Relationship Fundraising Manager - Scotland South and West
Full-time: 34.5hrs per week
Home-based Scotland
£26,500.00 to £31,500.00 per annum

Do you have a track record of building relationships? Do you have the skills to drive income now and increase lifetime values across Macmillan’s fundraising Portfolio?Are you keen to use those skills to ensure we are here to help everyone with cancer live life as fully as they can?

Why do we ask?  Because one in three people will develop cancer in their lifetime and it’s our aim to raise enough funds to be there for each and every one of them. Relationship fundraising already generates over £18m a year across the UK, but we need someone like you to help us raise much more and encourage more people to take part in what we do.

What is the role?   
As part of the Relationship Fundraising team, you will deliver first class bespoke stewardship across Macmillan's Fundraising Portfolio, working as one team to deliver a shared fundraising target for the territory. You will ensure you understand supporter motivations helping them to get involved with Macmillan in the way that suits them best as well as ensuring appropriate levels of communication, stewardship, recognition and show the impact on people affected by cancer.

About You: 
We are looking for someone with excellent relationship and account management experience who has the ability to develop relationships with a variety of stakeholders while managing expectations. You will place the supporter at the heart of everything you do with experience of cultivating, developing and stewarding supporters to deliver a first-class experience. You will have sound planning and organisational skills and able to work to deadlines in a multi-tasking environment.

Success in this role demands a proactive, hands on approach to deliver a shared target for the territory, as well as an individual target for a personal supporter portfolio of relationships measured by conversion, retention and average value.

In addition to the above you will have strong written and oral communication skills, as well as experience of dealing with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. 

At Macmillan, we understand how important it is that our workforce is representative of the people we support, and who support us. We particularly welcome applications from Disabled, Minority Ethnic and / or LGBTQ+ candidates who are under-represented in our organisation at this level.

We strive to ensure that every individual is empowered to bring their best self to work, and that’s why we offer flexibility in our hours and a range of benefits, to ensure we support you in your life and career ambitions. Macmillan has flexible start and finish times. We are determined to ensure our roles are accessible to Disabled candidates and people with caring or childcare responsibilities. 

This role is home based and there will be some travel across the territory. You must have a full UK driving licence at the time of application and a car allowance is provided with the role. There will also be a requirement for flexible and some unsocial and out of hours working to support evening and weekend activity: you will be compensated for this with time off in lieu.

Step One is a charity that supports people with disabilities and mental health issues to take control of their future and fulfil their potential. Their vision is a society where our differences are an essential part of a healthy and vibrant community.  The charity is recruiting a TRUST FUNDRAISING MANAGER who will lead on generating income from Trusts and Foundations in line with the fundraising strategy, to enable future growth. To coordinate and maintain a healthy pipeline of funders through effective research. To build and maintain relationships with all stakeholders including existing and potential new funders.

The role can be largely home-based, with office space provided in Exeter.

Responsibilities include:

• Work with the Fundraising Consultant to deliver, monitor and review the fundraising strategy
• Build a portfolio of successful relationships with grant making organisations – maintain those relationships to increase the likelihood of successful reapplications and continuation funding
• Through effective and continuous research, build and maintain a pipeline of potential funders, matching with appropriate workstreams
• Work with project / service delivery staff to gain information (inputs, activities, outputs) and golden nuggets (statistics, testimonials and case studies) that can be included in bids.
• Craft compelling copy for a range of applications to external funders

Person specification to include:

• Experience of developing successful applications (at all levels up to 6 figure sums)
• A track record of achieving fundraising targets (both individually and as a team)
• A good track record of sustaining long term positive relationships with funders
• Engaging and inspiring verbal and written communication skills
• Conscientious, reliable, attention to detail
• Self-motivated and able to use own initiative to perform role successfully
• Strong focus on building and maintaining positive relationships with all stakeholders

 

Community Fundraising Manager

Location - East of England, Home Based - North London & East Of England Region, the post holder will be required to travel and attend meetings across the patch and to the NSPCC's Head Office in London for team meetings.

