Hours: Full time (35 hours per week) preferred; part-time (25 hours pw or more) considered.
Blended working: Office (central Cambridge)/Home based
Salary: £26,000 to £28,000 FTE, depending on experience
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 12 December, 8.30am.
Interviews to be held on: Friday 15 or Tuesday 19 December.

Blue Smile provides 1-1 arts-based therapy and specialist mental health support to 3-13 year-olds in Cambridgeshire. We have an opportunity to join our small and supportive fundraising team, helping generate awareness and funds so more children can enjoy happier childhoods and brighter futures.

Working closely with the Fundraising Manager, the Fundraising and Communications Officer will coordinate our community and corporate fundraising activity – you will build relationships with local companies, organisations and individuals, equipping and inspiring them to support Blue Smile. You will also keep our website and social media up-to-date and create engaging content and marketing materials to connect with our target audiences.

We’re looking for someone with a strong understanding of fundraising and/or marketing, with experience of delivering either digital marketing, community fundraising or corporate fundraising activity. You’ll need excellent communication and IT skills, be good at organising and prioritising work, and have proven experience building positive relationships with a wide range of people. We’ll offer the support and training you need to develop your skills and knowledge and take your career to the next level.

At Blue Smile, we provide a supportive working environment including flexible working and a focus on professional development. As a mental health charity, we focus on staff wellbeing and a positive work/life balance. We aim to offer a competitive salary, with a commitment to the Real Living Wage.
Safeguarding is central to all Blue Smile activities – the welfare of all children, young people and adults-at-risk, is paramount and all have equal rights of protection. The successful applicant will be required to complete a Basic DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check which Blue Smile will fund.

More information about the role is available in the Job Description, which can be downloaded using the link below. To apply, please download, complete and return the application form. If you have any questions not covered in the job description or would like an informal chat before applying, please contact Vicki at recruitment@bluesmile.org.uk.

Fundraising and Communications Officer Job Description
Blue Smile Application Form

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed professional to join our friendly office team as our Service Coordinator.

You will manage the delivery of Blue Smile’s 1:1 outreach service to non-partner schools, ensuring a high-quality clinical service is provided at all times.

You will use your organisational and management skills to recruit a pool of trained and qualified self-employed therapists, ensuring they are provided with appropriate support to deliver clinical work to a high standard.

The Service Coordinator will use their therapeutic knowledge and experience and excellent interpersonal skills to collaborate with the wider Blue Smile team; working with the fundraising team to support applications and bids, the Data & Impact Officer to support the collection of service information, and the Clinical Services Manager to develop and promote our services.

This is an exciting time for Blue Smile, as we continue to grow our outreach service, and this role offers candidates the opportunity to support clinical service innovation.

Blue Smile can offer you a competitive salary, with a commitment to the Real Living Wage. We offer a supportive working environment including flexible working and a focus on the professional development of all our staff. As a mental health charity, we focus on staff wellbeing and a positive work/life balance.

Start: February 2024
Hours: 21 hours per week (0.6 FTE), term time only
Contract type: Employed, permanent
Salary: £14,410 per annum (£28,000 FTE)
Place of work: Office/Home-based

Closing date for applications: Sunday 26 November
Interviews to be held on: Monday 4 December/Wednesday 6 December

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Are you interested in providing long-term therapy to children in schools?

We’re looking for self employed Outreach Therapists to join our team in schools.

Start: Ongoing
School: allocated Outreach school in Cambridgeshire and the surrounding areas

Fee: £27.50 per hour, 1 hour per client to a maximum of 4 clients a day (39 weeks of the year). Agreed meetings invoiced at the same rate and an allowance towards consumables is also offered.

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