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Head of Fundraising
Location: East Barnet
Salary: £32,000 pro-rata (FTE £40,000), 25 days per annum pro rata, plus bank holidays.
Hours: Part-Time – 28 hrs per week* (plus statutory breaks)
Vacancy Type: 12-month fixed term contract, with potential extension subject to funding.
Our client is an organisation that supports over 200 members (charities, community groups and social enterprises) who deliver positive activities and vital support services to children and young people in the London Borough of Barnet. They are proud members of Barnet Together and one of nine Young People’s Foundations operating across London, Manchester and Dorset.
The Role
The organisation has an exciting opportunity for a fundraising professional to become their Head of Fundraising.
Purpose of the role:
* As a Bid Writing professional, you will be responsible for raising significant funds (Corporate, Community, Trusts & Foundations). Working with the CEO to secure new business partnerships to achieve sustainable, long-term funding, contract-winning and other income generation for the organisation.
* As a member of the Senior Leadership Team responsible for the Fundraising, you will develop and deliver appropriate strategies to manage, implement and oversee fundraising activities.
* Responsible for supporting organisation members through training, funding opportunities and grant applications and sharing knowledge and experience with over 200 members (1 day per week).
Key Responsibilities
* Adopting and adapting the organisation’s Fundraising Strategy to ensure diversity of income and fundraising opportunities to support and maintain the sustainability and growth of the organisation.
* Responsible for developing and maintaining new and existing Trust & Foundation Funding relationships including applications, M & E reporting, attending key networking events.
* Develop and manage the Community Fundraising Programme with line management of community fundraisers. Establish a network of community fundraisers, building relationships with community fundraising ‘champions’, and providing excellent supporter care and timely communication.
* Work with the team to plan, develop and deliver new community fundraising products, campaigns and events that will resonate with stakeholders including members, donors and volunteers to fundraise.
* Identify opportunities to grow their Sector Grants funds via partners – funders, corporates, individual donors.
* Line management of part time Marketing and Communications roles to with responsibility for operational delivery of their communications strategy.
* Performance management of your team, including, 1-2-1 meetings, appraisals, day-day performance management against KPI’s, motivation and objectives.
* Oversee Comms & Marketing team to develop and drive forward promotion of community fundraising to reach existing and new audiences, including developing content for social channels, e-comms, webpages and fundraising packs.
* Build collaborative relationships with peers across the charity.
* To support and implement strategies to achieve sustainable, long-term funding, contract-winning and other income generation for the children and young people’s sector in Barnet via their Membership e.g. providing members with advice, information, and networking/training opportunities; assistance with fundraising and partnership building, funding Training and events for the sector.
Skills And Qualifications
Essential:
* Exceptional strategic thinking, strong networking skills and contacts with a proven track record of achieving fundraising targets.
* Ability to demonstrate suitable experience within the sector including community development and community fundraising
* Strong literacy skills to deliver strong bid writing with financial literacy and experience with project budgets.
* Understanding and experience of working with a wide range of stakeholders and building successful partnerships.
* Ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and verbally, with people at all levels.
* Ability to line manage a small team
* Strong leaders skills, self-motivated and able to manage time an prioritise your workload.
* A confident decision-maker, proven project delivery and open to adapt and implement change.
* Passionate about the voluntary sector and its role in creating positive social change and a commitment to the ethos and values of the organisation.
* Commitment to inclusion, equality and diversity and an understanding how to promote them in the workplace
Desirable:
* A demonstrable understanding of current voluntary and community sector concerns.
* Project management experience. Marketing and event organisation experience.
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable organisation, please do not hesitate to apply.
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