We have an opportunity for new trustees to join our board and support our strategy development and continue our peacebuilding work in complex environments.Being a Saferworld trustee is a valuable experience, where the post-holder can use their leadership and experience to influence the organisation's future direction.

As a trustee you will have a high level of personal integrity and be committed to Saferworld’s vision, mission, values and approach to peacebuilding. You will be responsible for ensuring the charity is carrying out its purpose for the public benefit and complying with our governing document law. The person we are looking for will be proactive, creative and be able to commit to a minimum of 3 years.

We are therefore particularly interested in hearing from individuals with competence and interest in the following areas:

• Fundraising/financial/corporate management
• Communications and advocacy
• Human resources
• Organisational management / governance experience in the charitable sector
• all candidates who would bring substantial reelvant experience and expertise. 

We have a fantastic opportunity to join us at an exciting, busy time for the charity.  We are looking for a highly motivated, confident, proactive, friendly and organised candidate who is passionate about our work.  

You will have exceptional attention to detail, able to provide high level administration to our CEO, CFOO, leadership team and our board of Trustees.  You'll be a confident communicator, able to engage internal and external stakeholders.  You'll provide proactive, day to day executive assistant support to the CEO, working closely together on a range of activities as well as independently producing documents and briefing papers, collating board papers, putting together presentations for meetings and be able to take concise minutes.  The successful candidate will have essential knowledge and understanding of charity governance processes, regulations and best practice and be able to coordinate the governance function.

Working with a dedicated, skilled, hard-working leadership team, this is a brilliant role for anyone wanting to further develop their career in an established, growing charity.

Please apply with a CV and covering letter via our website detailing how you meet the criteria for the role.  The closing date for applications is Monday 7th October, and interviews will be held on Wednesday 16th October. 

A basic DBS check will be required for the successful applicant.

We value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Benenden Charitable Trust provides financial assistance to current and former members of Benenden Health experiencing hardship and distress.

The trust can agree grants of up to £3,000 for a variety of health-related needs, including specialist equipment, home adaptations and some medical treatments, as well as financial assistance where managing everyday living costs is a struggle. The trust can also help in unexpected situations which aren’t related to a health condition, but which are affecting the individual’s wellbeing, such as bereavement, divorce or redundancy.

Benenden Charitable Trust is seeking to appoint an Independent Trustee to join its board of trustees. Trustees hold the charity ‘in trust’ for current and future beneficiaries by:

• Ensuring that the charity has a clear vision, mission and strategic direction and is focused on achieving these.
• Ensuring that Benenden Charitable Trust complies with its governing document (i.e. its Articles of Association), charity law, company law and any other relevant legislation or regulations.
• Ensuring that Benenden Charitable Trust pursues its objects as defined in its governing document.
• Ensuring Benenden Charitable Trust applies its resources exclusively in pursuance of its objects, i.e. it must not spend money on activities which are not included in the objects, however worthwhile they may be.
• I dentification and management of risk.
• Acting as guardians of the charity’s assets, both tangible and intangible, taking all due care over their security, deployment and proper application.

Main Tasks

• Take part in formulating and regularly reviewing the strategic aims of the charity
• Ensuring policies and practices are in keeping with aims
• Understand and actively undertake the responsibilities of a trustee, as outlined by the Charity Commission.
• Attend meetings of the trustees and be an active member of the Board in exercising its responsibilities and functions.
• Ensure that the organisation functions within the legal and financial requirements of a charitable organisation and strives to achieve best practice.
• Contribute specific skills, interests and contacts and support the charity through promoting its activities.
• Maintain good relations with senior management and all staff.
• Actively promote the organisation's purpose, values and strategy at all times.
• Take part in training sessions provided for the benefit of the trustees.
• Fulfil such other duties and assignments as may be required from time to time by the trustee body.

Knowledge and Experience

• Awareness of how charities operate and the role of trustees.
• Ability to operate at different levels, understanding when a detailed assessment is necessary and when to apply a strategic approach.
• Ability to think outside the box to contribute to strategic discussions.
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of social trends and their implications for those in times of hardship.

We are open to all appropriate applications but would particularly welcome candidates with experience at a senior level in management of mental health or social care services.

Flexibility and Adaptability

• Able to assimilate information quickly and deal with fast moving discussions.
• Ability to respect boundaries between executive and governance functions.

Judgement and Decision Making

• Understand the need for and actively demonstrate confidentiality.
• Empathetic to the work of the charity.

