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Vacancies

If you share our commitment to providing hope and healing to children and young people experiencing grief, explore the job vacancies or volunteer opportunities below to join our dedicated and professional team.

Senior Bereavement Support Worker

The Bereavement Support Worker (BSW) Team ensure bereaved clients receive appropriate, timely, low level bereavement support. Tasks include reviewing referral forms, completing administrative tasks and acting as the first point of contact for referrals and enquiries from both bereaved families and third party referrers.

The Senior Bereavement Support worker (SBSW) will work directly with the Clinical Operations Manager (COM) providing guidance and support to others in the team, as well as managing a small caseload of more complex cases, providing a professional, empathetic support to individuals and families coping with grief and loss.

The SBSW also contributes to the development of bereavement support programmes and events as well as supporting the COM with the recruitment and the management of volunteers, in liaison with the Volunteer Services Co-ordinator.

Please refer to the attached job description for more information.

To apply please send your CV and a short covering letter to: sanika.raichura@griefencounter.org.uk

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Events & Community Fundraising Manager

Play a pivotal role in delivering a diverse range of high-value fundraising events and community driven fundraising initiatives.

This is an exciting and really varied role. As Events & Community Fundraising Manager you will have a key part in planning, co-ordinating and delivering a diverse range of high-value fundraising events, whilst also developing and managing community driven fundraising initiatives.

Key responsibilities will be to: - Develop and implement community fundraising strategies to engage local groups, schools, businesses, and individual supporters; - Plan, manage and deliver a programme Golf Days, Variety/Comedy Night, our flagship Forget Me Not Walk and other initiatives; - Secure advertising, auction and raffle prizes and gifts in kind to maximise event profitability; - Support and work closely with the Head of Philanthropy and Special Events on our Gala Dinner for 2026; - Work closely with our Head of Partnerships to secure corporate sponsorship;. Manage the Fundraising Administrator.

This role requires a highly organised, self-motivated individual with excellent event coordination, and community outreach skills to ensure successful fundraising campaigns, events and partnerships.

If this sounds like you, please read the attached job description and person specification for more information and apply today by sending your CV and a covering letter to: sara.pollins@griefencounter.org.uk

Closing date 16 March 2025

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Fundraising Database Manager (Part time, 6 month fixed term contract)

Join us for a 6 month FTC as our Fundraising Database Manager and take responsibility for overseeing the administration and management of our fundraising CRM, e Tapestry, in this key role.

As the Database Manager, you will ensure our database is optimised for data collection, reporting, and donor engagement, working closely with the fundraising and finance teams to deliver actionable insights that drive the success of our campaigns. You will provide support and coaching to ensure the current fundraising (Income Generation) Team are trained in the use of eTapestry and that eTapestry Training is embedded as part of the induction for new fundraising staff; leverage e Tapestry’s tools to track donor journeys, segment supporter data, and optimise donor pipelines, ensuring effective engagement and stewardship and explore and implement ways to run fundraising events through eTapestry, managing event registration, tracking donations, and engaging attendees.

In this role you will have responsibility for matrix managing the Fundraising Administrator.

To apply please email your CV and a short letter highlighting your relevant experience to: Sara Pollins, Director of Income Generation and Growth sara.pollins@griefencounter.org.uk

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Fundraising Administrator

In this role you will play a key part in supporting our fundraising activities by efficiently managing donations, assisting with fundraising events, and providing general administrative support. This essential administrative support to the team, will help ensure smooth operations across Grief Encounter's varied fundraising activities.

This position requires strong organisational skills, attention to detail and experience with fundraising CRMs or databases.

The administrator will be responsible for managing donations, assisting with fundraising events, and supporting team meetings and communications.

The role requires a numerate individual, with the ability to handle sensitive financial data and contribute to the team’s success through providing excellent administrative support.

To apply please email your CV and a short letter highlighting your relevant experience to: Sara Pollins, Director of Income Generation and Growth sara.pollins@griefencounter.org.uk

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Trustee Recruitment

We are looking for Trustees with skills and experience in the following area which we have identified as gaps on our Board (you do not need to have held a prior Trustee position): experience of clinical counselling/or bereavement services; knowledge of the new initiatives in the Health Service, such as Integrated Health Boards. To apply, please send your CV and an expression of interest (max. 2 A4 pages), outlining your interest in the role and how you meet the person specification to louise.king@griefencounter.org.uk

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Volunteer with us

As a non-government funded charity, we rely on the generosity of our donors and volunteers to help us provide support to as many bereaved children, young people and their families as we can, for as long as they need it. In this new role, and as part of our network of volunteers, you’ll have the opportunity to make a real difference, whether it’s for minutes, hours, days, or even months.

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