Care for Wild UK is seeking an experienced fundraising professional to lead further growth of our UK-based fundraising activities.

This is a really exciting time for Care for Wild UK, having registered as a charity at the start of 2020, and following successful income growth over the past couple of years, we are now looking for someone to build on this and lead in developing and establishing a long-term fundraising portfolio.

We have been supporting the world’s largest Rhino sanctuary, based in South Africa, to rescue, rehabilitate and rewild orphaned White and Black Rhinos. As they look to further expand their operations and closer integrate with the local community, Care for Wild UK also plans to increase income through diversifying income streams. The successful candidate will work closely with Trustees and partners in South Africa to drive existing and new fundraising activities. 

We are looking for a conservation-motivated, experienced professional with a track record of building fundraising portfolios and excellent stakeholder management. We offer 16-24 hours a week flexible working, and as we currently don’t have an office, we are looking for someone who can work remotely. This role is initially 9-12 months, but we will look to expand this, and potentially make it permanent, if it is successful. This is an amazing opportunity to be instrumental in establishing mass fundraising operations in the UK.

If this sounds like an exciting opportunity that you could lead forward for us then we would love to hear from you. 

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.

About the role:

The role of fundraising officer is a crucial one, engaging local communities to maximise income generation by developing a plan to gain more supporters, as well as developing and maintaining such relationships through effective communication, partnership working and stewardship.

You will provide fundraising and administrative support and will have a hands-on role within a busy fundraising team, focussing on supporting CRM activity, individual giving, stewardship, and events.

Duties of the role include, but are not limited to:

Develop an annual plan to maximise income from community fundraising and individual giving

Implement an ongoing campaign to attract, recruit and retain community fundraisers and individual givers

Maintain a research programme to identify and approach potential corporate partners and supporters

Ensure that all community fundraisers, supporters, corporate partners and event participants receive an excellent standard of customer care and feel that their contribution is recognised, valued and actively acknowledged to encourage and develop long term relationships

Develop and nurture relationships with all community fundraisers and supporters including providing support, advice and motivation to help ensure their fundraising is successful

Oversee and develop the charity’s events programme and recruit participants

Maintain accurate income and expenditure records for each event to ensure events are organised cost effectively and within agreed budget

Work with the PR and Marketing Team to develop fundraising materials suitable for the different target groups and that they are recognised on our social media channels

Person Specification:

Please note that this is not a fully exhaustive list

Essential:

A good general level of education including GCSE English and Maths

Experience of communicating with a wide range of individuals and organisations and across a variety of channels or media

Experience of using a fundraising or commercial CRM database

Experience of building supporter/customer relationships

Good IT skills including using word, excel and outlook packages

Desirable:

Experience of working in a charity or fundraising environment

An understanding of digital and social media channels

Basic understanding of fundraising regulations, data protection and best practice in capturing and recording data

Job Title: Relationship Manager 

Hours:  35 per week

Salary: £32,160 per annum

Type of Employment: Permanent 

Department and Location: Relationship Fundraising, Home based, Nationwide with regular travel

Line Manager:  Senior Area Relationship Manager  

Direct Reports: None 

Cancer is different for young people. Our vision is a world where cancer doesn’t stop young people from living their lives – and our job in making that vision a reality is to improve the experience, survival, and recovery of every young person with cancer in the UK.  
 
Teenage Cancer Trust leads the way in specialist support for young people with cancer in the UK and across the globe. We’re driven by what young people with cancer need and are the UK’s leading charity dedicated solely to the treatment, care, and support of young people with cancer.    
 
Are you an experienced fundraiser who can demonstrate growing and developing income across community fundraising?  This role could be for you. 

We’re looking to grow our hugely talented and successful Community Team, with the right Relationship Manager to join us in realising our strategy of Putting Young People First.  This role does not sit in a specific region (it is a UK wide role), and you will work collaboratively across the Community Team.  The role covers all aspects of community fundraising, giving you the opportunity to share skills with the team, and work in partnership with the wider organisation to maximise opportunities to ensure a coordinated approach. You will need to deliver and grow sustainable income in line with budget targets and the wider Community Team fundraising vision.  