Interpersonal Skills

• Positive Attitude.
• Ability to work as part of a team, with colleague and management.
• Effective communication skills.
• Ability to give and receive feedback objectively and sensitively and a willingness to challenge constructively.

The position is voluntary and unpaid. Travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses will be reimbursed in line with the Benenden Travel & Expenses policy.

• Attendance at quarterly Trustee meetings in York, London and Kent.
• One-day annual strategy seminar.
• Decision making on cases above the approval limits of the operational team.

Closing Date: 5pm, Monday 7th October 2019

If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please consider your application to be unsuccessful in this instance.

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website. 

No agencies please.

Role Description for Trustee – Fundraising lead

Join us for an exciting opportunity to make a difference... 

As a Trustee with a fundraising background, you will take the lead at board level on fundraising, whilst ensuring that the collective responsibility of the Board of Trustees for the fundraising governance is maintained.

The statutory duties of all trustees are:

• To ensure that the organisation complies with its governing document, charity law, company law and any other relevant legislation or regulations.
• To ensure that the organisation pursues its objects as defined in its governing document.
• To ensure the organisation uses its resources exclusively in pursuance of its objects: the organisation must not spend money on activities which are not included in its own objects, no matter how worthwhile or charitable those activities are.
• To contribute actively to the board of trustees’ role in giving firm strategic direction to the organisation, setting overall policy, defining goals and setting targets and evaluating performance against agreed targets.
• To safeguard the good name and values of the organisation.
• To ensure the effective and efficient administration of the organisation.
• To ensure the financial stability of the organisation.
• To protect and manage the property of the charity and to ensure the proper investment of the charity’s funds.
• To appoint the Chief Executive Officer and monitor his/her performance

In addition to the above statutory duties, a Trustee should use any specific skills, knowledge or experience they have to help the board of trustees reach sound decisions. This may involve:

• Promoting the interests of the charity at all opportunities
• Providing guidance on new initiatives
• Other issues in which the Trustee has special expertise

Main Responsibilities of Trustee – Fundraising Lead

In relation to the Board - provide insight and confidence to other Trustees on: 

• The long-term vision and strategic direction for Shine’s fundraising plans
• Areas for investment in income generation and the return on investment
• A balanced view of diverse income streams and the different levels of risk and reward.
• Managing risks and ensuring compliance with the Code of Fundraising Practice, and with the laws and standards laid down by other bodies such as the ICO and the Fundraising Regulator. 
• Progress against the annual fundraising plans in relation to the Director of Fundraising and Marketing

• Consult with Director of Fundraising and Marketing on matters of fundraising strategy and short and long-term direction
• Receive progress reports of performance from the Director of Fundraising and Marketing.

Person Specification

Essential for the Fundraising Lead

• A substantial background as a senior charity fundraiser with proven track record of success at an operational and strategic level.
• An understanding of the UK charity sector, good governance, Charity Commission, relevant legislations and statutory requirements
• An understanding of the challenges facing small and medium UK charities in maximising income streams and donor cultivation.
• Experience of diverse fundraising practices – individual giving, corporate and philanthropic giving, and trusts and foundations would be valuable.
• Excellent networking skills, influencing and communication skills.
• Knowledge of digital or social media.
• A thorough understanding of the Code of Fundraising Practice.
• An interest in the work of Shine

Essential for all Trustees

• Understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of Trusteeship and adhering to Nolan’s seven principles of public life: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.
• Commitment to the charity’s objects, aims and values and willingness to devote time to carry out responsibilities.
• Strategic and forward-looking vision in relation to the charity’s objects and aims.
• Good, independent judgement, political impartiality and the ability to think creatively in the context of the organisation and external environment.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to respect the confidences of colleagues.
• Balancing tact and diplomacy with willingness to challenge and constructively criticise.

Desirable for all Trustees

• To have spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus or direct knowledge of the conditions through personal or professional connections (and/or disability in general) and an understanding of the impact of the conditions on people’s lives
• Prior experience of committee/trustee work.

• Knowledge of the type of work undertaken by the charity.
• A wider involvement with the voluntary sector.
• Experience of chairing meetings, committee work
• Leadership skills exercised through a period change.

Time Commitment

• Up to 6 days a year, which include:

- 4 days for Committee meetings. These dates will be planned well in advance.  Board meetings usually take place in Shine’s Head Office in Peterborough.

- Phone calls or meetings with the Director of Fundraising and Marketing.  Location can be flexible. 

