The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families supports distressed children and their families through innovative therapeutic practice and research, training and promoting awareness of mental health issues. In the April 2019, the Centre opened its new Centre of Excellence located in King’s Cross.
We are looking for a Youth Engagement Officer for the Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC). CORC is the UK’s leading membership organisation that collects and uses evidence to improve children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing. CORC has over sixty member organisations and an extensive Network spanning schools, voluntary and statutory service providers, local authorities, and professional bodies across the UK and beyond. CORC’s vision is for all children and young people’s wellbeing support to be informed by real-world evidence so that every child thrives.
CORC recently introduced this post to support us to strengthen our youth involvement. We are committed to taking a more strategic, planned and consistent approach in this area, and the post-holder will play a key role in creating, developing and implementing relationships, processes, and initiatives to achieve this. The post-holder will be part of the CORC team and will work closely with Participation colleagues in the Centre – as well as developing relationships with Participation Leads in our member organisations.
We are looking for a collaborative, proactive, motivated individual with experience of actively engaging and supporting young people to participate, collaborate and influence the development and creation of services, with a commitment to all that CORC stands for. You may have an NHS or mental health background, work in youth work or social care, within a local authority, community or voluntary sector organisation, or a school, or you may come from another field entirely.
We are offering the role as a part-time fixed contract. We will also consider secondments.
The post-holder will be based at Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, 4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH or at our Northern Hub in central Manchester.
Please specify your preferences in your supporting statement.
The Centre values diversity and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.
Please email Recruitment if you require assistance or experience difficulties in applying. To view all current job opportunities, please visit our website.
Contract duration
One year fixed term.
Closing date for applications
Midnight, Tuesday 1 September 2020.
Notification of interview
Shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Friday 4 September 2020.
Please note: due to volume of applications expected, we will be unable to notify unsuccessful candidates.
Interviews
Interviews will be held on Friday 11 September 2020.
How to apply
For more information about this role and to apply, please go to our website.
We are unable to accept CVs and kindly request no contact from agencies.
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Victim Support is looking for a Digital Engagement Officer to maintain and develop Victim Support's social media channels and websites alongside our small digital team. The post is based in St Mellons, Cardiff.
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims, but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the criminal justice system.
This role sits within Communications and Governance, where you will be working in our small digital team to develop and enhance our digital services across the organisation.
The purpose of this role is to support the ongoing maintenance of our social media channels and to deliver engaging content for our online audiences. As well as producing high-quality social media content, you'll also be able to drive insights and improvements through data reporting and analysis.
You'll have experience planning and creating social content for online campaigns. We're looking for someone with good interpersonal skills who will be happy to share their knowledge with our local teams to help them to develop good practice with their social media presence.
Interviews will be scheduled for Wednesday 2 September 2020 via Skype.
Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata) and voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans.
Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are marked in the person specification as (ES). In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form, along with your CV.
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 is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment for our staff. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We welcome applicants from all communities and as part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.
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Mermaids is currently growing its newly consolidated communications and fundraising team and we require a full-time PR and Fundraising Campaigns Officer to help us curate year-round campaigns. It will be your job to engage directly with current service users, influencers, supporters, and all potential social media contacts with a view to translating our ethos of positivity and support to the online community, while planning and overseeing strategic campaigns. As one of the charity’s visible ‘voices’, you will also be expected to appear in broadcasts and traditional media as a visible spokesperson for Mermaids. You will also assist the Communications Director in the day to day running of the strategic communications and PR team.
The ideal candidate will be ambitious, have impeccable writing skills and be an excellent and confident communicator in private and public situations. They will benefit from a sensitive understanding of transgender issues and have experience in using analytics to identify key messaging and build effective campaigns. They will have an industrious work ethic and the ability to react quickly and professionally under pressure.
Our aim is to amplify the voices of trans young people and we encourage applications from those with lived experience (directly or indirectly) and/or close ties to the LGBTQ community.
