ISLP WANTS YOU! 

Fundraising Consultant (Part-time), London based, £40,000 pa (£15,000 pro rata for 89 days or 4.6 months) 

International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP) is a not for profit organisation registered in the USA and the UK that provides pro bono legal assistance to governments, regional bodies,  and civil society organisations in developing countries, leveraging global legal resources in alignment with client needs to support just, accountable and inclusive development. We offer solutions to direct investment challenges, from a growing program of work focused on social impact and the structuring of investment vehicles to advising governments on tax competition, base erosion and profit shifting.

ISLP has a well-established program of providing advice and support to governments across sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, including advising on the renegotiation of natural resource contracts and establishment of legal and regulatory frameworks with regard to investment, tax and trade. In addition, ISLP has enacted multi-faceted programs to empower civil society participation in the overall development of several countries in Southeast Asia, particularly Myanmar, as well as provided support in relation to Anti-Bribery & Corruption and Civil Society Space in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

Job Overview 

International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP) is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic fundraiser to work with the Co-Heads of the UK Office and other members of the ISLP team in conceptualising, implementing and evaluating fundraising activities. The ISLP Consultant will manage and develop a portfolio of prospective funders and donors, as well as develop a sustainable fundraising strategy and infrastructure within the organisation. The position entails the coordination of outreach and fundraising activities with a variety of actors, mainly partners from the ISLP’s network of national governments in Europe and North America, Philanthropic Foundations, and Family Trusts. Reporting to the Co-Heads ISLP-UK, we need you to contribute to the expansion of ISLP’s funding base by attracting new funds and to manage the relationship with resultant funders.

We are looking for a Fundraiser to focus on Institutional and Trusts funding. Your role will be to develop and maintain strong working relationships with existing and potential institutional donors, private foundations, trusts, and partner organisations. You will research and develop fundraising proposals and grant applications and come up with new strategies to increase funding. You will ideally have knowledge of working with institutional donors, and have extensive trusts and foundations fundraising experience. You will have written successful and impactful funding proposals, be creative with coming up with new fundraising strategies and ideally have knowledge of the international development sector. 

This is an amazing opportunity to be a part of an organisation that makes a big impact worldwide through pro bono legal support. This is a part-time role pro-rata to 4.6 months (89 work days) and offering equivalent salary of £15,000. Non-London, non-office based arrangements could be made for the right candidate.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Contribute to the ongoing development and revision of ISLP’s fundraising and funder relations strategy;

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of stakeholder needs within the institutional donor, major foundations and impact investing space;

• Initiate, develop and maintain strong relations with potential funders;

• Programme and proposal design, bid writing, pitching and developing performance measurements, in line with the wider fundraising strategy;

• Secure new large-scale finance through researching and progressing funding opportunities;

• Monitor trends and opportunities across institutional donors, major foundations and the impact investing sector;

Key Competencies, Experience, Knowledge, and Skills

Essential

• Experience of securing funding from and working with major institutional donors, large foundations and/or multilateral bodies;

• Proven experience of proposal development, bid writing and pitching, grant contract management, funder reporting and monitoring;

• Effective relationship manager;

• Excellent written and oral communication skills;

• Excellent computer literacy including word-processing, databases, spreadsheets;

• Strong research skills;

• Strong influencing and negotiating skills;

• Good numeracy skills and ability to analyse and report on financial performance;

• Understanding of and experience in the international development sector;

• Ability to work independently to tight critical deadlines, ensuring an internal flow of communications and buy-in;

• Ability to think strategically and creatively, to foresee needed adaptations to an original plan, improvise and make the best of situations in the moment;

• Demonstrable ability to identify and pursue fundraising opportunities.

Personal Qualities

• Great communicator;

• Systematic and thorough;

• Learning attitude;

• Conscientious and responsible;

• Constructive, flexible and helpful;

• Culturally sensitive;

• Works well under pressure;

• Innovative and entrepreneurial;

• Able to work with minimal supervision, use initiative and drive results;

• Able to prioritise own workload and to see a task through from start to finish;

Education:   A relevant degree or equivalent professional qualification

Experience:   At least 5 years’ experience in major fundraising and funder relationship management within the international development space.

