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Overview

Child’s i Foundation is a Uganda based charity with an international reputation for advocating child rights and creating community based alternatives to orphanages. A small non-profit with a big impact, we work with governments, national partners and our worldwide network of supporters to highlight the harm and cost of orphanages in Uganda and globally.We’re helping to reimagine the whole child protection and care system, repurpose orphanages and rebuild services at the heart of communities that are designed to strengthen and support birth, foster and adoptive families. Because every child needs a loving family, we are Child's i.

We believe in creating a supportive and respectful place where people are passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of youth with lived experience of care, children and families from many different backgrounds in Uganda. We encourage applications from people across all communities. We are committed to ensuring that our people and our services reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and applications from people from under-represented groups are particularly welcomed. 
 

The Role

An exciting new opportunity for a Fundraising Officer to help us drive our ambition forward. The role will be home based with some meetings in London.

The Fundraising Officer will work closely with the CEO, Grants and Strategic Partnerships Manager, and other teams across Child’s i Foundation to achieve the fundraising targets associated with Child’s i's plans, objectives and values.

The Fundraising Officer will help deliver our fundraising campaigns, challenge and supporter events, and assist on specific fundraising audiences to raise as much money as possible. 

Key responsibilities

1. Develop and manage regular and exciting fundraising appeals, challenge events and supporter events to maximise income and meet fundraising targets (both new donor acquisition and existing donor retention).
2. Develop excellent supporter journeys, fundraising resources, and stewardship communications to maximise supporter numbers, retention and engagement.
3. Support the Communications team with the development of multi-channel marketing communications, visual and written content and fundraising collateral.
4. Maintain a high level accuracy on our CRM system Salesforce to capture both donor and donation information and key data contributing to the development and implementation of fundraising processes.
5. Monitor and report on key fundraising performance indicators, and pipeline development against income projections.
6. Communicate proactively and effectively with the team in the UK and global to follow up on leads, cultivate strong relationships and maximise fundraising income through all channels.
7. Contribute to the development of fundraising strategies and budgeting.
8. Follow sector best practice on fundraising.
9. Safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children in accordance with Child’s i Foundations Policies and Procedures at all times.
10. Demonstrate and uphold Child’s i foundation’s commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
11. Identify your own personal learning and development needs and seek opportunities to address them.

Person Specification

Essential

• A successful track record of meeting fundraising income and supporter number targets.
• Experience of using CRM systems to deliver a fundraising programme.
• Experience of developing fundraising collateral for campaigns and events.
• Information sharer, operating and communicating as a team player who enjoys collaborating with and learning from others.
• Effective interpersonal skills, developing productive working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders and adopting a collaborative working approach.
• Commitment to and enthusiasm for the aims and objectives of the organisation and positively and proactively represent and advocate for Child’s i Foundation’s vision.
• Excellent written and spoken English and high level of numeracy.
• An eye for detail.
• Strong time management and organisational skills.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• The role requires travel to and within London for meetings at least twice a month.

Desirable

• Knowledge of international development and the issues involved in poverty and inequality in sub-Saharan Africa.
• An understanding of Child protection, social care and social policies relating to Care reform and a desire to learn more.​
   

Additional Information

• At Child’s i Foundation we value diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. The statements in the person specification are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.
• Child’s i Foundation is an equal opportunities employer.
• This role is open to UK residents only.
• We will actively consider flexible working arrangements.

We have an exciting opportunity to join FEAST With Us as the Fundraising Coordinator and support us in our missions to reducing food waste and poverty.The Fundraising coordinator will work within the operations team and oversee all aspects of fundraising, including, but not limited to: trust and foundation fundraising, challenge events, individual giving, cause related marketing and corporate fundraising. You will work closely with the Partners Coordinator to engage new business and with the Impact, Quality and Learning Coordinator to develop fundable programmes.

With a strong strategy in place and the help of super volunteers, the coordinator will be responsible for raising in excess of £250,000 a year to ensure services can be carried out consistently and safely for those most vulnerable in our society. This is an exciting time to join FEAST With Us as we continue to expand our services and programmes to fight the increasing rates of food poverty. If you have fundraising experience, are committed to ending food poverty, minimising food waste and engaging with the community, this could be the role for you.

Duties

Securing income

• Lead on multiple fundraising efforts and workstreams to actuate the fundraising strategy, including: applications, campaigns and account management.
  • Creating tailored applications to trusts and foundations, whilst working closely with colleagues to develop funding applications and programmes
  • Maintain a healthy pipeline of funding opportunities and prospects
  • Stewarding individual donors and create campaigns and appeals to increase brand awareness and donations
  • Expand the offering of challenge and community events from FEAST With Us, ensuring participants are stewarded and thanked
  • Account manage corporate partners and work with the Partners Coordinator to increase corporate partners and cause-related marketing campaigns.
• Oversee and recruit fundraising volunteers to assist with delivering the fundraising pipeline
• Ensure projects meets grant conditions, and income and expenditure are recorded for reporting purposes
• Produce timely reports for donors, grant-givers and the trustees
• Provide regular updates to funders on the impact of their donations

General

• Keep up to date with Fundraising news and policy, and ensure best practice at all times
• Update the Airtable database and SharePoint space with fundraising income and opportunities
• Reconcile end of month finances with the Operations Manager
• Work with Marketing, Impact and Partnership colleagues to produce marketing content, produce materials and source and steward partners
• Any other duties assigned by the Operations Manager which are appropriate to the role
• Be an ambassador for FEAST, working closely with the staff team, and supporting ad-hoc FEAST programmes and activities to further the charity
• Source opportunities that would increase the brand awareness of FEAST With Us

Skills/Qualifications

• 1 to 2 years’ experience in a fundraising position, ideally with a background in Trust and Foundation fundraising
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to target communications to different audiences
• Experiencing leading on appeals and campaigns
• Excellent people skills
• Comfortable with data analysis, or willing to learn, and able to manage our fundraising database
• Confident using range of office equipment such as Microsoft office
• Self-starter and self-motivated, comfortable with managing your own workload and self-directed time
• Strong team player and aware of when to ask for help with workloads
• Willing to learn new processes and get involved in wider FEAST operations

Application instructions

Please submit your CV and cover letter detailing how you meet the requirements of the role. Interviews will be held on a rolling basis, so do not delay applying.

Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Home Based (South West)
Salary: £26,451 - £28,886 per annum (depending on skills and experience)
Working Hours: 35 per week

Closing Date: 15 July 2022
Interview Date: TBC (via Zoom or Teams)

Please note the deadline for submitting applications for this vacancy is 23:59pm on the closing date

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

About Alzheimer\'s Society

Who we are

Alzheimer’s Society are a vital source of support and a powerful force for change for everyone affected by dementia.

What we want

We will not rest until people with dementia and their carers live more fulfilled and less fearful lives, free from stigma and inequality.

What we do

We support people affected by dementia through some of the hardest and most frightening times, to improve their lives and help to avoid crisis.
No matter whoever you are, whatever you’re going through, you can turn to Alzheimer’s Society/us for expert support through practical advice, emotional support, and guidance for the best next step
We join forces with people affected by dementia, leading scientists and policy makers, amplifying voices to push for cutting edge breakthroughs and societal change that’ll improve the lives of people affected by dementia, now and in the future

How we do it

We’re the friendly face of support, the warm voice at the end of the phone and the determined minds who will fight passionately for the cause of everyone affected by dementia.

About the role

We have a fantastic new opportunity available for a new Legacy Giving/Fundraising Officer to join our Fundraising directorate. As a Legacy Giving Officer, you will be promoting "Gifts in Wills" to our supporters and staff right across the South West.

Legacy fundraising is a growth area within the fundraising sector and is being recognised as a top priority at Alzheimer’s Society – having been absolutely critical for the charity to continue our work through the pandemic.

- Responsible for the organisation and delivery of a series of events.
- Become the go to contact for all Legacy enquiries in your region, inspiring them to leave a gift in their Will
- Promoting our offers to individual supporters.
- Developing and implementing new regional opportunities to promote legacy giving.
- Provide legacy fundraising awareness training.
- Play a vital role in helping to support our fundraising plans.
- Additional supporter focussed activities.

Gifts in Wills already fund over 25% of our work – and our programme is growing, with buy in at the highest levels of leadership and across the organisation. This is our time to make a significant impact to the outlook for people affected by dementia, and Gifts in Wills play a big role in delivering this change.

About you

You will join our ambitious and supportive team of Legacy fundraisers and work closely alongside other Regional Fundraising colleagues to ensure our supporters are aware of legacy giving and the impact it has on our work. You will be;

Experience in fundraising or sales and motivated by an excellent cause.
Eager for an opportunity for you to expand your experience and develop in fundraising.
Confident with verbal, written and presentation skills.
An outstanding relationship builder and negotiator.
Experienced in regularly exceeding targets.

You may have experience of the following: Fundraising Officer, Fundraising Executive, Legacy Giving Officer, Sales Executive, Business Development Executive, Fundraising, Donor Management, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Not for Profit, etc.

Ref: 134 242

This varied role works across the Programme and Development teams within Cause4. The role will involve managing a client portfolio, building relationships with, and providing expertise to clients, whilst also taking responsibility for the marketing and administration of key programmes, including Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy and Heritage Compass.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Cause4 as a Programmes and Development Coordinator, giving you an in-depth insight into the charity sector, spearheading your career in the charity sector or in consultancy practice.

This role will enable you to develop broad expertise across a range of areas, whilst working towards a specialism of your choice (such as marketing, fundraising or programme management) from year two onwards through additional training and support.

As a Coordinator you will gain first-hand experience of Cause4’s entrepreneurial fundraising and programme delivery on behalf of charities, philanthropists, and social enterprises.

Your initial role will be to support the team in the administration of our programmes, including event management, marketing and communications, evaluation, project delivery, budget management, and sales. You will also work alongside the development team to support a range of charities in areas of fundraising, strategy, and marketing.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the team in the delivery of our programmes to achieve the outputs and outcomes agreed with our funders.

• Supporting with event management both online and face to face, including providing technical support to participants on platforms for online training and providing excellent customer service.

• Running the administration of courses and public-facing activities including preparing course materials, analysing feedback, and liaising with charity representatives and course participants.

• Managing the day-to-day communications of our programmes, including the delivery of marketing campaigns, participant communications and audience development research.

• Conducting research into Trusts and Foundations, corporates, and individuals to establish relevant background information and potential for receiving approaches for funding.

• Supporting the preparation of client strategy documents, using sources of information provided and through conducting desk research.

• Developing a full understanding of individual profiles of specific clients within the portfolio of Cause4 and use this to help develop Cases for Support and other funding documents.

• Drafting documents and producing statistics and figures for inclusion in client documents, together with sets of measurable outcomes and evaluation methods.

• Producing corporate sponsorship presentations and individual collateral documents with support from Senior Management and other colleagues.