Permanent

Full time - 35hrs per week

£24,000-£27,241 per annum plus £500 home working allowance

Charity People are excited to be recruiting for a Community Fundraising Manager to join a national children's charity. We are looking for an expert in community fundraising who is skilled at growing and building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and proactive with networking and engagement around campaigns.

Working with team members across the charity the Community Fundraising Manager will:

* Develop the East of England region fundraisers and community groups, working with volunteers and a dynamic supporter network of individuals and local groups.
* Increase the supporter base, raise the profile awareness and increase income.
* Work closely with the Corporate Fundraiser to support & steward existing local corporate partners and proactively reach out for new opportunities to gain new corporate support.
* Be involved in the planning of projects and events from beginning to end so you must be able to manage the budget and expenditure, and deliver exceptional fundraising pitches, ideas and project.

With new campaigns launching for flagship events such as Childhood Day, the role is an exciting opportunity for someone who is:

* Willing to take the lead, think outside the box, grasp at new opportunities and be innovative with their approach to the future of community fundraising for this organisation
* Passionate about liaising with people and proactive about building new and existing relationships
* Enjoys mixing with a wide range of people and bringing like-minded people together

If you are a forward-thinking fundraiser who would like to join a fun and dynamic team, then get in touch for further information about this unique opportunity by reaching out with your up to date CV asap. As the closing date is soon we are looking to speak to strong candidates this week.

Closing date is Monday 21st June

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

TPP Recruitment are currently supporting an amazing national Children's charity as they look to continue their recent growth within their regional Fundraising team with the recruitment of a Community Fundraising Manager.

This is an exciting role to join a very successful regional fundraising team that covers the whole of the UK. The role will give you the freedom of working in a new way for this team, taking more of a relationship and creative approach to their fundraising. You will play a key role in focusing less on the local small corporates and major relationships and more on build up their volunteer network and community groups. Working with them in their fundraising efforts and engaging them to take part in fundraising events. Coming up with new campaigns and events to deliver in your region with be a big part of this role and the continued success within your region. This role will be responsible for the fundraising in the East of England, this covers Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

Job title: Community Fundraising Manager
Causes: Children's charity
Salary: £24,500 to £27,741
Location: home based in Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

They are looking for an experienced fundraiser, someone who is comfortable in building relationships with a variety of people. Experienced in presenting the vision of the charity to a variety of groups, showcasing the passion there is for this charity. Experienced in developing fundraising ideas that can be delivered to their region with the aim of increasing income. Someone that can work with minimal supervision and must have a driving licence.

If you are located in the region this role operates and you are looking for a role that gives you the freedom of engaging with a variety of supporters, being able to put your fundraising ideas into practice then get in touch for further information.

Prospectus are excited to be working exclusively with Sands to help them recruit for a new Trusts and Statutory Fundraising Manager. Sands is the leading stillbirth and neonatal death charity in the UK. Sands exists to reduce the number of babies dying and to ensure that anyone affected by the death of a baby receives the best possible care and support for as long as they need it.

This role is offered on a permanent full-time basis paying Circa £37,000 per annum to be home based with flexible working an option and 28 days annual leave.

The post holder will lead on the delivery of a robust portfolio of Trusts and foundations, to support statutory funding bids, and support the wider Partnerships team on corporate grants and foundations. The post-holder will be able to make a significant impact on the work that the organisation does in supporting bereaved parents and saving babies lives, including their work with parents and communities, and providing bereavement training for professionals within the workplace and NHS.

They are looking for someone with a proven experience of developing and implementing trust fundraising programmes together with a proven record of securing significant grants from Trusts and other grant-making bodies.

We are reviewing applications on a continuous basis so please do apply now and we'll be in touch!

As a specialist Recruitment Practice we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role.

The organisation:

We are delighted to be partnering with Wood Green exclusively to recruit a Paid Media Digital Fundraising Manager on a maternity cover for 9 months. There is a strong possibility that there could be a newly created role that this person could move into. Wood Green is proud to be the pet charity that makes a difference to the lives of pets and people across the UK.  Their vision is of a world where all pets are well cared for in loving homes for life. To achieve this, they educate, advise and support pet owners so they can enjoy a mutually rewarding and happy relationship with their pets. And through their top-class facilities, welfare-friendly handling and years of experience, they deliver the best quality care for every animal who needs them.

