Trusts And Foundations Coordinator Jobs

Reporting directly to the Head of Programmes & Funding, you will play a pivotal role in planning, developing, and submitting trust proposals aligned with our organisational strategy and values. You'll build lasting relationships with trusts and foundations through effective communication, ensuring our funding needs are clearly communicated. Additionally, you'll support learning, monitoring, and evaluation activities across all our overseas programmes, translating impactful data into valuable insights for our wider fundraising and communications team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify and research funding opportunities, managing a pipeline of trust and foundation opportunities.

• Collaborate closely with the Programmes team and project delivery partners to develop compelling project proposals.

• Manage grant applications from submission to decision and provide appropriate reporting, ensuring high standards and alignment with our brand identity.

• Evaluate the effectiveness of each application, driving continuous improvement in trust fundraising efforts.

• Steward the donor portfolio effectively, maintaining strong relationships.

• Contribute to resources supporting various fundraising efforts, such as cases for support and budgets.

• Gather and analyse monitoring and evaluation data to report Frank Water's impact.

What We're Looking For:

An enthusiastic team player with a track record in successful trust & foundation fundraising, coupled with strong communication and relationship management skills. You should have experience translating complex ideas into compelling proposals, along with the ability to analyse data and draw out trends. Experience in international development or a demonstrable interest in global issues is desirable.

Why You Should Join Us:

• Make a meaningful impact on global water issues.

• Supportive and collaborative work environment.

• Join an ambitious,  dynamic, passionate team dedicated to positive change.

• Opportunities for professional development and growth.

• Competitive salary and benefits package.

• Flexible and remote working arrangements 

• Travel opportunities within the UK and occasionally overseas.

This new role has been established to lead and implement the audience and business growth 
strategy for ICA audiences alongside developing and delivering a sustainable, entrepreneurial 
and revenue generating business growth model.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Philanthropy 

• Lead, develop and implement a Business Growth strategic plan that brings a mix of 
  sustainable income derived from individual giving, trusts and foundations and corporate 
  sponsorships
• Work with the Director to develop strategic revenue generation opportunities across the 
  business and key ICA stakeholders
• Lead a Fundraising team to research prospective donors and supporters and build a 
  pipeline of donor acquisition, including bespoke donor packages
• Collaborate with strategic partners on the development of compelling partnership 
  funding/income/business growth proposals
• Maintain an overview of trends and developments in fundraising and business growth 
  across the artistic and cultural sector
• Contribute to business growth and fundraising forecasts to the annual and longer-term 
  strategic business planning process.
• Ensure effective CRM measures are in place and leading on timely and applicable 
  communications to key stakeholders including audiences, funders and members
• Alongside the Director, personally steward relationships with major individual donors 
  and key decision makers in trusts and foundations
• Lead on data collection processes and analytics in relation to audiences, participants and 
  donors. 

Audiences & Communications

•  Lead, develop and implement an Audiences and communications strategy alongside the 
  ICA’s internal and external colleagues and PR agencies
• Lead marketing campaigns for ICA’s work and manage a range of activity that supports 
  ICA to meet its organisational objectives
• Maintain and develop ICA’s brand in international, national and local markets, ensuring
  ICA’s identity is maintained across all communications channels
• Oversee the ICA platforms including its website, socials, media and the overall user 
  experience to ensure that they serve the organisational objectives
• Develop and deliver a coherent marketing and communications strategy that promotes
  ICA, and enables the institution to meet its income targets
• Develop, implement and maintain ICA’s overall digital and social media strategy
• Stay appraised of new opportunities for promoting ICA
• Alongside the Director and in consultation with ICA’s external PR agency as needed, lead 
  on PR strategy and response plans
• Provide support, direction and guidance for any crisis PR and comms strategies, 
  overseeing their subsequent implementation
• Ensure due diligence to GDPR is met across ICA’s Marketing and Communications 
  activity
• Oversee data collection processes and analytics in relation to audiences, participants 
  and donors
• Control the marketing budget to ensure that resources are managed as effectively as 
  possible, and that all spend delivers against key departmental objectives.