Cause4 is a fast-paced agency environment with an opportunity to support the charity sector and further develop your own skills and knowledge. We are looking for an ambitious individual with an interest in a future leadership role in the arts, charity or enterprise sector. 

Salary: circa. £32,000 per annum plus company benefits

Location: Home-based covering Yorkshire and Humberside

Hours: Full Time 37 hours per week

Contract Type: 12-month Fixed Term Contract

The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association are recruiting for a Regional Fundraiser to join the Community Fundraising team on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Fundraiser to engage with fundraising individuals and groups across the Yorkshire and Humberside area.

About the role

As a Regional Fundraiser, you will be working with high profile supporters and a fantastic network of voluntary committees. This fast-paced role is full of varied and interesting activities focused around assisting those undertaking high value fundraising and events for the MND Association. In addition, this role takes an active lead in developing fundraising opportunities and contacts across Yorkshire and Humberside to build understanding of the local community, supporting tailored fundraising strategies.

This diverse and exciting role will see you working across community, corporate, trusts, major donor, and legacy fundraising. You will provide advice on how individuals and groups can make the most from their fundraising; Supporting fundraisers to help raise the profile of their event, assist with the legalities, press, media and health and safety elements.

As a dedicated and passionate Regional Fundraiser, you will identify new opportunities and develop, and undertake fundraising activities to help maximise income. You will need to build strong relationships within the local communities; effectively engage with key local supporters, and support within regional branch and volunteer networks to increase and develop fundraising opportunities and raise awareness.

Access to / use of a car is required for this role due to the travel involved across Yorkshire and the Humberside area.

What are we looking for?

Demonstrable experience of working within Community Fundraising, evidence of working with volunteers and experience of motivating and coaching individuals.

Outstanding communication and presentation skills, along with a proven track record in achieving fundraising targets.

The ability to identify and maximise on opportunities to grow and develop income.

A confident, ambitious, and driven individual with excellent organisational skills and the ability to work swiftly and methodically. If you are proactive, excited by new challenges and able to seek out opportunities, this could be a fantastic opportunity for you to join the MND Association Fundraising team!

Please view the attached job description for the full requirements of the role.

This role will involve travel to and across Yorkshire and Humberside and occasional travel further afield as required.

How to apply?

We would love to hear from you and encourage early applications.

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, apply online now and submit a CV and a supporting statement showing how you meet the following criteria:

• Experience within Community Fundraising: the ability to identify and maximise on opportunities to grow and develop income.
• Experience of working with volunteers.
• The ability to communicate effectively to build and maintain relationships at all levels.

About Us

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.

We operate a hybrid working environment within a flexible office space using the latest technology and digital infrastructure. This, together with a high level of trust and performance driven culture, gives staff the freedom and flexibility to work in the best way for them, the Association and, most importantly, people with MND.

We are committed to equality and value diversity. We are working hard to remove perceived and actual barriers to participation for people with and affected by MND, current and future staff, volunteers, and stakeholders.

Important Notices

The MND Association operates a hybrid working culture and therefore we are open to discussing the possibility of variable hours, remote or home working, flexible start, and finish times etc.

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

Our selection process will be multi-stage; this may include video call screening, psychometric assessments, and competency-based interview/s.

We request that recruitment agencies do not contact us in relation to this role. We work hard to fill our roles directly and if assistance is required, we operate a PSL, which currently closed for review. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies/ head-hunters.

Just Treatment is a growing patient-led campaign fighting to ensure everyone gets the healthcare they need by demanding the government acts to put patients before corporate profits. We believe the only way we can win this is by building a movement of those directly affected by the problem to challenge the power of the pharmaceutical and health industries. We're looking for a Head of Organising & Campaigns to oversee our work taking on big pharma and fighting for an effective, public NHS. You'll know how to oversee the creation of a brilliant, collaborative campaign strategy, and understand how to get volunteers and staff to put it into action. You'll have a deep understanding of organising. And you'll be committed to taking on David Vs Goliath battles to win health justice.

Location: Home-based, with travel across the UK when required and occasional meetings in London

Hours of work: 35 per week, Full time MATERNITY COVER, commencing October 22

Salary:  c. £30,000 p.a. (depending on experience)

MAMA Academy was set up in 2012 to help more babies arrive safely. Sadly, the UK has one of the highest stillbirth rates in the developed world, with the majority of deaths potentially preventable.

When MAMA Academy first launched, the number of stillbirths began a significant decline for the first time in 20 years, which has continued year on year. Currently, over 1,000 stillbirths are being prevented every year.

We remain committed to seeing a continuous decline in stillbirth and neonatal death rates.

As our Fundraising Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing MAMA Academy’s whole fundraising strategy and will develop income streams across all fundraising areas. You will recruit, develop and manage a network of supporters who fundraise on behalf of MAMA Academy to deliver agreed overall income and other targets, including but not limited to: challenge events, ‘in aid of’ fundraising and public collections.

You will be a confident self-starter with experience in fundraising, who has excellent communication, writing and relationship building skills.

For further details about the role, please download the Job Description.

Click the ‘How to apply’ button for details on how to submit your application.

Closing date: 31st July 2022

UK Based - Hybrid or Remote

The job of SCUK’s Humanitarian Transformation Lead is strategic and rewarding.