Key responsibilities:

• Join a growing digital fundraising team acting as an internal agency to the fundraising department
• Produce and manage a £300,000 expenditure budget, allocating budget to channels and products
• Use paid media to support fundraising campaigns (PPC, paid social, display)
• Work closely with the Fundraising Managers to plan, schedule and manage day-to-day social media activity to support Fundraising campaigns
• Develop and implement innovative and cost effective ways of acquiring new supporters via digital platforms
• Advise and recommend campaign plans for paid social, display and search activity to drive performance and LTV
• Maximise relevant, high quality traffic to the website using a range of digital marketing channels and techniques
• Maintain online donation pages to support fundraising campaigns and other activity, including A/B and multi-variant testing and tracking
• Measure the impact of integrated fundraising campaigns
• Collaborate with Campaign Managers across Income & Innovation to ensure the digital fundraising activity contributes to a developed understanding of LTV across the charity
• Benchmark, track and interpret web and digital performance measures and propose improvements, actions and tactics as a result; report on performance and progress
• Brief and liaise with external agencies/suppliers (e.g. creative services agency, freelance copywriters, media buying agencies and digital partner agencies) in the delivery of specific projects and campaigns
• Manage a suite of digital marketing activities and communications to acquire, retain and develop new and existing supporters

Person specification:

• Experience either within a digital fundraising role or a customer conversion role
• Experience using website analytical tools (e.g Google Analytics)
• Strong copywriting skills
• Basic understanding of HTML and CMS
• Demonstrable experience of developing and delivering key messages to a variety of audiences, including assessing marketing opportunities, and paying particular attention to any reputational risk associated with communications
• Demonstrable experience of effectively managing projects and budgets
• A track record of innovation and developing opportunities for growth
• Ability to multitask and prioritise workload, including organising and planning daily and weekly activities to meet deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal skills, in particular as applied to sensitive situations and supporter relationships

What's on offer:

This role is offering a salary of £32,000 to £36,000, pro rata for 9 months. The role can either be office based, home based, or a mixture between the two. Wood Green have offices in Huntington and Central London.

If this sounds like it could be a good fit, please hit apply and submit your CV for immediate consideration. This is a fast moving role and interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis.

Do you want to be part of a dynamic and innovative fundraising team? Do you want to raise money for some of society’s most pressing challenges and play a key role in a new and ambitious fundraising and volunteering campaign?

We are an ambitious and successful research-intensive University (one of the top 100 research-led universities globally) and have produced 11 Nobel Prize winners, including three who received their awards in 2016.  Academics here are tackling some of the world’s most pressing global challenges such as antibody testing and Covid-19, the impact of climate change on our woodlands and forests, issues caused by migration and displacement, the rise in youth mental health issues, and the prevention of needless maternal deaths in the developing world. Our students come from nearly 150 countries and our flagship outreach programmes mean that almost 25% of our student population come from disadvantaged backgrounds, one of the highest proportions in the UK. Philanthropy has always played an important role in shaping the University, most recently in 2015 when we closed the Circles of Influence Campaign, which raised £193 million, making it the largest HE fundraising campaign outside Oxbridge and London. Through ‘Birmingham In Action’, philanthropy will continue to play a vital role in delivering projects to change lives locally, nationally, and internationally. 

The Fundraising Relationship Manager (North America) role is your opportunity to join our excellent team at an exciting time. You will have sales experience or major gifts expertise, and will be passionate about progressing your career and understand the impact the University’s teaching and research has on the world.  Your role will be responsible for the relationship management both virtually and where possible, in person, of a portfolio of prospective and existing donors who are based in the US and Canada.  You will seek to gain knowledge and understanding of the giving preferences of these audiences, and work to help the University to develop a philanthropic offer that meets their interests. All activities will be delivered in close collaboration with DARO colleagues as well as other parts of the University. 