• Experience of working in a fast-changing environment, able to demonstrate flexibility, adaptability and be able to self-manage and self-motivate. 
• Resilient, with a growth mindset, and with strong decision-making and problem-solving skills. 
• Experience of supporting the delivery and reporting of income budgets in excess of £250k per annum. 
• In depth knowledge and a significant track record of new business income generation across community and corporate fundraising, demonstrating entrepreneurial spirit, spotting the gold, and agility.
• A significant track record of high value account management to drive value and retention. 
• Experience of proactively building high value relationships in the community, managing complex & sensitive relationships, and managing volunteers at all levels.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to develop compelling cases for support as well as engage, persuade and inform a variety of different audiences. 
   
  If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

The Community Team at Teenage Cancer Trust works in a collaborative way across the UK and uses the term ‘Community Hub Team’ to demonstrate this. The Hub way of working was developed during lockdown to maximise opportunities across the UK regardless of fundraiser or supporter location - this new role embraces the Hub ethos and does not have a regional budget. 

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB  

• To ensure that the Community Hub Team generates income across the key income streams of community DIY fundraising, corporate fundraising and volunteer group fundraising, personally delivering and driving income to achieve an agreed income target.
• Using your experience, skills, and talents, identify and secure opportunities that develop long-term, high-value relationships; working across the fundraising directorate and wider charity to ensure a supporter first ethos.
• To research, identify and secure corporate new business opportunities which develop into long term high value relationships using robust planning.
• Work across the UK as part of the Community Hub Team and wider charity, sharing knowledge and supporting projects and activities to drive income and increase supporter engagement.
• As a Teenage Cancer Trust Ambassador, develop and share compelling cases of support to generate supporter engagement and income.
• Once a new supporter is engaged, your role will be to cultivate, uplift supporter value, steward accordingly and retain through the delivery of brilliant supporter care whilst of course being respectful of potential sensitivities.
• To work collaboratively across Community Hub Team by sharing skills, knowledge, and experience.

ROLE FOCUS 

RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT 

Community 

• To identify, develop, support and steward existing and potential high value relationships in the best interests of Teenage Cancer Trust. This will include sensitive patient linked relationships, senior community and business influencers and NHS contacts.
• Identifying, supporting, and thereafter retaining high-value supporters and opportunities over the longer term and building complex and high value networks that will enable this work. Where necessary utilising cross team working to maximise the supporter’s engagement with the charity.
• Provide advice, guidance and support to volunteers, individuals and groups carrying out DIY fundraising activities and challenge events, to uplift value and drive retention.
• Undertake detailed prospect research of stakeholders within the Community Hub Team using insight to prioritise and determine tactics to engage with supporters.
• Develop strong engagement plans and supporter journeys for identified prospects with senior stakeholders, decision makers and influencers in order to develop longer term pipelines of support.
• Work across the Community Hub Team – sharing knowledge, leading, and supporting projects and activities across the UK.
• Utilise local press, broadcast, and social media as a tool to promote volunteering, fundraising, recognise efforts and thanking your community and supporter base.
• Engage with relevant professional networks and membership bodies (e.g. Institute of Fundraising) and keep abreast of changes in the sector.
• Build and develop trusted relationships, when appropriate, with patients, their friends, and families to support fundraising, storytelling, and volunteering. Work sensitively and empathetically with this core audience group securing their long-term support and advocacy of the charity’s work.
• Ensure accurate and timely recording of all community activity in your area on CARE, maintaining and developing robust stewardship plans to maximise engagement of key supporters.

Corporate  

• Using your experience of Regional Corporate Fundraising you will build a robust pipeline of corporate support within your portfolio of supporters.
• In conjunction with the Regional Corporate Partnership Team, identify, research, qualify and cultivate corporate new business with a strong focus on long-term charity partnerships across the UK.
• Ensure that qualifying, due diligence and contracting with supporters is carried out effectively in order to protect the best interests of the charity.
• Account manage corporate partners, leading on the most complex by developing and delivering account management plans to optimise their fundraising activity, ensure longevity and maximise income raised across the UK.
• Ensure accurate and timely recording of all corporate activity on CARE, maintaining and developing robust stewardship plans to maximise engagement of key supporters.
• Work collaboratively with the Regional Corporate Partnerships and Community Hub Teams to support the development and delivery of high value, multi-site partnerships across the UK.

Volunteer Fundraising Groups & Volunteers 

• Identify, develop, and support networks of volunteers to deliver new income opportunities safely and legally.
• Research, build and support local fundraising groups and activities in line with the Community Hub Team Operational Plan.
• Identify UK wide volunteering opportunities to allow maximum ROI and support for the wider Community Hub Team.
• Ensure accurate and timely recording of all volunteering activity on CARE, maintaining and developing robust stewardship plans to maximise engagement of key supporters.