Governance & Reporting 

• Ensuring all fundraising and business growth activity is ethical and fully compliant with 
  relevant UK charity and financial management regulation
• Leading the Fundraising team to complete all business growth/fundraising reporting as 
  required including Arts Council England NPO reporting
• Reporting to the Director and Board of Trustees on the strategy and delivery of the ICA’s 
  business growth with the ability to flex and respond effectively when variances arise
• Reporting to the Finance and Audit sub-committee

Team Management

• Play an active and highly collaborative role as a full member of both the Executive 
  Leadership Team and Senior Leadership Team
• Line Manage roles of Senior Development Manager, Development Manager, Audience 
  and Marketing Manager, Membership Manager, Editions Coordinator, Ticketing & 
  Membership manager, ensuring person specific objectives are set in line with the ICA’s 
  strategic mission & KPIs, as well as supporting staff’s ongoing development and 
  appraisal processes
• Contribute to the wider organisation’s implementation of business initiatives and 
  transformation
• Working alongside members of ELT and SLT, deliver a consistent, empathetic and 
  pragmatic leadership

KEY REQUIREMENTS 

• Extensive and tangible experience in developing and delivering a communications 
  and audience development strategy within the arts and culture sector
• A demonstrable experience in business growth and implementation especially in 
  relation to revenue opportunities, trusts and foundations, individual giving and 
  corporate sponsorship ideally within the arts and culture sector
• Experience of personally managing relationships with high value individual, 
  organisational and institutional donors
• A clear track record of meeting income targets
• A clear track record of effectively managing both internal staff members and external 
  consultants/agencies and audience development strategy and implementation within 
  the arts and culture sector
• Knowledge of the practical application of effective CRM systems both across audiences 
  and funders
• Awareness of legislation governing fundraising activity by charities in the UK. 

As the Trust and Grants Manager, you will be responsible for generating income from trusts and grants. Based within the Development Team you will look to identify funding opportunities to secure funds to ensure the Hospice successfully achieves its objectives and development plan. With experience of writing bid writing, trust applications and reporting you will have excellent attention to detail and effectively manage deadlines. We are looking for an excellent team player and communicator who is ambitious and solution focussed and has the energy and passion to drive forward our aspirations and operational goals.

Remote or Hybrid working considered. 

The Food bank Campaign Coordinator is responsible for delivering Trussell Trust’s influencing and mobilising work, in their target area, during the General Election. You will do this by building strong relationships with other food banks in your Parliamentary constituency areas of Rhondda and Ogmore, Bridgend and Vale of Glamorgan.  Campaign Coordinators implement Trussell Trust’s national General Election strategy, by using organising techniques to put pressure on PPC’s in each Parliamentary constituency.

You will build and lead local community teams who support ending the need for foodbanks, securing commitments from your PPC’s to ‘prioritise the problem of people going without essentials if re/elected, acknowledging the role social security needs to play in tackling it.’

This role is funded by the Trussell Trust as part of their General Election strategy, and you will be part of a network of Campaign Coordinators around the UK doing this work. You will be the link between your food bank(s) and the Mobilisation team at Trussell Trust, as we build a movement to end the need for food banks.

Responsibilities of Campaign Coordinator:

· To build trusted relationships with food banks during (pre and post) UK General Election. You will hold 1:1 conversations with each food bank in your allocated area and ensure there is clear communication between the food banks.
 

· To support teams of community volunteers. You will have 1:1s with: food bank staff, volunteers, interested individuals, partner organisations and stakeholders in each community to develop community bases for your campaign work.

· To lead effective door-knocking teams in your community.  You will door knock with your community campaign team to drum up support for the campaign, provide members of the public literature on Food bank use in their local community, and invite people to their local hustings.
 

· To help each of your community campaign teams organise a local husting.  You will ensure that your community campaign teams: attend national Trussell Trust webinars, receive national guidance on how to approach PPC’s, understand the Trussell Trust legal GE guidance, understand the logistics of organising a hustings, ensure that the husting is accessible as possible and ensure that the voices of people with lived experience are heard through the hustings.
 

· To develop good relationships with local press and media outlets. You will work alongside national Trussell Truststaff to find key press and media contacts in your assigned area, ensuring your community campaign teams get coverage for their hard work.
 

· To deliver the local campaigning strategy working with food bank staff, volunteers and clients. 
 

· To work with the Organising and Local Mobilisation team in Trussell Trust and engage with the training and support on offer, including work with other Campaign Coordinators in the Trussell Trust network. 
 

Person Specification

Desirable technical skills and knowledge:

● Experience of campaigning or organising to achieve a change.

● Experience working alongside people with lived experience of poverty

● Experience facilitating groups and organising engaging group activities

● Experience managing and working with volunteers.

● Experience of community outreach in the local area.

● Good project management skills, able to balance a range of priorities.

● UK driving licence and access to vehicle

Behaviours and competencies:

● Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships and gain trust of people with lived experience of poverty and using food banks

● Confident in communicating and, able to seek and balance a range of views and stakeholders, influencing where required.

