Supporter Engagement & Fundraising Communications Manager

We believe that giving a young person an opportunity to go beyond their day-to-day life, through an inspiring break – packed with new friends, challenges and adventures – can bring life changing benefits.

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Role:Supporter Engagement & Fundraising Communications Manager

Contract:Permanent and full-time 35 hours per week

Pay: £35,000–£37,000

Location:Remote with occasional travel to centres and offices as required

The charity is entirely self-funded. £1.8 million a year, every penny raised by supporters. No government money. Which means the work this fundraising team does is directly and specifically what makes those breaks possible.

This is the role that sits at the heart of that.

What makes this moment unusual:

Go Beyond’s flagship campaign, Ice Cream Moments, launches this summer — backed by Louis Theroux, James Acaster, David Gower and Jenny Agutter. The trustees want to go viral. A legacy programme is built and ready to launch. An alumni programme connecting with 21,000+ former beneficiaries is research-complete and waiting for someone to open the door. And a loyal supporter base of 200–300 regular givers — many of whom have been giving for over a decade — is generating £90,000 a year with almost no stewardship behind it.

Sara, the Director of Fundraising, describes what’s needed like this: “Think of this as your own company. Think of this income stream as your domain — you could make it something amazing.”

What the role involves:

The Supporter Engagement & Fundraising Communications Manager will own the supporter communications function end to end. This is a project management and strategy role — not an execution role. The doing sits with two direct reports and a network of freelancers. Your job is to build the plan, manage the team, deliver the campaigns and make sure the data tells you what’s working.

In practice that means:

• Building and managing proper supporter journeys for regular givers, challenge event runners and Ice Cream Moments donors
• Project managing the full campaigns calendar — four annual appeals, Ice Cream Moments, challenge events, and a growing digital communications programme
• Developing and implementing a data strategy, setting up income dashboards and overseeing the CRM
• Launching the legacy programme and, in time, the alumni programme
• Managing two direct reports: a Digital Marketing Officer and a Data & Admin / Challenge Events Officer
• Writing an 18-month strategy with proper pipelines and income forecasts

What we’re looking for:

This is not a pure fundraiser role or a pure marketing role. It’s a hybrid — and the right person will see that as a feature, not a confusion.

• A track record of owning campaigns end to end — not being part of them, owning them. Specific examples, with dates, outputs and results
• Genuine data literacy — comfortable in a CRM, able to run queries, understand segmentation. Not expert-level, but curious enough that you’re never caught out
• Financial awareness — you ask what the target is before anything else. You work backwards from an income number
• Hands-on as well as strategic — you can delegate and direct, but you can also do
• Strong project management — multiple workstreams, freelancers, deadlines you can’t move

Charity sector experience is welcome but not essential. Commercial direct marketing, agency-side or individual giving backgrounds are all genuinely considered.

What Go Beyond offers:

• £35,000–£37,000 with annual pay review benchmarked to sector
• Fully remote — with the option to use Go Beyond’s centres in Cornwall and Derbyshire
• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Flexible working pattern that can include an early finish on Friday
• Management training through the British Growth Fund’s six-week programme
• A collaborative, supportive team culture in a genuinely mission-driven organisation

This role will suit you if:

You’re energised by building rather than maintaining. You want to own a function, not just a job title. You think in income as well as engagement. And you want to be part of something where the work — the campaigns, the supporter journeys, the data — is directly connected to a child getting a break they wouldn’t otherwise have had.

This role is being recruited exclusively through Raise + Recruit, an independent executive search adviser specialising in the charity sector. All enquiries are handled in complete confidence — including from your current employer.

To find out more or to express interest, contact John Austin by clicking the link below. No lengthy application process at this stage — a conversation is all it takes.

Break Leader (Fixed Term Summer Role)

Pay: £12.94 per hour, plus accrued holiday pay (paid at the end of the contract)

Contract: Fixed term, 27 July – 28 August 2026

Responsible to: Team Leader – South East

Location: Cardfields Centre, Chelmsford, Essex

About the Role

As a Break Leader, you will be part of an inspirational team delivering residential breaks for children aged 8–13 who are facing challenges in their lives. Our breaks offer children the opportunity to step away from day-to-day pressures, build confidence, form positive relationships and enjoy safe, joyful experiences in the outdoors.

