Job title: External Grants Manager

Region: Flexible, located in one of our 15 area offices

Directorate: Operations

Contract: Permanent, Full-time 35 hours per week

Salary: £32,336 per annum (plus £4,452 London Weighting if applicable)

About The Royal British Legion

The Legion is at the heart of a national network that supports our Armed Forces community through thick and thin – ensuring their unique contribution is never forgotten. We’ve been here since 1921 and we’ll be here as long as they need us.

Our Values and Behaviours

Does the following describe you?

• A desire to provide a great customer service and support

• Enjoy and thrive in working in teams and with others

• Passionate about supporting the Armed Forces community and honouring their contribution

• Come to work each day to be the best you can and to learn and develop

• An encourager, eager to share your knowledge and experience to help others

If so then we would like to hear from you ….

The Role

The Royal British Legion is recruiting for an External Grants Manager to oversee the Legion’s programmes of grant-funding for organisations, including elements of the Irish Ex-Services Trust and the LIBOR-funded Aged Veterans Fund. The new Manager will lead a small team, ensuring thorough and evidenced assessments and monitoring of grants made to projects which benefit the Armed Forces community.

The role will involve liaising with external charities, including but not limited to those which are predominantly associated with the Armed Forces. Assessment will include considering each application on its merits, factoring in each applicant’s Governance framework, budget, projected beneficiary reach and anticipated outcomes. More broadly, the role will support the Head of Grants & Social Policy in proposing new funding themes and introducing a refined, modern grant management process.

The successful candidate will be experienced in providing guidance to charity professionals, analysing proposals and preparing formal funding recommendations.

This appointment comes at an exciting time for the department and the successful applicant will have the ability to input into the strategy of the External Grants Programme and ensure it can best meet the most urgent needs of the Armed Forces Community.

Some UK travel will be required.

How to Apply

Please apply by clicking ‘Apply Online’

Closing date for this role is: Tuesday 25th February 2020

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 3rd March 2020 in London SE1 1AA

The role will be to continue to develop and manage a person centred city-wide Care and Domestic Support service providing high quality care to people across Birmingham within the community including sheltered housing schemes. To ensure vulnerable people receive the a high level of care and support subject to their needs and preferences and in line with CQC regulatory requirements.

To liaise with commissioners, organisations and individuals to develop and promote the Service, working to achieve ongoing growth in clients and service hours.

To manage the existing services and to develop and expand the service by liaising with statutory and community organisations throughout Birmingham and surrounding areas.

To manage staff in line with organisational policies and procedures on an ongoing basis.

To manage the recruitment of new staff.

To undertake assessments of need and risk within the homes of all clients, and arrange client contracts and subsequent services based upon an agreed client service plan.

To manage, coordinate and cover on a rota basis, a 24hour on call system for staff and clients.

Do you have:

• Sound care and management experience
• Good understanding of the care needs for older adults
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent communication and IT skills
• Wanting to progress and develop within your career
• Commitment to staff and team development
• Confidence and ability to lead a team

Here at Human Appeal we have an exciting opportunity for a Challenges Coordinator to join our integral Fundraising department. You will join us on a full time basis as part of an initial 1 year fixed term contract and in return you will receive a competitive salary of £20-27k per annum.

Frequent travel will be required nationally and potentially internationally so you can be based anywhere across the UK. We have offices in Birmingham, London, Leicester, Glasgow, and our head office in Manchester.

Human Appeal is a faith-based charity that aims to abolish poverty by providing humanitarian aid, sustainable development programs and championing advocacy for our beneficiaries worldwide.

Key duties and responsibilities of our Challenges Coordinator: 

- To strategically lead on the development, management, and delivery of a range of regional, national and international Challenge Events by working closely with National Events and Challenges Manager, ensuring that all available opportunities for raising funds for HA are successfully exploited and maintained at agreed levels of return on investment. 

- To work closely with the Volunteers Coordinator to recruit, develop and grow the volunteering database, to recruit Volunteers for Challenges and Fundraising events 

- To lead the development of new innovative Charity Challenge events, as well as a broad spectrum and variety of challenges for all target audiences.

- To build awareness of HA projects and donor relationships, increase income generation and donations year on year to secure the long-term financial sustainability and growth of HA in line with national FR strategy.

- To contribute towards and implement the annual fundraising strategy for regional and national challenge activities.

- To contribute to and expand the current challenges programme to meet and exceed agreed targets, by achieving donation income growth and donor growth (Year-Over-Year).

- To successfully develop a strong FR portfolio to lead and support in-house FR teams during Challenges. 

- To ensure local and national FR challenges are well supported, run effectively, regularly, whilst delivering Quality Assurance in line with Health & Safety, customer satisfaction, complaints management, and Fundraising Regulators code of conduct.

Benefits of joining us as our Challenges Coordinator:

- 35 Days Annual Leave

- Matched Pension Contribution

- Flexible Working

- Employee Discounts and Memberships

What we’re looking for in our Challenges Coordinator:

- Ideally degree-educated, or Voluntary Service Oversees (VSO) beneficial 

- Minimum of 2 years in similar post, proven track record of project and events management.

- Computer literate and competent with Microsoft Office, Social Media, Donor Management systems

- English essential. Knowledge of additional languages such as Arabic/Urdu/Bengali/Gujarati/Hindi/Punjabi an advantage.

This would be the ideal role for a Challenges Coordinator looking to further their career and continue to make a difference in the Charity Sector!

We are looking to appoint this role ASAP and will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, so for the best chance of success please click ‘apply’ today to become our Challenges Coordinator – we would love to hear from you.

A Little Bit About Human Appeal…

What our CEO Says:

“We are faith-based but not faith-specific. We have faith in all of humanity and believe we can achieve great things when we work together. So, come and be part of a dynamic global charity where we celebrate our differences, as well as our common humanity”

Dr Mohamed Ashmawey

What our Staff Say:

“Everyone’s friendly and eager to help. We’re a small team, but everyone has their own thing about them that makes them unique. Someone teaches me something new every day! Everyone is close and we have lunch together. Being a part of Human Appeal is like a second family!”

Eleanor, Volunteers Assistant

“The reasons I have remained working within the charity sector, and specifically with Human Appeal, is the feeling of contentment. I feel that I am contributing towards a greater cause – I am part of a bigger picture – and I get to meet like-minded people”

Jahed, Business Analyst

“At Human Appeal, each one of us has the opportunity to influence others. If you are prepared to challenge yourself there are no limits, so come and make it happen!”

Simon, Systems and Reporting Manager
 

What We Have Achieved So Far This Year:

- We have provided emergency aid to 10,770 of the most vulnerable people across Yemen

- We have supported 1,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

- We have provided 300 refugee families in Jordan with essential winter aid

- We have helped 36,643 people to have enough food to break their fast during Ramadan

- We have collected and distributed 21,124 coats to the homeless in the UK

- We have provided 258 families with emergency food packs in Manchester

COME AND JOIN THE FAMILY – click ‘apply’ today!

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.