Job Description

The post holder will be responsible for the following:

Community and Event Fundraising Support
• Act as Glass Door’s first point of contact for all community and event inquiries.
• Build and maintain relationships with community and event fundraisers, ensuring they are supported before, during and after their events.
• Register supporters and coordinate the sending of welcome packs, merchandise and thank you letters.
• Support on certain community fundraising, cultivation and stewardship events, including the annual Sleep Out and the annual supporter drinks reception.
• Draft copy for, update and create community and event fundraising pages on the Glass Door website and promotional emails which can be sent through the Glass Door mailing platform.
• Support with identifying new prospective community supporters and assist with the development and fulfilment of targeted approaches.

Work closely with theCommunications team to:
• Encourage fundraisers to share their fundraising stories for inclusion on social media and our website.
• Plan and deliver any marketing, press and social media requirements for events.
• Develop and implement the new Community Champions scheme.

Other Fundraising Support
• Assist the Fundraising Managers in the delivery of electronic and postal direct marketing appeals.
• Assist the Fundraising Managers in the development of an in memoriam and legacy giving scheme.
• Manage the process for monitoring, thanking and recognising donations in kind, working with colleagues across the organisation.

Fundraising Administration
• Manage the processing of donations, including scanning cheques, coding bank transfers and web donations, entering details in Donorflex database, banking cash, setting up Direct Debits, receiving in-kind donations and acknowledging/thanking donors via email or post.
• Create and update donor records on Donorflex, ensuring records are kept up to date, accurate and consistent at all times.
• Stay well informed of existing and new fundraising legislation and guidance from the Institute of Fundraising, ensure this is regularly communicated to the wider Fundraising team.
• Ensure all charity fundraising activity (including "in aid of" events) is compliant with relevant charity and statutory legislation and recognised code of practice.
Other
• Support the Fundraising Managers through conducting research into prospective corporate, individual and trust/foundation donors.
• Work alongside the Data Manager to develop and use the functions of the CRM system (Donorflex).

Person Specification

Essential
Personal Qualities
• Enthusiastic, engaging manner, with the confidence to talk to fundraisers and supporters.
• Empathetic attitude towards homeless and vulnerably-housed people.
• A confident self-starter who will hit the ground running.
• A team worker with an open, collaborative style and a practical, “can-do” approach.
• Commitment to our values of being welcoming; being open to all, without prejudice; compassionate; believing individuals can turn their lives around; and knowing we can have a bigger impact when we work together.
• Commitment to and understanding of the issues relating to equality of opportunity and the ability to implement change in this area.
• Ability to adhere to and implement Health & Safety, HR and operational policies.
• Willing to travel around London for occasional meetings and events including some evenings and weekends.
 

Qualifications and Experience
• Educated to degree level.
• Experience of using a fundraising database to segment and select data, produce reports and analyse information.
• Understanding and demonstrable experience of the use of social media, JustGiving and other online fundraising tools and platforms
• Experience of basic copywriting to produce fundraising letters.
 

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
• Competent IT skills in standard Microsoft packages: Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook and supporter databases to maintain meticulous donor records and administration systems, in line with agreed protocols.
• Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail, especially record-keeping and electronic filing.
• Strong written English and numeracy skills.
• Good interpersonal and verbal communication skills, professional telephone manner.
• Able to forward plan and schedule workflows.
• Able to relate to and work with people from a range of backgrounds.
• Excellent time management skills; able to work proactively unsupervised and use own initiative.

Desirable
• Experience using Donorflex, Mailchimp and Eventbrite (or similar).
• Experience of assisting with fundraising and community events.
• Experience of working alongside and managing volunteers.
• Experience of managing community relationships such as schools, churches or challenge events.
• Understanding of data protection requirements including GDPR and the Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Fundraising Practice
• Fundraising qualification.
• Driving licence.

Women’s Aid is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children. Over the past 45 years, Women’s Aid has been at the forefront of shaping and coordinating responses to domestic abuse through practice, research and policy. We empower survivors by keeping their voices at the heart of our work, working with and for women and children by listening to them and responding to their needs. 

We are a federation of nearly 180 organisations which provide just under 300 local lifesaving services to women and children across the country. We provide expert training, qualifications and consultancy to a range of agencies and professionals working with survivors or commissioning domestic abuse services, and award a National Quality Mark for services which meet our quality standards. We hold the largest national data set on domestic abuse, and use research and evidence to inform all of our work. Our campaigns achieve change in policy, practice and awareness, encouraging healthy relationships and helping to build a future where domestic abuse is no longer tolerated. 

Our support services, which include our Live Chat Helpline, the Survivors’ Forum, the No Woman Turned Away Project, the Survivor’s Handbook, Love Respect (our dedicated website for young people in their first relationships), the national Domestic Abuse Directory and our advocacy projects, help thousands of women and children every year.

You will be joining our fantastic Fundraising team who keeps the organisation surviving and thriving by bringing in funding from the smallest individual donor, a high profile corporate partner, or individual major donor. This post holder for this role work across the whole Fundraising team, providing administrative and operational support, including maintaining the fundraising database: The Raiser’s Edge. 

We’re looking for someone with great people skills, as well as drive, initiative and determination. You’ll be diligent with details and accuracy, and have a dynamic approach to your work. You will be a natural problem solver, always looking to improve upon current processed to improve on efficiency.

The post holder will develop and maintain both internal and external contacts and will need a thorough understanding of Women’s Aid’s work. 