For a discussion about the volunteer trustee role:

Please contact Kate Steele, CEO at Shine 

To apply:

Please submit a CV and covering letter to Steve Ellen, Director of Finance

Closing date: 11 October 2019

Alternative Futures Group – Trustees 

Location: Meetings held in Prescot

Salary: Unremunerated, but expenses paid

With a turnover of over £60m, and over 2,500 staff, Alternative Futures Group is one of the largest health and social care charities in the country, and currently supports around 1,200 people across the UK with life-enhancing, person-centred support.

A proudly north western organisation, we work locally in the community and through our Treatment and Recovery Centres to provide a wide range of innovative and bespoke care services to people with a diverse range of care needs, including:

• Learning Disabilities
• Physical Disabilities
• Mental Health Concerns
• Substance misuse issues
• Complex care
• Autism
• Young people in transition

Throughout all of our services we focus on personalised support, tailoring services to the needs and aspirations of each individual; supporting them to lead the lives they want as active citizens in their communities.

Alternative Futures Group are now looking to appoint up to five new Trustees to help drive our organisation forward whilst maintaining our strong reputation with regulators and commissioners; our north western identity; our values; and our creativity and willingness to innovate.

While the new Trustees do not necessarily need to have held previous non-executive roles, they will be able to demonstrate a track record of success in wide reaching, senior leadership positions, and be willing and able to contribute to the full agenda at Alternative Futures Group. In addition, we are looking for Trustees with experience and expertise at a strategic level in one or more of the following areas:

• Social housing, with a focus on commercial development
• Clinical mental health services
• Social care services
• Finance, with a focus on strategic organisational development
• Advocacy for people with learning disabilities, such as a senior member of a service user group or a recognised public advocate / campaigner

A strong profile in, connections to and networks in the north west would be advantageous, as would be connections to national policy making.

If you would like to receive an Information Pack for this role, and details on how to apply, please click Apply or contact Jenny Hills at Harris Hill Executive Search.

Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 23rd September

Role description for Trustee – Human Resource lead

Join us for an exciting opportunity to make a difference... 

As a Trustee with a Human Resources background, you will take the lead at board level, whilst ensuring that the collective responsibility of the Board of Trustees for the management, support and development of Shine’s staff is maintained.

The statutory duties of all trustees are:

• To ensure that the organisation complies with its governing document, charity law, company law and any other relevant legislation or regulations.
• To ensure that the organisation pursues its objects as defined in its governing document.
• To ensure the organisation uses its resources exclusively in pursuance of its objects: the organisation must not spend money on activities which are not included in its own objects, no matter how worthwhile or charitable those activities are.
• To contribute actively to the board of trustees’ role in giving firm strategic direction to the organisation, setting overall policy, defining goals and setting targets and evaluating performance against agreed targets.
• To safeguard the good name and values of the organisation.
• To ensure the effective and efficient administration of the organisation.
• To ensure the financial stability of the organisation.
• To protect and manage the property of the charity and to ensure the proper investment of the charity’s funds.
• To appoint the Chief Executive Officer and monitor his/her performance

In addition to the above statutory duties, a Trustee should use any specific skills, knowledge or experience they have to help the board of trustees reach sound decisions. This may involve:

• Promoting the interests of the charity at all opportunities
• Providing guidance on new initiatives
• Other issues in which the Trustee has special expertise

Main Responsibilities of Trustee – HR Lead

In relation to the Board:

Advise Trustees on the long-term vision and strategic direction for investment in human resources:

• to grow, maintain and develop staff throughout the organisation
• to contribute to HR policy setting, strategic direction, goal and target setting, and evaluate performance against targets, budgets, plans and charitable objectives
• to ensure that HR activities and interventions are linked to Shine’s charitable objectives and complement the company culture
• to advise on and help improve management of HR
• to ensure the Board of Trustees properly remunerates staff, reviewing and rewarding performance and development opportunities

In relation to the Chief Executive and HR Management Function:

• To work with Shine’s CEO to review current HR management arrangements, and provide guidance on HR strategy and short and long-term direction
• Receive progress reports on HR and any reoccurring staffing issues

Person Specification

Essential for the HR lead

• A substantial background as a senior HR professional, with proven track record of success at an operational and strategic level.
• An understanding of the UK charity sector, good governance, Charity Commission, relevant legislations and statutory requirements
• A thorough understanding of HR policy and practice
• Experience of performance management, HR/employment law issues and implementing them contextually
• Working effectively as a team member and demonstrating a willingness to learn and develop
• Excellent networking skills, influencing and communication skills.
• An interest in the work of Shine

Essential for all Trustees

• Understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of Trusteeship and adhering to Nolan’s seven principles of public life: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.
• Commitment to the charity’s objects, aims and values and willingness to devote time to carry out responsibilities.
• Strategic and forward-looking vision in relation to the charity’s objects and aims.
• Good, independent judgement, political impartiality and the ability to think creatively in the context of the organisation and external environment.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to respect the confidences of colleagues.
• Balancing tact and diplomacy with willingness to challenge and constructively criticise.

