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This is an excellent opportunity for someone with experience in business development, corporate partnerships, account management, sales, CSR, philanthropy, or fundraising to use their skills to make a tangible difference in the lives of refugees.
You will play a key role in helping Plateful Café develop relationships with local and national businesses, generating support through corporate donations, sponsorship, employee volunteering, catering contracts, and long-term strategic partnerships.
Key Responsibilities
Corporate Engagement
- Identify and research prospective corporate partners aligned with Plateful Café's mission.
- Develop and maintain a pipeline of potential supporters and business contacts.
- Introduce Plateful Café to local businesses, corporate foundations, and employers.
- Arrange introductory meetings and networking opportunities.
- Support the development of corporate partnership proposals and presentations.
Income Generation
- Help secure financial donations, sponsorships, and in-kind support.
- Identify opportunities for corporate grant funding and charitable giving programmes.
- Promote employee fundraising opportunities and workplace giving schemes.
- Explore sponsorship opportunities for training programmes, events, and community activities.
Catering and Enterprise Development
- Promote Plateful Café's corporate catering services to local businesses.
- Identify opportunities for meetings, events, lunches, conferences, and hospitality catering.
- Support the development of long-term catering relationships and repeat customers.
- Help position Plateful Café as a preferred socially responsible catering supplier.
Employee Volunteering and Skills Sharing
- Develop opportunities for corporate volunteering.
- Encourage businesses to provide mentoring, employability support, and workplace visits for our trainees.
- Build relationships that create pathways into employment for refugees completing our training programmes.
Strategic Support
- Provide advice on corporate engagement and relationship management.
- Help strengthen our corporate partnership strategy.
- Support impact reporting and stewardship of existing partners where required.
We Are Looking For Someone Who Has
Essential
- Experience working in a corporate environment, business development, account management, sales, marketing, CSR, partnerships, fundraising, or a related field.
- Excellent networking and relationship-building skills.
- Confidence engaging with senior stakeholders and business leaders.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and proactively.
- Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and supporting refugees.
Desirable
- Experience within the charity or not-for-profit sector.
- Knowledge of corporate social responsibility (CSR), ESG, or social value initiatives.
- Experience securing sponsorships, partnerships, or fundraising income.
- Existing business networks in London.
- Experience developing corporate volunteering programmes.
What You Will Gain
- The opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of refugees and people seeking asylum.
- Experience supporting a growing and ambitious social enterprise charity.
- The chance to shape and influence our corporate partnerships strategy.
- Opportunities to meet business leaders, charity professionals, and community partners.
- A reference and recognition for your contribution.
- The satisfaction of helping create employment opportunities and brighter futures for people rebuilding their lives in the UK.
Our Values
At Plateful Café, we believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to contribute, belong, and thrive. We celebrate diversity, value lived experience, and use food to bring communities together.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly encourage applications from individuals with experience of migration, displacement, or supporting diverse communities.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
Often accompanied by live music, and the opportunity to buy artwork created by refugee artists plateful employs refugees to chef at events in the SE
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Job description
- Volunteer Role - Commission-Based Model
- Remote/Home based
- 10hrs a week
About Project Yananai
Project Yananai is a global non-profit headquartered in the United Kingdom, with Affiliate Entities and National Management Teams in India, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Our mission is to inspire and empower individuals and communities by fostering enduring relationships, enhancing sustainable skills, and delivering compassionate humanitarian aid. Rooted in Christian values, we are dedicated to nurturing resilient societies that are self-sufficient, spiritually fulfilled, and equipped to break cycles of poverty.
The role:
As Chief Advancement Officer, you will lead Project Yananai's global Advancement function, overseeing the three pillars that fuel our mission:
- Fundraising
- Partnerships
- Communications
You will be responsible for developing and delivering an integrated advancement strategy across institutional grants, foundations, corporate partnerships, major gifts, and innovative funding models, ensuring that fundraising, partnerships, and communications work together to support sustainable organisational growth.
Reporting directly to the CEO and working closely with the Board of Trustees, you will secure the resources, relationships, and visibility needed to expand our impact across multiple nations.
You will lead a global team comprising:
- Director of Fundraising
- Director of Partnerships
- Director of Communications
- Deputy Chief Advancement Officer – Resource Mobilisation
You will also provide strategic oversight to Advancement teams across India, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, ensuring alignment between global priorities and local delivery.
This is a leadership role that combines strategic vision with hands-on execution. You will personally cultivate and secure major funding opportunities while building a culture of excellence, collaboration, innovation, and accountability across the Advancement function.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Develop and deliver a global advancement strategy integrating fundraising, partnerships, and communications.
- Set ambitious income and engagement targets and monitor performance against agreed objectives.
- Ensure a cohesive and compelling external presence that strengthens Project Yananai's profile and impact.
Fundraising & Donor Engagement
- Personally manage and grow a portfolio of high-value donor relationships.
- Lead the development of complex funding proposals and major funding opportunities.
- Represent Project Yananai with donors, funders, partners, and sector stakeholders.
