Grassroots Development Officer Jobs in Belfast, Northern Ireland
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We are delighted to be recruiting for a visionary, values-driven leader to join Mary’s Meals International (MMI), as Chief Growth Officer. Reporting to our Chief Executive Officer and Founder, you will be at the forefront of our mission, with overall responsibility for the development and execution of an ambitious and transformational growth strategy, to grow our global movement.
As Chief Growth Officer, you will provide inspirational leadership to your team in MMI and work closely with leaders across the network to support the development and delivery of highly effective growth strategies to expand the global supporter base and increase sustainable funding streams. This will be achieved through the development of high-profile campaigns, grassroots support, powerful storytelling, optimising technology, strengthening of our national affiliate network, developing strategic partnerships and high-value philanthropic initiatives.
Key responsibilities:
- Oversee the development and delivery of a compelling communications and marketing strategy, including targeted breakthrough initiatives, that will raise awareness of Mary’s Meals and inspire new audiences.
- Oversee the development and implementation of an ambitious philanthropy strategy to include foundations, institutions, corporations, major donors and other strategic or philanthropic partners.
- Proactively identify and cultivate new global partnerships and relationships.
- Encourage and support the formation of new International Fundraising Groups and National Affiliates.
- Play a key role in MMI’s Executive Leadership Team (ELT) working closely with the CEO, Chief Officers, Director of People and Culture, the MMI Board and other leaders across Mary’s Meals.
- Lead, develop, coach and inspire a high-performing team of senior leaders.
About you:
With extensive C-suite/Director level experience in business development, communications, marketing, or fundraising, you will bring proven experience of developing and implementing transformational growth strategies. You will thrive in a fast-paced global environment where you can influence, lead and forge new partnerships to support the growth of our movement.
An exceptional leader, you will demonstrate proven experience of leading cross functional teams and leading on global projects and strategic initiatives. Our mission, vision, and values are at the very heart of everything we do, and this is more than a role, it’s an extraordinary opportunity to play a part in changing the story for children in some of the world’s poorest countries. You will be a true ambassador for our work and will demonstrate commitment to our movement, mission and vision. Experience of working in an international non-profit organisation would be beneficial but not essential.
About us:
We have a remote-first approach to work and are happy for you to work remotely and flexibly, in a way that best supports your work life balance, we also have an office near Glasgow city centre for those who live nearby and would like to work from here occasionally or on a regular basis.
We are a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. As an organisation, named after Mary the mother of Jesus and shaped by Christian values, we feel that the way we do things is as important as the result and we welcome all who wish to play their part in our important work. We continue to change the lives of over 2.4 million children who today will receive Mary’s Meals.
We are a values-driven organisation, we believe in the innate goodness of people, respect the dignity of every human being and family life and believe in good stewardship of the resources entrusted to us. In line with our values, we are fully committed to a culture of safeguarding, we are committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work and we expect all the Mary's Meals family to share this commitment and work in the best interest of the communities we serve. Our safe recruitment practices ensure that only those that are committed to our high standards join our movement.
If you are inspired to join our movement and our vision, mission and values resonate with you, we would love to hear from you. To apply, please click below to send your CV and a short covering note telling us why you are a great fit for this role and why you would like to work for Mary’s Meals International.
Closing date: Sunday 14th April
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Refugee Biriyani and Bananas (RBB) is a small grassroots organisation that provides humanitarian aid to displaced communities in Greece and worldwide. We are looking for someone with the skills and determination to help grow our charity over the coming years through effective fundraising across various revenue streams.
We are looking to grow from a small to medium-sized charity over the coming years and to scale the humanitarian aid we can provide across multiple locations. RBB is led by founder and CEO Ruhi Akhtar, 5 engaged Trustees, and a small team of staff and volunteers running our programmes.
To achieve this, we are opening this new role in RBB, looking for an experienced, creative and driven Fundraising Manager with a proven track record of income generation for small charities. The individual will lead on all aspects of our revenue growth with a focus on building a pipeline of opportunities and fundraising capacity across the organisation. We expect there to be a focus across all revenue streams including, but not limited to, Trusts and Foundations, Crowdfunding and Individual Donations.