• Do you have experience of designing and leading collaborative humanitarian initiatives?
• Do you have a strong understanding of the of UK humanitarian sector, including current dynamics and initiatives across INGOs, DFID and the private sector?
• Are you entrepreneurial with strong project management and partnership brokering skills?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

The number of children requiring humanitarian assistance is rising as the climate crisis, entrenched conflict, and fragility, forced migration and infectious diseases all lead to an increase in the frequency, duration, and severity of catastrophic events. With needs continuing to grow and rapidly outpacing available resources, humanitarians around the world are once more forced to do more with less. Recognising the changing humanitarian risk landscape, the need to stay relevant, and to step up for greater impact, Save the Children has adopted a bold vision for the future of its humanitarian work.

This vision includes bringing together emergency response funding and expertise under a new One Humanitarian Team, and decentralising humanitarian response capability, resources, and accountability closer to children. 

The Humanitarian Department Purpose

Save the Children UK now has a critical role to play in the success of the One Humanitarian Team, mobilising resources and influence from the UK Government, UK Public and other key partners including multi-laterals, academia, corporates, and philanthropists. SCUK, as host to the Humanitarian Leadership Academy (HLA), is also accountable for the provision of high-quality humanitarian capacity building for the Save the Children movement and the wider sector, as part of our shifting the power agenda. 

Building on SCUK’s strong track record of innovation and partnership in the humanitarian sector, including incubating Elrha, the Start Network, the Collaborative Cash Delivery (CCD) platform, and other cross-sector global good initiatives, there is an important role for SCUK to play in identifying and supporting next-generation collaborative initiatives that will ultimately deliver impact for disaster-affected children and their families.

How we work

We foster a working culture of collaboration and agility.  Individuals will come together to work in a multi-disciplinary fashion with internal and external partners to generate innovative projects that deliver impact for children. 

Job Purpose:

As the Humanitarian Transformation Lead you will be responsible for collaborating with internal partners and external organisations to identify, develop and incubate new and innovative initiatives that address the challenges in the humanitarian sector.  You will also support the evolution of the established entities (such as Elrha, Start Network, HLA etc.), identifying opportunities for collaboration in line with SCUK’s humanitarian priorities.

You will identify strategic opportunities for collaboration and development with Elrha, Start Network, HLA, to further SCUK’s humanitarian priorities and collectively address the challenges in the humanitarian sphere.  You’ll also drive forward the thinking on a reimagined humanitarian sector focussing on issues such as decolonisation, localisation, and climate change.

Key Accountabilities:

New initiatives and Collaborations

• Lead the identification, scoping, design and delivery of projects and initiatives in line with SCUK Humanitarian priorities
• Identify and develop strategic and business development opportunities and initiatives for future areas of work, in line with the humanitarian strategy and vision
• Engage in active external relationship building to foster strong relationships with other entities for collaborative action
• Develop new ideas and ways of thinking that contribute to the debates taking place about the future of the aid system
• Identify opportunities and take a proactive and influential role in global policy debates and discussions on collaboration, innovation and positively disrupting the humanitarian eco-system with UN, donor policy makers and other critical partners
• Where appropriate provide support to the evolution and ongoing work of the SC Movement innovation architecture including the Global Centre of Excellence for Innovation and in SCUK the Innovation bubble
• Keep abreast of and anticipated future social, political, economic, and technological changes that are likely to impact the humanitarian sector, to be able to use this understanding to translate systemic challenges into workable solutions through collaboration and agreement with others.
• Incubate pipeline initiatives and collaborations leading to project sustainability
• Lead the delivery and development of sector existing initiatives (e.g CCD, HIVE, CC Alliance)
• Provide business and financial modelling expertise to ensure the sustainability and viability of new initiatives
• Collaborate with colleagues in PAC, F&M and others to identify and drive priority strategic partnerships with diverse local, national and global actors
• Drive and contribute to the humanitarian departmental approach to ‘Innovating with Impact’ under the 2022-24 strategy

Existing entities and partnerships

• Provide advice and expertise to movement-wide initiatives that promote greater innovation in humanitarian practice, such as the Global Centre of Excellence for Innovation
• Manage strategic opportunities for collaboration and development of existing entities – Elrha, Start Network and HLA
• Develop and strengthen our brand through our humanitarian innovation work, sharing information about the work of the team across relevant internal and external forums

Person Profile 

Experience

• Excellent knowledge of the global humanitarian eco-system and current humanitarian debates.
• Previous experience of designing and leading/supporting ambitious collaborative humanitarian initiatives
• Demonstrable partnership brokering skills and experience.
• Excellent project management experience and skills.
• Experience of distance management, network development and working with a virtual team.
• Experience of preparing research reports, briefing papers or discussion documents.

• Experience in a relevant discipline - Organisational development, disaster management/preparedness, Environmental/social change.

 Abilities

• Business Modelling skills with the ability to write strong business cases, which satisfy both strategic and business needs
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to communicate with colleagues at all levels across different cultural and professional environments
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to identify key points from complex material or information.
• Excellent networking skills and able to build rapport and trust quickly.
• Excellent negotiation skills – quickly able to identify common ground and solutions.

Aptitude

• Strong understanding of the of UK humanitarian sector, including current dynamics and initiatives across INGOs, DFID and the private sector.
• Good understanding of financial plans, budgets, and reporting

• Passion and energy to play a leading role in developing the next generation of humanitarian collaborations and innovations.
• A strong commitment to collaborative working across agencies
• A demonstrable commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion and their practical application and integration in the work environment
• A commitment to Save the Children UK's aims and core values of accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity, and integrity

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. 

