Work with Booktrust

Fundraising Manager - Individual Donors

London- SW18

Starting salary: £32,206

Booktrust is the UK's leading independent charity empowering people of all ages to enjoy reading and writing. We're passionate about improving educational outcomes, enhancing literacy and creating a lifelong love of the written word - and you will be central to our future success.

Accountable to the Director of Business Development, this role is critical to our fundraising strategy. Working as part of a wider fundraising team, you will:

take the lead in developing our strategic approach to attracting and retaining individual donors
ensure excellent donor relationship management, maximising fundraising through effective development of the Children's Reading Fund
contribute to our wider campaign to promote reading and improve the life chances of children

To be successful in this varied and interesting role you are likely to bring:

a strong demonstrable track record of successful individual fundraising campaigns
experience of effective direct marketing campaigns
excellent relationship management and networking skills
strong IT skills, including proficient use of CRM databases

If you wish to apply for this position, please email your CV, a covering letter (no more than 2-3 sides) and a completed Equality Monitoring Form to the Recruitment team

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Closing date: 27 May 2013

Interview date: Week commencing 3 June 2013

Producer, Stories Tour

London- SW18

Freelance contract: June 2013 - April 2014

Tour planning - June - September 2013: fee £13,500

Tour support - October 2013 - April 2014: £150 per day (to a maximum of 24 days)

Booktrust is the UK's leading independent organisation empowering people of all ages to enjoy reading and writing. We're passionate about improving educational outcomes, enhancing literacy and creating a lifelong love of the written word - and you will be central to our success.

We are delivering an exciting new project to take high quality live literature and storytelling shows to community centres, libraries and prisons across the country.

Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, the Stories Tour will be an interactive, engaging and culturally relevant show for children and their parents that celebrates and encourages storytelling. Targeted particularly at Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Somali communities, the tour will encourage engagement with the arts and storytelling.

We are looking for an experienced Producer who will contribute, on a freelance contract basis, to the artistic and creative direction of the show, assemble and contract the creative team and actors, and arrange the logistics of the rehearsal process and the tour.

To take on this varied and interesting contract, you should have:

A Strong demonstrable track record of similar touring theatre production work
Excellent written and spoken communication and interpersonal skills
Excellent relationship management and networking skills
Experience of the live literature sector and an appreciation of the benefits of storytelling and theatre for children

To apply for this position, please email your CV and a covering letter (no more than 2-3 sides, along with a completed Equality Monitoring Form) to the Recruitment Team

Download the job descriptionDownload the producer's brief

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Closing date: 17 May 2013

Interview date: Week commencing 20 May 2013

Invitation to Tender

Booktrust is seeking proposals from appropriate agencies or academics to conduct an evaluation of a new project: the Booktrust Stories Tour.

The Stories Tour will bring multi-lingual (Panjabi, Urdu, Bengali, Somali) performances to libraries, community centres and prisons, focusing on deprived urban areas to reach families from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups. The Stories Tour will use performance and participation to help breakdown language barriers, promote community cohesion and inspire a love of stories. It will be taking place in 10 local authorities between October 2013 and April 2014.

The evaluation will focus on the impact of the tour on both the venues involved in hosting the events and the families that take part. Please see the Invitation to Tender for further information about the Stories Tour, its aims and the purpose of the evaluation. We are particularly interested in hearing from organisations with experience working with BAME groups or in a prison context.

Please note that the closing date for this Invitation to Tender is 5pm on Friday 24 May 2013. The project will be commissioned by 7 June 2013 and will commence immediately. Please submit research proposals to Laura Venning, in either a pdf or word format.

We look forward to receiving your applications. If you have any questions about the research please do contact Laura Venning

Download the full Invitation to Tender

Volunteer opportunities: Bradford, Hull and Leeds

Booktrust are looking for volunteers to help with an exciting new project to promote children's enjoyment of books and encourage them to see reading as a pleasurable activity rather than a chore. If you can help out for around five days over the summer, we would love to hear from you.

What is involved?

You will be helping children moving from primary to secondary school to become more confident in their reading. You will gift books to the children and help out with their reading skills in small groups and on a one-to-one basis at fun events over the summer holidays. It will take place in a selection of schools across Bradford, Hull and Leeds.

Who can volunteer?

Anyone who has a passion for reading, good literacy skills and able to engage well with 11-year-old children. You will need to be able to help out at the fun activity days and visit children in their schools.

What is expected of me?

You will need to be free for some training in May, then one day in June, July, August and September. The dates will be confirmed at the start of the programme.

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Download the volunteer application form

Please apply by 23 May 2013