SUMMARY
The Brick is an ambitious charity with big aspirations for people in need within our community. We provide RELIEF, RESTORATION and REFORMATION by offering tailored support, hope, and opportunity to those looking to improve their quality of life. Our core work is in homelessness, and these projects include emergency and supported accommodation, street outreach and homelessness prevention programmes.
In March 2023, we launched England's first multibank in partnership with Gordon Brown and Amazon. We have since distributed 3million household items, donated to us by businesses, to families in need via a network of over 400 professional partners across Greater Manchester and neighbouring towns. We have huge ambitions to grow this project across the northwest by increasing funding donations and hence capacity. We also operate an affordable food community, serving 600 households every month with affordable food and distribute pre-loved furniture items to families in need across the Wigan Borough. In addition, we provide a final finish service to Wigan Council where we refurbish 200 void social properties ready for their next tenant every year, turning houses into homes.
We are now looking for a Project Development Manager to build on all these specific anti-poverty programmes, capitalise on synergies and develop a long-term financially sustainable operational plan. In joining our team, you will be a believer in the right to equal life chances with a passion to improve lives through collaboration and innovation.
You'll have outstanding numeracy and data analysis skills, relationship management and influencing experience and will be tenacious. You'll be self-motivated, strategically experienced, commercial and an analytical leader. You'll also be someone who has experience of networking, public speaking and fundraising campaigns as well as storytelling and understanding social impact.
JOB PURPOSE
We have an opportunity for an exceptional manager to develop and lead the capacity building strategy of the Brick Multi-bank and other anti-poverty projects. You will be a key member of our senior team, tasked with leading the development and management of key structures, processes, funding and frameworks to drive effective delivery and realisation of our strategic goals. You will work closely with donors and suppliers, partners, and the network of other multi-banks in Fife, Wales, Teesside, Midlands and London to identify and overcome operational challenges to distribution - growing our reach considerably. The successful candidate will also work closely and assist our Distribution Team Lead with growing our network of community partners to ensure they receive excellent operational support and customer service. We are continually evolving our processes, and you will work within a culture of continuous improvement to improve and grow our projects to maximise outcomes for people. The main, key responsibility of this role is to build partnerships, fundraise, and devise and implement a strategy to generate income of £250-£300k per annum, from a broad portfolio of Trusts & Foundations, including working to submit compelling applications of the highest standard. Part of this role will involve managing the Multibank Team and 2 x PT Brick Food Community Managers as well as assisting with sourcing supplies across both food and essential household items, analysing synergies across furniture welfare and final finish and bringing our anti-poverty projects together.
KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES
Key accountabilities
Operations
· Evaluate and assess the sector need for essential household goods across a northwest geographical landscape. Devise and implement a fundraising plan for sustainable growth in order to meet third sector need across the region.
· Oversee stock contro
l and distribution development of a
CRM system, maintain timely records of accounts, allocations, offers and case management so that impact is measurable
· Develop strong strategic vision and leadership on all multibank fundraising activities including applications, appeals, events and more.
* Work with partner businesses, suppliers and hauliers to implement best practice processes and reduce costs for the multi-bank whilst maximising acceptance of goods.
· Develop and deliver a long-term income generation strategy, based on delivering growth through both fundraising and bid writing/foundations/trusts. It should include meeting ambitious income targets, to enable the multi-bank to meet its strategic objectives.
Leadership and management
· Ensure an inclusive and welcoming team culture in line with our vision, mission and organisational values.
· Manage the warehouse manager and oversee all members of the multi-bank, food community and delivery teams, including volunteers to work to develop their own strategies, plans, priorities and targets in line with best practice in their area.
· Work closely with all other teams, including finance and operations, communications and homelessness service delivery teams to set ambitious targets, ensure we are maximising our opportunities and delivering an excellent experience for our funders and stakeholders.
Performance management
· Ensure that The Brick Multibank meets all contractual requirements set by donors and strategic funding partners and supplies high quality reporting on project and funding commitments.
· Working closely with all stakeholders, design and communicate an annual fundraising plan for the Multibank based on maximising our return on investment. Lead a bold, ambitious fundraising strategy, meeting an annual target of £250,000 to £300,000.
· Work with the CEO, trustee board and other colleagues to identify and develop strategy and connections with potential funders to maintain a strong prospect pipeline.
· Develop and manage supporter, supplier, donor and partner journeys to improve the stakeholder experience, ultimately meeting the goal of increased supplies and income.
· Secure high-value grants through excellent outcomes and applications; manage the process for grant applications, reporting, administration, and regular check-ins with funders.
· Undertake recruitment when necessary to ensure that the team can deliver its strategic objectives.
· Develop and maintain strong relationships across key supporters and partners.
Budgeting and finance
· Work closely with the financial controller to develop and manage project budgets.
· Develop monitoring and evaluation frameworks that support the team to track progress and measure success.
· Oversee financial reporting to management and funders.
· Set and control an annual department budget.
Governance & Compliance
· Ensure that project activity is compliant with the Fundraising Regulator's Codes of Practice, the Charity Commission, as well as GDPR, Hea
lth and safety
and all other relevant regulatory bodies.
Experience and Skills:
* Understanding of the anti-poverty landscape and systemic barriers, with a commitment to equity and working in solidarity with marginalised communities.
* The ability to demonstrate knowledge and awareness of the issues experienced by people living in poverty, and awareness of the issues faced by people with lived experience.
* Exceptional planning and organisational skills, with an ability to meet deadlines, manage multiple demands and competing priorities, while maintaining high quality standards. The ability to translate big picture into actionable plans.
* Track record of generating sustained income from a range of different sources including sponsorship, national businesses, trusts, foundations, as well as major donors and individual giving.
* Exceptional project and change management skills and experience related to multi-stakeholder projects for organisations involving cross-functional teams.
* Excellent knowledge or experience of integrated marketing, strategic communications, planning theory and best practice.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills to motivate, influence and negotiate both internally and externally.
* Demonstrates a high level of interpersonal skills including influencing and negotiation.
* Great ability to work as part of a team within a networked structure, and to maintain good working relationships with colleagues across functional and geographical boundaries.
* Strong experience of utilising brand, audience insight and the engagement funnel for integrated marketing communications activations.
* Creative communications experience with a good knowledge of latest trends.
* Strong analytics skills, in distilling large amount of information into useable outputs.
* Significant ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to adapt work plans flexibly depending on external opportunities.
* Commitment to The Brick's values and ways of working.