INTERESTED?

If this role speaks to your core and you are enthusiastic about contributing to the strengthening of legal pro-bono support then please see application instructions via our website. Interviews will be held in mid-January 2020. Only successful candidates will be contacted.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be responsible for stewarding existing trusts as well as researching, cultivating and applying to new supporters with an emphasis on fundraising from larger trusts and securing multi year gifts for a leading animal welfare charity.

The Charity
One of the largest animal welfare organisations in the UK. With wonderful animal friendly open plan office space in London.

The Role
Supporting the Trust and Foundations Team Manager in delivering the trusts/foundations elements of the fundraising.
Developing a pipeline of charitable trusts and foundations that could support range of the charities projects, programmes and activities.
Relationship management of existing trusts/foundations, including coordinating all commitments for these funders across the charity.
Contributing to and providing regular updates across the organisation to ensure trust and foundation fundraising activity is embedded across the organisation and is aligned with the wider plans and objectives of the charity.
Undertaking administrative responsibilities related to new funding being secured including liaising with Donor Administration and Finance teams to record new income and ensuring all funding agreements are signed and returned on time.

The Candidate
Experience of researching, collating, preparing and submitting multiple funding applications to charitable trusts and foundations.
Successful track record of securing grants from charitable trusts and foundations.
Experience of developing and maintaining key relationships with trusts and foundations over a sustained period of time and a thorough understanding of how charitable trust and foundations operate.
Proven ability to write detailed budgets to accompany funding applications.
Excellent understanding of why outcomes are important to trusts and foundations and ability to describe the charities activities in this way within bids.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

Prospectus is pleased to be working with Sands to recruit their new Senior Trusts Fundraiser. Sands is the leading stillbirth and neonatal death charity and exists to reduce the number of babies dying and to support anyone affected by the death of a baby, before, during, or shortly after birth.

You will have significant experience of writing and securing grants from trusts and other grant-making bodies and manage the organisation's existing trust portfolio.

You will be able to effectively research sources of funding and have experience of prospect research using a variety of tools. You will be highly result orientated and will be able to develop and implement trust fundraising programmes.

You will be able to effectively collaborate with internal staff in preparation for proposals, meetings, and reports to external agencies. You will be able to work to tight deadlines and under pressure.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application. In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to speaking with you soon.

Read Easy is a small, but rapidly growing charity that delivers life-changing opportunities to adults who struggle with their reading. We are, in fact, the only national organisation attempting to offer a confidential, free, one-to-one reading coaching programme for the thousands of adults in our communities who can’t read at all or who struggle to read.

We are looking for someone who shares our passion for our work and has the initiative, skills and experience to really drive our fundraising so that we can extend our reach to all parts of the country as part of our new ten year strategic plan. 

We have developed a strong case for support, which includes detailed statistics demonstrating the need for Read Easy across the country. Our work has already received good national and local TV and other media coverage and our fundraising to date has demonstrated that there is significant interest amongst funders in supporting what we do. Candidates for this post will need to have the motivation, initiative and persuasive abilities to develop that interest and convert it into coherent and successful fundraising.

There are exciting times ahead for Read Easy and we are looking forward to welcoming a new member to our small Head Office Team in north Gloucestershire.The culture is friendly, focused, mature and hard working. For more information, please download the role profile here. To apply, please provide your CV with a covering letter laying out in detail why you are applying for the post and how you consider your skills and experience meet the job description. Please note that applicants who do not provide this detailed covering letter will not be considered.

We are working exclusively with Praxis to recruit a Head of Fundraising and Communications, they are looking for a successful fundraiser who is a strategic thinker, you will need to have a strong Trust Fundraising background and also take responsibility for the IG programme.