● Demonstrate a commitment to the values of the Trussell Trust /local food bank.

Key Stakeholders

● Your local food banks, including the project manager, volunteers, and people they support.

● Local elected representatives

● Local stakeholders and partners (charities, churches, and other relevant community groups)

● Local organisations working to support people in poverty

● The Trussell Trust Area Team, who support your food banks in their day-to-day work.

● Trussell Trust’sSenior Manager for Organising and Local Mobilisation

● The wider TT Organising and Local Mobilisation (OLM) Team who will deliver training and relational support.

● Trussell Trust’s Head of Organising and Local Mobilising

● Trussell Trust’s Activations team

● Trussell Trust’s church engagement team

● Joseph Rowntree Foundation staff

● Trussell Trust Policy, Research and Impact department

Our Values

The Trussell Trust is a charity that works to end the need for food banks. It is founded on and shaped by Christian principles.

Our values of dignity, justice, compassion and community, are central to all that we do and therefore supports our aim to be an organisation where the diversity of all employees is valued.  We welcome people of all faiths and none and those that are committed to these values.

We recognise that we have under-represented groups within our workforce. As part of our commitment to diversity and equality of opportunity we are actively encouraging applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions and those with a lived experience of poverty as well as any other under-represented group in our workforce. We are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of our employees from all forms of harm.

Please forward your covering letter outlining your experience which is relevant to the job description and CV 

About the opportunity

Fundraising is critical to delivering our mission and ensuring we can support as many children and young people facing disadvantage to open doors to their future.  The Philanthropy Team as a whole has a combined target income for the current year (2023-24) of £1.83 million (growing to £2.35m as our target for next year), of which approximately £850k is from corporate donors and their foundations, £100k is from individuals, and the remaining from trusts and foundations. We have been successful year on year in increasing our fundraising base by building secure multi-year partnerships.
 

We are looking for a Fundraising Manager to work within our passionate Philanthropy Team to help grow our fundraised income and develop and maintain an effective, high-quality funding pipeline. Focussing predominantly on eliciting funding from trusts and foundations, and working closely with the Head of Philanthropy, CEO and Corporate Partnerships Manager, the Fundraising Manager will ensure the effective management of existing funder relations and take responsibility for ensuring Action Tutoring meets its reporting obligations. The Fundraising Manager will be responsible for the line-management and development of three Fundraising Coordinators, through which you and your team will prepare and submit grant applications and funding reports, alongside overseeing the development and growth of our individual giving activities and initiatives, including through expansion of our fundraising events and campaigns.

Closing date: Sunday 12th May 2024

Interviews: 20th, 22nd and 23rd May 2024

Start date: Ideally end of May/June 2024
 

Duties and responsibilities

· Work with the CEO, Head of Philanthropy and Corporate Partnerships Manager to ensure Action Tutoring’s fundraising targets are met and manage an effective pipeline across Action Tutoring’s different income streams.
 

· Manage and maintain existing funder relationships, including proactive and requested reporting to donors.
 

· Work closely with the Head of Philanthropy and Corporate Partnerships Manager to identify relevant opportunities for collaboration that promote generating income. Alongside your team, support, prepare and provide expertise on applications for corporate funding opportunities identified by the Corporate Partnerships Team.
 

· Working with your Fundraising Coordinators, research and drive new opportunities for multi-year commitments from trusts and foundations, sharing workload between the team.
 

· Lead on the preparation and submission of high-quality, effective applications, with support from the Fundraising Coordinators. 
 

· Monitor when grants are due for renewal and proactively seek out renewal conversations, ensuring Action Tutoring has a healthy funding pipeline. 

· Work with the Fundraising Coordinator for Campaigns, Events and Individual Giving to build Action Tutoring’s income generated from events, ensuring an attractive range of event options across the country. Manage the Fundraising Coordinator to ensure places are secured, participants are supported and engagement is expanded.
 

· Work with  Fundraising Coordinator for Campaigns, Events and Individual Giving to build Action Tutoring’s income generated from individual giving, developing campaigns for driving more regular giving and building our strategies to cultivate, engage and thank individuals. 
 

· Act as a system manager for fundraising platforms, databases and tools including Just Giving and the Giving Block, with support from Fundraising Coordinators.
 

· Oversee the development of the fundraising area of the website and fundraising pack to attract new funders and fundraisers to the charity, with support from the Fundraising Coordinators.
 

