The Multiple System Atrophy Trust (MSA Trust) is the UK and Eire’s leading national charity offering vital support to people affected by MSA. We are entirely funded through voluntary donations and Trusts and Foundation grants, providing an information and support service to those affected by MSA and their families at no cost to them.

So very many of our members come to us at a time of great distress, they or their loved ones have been diagnosed with a terminal disease which is almost unknown to the general population. They crave both symptom management and understanding from people who know about the disease. Our nurse specialists and social welfare specialist play a crucial role in helping them to cope and to plan for their care. We ensure that everyone affected by MSA has access to tailored information and support to guide them, and are not alone in their journey.

Can you help? We need a dynamic and committed Trusts and Corporates’ Fundraising Officer who is interested in helping us to realise our ambitions to increase our funding to enable the development of further services for people living with MSA. You will be a fundraiser with a great track record of raising funds through Trusts and Corporates.
We are a small charity, so someone who is prepared to roll up their sleeves and get involved would be just the right candidate.

Antibiotic resistance is on the rise, both nationally and globally. Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, rendering many treatments useless. Already an estimated 12,000 people die each year in the UK as a result of antibiotic resistant infections with 10 million deaths predicted globally each year from resistant illnesses by 2050. We need to develop new treatments today so we can protect the future.

Our charity, the world’s first to tackle this problem, through research, education and patient support, is rapidly growing. We currently have a home-based freelance fundraising job vacancy in the North of England. Our ideal candidate is a dynamic fundraiser to support our charity’s Trusts and Major Gifts national fundraising programme. This person must bring energy, enthusiasm and experience to the role and help us realise our ambitious goals. 

We are seeking a passionate and entrepreneurially minded fundraiser with proven ability in the small charity sector to deliver income over a variety of funding streams.Lifting Limits is a charity with a mission to challenge gender stereotyping and promote gender equality, in and through education.You will join us at an exciting time as we build on the success of our pilot year and scale our model for wider roll out.

The role will involve working with the Chief Executive on all aspects of fundraising and development. Key responsibilities include researching and advising on potential sources of funding, fostering relationships with funders, developing diverse income streams and writing funding applications.

You will have experience of fundraising and donor engagement across a number of different funding streams, a proven record of successful funding applications, an understanding of the charitable trust sector and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Part time, 2-2.5 days per week (or equivalent hours)

6 month contract, to become permanent subject to procurement of funding for the post

To apply send your CV and a concise covering letter demonstrating how you meet the criteria for this position and why you want to work for Lifting Limits.

For full details of the role and how to apply please see the job description.

Closing date: noon on 9th March 2020

Do you want to be part of a small team of Christians in the UK who are  working to eradicate all forms of poverty in the majority world by walking with community leaders, churches and families then why not consider the following post.

Food for the Hungry UK (FH UK) is a UK charity (Registered Charity No. 328273) that has been serving the poor globally since 1971. The FH approach to poverty alleviation is based on applying biblical principles in a holistic way to the root causes of poverty. FH works alongside people of all faiths and none to eradicate poverty by addressing the physical, spiitual and relational needs of vulnerable people. FH partners with local community leaders and churches through intentional and purposeful community development programmes that lead to transformative solutions and change that can be sustained by the communities themselves. FH UK’s current priority countries include Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and Bangladesh. 

FH’s methodology for development is based on its Child Focused Community Transformation (CFCT) model. Through this model of development, FH delivers a myriad of projects including education, health, livelihoods, vocational training, water and sanitation, and disaster risk reduction projects. 

This is a good opportunity for a motivated self-starter with a successful track-record in trust and foundations fundraising to become part of a committed and dynamic team that is seeking to significantly grow the income of Food for the Hungry UK.  

You will be working closely with the Fundraising Manager, Programme Manager and CEO to submit appropriate, timely applications to an array of different Trusts and Foundations in the UK and Europe. The role is home-based, although ability to travel to occasional donor or team meetings would be required. Occasional overseas travel may also be required. 