This is a great opportuntiy for someone who has worked in a trusts and foundations environment for at least two years and who is looking to progress with a new challenge in a national health charity.  Candidates should be confident and outgoing, well organised, and have a good eye for detail.  You will be responsible for managing an established grant funding programme and securing new funders to further the work of the British Tinnitus Association (BTA).  Transferrable skills will be considered for the right person.

Key Duties

Responsible for raising funds from grant giving Trusts and Foundations in partnership with other members of the fundraising team.  In particular working with the Grants Manager and Head of Major Giving in the following ways:

• Research and apply to new and existing trusts and foundations
• Support and oversee fundraising volunteers
• To achieve agreed grant income targets
• Providing administrative support for wider fundraising campaigns and committees.

The Person

You should be an established and driven grant fundraiser with a willingness to succeed.  We are looking for someone who has strong organisational skills, likes a challenge, and has an eye for detail.  You will have the opportunity to use your creative writing skills to present persuasive 'asks' to a range of grant funders in order to help the BTA support more people with tinnitus and achieve our vision of 'a world where no one suffers from tinnitus'.

For more information about the role download a full job description and personal specification below.

The BTA welcomes applications from all candidates irrespective of age, pregnancy and maternity, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, or marital or civil partnership status.

Closing date for applications is 8th December with interviews to be held in Sheffield on 18th December.

Grants Manager
Home Based (with travel to London - on average about once a week)

Build a fairer society……unlock your potential with Locality

About Us

Locality is the national network supporting community organisations to be strong and successful. We are recruiting a Grant Manager and want to recruit diverse talent to deliver our mission.

Our staff tell us the best thing about working for Locality is the people; both within the organisation and outside of it. Locality is particularly keen to hear from people from ethnic minority backgrounds and those with disabilities as these groups are under-represented in our workforce. We want a diverse team to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with.

The Benefits

- Salary starting at £41,616, rising to £45,258 (plus London Weighting where appropriate)
- Flexible working options
- Five weeks’ holiday 
- Three grace days between Christmas and New Year
- Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Simply Health Cash Plan
- Interest Free Season Ticket Loan

The Role

As the Grants Manager, you’ll support our neighbourhood planning and community led housing programmes.

You may not have worked in the fields of neighbourhood planning or housing, but you must be able to understand and empathise with the issues that often small, volunteer-led organisations face and ensure that is reflected in the service you deliver. 

About You

To join us as a Grants Manager, you will need to be someone who takes pride in excellent programme and financial management; who has the confidence and ability to exercise judgement calls and deliver consistent decision-making within a high-volume environment. 

The closing date for this role is the 7th January 2020, with interviews scheduled to be held on the 20th and 22nd January 2020.

We work with amazing and talented individuals who want to change the world through the power of community; if you’re one too, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency. 

We are working with a wonderful human rights charity based in North London to recruit a Grants Fundraiser. This charity work with survivors of torture, provide counselling and group therapy as well as ongoing support to survivors.

Job Title: Grants Fundraiser
Organisation: Human Rights Charity
Location: London
Salary: £32,888 - £33,950
Contract: Permanent
Required: CV and Cover Letter
Closing Date: Monday 9th December 2019

This role has lots of statutory, international and grant management responsibility. If you have strong experience working with UK Government, European, US and or other international funders we would love to hear from you.

The team are on a trajectory of growth hoping to develop new income streams in the coming years. This role will be responsible for applying for funding from UK medium Trusts, large foundations, the Big Lottery and for researching funding opportunities from EU and US sources, we are looking for a strong fundraiser who is proactive and loves seeking out new opportunities!

The successful candidate will have strong grant management experience including donor reporting and monitoring project results. This charity has an established and mature team and are looking for someone to join to add a creative touch to help diversify income.

You will carry out all monitoring, donor reporting and work closely with the Finance Team on financial reporting.

If you would like to apply for this position, please contact [email protected]

This amazing organisation that works across the Midlands has been supporting people with disabilities for over 25 years. With a range of services that includes giving information and advice; as well helping improve health and wellbeing, the organisation provides vital support to people with a huge range of needs. 

