Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) is looking for someone to lead our Philanthropy & Partnerships programmes. We're about to launch our new organisational strategy, and we're in the final stages of implementing a new CRM (Dynamics). We work with dynamic funders and partners in the UK and abroad; this role will maintain existing partnerships and develop new ones. You’ll join a well-established, talented and friendly team. We’re passionate about developing our people and will work with you to help you become the best leader and fundraiser you can be. We’re looking for someone with a caring and empathetic management style who enjoys coaching and mentoring their teams to help them grow and excel. You’ll champion philanthropy & partnerships across all departments, ensuring donors are recognised as being at the heart of our organisation. Practically, this means implementing new ways of working across teams to embed philanthropy & partnerships across all departments. Working closely with the Director of Fundraising you’ll be responsible for developing strategies to inspire donors and cultivate these relationships towards securing major gifts. You’ll lead on managing our larger Trust & Foundation and Corporate relationships, ensuring excellent relationship management to foster long-term support for our work. You’ll be a strong communicator and influencer who can work effectively across the organisation, bringing together key stakeholders and collaborating to bring our work to life for existing and potential donors. Working with colleagues in Campaigns & Policy and Communities you’ll gain an excellent understanding of our work and impact, and be able to use this information to craft compelling applications, donor materials and reports. Underpinning your success will be a positive and proactive attitude, a solutions-oriented approach and a willingness to undertake hands-on work.
Responsibilities
* Manage a portfolio of prospects and donors with a primary focus on gifts of £100,000+
* Build excellent collaborative relationships with internal colleagues to collate information for funding proposals, impact reporting and stewardship opportunities
* Build and develop excellent relationships with our donors
* Work with our communications team to ensure we celebrate the support of our donors appropriately
* Maximise the use of SAS engagement opportunities (Parliamentary events, volunteer conferences, beach cleans, etc.) to cultivate prospects and steward donors to an exceptional standard
* Management of income & expenditure budgets and KPI tracking mechanisms
* Leadership, line management and development of a team of 3 passionate fundraisers
* Development of strategy into detailed work plans and KPI tracking
* Excellent stakeholder management skills and ability to work with, and communicate effectively and professionally with a wide range of individuals from internal colleagues, institutional leaders and external collaborators, stakeholders and donors
* An ability to assimilate complex information and translate this into compelling funding bids and impact reporting through excellent written communication skills
* A working knowledge of major gift, corporate & trust & foundation fundraising, including identification, research, solicitation and stewardship
* Experience of managing, coaching and mentoring a team to develop individuals to be the best they can be
Qualifications
* Working knowledge of major gift, corporate & trust & foundation fundraising, including identification, research, solicitation and stewardship
* Experience of managing, coaching and mentoring a team to develop individuals to be the best they can be
* Excellent stakeholder management skills and ability to work with, and communicate effectively and professionally with a wide range of individuals from internal colleagues, institutional leaders and external collaborators, stakeholders and donors
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