Food for the Hungry UK is a small, UK charity looking to grow its income alongside its much larger partner Food for the Hungry in the US. FH UK has one dedicated part-time fundraiser. This role is to supplement that role, and will aim to bring on more and new Trusts and Foundations in order to increase income, and build a solid foundation of Trust and Foundation supporters. The post holder will work with the Trusts and Foundations Manager to implement a fundraising strategy based on FH’s strategy and in-country needs. 

Summary of responsibilities:

• Research and identify relevant UK and European Trusts and Foundations
• Write Trusts and Foundations Applications
• Manage a portfolio of Trusts and Foundations, submitting timely applications, monitoring programme implementation, and reporting on time to donors

About you

We are looking for someone who is able to learn quickly, and work autonomously and independently to manage their own portfolio of Trusts and Foundations. You will already have a demonstrable track record in delivering new Trust and Foundations grants, and will be confident in approaching new funding bodies and submitting timely proposals in accordance with their guidelines. You will have experience in overseeing these grants, and reporting to donors in a timely manner. You will have outstanding writing skills and be able to condense sometimes technical development jargon into clear, concise proposals. An ability to manage your time well and work to deadlines as and when required is also essential. It is anticpiated that this role will suit someone who would like to work from home who requires considerable flexibility of when they work, both during the day and across the months. Initially the role is expected to take on average 2 days per week but this could be expanded as more opportuniites present themselves.

Essential:

• Degree level written and communicationn skills
• Demonstrable trust fundraising experience with good results
• Good working knowledge of international development work
• Experience working with donors and building and maintaining long-term relationships
• Fluent English speaker
• Attention to detail, well organised with a track record of working to deadlines in a timely manner

Desirable: 

• Knowledge and network of contacts within the international development, as well as the Trusts and Foundations fields
• Experience of working with programme staff in overseas country offices

Contact details:

Apply online with acover letter and CV explaining why you want to work with Food for the Hungry, UK and the expertise you would bring.  More Information about FH is available from our website

We are looking for a flexible and enthusiastic Fundraising Officer with excellent writing skills, and experience of raising funds from trusts and foundations. This is a challenging cross-team role, working with different colleagues to pull together information for donor proposals and reports.

This is a home-based, part time, fixed term maternity cover, from April – October, with the possibility of an extension on reduced hours when the post-holder returns from maternity leave.

Victim Support is looking for a Trusts and Grants Officer, the base of this role is flexible and homeworking will be considered.

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.

We are seeking a Trust and Grants Officer to lead on securing donations from charitable trusts, foundations, statutory bodies and parish councils. In addition, this post will be responsible for managing the customer care and reporting to charitable trusts to maintain support and income agreements. The role will also have responsibility for delivering high quality research for current and prospective donors, increasing our ability to secure income for the organisation.

Victim Support is grounded in communities across England & Wales as well as having the strength of a national infrastructure and a well established, award-winning volunteer network.

This role will lead on building relationships with existing trust supporters, writing reports to meet deadlines and submitting further applications for core and project funding. Working with local teams the role will also assist with mapping regional and local trusts, corporate and major donor existing and future supporters.

You will report to the Fundraising Lead for Victim Support.

Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are marked in the person specification as (s). In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.

If the vacancy has not specified the essential criteria for shortlisting, please use this section to express how your experience and skills are relevant for the role.

If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.

Victim Support takes pride in being a diverse organisation, enriched by the participation of all individuals and communities. Diversity matters and we value it.

Background and purpose

Who Are We? The Jumbulance Trust is a small Charitable Trust with 2 unique specialist vehicles, part coach part ambulance, which are specifically designed and equipped to make it possible for those with  serious illness or disability  to travel throughout the UK and Europe on holiday, short break, Pilgrimage or a day trip.

Each “JUMBULANCE” can accommodate a maximum of 21 and 26 respectively with tracking to accommodate up to 6 wheelchairs and/or 5 beds, has a heavy duty lift, large accessible washroom, full kitchen and extensive medical equipment

Our Vision: A society in which adults and children with severe disability are able to maximise their quality of life through social and travel opportunities.