FINANCE AND PLANNING 

• Support with the generation of accurate monthly, quarterly and year end reports against a set of defined performance metrics.   Be accountable for developing and delivery of robust plans and pipelines, providing accurate income and activity forecasts against it.
• Proactively analyse internal and external data and insights, monitor activity trends, ensuring that opportunities are capitalised on and risks are mitigated to maintain a strong performance.
• Collaboratively working with the Projects Team, define data, process and system needs as they evolve to enable the development of Community Hub Team.
• Ensure effective administrative and financial processes are in place and ensure adherence to all internal policies and the fundraising code of practice.

INTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS  

• Seek opportunities to gain expertise/experience with colleagues in the Community Hub Team and wider charity.
• Use your experience to represent the Community Hub Team on specific and UK-Wide projects to improve overall performance.
• Work collaboratively with the Projects Team to ensure all projects you are involved with are systematic, developed in a timeline fashion and evaluated and underpin the Community Fundraising Strategy.
• Build collaborative working relationships within the fundraising directorate and wider charity, embracing a culture and principle of ‘one team, one target, one purpose’.
• With a supporter first focus, support and promote cross-team working to ensure all income opportunities are maximised.
• In collaboration with the Services and Funded Staff Teams across the UK to communicate brand and presence of the importance of fundraising to the charity.
• To enhance our brand and supporter engagement work collaboratively with MARCOMMS identifying and maximising opportunities across the UK.

OTHER DUTIES 

• To represent Teenage Cancer Trust externally at events, meetings and in the media.
• On occasion you may be required to provide cover for colleagues.
• To work with the wider Community Hub Team and Fundraising Directorate to champion initiatives and campaigns as needed for the delivery of the overall Fundraising Strategy.
• Undertake any other duties that are commensurate with the post as requested by your line manager.
• Carry out the duties of post in accordance with the Trust’s policies and procedures on Health and Safety and take responsibility for ensuring personal health and safety.
• Work flexibility, able to prioritise workload and work as part of a team.
• Due to the regular travel associated with the role, a car will be required.

DISCLOSURE AND BARRING CHECKS 

• This role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. 

KEY RELATIONSHIPS 

• Internal – Projects Team, EDI, Services, Fundraising Standards & Operations, Volunteering, Mass Participation, Music & Special Events, Innovation & NPD, Individual Giving, Corporate, Trusts, Philanthropy, Finance and Marketing and Communications.
• External – Supporters, Patient Families, Funded Staff, Volunteers, Fundraising Groups, Corporate Partners and suppliers.

Person Specification 

Essential Criteria. 

Experience   

• Proven experience of setting, managing, and delivering income budgets in excess of £250k per annum.
• Experience of driving and delivering income growth across community income streams
• A strong track record of new business income generation and account management. 
• Significant experience in relationship management. 
• Planning and delivering the highest quality supporter care and communications.  
• Managing complex and sensitive relationships. 
• Significant experience of proactively building high value relationships within the community and delivering long term value for the organisation.
• Working with volunteers at all levels.
• Demonstrable experience of developing account management plans to drive value and retention.  
• Proven ability to assess, manage and mitigate risk in all areas.  
• Proven ability to work to very tight deadlines in a dynamic and flexible environment  
• Use of a supporter/client database.  

Knowledge  

• A good understanding of the fundraising landscape in the UK.
• Strong understanding of how to develop a network of high value support across all income streams.
• Prospecting and business development techniques.   
• A creative and entrepreneurial flair. 
• A good knowledge of marketing and communication techniques.  
• An understanding of and interest in the issues affecting teenagers and young adults with cancer.  

Skills  

• Excellent written and communication skills with the power to persuade motivate and inspire whilst also delivering clear, concise messages.  
• Ability to develop compelling cases for support and communicate them in a variety of ways, particularly digitally and virtually.  
• Financially literate.   
• IT literate - the candidate must be confident using a computer and be experienced in using Microsoft Office software.
• Able to plan and present fundraising activities in a timely, relevant, and creative way.  
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and assertiveness skills.  
• Strong decision making and problem-solving skills.   
• Strong team worker and motivator of self and others.   
• Able to share skills with colleagues.  
• Able to plan and manage projects and activities to tight deadlines.