As part of an award winning team and led by some of the most respected names in higher education fundraising, you will work with our current Fundraising Relationship Managers to generate gifts to the University and encourage new donors to make long-term, sustainable and significant (5 and 6-figure) gifts. Your objectives and KPIs will be set by the Associate Director (Fundraising). You will also have the opportunity to work with our senior team including the Head of Principal Giving on major proposals to top donors enabling you to get experience of working with some of the most successful and experienced major gift fundraisers in the UK Higher Education sector. 

Main duties

The Fundraising Relationship Manager will excel in the following areas:

Major Gift Fundraising

As a Fundraising Relationship Manager you will have experience of securing substantial major gifts, or have worked as a high performing individual in a sales environment. Experience of international philanthropy will be a benefit. You will meet and encourage amazing individuals to join forces with the University and create brilliant outcomes. You will be creative, full of enthusiasm and passionate about relationship building with alumni and supporters of the University. You will also be adept at building wider networks for future benefit. This means that in essence your role will be responsible for the cultivation, delivery, promotion, and stewardship of major gifts (5 and 6-figure).
Development of current prospect pool 
•  Personally managing a portfolio of 50-75 of the University’s high value (5 and 6-figure) North America based prospective donors, maintaining close personal relationships with each prospect and integrating them with the University whenever possible to bring the prospective donors to the point where you can ask for philanthropic support.
•  Responsibility for an income target of a minimum of £350k
•  When practicable, this role will involve travel to the US to meet with current and potential donors. Travel to Canada may also be required. 
•  Working with the Associate Director (Fundraising) and Head of Principal Giving on 7-figure gifts and where appropriate across the portfolio. 
•  Experience of working to robust objectives and KPIs, including the number of asks made, the number of meetings held, and the sum of philanthropic and charitable funds secured. 
•  Working with senior academics and professional services staff to develop mutually beneficial working relationships and using initiative to develop or react to sometimes unusual possibilities which could open up new fundraising opportunities.
•  Assisting with partnership and relationship building activity across the University and DARO by suggesting useful contacts and by accessing relevant internal and external networks. 
•  Maintaining detailed records of all actions taken and information collected on the CRM database. 
•  Focusing on the successful funding of projects that are critical to the mission and objectives of the University.
•  Being familiar with methods of tax-efficient giving in the UK and the US and understanding the relevant charity, Freedom of Information, and Data Protection legislation.
•  Responsibility for adhering to relevant fundraising regulation and GDPR whilst ensuring fundraising processes are ethical and that due diligence is undertaken as necessary.

Development of new audiences, prospects, and pipeline

•  Understanding, promoting, and expressing thanks for the philanthropic relationship between the University and its major philanthropic supporters.
•  Developing bespoke philanthropic packages for our major donors and volunteers to inspire them to enjoy and engage with fundraising and volunteering. These packages will span the giving lifecycle from donor identification and cultivation through to thanking and recognition.
•  Generating a sustainable pool of committed supporters who are willing to support and act as advocates for the University’s charitable work.
•  Working closely with colleagues in the Volunteering team to bring donors closer to the University through a range of engagement opportunities.
•  Working closely with the Events team to facilitate cultivation events, organising events where possible to bring prospects together. 
•  Working with the Communications team to promote audience relevant communications via the quarterly Old Joe USA newsletter. 
•  Supporting the Gift Accounting team in their work with British Schools and Universities Foundation (BSUF, a 501c3 in the US) and the BSUF Volunteer Representative. 
•  Supporting the Regular Giving team to ensure that US and Canada feature appropriately in direct mails, e-appeals and telethons. 
•  It is expected that new ‘supporter leads’ will come from a variety of sources including the wider DARO team, academic and staff networks and volunteer, donor, and University friend networks. You will also be expected to develop your own networks in a number of ways that will include connecting into your prospect pool networks and securing advocates.

Performance & resource management

•  Understanding the priorities for the academic colleges and the University Strategic Plan, and its implications for colleges, DARO and the University.
•  Developing a medium to long term working plan with your line manager to ensure achievement against KPIs and feedback evidence via monthly 1-2-1s.  
•  Developing medium and long term solicitation strategies and using these to maximise income and foster a ‘culture of giving’ across the whole of your prospect pool.
•  Making the most efficient use of time and financial resources through rigorous planning.
•  Taking responsibility for own personal/professional development, identifying training needs and courses or other activities that will fulfil these requirements.