Location Bristol (with some travel required) 

Salary £19,538 pro rata (based on WA pay scale point 20)

Length of contract 15 hours per week, permanent

Closing date 12pm, 15th June 2020 

Interviews 18th June, Bristol/via MS Teams if remotely 

Women’s Aid offers a family friendly culture, with flexible hours and generous leave policies. Staff also have access to a tailor made development process, centred on our values, and recognising staff strengths. As part of this, staff are allowed 8 study days each year (pro-rata), on top of the already generous 27 days annual leave, plus Bank Holidays. We also offer staff networks for BME and LGBT staff, an Employee Assistance Programme, and loans for travel cards and training courses.

Job Title: Fundraising Manager

Team: Fundraising

Location: London, UK or New York, NY

Closing Date: June 29, 2020 – Note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so early applications are encouraged.

Background/NRGI Summary:  For the one billion impoverished people living in resource-rich countries, the oil, gas and mining sectors have failed to deliver on the promise of better quality of life. Massive corruption, the climate crisis, and now the coronavirus pandemic threaten to entrench these deep inequalities. The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)’s works to secure a future where countries rich in oil, gas and minerals achieve sustainable, inclusive development. With the launch of our new 2020-2025 Strategy, our staff of country and issue experts, lawyers, economists and governance specialists will leverage our 15+ years of experience to lift countries out of poverty by contributing evidence-based knowledge, building capacities and alliances, and seizing reform opportunities during moments of political openness.

NRGI’s international staff of more than 90 work in over 15 countries around the world. With an annual budget of roughly $15 million, NRGI benefits from the support of major foundations and governmental funders — including the Open Society Foundations, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Ford Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Luminate, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, Department for International Development (DFID), and German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), among others. To preserve its independence, NRGI does not accept funding from oil, gas or mining companies. 

Job Overview: NRGI seeks an experienced institutional fundraiser responsible for a portfolio consisting of both foundation supporters and a subset of government funders.  S/he will lead on the development of approaches to these funders, and on proposal conceptualization and writing to ensure that NRGI can capitalize on the fundraising opportunities presented by our new global strategy. In addition, s/he will help us to identify new prospects, steward our existing donor relationships through report writing and relationship building, and develop department-wide record-keeping and tracking systems to ensure that we meet funder accountability requirements effectively. The ideal candidate will be committed to NRGI’s mission and vision.  A proven track record raising six to seven-figure gifts from institutional funders for international advocacy organizations is highly desirable. Reporting to the Director of Fundraising, s/he will have a strong hands-on orientation. This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to build pipelines and strengthen donor relationships that will ensure NRGI’s long-term sustainability.

Major Responsibilities:

1. FUNDRAISING STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION

Lead and manage the conceptualization, writing of submissions to portfolio funders for unrestricted and project funding

Lead on the development of strategies and approaches to foundation funders, select bilateral partnerships, and prospects; conduct and analyze prospect research to identify new sources of foundation giving

Prepare letters of inquiry, concept notes, proposals, etc. in collaboration with CEO and relevant program staff

Collaborate closely with Director of Finance and Operations to prepare proposal budgets

Actively support program staff in their cultivation and solicitation of foundations and bilateral partnerships funding sources, assisting with aligning NRGI programs and mission with funder priorities

Ensure all information that is required by funders is delivered meticulously

2. CREATING TRACKING AND ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS

Support the development and implementation of systems that will ensure the timely creation of reports and delivery of other donor accountability requirements

Ensure full understanding of donor accountability requirements and liaise with the MEL, Finance, Program, and Operations teams to ensure required data collection, analysis and reporting is in place

Lead the team in writing donor reports on time and to a high standard; drawing on the MEL and sub-grant management systems to source relevant and accurate data

Develop and maintain a tracking system to ensure timely submission of proposals, reports and acknowledgements

Employ ‘Moves Management’ or similar structured approach to cultivation and stewardship of funders; supervise follow-up

3. PARTICIPATING IN ANNUAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND GOAL SETTING

Support the development of annual fundraising strategy and revenue projections

Participate in creation of annual revenue projections as part of the development planning process

Work with the Director of Fundraising to develop and track revenue projections, and help prepare budgets and forecasts related to foundation fundraising activities

Report regularly to the Director of Fundraising on progress against stated goals

The responsibilities of this role are subject to modifications as required by the needs of the organization.

Job Requirements:

Experience required:

• Seasoned fundraising professional with a minimum of 5 years of experience in progressively senior positions, raising money from foundation sources for international development, human rights and/or governance causes
• Successful fundraising of six figure and higher grants from foundations in both Europe and the US
• Excellent interpersonal and team building skills, ability to delegate and supervise
• Experience working in matrixed environment and collaborating with staff across different cultures and time zones

Technical skills:

• Exceptional writing skills, with the capacity to write for different audiences and on topics with which s/he may not be a technical expert
• Experience generating organizational and program budgets
• Experience using and developing donor databases
• Competency in MS Office and databases, including facility with Salesforce and Excel
• Ability to write clear and concise reports, analyzing data for different audiences
• Exceptional communication skills and ability to translate complex ideas into engaging language

Educational Qualifications:

• Undergraduate level degree; graduate degree preferred

Working Environment: Standard office work environment, some international travel required.

Key Working Relationships:

Position reports to: Director of Fundraising
 

Indirect reporting: Finance team, monitoring, evaluation and learning team
 

Other internal and/or external contacts:

       Internal: Program staff, support services team, Governing Board

      External:  Funder and implementing partners, fundraising professionals

NRGI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. NRGI considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, gender, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Your privacy is important to us and we are committed to collecting, processing, storing and destroying all information in accordance with the GDPR, UK data protection laws and the NRGI Privacy policy.

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