Our Aim: The Jumbulance Trust exists to make accessible travel possible for those who by reason of their disabilities or illnesses find most means of transport impossible to contemplate.

 We want to ensure that everyone

• Lives the best life that they can

• Never feels alone or isolated

 • Feels empowered and confident

The Grants & Trust Fundraiser position is a new role, perfect for someone looking for a step up into grant fundraising or looking for a second role. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing our grant and trust fundraising programme, building on the work done over the last few years.  The role will require building strong working relationships with donors, community, fundraisers and external group leaders to create a sustainable income stream as part of our future investment in fundraising. Reporting to the General Manager (GM) the Grant and Trust Fundraiser will be responsible for developing our trust fundraising capability; that will include but not be limited to, investigating, researching and constructing applications for new funding. The successful candidate must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills to ensure we demonstrate a compelling case for support to potential donors. To be successful in this role you will have experience and/or understanding of raising income from trusts, foundations and major grants together with excellent research, communication and relationship development skills. You will be working with a small, yet dynamic, team used to taking both initiative and responsibility. During the first 6 - 12 months, the successful candidate will be expected to establish themselves in the new role and develop our trust fundraising strategy. Following successful completion of a probation period, there will also be flexible working opportunities. Main role responsibilities:

Strategy

• Lead on prospect research (trusts, foundations and major donors)

• Contribute to our other fundraising strategy activity and initiatives

• Ensure reporting, monitoring and evaluation processes are robust and provide the necessary information to GM

 • Develop a case for support that meets the needs of our target groups, in line with our aims, objectives and vision

• Work closely with the team and translate information accurately to ensure effective communication

This is a part time role with a salary of £25-£32,000 pro rata

14 hours per week.

Carrs Lane Counselling Centre Ltd.

Carrs Lane Counselling Centre Ltd is a registered charity run on a voluntary basis. We are one of the pioneers of counselling for adults within Birmingham, and we have been successfully helping people for over fifty years. We are dedicated to providing a low cost first class counselling service for adults from Birmingham and the surrounding area, who can travel to meet a counsellor here. We have been providing counselling to clients for over 50 years. We are currently seeking a Fundraiser to join our team and help us continue to provide our much needed service.

Fundraiser – Job Description

Job Title: Fundraiser

Qualifications: Educated to A level / equivalent experience

Responsible to: Counselling Service Manager and Board of Trustees

Salary: £12 per hour

Hours: Variable. Estimate up to 6 hours per week, plus attendance at Trustee Meetings (2 hours, 6 times a year)

Contract: 12 months from start date

DBS Check: Required

Overview:

The Counselling Centre operates as an independent charity and company limited by guarantee, although supported by The Church at Carrs Lane, where the Counselling Centre facilities are based. Present turnover is approximately £60K.

The fundraiser will report to and work with a named trustee having regular supervision sessions to set targets, monitor workload and effect post-holder performance appraisal, training and development. The fundraiser will be expected to work closely with the centre manager and volunteer treasurer as well as with other members of the centre. In most instances the work of this position can be done remotely from home.

Applications for this post will require three referees.

Interviews for this post will be held during week commencing 16th March, 2020.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The post holder will:

1. Develop and maintain key contacts for all small and medium sized trust relationships
2. Write funding proposals for new and existing projects in consultation with the named trustee and centre manager.
3. Develop the rolling programme of submissions to Trusts and Foundations for both core and project grants
4. Maintain and work to an accurate personal work-plan of scheduled fundraising activity and proposal submissions and ensure timely and accurate reporting to donors
5. Take responsibility for updating and maintaining trust records on the working database and ensure monthly back-up onto the office system.
6. Produce reports as required.
7.  Liaise with the treasurer periodically and as required.
8. Coordinate, assist and be aware of other fundraising initiatives as agreed with line management
9. Take advantage of any community fundraising activities that might present themselves, in consultation with the Friends of CLCC Ltd., and the Board of Trustees.
10. Respond to inbound communications about fundraising as appropriate.
11. Undertake any other duties as may be reasonably requested from time to time by the trustees or the centre manager.
12. Comply with all the policies and procedures of Carrs Lane Counselling Centre Ltd.,