· Manage the Fundraising Coordinators, ensuring they are growing and developing, and that work load is shared fairly. 
 

· Represent Action Tutoring at relevant meetings and events.
 

· Alongside your team, prepare applications for corporate funding opportunities identified by the Corporate Partnerships Team.
 

· Ensure accurate record-keeping of corporate partnerships and relationships on Salesforce and any other relevant systems.
 

· Any other ad hoc responsibilities as deemed relevant by the CEO.

Person specification

This role requires an ambitious, passionate and determined individual with outstanding written and verbal communication skills. Alongside your team you will be responsible for writing and submitting grant applications and reports, so an excellent understanding of the English language and a keen eye for detail are crucial for success within this position. Working to deadlines and line-managing three Fundraising Coordinators, exceptional time-management, prioritisation and organisation skills are essential. With a focus on developing our individual giving strategies, we’re looking for an individual with excellent interpersonal skills. 
 

Qualifications criteria:

· A*-C in maths and English at GCSE (or equivalent experience).
 

· Right to work in the UK.
 

We are looking for some of the following attributes, though you might be more experienced in some areas than others: 
 

· At least two years experience in fundraising (preferably within trusts and foundations fundraising).
 

· Proven track record in securing and stewarding 5+ figure partnerships.
 

· Outstanding written and verbal communicator with significant experience writing and submitting grant applications and reports.
 

You will be likely be more successful in this role if you have:
 

· You have a proven track record of securing and stewarding grants of 5+ figure funding.
 

· You have a passion for educational inequality/working within the Third Sector.
 

· Line management experience.
 

· Experience in event and campaign fundraising.
 

· Experience working within a charity with a turnover of £3M or more.

About this role

Better Cotton is now seeking a Social Impact Fundraiser who will help to drive revenue in support of the ongoing success and growth of Better Cotton globally. Better Cotton has set ambitious 2030 targets to improve the lives and livelihoods of cotton farmers. This role will be responsible for ensuring these ambitions are adequately resourced. You will work closely with relevant thematic leads and country teams for proposal design, coordination and reporting of funded projects. In addition to this, you will maintain and manage donor relationships. This post will report to the Programme Funding Manager with a matrix line to a Social Impact Manager. This challenging role offers excellent opportunities for personal and professional development, together with a competitive benefits package.

Responsibilities

Development of Social Impact Programmes

Participate in the development of thematic programmes that fulfil farmers’ needs while aligning with Better Cotton’s 2030 strategic goals:

• In close collaboration with Global Impact team and country teams support a programmatic co-creation process, that is marketable and fundable.
• Manage a coalition building phase of social impact donors and allies. This includes outreach to relevant stakeholders identified, pitching to prospective donors, creating fundraising materials.
• The Coordinator will likely manage individual donor relations, while also coordinating Social Impact Coalition Committees.

Fundraising efforts

• Manage relationships with donors/investors to increase success rate of applications and ensure continuous funding.
• Conduct research into funding opportunities for sustainable agriculture and livelihoods.
• Organize outreach efforts with new donors/investors strategically, sharing relevant material and/or pitching to prospective donors identified.
• Share interesting grant opportunities internally and assess feasibility, identify the project idea/concept to be developed and liaise with relevant teams internally.
• Lead the proposal development process. Work closely with other teams (Finance Team, MEL Team, country teams etc.) to support specific proposal development coordination tasks, such as developing proposal workplans, building budgets or logframes, writing non-technical sections, consolidating and editing written inputs, compiling annexes, writing narratives, collating information and other tasks as needed.

Better Cotton representation

• Represent Better Cotton and the programmes, when needed to present to donors and coordinate social impact funding panels.
• Where required represent programmes nationally and internationally through participation in relevant workshops and symposia and in collaboration with partners where fundraising or the potential for fundraising is deemed significant.
• Contribute to the development of programmatic documents, multimedia and publications for use in promotion of the work of the programmes. Ensuring the documentation reflects and is relevant to donor priorities.
• Building internal and external relationships
• Collate key information through high level of engagement with internal stakeholders
• Foster relationships with prospects, donors and other external stakeholders, by applying high levels of professionalism, using diplomacy with influencing and persuasion.
• Build relationships with bilateral agencies, trusts and foundations from a variety of countries, cultures, languages and charitable interests.

Management

• Line management of a Fundraising and Partnerships officer.

