Working closely with colleagues in the trusts and foundations team to develop fundable and fully costed proposals.
Identifying appropriate funding and development opportunities through extensive desk research and networking with funders and other relevant organisations.
Researching and identifying appropriate funders whose criteria match organisational development goals
Develop and maintain relationships with existing and prospective funders, especially those with the potential to give significant multi-year grants.
Develop cases for support for existing and new services.
Planning ahead to ensure applications and bids are submitted in advance of any deadlines whilst maintaining some flexibility to respond to unexpected opportunities
Preparing cases for support and submitting compelling written bids and complex grant applications as appropriate
Maintaining accurate and accessible records and producing regular reports
Ensure that conditions and criteria of grants are tracked against outcomes, and that funders are provided with regular updates that meet or exceed their requirements maintaining oversight and delivery through an online database.
Work closely with colleagues in the fundraising team to complement and develop a team ethos, share in success together and drive forward individual and team success
Planning & Organising
Take responsibility for the delivery of the trusts and foundation income stream across assigned areas of focus.
Support the Operations Managers and CEO with the delivery of fundraising objectives working closely in partnership.
Listen to the needs of the Operations Managers to fully understand what is being achieved and is to be developed so you can create a compelling narrative.
Identify and maintain a pipeline of prospective funders in HubSpot.
Develop the funding pipeline for a consistently strong income delivery.
Financial Responsibilities and Budget Management
Work with the Operations Managers and CEO to adjust financial plans when required to meet fundraising budgets or new funding requirements.
Work with the finance officer to ensure the operational functions that support fundraising activities are lean, efficient and robust.
Any other reasonable duties as required.
Your Qualities
To succeed in this role, you will have trusts and foundations fundraising experience, ideally including multi-year grants. You will be responsible for developing the existing pipeline and taking accountability for this from the CEO and Operations Managers.
Skills and Attributes
Excellent communication skills, written and verbal. Ability to effectively manage relationships with people at all levels.
Excellent research skills, using a range of sources to identify and prioritise potential funders.
Ability to work as part of a team but also use initiative when required.
Ability to understand and empathise with our cause and to translate this passionately within the grants written and subsequent funder follow-ups.
Attention to detail and a ‘can do’ attitude.
Ability to plan and deliver multiple concurrent bids to delivery deadlines.
Calm and professional attitude, naturally empathetic.
Knowledge and Experience
Significant experience of cultivating and securing five- and six-figure grants from trusts and foundations.
Proven ability to develop and maintain a robust pipeline of prospects.
Proven experience of writing compelling cases for support.
Experience of delivering annual budgets, achieving fundraising targets and KPIs within a trusts and foundations context.
Experience of using a CRM system (HubSpot & Salesforce preferred).
Experience of other fundraising activities (corporate fundraising, employee engagement, community fundraising, challenge events) is desirable.
Knowledge of the sector is desirable.
Key relationships
Potential trust and foundation funders
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This is a permanent role for 37.5 hours a week Monday – Friday 9am-5pm.
We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.
To join a high-performing team in a charity with a great current and future growth plan apply today.
Salary: £15,000 – £16,200 per annum (£25,000 – £27,000 per annum FTE)
Contract: Fixed Term until 31/03/2023
Location: Colchester
The Futures in Mind partnership works with service users as active collaborators in the design, development, delivery, and improvement of our provision of integrated support, advice and mentoring in Essex. Futures in Mind deliver an outward-facing, flexible community service to enable us to support the maximum number of Service Users across the full Essex locality.
We are looking for an individual who has experience in supporting adults in the community, working as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team, with a knowledge of the local services and the support available. Experience of working within Mental Health Services is an advantage as is management experience.
Closing Date: 19/07/2021
Interview Date: 27/07/2021
For more information and to apply for this role, click here.
This summer Essex County Council, Active Essex and Thurrock Council are working with a wide range of locally trusted organisations to deliver our biggest ever holiday activity programme to date, across Essex and Thurrock. The programme is Essex ActivAte.
They are working with over 85 partners to provide over 200clubs and 130 outreach sessions, providing over 200,000 FREE places over 5 weeks of the summer holiday.
All core Essex ActivAte clubs provide:
Free places for low income families who are eligible for benefits based free school meals
At least 4 hours of provision each session
Fun physical activity that meets the CMO recommended amount
A range of enrichment activity which might include arts and crafts, games, drama, music, cooking, informal education and in some places they will also host pet parties, pony rides and will have special guests from princesses and super hero’s!
A nutritious meal that will be hot where possible
Nutritional education
Support for the whole family
All clubs will be inclusive and have inclusion and mental wellbeing ambassadors and Active Essex are providing a range of training and support to ensure that all staff and volunteers are fully equipped with the knowledge and understanding to delivering a fun, supportive and safe experience for young people this summer.