Communication

•  Communicating confidently with individuals at all levels.
•  Influencing senior academics, leadership volunteers and potential donors.
•  Being empathic with potential donors, academic and clinical colleagues and members of DARO and the wider University.
•  Expressing complex ideas coherently through a variety of media, primarily to individual, senior stakeholders and on occasion to a wider audience.
•  Playing an active part across the Fundraising Team, by contributing to team meetings and engaging with colleagues proactively.
•  Working effectively and collaboratively with colleagues for the greater good of DARO objectives.
•  Identifying and capitalising on all opportunities to engage and develop relationships with key prospects and donors. For example using University lectures and events as opportunities to bring donors back onto campus.
•  Promoting equality and valuing diversity, acting as a role model and fostering an inclusive working culture.

We’re delighted to be partnering with Wood Green, an animal charity to support them with the recruitment of Digital Fundraising Manager.

Wood Green is now one of the largest pet charities in the UK, alongside animal care and rehoming services they help thousands of pet owners with advice, support, and training.  The charity has also been featured on Channel 4s the Dog House, which is a great programme!

As part of a programme to deliver an ambitious step-change in Wood Green’s digital fundraising, they are looking to add to the Income and Innovation Directorate by recruiting a Digital Fundraising Manager to focus on Email and Content Marketing.
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We’re looking for a Digital Fundraising Manager with strong experience in email marketing and eCRM, who is comfortable planning and analysing journeys and responses as well as crafting email, website or social media copy to ensure the best possible levels of engagement and action.

As the Digital Fundraising Manager you will be responsible for the following:

• Support with the development, management, implementation and review of the annual digital fundraising strategy, budget and campaigns.
• Deliver successful email and eCRM marketing plans for the Income and Innovation Directorate.
• Support the Senior Digital Fundraising Programme Manager with the development and implementation of suitable supporter activation and retention journeys that safeguard donor income and increase LTV across the Directorate.
• Ensure the Directorate’s email campaigns and communications comply with current industry best-practice and meet standards within GDPR and PECR.
• Deliver campaigns to recruit and retain supporters through email marketing, digital content and social media, working from inception through delivery to analysis and learnings. 
• Work collaboratively with our partner agencies
• Work closely with the Fundraising Managers to plan, schedule and manage day-to-day social media activity to support fundraising campaigns and supporter retention.
• Create  high-performing, digital content for use in email, on Wood Green websites and on social media with the aim of engaging, retaining and converting supporters

To be successful in this role you will have substantial experience of developing and implementing digital fundraising and other income-generating campaigns, extensive experience of developing and delivering key messages to a variety of audiences through email, organic social media and digital content, impressive ability to write and edit highly engaging fundraising copy across online channels (email, website, paid ads), with demonstrable skills in being clear and concise and significant experience of managing multiple stakeholders, including external agency partners and internal campaign owners.

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.

Please note we are working with Wood Green exclusively for this recruitment, any third party CVs submitted will be redirected to The Talent Set for review.

Are you passionate about people, healthcare and innovation in the charity sector? We have an exciting opportunity for you. We’re looking for an experienced Corporate and Major Donor Fundraising Manager who is passionate about the NHS and the power of NHS charities to change lives and support NHS patients and staff.

Royal Surrey County Hospital Charity is a charity whose vision is to transform lives. There has never before been a time like this in the NHS – where charitable support is more important than ever as we rebuild and adjust to the pandemic.

You will be in a senior, frontline fundraising role building and sustaining relationships with our growing corporate and major donor supporters. You will work alongside the Head of Fundraising to shape a new campaign to support our leading St Luke’s Cancer Centre where corporate and major donor income will heavily influence its success.

You will have a major interest in healthcare improvement, patient and public engagement and be strongly motivated by our work. You will need to be a clear communicator, very well organised and confident dealing with a range of supporters from across Surrey.

