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- Director The Marr-Munning Trust £47,500 per annum FTE salary (£38,000 pro rata) plus pension contribution, London
- Head of Volunteering Macmillan Cancer Support £60,000 - £65,000 pa + benefits, London
- Membership Payments Officer Royal Pharmaceutical Society 25,000 pro rata, Based at the Society's HQ in London. The offices are in close proximity to Vauxhall and Waterloo.
- Head of Volunteering Development Save the Children £45,000-£47,000 + pension, Farringdon
- Database and Donor Care Coordinator Haven House Children's Hospice £22-£25FTE, Chingford, London
- Fundraising Manager (Gloucestershire, Somerset & Dorset) The Air Ambulance Service £25,000-£30,000 p/a, plus benefits, Home Based, South West England to cover Gloucestershire, Somerset & Dorset
- Funding Manager Vision Support £30,000 pro rata, Office base flexible - travel throughout Cheshire, Halton and North Wales essential
- Fundraising Manager Action for Brazil's Children Trust (ABC Trust) £35,000-£40,000 depending on experience, Soho, London
- Operations Manager/Deputy Chief Executive Deafway £29,236 - £42,491, Preston, Lancashire
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- Date: Mon 21 May 2012 - Mon 21 May 2012
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