Head of Resource Mobilisation

Job Description

Producers Direct is an award-winning NGO led by smallholder farmers, with a vision to empower farmers to achieve their OWN vision. We operate globally with offices in Kenya, Peru, London, and the United States. We are seeking a Head of Resource Mobilisation to lead on the delivery of our ambitious multi-year Fundraising, Resource Mobilisation & Partnerships Strategy. This role sits on our senior leadership team, and you will be responsible for leading our Fundraising Teams in Africa and Latin America

This is not a typical fundraising role. It is an exciting opportunity to work with an ambitious international NGO during a period of exponential growth. We have recently developed multi-year partnerships and secured six figure grants from GIZ Innovation for Agriculture Programme, Inter American Development Bank, Dovetail Foundation and WFP Innovation Accelerator. We have an excellent pipeline of fundraising and resource mobilisation opportunities, a strong representation of fundraising skills and contacts on our Board of Trustees and plenty of opportunities for career advancement and professional development. 

Job Title: Head of Resource Mobilisation

Reports to: CEO (UK-based) 

Contract: Initial 12-month fixed-term employment contract, pending the completion of a successful 3-month probationary review period (with potential for the contract to become permanent beyond the initial 12-months). Contract Terms: Full-time or Part-time (0.8FTE) / flexible working options will be considered. 

Location: UK or USA

Goal: Ensure the long-term financial sustainability of Producers Direct by: 1) delivering and further developing our 2022-2025 fundraising strategy to secure ~£3m per year to support programme delivery and operations; and 2) supporting the development of Producers Direct’s business model and leveraging a range of revenue generation opportunities to reduce our income from restricted grants from 90% to 70% by 2025. 

The person we are looking for: 

Creativity and passion

• Committed to our farmer-led model and strategy to identify and scale innovative approaches to empowering smallholder farmers to improve their livelihoods. 

• Innovative and creative when it comes to brainstorming and developing new projects and partnerships, working closely with the global Programmes Team, Digital Team and Senior Leadership Team.

• Able to distil and communicate complex concepts and highly innovative approaches, which successfully resonates with a range of audiences.

Organisation, planning and initiative

• Able to develop and deliver clear processes for the Fundraising Team to follow in order to replicate our success on an increasingly larger scale. 

• An excellent time keeper with the ability to work with limited support and hit the ground running.

• Confident to manage highly complex bids, work to multiple deadlines and engage a range of different partners and stakeholders.

Leadership and strategic thinking

• Capable of leading a diverse team working across multiple geographies.

• A confident decision maker with exceptional relationship building skills.

• A strategic thinker, able to manage the successful delivery of daily/ weekly objectives alongside consistently working towards achieving our strategic vision.

Accountability and commitment to making things happen

• Able to take ownership of all responsibilities and honour commitments, as well as supporting and empowering their team to do the same. 

• A self starter who thrives working on small, diverse teams and is ready to hit the ground running.

• Determined and strives to improve and deliver above and beyond what is expected. 

Responsibilities include:

Objective 1: Lead the delivery and further development of Producers Direct’s Multi-year Resource Mobilisation Strategy, to secure ~£3m per year to support programme delivery and operations from Bi/ multilaterals, Corporates, Private Foundations.

• Lead the development of successful multi-year fundraising proposals.

• Cultivate relationships with new potential donors and strategic partners through networking and attending events (online and in person).

• Creating and delivering compelling pitches for in-person presentations and pitches to potential donors / strategic funding partners. 

• Overall management and growth of the Fundraising Team, including line management for our International fundraising team.

• Liaise with the programme, digital and finance teams to compile donor reports. 

• Drive a clear donor communications strategy, leveraging Producers Direct’s comprehensive impact data and compelling case studies. 

Objective 2: Work with SLT to develop our business model. Help leverage a range of revenue generation opportunities such as Impact Investment / Impact bonds, Green Finance/ Carbon credits, Tech innovators e.g. Blockchain Company Foundations, Individual donors (HNIs etc.) to reduce our income from grants from 90% to 70% by 2025. 

• Help identify and test a range of new innovative approaches to financing our strategic vision to reach 1.7m farmers by 2025.

• Develop and deliver pitches and proposals to potential investors.

• Secure funding and partnerships to help deliver ‘proof of concept’ revenue generation projects which can be scaled if successful. 

Requirements:

• Extensive experience in the NGO and/or start-up fundraising or business development sector (10 years).

• A track record of securing multi-year 6 and 7 figure proposals from a mix of NGOs, charities, Trusts & Foundations, Bilaterals, Multilaterals and/or governments to include a record of successful fundraising results. We are also looking for someone who has experience, or is open to scoping, funding opportunities from Impact Investors, Tech Innovators, Green Finance.

• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills (written/verbal) particularly the ability to network and build partnerships effectively.

• Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal - particularly the ability to produce written proposals/ letters of interest/ concept notes and create and deliver pitches/presentations to potential donors and strategic partners. 

• Line management and leadership experience of a global team. 

• Knowledge and understanding of the sectors Producers Direct operates in and/ or designing and delivering projects which reach rural communities.

What we can offer you:

• Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 for someone based in the UK; $70,000 - $80,000 for someone based in the USA. 

• Initial 12-month fixed term contract, pending the completion of a successful 3-month probationary review period, with scope for longer-term contract extension.

• Excellent employee benefits package after initial 3 months, including access to a generous pensions scheme with a 9% employer match & 25 days of vacation. *USA applicants, we recently registered in the USA and are unfortunately unable to offer health/dental/vision insurance benefits.

• Hands on leadership experience and responsibility from day one and the opportunity to make a real impact in a small, but ambitious organisation.