Desirable for all Trustees

• To have spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus or direct knowledge of the conditions through personal or professional connections (and/or disability in general) and an understanding of the impact of the conditions on people’s lives

• Prior experience of committee/trustee work.
• Direct experience of spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus and understanding of the impact the condition has on people’s lives.
• Knowledge of the type of work undertaken by the charity.
• A wider involvement with the voluntary sector.
• Experience of chairing meetings, committee work
• Leadership skills exercised through a period change.

Time Commitment

• Up to 6 days a year, which include:

- 4 days for Committee meetings. These dates will be planned well in advance.  Board meetings usually take place in Shine’s Head Office in Peterborough.

- Phone calls or meetings with the CEO / HR advisers

For a discussion about the volunteer trustee role:

Please contact Kate Steele, CEO at Shine 

To apply:

Please submit a CV and covering letter to Steve Ellen, Director of Finance

Closing date: 11 October 2019

Poole Arts Trust Ltd is the charity responsible for managing Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts, a leading, nationally recognised world-class venue rooted in its community, where anyone can come and enjoy the arts.

As the largest Arts Centre outside of the Capital, the venue is home to a diverse range of live art genres in its programme by local, global and emerging artists. It presents c.560 performances and 600 film screenings each year of Theatre, Music, Dance, Film, Contemporary Circus, Comedy and Light Entertainment. There are opportunities for people of all ages and abilities across the Dorset region to engage and participate and support for new talent to perform in this iconic building.

Lighthouse is the home of the internationally acclaimed Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. We receive public funding from BCP Council and from Arts Council England – as a National Portfolio Organisation.

We are seeking new board members to support the senior management to drive our continuing success and fulfil our ambitions for the future. You will help to shape overall strategy, ensure the quality and compliance of our governance and trading activities and provide invaluable independent guidance and judgment to help us realise our vision.

Joining an experienced board, new Trustees will have substantial senior-level experience and expertise and will be able to work at a strategic level alongside Lighthouse staff.

Whilst we welcome expressions of interest from all candidates, we are particularly keen to hear from applicants with the following knowledge and experience:

• Legal
• Strategic commercial / facilities management
• FE/HE Education

Trustees are a non-executive voluntary role and a minimum term of three years’ commitment is required. Trustees serve as non-executive directors for one or two terms and time is given voluntarily. Meetings take place five times a year plus an annual away day. Trustees will also be asked to become a member of a small subcommittee that focuses on a particular subject or area.

We aim to have a wide range of people on the Board and seek to be representative of the diverse population and community of the South West. Previous board experience is preferable but not essential.

In return, we will strive to offer a lively, friendly and interesting place to contribute to, a unique opportunity to help progress an ambitious organisation and of course opportunities to experience many wonderful performances.

We are looking for individuals with a passion for improving children’s outcomes and want to use their skills and expertise or lived experiences to strengthen our Trustee Board.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join the Board of Trustees at School-Home Support (SHS) at an exciting time as we continue to grow our reach nationally.

Trustees
Unpaid post
Half-day per month commitment
Our Board of Trustees meets four times a year, usually at the central office in Stratford, London.

We are an innovative charity committed to breaking down the barriers that prevent disadvantaged children from thriving in education, by tackling the underlying issues affecting a child’s learning. We work with families, schools, local services, and corporate partners to break intergenerational cycles of poverty and make a real, positive difference to vulnerable children across the UK. 

SHS is looking to welcome new trustees to our talented team and strengthen our innovative organisation at governance level. We are seeking dynamic, engaged individuals who demonstrate leadership abilities but above all are passionate about seeing children reach their full potential. We are ambitious about expanding the national reach of SHS and want new trustees on board who are committed to improving children’s life chances.