This fixed-term summer role will begin with a training and induction week, followed by four weeks of residential delivery. The role includes evening work and overnight residential duties on a rota basis.

Key Responsibilities:

Supporting Children and Young People

• Help create a safe, nurturing and positive environment for children throughout the residential break.
• Support children’s emotional and social wellbeing, including managing transitions, friendships, homesickness and behaviour.
• Act as a positive and responsible role model at all times.
• Work collaboratively with the wider team to ensure the health, safety and welfare of children is never compromised.

Delivery of Breaks

• Support the smooth day-to-day running of residential breaks.
• Help facilitate a varied and engaging programme of activities and games, sometimes leading activities and at other times supporting children’s participation in activities delivered by Cardfields staff and external providers.
• Assist with preparation and set-up for activities and group sessions.
• Create end-of-week materials such as certificates, diaries and photo compilations for children.
• Maintain responsibility for petty cash floats where required and complete associated records accurately.

Team Working

• Work positively and collaboratively with other staff members, volunteers and external partners.
• Attend staff meetings, debriefs and handovers as required.
• Support and guide volunteers to help them contribute positively to the break experience.
• Undertake additional reasonable tasks required for the safe and effective running of the residential programme.

Commitment to Safeguarding Children

Everyone who works at Go Beyond shares responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to:

• Comply with all safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Attend mandatory safeguarding training.
• Recognise and respond to safeguarding concerns in line with our policies and procedures.
• Complete behavioural, safeguarding and incident reports where required.
• Safely and accurately manage and log children’s medication and support them to take it.

Person Specification:

Essential

• Experience of working with children aged 8–13, preferably within a residential, youth work, education, play or pastoral setting, either in a paid or voluntary capacity.
• Ability to build positive relationships with children while maintaining appropriate boundaries.
• Emotional maturity and the ability to apply sound judgement in sensitive or challenging situations.
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work positively as part of a team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to complete written records accurately.
• Good IT skills, including the use of standard Microsoft Office software.
• Availability and willingness to work in a residential setting, including evenings and overnight duties.
• Ability and willingness to drive 9-seater vehicles carrying children, young people and staff. (Please note:you must be aged 21 or over and have held a full UK driving licence for a minimum of one year in order to meet our insurance requirements).
• Understanding of, and commitment to, the values and ethos of Go Beyond.

Desirable

• Current First Aid qualification.
• Knowledge of safeguarding procedures and best practice.
• Experience of working alongside volunteers.
• Experience of report writing and incident recording.
• Experience of contributing to risk assessments or safe working practices.
• Experience of residential childcare, youth work or outdoor learning environments.

Working Pattern

The role will begin with a training and induction week commencing 27 July 2026. Training is expected to be primarily online, although some in-person training or meetings may take place. Residential delivery will run from 3 August to 28 August 2026. During this period, the Employee will work shifts averaging 38 hours per week across the duration of the contract. Working days will fall between Monday and Friday.

The role includes evening work and overnight residential duties on a rota basis. Break Leaders will typically undertake two sleep-ins per week, although there may sometimes be a requirement for additional overnight duties.

Accommodation and food throughout residential delivery weeks can be provided at no cost to the Employee. On evenings where the Employee is not rota’d to work overnight, they may either remain onsite or leave site entirely and will not be considered on duty.

How to Apply:

To apply, please email recruitment@gobeyond.org.uk, using the subject line: Break Leader – South East and attaching:

• A CV of no more than 2 pages
• A short cover letter explaining your motivation for applying and suitability to the role

Applications must reach us by 9am on Monday 15th June 2026.

Interviews will take place in person in Central London on Wednesday 24th June 2026.

Go Beyond is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion. We warmly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and those with lived experience of the issues facing the children we support.

As part of our safer recruitment requirements, shortlisted candidates will also be asked to complete a brief application form providing full employment history before interview. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check as part of Go Beyond’s commitment to safeguarding children. This will be organised and funded by Go Beyond.

If you have any questions about the role, please feel free to get in touch.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Go Beyond’s tribe of incredible volunteers are at the heart of our work; they are the people who make everything possible. We are often looking to welcome new people to our teams. Get in touch today to see if you could learn new skills, meet new people and make a difference.