Dan Rickman Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Key Responsibilities Fundraising & Financial • Leading and developing the fundraising activities of ORT UK raising circa £1.5 million per year• Maintaining and developing relationships with ORT UK’s 100 plus major donors • Managing the cost-effective running of ORT UK’s office, ensuring alignment of overheads with the approved annual budget of circa £350,000 Operational & Strategic • Managing, supporting, and motivating the charity’s staff team of seven, ensuring the development of operational plans to achieve or exceed agreed targets• Overseeing the development and growth of the ORT-JUMP mentorship programme • Working alongside the trustees to ensure the external and internal governance and risks of ORT UK• Maintaining and build relationship between ORT UK and World ORT and acting as a liaison for ORT UK between the two organisations Achievements • Overseeing the final delivery of ORT UK’s largest ever donation of $5 million over three years • Leading an operational audit in 2019, ensuring all systems were moved to the Cloud, resulting to an easy transition to remote working during the Covid pandemic • Leading a review and overhaul of the board of trustees, retiring six board members, recruiting six new board members, including the current Chair, and ensuring that all board members now have specific portfolios of responsibility • Taking the lead to increase numbers on the ORT JUMP mentor programme from 200 to 500 per year • Increasing awareness of the work of ORT UK by partnering with celebrating ambassadors such as Claudia Winkleman, David Baddiel, Tracy Ann Oberman, and Nick Ferrari

Key ResponsibilitiesFundraising & Financial• Full responsibly for managing Mitzvah Day’s annual budget of £225,000 • Managing relationship with all major donors raising over £100,000 per year• Identifying, researching and writing trust and public grant applications raising over £100,000 per year Strategic• Working with the Chair, and the board of Trustees to maintain and develop Mitzvah Day’s short and long term organisational strategy and implementation• Liaising with external organisations and stakeholders and developing key relationships ensuring Mitzvah Day is delivered each year too a consistent and high standard Management• Managing a team of eight staff and ensuring appropriate workloads, regular meetings and appraisals • Managing the process of recruiting new staff members, including advertising, shortlisting and writing contracts of employmentAchievements• Overseeing the deliverance of three annual Mitzvah Days across the world growing participating partners from 500 to 731 with over 40,000 volunteers taking part across 30 countries• Developed a fundraising strategy by approaching current and new funders with key messages to create a strategic approach to fundraising ensuring greater confidence that each year the organisation will raise a minimum of £250,000 per year• Leading a review and overhaul of the board of trustees, retiring three board members, recruiting four new board members and ensuring that all board members now have specific portfolios of responsibility • Carrying out a brand review to ensure that the organisation has specific brand guidelines which ensure that all participating partners and countries adhere to the Mitzvah Day brand• Ensuring the engagement and participation of high level figures such as Theresa May PM, Lord Mayor Sadiq Khan and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby

Key Responsibilities• Responsible for the overall management of the fundraising team of five professionals• Member of the MDA UK senior management team• Manage the Young Patrons’ campaign, including the development of Young Patronage, the Young Leadership board and the Young Leadership Mission• Coordinate and support local and national committees, campaigns & initiatives• Assist the Chief Executive with the preparation, organisation and delivery of fundraising appeals, events and marketing activities in accordance with agreed objectivesAchievements• Devised, implemented and co-ordinated multi-platform ‘Protective Edge’ Emergency Appeal raising £450,000 in July 2014• Rebranded and revamped Young Patron scheme by:1. Recruiting a group of eight key stakeholders to take ownership for development, rebrand and recruitment 2. Launched in September 2014 resulting in an increase in the number of members from 27 to 70 regular donors, raising on average £75,000 p.a.• Worked with Board member to devise and implement ‘Generation Y’ strategy addressing MDA UK’s fundraising goals for our donors ranging from school to middle age• Recruitment and management of five new staff members