If this sounds like you: 

Please send your CV, and a cover letter (1-page) with email subject title: Application: Head of Resource Mobilisation. In your cover letter, please include one paragraph addressing the following question: What is your most successful fundraising achievement to date, and why?

Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis, the final deadline is 8 July. Please note: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

We are looking for a thoughtful and proactive individual to join our small team but passionate team at FRAME to help support our vision of a world where non-animal methods are considered scientific best practice. This is a new role within FRAME, and we welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds and experience levels.

This role will work closely with the Head of Fundraising and Communications, Digital Engagement Coordinator, CEO, and wider FRAME Team to embed volunteers across the organisation and support the growth of our community giving. The role will help us expand our volunteer capacity, work to embed regular giving and community fundraising, and communicate with our donors via our twice-yearly mailing.

We currently have a small number of volunteers working on a range of activities across the team and we are looking for someone who can support, and grow, this programme. We also have a modest base of current donors who collectively donate around £15,000 annually across several channels including online, social media, and cheques.

We are a small, dynamic team and all staff members are required to take on some core administrative tasks needed to keep our flat structure organisation running.

Bid Officer

Home Based

Job reference: 69

Contract type: Permanent

Full time: 37 hours, 5 days per week working Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

(part-time working would be considered)

Salary: £23,150 to £24,805 per annum (dependent on experience)

Benefits:

- 25 days annual leave

- Cash Wellbeing Healthcare Plan Cover

- Death in service benefit

- Option to buy up to 5 days annual leave

- Discretionary shut down days at Christmas

- 1 Community Leave Day per annum

- Bike to work scheme

We have an exciting opportunity for a Bid Officer, working within our support services, to provide administrative and bid support to the Service Design and Development (SDD) team. The successful candidate will support the team to submit high quality bids to retain and expand our services.

The Bid Officer will act in a supportive capacity, independently coordinating administrative functions as well as tracking new opportunities and supporting with competitor/market analysis and assisting with managing and tracking of contracts.

As part of POhWER’s Bid team you will support the Bid Manager and Grants and Partnership Manager throughout the tender/application process; monitoring tender trackers and identifying and scoping potential tender opportunities. This role includes completing SSQs (standard selection questionnaires) for tenders and attending market engagement events (virtually or occasionally in person).

We are looking for someone who has excellent administrative, organisational and time management skills with the ability to work accurately, with attention to detail. The successful candidate will have knowledge and understanding of working in a Business Development team including good knowledge of the tender process.

We are looking for someone with good IT skills with knowledge of standard Microsoft packages a good standard of English and maths and confident written and verbal communication skills with a commitment to a high level of confidentiality.

The successful candidate will have a confident and positive attitude as well as a strong team player with a flexible approach to meet needs of the team/business. You will have the ability to work confidently and independently with staff at all levels in the organisation and have knowledge and understanding of production of reports in a variety of formats.

Key Requirements:

To provide administration support for the team including:

· First point of contact for all communications to the Business Development inbox

· Implementing efficient filing systems for the SDD team and contracts including updating tracker systems

· Supporting the Bid Manager and Grants and Partnership Manager throughout the tender/application process

· Monitoring tender trackers and identifying and scoping potential tender opportunities

· Completing SSQs (standard selection questionnaires) for tenders

· Attending market engagement events (virtually or occasionally in person)

· Managing use of tender portals including expressions of interest, submitting clarifications and downloading and sharing clarification responses

· Carrying out research for bid submissions

· Submitting tenders via the portals, ensuring all formatting and time frame requirements are met

· Producing manager’s briefings for new services

· Liaising with commissioners, coordinating the contract signing process and chasing any outstanding paperwork

· Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with staff at all levels of the organisation - from the Senior Leadership Team to frontline support staff

· Sending regular updates including preparing and circulating weekly bid updates

· Managing the bid library

· Compiling reports and statistics as required

· Undertaking analysis of competitors.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

As a minimum you should have:

· Excellent administrative, organisational and time management skills with the ability to work accurately, with attention to detail

· Knowledge and understanding of working in a Business Development team including good knowledge of the tender process

· Good IT skills with knowledge of standard Microsoft packages

· Good standard of English and maths

· Good confident written and verbal communication skills

· Commitment to a high level of confidentiality

· An energetic, confident and positive attitude with a high drive to learn new skills

· A strong team player with a flexible approach to meet needs of the team/business

· Ability to work confidently and independently with staff at all levels in the organisation

· Knowledge and understanding of production of reports in a variety of formats.

· Commitment to your own professional development

Ideally you will also have:

· Experience of using design software packages e.g. PowerPoint and Visio, to design visuals for tenders

Special Requirements:

· Occasional travel to POhWER’s offices

· A DBS check may be required.

· You should be able to work outside normal hours occasionally when required.

How to apply

We’re keen to get someone started in this role. If you think this sounds like the ideal job for you, please apply as soon as possible as we may close this job advert early if we receive a high number of applications.

Please submit your CV and cover letter (cover letter no longer than 1 side of A4) before the application deadline. In your cover letter please include your reasons for applying for the role, how you meet the person specification criteria, and your notice period.

Please submit your CV and cover letter quoting reference 69.

Closing date: 30th June 2022

Interviews: 13th & 14th July 2022

For an informal discussion please contact Sarah O’Raw, Bid Manager.

We are looking to recruit people who share our core values and can demonstrate that they apply and live those values in their daily working practice.

A DBS check will be required for this post.