Personal Qualities  

• Team player who will support, inspire, and encourage collaboration amongst colleagues, but is also happy to work autonomously in a remote setting across the UK.
• Articulate and persuasive individual with gravitas and influence dealing at all levels.
• Approachable with a positive attitude, calm under pressure.
• An entrepreneurial, creative, proactive, strategic thinker who constantly seeks new sources of income.
• Empathetic.
• Willingness to travel.

Values  

• Commitment to the values, philosophy and ethos of Teenage Cancer Trust.

Preferred Criteria  

Experience  

• Working remotely as part of a geographically dispersed community Hub Team covering the whole of the UK across all income streams.
• Use of CARE database. 

Knowledge  

• Charity Law and procedures of the UK.

Applications to be received by:    Midday on 12/07/22

First stage interviews:                  18/07/22

Second stage interviews:              22/07/22

At Teenage Cancer Trust one of our key focuses is around equity and making sure our services are accessible and inclusive to all young people with cancer, with no-one left behind. We have the same goal for people working with us. We want you to be yourself here and thrive doing so. In line with our Equity, Diversity & Inclusion commitments, we would love to see applications from LGBTQ+ people, people of colour/those from ethnically diverse communities, people living with disabilities and people of faith. 

At Teenage Cancer Trust we take our commitment to safeguarding seriously and work to protect and promote the rights of the young people who we support. Our safeguarding responsibilities extend to the children and adults who work to support the charity, who we also have a duty of care to protect. Safeguarding is at the forefront of each activity we carry out. In line with our approach, this role is subject to a DBS check (Disclosure and Barring Service).  

For information on how we collect, store and process personal data please refer to our privacy policy please contact HR.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential. If there is any assistance or adjustments, we can make to support you to make your application, Please contact HR.

Prospectus is excited to be working with Sand Dams Worldwide to help them recruit for a Trust Fundraising Manager to join the team. Sand Dams Worldwide aims to support the world's poorest people by helping them to transform their own lives through soil and water conservation in drylands. The Trust Fundraising Manager will source new trust funding while maintaining and maximising funds from existing grant-makers.

The role is offered as a full-time permanent position to be initially home based with a salary of £32,000 to £35,000 based on experience.

The chosen candidate for this position will grow the annual trusts and foundations portfolio by developing and managing the existing pipeline and submitting bids for grants at a four and five figure level, while assisting with six figure bids. You will aim to maximise income by identifying and researching new opportunities for funding through awards and grants. As well as this, you will be tasked with maintaining clear and detailed records of all trust fundraising communications.

Sand Dams Worldwide is looking for a candidate with a proven track record of working autonomously to secure five figure bids from trusts and foundations. You will have strong communication skills with experience of building and maintaining relationships with prospective grant makers. This is a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about improving and developing the lives of some of the world's poorest people.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact Adam Allnutt at Prospectus.

If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

About the role

Throughout the global pandemic UnLtd have been able to maintain support for social entrepreneurs and the Business Development & Partnerships Team has played a significant role, securing over £50m from statutory funders, trusts and foundations including the National Lottery Community Fund, Comic Relief and DCMS.

The Business Development & Partnerships Team will continue to play an important role and will be accountable for generating a further £21m over the next three years.

We have already secured £9.7m of this leaving us with a remaining target of securing £11.3m over the next three years.

You will be accountable for developing and managing a pipeline of prospects with the goal of securing six and seven figure partnerships with trusts, foundations and statutory funders. You will work closely with the Head of Business Development & Partnerships and other internal stakeholders to co-manage partner relationships, ensuring UnLtd delivers, evidences, and communicates impact.

What we are looking for

We are looking for a dynamic Trusts fundraiser who has proven experience of securing high value partnerships/grants (from 5 figures) and managing and developing long term relationships.

The successful candidate must be a strong communicator, able to express ideas with clarity verbally and in writing to a range of audiences including but not limited to creating, writing and selling compelling cases for support.

Equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging are core to our culture, values and strategy – as are our aspirations in social justice and positively shaping our sector. Our new Trusts & Statutory Fundraising Manager will be passionate about developing partnerships which drive our inclusion ambitions, our impact and our long-term financial health.

Please click ‘Apply via website’ to be directed to the Peridot Partners website and to contact the advising consultants to discuss this role in more detail.

BirdLife International is the world’s largest nature conservation partnership. Through our unique local-to-global approach, we deliver high impact and long-term conservation for the benefit of nature and people.