Key Responsibilities • Prepare, organise and deliver fundraising appeals, events and marketing activities, with agreed objectives, as defined by Annual Fundraising and Marketing strategy• Manage Young MDA UK committee of to plan and deliver fundraising events• Nurture and grow ‘Young Patrons’ campaign in conjunction with charity’s Chair• Develop current sports offering to enhance MDA brand e.g. Marathon, Community Fun Run• Manage ‘First Aid’ project within schools, youth groups and campusesAchievements• Introduced series of new campaigns to raise funds and awareness, including National Blood Drive, Monthly Fundraising Challenges, and Ten 4 Ten (monthly donation campaign)• Revamped Young MDA UK committee:1. Recruited 10 new members2. Reduced overheads by 75%, through effectively managing budgets, utilising relationships with existing and new suppliers, and bringing graphic design in-house3. Streamlined calendar events, delivering six sell out events, with average profit of £50,000 p.a.• Co-ordinated delivery of First Aid training to over 3,500 individuals via schools and youth movements, resulting in repeat bookings for 2014• Designed social media strategy and guidelines, used across entire organisation via various social media platforms e.g. increased Facebook friends from 20 to over 1,100• Refocused MDA UK’s sports offering to include innovative new events e.g. Run to the Beat, Colour Run, Tough Mudder and Skydiving, with an estimated profit of £30,000

Key Responsibilities• Recruit, maintain and coordinate Young Langdon and Young Professional committees to connect with wider community aged 18 – 35, through series of targeted fundraising activities• Coordinate ‘Service Users Parents’ Committees in Manchester and London • Create, plan and implement a national fundraising awareness campaign, ‘Love Langdon’• Manage and grow ‘Major Challenges’ programme e.g. ‘The Walk’, London Marathon, bike ride• Establish, develop and create strategy for social media, including Facebook and TwitterAchievements• Recruited network of 20 brand new members for Young Langdon committee e.g. November 2011 raised £4,500 (pre booked tickets sold out with demand of 150 guests on door)• Recruited committee of eight ‘Young Professionals’, with longer-term strategy to build long lasting links with organisation e.g. ‘Mash-up’ sold out at 400 guests (profit of £6,000)• Grew ‘Challenge’ programme by filling 4 London Marathon places, 35 London to Luxembourg Bike Ride places • Refocused ‘Love Langdon’ campaign strategy, resulting in over 100 dine and donate hosts, cross communal social endorsement, and celebrity partnerships, raising £30,000• Worked closely with new Fundraising Chair to create and develop goals and vision, considering long term nurturing of ‘Young Professionals’ as lay leaders for the future

Key Responsibilities• Raise profile to young adults through targeted marketing and innovative initiatives• Work closely with ‘University Ambassadors’ to raise brand profile on campus • Relationship management strategy with student organisations, societies and third party suppliers, developing strong contacts through sponsored events and one to one activities• Evaluate and plan events, presenting reports to team on weekly basis• Deliver event strategy presentations to key stakeholders, investors and fundraisers, providing management information and updates of competitorsAchievements• Managed sponsorship budget of £10,000, negotiating marketing opportunities with nine UK University societies, running at least six events per term, per campus• Organised, promoted, recruited and led educational trips of 20 participants to Poland, Kenya and New York, managing budget of approximately £15,000 per trip• Managed and developed ‘University Ambassador’ programme to develop leaders to promote the brand, and reflect the uniqueness of each campus• Led diverse group, using different management techniques, resulting in peak performance of members e.g. setting objectives, coaching, evaluation of programmes• Facebook marketing strategy to promote events, resulting in database of over 900 contacts• Planned 1,000 ‘Fresher’s’ packs, distributed at UK Fairs, and via online marketing campaign

Key Responsibilities• Market and promote gala events, reaching over 600 young adults nationwide • Organise and manage weekly social events e.g. ‘lunch and learn’ educational and skills sessions in London, and across UK University campuses • Design of marketing material to promote educational events and tripsAchievements• Recruited 100 participants to attend educational trips in Israel• Supervised educational trips to Israel, South Africa, New York and Poland for 150 per trip• Interviewed, assessed and trained 35 group leaders for a series of ‘away-day’ programmes

Ba Communication Studies (Hons)

B, B, B, History; Media Studies; Theatre Studies