They are also working with specialist partners in order to provide 29 Essex ActivAte SEND clubs and 18 Essex ActivAte mental wellbeing hubs across the county.
Parents and carers can book places at the summer sessions using the following link; Essex ActivAte Summer 2021
MoreLife is a leading and award-winning provider of healthy lifestyle and wellbeing services, including weight management, smoking cessation, physical activity and health improvement. We have 20 years’ experience of helping thousands of people improve their lifestyles – and gain more from life – and of working with local authorities, the NHS and businesses to create programmes that engage local communities and workforces.
We work by using the evidence and by working closely with communities and key groups to understand what works best for individuals and areas and create tailored programmes. We are a subsidiary of Leeds Beckett University, which means we have ready access to a huge range of expertise in research and consumer insight.
As you may know, Essex County Council is tendering for an Integrated Community Wellbeing Service, and we will be putting in a bid. MoreLife currently delivers some weight management services in Essex, which has given us some insight into the possibilities to deliver greater health and wellbeing for all of Essex’s people.
We believe that MoreLife’s track record and expertise places us in a strong position to deliver Essex’s vision – and we realise the crucial role that partners will play in making that vision a reality. Our approach to partnership includes understanding both the full range of contributions that our partners can make and also what our partners would like from us to help them flourish, whether that is support on evaluation, data management or utilising our research, digital, clinical and communications expertise.
We welcome conversations with any organisation of any size that can contribute to Essex’s health and wellbeing, including from the public, private, voluntary, community and faith sectors, and who might be interested in working with MoreLife.
Please contact Leanne Dykes on [email protected] or call: 07503 647 448
St Clare Hospice is gaining knowledge about your understanding of their services and what a hospice is.
They’d like to hear your lived experiences of hospice and end of life care. Whether you’ve accessed a hospice, or decided not to, our Information and Guidance team would like to hear about your experiences.
You can find all the ways to contact our Information and Guidance team here.
Alternatively, you can contribute to polls on our Instagram and Facebook stories, or our Twitter account. Click here to head to our Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to find the polls!
Essex County Council will hold a Social Value Festival from Monday 19 to Thursday 22 July 2021. The Festival is aimed at existing and potential vendors to ECC of any size and type, ranging from small to medium enterprises to large organisations as well as social and community enterprises across the wide range of sectors in which we work. All of the sessions are online and are free of charge. Our goal is to communicate the festival to a broad range of audiences.
We would appreciate to have your support in communicating the Social Value Festival in your network of Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises organisations. Claire Dove CBE, UK Government’s Crown Representative for Voluntary, Communities and Social Enterprises (VCSEs) will lead a session dedicated to VCSEs. Could we have a quick chat about the Festival? I would love to hear more about your work with communities and the opportunities to collaborate communicating the Social Value Festival.
The Festival will be led by Councillor Whitbread, Cabinet Member for Finance, Resources and Corporate Affairs who will launch the Social Value Catalogue, our new repository of advice, tools and examples and the programme features keynotes from leading experts in the field. These include Professor Chris White, the author of the Social Value Act (2012), Director of the Industrial Policy and Insight Centre at the Manufacturing Technology Centre and a visiting Professor of Industrial Strategy at Loughborough University. Arnab Dutt OBE, Head of Social Value Policy at FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) and member of UK Government SME Panel, will lead a session dedicated to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
Please find attached the full event agenda and press release. We have images and other materials available as well.
The programme runs from Monday 19 July to Thursday 22 July as follows:
Business in the Community’s (BITC) What If Your Job Was Good For You? report identifies actions employers can take to transform wellbeing at work. The report sets out how business leaders can create an environment in which employees feel supported to do their best work. It also outlines how to achieve good jobs for all, that drive sustainable positive mental health outcomes.
A program to help leaders harness the power of their community to turn impactful ideas into action.
Training & Coaching
Learn how to organize and strengthen your community through custom training, one-on-one coaching and meaningful partnerships.
Access to New Products
Get early access to new products aimed at helping you manage and activate your community.
Funding
Facebook will work with GlobalGiving to offer you up to $50k USD to help fund your community’s initiatives, with a subset of communities eligible to receive part of $1 million USD in additional funding.
A webinar on the challenges of working in the voluntary sector. Appreciation and understanding of the role of the sector, caring for yourselves and each other.
Wednesday 7th July @ 4pm (via Teams)
Dr Leon Fletcher-Tomenius and Magnus Irvine of Here For You service will facilitate a reflective practice session for managers during a 50 mins to an hour online reflective space.
This will be a space for managers to talk about their recent experience of working through the pandemic and how this has impacted on them with a particular focus on the challenges of the changing environment, understanding of the role of the sector and being reactive not proactive.
Your chance to share your experiences of Mid Essex Mental Health Services and ask any questions you may have – join us on Thursday 15 July from 1:30pm to 3:00pm. Email [email protected] to attend.