Profile

The selected candidate will have the following skills, knowledge, and experience:

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• A good understanding of the current donor landscape & fundraising environment, ideally in social impact.
• Experience in project design, with a facilitative approach to bring to meet both farmer needs and donor expectations.
• Effective fundraising management and planning skills
• Excellent writing skills that have resulted in successful proposals
• Ability to communicate clearly and simply
• Good active contacts within the donor community
• IT literacy, to include: Word; PowerPoint; Excel; Outlook; MS Teams
• Numerical literacy with the ability to analyse budgets
• Strong interpersonal skills, you enjoy networking
• Well-developed personal strategies for time management
• Ambition, positivity, determination and resilience

Desirable

• Knowledge of the agricultural sector
• Professional fundraising qualification or relevant qualifications in business management
• Professional qualifications in marketing and sales.
• Knowledge of Salesforce
• Fluency in English required. Other languages relevant to Better Cotton’s work considered an asset: French, Portuguese, Turkish, Mandarin, Hindi, Urdu.

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Hybrid working – One to two days/week in the offices in central London
• The opportunity to work from anywhere in the world for up to one month per year
• Flexible working, with core hours from 10 am to 4 pm local time
• Continuous learning and development
• Pension scheme
• 25 days paid annual leave, plus 8-9 Bank Holidays and a further 3 days off over Christmas
• Enhanced parental benefits
• A warm, positive working environment where everyone is valued
• The opportunity to make your mark and make a difference.

Working arrangements

The position is full-time (40 hours per week) and will be based in the London office. Better Cotton offers flexible working, with core hours being 10am – 4pm and the option to work from home one day per week. Travel will be required.

About Better Cotton

Better Cotton is the world’s largest cotton sustainability programme. Our 200+ colleagues of 37+ nationalities are united by a shared passion and commitment to achieving the Better Cotton mission: to help cotton communities survive and thrive, while protecting and restoring the environment. Through our network of field-level partners a quarter of the world’s cotton is now grown under the Better Cotton Standard. We have united the industry’s stakeholders behind our efforts, from ginners and spinners to brand owners, civil society organisations and governments. Everyone who cares about cotton and its sustainable future can now be part of something better.

About our Values

The post holder will be expected to operate in line with our workplace values which are:

• Trustworthy (including honest, transparent, credible)​ 
• As having Integrity (including responsible, authentic)​ 
• Positive (including problem-solving, pragmatic)​ 
• Engaging (including adaptable, inclusive, holistic)​ 
• Daring (including courageous, innovative, game-changing) ​ 

Being you @ Better Cotton

Better Cotton is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to good practice and transparency in the management of natural, human, and financial resources.

We have a zero-tolerance approach to any attitudes or behaviours that put children or adults at risk of harm. Safeguarding incidents are acts of serious misconduct and are grounds for disciplinary action, up to and including, dismissal and referral to relevant authorities for criminal prosecution. Therefore, all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks.

Applications

Interested applicants with the required attributes are asked to send, in English, a detailed CV and a brief cover letter (2 pages maximum) to Better Cotton via this form.

Application deadline:  10.05.2024

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only candidates short-listed for a telephone interview will be contacted.

The Fundraising Co-Ordinator will raise the profile and awareness of Young Bristol and working with the Head of Fundraising develop a fundraising work plan to qualify and develop a range of key funding streams. The post holder will help to develop and ensure the effective delivery of the fundraising plan in line with Young Bristol’s strategy. The role will be multi faceted involving Grants, Trusts and Foundations, Community fundraising, Corporate fundraising, Legacy fundraising, Events and High Value fundraising.

The role will work collaboratively to explore ideas and launch new initiatives helping Young Bristol achieve our mission, playing an important part in helping us to meet our fundraising targets and increasing participation and community engagement in our events and fundraising activities.

See our attached Job pack for full person specification and role requirements.

The Fundraising Co-Ordinator will raise the profile and awareness of Young Bristol and working with the Head of Fundraising develop a fundraising work plan to qualify and develop a range of key funding streams. The post holder will help to develop and ensure the effective delivery of the fundraising plan in line with Young Bristol’s strategy. The role will be multi faceted involving Grants, Trusts and Foundations, Community fundraising, Corporate fundraising, Legacy fundraising, Events and High Value fundraising.

The role will work collaboratively to explore ideas and launch new initiatives helping Young Bristol achieve our mission, playing an important part in helping us to meet our fundraising targets and increasing participation and community engagement in our events and fundraising activities.

See our attached Job pack for full person specification and role requirements.

Previous applicants need not apply. 

Position type:  Full time, permanent, 37.5 hours per week

Location:  Truro, Cornwall or Remote (UK only) 

Travel: Work away from home, UK or overseas training or in-country deployment. You may deploy for up to 50% of your time in any calendar year.