This is a brilliant opportunity to work on vital campaigns that support the NHS. If you are looking for your next challenge, apply today or contact us an informal chat about the role.

To apply, please complete the NHS jobs application form and in the supporting statement (in no more than two pages) detail:

• Why you would like the role

• Details of any experience you have that makes you well-suited to the role

More about the charity

Our values guide everything we do:

We are accountable

We aim to always been open and transparent in our work – and admit to mistakes.

We are always learning

We encourage feedback and evaluate everything we do, so we can continue to grow.

We are caring

We are inclusive and always treat people with respect. We recognise our success is only possible with your support.

We are collaborative

We work closely with hospital staff, partners and our supporters to make sure the patient is at the heart of everything we do.

We are determined

We will never give up on our vision.

Harris Hill are delighted to be teaming up with the regional Community Fundraising teams in the East of England at a large national children's charity. They are looking for a new Community Fundraising Manager based in Berkshire, Oxfordshire or Buckinghamshire. This role is essential in building up key community support across the region.

Operating from home, you will work as part of the Community & Events Fundraising Team, contributing to fundraising initiatives in the East Region. The post-holder will be required to travel across the patch and to the charity's Head Office in London for team meetings.

The ideal candidate will have:

* Experience of success in developing relationships in order to achieve results within a fundraising, sales or marketing environment.
* Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
* Well-developed ability to proactively lead, develop and manage relationships with individuals/groups both internally and externally, and achieve objectives through these relationships.

If you want to have a chat or receive a full job description, then please get in touch with Hannah at Harris Hill at [email protected] or call her on 02078207331.

Deadline is the 21st of June and a CV and supporting statement will be required.

Harris Hill Charity Recruitment Specialists operates an equal opportunity policy and commits to treating all of our candidates and jobseekers fairly. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Having originally developed our Service from 2 volunteers supporting people attending one Coroner’s Court in London we have expanded our Service and currently have 347 volunteers supporting in 63 Coroners’ Courts across the country.

We are now ready to further expand the Service and you could be the person to help make this happen.

The Coroners’ Courts Support Service is seeking an enthusiastic, charismatic and energetic Fundraising & Business Development Manager who will be responsible for developing funding and corporate sponsorship opportunities which will bring in further revenue. 

This is a relatively new post and you will be expected to have an understanding of how to create successful funding opportunities, leading on the organisation’s strategic vision in order to achieve this. 

You will need to be highly motivated and professional, very organised and able to manage your own workload and work independently.   This post is for 37.5 hours per week.

Please be advised that some interviews may take place via Zoom due to the current restrictions.

Closing date: 25 June 2021

Interview dates: 1 & 2 July 2021

Short list interviews: week commencing 5 July 2021

The Fundraising & Donations Manager is responsible for developing and implementing engagement and fundraising strategies or enhance and grow revenue with donors. This primary focus of this position is to support the annual campaign operations and corporate relationships.  This position is part of a small Communications and Fundraising Team responsible for increasing the breadth of donors and donation giving size through relationship management, awareness and engagement to achieve GambleAware’s strategic priorities.

The postholder will: 

1. Produce a donor strategy and providing quarterly updates on the strategy delivery and fundraising to the Board, relevant Committees and updates to the Gambling Commission.
2. Identify and manage donor relationships to increase engagement and revenue.
3. Achieve annual fundraising goals including donor participation rates and donor revenue rates.
4. Works with Head of Communications & Fundraising to create year-round engagement strategies to retain current and attract new donors in order to raise more revenue and increase overall participation.
5. Build relationships with major and minor donors and gambling related companies, securing new relationships within existing donors to increase visibility and engagement
6. Produce communication, engagement and donor reports to colleagues, senior management and trustees, to provide pertinent information about the charity’s performance.
7. Research fundraising opportunities and raising awareness of GambleAware’s work
8. Prepare and delivering presentations.
9. Manage information and recording the profile and fundraising activity of donors on a database.
10. Manage budgets.
11. Ensure major and minor donors are happy with the donation scheme and are kept informed of progress and key milestones.
12. Manage GambleAware’s donations process
13. Assure that donor data is managed according to data protection requirements
14. Continually improve the donor experience and relationships providing updates to donors on impact of investment
15. Closely collaborate with technical support on improvements to and maintenance of technical data integrations for donations tracking, accounting, and communications.
16. Recommend and implement improvements to donations processing systems and procedures to improve efficiency and accommodate a growing donor base.