As the Trusts & Foundations Manager, you will play a significant role in supporting the income generation that is needed to deliver BirdLife International’s new 10-year strategy. The postholder will manage a portfolio of Trusts and Foundations, securing significant levels of funding for BirdLife’s programmes and maximising sustainable net income for BirdLife International. You will proactively develop new business opportunities and ensure the potential of existing relationships are fully optimised and ensure the highest quality of stewardship and donor care is maintained to drive committed support.

The ideal candidate will have

· Trust & Foundations experience along with a proven oven track record in delivering partnerships and securing significant funding from trusts and foundations.

· An ability to explain complex, scientific issues to different audiences.

· An international outlook with a working understanding of, and respect for different cultures.

· Demonstrable experience in complex stakeholder management, leading others across a matrixed environment, including ability to influence and gain agreement for ideas and proposals from a variety of stakeholders.

· Excellent business partnering, communication and relationship building skills.

Please click ‘Apply via website’ to be directed to the website of Peridot Partners, our recruitment consultants, and contact them to discuss the role in more detail.

We are looking for a Website Fundraising Officer to join our passionate and high-performing Individual Giving team at Friends of the Earth. You’ll have significant Individual Giving experience with excellent knowledge of digital fundraising, good technical understanding, experience of developing web based fundraising products and nurturing audiences using our website. The role will work closely with Digital Delivery - our in-house team of developers and user experience designers.

Friends of the Earth have big goals to build a fairer, more sustainable world for all. As an Individual Giving team, we’ve got really ambitious plans to fulfil those goals, and we need specialist fundraisers who are passionate about fighting for people and our planet to help us achieve them. This role will be key to ensuring we optimise and grow our website fundraising activity to help us meet our organisational objectives.

 Key skills and attributes:

You’ll have excellent communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills, with good technical understanding of user interfaces, content management systems, data capture and compliance; skills which will facilitate the delivery of our core individual programme. Strong reporting and analytical skills are essential to drive improvements via actionable insight and skills around split testing and optimisation are important.

The team:

The role is in the supportive and friendly Individual Giving (IG) team, which sits within the Income Generation directorate. Our Individual Giving programme covers a diverse range of activities and direct marketing tactics. This includes Supporter Recruitment activity such as paid social, inserts and conversion emails as well as a testing programme for new activity. Our Supporter Experience programme includes cash appeals, upgrade, reactivation, supporter magazines, a supporter panel, e-appeals and retention activity.  Our team also has an Innovation programme to develop new products and a Legacy programme.

The IG programme has evolved hugely over the past few years, with a big increase in our digital activity and collaboration with teams across the organisation (including campaigns, marketing, creative and digital) to create compelling and integrated plans. 

Closing date:  10th July 2022

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant organisational culture. 

Our staff body is currently under-representative of People of Colour, LGBTQIA+ people and people with long term conditions or impairments: We are committed to eroding these historic barriers, so as to create a movement in which people from all walks of life see themselves in, and so we particularly encourage you to apply if you belong to one of these groups or sit at multiple intersections of disadvantage.

Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all. 

Role: Trusts & Major Donors Consultant

Reports to: CEO & Founder

Location: Remote working

Days: 8 days / month  

Payment: £250 / day

About Abram Wilson

Inspired by the critically acclaimed and award-winning musician Abram Wilson, we are here to champion underrepresented and unrecognised talent. We provide visibility, access and opportunity within an industry which is often closed to all but the most privileged. 

We meet young people exactly where they’re at – whether that’s at school, in the community or online – and encourage them to find their unique musical identity.

And we offer practical support to emerging musicians and music professionals by sharing valuable connections and opportunities.

We’ve worked with +200 performing artists, providing strategic support to 45 and delivered 72 gigs to nearly 10,000 audience members.

Since 2015 we’ve reached over 10,000 YP in deprived areas with performances and 650 participants with +550-hours of participatory arts workshops in London and Birmingham in partnership with Hackney Empire, Church of Sound, Premises Studios, National Maritime Museum and THSH Birmingham.

Our purpose

We inspire, connect and open doors to the music industry so that young people from disadvantaged and diverse backgrounds have an equal chance to realise their creative potential.

Our vision

A music industry that genuinely reflects the best image of our society so any young person is able to see it as a place for them and can participate in, and collectively contribute to the next generation of talent. 