We promote and value diversity in the workplace and welcome diverse applicants. We are committed to applying our equal opportunities policy at all stages of recruitment and selection. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to disability, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, age, or pregnancy or maternity. We believe that QTPOC people are disproportionality under-represented and we encourage applications from those of all intersectional identities.
Send your CV accompanied by a maximum 500 word covering letter outlining what you would bring to the charity and what your personal experience will offer Mermaids as a charity. Please include hyperlinks in the letter to relevant material and add all social media accounts to the body of the email. Applications not in the specified format or submitted past the deadline may not be considered. Any social media or online activity which is not declared during the interview process and which comes to light on the commencement of employment in this role may result in dismissal under the terms of the contract.
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Do you have experience of working with children and young people and do you understand the challenges that they face? Are you passionate about empowering young people to have their voices heard? If so, you could be part of an exciting new project.
At Healthwatch Somerset, we’re committed to ensuring our health and care service is shaped by the people who use it. We’re the county’s independent health and care champion and we exist to make sure people are at the heart of care.
We want to ensure that children and young people from across the county are listened to and heard by the people who buy, plan and run health and social care services in Somerset. We are looking for a dynamic, experienced Youth Worker to lead an exciting new Young Listeners project.
You will lead the project and recruit, train and support a team of 10 young listeners who will in turn engage with other children and young people from across Somerset offering a peer to peer engagement approach. It will be a varied and interesting job and no two days will be the same.
You will need a can-do attitude, be enthusiastic and a ‘people person’. You will also need to be a team player who enjoys being part of and contributing to a small and dynamic team.
In return we offer 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a generous contributory pension scheme, comfortable office accommodation in Bridgwater and flexible working practices.
Closing date for applications: Midnight on Friday 28 August 2020
Date for interview: Friday 4 September 2020 in Bridgwater
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Our funders and partners see Youth Engagement Solutions (YES) as an inclusive organisation that transforms local communities by enabling all young people to belong, contribute, and thrive. YES is based in Wembley in the heart of the London Borough of Brent and strives to turn disadvantaged children and young people away from antisocial behaviour, unemployment, and social exclusion to play a positive role in society.
Our current CEO, Carmen Llorente started the charity in 2015, and is now stepping aside to create a Community Interest Company (CIC) where the Charity’s football club will be managed as a subsidiary of YES. Therefore, we seek an exceptional CEO who is motivated, driven, and excited by the opportunity to continue the development and implementation of new and existing projects.
This is a challenging role and in collaboration with the Board of Trustees, the incoming CEO will take the lead on the strategic direction for the charity, offering support and guidance to the Board. They will oversee every area of activity and support the Services Manager Team in their operational delivery of services.
As the Ambassador for YES both locally and regionally the CEO will demonstrate strong influential and engagement skills which will ensure effective collaborations with partners, funders and stakeholders. The successful candidate will have a minimum of five years’ experience as a senior leader within a comparable environment with a track record of strategic and commercial experience required to keep YES supporting its community.
Young people are central to 'who we are' and 'what we do' therefore we believe that the successful postholder should share this perspective and equally be motivated by working with some of London's most inspiring young people.
If you feel that you have the skills, experience and sector knowledge to fulfil this position then we would be delighted to receive your application. Please visit YES Website where you can download the CEO Recruitment pack which includes the job descriptions and person specification.
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Engagement Officer
Do you want to help make a real difference to the lives of young people across the UK?
We believe that every young person should be able to fulfil their potential, regardless of their background. We are looking to recruit an Engagement Officer to support Brightside’s work, helping us have a positive impact on the lives of thousands of young people every year.
About Brightside
Our work helps young people to succeed. We deliver programmes in partnership with schools, universities, businesses and charities, giving young people access to support networks, online careers information, and high-quality mentoring. We believe young people are best equipped to make confident and informed decisions about their futures if they:
- Have hope and a growth mindset;
- Are confident and know their strengths;
- Can deal with difficulties in a positive way;
- Have knowledge and skills for the career they are interested in;
- Know who to turn to for advice and support.