POhWER is an equal opportunities employer, holder of the Investors in People Silver award and a member of the MINDFUL EMPLOYER scheme. We are a member of the Positive about Disability scheme and disabled applicants who meet all the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

We are seeking four candidates, one in the North, one in the South, and two in the Central area of England, with experience of influencing a wide range of stakeholders, to join the Institute of Physics on a permanent basis.

The Role

This exciting role is integral to the IOP’s objectives of building influential relationships in England with stakeholders across society, including the physics community, business and industry, local and regional policy makers, third sector charities, community groups, education and training providers.

The successful candidates will join an expanding team that is bolstering the IOP’s influencing and engagement capability, enabling the organisation to leverage new relationships and deliver impact against its strategic aspirations. They will work across the IOP strategy, in a matrix managed structure.

The Influencing and Engagement Managers will work in a flexible and agile manner to support the successful delivery of the IOP’s strategy, Unlocking the Future, to drive the change required to achieve our ambitious aims on increasing diversity and inclusion, improving skills, unlocking capabilities and public dialogue, and improving access to high quality physics teaching. This will be achieved by raising the profile of the IOP and physics itself to diverse audiences, to engage with and influence key organisations and individuals.

Within their geographical area, specific activities will be delivered in line with the identified strategic need and desired impact. This will involve maintaining existing relationships and creating new ones to amplify the work of colleagues, members, and external partners, to drive measurable change for our strategic aims and objectives.

Employment Locations Available (Remote)

· 1 FTE to cover the North, including the North West, Yorkshire, Humber & the North East. This person will work alongside an existing Influencing and Engagement Manager in the North.

· 2 FTE to cover the Central region, which includes the East Midlands, West Midlands and East Anglia

· 1 FTE to cover the South which includes London, the South East and the South West. This person will work alongside an existing Influencing and Engagement Manager in the South.

The Person

You will have outstanding relationship and stakeholder management skills and demonstrable experience of influencing external and internal stakeholders with often differing needs, interests, and motivations. You will have the ability to identify opportunities, make connections and facilitate collaboration between stakeholders with areas of mutual interest that may not appear immediately obvious.

An understanding of how to influence stakeholders to take action in contexts related to any of the challenges and aspirations set out in our strategy would be particularly welcome. As would specialist skills in any one of the following: campaigning, business engagement and community engagement. Specialist knowledge of any one of the following: the school system, the FE system, the skills agenda, higher education or local government would also be particularly advantageous in this role.

Future of Work 

The Institute of Physics is an equal opportunities employer and our people are at the heart of our approach to delivery. Following the impact of COVID-19, we have developed a new, innovative and exciting trust-based model of flexible working. This empowers our staff to choose both individually and as a team how, when and where they work to deliver the goals of the organisation, acknowledging that there will be occasions where in-person meetings, collaborations and events will help generate greater impact.

This role is remote from our London office. Ability to travel within the North, South, or Midlands will be required.

This is a full time role (35 hours per week). We are open to requests to work these hours outside a standard 09:00 – 17:00 schedule, including compressed hours.

Application

Alongside your CV, please ensure you include a cover letter stating how you meet the person specification.

Why work with us?

The Institute of Physics (IOP) is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland, we seek to raise public awareness and understanding of physics and support the development of a diverse and inclusive physics community. As a charity, we’re here to ensure that physics delivers on its exceptional potential to benefit society.

We have an ambitious new corporate strategy and you’ll play a part in helping us to deliver it. There’s never been a more exciting time to join the IOP - watch our new film to find out more about our work.

As well as a competitive salary and professional development opportunities, we offer employees a comprehensive benefits package including an excellent pension scheme, private medical insurance and generous annual leave. We also offer a range of other benefits including gym membership and interest free season ticket loans.

The job of a Save the Children's UK Data and Evidence Lead is varied and rewarding

• Are you an expert in designing and implementing MEAL tools for programmes and projects as well as delivering research?
• Do you have a track record in overseeing data flow, data management and analyses for improving organisation's performance, decision making and/or optimising learning from evidence?
• Do you have a strong understanding of qualitative and quantitative data collection methods and the ability  to communicate data to different audiences?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

We stand side by side with children in the toughest places to be a child. We do whatever it takes to make sure they survive, get protection when they're in danger, and have the chance to learn. 

The Humanitarian Leadership Academy (HLA) as part of SCUK's humanitarian department provides high-quality humanitarian capacity strengthening for the movement, as well as the wider sector, as part of our shifting the power agenda.

The HLA's mission, as a team within the humanitarian department, is to enable people around the world to prepare for and respond to crises in their own countries, by providing quality learning opportunities. The HLA's approach spans from focused needs-based learning in countries hit by crises to the huge international reach of our learning platform, Kaya. They are a global team that has a full suite of in-house skills to provide and develop the offer; technical and learning experts, platform specialists, a digital and design studio, communications support and more. 

The HLA enables SCUK to offer the most effective and impactful humanitarian capacity strengthening resource for both the Save the Children movement, the wider humanitarian sector and beyond. 

Job Purpose

The purpose of this role is to support the development, rollout and maintenance of processes, tools and ways of working to strengthen Humanitarian Leadership Academy's (HLA's) use of data to inform strategic and operational decision making, in order to deliver high-quality learning offer for learners, partners and clients.

The Data and Evidence Lead is an important role within the HLA team, responsible for enabling performance, insight and continuous improvement practices, using internal and external data to identify key trends and opportunities for improvement across the global HLA team/offer.