Our values

• We challenge inequality

Promoting inclusivity and equity in music.

• We pay it forward

Sharing our knowledge, skills, and networks with the next generation

• We work tirelessly

To encourage young people to find and use their creative voice

• We are champions

Of untapped, undiscovered and unrealised talent

What’s the role?

We’re looking for a Trusts & Major Donors Consultant to work with us on maintaining relationships with current donors and securing new major donors for Abram Wilson.

Am I someone you might be looking for? 

Are you self-motivated and passionate about securing income from trusts and foundations and major donors?

Do you have a can-do and confident attitude with strong experience in managing your own portfolio of trusts and foundations?

Do you have experience in securing new grants, increasing funders’ grants from previous years, securing multi-year grants and stewarding trust and foundations relationships?

Do you also have experience in managing your own portfolio of high-net-worth individuals including securing new major donors, increasing donors’ gifts and stewarding major donor relationships?

Are you proud of your written and verbal communication skills?

Do you have excellent attention to detail and can you anticipate problems before they arise?

Are you happy with the idea of working remotely, and as part of a small virtual team?

Can you work independently and prioritise a varied workload?

Are you organised, proactive and dedicated to putting in the work and building relationships with both our current and prospective funders and major donors?

If you can answer yes to the majority of these questions, then we’d love to hear from you!

Please note, that we are actively seeking candidates who are from minoritised backgrounds. 

That sounds like me! What exactly is the role though?

You’ll work with our founder to agree on targets before:

• Undertaking research and becoming the lead point of contact for increasing our income from trusts and donors through research and relationship building
• Creating a strategy for identifying, cultivating, securing, and stewarding new trusts and donors
• Creating pitches, proposals, and cases for support as part of your approach and adapting as needed
• Securing multi-year financial commitments from trusts and foundations
• Securing annual gifts of £1,000 or more from individuals
• Reporting back to funders and donors in a timely fashion
• Regularly liaising with our Impact and Programmes team to:
  • collate information for proposals and pitches
  • collate qualitative and quantitative data for reports
• Regularly liaising with our Marketing and Comms team on:
  • our communication plan with donors through socials, emails, letters, and reports demonstrating the impact of gifts
  • identifying individual donors who have the potential to connect us to trusts and foundations and increase their donations
• Pro-actively keeping our trust pipeline, an internal filing system for trusts and donors, and database updated
• Liaising with our Founder & CEO regularly on planned applications, projected income and any deadline changes

Sounds like a job for me! How do I apply? 

Please send a 1-2 page CV and cover letter of 1-2 pages OR a five-minute video explaining the following:

• Why you’re interested in the role
• Why do you think you’d be good at the role with examples of where you have excelled in the areas we’ve listed above
• What is it that attracts you to Abram Wilson the charity and the programmes we deliver 

When is the deadline?

Deadline to apply: 4th July 2022 at 10 am and we anticipate interviews will be a couple of weeks after that via Zoom. 

When are the interviews? 

We have blocked the 20th, 21st and 22nd of July for interviews. 

Can I find out more before I apply? 

You can book a call with our CEO & Founder to discuss the role and what we might expect from an application between 22nd June – 30th June. This will be subject to availability. 

If you’re successful with an interview, we will make sure you’re clear about what kind of questions we’ll be asking so you can prepare accordingly. 

Access requirements

Please let us know if our application process needs to be adapted for your access requirements. 

Any Ts & Cs I need to know about? 

● This is a self-employed post

● The fee is paid monthly in arrears upon receipt of an accurate invoice

● We work remotely so you’ll need a laptop, access to good wi-fi and Microsoft Office

● If you’re engaged to work with us, you must be able to provide the correct documents as proof of your right to work in the UK

● Having Public Liability Insurance is vital, can be acquired once position has been filled

Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Home Based in London and 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.

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Salary: £44,000

Working hours: Full time 36.5 hours Mon - Fri (plus some evening and weekend working)

Contract type: Permanent

Location: The Active Wellbeing Society Head Office - Hay Hall Manor House, Hay Hall Business Park, Redfern Road, Tyseley B11 2BE with travel around Birmingham and other locations as and when required. Note this is a hybrid working post to include some homeworking.

The Active Wellbeing Society are a community benefit society and cooperative working to tackle inequality and promote community wellbeing. Our work with communities cuts across a wide range of policy agendas – from health and social care to transport and planning, community cohesion to climate action, jobs and skills to physical activity – and is increasingly recognised nationally as demonstrating best practice in reaching and supporting those from our most disadvantaged communities and achieving significant system and behaviour change.