Our programmes include a wide variety of online mentoring projects and an active and growing volunteer network. We have developed these programmes to help young people navigate key transition points and so they have wide-ranging objectives including widening access to higher education, raising aspirations, pre-arrival and retention support for new undergraduates and the development of students’ employability skills. We believe all young people should have access to the same opportunities, no matter where they live and we strive to support those who need it most.
Our Engagement Officers work across all of our programmes, acting as the front line of Brightside support for our volunteers and young people, ensuring that they feel supported and valued throughout their experience with Brightside.
To find out more about Brigthside and decide if this is the role for you, please download the Job Description.
Applications close: Midnight on 18th August 2020
Interview dates (Zoom): First interviews will be conducted on 21st & 24th August and second interviews will be conducted on 28th August.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday
Location: We are currently working remotely but expect to move back to a London office in future.
Contract type: 1 year full time contract
How to apply: Please submit your CV and covering letter (no more than 2 pages). Your cover letter should outline why you want to work at Brightside and how your skills and experience fit this job description.
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Summary
Diabetes Scotland have secured funding from The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland to develop and deliver a peer support project led by young people targeted specifically at 13-24 year olds living with type 1 diabetes across Scotland. This 18 month project aims to improve self-management by helping young people increase their emotional health and wellbeing, overcome isolation and increase their confidence in self-management.
Interview Date: 31 August 2020
Package
What we can offer you:
- Generous annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays
- A Cash Healthcare Plan (giving you up to £1,500 towards a range of out of pocket health expenses like new glasses, dentist, chiropractor or osteopath appointments)
- Early finish Friday and flexible working as part of our approach to activity based working
- Discounts on gym membership
- Employee assistance programme to give you support on any issues that come up in life
- Annual season ticket loan (on completion of your probation period)
- Very active social scene including sport teams, gardening and other activities
- Generous pension provision, life assurance and income protection insurance
- Cycle to work scheme (eligible for scheme if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)
*Some benefits aren't available until you've passed your probation period and are dependent on the length of contract.
Main Responsibilities
Project Delivery/Management
- To lead development, delivery and project management; following all relevant safeguarding, GDPR and Diabetes UK policies and procedures
- To embed the principles of co-design and co-production and ensure the project is being responsive to the needs of young people living with type 1
- To be responsible for the overall project budget
- To develop and deliver a robust evaluation and monitoring plan and meet all reporting requirements
- To be an ambassador for the project and for young people living with type 1
- To recruit and train young volunteers and constantly increase the confidence and capability of young people actively involved in the project
- To implement a communications and marketing strategy for the project across a range of platforms
- To proactively build, and manage, key stakeholder/partnership relationships
- To share best practice and provide regular networking and knowledge transfer opportunities
- To support the development of an on-going legacy for the project beyond the lifespan of the current funding
General Responsibilities
- To be a point of first contact within Diabetes Scotland for all volunteers aged between 13-24
- To advise Diabetes Scotland on best practice relating to young people as required
- To support Diabetes Scotland events and with general office duties as required
- To contribute to Diabetes Scotland strategic planning and delivery and support the wider Diabetes Scotland team as required
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will have project management experience and have worked collaboratively with young people and young adults to design approaches that will meet their needs. Educated to degree level, or equivalent standard, you will have experience of working with young people and young adults across a variety of settings. You will also have experience of project planning, delivery, training and evaluation with excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as being proficient with digital and social media.
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You will be passionate and experienced in working with disadvantaged and vulnerable girls (11-19 year olds). Love4Life’s specialism is helping teenage girls to build healthy self-esteem and body image as well as having a strong focus on quality relationships and sex education.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Permanent
35 hours per week
£26,182 per annum
Location: White Cross Studios, 50 Banner Street, London EC1Y 8ST
The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 130 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.
We are currently looking for a talented individual to join our dynamic, ambitious and busy Supporter Engagement Team. In this role, you will be supporting individuals who have signed up to an event ranging from the London Marathon to community based events and student fundraisers supporting them to give their time, money and voice to our cause, collectively transforming the lives of vulnerable young people. This role sits within our ambitious Engagement & Income Directorate.