With exciting plans for the future, the organisation is recruiting for a Fundraising and Marketing Officer to join its small Fundraising and Marketing team. Working 20 hours per week this role will be based in Birmingham (although home working will be considered for the right candidate), and will include the following responsibilities:

• Raise income to an annual agreed target which will support the organisation's activities, predominately via trusts and foundations, as well as exploring new income streams

• Market and promote the work of the organisation to a wider audience

• Undertake systematic trust research to identify potential income and funding opportunities

• Prepare compelling applications to grant-making trusts and foundations, as well as corporate supporters, ensuring that the potential of these is fully maximised

• Empower supporters to organise and undertake fundraising activities

• Contribute to a consistent brand communication throughout all fundraising and income generation activities

• Maintain accurate records, including maintaining the fundraising and income generation database and CRM system with targets and approaches

• Identify, develop, and lead on priority marketing projects including social media, with the aim of increasing the organisation's visibility, brand and reach

The successful applicant will have the following skills and experience:

• Experience of writing successful fundraising applications (or equivalent writing experience)

• Experience of raising funds and/or achieving income targets

• Experience of working to deadlines and ability to manage time effectively

• The ability to build strong relationships with companies and supporters

• Experience of marketing to help build brand awareness

• Experience of researching funding opportunities from statutory bodies and other grant funders is desirable, as is experience of organising fundraising events and working within the community to inspire support and raise funds

• A good level of IT literacy

• Knowledge of, and ability to, make online applications for fundraising including the use of online tendering portals

• Knowledge and understanding of how to social media for marketing and promotion purposes

An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Trust Fundraiser to join our Philanthropic Partnerships Team, which sits within the Major Partnerships Unit at Plan International UK.

Plan International UK is a global children’s charity working to give every child the same chance in life and promoting equality for girls. The Philanthropic Partnerships Team is specifically responsible for all trust, foundation and major donor relationships and income, managing grants between £10k - £1 million plus. We’re a dynamic and growing team – our income in the last financial year was over £5m and there is a strategy in place to grow this further in the coming years.

In this role, you will primarily be responsible for the management and coordination of Plan International UK’s relationship with the People’s Postcode Lottery (PPL). The multi-million- pound funding provided by this donor supports a number of Plan International UK’s strategic programmes, alongside investment in our core activities to extend our reach and impact. You’ll manage the relationship with the donor and lead the coordination of different internal stakeholders - including the CEO’s office, programmes, governance, finance and communications to deliver extensive compliance, media and reporting requirements. 

Alongside account managing our partnership with PPL, you will also be responsible for sustaining and increasing income from a portfolio of corporate and private foundations/trusts, working closely with the other Senior Trust Fundraiser, the Corporate Partnerships Team and Prospect Researcher. You will play a key role in the smooth running of the Philanthropic Partnerships Team and provide input into the strategic and budget development of the trust programme.

We are looking for someone with solid experience of managing large trusts or statutory partners within an international development context, who can demonstrate success in working innovatively and creatively to maximise prospecting opportunities.  You will be an excellent networker and engaging communicator and negotiator, who is keen to keep abreast of developments within Plan and the development sector.

If this opportunity excites you and you would relish the chance to make a truly worthwhile contribution to our work with children and their communities, we would love to hear from you.

The deadline for applications is 9:00am on Monday 9th December 2019.

Interviews will take place on Monday 16th December 2019

Due to the nature of our work with children, we follow rigorous child safeguarding policies and procedures in our recruitment process. As a result, some of our roles are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure by the Disclosure and Barring Service. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from joining us as an employee or volunteer; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences.

Trust and Foundations Officer, an opportunity for a Trusts Fundraiser to join a well-known Animal Welfare Charity based in Central London.

The Trusts and Foundations team have a track record of successful generating income and growing their team. To continue to fund projects, programmes and the charities resources they continue to develop and grow their funding support.