Partnerships & Communications
- Oversee the development of strategic corporate, philanthropic, and multi-sector partnerships.
- Ensure communications effectively support fundraising, partnership development, donor stewardship, and brand positioning.
- Champion compelling impact storytelling that articulates Project Yananai's Theory of Change.
Team Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and develop senior advancement leaders and their teams.
- Foster collaboration and knowledge sharing across countries and functions.
- Build organisational capability through coaching, professional development, and succession planning.
Growth, Innovation & Governance
- Develop new income streams and innovative partnership models.
- Ensure compliance with donor, regulatory, and organisational requirements.
- Provide regular reporting and strategic advice to the CEO and Board of Trustees.
About You
You are an accomplished advancement leader with a proven track record of securing significant funding and building strategic partnerships within the international development, humanitarian, or nonprofit sector.
You will bring:
- Extensive senior leadership experience in advancement, fundraising, or resource mobilisation.
- Demonstrated success securing six- and seven-figure funding from institutional donors, foundations, corporates, and major donors.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across fundraising, partnerships, and communications.
- Strong understanding of global funding markets across the UK, Europe, USA, Africa, and the Gulf.
- Experience operating across multiple countries and complex stakeholder environments.
- Exceptional relationship-building, influencing, and communication skills.
- Strong commercial, financial, and strategic acumen.
- A collaborative, resilient, and entrepreneurial leadership style.
- Commitment to Project Yananai's mission, values, and integrated approach to community transformation.
What We Offer
- A leadership role at the heart of a high-performing, mission-driven global nonprofit.
- The opportunity to work alongside an exceptional Executive Leadership Team and Board.
- The chance to shape and scale a global Advancement function from a position of significant influence.
- A genuinely impactful role supporting sustainable community transformation across multiple nations.
- A collaborative culture that values innovation, professional development, and continuous learning.
- International engagement with donors, partners, and national teams across our focus countries.
If you are ready to build partnerships, unlock transformational funding, and help scale an ambitious global movement, we would welcome your application.
Project Yananai is an equal opportunity organisation. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures. Project Yananai is a UK registered charity number 1209060.
Registered Charity
11 - 20
Empowering individuals, strengthening communities, developing sustainable solutions.
Thank you!
This is more than a leadership role for a homeless hostel; it’s an opportunity to shape the future of a community. At YMCA Wirral, we believe everyone deserves the chance to thrive, to feel safe, and to build a life filled with possibility. But creating that future takes courageous leadership.
We are seeking an inspiring Chair of the Board of Trustees to guide our mission, champion our values, and help us drive meaningful, long‑term change across the Wirral and beyond.
About Us
YMCA Wirral sits at the heart of the community, providing life‑changing accommodation, support, and opportunities for young people and adults. We work with individuals facing homelessness, trauma, disadvantage, and exclusion, helping them rebuild stability, confidence, and hope.
Our vision is bold: To create a fairer, safer, more inclusive Wirral where every person has the opportunity to reach their full potential.
Through trauma‑informed practice, innovative partnerships, and a commitment to social justice, we are strengthening our services, expanding our impact, and building a future where no one is left behind.
The Role
As Chair of the Board of Trustees, you will be the strategic leader who ensures YMCA Wirral remains strong, accountable, and ambitious. You will guide the Board, support the Chief Executive, and help shape the organisation’s next chapter including governance development, community influence, and long‑term sustainability.
Your leadership will help ensure that the voices of residents, staff, and the wider community are heard, valued, and embedded in everything we do.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead strategic direction champion social mobility, inclusion, and trauma‑informed practice across all areas of the organisation.
- Strengthen governance ensure the Board operates effectively, transparently, and in line with regulatory expectations.
- Support senior leadership provide guidance, challenge, and mentorship to the Chief Executive and senior team.
- Build partnerships nurture relationships with funders, commissioners, community partners, and stakeholders.
- Champion opportunity drive initiatives that open pathways to housing stability, wellbeing, education, and employment.
Who We’re Looking For
We welcome applications from individuals who:
- Bring strong leadership experience from charitable, public, or corporate sectors.
- Understand governance and can confidently lead a Board.
- Are committed to tackling inequality and improving life chances for vulnerable people.
- Communicate with clarity and compassion and can build trusted relationships.
- Are connected locally or regionally and able to strengthen our influence and reach.
We particularly welcome candidates with lived experience of the issues our communities face, or those who bring diverse perspectives to our Board.
Commitment and Benefits
This is a voluntary position requiring attendance at 6-12 Board meetings per year, each lasting around 1–2 hours, plus occasional additional involvement for strategic or ceremonial duties.
In return, you will:
- Play a pivotal role in shaping the future of a long‑established community organisation.
- Help break cycles of disadvantage and create real, lasting change.
- Work alongside passionate trustees, staff, and partners committed to social justice.
- Leave a legacy that strengthens opportunities for generations to come.
Next Steps
Send an introductory letter or email to our CEO, Nanette Mellor, by the 10th of July.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
We aim to serve the communities of Birkenhead and the Wirral
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.