In order to be successful in this role, you must have:
-Outstanding customer service experience using varied platforms, including phone, social media, email
-At least one years' experience of working in events and fundraising role
-Experience of looking after a caseload of supporters with financial targets
-Good knowledge of using a database to manage supporter relationships and run queries.
The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.
Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.
The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.
The closing date for applications is 23:59 on 16th July 2020.
Interviews will be held on the week commencing 17th August.
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At Student Minds we value student engagement and co-production. We believe that students with lived experience should be at the forefront of decisions that will impact their experience. We want to improve and enhance how we do this and we are looking for a Student Engagement Officer to help us achieve this.
We have a proud history of championing student engagement and co-production in designing and delivering student experience and we want to ensure that student voices feed into our programmes and initiatives at all levels. If this sounds like an appealing challenge then this could be the role for you!
As Student Engagement Officer you will be working in close collaboration with our Student Voice and Equality Lead to ensure Student Minds’ student engagement work is the best that it can be.
You will advance the work of the charity on a number of different projects. This is an excellent opportunity within an organisation that is small enough to see the direct benefit of your effort. This role is ideal for someone looking to enter into a career in student engagement, Higher Education and/or the charity sector.
For further information and to apply, please visit our website.
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Project Officer
£26,789 pro rata, £16,073 per annum (0.6 FTE – 21 hours per week)
Contract until March 2023
Location: Cardiff (Office based). Home working will be considered
Carers Trust Wales is part of Carers Trust, a major charity for, with and about carers. We work to improve support, services and recognition for anyone living with the challenges of caring, unpaid, for a family member or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has mental health or addiction problems.
With locally based Network Partners we are able to support carers in their homes through the provision of replacement care, and in the community with information, advice, emotional support, hands on practical help and access to much needed breaks.
We are currently looking for a Project Officer to support the Carers Trust Wales team to deliver against 3 key projects:
- Supporting health and social care professionals to be better able to identify and support carers
- Working to improve awareness of and support for older carers
- Supporting the development and roll out of a National Young Carers ID Card Scheme.
This role will be responsible for working with a range of stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of these projects.
This is a great opportunity for an organised and creative person interested in joining a vibrant organisation and very successful team.
Closing date for applications is 12pm on 2nd September 2020 with interviews 15 September 2020.
Carers Trust is committed to valuing diversity.
Carers Trust has a number of measures in place to support the carers in its employment including carers leave.
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You will lead on events and/or products in the portfolio and champion excellent supporter stewardship:
Deliver agreed project plans that focus on recruitment, conversion and maximising income
Deliver excellent and knowledgeable supporter care building relationships with supporters
When required, process incoming enquiries, applications and registrations for fundraising events, engaging and
Ensure participants activity is recorded as agreed on Raisers Edge and any relevant consoles within agreed timescales to ensure effective and timely stewardship of supporters
Engage and inspire supporters:
Speaking to supporters on the telephone in a timely and engaging manner to support their fundraising activity.
Use other methods including but not limited to social media platforms, email and video messaging
Provide engaging and timely content to help supporters achieve or exceed fundraising goals
Raise awareness of other opportunities for supporters in addition to fundraising including campaign and volunteering opportunities
Work with social media lead generations to convert event enquiries to join the team
Use your experience of supporter or customer care to motivate and inspire supporter loyalty
You may be required to work flexible hours on occasion to support events and activity out of normal working hours
Strategic Communications for the team:
Write and build marketing emails and email journeys that are tailored to individual audiences and will encourage click throughs and conversions
Ensure that all team communications are aligned and connect with campaigning, volunteering and other fundraising activity within the organisation where appropriate
To support the London Marathon project ensuring you:
Deliver stewardship to an assigned caseload as agreed with project manager, ensuring a high standard of interaction and record keeping
Focus on income targets assigned to your caseload and provide monthly updates against progress
Event console administration to ensure participants are fully registered for their event
Provide timely reports and updates as agreed against performance and the project plan and individuals on your caseload.
