement funnel with each team playing a crucial role in engaging audiences and supporters - from awareness and engagement on different levels through to supporter loyalty. 

Your team will lead the way in driving best in class supporter journeys, across multiple channels, that achieve shared objectives (eg financial, engagement, advocacy).  You will be responsible for content that goes out through key digital or traditional channels for the organisation – such as email marketing or telemarketing.

You’ll lead on integrated campaign projects – working closely with recruitment and community engagement team.  You’ll also work closely with the optimisation team to ensure that data and analytics and driving plans and decisions. 

Skills and Experience required

You should apply if you have an experienced fundraiser, digital campaigner or digital marketing professional who loves working across different specialism to drive a first class supporter engagement and development programme. You’ll have the opportunity to apply your knowledge and experience across traditional and digital channels.

Every person in the division has a role in the implementation of this transition towards cross channel supporter engagement, but this role is really crucial to its success. You need to be passionate about the potential of digital to support fundraising and engagement. While experience of digital marketing and engagement is very important, you also need to have some understanding of traditional fundraising channels. A keen eye for targets and KPIs is essential in this role, balanced with working collaboratively with colleagues across the department, building on their skills and knowledge.

If you feel like this could be just the right challenge for you, we’d love to hear from you.

Closing Date: 30 October 2020

Interview date to be confirmed 

We are delighted to be working as the only agency with Brooke after working with them for many years. Brooke are looking for a Senior Supporter Engagement and Development Officer, to join them on a full-time basis, paying £32,000 - £36,000.

Brooke is an animal welfare charity that protects and improves the lives of working donkeys, horses and mules that give people in the developing world the opportunity to work their way out of poverty.

As part of your role, you will be responsible for managing allocated engagement journeys post supporter acquisition. It is essential that you work collaboratively across various departments to ensure that each journey is planned, implemented, analysed and optimised which will contribute to achieving team objections and KPI’s. You will be project managing campaigns and supporter journeys that contribute to team objectives across a range of traditional channels (e.g. Direct Mail and Telemarketing) and digital (e.g. email, social, website).

The successful candidate will need:

• Experience of designing and managing successful supporter journeys, across both traditional and digital marketing channels


• Strong project management, budget reporting and forecasting experience


• Demonstrable experience of meeting ambitious income and engagement targets

Closing Date: 30^th October 2020

Salary: £32,000 - £36,000

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we are experts in charity recruitment and excel at matching fundraisers to charity jobs. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically and supporting people to find their perfect fundraising jobs.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

The Atlantic Institute was established in 2016 with the support of The Atlantic Philanthropies, and in collaboration with the Rhodes Trust, Oxford (UK). 

At the Atlantic Institute, we are committed to building a lifelong community of courageous changemakers who together will accelerate the eradication of inequity and injustice resulting in fairer, healthier and more inclusive societies. Our Fellows and Staff are accomplished leaders working in diverse settings and contexts, who together think, learn, incubate and implement strategies for greater impact. The diversity of our fellows is unprecedented and we are committed to the radical inclusion of these leaders as agents of change in communities most impacted by social, economic, racial and health inequities.  We provide them with the networks, architecture and resources to connect, learn and act to address the underlying systemic causes of inequity.

The Atlantic Institute is seeking a Development Lead, who will drive the implementation of fundraising strategy for the Institute and the community of Senior Fellows it supports. This will include aligning with Rhodes Trust Development Strategy, building appropriate and compelling branding collateral and the cultivation of donor relationships and gifts. The Development Lead will proactively identify a diverse range of potential stakeholders, including connectors/advisers, prospects, donors, volunteers, outreach facilitators, partner organizations, trusts, foundations and corporates, with a dedicated focus on leadership development.

In particular, the Development Lead will have lead responsibility for the development and management of a portfolio of major gift donors, cultivating relationships and soliciting gifts from ethically aligned organisations.

They will ensure that Senior Fellows get access to exceptional funding opportunities for their extraordinary collaborative projects by:

• Working closely with the Directorial Team, and Rhodes Trust Global Engagement colleagues to establish strategic fundraising goals on a rolling 0-24+ month basis. This includes responsibility for setting team and individual fundraising KPIs around activity and income generation, developing broader fundraising strategies and developing cases for support for discreet projects.
• During the prospecting and discovery phases, ensure a coordinated approach with the Rhodes Trust Global Engagement Team and, in case it applies, be able to direct prospects and donors to members of that team to continue their philanthropic journey.
• Creating opportunities to maximise income and support from national and international trusts and foundations, building strong relationships with your portfolio of prospects and donors, inspiring them to give at significant levels and where possible make multi-year gifts to support the Atlantic Institute’s work. This will include mega foundations and other applications.
• Supporting the Executive Director and Associate ED with executing fundraising meetings with high net worth individuals and the subsequent follow-up activities required to secure gifts.
• Undertaking international fundraising visits to key prospects within specific regions, e.g. North America, South Africa and Southeast Asia, encompassing one-to-one stewardship meetings, fundraising meetings and leading small gatherings of prospects or donors.
• Collaborating with Program and Institute staff, and Senior Fellows, to develop new philanthropic funding opportunities, which lie within the institutional Case for Support.
• Ensuring that fundraising operations at all levels are conducted in accordance with charity law and having particular regard to ethical gift acceptance policies and data protection laws.
• Development of prospect management systems , including target-setting and management and financial reporting
• Providing direction, leadership, guidance of a team of staff including:
  • Impact Fund Lead
  • Grant Writer
  • Grant Administrator

Core Competencies

Consistent with all roles at the Atlantic Institute, it is essential that you demonstrate a critical understanding of the diverse root causes of inequities and show a commitment (in thinking and in action) to fairer, healthier and more inclusive societies. In addition, you will have the following skills and experience:

• Significant experience (ideally 5 years’ or more) in a senior development role with an impressive track record in securing major gifts and donor stewardship for equity-focused organisations
• Effective leadership skills, with a flair for strategy development and building relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Experience in developing relationships across the donor lifecycle from cultivation through solicitation and stewardship
• Knowledge of current fundraising methods, best practices, and fundraising tools/technology (e.g. Salesforce).
• Demonstrated exceptional performance in building high performing teams, guiding and managing staff and working cross-functionally in a complex institution
• Strong intellectual capability with the capacity to engage with senior academics, business leaders, government officials, other leaders in a range of settings
• Discretion and attention to regulatory environment (e.g. GDPR and privacy laws)
• A bachelor's degree is required; an advanced degree is preferred.

If you would like to apply, please follow the 'Apply now' link to our job portal and send us your curriculum vitae (no longer than three pages) plus cover letter (no longer than two pages).

The closing date for applications is Monday 2 November 2020 at 12:00 (GMT). In light of the current situation regarding COVID-19, initial interviews and subsequent on-boarding will take place virtually, by Zoom.

Subject to a satisfactory probationary period of 6 months, this is a fixed term 5 year role. Please note that applicants must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom but we will support applicants to secure a work visa if required.