We are looking to strengthen the board with a range of skills and experience including:

• Lived experiences – We are looking for candidates who have similar lived experiences to our beneficiaries. They will bring shared experience and empathy to support us to ensure our services offer practical support to those facing similar challenges. They will also support us to improve co-production across everything we do, involving our beneficiaries in the development and implementation of all our services.   
• Safeguarding – extensive experience and expertise at a senior and strategic level. We are looking for candidates who would be willing to progress to the role of Safeguarding Lead trustee in due course.
• Financial – extensive experience and expertise (experience in the voluntary sector would be advantageous). We are looking for candidates who would consider progressing to role of Chair of the Finance committee in due course

SHS values equality and diversity. Our staff and the people supported by SHS are from very diverse communities and we want our Board to reflect this. As we expand to new communities across the UK, we are also keen to include regional diversity on the Board.

You can expect a strong induction and there is a buddy system in place for new trustees to support them in their role.

Closing date: 23:59pm Sunday 20 October 2019
Interviews: Tuesday 19 November (at SHS central office in Stratford, London)

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the 'Apply on Website' button to be directed to the School-Home Support website where you can download the relevant information pack and application form. 

No agencies please.

London Community Foundation exist to help develop strong and connected communities. They do this by inspiring individual and corporate philanthropy – as well as public sector funds – to invest in London’s grassroots charities. The Foundation has unrivalled access to small charities and community groups across London and their role is to inspire London’s wealth to support them.  Having now made grants totalling £80 million since their founding in 1995, the Foundation has seen their annual grant awards grow from £60,000 to £9.5 million over this period.

Chair and Trustee
Unremunerated
London

London Community Foundation now seeks to grow the size of their Trustee Board to greater reflect their role in London’s communities. This is still an exciting time of growth for the Foundation as they continue to make more grants than ever before and this year are establishing a pro-bono advisory network to strengthen their reach into the City and its leaders.

The Board of London Community Foundation seek to recruit a new Chair and Trustee to support the continued ambition of the foundation in inspiring the Capital’s generosity and investment in frontline, grassroots community organisations.

The Chair will lead a motivated and collaborative board, bringing with them strategic vision and gravitas whilst being willing to take an active role in business development and donor engagement.

The Trustee will bring senior level experience within either a grantmaking or commissioning organisation, ideally with experience in areas of need relevant to the work of London Community Foundation.

Both Chair and Trustee will be deeply invested in London, its diversity and its communities.

London Community Foundation is committed to achieving greater diversity in its board, and welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, belief or disability.

To read more about the role, and to find out how to apply, please read the detailed Appointment Brief on the Prospectus website which can be reached by clicking on the apply button.

If you wish to have an informal and confidential conversation, please contact Ami Jenick or Jess Stockford at Prospectus
   
Closing date: 14th October 2019
Initial interviews with Prospectus: w/c 28th October & w/c 4th November
Panel interviews with London Community Foundation: w/c 18th November

We are looking for a Treasurer who is interested and committed to the aims of Vision Aid Overseas and would like to join a dynamic, welcoming Board. You will have governance responsibility for overseeing the affairs of the charity and ensuring it is solvent, well-run with thorough safeguarding procedures in place and delivering the charitable outcomes for the benefit of the public for which it has been set up.

In line with our equal opportunities policy we welcome the widest possible range of expressions of interest in order to increase the diversity of our Board.

 It is not essential to be qualified as an accountant for this role, but we do need someone with interest and experience in charity finance. 

This role is not remunerated but modest expenses will be paid. 

CAN is a growing social enterprise that is committed to helping other charities and social ventures thrive, grow and maximise their impact. We deliver this mission by addressing the three key barriers Premises, Skill and Finance. We run 5 service offices in Central London that house around 1300 individuals from 170 exclusively social organisations and in the last 10 years we have grown our asset base from zero value to a current value of over £40m.

Trustee

Unremunerated

London

CAN now seeks an established finance leader to join their high performing board to support and provide governance of the highest quality and rigour as the organisation enters a phase of increased impact and growth.

The new Trustee will share the motivation and values of CAN, be a qualified chartered accountant and ideally bring partner level experience from within a leading accountancy firm.

You will bring a strong ability for detailed financial analysis along with a strong impact focus.

CAN is committed to achieve greater diversity in its board, and welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, belief or disability.

For further details, and to find out how to apply, please read the detailed appointment brief on the Prospectus website which can be reached by clicking on the Apply button.

If you wish to have an informal and confidential conversation, please contact Børge Andreassen or Camille Revuelta at Prospectus.

