Proposals Executive (UK)

Proposals Executive (UK)

Location: UK Flexible (with occasional working in the London Offices)

Permanent Contract

Hours per week: 35

Salary Range: £26,830 – £30,428 per annum

What a day as our Proposals executive is Like

In particular, this role involves working in the British Red Cross’ internal proposals and grants department, which is the engine room of large scale fund raising. The team’s job entails working with both fundraisers and colleagues focused on operation to determine or develop persuasive external cases for funding while leading on accountability of fundraised income.

In order to solicit for funds from high-value donors, the Proposals Manager will closely co-operate with the Proposals Executive who drafts these types of proposals on behalf of donor organizations that are willing to give huge sums of money or those who may not have specific projects but only desire to support human rights defenders. These proposals would cover work that has been done by UK based teams focusing on such areas as Refugee Services, Crisis Response and Health.

Providing feedback on UK projects’ progress towards achievement of results through drafting clear and compelling impact reports for diverse donors whose future investments we need to secure. It happens through continuous collaboration between you other fund raisers, operational staff members and even sometimes groups involved in Policy & Advocacy, Finance as well as Communications.

Brevity and tailoring communications to specific audiences are two skills needed for this position because you will often have to summarize very complex information about your programs in a way that different supporters can understand. As an excellent writer you should be able to ensure that every proposal is factually correct thus offering evidence-based analysis into the work we do so that it can resonate among our partners.

You Must Have Experience Writing fast when called upon during a disaster and creating emergency appeal documents

You’ll be able to work at speed, especially when called upon to help with emergency appeal documents and updates.

Your drive and enthusiasm will enable us to increase our essential income for the BRC’s work in UK.

Please see the attached job description for more information about the key responsibilities/ person specification.

What you’ll bring to the role…

An understanding of high-value fundraising including institutional/corporate/trusts plus foundations/major donors. Experience of working in humanitarian sector in UK would be desirable.

The ability to translate detailed programmatic information as well as complex program budgeting into persuasive perusasions meant for different audiences such as donors or any other potential donors.

You often establish long-term relationships with professionals that have a solid base of trust. You easily build trusted professional relationships.

Your communication skills are important because they involve delivering messages that interest using diverse platforms (personal, online). Moreover, you should be able to negotiate diplomatically with people who matter so as to convince them deliver desired results. You can negotiate with stakeholders and influence them to get results.

Being Financially Literate; able to understand and present complex financial terms.

Good time management and organizational abilities which also include being able to juggle multiple projects simultaneously; flexible agile working is also possible here too. Ability to manage your workload to meet agreed deadlines.

Are you interested? Applications close at midnight on Sunday 25th August 2024; interview dates are expected from Monday 2nd September onwards..

And what do you get in return for such loyalty and competence?

Thirty-six (36) days’ annual leave including bank holidays and an option to purchase five additional days.

And a pension scheme with of up to 6% contributory pension.

We’ll do our best to accommodate your preferred work style by being more flexible.

The Learning & Development offers multiple career prospects + inclusive education.

Access to Blue Light Discount Card and employee benefits platform: Discounts.

Wellbeing Assistance: Access to mental health and wellbeing support.

In a team like ours, no one champion we only work together as a team in pursuit of success that is why we have a collaborative team..

Cycle2Work: Lease a bicycle through the scheme.

Season ticket loan: Interest-free loan for commuting expenses.

It should be noted that there are some roles based in the UK, which fall within the disability confident scheme; so you may be asked if you would like to apply under this scheme during the application process by setting it as an equal opportunity employer. At The British Red Cross, we value our diverse workforce, ensuring we create an inclusive environment for all our staff and volunteers. We are committed to providing environments where employees can be themselves without fear of any discrimination or risk of discrimination at work; these environments include regular data reporting, as well as our internal Race and Equality Network (REEN), LGBT+ Network, Disability and Wellness Network (DAWN), Gender Network, Carers Network and Youth Network.

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