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Reports to: Director of Philanthropy and Communications
Location: Flexible, with monthly co-working days in London and additional stakeholder meetings as required.
Salary: £30,000 - £33,600 depending on experience
Hours: Full time; 37 hours a week. We are happy to consider requests for flexible or part-time working
Contract: Permanent
About Now Teach
Now Teach is at a pivotal time in its strategic journey, following a hugely successful media and bridging fundraising campaign that has raised over £3m in new income for 2024-2026 and achieved 32 media mentions (15 national) and 2.5m PR views. We are now seeking to significantly grow our donor base and fundraised income and therefore are looking to recruit to this new role.
About The Role
This role will be varied and offer lots of opportunities to get stuck into managing relationships with high value donors. Both the CEO, and the Director of Fundraising and Communications will work to steward the relationships with our donors in person, while this role will lead on delivering high-quality preparation, proposals, reporting, and data management that underpin donor relationships.
You’ll deliver exciting and engaging communications and events which inspire our donors to continue to support our cause, as well as be responsible for maintaining accurate records and reporting so we can give supporters a great sense of the impact their donations make.
In this role you will…
* Create and maintain a stewardship calendar of content, reports, and events to engage our donors, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities.
* Write and produce proposals and applications for funding from major donors and trusts, in collaboration with programme and recruitment teams, championing user-centred thinking by representing participant and school impact in fundraising materials.
* Write and produce reports with in-depth detail of what we have achieved as a result of the funding from our donors
* Create an engaging termly supporter newsletter, sharing insights across the organisation to drive stronger engagement.
* Manage and own the fundraising database, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and supporting colleagues to use data effectively.
* Collaborate with the finance team to ensure accurate reporting of gifts
* Ensure compliance with fundraising legislation, charity law and data protection legislation like GDPR
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Who You Are (qualities/values)
We are looking for someone who is passionate about raising crucial funds to ensure that Now Teachers, schools, partners, and the wider education system can realise the full potential of career changers in education.
What you’ll need to succeed in this role (experience/qualifications etc)
* Some experience of working in charities, ideally in education, and/or in fundraising
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* An ability to manage your own workload, prioritise tasks, multi-task and stay organised.
* An ability to understand and assist with financial reporting
* Knowledge of fundraising legislation and best practices
* An ability to work collaboratively with different teams and stakeholders
Working at Now Teach
Our people join and stay because they value Now Teach’s flexibility, close-knit team culture and social purpose.
In return
As well as flexible working and a great culture, we offer a wide range of benefits including 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), an additional 3 days for Winter closure (25th Dec-1st January), a pension scheme with a generous 11% employer contribution, a rewards platform with employee discounts and access to an Employee Assistance Programme.
Our Values
* Focus on who matters most – putting participants, schools and partners at the heart of our decisions.
* Drive impact through expertise – sharing knowledge and learning to strengthen our work.
* Make change happen – adapting and persevering in the face of challenges.
* Build connections that amplify – working together and with others to achieve more than we could alone.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Now Teach strives to be a workplace that is diverse, equitable and inclusive where we can ALL be ourselves. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, gender identities, stages of life and those with hidden or visible disabilities.
Safe Recruitment Procedure
Now Teach are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. To meet this responsibility, we follow a rigorous selection process, and all successful candidates will be subject to a basic Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Application Process
Timeline: Applications close on 10th October. First stage interviews will take place w/c 13th October [online]. Second stage interviews will take place before the end of October [in person].
To apply, please complete our online application form where you will be asked to upload a Cover Letter (no more than 1 side of A4) and CV (no more than 2 sides of A4).
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