Fundraiser – Person Specification

1. Knowledge & Skills

Essential:

• Excellent Research Skills.
• Excellent IT skills - including Word and Excel
• High standard of written English with the ability to produce concise and persuasive prose.
• Have knowledge of the charity sector and the issues that face small charities

Desirable:

• Working knowledge of Charity Commission regulations.
• Knowledge of fundraising best practice.
• Networking to build business relationships
• Ability to identify and research potential donors

2. Qualifications

Essential:

• Education to A level or equivalent experience

Desirable:

• Relevant professional training / qualifications e.g. Institute of Fundraising Certificate or Diploma

3. Experience

Essential:

• Experience of financial management and budgeting
• Knowledge and understanding of a wide range of fundraising areas.

Desirable:

• Experience of fundraising from trusts, foundations or other sources
• Experience of producing project budgets
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and multicultural environment
• Experience of report writing
• Experience of securing corporate donations in a previous role
• Experience of developing or maintaining a fundraising strategy in a previous role

4. Personal Qualities / Behaviours

Essential:

• Able to manage competing priorities and work to deadlines.
• Personal credibility and authority
• A professional and confident communicator, able to communicate effectively in person, by phone or in writing, to a range of audiences
• Organisational skills with a minimum of one year’s administrative experience
• Ability and willingness to work some unsociable hours (evening meetings)
• Be able to use own initiative and work autonomously.
• Appreciate need for discretion and confidentiality

Desirable:

• Ability to think creatively
• Strong Presentation skills
• Passionate about the use of counselling to assist those in need.

5. Equal Opportunities

Essential:

• An understanding of and commitment to the promotion of service delivery in an equal opportunities framework, including anti racist, anti discriminatory team and professional practice.

TEFT (The Educational Frontier Trust) are looking for a part-time fundraising consultant to help boost their fundraising activities and recommend new approaches.

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ABOUT US:

TEFT have been active for seventeen years, working in partnership with Kisima Secondary School in northern Kenya. In this time, it has been highly effective at generating funding for the school and providing scholarships for the hundreds of students. In 2019, Kisima School was ranked as the third best secondary school in Kenya.

TEFT does not employ any staff and relies on the support of volunteers and consultants. Our fundraising model to date has been via personal and church networks, which has been highly effective. However, in order to develop and sustain our work we are looking for a fundraising consultant to help us expand our reach beyond these networks and provide support in either of the following areas:

• Individual / Private Donor Fundraising
• Grant Fundraising (via Trust, Foundation and/or government donor)

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JOB SPECIFICATIONS:

Individual / Private Donor Fundraising:

This role will seek to:

• Recruit new individual donors to one of our featured fundraising products.
• Identify routes and opportunities to access new donors and extend our fundraising reach.
• Create the necessary resources and recommend adaption of existing resources to achieve the above two points.
• Develop and deliver fundraising emails (quarterly) to our existing donor database in order to promote fundraising appeals.
• Provide support for the planning and execution of fundraising events.

Grant Fundraising:

This role will seek to:

• Identify Grant (Trust, Foundation, government donor) opportunities for the charity.
• Lead on the development of proposals for the above opportunities.
• Develop a bank of resources and materials that will be needed to populate future Grant opportunities.

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CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS:

We are seeking a fundraising professional who has:

• At least three years’ experience in fundraising roles within the UK based charity sector.
• A demonstrable expertise in either Individual / Private fundraising or Grant acquisition.
• Strong writing skills and a working knowledge of effective online engagement tactics.
• Experience working within a Christian charity is desirable but not essential.
• Familiarity with MailChimp is also desirable.

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TIMING AND RENUMERATION:

• We are seeking a consultant to work one day per week for the next 12 months).
• Salary available is between £100 and £150 per day. Candidates will be expected to submit quotes as part of their application.
• The successful consultant will also be invited to attend some TEFT board meetings (usually held on a weekday evening).

