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We are a charity sector specialist recruitment agency. Working with a variety of not-for-profit organisations from large to small, including traditional charities, higher education, arts and heritage, membership and professional bodies. We support with senior appointments including CEO and Director level recruitment to entry level roles.

As a charity recruitment agency, our team has a combined experience of over 30 years recruiting for this sector, bringing a wealth of knowledge, skills, and a proven track record of success to your recruitment processes. We recruit for permanent, interim and temporary roles and our extensive professional network and expertise covers three core areas.

Marketing and Communications

Brand, Internal Comms, External Comms, PR, Marketing

Fundraising

Major Donors, Corporate, Trusts & Foundations, Direct Marketing, Legacy, Community, Events

Fundraising Operations

Data, Project Management, Grants Management, Compliance, Supporter Care, Prospect Research

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Why are we the best charity recruitment agency?

With a deep understanding of the nonprofit sector, we go beyond traditional recruitment agencies, aligning mission-driven organisations with candidates that share their values. Our commitment to social impact extends beyond placements, fostering sustainable partnerships that contribute to the long-term success for charities and their workforce.

Initial Meeting

Before we work on your vacancy we like to meet with you to take a detailed job brief and learn more about your team. This allows us to better promote the role and culture of the organisation to candidates.

Candidate Searching

We utilise many platforms and groups to help find the right candidate for you. This includes our use of LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, our database and referrals from our broad network of charity professionals.

Prescreening

We begin every working relationship with job seekers by first establishing their experience and commitment to their job search on the phone. This helps confirm both their suitability and reliability before we agree to represent them.

Supporting Statements

After our initial meeting, we will ask candidates to prepare a supporting statement tailored to your role. Again, at this stage we shortlist their suitability, filtering out those that are too generic, or do not include competency-based examples related to your role.

Inclusive Recruitment

We are passionate about supporting our sector to improve equality, diversity and inclusion and have taken the decision to submit all candidates anonymously, we will provide all CVs and Supporting Statements in this way.

Offer Support

We believe in transparency when it comes to expectations and offers. We will supply you with any expectations or requirements the candidates have, providing a clear and smooth path to make the right offer. We also take on the responsibility of navigating any offer negotiations, if any arise.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At Ashby Jenkins Recruitment, we understand and value the importance of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We were the first charity recruitment agency in the sector to introduce a completely anonymised submission processes across all the roles we recruit for, helping to remove unconscious bias at shortlisting stage. We want to work with you to make your recruitment processes more inclusive, please follow the link below to find out more and explore our resources.

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What Our Clients Say About Us

We pride ourselves on giving our clients a tailored and relationship-focussed approach to roles we support on. We have experience working with CEOs, Directors, Heads of and all hiring managers, the following are some testimonials of their experience working with us:

"Working with Heather at Ashby Jenkins Recruitment has been an absolute pleasure. She took the time to understand our organisation—our culture, challenges, and the specific skills we needed in an urgent interim role. Through her proactive approach, she quickly identified a fantastic candidate who was not only highly skilled but also a great fit for our team.

Beyond recruitment, Heather has gone above and beyond — connecting me to a mentee and offering thoughtful, personal support throughout. Her dedication and sector knowledge has been hugely appreciated. Thanks for your help!"

Associate Director at Shelter

"Ashby Jenkins Recruitment had been recommended to me by one of my Heads of function who had worked with them previously and had positive experiences. After reaching out to them, they quickly got to work, finding the perfect candidate for our Head of Philanthropy role. Thanks to their expertise and efficient timeline, we were able to interview four excellent candidates and appoint our preferred choice in less than a month. The quality of the candidates presented by Ashby Jenkins Recruitment far exceeded those received through direct advertising and the experience was seamless."

Director of Fundraising

"Ashby Jenkins Recruitment was recommended to us by someone in our network as we were looking to hire for our most senior fundraising position, this was such a key role for us and the growth of our organisation that we wanted expert support. We initially met with Ashby via Zoom to find out more about their process including how they support diversity. A passion for our work was important and Ashby came and visited our site to make sure she had a thorough understanding of us and what we needed sot that she could get candidates excited and passionate about the difference we make. Ashby undertook a proactive approach for us, all candidate we shortlisted came from LinkedIn headhunting and we ended up with a candidate with excellent experience, a passion for our work and a great fit for the team."

Founder, Global Generation

"I have worked with Ashby for a number of years, not only has she recruited fantastic team members for my team, she has also provided advice on recruitment and retention of staff. She works really closely with me to understand the culture of my organisation, our fundraising strategy and then finds the right skill-set. Alongside this she’s also helped my team with their continued professional development, finding appropriate mentors and hosting training events. Working with her is always a pleasure, I now use her as sole agency because I am confident that she can always deliver what we need."

Director of Fundraising, Myeloma UK

"It’s been a pleasure working with Jake at Ashby Jenkins Recruitment, he takes the time to really understand the role and what we are looking for in a candidate and always delivers on this. He communicates very well and keeps us updated with how recruitment on our roles is going, what challenges we might face and how to combat them. We’ve had both excellent temporary and permanent recruits from Jake at Ashby Jenkins Recruitment and we look forward to working with him again on future roles. Thanks for your help."

Head of Fundraising, BBC Media Action

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