You will support the HLA to ensure its learning solutions, products, approaches and methodologies are of the highest quality and underpinned by robust data and evidence from research, MEAL and organisation's learning platforms.  Through this role you will contribute to ensuring that the teams learning solutions and approaches are able to meet the evidence-based, known or anticipated learning needs of individuals, organisations and the sector, now and in the future. 

 Main Accountabilities

• Work closely with the Head of Research & Evidence to manage the overall workload of the team
• Lead on the development and implementation of the HLA's data management system (by working with an external supplier)
• Line management of Research & Evidence Advisors, working closely with Head of Research and Evidence for joint task management
• Lead the HLA's Data & Analytics pillar (function) to determine and implement the most appropriate process to collect, analyse and report on the audience-related data (learners, partners, clients etc.), utilising knowledge of best practice for strategic purpose
• Responsible for the implementation of data security protocols as set out in the appropriate data security and privacy policies, collaborating with data owners to ensure systems are working correctly.
• Routinely monitor and review tools and associated methods and work with the Research, Evidence and MEAL team and within the Data & Analytics pillar (function) to improve data collection and analysis capabilities within HLA
• Oversee HLA's data flow, data management and analyse data (both qualitative and quantitative) obtained from the learning programmes and platforms as well as secondary sources, contributing to knowledge translation and providing timely access to appropriate data in order to inform key decision making and learning
• Accountable for knowledge management and evidence synthesis to ensure that key evidence based recommendations and findings are easy to interpret and apply within the HLA and the wider humanitarian learning sector
• Collaborate with the HLA's teams to strengthen and analyse evidence for effective team learning as well as storytelling
• Manage & lead on high-value external consultancies delivered by the REMEAL team to improve HLA's understanding of impact as well as research supporting decision making
• Ensure alignment with cross organisational reporting processes, maximising use of data to support wider organisational decision making
• Proactively identify analytics driven solutions to our biggest challenges and devise the means by which we can work together across multiple teams and functions to deliver these solutions into the day-to-day running of the HLA
• Establish and manage effective relationships with key stakeholders and partners within the humanitarian learning sector to provide cutting edge solutions to demand 
• Strengthen internal data capacity within the HLA

Person Profile

You will be passionate and knowledgeable about humanitarian issues ideally and an expert in designing and implementing MEAL tools for programmes and projects as well as delivering research. You will have track record in overseeing data flow, data management and analyses for improving organisation's performance, decision making and/or optimising learning from evidence. You will have great understanding of qualitative and quantitative data collection methods and be able to communicate data to different audiences, being able to apply relevant software solutions.

Experience

• Experience of applying analytical frameworks, synthesise information from multiple sources, developing and maintaining information collection, running queries and generating reports
• Significant experience of working and leading on monitoring, evaluation and learning, work preferably within the humanitarian, development and/or learning sector 
• Very strong analytical and report writing skills 
• Excellent project management and organisational skills
• Strong range of communication skills and the ability to analyse complex data using software solutions, to summarise and present it to a range of audiences. 

 Abilities

• Ability to provide tailored support for people with various levels of MEAL knowledge and skills 
• Strong representational and communication skills, able to articulate a vision, strategy, or idea clearly and concisely
• Confident in the use of the Microsoft Office Suite for producing documentation and collaboration, including experience using Microsoft Teams and Sharepoint.
• Ability to motivate and work as part of a high performing team and work effectively across the different teams and functions to ensure maximum effectiveness and impact
• Ability to operate effectively in highly complex situations
• The ability to build effective trust-based relationships and networks
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines under pressure

Aptitude

• Excellent understanding of research and MEAL methodology and practice
• Very good knowledge of qualitative and quantitative data collection methods, including statistics, to support evaluation and research 
• A demonstrable commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion and their practical application and integration in the work environment
• A commitment to Save the Children UK's aims and core values of accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity, and integrity

This role can be based internationally outside the UK provided it is in a country with an SC office from which you would be able to and have the right to work - the salary will be based on local pay structures if not based in the UK. 

Remote Working:

The majority of SCUK employees are currently working remotely within the UK in line with UK Government guidance. Commencing July 2021 we will transition to flexible and hybrid ways of working (i.e. a mixture of remote/home and office-based working) as social distancing restrictions ease.

We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. 

Group B Strep Support (GBSS) is the world’s leading charity focused on preventing group B Strep infections in babies, and supporting families and their health professionals.

We are seeking an Information & Support Officer who will deliver, manage, and develop Group B Strep Support’s information and support services for new and expectant parents, including those affected by group B Strep and health professionals, and contribute to developing the information products we provide about group B Strep.

The jobholder will provide operational management of these services and deliver the services themselves. We receive over 150 enquiries monthly from new and expectant parents and health professionals seeking information and support.

This key new role brings together information and support services into one role for the first time, allowing the successful candidate to develop these critical areas to serve families and health professionals better.

You will have proven experience in supporting people with information needs as part of a service delivery team. You will have excellent people and communication skills, including the ability to provide information and support to people by delivering a consistent, impactful, empathetic and high-quality service across a variety of contact methods.

You will have well organised, with the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships internally and externally and to represent the charity’s views and positions.

This could be a part-time role (minimum 5 hours a day) up to full-time, and we’re open to partly or fully remote working, with occasional travel to the office.

To apply:

Please complete our application form and return it, together with a supporting statement that demonstrates how you meet the criteria in the person specification, together with the Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form by:

Closing date for applications: 9.00 am BST on Monday, 25 July 2022

Interviews: week commencing Monday, 1 August 2022

Interviews will be held online via Zoom.