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TO APPLY:

Applicants are requested to submit a copy of their CV and a cover letter outlining how their experience would benefit our fundraising work. And answering one of the following two questions:

• What tactics and approaches would you use to recruit 20 new child sponsors?
• What networks would you engage in order to identify new Grant opportunities that TEFT would be eligible for?

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CLOSING DATE: 26 Feburary 2020

Do you know your Rhyl from your Rhondda Valley? Your Porthmadog from your Powys?

If you’ve got experience in grant-making, and of working closely with small and medium charities in Wales to improve their practice, we really want to hear from you.

Lloyds Bank Foundation is an independent charitable trust funded by the profits of Lloyds Banking Group. We partner with small and local charities, helping people overcome complex social issues such as homelessness, mental health and domestic abuse.

Because of the retirement of a longstanding colleague, the Foundation is looking to appoint a Manager based in Wales to manage our grants portfolio of c 70 Active grants.

The challenges facing small and medium-sized charities are well documented, but through a combination of long term funding, developmental support and influencing policy and practice, we are working towards creating a stronger, more resilient sector. Having launched a new website and a new approach to grant-making (powered by a new database) at the end of 2019, this is a particularly exciting time to be joining us, and you’ll play a key role in helping us achieve our ambitious vision.

The portfolio of our grantees is spread right across Wales, but mostly in the south of the nation. The role is home-based (which must be in South / Mid Wales) but requires frequent travel across Wales and to the Foundation’s London Office.  Given the nature of the work, we also pay an essential car allowance, and we expect candidates to hold a full driving licence. 

The successful candidate will have:

• at least three years’ experience providing developmental support to help strengthen charities
• experience of assessing grant applications
• managing live relationships
• well-established networks across the Welsh voluntary sector
• a good understanding of the operating environment in Wales for small and local charities
• ability to initiate and deliver discrete strands of work that help develop charities alongside traditional grant making
• experience of supplier management
• sound judgement, strong communication, influencing and negotiating skills
• Ideally, you’ll be fluent in Welsh as well as in English.

You’ll be the face of the foundation and an advocate for small and local charities across Wales. You will champion the work of the charities you support ensuring their voices are heard as well as unique challenges across the Foundation and Lloyds Banking Group, other funders and local and national government.

The role will include responsibility for contributing to wider Foundation activity, including working with colleagues within Lloyds Banking Group, other funders and infrastructure organisations. The Foundation is passionate about developing and maintaining relationships and sees itself a partner to charities, so a key aspect of the role involves meeting with charity staff, trustees and beneficiaries.

Perks of the job: 

• Comprehensive Training & Development initiatives and support
• Generous annual leave (25–30 days pa + statutory days)
• Pension scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Season ticket loan or car allowance (as appropriate)
• BUPA Healthy minds – Employee Assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Flexible working (part time, home working, job share etc.)
• Volunteering opportunities (2 days per year)

Find out more by viewing webinar on YouTube following the enclosed attachment. 

Lasting around 45 minutes, this will give you the opportunity to find out a bit more about the Foundation, its grant-making and what we are looking for in candidates.

How to apply

Please provide a CV and cover letter – each no more than two sides of A4 to: Gemma Goymer, Head of HR, by Monday 24 February 2020 at 9am via email.

First round interviews will take place in South Wales on 10 and 11 March.  Prior to the interview you will be asked to undertake an exercise and present back as part of the interview.  If a second round of interviews is needed, we will hold it in London on 18 March 2020.

We encourage applications from all sections of our diverse community, irrespective of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), sexual orientation, religion or belief, or because someone is married or in a civil partnership. We believe our organisation will be a better, more creative and an innovative place to work if we can harness the benefit of lots of different perspectives.

The Foundation is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as inclusive as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for people who have a disability or long-term health condition.

If you need any ‘reasonable adjustments’ for any part of the recruitment process please let us know, in confidence, to discuss these.

A great home-based role, (must be within reasonable travelling distance of London), which is part time, based on 4 days / 30 hours a week.

