Head of Major Gifts

Durham

Salary to attract the very best plus excellent benefits

Durham is a historic university with its heart in a small and beautiful city. It is also a modern, culturally vibrant university with links across the globe. The sense of community and place, engendered by the people, buildings and environment, makes for an intimate relationship between staff and students, and between disciplines, which is hard to match elsewhere.

The University’s distinctive combination of colleges and departments, communities of motivated students from around the globe and some of the world’s leading academics, ensure students have the opportunity to gain a Continue Reading…

This is no ordinary finance role. Where else could you reshape and reposition a finance function, drive cultural change, develop a team, work with a wide range of stakeholders,  (including some of the brightest young minds and a world class academic institution) and actively contribute to new corporate initiatives? All of this means we need a special person who has a can-do attitude, holistic approach and people-centred management style to make it happen. And it is this, as much as your financial experience that is going to make the difference.

There is no question you’ll be an accomplished senior finance Continue Reading…

Salary to attract the very best plus excellent benefits

Durham is an historic university with its heart in a small and beautiful city. It is also a modern, culturally vibrant university with links across the globe. The sense of community and place, engendered by the people, buildings and environment, makes for an intimate relationship between staff and students, and between disciplines, which is hard to match elsewhere.

The University’s distinctive combination of colleges and departments, communities of motivated students from around the world and some of the world’s leading academics working at the frontiers of their disciplines, ensure students have the Continue Reading…

Sourced from the Guardian, Guardian Jobs and Third Sector, we capture details about all advertised roles with salaries of £50k+ in the charity sector.

After sharing our first findings in November, initially we simply covered job types and whether an advert was through an agency or direct.  We now look at whether a role is full or part time, permanent or contract, the salary level, advertising period and location of the role.  We are now able to compare the first 3 months of tracking to the latest 3, giving us a quarter by quarter analysis of how the senior recruitment market Continue Reading…

In a time of straightened budgets and increased demand of fundraising results, is it worth looking to colleagues in other sectors for a bit of inspiration?

We think so!

Peridot Partners, in conjunction with the Institute of Fundraising and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, is proud to host a free breakfast seminar exploring what colleagues in the charity and education sectors might be able to learn from one another.

We are very lucky to have Stephen Pidgeon and Colin McCallum leading the charge and kicking off with their thoughts on what the sectors might learn from one another.  We will Continue Reading…

City University London is an international University committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location.

The University is in the top 5% of world universities according to the times Higher Education World University Rankings 2010 and attracts over 22,000 students from around 160 countries.

As one of Europe’s leading business schools, Cass Business School is known as the intellectual resource of the City of London. Cass Development and External Relations Office was set up in 2005 and comprises three teams: Individual Giving, Corporate Development and Alumni Relations. The Individual Giving and Continue Reading…

Work in the way that you’ve always wanted to…

Salary: £35,824 – 41,598 plus benefits

Cheshire West and Chester were established in 2009 and we have come far.  Against considerable challenges for improvement we have made good progress, and all the indicators show we have turned a corner.  We now have a strong foundation on which to build, and we need the very best people to continue to tighten our practice and help us build teams that can support vulnerable young people and their families in a way that exceeds every expectation.

Our new staffing structure means that as a Team Manager Continue Reading…

The University of Derby Students’ Union (UDSU) is a registered charity striving to make life better for around 20,000 higher and further education students studying at the University of Derby and Buxton College.   We have a staff team of up to 40 permanent staff and 20 part-time student staff, and a budget to spend of circa £800,000 from the university Block-Grant, commercial income and external fundraising.

We are a wonderfully diverse organisation with the age range of students from 14 to over 70.  Over two-thirds of our student population are from Derby or neighbouring counties and currently 34% students are Continue Reading…

Setting the Scene

In today’s tight financial climate, students’ unions face increased pressure from students and universities to deliver value for money and innovative new commercial services that capture the interest and fulfil the needs of an ever-evolving and increasingly diverse student population.

With this challenge comes opportunity.  Students’ unions can enhance their standing with the university and develop the overall student experience by bringing in people with new ideas and different experience.  With the rise of new trading schemes such as student letting agencies, IT repair centres, nursery services, taxi collection schemes and lucrative retail and food & beverage partnerships, Continue Reading…

RUSU is a registered charity and membership organisation with over 14,000 members and highly competent commercial managers that run a mix of established retail, licensed trade, hospitality and entertainment services.  Ambitious and dedicated to providing commercial services that are relevant to members, it is seeking a business development manager who can build on our commercial success and provide the leadership and strategic vision for a bright future.

As a part of the Senior Management Team you will be a collaborative leader who will facilitate organisation-wide initiatives and enable capable managers to develop and thrive.  More specifically, we are looking for Continue Reading…