As Head of Funding, you will join the organisation at an exciting time as we develop our national profile and delivery. You will lead a team of Development Officers working across a wide range of programme areas, building on the work of the organisation over the last 4 years.

You will be an active member of our Senior Management Team and help shape ideas and thinking as the organisation embarks on the next phase of its future development and growth, including contributions to emerging shifts in our fundraising strategy.

Main Duties

1.Manage the funding & development team, oversee and strengthen our current funding operations

2.Build on our existing portfolio of funding, which includes statutory and commercial tenders, as well as grant funding

3.Ensure funding streams are consistent with TAWS’ core values and strategic goals

4.Ensure existing funding relationships are positively maintained, and relationships with commissioners are effectively managed, undertaking high-level representation when required

5.Lead on the preparation of major funding proposals

6.Track and report on external fundraising trends and help teams match opportunities with strategic priorities

7.Proactively manage the organisational funding pipeline of opportunities and rolling submissions, as a tool for planning and decision-making

8.Ensure funding perspectives are integrated into programme-level strategic plans

9.Support the organisation to realise its income targets

10.Inspire and manage the funding & development team so that they are motivated, flexible and collaborative in their approach, and are developing professionally

11.Cultivate relationships with programme leads and support them in:

12. Developing new projects and services with appropriate funding strategies

13.Achieving quality proposal submissions, including sign-off responsibility

14. Ensuring effective grant management

15. Work closely with colleagues in finance and HR to ensure funding proposals and submissions are fully costed and resource implications are understood.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Knowledge and Experience

·Extensive experience as a leader in a fundraising environment with strong managerial and leadership skills

·Track record of raising both unrestricted and restricted funds, and achieving high value contracts and grants

·Track record of successfully support, motivating, mentoring and managing colleagues

·Experience of developing and delivering on fundraising strategies

·A record in confidently developing networks, building alliances, nurturing ideas and relationships with individuals, new collaborators and funders – including avenues for income generation

·Involvement in at least one of the following: public sector commissioning, institutional/statutory grants, trusts and foundations or commercial bids.

·Experience of project design and development

·Experience of planning and managing budgets

Skills & Attributes

·Good interpersonal skills with an ability to lead a team, build effective working relationships and deal with senior level contacts, both internally and externally

·A collaborative team player who builds on colleagues’ knowledge and expertise to develop innovative ideas and positive learning

·A strategic thinker with the ability to spot opportunities, grasp ideas, generate solutions and operate with initiative, confidence and drive

·Good understanding of communications and an ability to convey the organisation’s mission and added value

·Proven ability in programme and project design, and the translation of complex ideas into fundable proposals

·Good writing skills with attention to detail

·An ability to prioritise and manage a diverse and demanding workload, meet deadlines, and deal with unexpected changes (including occasional evening and weekend work)

.       Excellent written and spoken English

Staff Benefits 

We offer our team members a comprehensive staff benefits offering to include:

• Nest Pension – 8% employer contribution - 3 % employee contribution.
• Heath Cash Plan – giving you discounts on everyday healthcare such as dental, optical, physio, prescriptions & more.
• Employee Assistance Programme (counselling and DRs on call 24hrs a day)
• Life Assurance – x4 your salary paid to beneficiary.
• Annual Leave – 25 days FTE (increasing to 29 days with service) plus 5 wellbeing days
• Flexible working
• Fantastic volunteering opportunities within The Active Wellbeing Society every month

APPLICATION DETAILS

Please submit a Cover Letter and CV addressing the experience you have had relevant to the 'Main Duties' and the 'Knowledge & Skills' sections of the advert, paying attention to the following:

1. Extensive experience as a leader in a fundraising environment with strong managerial and leadership skills
2. Track record of raising both unrestricted and restricted funds, and achieving high value contracts and grants
3. A record in confidently developing networks, building alliances, nurturing ideas and relationships with individuals, new collaborators and funders – including avenues for income generation
4. Involvement in at least one of the following: public sector commissioning, institutional/statutory grants, trusts and foundations or commercial bids.
5. Track record of successfully support, motivating, mentoring and managing colleagues

Closing Date: Monday 18 July 2022 midnight

Due to the high numbers of applications we received for our job vacancies, we may close application windows early, so we would encourage you to submit your application ASAP

We will provide all applicants with an outcome on your application, this will usually be within 1 week of the application window closing.