About HOPE

The Hope Foundation for Street Children (HOPE UK), is the UK fundraising arm of The Hope Foundation in Ireland, a non-denominational, non-political humanitarian organisation.  All funds raised go to The Hope Kolkata Foundation in India to support street connected children in Kolkata.

The common vision of the HOPE organisation is ‘a world where it should never hurt to be a child’.

HOPE works in partnership with local organisations, communities and government in India to deliver its services and projects, with over 60 programmes covering child protection, education, healthcare, vocational training, capacity building and emergency response.  In 20 years HOPE has reached 2.8 million beneficiaries.

The UK branch of HOPE has been established for over 10 years and has built a base of supporters, donors and volunteers providing regular funding for the projects in Kolkata, whilst also raising awareness of the cause of the street connected and slum community children there. Governed by a board of trustees, HOPE UK’s fundraising activity is led by the Ireland based International Fundraising Director, who also provides systems and operational support.  We have a team of three staff in the UK, supported by volunteers.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to channel your energy and enthusiasm as a Fundraising and Events Manager into raising much needed funds to provide essential services for street connected children and slum communities in Kolkata.

Reporting to HOPE’s International Fundraising Director, the key responsibilities of your role will be to

• Raise funds for HOPE through maintaining, developing and growing existing donor and supporter relationships
• Identify new donors and supporters, through proactive networking and exploiting relevant fundraising opportunities
• Design, plan, manage and deliver an events and fundraising programme
• Support, direct and liaise with HOPE volunteer fundraising committees and supporters
• Raise awareness about the work of HOPE
• Liaise with HOPE trustees, Ambassadors and Patrons

About you

• You are an ambitious fundraising professional, with a ‘can do’ attitude, who has a passion for the work of HOPE.
• You can plan and manage multiple fundraising activities with measurable outcomes
• You have a proven and demonstrable track record in raising funds via the design, management and implementation of public events. 
• You have a warm, open personality with a positive attitude, a readiness to engage and the ability to put people at ease
• You are experienced in developing and maintaining donor and supporter relationships
• You are a natural team worker, happy to work across boundaries and adaptable in dealing with people of varying backgrounds and the differing needs within HOPE’s supporter base
• You are a clear and effective communicator, both verbal and written
• You have excellent presentation skills  
• You work effectively and efficiently on your own initiative, with the ability to receive /accept direction
• You are well organized, efficient and resilient, able to handle pressure and prioritise competing tasks
• You are a self-starter, capable of working both alone and remotely with the ability to plan and problem solve
• You are proficient with Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel and data recording
• You have a working knowledge of GDPR compliance and data protection

Please see the Job Description/Specification for further details.

This is a home-based role and relevant equipment will be provided.  You will be able to travel into London with reasonable ease. Some occasional evening working and travel to locations outside London may be required. 

If you have the relevant skills and experience coupled with a passion for the work we do, we would love to hear from you.  Upload your CV and a supporting statement (as an attachment) telling us why you want to work for HOPE UK, how you meet our criteria and what you can bring to the role.  Please note we will not consider any applications without a detailed supporting statement.

Application deadline: Monday 24th Feb 2020 9am

Interviews will be held in London: week commencing Monday 2nd March 2020

We are now at the exciting stage where we are looking to recruit a Fundraising Manager to support our work, and to help the organisation to achieve its ambitious plans for growth. For this home-based role, the successful candidate will focus on specific fundraising areas identified in the fundraising strategy. Highly motivated, skilled and resourceful, they will have management skills, influencing abilities and a proven track record of delivery across the fundraising mix including community fundraising, events, trusts and grants and managing high value relationships.

Above all, they will be a creative thinker who can translate ideas into action, whilst demonstrating a strategic and proactive approach to researching, targeting and recruiting donors/supporters. The post-holder is expected to contribute to On Call Africa’s initiatives and development activities at a senior level. Within the small team all staff are expected to work in a flexible way and tasks that have not been covered in the job description may have to be undertaken.