Relationship management:
You will manage a caseload of supporters participating in the London Marathon, DIY and community fundraising
Ensure supporters are stewarded to a high standard across all activity in a timely manner
You will have an assigned caseload of DIY lead generations and convert enquiries to participants to agreed KPIs using telephone and email as agreed
You will support fundraisers to reach their target to maximise the impact the charity can have for young people
You will need to deliver against ambitious financial targets:
To monitor and report on income and expenditure budgets for your caseload in line with the supporter engagement strategy
Report and share insight for those on track, under target or exceeding targets, adapting to any internal and external circumstances if required.
Work with colleagues in the Supporter Engagement team to identify training and development required to report on financial targets.
Maintain records of interactions with supporters via:
Ensure that supporter interaction is updated on the Relationship Management system (Raiser's Edge) to a high standard.
Manage the weekly gift allocation from online giving platforms including Just Giving and Virgin Money Giving sing with our Data Services team to import data
Support the team sending emails via Engaging Networks (email management system)
Provide information and data to support the teams reporting requirements as requested.
If you have the above skills and experience and are immediately available, please apply online today!
YCF is a membership organisation and crucial to the success of the role will be the ability to support members with achieving their fundraising objectives.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
The main area of responsibility is to work with YCF members on a one to one basis to increase members fundraising capabilities. This post will also support and promote the development of larger partnership bids as and when required.
- Capacity building - You will foster and maintain good relationships with our members with a focus on developing an excellent understanding of their outputs, outcomes and fundraising objectives. This will include, facilitating 1-2-1 interactions with current and prospective members, supporting members with developing fundraising plans, organising virtual meetups, and supporting the Chief Operating Officer with hosting member’s events.
- Training and organisation strategy development – Developing and delivering training and supporting members with accessing relevant training, to improve their fundraising skills and capability. Support members with developing/enhancing their strategy by organising appropriate training to strengthen member’s knowledge and understanding of developing their organisation’s aims and objectives, vision and mission statement and theory of change
- Identifying opportunities – Continue the development of YCF’s funders database to reflect members’ strategic and fundraising objectives.
- Prospecting – Undertake prospect research into potential new funders from the wide range of trusts and foundations using internet, online databases, and other sources, prioritising as appropriate. To ensure ethical, best practice and compliant fundraising activities; stay up to speed with best practice within fundraising and the charity sector; identify areas of compliance, new areas of opportunity and innovation within the sector
- Supporting the development of bids – You will work alongside members to collate content for bids helping them to identify key information and structure responses in a clear and compelling way
- Measuring data - Use Salesforce to diligently record accurate data on members engagement, bid support, submission, and outcomes. This data will be included in YCF performance reports and annual review. Ensure that all data is gathered, held, and used in-line with relevant data protection regulations.
- Work alongside the Chief Operating Officer and other members of staff to communicate opportunities to members using YCF website, newsletter, social media and other sources of communication
- Work with the Chief Executive Officer to promote and support new partnership bids in line with YCF objectives and values
- To undertake any task that may be requested from time to time that may be consistent with the nature and scope of this post.
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The role of Digital Engagement Worker is brand new and we’re looking for a digital specialist who is creative, thoughtful and willing to lead us on a digital journey which will result in us making sure we reach more young dads and expectant fathers.
We want to develop a new digital service (digiDad) that allows us to support young dads who have been marginalised through social and economic deprivation and situations beyond their control - like homelessness, poverty, benefit sanctions, NEET status, school exclusion, domestic abuse, relationship breakdown and mental illness.
You’ll be our lead on ‘digiDad’, trialing new digital solutions and making sure that co-production is at the heart of our new digital service.
You’ll also use your digital skills to promote the charity, providing content and strategy that reaches our key audiences online and positions us as a disrupter in this type of service delivery.
Application Process:
CV and covering letter (2x sides of A4 maximum). Please include two references in your application.