Successful applicants will be required to be DBS checked prior to starting.

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we, in recruiting for our team we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring. The Active Wellbeing Society is committed to being an equal opportunity employer, we recruit based upon capability and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. At The Active Wellbeing Society we are searching for people who share the passion for what we do with different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences, collectively making a difference.

If there is anything we can do to assist you in your application or preparations to be interviewed for one of our job vacancies please let us know and we can ensure you have a positive and comfortable experience.

Thank you for your interest in working for The Active Wellbeing Society, we look forward to receiving your application.

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Corporate and Trusts Fundraising team for the position of Senior Trusts Fundraiser. This role would be perfect for an experienced Trusts Fundraiser who can bring their flair and imagination to create appealing applications and craft impact driven high level stewardship. Your financial targets will help patients and their families living with complex and incurable conditions, by enabling Our client, a well-loved local charity to deliver their much needed medical, social and emotional services.

They already have a strong portfolio of existing Trusts but supported by the newly created role of Corporate and Trusts Researcher who you will line manage, you will successfully grow this pipeline by researching, identifying and approaching prospective grantmakers. You will lead and write applications and will use your relationship management skills to network with internal teams to find useful data, funding needs and identify people whose extraordinary stories you can retell in applications and stewardship materials.

This is a rewarding role to make into your own and 2022 is an exciting year to join Our client. Not only are they celebrating 40 years of care, but they are launching new services and expanding existing ones, aimed at supporting more and a wider range of people. The Senior Trusts Fundraiser will play an important part in this care.

Closing date for applications: 8 July 2022

Location: Agile working – based across sites but with some homeworking.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week plus evenings and weekends as the role requires.
Salary: Band 5 - (£25,612 - £32,583 per annum according to skills and experience)
Closing date: 08-07-2022

You may have experience of the following: Senior Trusts & Grants Fundraiser, Senior Fundraising Executive, Fundraiser, Fundraising Executive, Senior Fundraising Assistant, Senior Fundraising Officer, Fundraising Assistant, Fundraising Executive, Business Development, Fundraising Officer, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, NFP, Not for Profit, etc.

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

About the role

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

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

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

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

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

About Kinship

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

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

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

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

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

This is an exciting time to join Muscular Dystrophy Support Centre (MDSC) as Head of Fundraising! We are a small charity that is looking to grow and is ambitious to increase our impact. We are a dynamic, supportive and committed team, and we offer a flexible working environment.

MDSC’s mission is to transform access to physical therapies for people with muscular dystrophy (MD) in the Midlands. Established in 2012, MDSC was set up and led by people with, or affected by, MD. From our main centre in Coventry, and with satellite clinics in Birmingham, the Black Country, and Leicester, we currently support over 450 adults with MD, by providing specialist physiotherapy, osteopathy and complementary therapies on a long-term basis.  We are the only organisation in the Midlands region to do so, and one of only two in the UK.

In 2019 MDSC received monies from the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) underpinning our 5-year strategy to increase our service user numbers and therapy hours offered.  By 2025 we plan to be supporting over 1,100 people with MD and be providing therapy at two more satellite clinics in Worcestershire and Northamptonshire – improving access for people with MD in the Midlands to vital therapies that enable them to live well with their condition. 

We currently receive around 37% of our income from NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (charitable activities income) and the remainder is voluntary income which the postholder will be responsible for (35% is from trusts and foundations, 19% from NLCF and the balance from service user donations / community fundraising).

The role of Head of Fundraising is a key leadership position, and its purpose is to inspire others and generate income. With the support of everyone within the Charity the post holder will be championed to meet income targets that will enable us to enhance and expand our services over the coming years.

This role would be great for an established Head of Fundraising, or a candidate who has deep trusts and foundations experience and who would like to build on and diversify their fundraising skills base, enhancing/ developing their leadership capabilities. The role offers a unique opportunity to work collaboratively with a small, highly dedicated team and to work with service users, allowing you to experience the direct impact of your work on the lives of our service users. 

Before you start an application for this post, please ensure that you:

• Have read and understood the requirements of the role
• Meet all the essential criteria in the Person Specification
• Are available for and able to take part in an interview (details as to whether this will be face to face or online will be confirmed at the time of shortlisting) on Tuesday 12 July 2022, and a second stage interview on Wednesday 20 July 2022