Role purpose

The MEAL Coordinator will travel with the emergency response team to deliver emergency shelter responses, to enhance programme quality and embed a culture of organisational learning and accountability. Sitting within the Programme Quality team, the MEAL Coordinator will play a significant role to strengthen participant voice and accountability, enable data driven decision making and help to identify best practice and innovative shelter solutions allowing people to recover and rebuild their lives.

The MEAL Coordinator will lead/support key processes that enhance programme/project delivery. They liaise with programme managers/emergency coordinators and partner organisations to provide technical support and ensure programmes/projects adhere to agreed processes, namely needs assessments, log frame development, robust and transparent community feedback mechanisms and the development of the MEAL plan. They will also provide technical input on data collection exercises, data analysis for routine monitoring exercises as well as designing/coordinating review /evaluation processes. 

The MEAL Coordinator will play an important role in promoting organisational learning and embedding a culture of reflection, analysis, and learning. Working together with Programme Managers & Emergency field coordinators, they will ensure learning frameworks are in place so that lessons are learned (both positive and negative) are captured, responded to, and shared with peers. They will work closely with the Programme Delivery Team and Technical Specialists to identify and/or support the establishment of Action Research projects that will contribute to improvements and innovations within the shelter sector. 

There is significant travel with this role (up to 50% FTE), and the post holder must be prepared to travel at short notice for up to two months at a time. The MEAL Coordinators may also be asked to contribute to the development of organisational policy papers on mainstreaming or technical areas such as cash programming.

This role will be joining a fast-paced organisation realigning itself for further growth in the face of mounting humanitarian needs. We look forward to welcoming candidates who share our passion and teamwork to achieve this.

Duties will include but not be limited to:

Project Support (70% FTE):

The MEAL coordinator is a core member of the project team and will work closely with the project lead to ensure project quality and accountability. They will lead processes or liaise with partners (depending on implementation model) to ensure ShelterBox standards are adhered to. Specifically, they will:

• Advise/Carry out needs assessments to inform project design
• Facilitate technical MEAL component of Organizational Capacity Assessments and support with the development of capacity strengthening plans for potential partners
• As relevant, support the delivery of Capacity Building Action Plans, through the development of appropriate resources/ providing in-person and remote training /mentoring on MEAL concepts and practice.  This will also involve reviewing training courses/modules, developing resources, and providing training.
• Collaborate with partners and implementing teams to, support project/log frame development with clear outcomes/outputs and SMART indicators, in line with organizational reporting requirements
• Ensure robust MEAL plans are in place, and that SADD distribution data is robust
• Ensure robust and transparent community feedback mechanisms are functioning and support safeguarding processes
• Provide technical input/Lead data collection exercises (both quantitative and qualitative)
• Liaise with partners and implementing teams to ensure the MEAL Plans are operationalized and that the data/reports provided by partners are robust, verifiable and with the appropriate degree of objectivity.
• Ensure project documentation is up to date
• Support data analysis and the facilitation of learning and reflection based on findings that result in data-led decision making
• Coordinate/Facilitate/carry out end of project evaluation processes in line with DAC criteria.
• Ensure all projects/programmes are contributing to organisational KPI reporting. Develop and populate Information Management systems as appropriate.
• Liaise with the Grant Management team to ensure that all projects MEAL systems and processes are in line with donor requirements, and support programme managers to submit quality narrative reports in a timely fashion.

Knowledge creation and sharing (20% FTE):

• Ensure that each Project logframe, MEAL plan and Learning and Accountability Framework are up-to-date and facilitate continuous and conscious reflection and learning. 
• Utilising M&E data, evaluation findings and wider sector understanding, develop thematic discussions to strengthen understanding within ShelterBox and in relevant Communities of Practice. 

Infrastructure development (10% FTE):

• Contribute to the development of policies, SOPs and processes that strengthen project delivery and accountability.
• Ensure ShelterBox is abreast of new technological developments supporting information gathering and analysis, particularly methodologies that empower affected populations to communicate with ShelterBox and to share their insights enhancing participation.

Working Requirements: This role will support the design and implementation of rapid response emergency project that will demand prolonged travel (up to two months) at very short notice. For remote workers: travel to Truro HQ for collaboration weeks approx. 3 times a year, and additional meetings as requested.

This is an exciting opportunity to positively impact the local community by managing and coordinating external funding for community-based projects.