We will have a practical presentation element to our interview process.
Please note, we will not consider applications that do not send a covering letter that relates to our charity and our work. We need you to be passionate about what we do. Early submission is advisable as the charity will close to new applications once an agreed threshold has been met.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Head of Fundraising and Community Engagement
Kentish Town - North West London
Part-time position - c.14 hours per week with flexibility
Salary - £30,000 pro rata
Brandon Centre is a registered charity that provides young people aged under 25 with access to free and confidential specialist support around their psychological, emotional, mental health and sexual health needs. We predominately work with young people in Camden, Islington and other London boroughs and our mission is to expand our network to support even more young people who we hope will truly benefit from our services.
As we embark on our next stage of development, and with an enviable reputation for the services we provide, we are now in a position to recruit an experienced Head of Fundraising and Community Engagement.
This is a new, exciting and pivotal role that will help us to develop and lead our fundraising and communications team. With your expertise in corporate and community fundraising - which are new areas of development for Brandon Centre, you will help us to develop and implement our wider fundraising and communications strategies. As part of this role you will have the opportunity to recruit and develop a team of volunteers and young ambassadors to support us and broaden our engagement and fundraising within our local communities.
Your personal focus will be to increase Brandon Centre’s income through corporate partnerships, sponsorship and major donors. Bringing new business into Brandon Centre will be your primary focus and where you will account manage and build relationships with future partners and stakeholders.
The role will be expected to generate an income of c.£200,000 in 2021-22 through potential donors and other revenue streams. Strong pitch creation and relationship building skills are vital to develop plans for the individuals concerned and to support our CEO and Trustees in making the ask.
You will be part of an experienced and ambitious Leadership Team that also includes the Head of People & Governance and Head of Finance & Performance. Reporting directly to the CEO, there may be occasions where you will deputise in her absence.
Core responsibilities will involve:
- Fundraising – Strategy, Communications, Grant Funding, Major Donors, Corporates (local and national) and Reporting
- Campaigns and Communications – Branding, Media, Campaigns, Digital, Events, Strategy
- Monitoring and Evaluation – Including marketing, communications and fundraising activities seeking continuous improvement and high return on investment
- Working Relationships – Internal – Working closely with the CEO and Senior Leadership Team to ensure strong integration of communications and the income generation strategy. External – Seeking and engaging with external partners, media, funders and supporters. Build and maintain excellent relationships with peers in the Young People’s & charitable sectors and major funders & donors.
- Leadership/Management of the Campaigns & Community Engagement Team – Providing clear and consistent leadership and management of the team along with some volunteers and young ambassadors. As income increases there will be further scope to develop and recruit additional community engagement and corporate partnerships portfolio
Already a key performer in the charity or not for profit sector, you will need evidence of successful corporate fundraising and multi-year partnerships of a minimum £100k value. Experience of developing and delivering organisation-wide fundraising strategies and tactical plans, along with a proven track record of managing and exceeding fundraising targets is essential.
A proven track record of organising community and engagement events will be extremely useful complemented by a good understanding of communications strategy, particularly in relation to planning marketing campaigns based on evidence of customer insight.
This role will particularly suit an experienced Fundraising Manager looking to expand your portfolio to communications, or maybe an excellent Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser looking to take a step up in your career. A good knowledge and understanding of equality and gender issues will be necessary.
Further details about this key role can be found on the attached Job Description and Person Specification. Brandon Centre also offers a range of options for flexible working and we would be happy to discuss these at interview stage.
If, like Brandon Centre, you have a big heart for supporting young people, we would love you to come on board and join us on our incredible journey. Applications are being handled by our Advising Consultant, Sue Sowerby at The Sowerby Group, so please email a covering letter and CV stating how you meet the criteria of the role and Sue will get in contact with you directly.
Closing date: Friday 14th August 2020 at 5.00pm
Selection/interview dates: To be advised
In order to maintain the Board’s high standards of diversity, Brandon Centre welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and of all ages.
No agencies please