As the Trust and Foundations Officer, you will join a welcoming and talented team, working with your colleagues and the Trust and Foundations Team Manager, to steward an existing portfolio of trusts as well as research, cultivate and apply to new supporters with an emphasis on fundraising from larger trusts and securing multi-year gifts.

You will work on a very varied portfolio of funders due the range of project and programmes the charity run. Also, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of applications from mid-value to multi-year. You will be supported where required and enable to grow your skills.

Our client is looking for a talented Trusts Fundraiser who has previous experience of researching, collating, preparing and submitting multiple funding applications to charitable Trusts and Foundations. With a track record of securing grants from charitable trusts and foundations. You will have excellent communications to develop and maintain key relationships with trusts and foundations and a thorough understanding of how charitable trusts and foundations operate. Proven ability to write detailed budgets to accompany funding applications

Reporting to the Head of Fundraising and Investor Relations in this exciting newly created role, you will be working with the Investor Relations Manager to contribute to the expansion of Reall’s funding base.  This will be achieved by attracting new finance from major institutional donors (amongst others) and managing the relationships you build.

We develop, refine and share innovative housing models that unlock the political will, capital investment and end-user finance needed to create the conditions for hard- working families in Africa and Asia to secure their own home.  

We do this because affordable homes not only provide a fundamental human right, they unleash unimaginable human potential to shape a future of gender parity, climate resilience, clean water and air, renewable energy and socioeconomic justice. We believe that the best way to realise this future is by working in open collaboration using an open-source approach, so that the best ideas can be adapted and adopted around the world. You will be part of building an affordable homes movement that will improve the lives of 100 million people across Africa and Asia by 2030.

This role will be based in Coventry, though it may require occasional international travel. You will be working 35 hours per week, with a 1 hour unpaid lunch break, and office hours are 9am to 5pm.  We are open to flexible working patterns, subject to the objectives and outcomes of the role being met.  We are a small team (35 people) who achieve big things!

For more information please visit Reall's website.

Key Responsibilities:

• Secure new large-scale finance through researching and progressing funding opportunities
• Programme and proposal design, bid writing, pitching and developing performance measurements, in line with the wider fundraising strategy
• Initiate, develop and maintain strong relations with potential funders
• Manage funder due diligence assessments, monitor progress against agreed funder targets, fulfil funder reporting requirements, and ensure compliance with other contractual obligations
• Monitor trends and opportunities across institutional donors, major foundations and the impact investing sector
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of stakeholder needs within the institutional donor, major foundations and impact investing space
• Contribute to the ongoing development and revision of Reall’s fundraising and funder relations strategy
• Lead on designated networking and presenting opportunities
• Develop, maintain and update effective CRM / management information system

Person Specification:

Education:A relevant degree or equivalent professional qualification

Experience:At least four years’ experience in major fundraising and funder relationship management within the international development space

Key Competencies:

Essential

• Experience of securing funding from and working with major institutional donors, large foundations and/or multilateral bodies
• Proven experience of proposal development, bid writing and pitching, grant contract management, funder reporting and monitoring
• Effective relationship manager
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent computer literacy including word-processing, databases, spreadsheets
• Strong research skills
• Strong influencing and negotiating skills
• Good numeracy skills and ability to analyse and report on financial performance
• Understanding of and experience in the international development sector

Desirable

• Understanding of the social enterprise and impact investment space
• Experience of financial services products

Personal Qualities:

• Great communicator
• Systematic and thorough 
• Learning attitude
• Conscientious and responsible
• Constructive, flexible and helpful 
• Culturally sensitive
• Works well under pressure
• Innovative and entrepreneurial
• Able to work with minimal supervision, use initiative and drive results
• Able to prioritise own workload and to see a task through from start to finish

Are you an experienced Trust Fundraiser and love animals? We have an exciting new role with a well-known animal charity who are looking for a Trust and Foundations Officer. 

As part of your role, you will be responsible for stewarding existing trusts as well as researching, cultivating and applying to new supporters - with an emphasis on fundraising from larger trusts and securing multi-year gifts. 

