Development Manager (Major Donor lead)
- Full time
- Circa £40,000
- Central Edinburgh with hybrid working
- Closing 12th June 2023
- Advertised from 12th May 2023
- Full time and permanent. 35 hours a week over core working hours of 10am - 3pm, Monday to Friday, with a one-hour lunch break. The office is open 7am – 7pm daily and our hybrid working policy requires all full-time employees to work at least two days a week in the Edinburgh office.
Role
Who are we?
Worldwide Cancer Research is a small charity with immense ambition – to see a day where no life is cut short by cancer by starting new cancer cures worldwide. We find and fund innovative ideas at the start of the cancer research journey all over the world. Starting the life-saving advances of the future by sowing the seeds of new discoveries today. Funding brand new ideas and supporting researchers who ask big, challenging, new questions about how cancer works and how we can control it.
For 40 years our scientists have explored brand new concepts and advanced our understanding of cancer – taking the first step in the research journey that provides new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer.
As a charity, we are committed to opportunity without barriers, and we are striving to seek, value and learn from different perspectives and experiences, just as the best research ideas can come from anywhere. We welcome applications from all communities to help build our inclusive team, as diverse as the scientific community we fund and the families whose lives we impact. We are a team where everyone can be themselves and feel valued.
We are determined that all applicants and employees receive equitable, fair treatment regardless of gender, sex, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or ethnicity. We have pledged to ‘Show the Salary’ for our roles, we are also an accredited ‘Disability Confident Committed Employer’ because our team members are at the heart of everything we do.
To help start more cancer cures around the world and save lives, we are looking for a Development Manager (Major Donor lead), to be known internally as Philanthropy Manager, to join the ambitious Marketing and Fundraising directorate at Worldwide Cancer Research.
About the Philanthropy Manager role and why we need you
As part of our multi-million-pound funding programme for discovery cancer research, you can make an impact every day at Worldwide Cancer Research.
We are working on a strategy of income growth and diversification in the Fundraising and Philanthropy team, and your role will be central to achieving this mission. You will be willing to take an agile and creative approach to maximising income from High-Value and Major Donors, through the delivery of first-class engagement, cultivation and stewardship activities. Our Major Donor programme sits closely alongside our Trust portfolio, and you will also work closely with the team developing Trust proposals and stewardship opportunities.
An effective, intuitive and genuine relationship-builder, you will proactively develop an income pipeline of prospects and donors. The role also gives you the unique opportunity to establish and evolve ‘The Collective’, our newly launched, high-value giving club.
The charity’s values include curious, united and spirited, all of which you can readily demonstrate as you work with colleagues across Worldwide Cancer Research and among your own Fundraising & Philanthropy team. You will be an advocate for our vision when in touch with supporters and influencers, as you raise awareness of Worldwide Cancer Research and our mission in your day-to-day work.
A full Job Description is available for download below.
Benefits:10% employer pension contribution; employee assistance programme and counselling service; enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption pay; enhanced sick pay; 33 days’ paid holiday annually plus four winter public holidays as paid leave; 2-weeks fully remote working a year; three paid carer days a year; death in service benefit; cycle to work and travel season ticket schemes are available.
To enable employees to maximise their performance and productivity whilst maintaining a good work-life balance, we are trialling a nine-day fortnight where every second Friday is a stand down day for the team.
Application notes
How to apply:
• Please email us your tailored CV (no more than two pages) with your covering letter outlining your suitability for this role to recruitment@worldwidecancerresearch.org
• You will find the full job description, person specification and our benefits on Worldwide Cancer Research careers
• Closing date is Monday 12 June 2023, 12 noon
• Interviews will be held on Wednesday 28 June 2023 and we will contact all applicants as soon as possible after shortlisting for interview
• Please note your covering letter will be key to the success of your application
• For administrative purposes, please tell us where you first saw this job advertised
• We are a disability confident committed employer, please contact us if you would like to ask about our recruitment process
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Regional Relationships Manager – Scotland
- Full time
- £39,733 – £40,500
- homebased (Scotland) - expected travel to regional events and meet with fundraisers within region
- Closing 9th July 2023
We’re really proud of the impact we’ve already had on behalf of people affected by blood cancer, and our fundraising strategy seeks to grow our income to help us achieving our mission of beating blood cancer within a generation. The Regional Relationships Team plays a pivotal role in this income growth and the Regional Relationships Manager will be responsible for significantly growing income across their region.
You will be responsible for maintaining relationships with our current network of regional fundraising volunteers as well growing our volunteer and community group network to help drive income growth across the region and ensure the Regional Relationships Team can achieve its strategic objectives.
This is a homebased role and you will be expected to travel across Scotland, therefore you must be able to drive and have access to a vehicle insured for business use.
Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.
By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Media Officer you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.
You will be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions to live life to the full again. Our Hospital to Home services form a nationwide network of local support groups, nurses, volunteers and one-to-one support teams helping families adjust to life with a heart or lung condition or after a stroke.
This role is essential to promoting Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland’s work and ambition that there should be No Life Half Lived in Scotland.
CHSS is a go-to source for national and local journalists looking for case studies and comment on some of Scotland’s most pressing health issues, including Long-Covid. We’re looking for someone who is great at spotting a story, can pull out newsworthy lines from reports and data, and can translate that into strong media lines.
You will be joining a great, supportive team, working alongside our senior media officer, the policy and campaigns manager, and wider communications team to develop stories and campaigns that see CHSS appear in the local and national media on a weekly basis.
The post-holder will be full of creative ideas, have excellent written English and enjoy working as part of a busy communications team.
CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.
CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.
In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.
Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.
By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as an Assistant Manager you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.
You will be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with chest, heart, and stroke conditions to live life to the full again. Our Hospital to Home services forms a nationwide network of local support groups, nurses, volunteers and one-to-one support teams helping families adjust to life with a heart or lung condition or after a stroke.
[We are looking for an Assistant Manager to join the team in our very busy Boutique store in Haddington, working 14.5hours per week usually over 3 days, including Sundays, but flexibility to work overtime when required. You will be working with the team to drive performance through processing stock, generating donations, and working alongside a great team of volunteers.]
CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.
CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.
In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.
Charity Trustee
- Management Board
- Unpaid
- Edinburgh – with option to join remotely
- Closing 30th June 2023
Would you like to join our board?
Medical Research Scotland are looking for a number of Trustees to help us to continue our mission in using research to change lives and improve health in Scotland and globally.
We are Scotland’s largest independent medical research charity committed to encouraging and supporting promising individuals at the early stages of their research careers.
Desired experience and skills
Our Trustees come from a variety of backgrounds and have different expertise. We currently seek Trustees with at least one of the following overall skills:
- A strong communications, fundraising and marketing background, including knowledge of digital or social media.
- An understanding of the UK charity sector, good governance, OSCR requirements, relevant legislation and statutory requirements.
- An ability to contribute to strategic development and decision making.
- Experience of working in scientific or clinical research, nursing, pharmacy and allied health professions or in the commercial environment in the life sciences industry.
Trustees are appointed for a term of up to four years and are eligible to serve up to a further four years, after which they must retire from the Board. The board usually meet two to three times a year in person/online. Trustees may also be required to contribute between meetings including sitting on ad-hoc sub committees and attending events as appropriate. The role is non-remunerated however reasonable expenses will be reimbursed. If you have any questions or would like a quick chat to find out more, please contact enquiries@medicalresearchscotland.org
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