Closing date: 14 October

Initial interviews with Prospectus: w/c 21 October 2019 

Panel interviews with CAN: w/c 4 November 2019 

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT/GOVERNANCE OFFICER

Central London

c £33,000 (depending on experience) plus generous benefits

Permanent, full time

Job Description

Join us to help deliver our vision to advance medical research, improve human health and change people’s lives.

Many of the diseases and conditions that affect human health have been cured or overcome as a result of medical research. But there will always be more to do Although significant resources are being spent around the world developing exciting new treatments and therapies, there are areas of medical need that receive little or no support - and people’s lives that see no improvement. That’s where we step in.

The Medical Research Foundation is an independent charitable foundation. Formed by the Medical Research Council (MRC), we fund and support the most promising health research wherever we discover great opportunities that are not being pursued. We use our donations responsibly and ensure we make the greatest impact where it is most needed.

A new opportunity has arisen for an Executive Assistant to play a key role in ensuring we continue to deliver the highest standards of governance for the Medical Research Foundation and its linked charity, the Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF).Established in 2015, AREF works to improve the quality and impact of health research in Africa by nurturing African-led research in, and for, the region.

In this role you will provide executive assistant support for AREF’s Director, Professor Tumani Corrah CBE, a leading African clinician and medical research scientist, and the former director of the MRC Unit, The Gambia.

This is a governance-focused role as you will be supporting AREF’s committees, in addition to the Foundation’s committees and Board of Trustees.To be successful in this role you will need to have substantial experience in having serviced boards and committees, with a good understand of governance practice within the not-for-profit sector.As assistant to the AREF Director, you will be confident in liaising with very senior and high-net-worth individuals.

Who you are 

Our team is proud to work for the Medical Research Foundation. We are ambitious for the Medical Research Foundation and for ourselves. We are approachable - providing advice to everyone and explaining our work. We are dedicated and committed to achieving the most for our donors and our researchers.And we are involved – constantly looking for new ways to engage and improve. We are inspired by our work and we will be looking for this in you too.

What you can bring to the role

You will have significant experience of acting as an Executive Assistant and of providing administrative and governance support at an executive level, including supporting governing boards and committees ideally within the not-for-profit sector.

Our offer:

• A salary between £29,000 and £33,000 dependent upon experience.
• Annual pay award, performance award scheme and other rewards.
• Generous pension contribution, with no qualifying period.
• 30 days annual leave each year, plus public holidays.
• 36 hour working week, usually worked over 5 days.
• Flexi-time system and core working hours of 10am to 4pm.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Other health-related benefits.
• An opportunity to make a difference to human health.
• Fantastic colleagues.

To apply: 

• provide an up-to-date CV which includes your contact details, education and vocational qualifications, memberships of professional bodies, career history and explanation of any breaks in your employment history.
• provide a brief supporting statement setting out why you are the right candidate for this role making reference to the job description and the person specification. The case that you make and the way that it is presented will form a key part of the shortlisting process.
• complete our equal opportunities monitoring form.
• let us know if you are not able to make any of the assessment or interview dates (the pre-arranged dates can be found in the recruitment pack).

Closing date for applications:  12 noon, Friday, 11th October 2019

The recruitment information pack and a copy of the equal opportunities monitoring form are attached as separate documents.

As one of the largest pan-arts organisations outside London, Wiltshire Creative is considered a trailblazer in the arts and cultural sector.

We are now seeking an ambitious and exceptional

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

to join our team of highly creative and experienced staff, volunteers and trustees. 

In one of our most critical and visible roles you will enjoy engaging with donors and sponsors at all levels.  This is a great opportunity for you to make your mark and design and implement a brand new fundraising strategy for this world class organisation. 

Our staff benefit from a nurturing environment alongside the many artists and companies with which we work, with professional development opportunities, training and mentoring at the heart of our organisation.

Are you an inspirational, strategic leader who thrives on a challenge?  If so, we would love to hear from you.

We are working with a very sellable cause with a local focus, warm relationships with high net worth individuals (many of whom have given at a high level in the last 12 months), connected trustees and a great fundraising director. 
This role will:

• Work with the director and the trustees to cultivate relationships with existing and prospective supporters. 
• Undertake research, create cultivation plans and work with key stakeholders to find case-studies and use these to formulate compelling cases for support 
• Manage one fundraising officer 

This role can be part-time and chiefly home-based to suit you. Do get in touch for more detail on this. 

How to apply
Please apply via the 'Apply' button above in the first instance by submitting your CV only - a full pack will be made available to CVs of interest and/or we will be in contact to discuss the opportunity and organisation with you.
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