About Us

Enable is a charity dedicated to improving people's wellbeing and strengthening local communities. Core to our work is the development of strong working relationships with councils, charities and other organisations to deliver, health leisure and community services and events that enrich people's lives.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours & a hybrid working environment
• 30 days of annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays), 3 additional free days off at Christmas
• Life Insurance
• Reward Schemes (RewardHub Membership, wellbeing budgets and cycle to work)
• Mental Health & Wellbeing Perks (Yoga, activities, massages, monthly talks)
• Free Gym Membership
• Free breakfasts/snacks
• When in the office, we enjoy a well-stocked fridge and food cupboards, and a variety of social activities

Reports to: Senior Community Development Manager
Based: Battersea Park Offices / Hybrid
Salary: £35,393 per year
Contract: Permanent, Full Time

 Role Overview:

The Community Development team deliver a range of programmes to improve the health and wellbeing of our communities. This post will work both internally across Enable and externally within our communities to raise funds to support our programmes.

The successful candidate will be responsible for writing bids/tenders and supporting colleagues and communities to develop fundraising skills.   

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Lead on bid writing and applications for Community Development/across organisation, ensuring deadlines and reporting requirements are met
• Research future prospects from trusts and foundations, corporates and statutory sources
• Develop workshops and trainings to support internal and external partners in funding issues
• Develop a collection of case studies and staff profiles to support grant applications. Work with Marketing and Communications team to draft press releases from case studies
• Understand procurement/commissioning and update teams with trends and priorities in community development, housing, social care and health
• Attend meetings and nurture relationships with commissioners at tender briefing and strategic and partnership forums as required
• Ability to research best practice and evidence bases for different interventions and translate into proposals for real world work
• Working with the Senior Community Development manager to develop new funding initiatives within service/organisation strategic aims

Skills and experience:

• 1-3 years fundraising or relevant experience (essential)
• Excellent research skills, which can be used to identify new funders, assess the external market, and understand our users’ needs
• Excellent written communication skills, including meeting word limits, writing creatively and persuasively, and creating accurate and informative reports
• Ability to work independently using your own initiative and prioritise effectively whilst at the same time working as part of a team on common goals and shared project
• Proficient in MS applications such as Word, Excel, Outlook and Sharepoint Knowledge / experience and Salesforce

If this sounds like you, please APPLY NOW and follow the prompts!

CASS+ is now seeking to appoint a new CEO who will lead on the development and delivery of the CASS+ strategy.

Our vision is for advice and support to be available in every court across the UK. As a result, the successful candidate will take us into a new period of growth.

People often arrive at court alone, feeling powerless, trapped and terrified. We are free and independent of the system. We sit down and listen. We build trust and use our knowledge and connections to find solutions to complicated situations. We guide people towards positive change and stay by their side for as long as they want us by their side.

Reducing the risk of re-offending

This is how we can reduce the risk of re-offending and improve the lives of people experiencing the Justice System.

You will be leading a dedicated, passionate and knowledgeable team of staff, placements, interns and volunteers focussed on tailored solutions for people facing many disadvantages.

Tim Auburn, Chair of the Trustees, commented:

I am pleased to announce the start of our search for the next CEO at CASS+. This is an extremely rewarding role, leading a team of people who are passionate about giving anyone going through the Justice System another chance.

I am proud to be Chair of this charity which has so much to offer the justice sector.

If you share our values and have the passion, talent and experience, we would love to hear from you.

Do you embody these values?

Humanity first

People are not numbers. We combine empathy, compassion and knowledge to guide each person towards a positive future.

Supportive

We actively listen so that each person gets tailored support at court and into life beyond.

Creative problem-solving

We use our extensive networks and experience of the Justice System to work with others to find solutions.

Helpful

We’re ready and willing to help anyone. We can stay by their side for as long as they want us.

Determined

We never give up. We advocate for people and encourage them to find their own voice.

Growing charity

CASS+ has over 18 years’ experience focussing on social inequalities. We have 11 staff at five sites in five courts, around 21 volunteers, and, each year, we serve over 800 people through the Justice System and into life beyond.

If you share our vision and values and believe in giving people a future, we would love to hear from you.

Application Instructions

To be considered for this position, it is essential that all applicants submit both a CV and a comprehensive two-page letter of application. This letter is a vital component of your application and should reflect your passion, qualifications, and suitability for the role, for more information please refer to the supporting documents.

We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.    

Last year alone, 14,000 professionals received our training. Over 80,000 adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 100,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last six years, over 4,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, and that’s just the start. 

Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.