Role Summary
The person in this role will work closely with the CEO to improve and execute on RBB’s new Fundraising Strategy with the aim to generate more income for our objectives. We expect the incoming Fundraising Manager to continue work on improving and defining our strategy and to execute upon it.
To date, RBB’s CEO has split her time across fundraising and project implementation. This role will provide additional capacity to focus on the overall development of the charity, as well as providing specialist expertise. As such, the ideal candidate will be self-motivated and proactive in identifying the key priorities of work to be done and to take a lead.
RBB has a strong track record with small grants and public crowdfunding. Our ideal Fundraising Manager has experience across both these areas and can manage these strands. Alongside these, we have further ambitions to grow our individual donations – including growing recurring donations – as well as corporate in-kind and financial donations.
We are also excited to explore innovative and alternative fundraising streams. These might include influencer marketing, ad campaigns, leveraging student networks or working in partnership with other charities to launch common crowdfunders or develop collaborative bids to foundations.
This is the second full-time role taken on by the charity. As such, the selected individual will become a core part of our small but ambitious charity. The right candidate will demonstrate a passion for helping charities grow in size and impact, and ideally have experience in the refugee and migrant sectors. The Fundraising Manager will be expected to represent the charity publicly to donors and the wider third sector.
The ideal candidate will have a good understanding of charitable/business development more generally, including Impact Measurement, Communications, Strategy and Project Management.
This role is remote. However, we expect the selected candidate to visit the charity’s work in the field – most likely in Greece – during the first few months of work, and work alongside staff and volunteers to better understand the situation on the ground. We believe this is important to fully understand and represent the charity. All travel costs will be covered by the charity.
Hiring a Fundraising Manager is an incredibly exciting step for us as a charity. For the right candidate this should also be an incredibly exciting opportunity to be part of the early-stage growth of an impactful and grassroots charity.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute an income generation strategy that includes Trusts & Foundations, Crowdfunding, Individual Donations and Corporate Donations
- Explore and develop innovative or alternative funding streams
- Representing RBB, raising our profile and acting as a spokesperson
- Mobilise and manage occasional fundraising interns, volunteers and ambassadors
- Identify and submit small, medium to large-sized grants
- Maintain relationships and support with reporting to funders and donors
- Prepare and manage crowdfunding appeals for the charity
- Build our recurring donor base
- Support with wider charitable governance, reporting and administration as required
- Support with digital communications related to fundraising
- Ensure our fundraising efforts remain ethical and reflect the charity’s values
Person Specification
Essential
- Team working skills
- Ability to manage workload remotely and independently
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Experienced fundraiser with track record of generating income for charities
- Expertise across a range of income streams
- Impartiality, fairness and the ability to respect confidences
Desirable
- Insight and experience in refugee work
- Experience of charity governance or committee work
- Proficiency in other languages
Our Offer
- You will be joining a team who put people first and will make you feel valued, help you to learn, and support you to thrive in your role and within the charity.
- Remote working
- 3% matched pension contribution.
- 25 days holiday per annum plus bank/public holidays
Special Conditions
The post is subject to a satisfactory criminal records disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and two references. Only those with the legal right to work in the UK will be considered for this opportunity.
Please note that this role is subject to a 6-month probationary period, during which time, the employee has the right to terminate the contract with 1-week notice, and the employer with 2 weeks notice.
Application Process
Please submit a CV and Cover Letter. Deadline for applications is 11th April however interviews may be held on a rolling basis and the position may be closed if a suitable applicant is found. A feasible start date will be discussed with the chosen applicant, however we are looking for this person to join our team as soon as possible.
We welcome applications from anyone with the required skills and experience: whatever their background. We actively encourage applications from those whose identities reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and whose identities are traditionally underrepresented in the charity / NGO sector. We are a safe space for everyone.
If you would like to find out more about the role before submitting a full application, we’d be happy to arrange a brief information call.