At the RCN Foundation, we are committed to supporting, strengthening and championing the nursing profession. As a charity and grant-maker, we do this by funding research and projects, as well as education and hardship, which support nursing professionals to innovate, progress their careers and get through tough time.

We are accredited with Investors in People Gold Standard.

Fundraising and Communications Manager
RCN UK HQ, 35 hours, 12 month Fixed Term Contract or Secondment

As the Foundation’s Fundraising and Communications Manager you will use your extensive experience and skills to ensure that we raise funds from a variety of sources to enable the Foundation to make a positive impact on nurses and healthcare.

In this varied role, you will work with the Head of Fundraising and Communications to get involved in a variety of fundraising and communications activities. This might include developing our individual giving activities, overseeing our fundraising events or communicating the right messages to our key stakeholders. You will be responsible for securing and growing income from a broad range of fundraising streams including individuals, events, legacies and community fundraising initiatives. You will also play a key role in the delivery of our communications and marketing activities, promoting the work of the Foundation to a broad range of audiences.

A key part of what you do will be to suggest innovative approaches to our fundraising and communications activities. You will ensure that we achieve the maximum benefit from our unique position within the RCN Group, as well as contributing to the effectiveness of the Group. As the Fundraising and Communications Manager, you’ll influence critical decisions about the strategic direction of our fundraising and communications activities.

What we offer you

We expect you to look after our beneficiaries. And we expect you to be rewarded for it. As well as a whole range of learning and development opportunities we can also offer you an impressive range of benefits. We have a highly competitive pay structure, as well as flexible working, and annual leave of up to 32 days.

Balancing work and life commitments is important to us as an organisation. We are a diverse organisation and understand everyone has different needs. All employees can ask for flexible working and when personal circumstances change we will work with you to find a smarter working solution that suits everyone. In fact, many of our employees enjoy home working, flexible working or compressed hours, enabling them to deliver results with minimum impact to their professional and personal commitments. We also offer generous Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave packages.

With strong analytical skills and ability, you will possess creativity and strong entrepreneurial flair, with vision and tenacity to succeed. You will anticipate trends in fundraising and understand how to apply them in your work, including in the digital arena.

You will be driven to excel in your work and thrive in a fast-paced environment and supportive team that is committed to the highest levels of personal and team performance. You will need to have significant fundraising and communications experience, ideally with exposure to the health sector.

To succeed at the RCN Foundation all you need to do is think bigger, better and brighter. And with an attitude like that, anything’s possible.

Please note, that due to Covid-19, while we are trying our best to accommodate our Assessment Centres and Interviews on the dates outlined in our adverts, we may need to be flexible about how and when we run our Recruitment processes for the time being.

We are currently running Assessments and Interviews remotely should we need to, in accordance with Government advice, so if you envisage any issues with accessing a computer, webcam or a sufficient internet connection for a video call, then please do highlight this in your Supporting Statement. We will of course do all we can to ensure you have the best experience in applying to work with us during this challenging period.

Please note, should we receive a high volume of applications for this role, your application may not be shortlisted if you do not submit a Supporting Statement. A Supporting Statement is an important part of our application process, so we would encourage you to submit one as part of your application.

Should we receive a suitable number of applications for this post after a week of posting this advert, this vacancy may close early, before the closure date stated below.
 

City of Chelmsford Mencap is seeking a proactive and experienced Fundraising and Events Manager to take a lead role in its ambitious plans for development. You’ll work in a supportive team and become part of a diverse and inclusive community that is committed to championing the rights and abilities of people with a learning disability.You will have the opportunity to be creative and innovative in producing fundraising initiatives and events, and will gain immense job satisfaction making a positive difference to our service users, charity and the wider community.