The Community Fundraiser plays a vital role in fostering and expanding our network of individual givers and community fundraisers. The position is responsible for:

• Developing and managing relationships with our supporters.
• Signing SafeLives up to a programme of fundraising events.
• Maintaining and growing our supporter base.
• Responding to fundraising opportunities from individuals and corporates.

We will occasionally require you to support with organising events for our high-net-worth individuals. The role is managed by our Trusts and Grants Manager. It was a new role in 2022 and the successful candidate will build on the foundations that have been set over the last year and a half.

The ideal candidate will bring creativity and proactivity to the role – thinking outside the box and finding new ways to grow our supporter base and market our opportunities. You will be the perfect balance of engaging and motivational and a rigorous planning coordinator with exceptional attention to detail. You will help us reach new supporters, through events and fundraising, and communicate our key messages in a way that encourages people to support our work.

Benefits include a generous package, such as:

• 34 days’ holiday per year, including public holidays
• Flexible Working (compressed hours)
• Cycle-to-work Scheme
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Pension Scheme with 4% employer contribution
• Childcare Vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Clinical Supervision
• Holiday Purchase Scheme (buy up to an additional 5 days)
• Enhanced Family Leave Policies
• Enhanced Sick Pay
• Professional Development Fund
• Individual Learning Budget
• Restorative Practice Training
• Time Off In Lieu.

If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter and CV.

Closing date: Thursday 18th April 2024.

SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all, please see our job description for full details.

No agencies please.

• Position: 6 month FTC (with potential for extension)
• Part time hours will be considered (min 3 days per week)
• Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 pro rata, depending on experience
• Location: Remote first with an office available in Central London
• Deadline for applications: URGENT - This role is interviewing on a rolling basis and will close when filled.

The Position:

Our outstanding charity client is recruiting an Interim Head of Fundraising (Election).  This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in leading and managing their fundraising initiatives, helping them to build strong foundations for the future, liaising high-profile donors, and maximising on the increased profile and visibility they will have during this election year.

You will be a key member of the management team and will work closely with teams across the organisation and their high-profile, experienced board to shape organisational ambition and exceptional fundraising practice.

You will also lead an ambitious multi-disciplinary team of fundraisers across all income areas.

Requirements:

• Significant experience of fundraising gained at a senior level, with a proven track record of securing and grant managing six-figure+, multi-year funding from charitable trusts, companies and/or individuals.
• Confident in managing key donor relationships.
• Comfortable directing and supporting senior staff to engage in fundraising.
• Good knowledge of and networks in the UK fundraising space, including working with major donors, charitable trusts and individual giving.
• Experience of working with donor CRM systems to support high quality relationship management, preferably Salesforce.
• Available to start immediately.

Brain Tumour Research is offering a fantastic opportunity for an individual looking to further their career in fundraising, whilst making a difference at one of the most innovative and ambitious medical research fundraising charities in the UK as Community Fundraiser.

Position: Community Fundraiser – East Midlands
Location: Home based covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire or Rutland
Salary: Circa £28,500 pa
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Benefits: Holiday entitlement, 25 days per annum, excluding UK Public Holidays, access to an Employee Assistance Programme and option to join our healthcare scheme.

About the Role

This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual who wants to make a difference in one of the most innovative and exciting medical research fundraising charities in the UK.

As Community Fundraiser for East Midlands, you will help deliver our strategic plans and objectives, by generating and growing income through community fundraising activities. Our community fundraisers also help raise awareness by engaging people with our work, and recruiting and supporting the fundraising of individuals, challenge event participants, our Fundraising Groups and Charity of the Year partnerships.

About You

If you would like to join an exciting, innovative, and ambitious charity, with a passion for finding a cure for brain tumours, then we would love to hear from you.

Do you have:

• Experience in community fundraising, donor management and stewardship
• Good communication skills, with the ability to converse sensitively and empathetically
• Experience working to and meeting targets
• A high level of empathy for our cause

About Brain Tumour Research

Brain Tumour Research is an exciting, innovative and ambitious charity. We are passionate about finding a cure for brain tumours through the establishment of dedicated Brain Tumour Research Centres of Excellence around the UK.

We are invested in our employees and are proud to be accredited by Investors in People.

Closing Date: 28th April 2024

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

Candidates may also have in experience in, or looking for a career in: Fundraising, Donor Engagement, Community Events Coordinator, Public Relations, Trusts and Foundations, Fundraising Coordinator, Volunteer Coordinator, Fundraising Officer, Fundraising Executive

No agencies please.