This is hands-on position is a part-time role, based from home (preferably in Scotland), with some travel across the UK. The post has a salary of £26,000 per year pro rata (£15,600). Interviews will be held in the UK or via skype during week commencing 16th March 2020. Closing date for applications is at 5pm on 11th March 2020.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The key functions of the role are:

1. Trust and foundations – Carrying out research, developing a pipeline, writing applications, writing reports and building relationships with trusts, foundations and institutional funders such as DfID ad Scottish Government.

2. Event fundraising– Organise a diverse range of fundraising events such as dinners, challenge events, and engagement events. In 2020 the post-holder will lead on a 10th anniversary dinner in Glasgow, a cycle challenge in Zambia, and an engagement event in London

3. Alumni fundraising – On Call Africa has a large network of volunteers who have helped to deliver our work in Zambia. The Post-holder will work with the Operations Manager to develop and alumni network to continue to engage doctors after their volunteer placement with On Call Africa.

4. Marketing and communications – Maintain communication with donors through regular newsletters, social media and website updates. Devise and run fundraising campaigns to support strategic objectives.

5. Partnerships – developing relationships with existing and prospective partners and work together to develop joint fundraising bids.

6. Strategy – Develop the organisational fundraising strategy to support On Call Africa’s strategic objectives. As a member of the senior management team the post-holder will also contribute to strategic direction of the organisation.

7. Database management – The post-holder will manage the On Call Africa CRM database, ensuring that the database is up to date and GDPR compliant.

The successful candidate must have a proven ability to work independently and flexibly to achieve outcomes without close supervision and without administration support. We are looking for an individual who is motivated by a passion for international development, an effective communicator, and who is familiar with the demands of running a small charity.

HOW TO APPLY

Please send a copy for your CV together with a covering letter.

The closing date for application is 5pm 11th March 2020

Interviews will be held via skype during week commencing 16th March 2020.

St Edmund Hall has an ambitious 10-year vision to develop its teaching, research, culture, finance and to become the most environmentally sustainable college in Oxford. Major gifts will be critical if we are to achieve our goals and we now seek to appoint a Philanthropy Manager who shares our ambition.

The Philanthropy Manager will report to the Director of Development and will work with existing and prospective major donors within our pool of alumni. You will make face-to-face funding requests, building on your experience of securing five and six figure gifts.

There are a number of exciting funding projects that we believe alumni will be keen to support, including capital development of student accommodation, support for bursaries and scholarships and new initiatives to reduce the environmental footprint of the College.

It is anticipated that the successful candidate will be out of the office for 60% of their week, most typically in London. The College is therefore open to applications from candidates who live outside of Oxford provided they are committed to travelling to Oxford once a week (more frequently during induction period and when required to do so).

This is a 2-year fixed-term position and the College is also open to considering flexible or part-time working for this role.

This is an excellent opportunity for a proven fundraiser to play a pivotal role in a successful team and develop their fundraising career.

To be successful in this role, you will have a demonstrable track record in major gift fundraising.  You’ll be entrepreneurial and results-driven with outstanding communication and influencing skills and the presence, gravitas and intellect to operate effectively at all levels.

In return, we offer highly competitive rewards and benefits including generous annual leave entitlement, pension scheme, subsidised bus pass loan, cycle to work scheme loan, season ticket loan, an employee assistance programme, a free lunch whilst on duty and free eye sight testing with a contribution towards the cost of spectacles if necessary and various University of Oxford discounts.

Application Process

Interested applicants should forward the following documents:

1. A Cover Sheet giving the contact details of two referees. One referee should be the applicant’s current or most recent manager or supervisor.
2. A current CV.
3. A covering letter, which explains how you meet the selection criteria for the post.

Documents should be sent in PDF format, preferably by email by 09:00 on Monday, March 16, 2020.  Postal applications should be sent to the HR Manager, St Edmund Hall, Queen’s Lane, Oxford, OX1 4AR.  Shortlisted applicants will be invited to interview soon after the closing date.  Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Please also consider completing the online Equal Opportunity Monitoring Form.  Submission of this form is voluntary and does not form part of the selection process, but we would be grateful if you are willing to return it with your application to assist us with our equal opportunity monitoring.