For this role, you will need:

• Previous experience of researching, collating and preparing multiple funding applications to charitable trusts and foundations 


• Successful track record of securing grants from charitable trusts and foundations 


• Excellent communication skills - written and verbal 
  
   

Salary: £33,000 - £36,000

Closing Date: 15th December 2019

To have an informal chat about the role please call us on 0203 006 2787 or contact us on [email protected]

If enough applications are received, the charity reserves the right to end the application period sooner. If you would like to have an informal discussion, please visit our website for details.

Join a pioneering team at Big Education to shape something special in education

Big Education is a charity and multi-academy trust that is a force for change in education in the UK. Recently launched in September 2018, Big Education has big ambitions. We seek to bring together the energy and spirit of our schools, teachers and communities to deliver a bigger and bolder vision of what education can be.

We believe deeply that education needs to be more expansive, that we need to educate the whole child – head, heart and hand. We believe that if we do that with innovation and rigour, then young people will be equipped to make a difference to the world.

There are three main strands to our work:

1. Running distinct schools: Big Education is currently running three schools and is in the process of setting up two more brand new schools. 
2. Building an ecosystem: We want to create a series of products, programmes and policies that exemplify a big education and push the boundaries of what is possible in education. . 
3. Building a coalition for change: We want to build a coalition of people who are united around the idea that the education system needs to be done differently. Working with educationalists, thinkers, business people, social entrepreneurs, and policy makers we want to be a catalyst for change. 

The role

This is a great role for someone who wants to be at the cutting edge of education innovation. The successful candidate will be someone who combines thinking and doing and who has a track record of forging great partnerships to achieve ambitious goals. You will have a strong track record of entrepreneurship whether in raising funds, creating business plans, or taking new ideas to scale. You will be a skilled networker and someone who can take our connections and provide strategic leadership to make the best use of our partnerships. 

You will be based at School 21 in Stratford.

Key accountabilities

• Devising a stakeholder strategy to engage with key Big Education partners: 
• Finding and reaching out to key partners from a range of sectors: e.g. business, creative, high tech, Universities 
• Mapping and managing key stakeholders (existing and potential) 
• Strategic oversight of stakeholder management software
• Working with our schools to curate partner involvement in the curriculum and enrichment activities
• Develop a business development plan for BE programme, products and events:
• Shape the business model for our on-line platform, programmes and events
• Devise and oversee visits and events programme within Big Education and its schools 
• Lead the fundraising drive to support the vision and programmes of Big Education:
• Devise a strategy for fundraising for the schools and the wider Big Education Programme 
• Work with individuals and businesses to raise funds
• Work with the development board to deliver the strategy
• Oversee applications to foundations and other grant giving bodies 

Competencies

• Very strong interpersonal skills and an ability to build powerful relationships, including with very senior stakeholders
• Ability to clearly and convincingly articulate the Big Education story and vision
• Strong judgement to read and understand complex situations
• A creative approach to seeing possibilities and opportunities within a range of partnerships
• Ability to be flexible and prioritise effectively when working in a startup environment
• Ability to communicate effectively to a range of audiences, both written and verbally
• Strong initiative, with an ability to work to a high level of autonomy
• Experience in leading and managing a project
• Ability to work under pressure and to work to deadlines as required
• Ability and willingness to take on new projects
• Reflective and open to feedback
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively when necessary
• Attention to detail and ability to multi task at a high level

You will love this job if…

• You enjoy working in a fast paced, startup environment
• You love meeting and working with a wide range of people from different contexts
• You want to be part of a growing force for innovation in education
• You enjoy working with committed people in a purposeful environment
• You enjoy thinking and doing - generating ideas and bringing them alive 
• You enjoy taking ownership of your work and shaping projects 
• You are passionate about education and creating opportunities for young people

How to apply 

Please apply via the Big Education website. Deadline Tuesday 7 January 2020 at 5.00pm. Interviews w/b 13 January 2020.