Fundraising Manager – Individuals
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust, taking the reins of Individual Giving fundraising. This is your chance to join a passionate local charity that is committed to safeguarding the Severn Valley Railway. In 2012 the Charitable Trust was established to help future proof this much loved major tourist attraction, and eight years on we have raised over £5million. We are now embarking on our next chapter, to raise £10million, would you like to come on board?
Overview
Post: Fundraising Manager, Individual Giving
Reporting to: Director of Development
Employer: Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust
Salary: £30,000 to £35.000
Primary location: Number One, Comberton Place, Kidderminster
Hours: Part-time (30 hours)
Holiday: 31 days (inclusive of Public holidays)
Summary of Role
This is a fantastic opportunity to bring your proven fundraising experience in individual giving to this driven and passionate heritage charity. The Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust is a separate entity to the SVR Holdings Company who operate and run this much loved attraction. The Trust’s focus is to help secure the future of the Severn Valley Railway through donations, grants and sponsorship. This position is a hands on role and initially comes with line management of a part-time Fundraising Co-ordinator and 3 volunteers. We envisage this area of the business growing as the successes of your initiatives are realised. We have been extremely successful in our individual giving thus far, but it is time for a new experienced fundraiser to take it to the next level, focusing on both acquisition and retention, and building a stronger fundraising volunteer base to assist you in delivering your plans. Your remit will involve a mix of fundraising techniques, including 1-2-1 fundraising to our high value donors.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Strategy and Planning
- To increase income generated from individual giving fundraising activities.
- To create and execute a donor acquisition and retention strategy.
- To manage the individual giving budget in line with objectives and KPIs, reporting to the Director on income and expenditure and highlighting variances in a timely manner.
- To test, monitor, evaluate and implement existing and new channels and key messages that allow two-way engagement with donors.
- To develop long term sustainable income through identifying the audiences, channels and messages that will maximise effectiveness and efficiency.
- To develop high quality supporter care including responsive and prompt donor care and stewardship and to support the Fundraising Co-ordinator to implement these.
- To develop a volunteer-led model of fundraising.
Direct Marketing
- To manage and deliver integrated online and offline campaigns.
- To manage the design, print and production of direct marketing activity, negotiating bought in services and ensuring invoices are in accordance with quotes.
Administration and Reporting
- To manage the Individual Giving budget and provide monthly updates to the Director.
- To keep accurate and up to date records of all activities, using ThanksQ CRM database, extracting reports for the team as required, and maintaining high standards in customer care and record keeping.
Managing Relationships
- To provide management and guidance to the Fundraising Co-ordinator to ensure that KPIs and objectives are achieved and a clear personal development plan is in place.
- To build strong internal working relationships with colleagues and externally with supporters.
- To work with the SVR Holdings Marketing and Communications team to gain support and cross selling opportunities within the different SVR audiences.
Development
·To work with the Director to review the Trust’s CRM database and consider an Organisation wide CRM system.
Other
·Proactively ensure all materials produced are accurate and compliant with relevant GDPR protection and Gift Aid legislation.
·To undertake all activities in line with best practice standards and processes as set out by the Fundraising Code of Practice and industry regulatory bodies.
·To keep abreast of all developments in Individual Giving and ensure charity compliance.
·To contribute to the Fundraising Team’s strategic planning and budget process.
·To carry out any other tasks as reasonably requested.
·To actively implement the principles of Equality and Diversity.
Person Specification
Educated to degree level and / or an accredited fundraising qualification such as Certificate or Diploma in Fundraising.
Experience
- Developing and implementing an Individual Giving strategy.
- Managing and developing team members.
- Increasing income through donor acquisition and retention.
- Using a fundraising database to record data and extract intelligence accurately.
- Implementing donor segmentation, targeting and positioning strategy.
- Knowledge of a range of fundraising products, recruitment channels and engagement channels.
- Managing income and expenditure budgets.
- Presenting to internal and external stakeholders.
Skills and abilities
- Strong verbal and written communication skills. Able to engage audiences using a range of communication tools.
- Strong direct marketing skills; skilled at devising and delivering social media and print campaigns.
- Ability to work cross-functionally and to secure resources and support from colleagues in different business areas.
- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills; confident and personable with the ability to manage and build strong relationships with key individual donors and organisations.
- Strong organisation and time management skills. Able to plan / prioritise own work and meet agreed deadlines.
- Excellent attention to detail and methodical approach to tasks.
- Competent use of MS Outlook, Excel, Word and the Internet.
- Strong numerical / budgeting skills.
- Strong data processing skills.
- Experience of social media campaign management.
Attitude and Personal Qualities
- Motivated, reliable and professional.
- Flexible, able and willing to respond to changing priorities.
- Strong team player with collaborative working style, who enjoys individual and team working.
- Willing to participate in all activities relevant to the role.
- Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends.
- Commitment to GDPR and Fundraising Code of Practice.
- Commitment to the principles of Equality and Diversity.
Director of Membership, Marketing and Communications
The Senior Management Team is seeking an experienced Director of Membership, Marketing and Communications to lead and manage the high performing Membership, Marketing and Communications functions and team over 12 months. They will provide leadership and direction across member and volunteer engagement, database management, media engagement, and marketing communications across digital and print media.
Director of Membership, Marketing and Communications Responsibilities:
This role will involve providing strategic oversight of the direction and delivery of high-quality marketing communications, upholding the reputation of the brand, and ensuring the office provides excellent communication and customer service to its members, volunteers and external audiences across digital and print media.
The post holder will work closely with the Senior Management Team, and wider office staff, alongside external contacts, professional body counterparts and a variety of suppliers to ensure a coordinated delivery of their strategic plan and annual business objectives.
Director of Membership, Marketing and Communications Requirements:
The post holder will have an excellent strategic membership and communications background with experience in identifying recruitment and retention opportunities or threats, delivering recruitment and retention campaigns, overseeing the quality of member services, and effectively managing membership, marketing and communication budgets.
About the company:
Our client is the only body in the UK representing the whole of the dietetic workforce. They are a trade union and professional body representing the professional, educational, public and workplace interests of their members. Founded in 1936, they are one of the oldest and most experienced dietetic organisations in the world.
Location: Based in central Birmingham, with national coverage and some flexible home working.
Job Type: Full Time, 12-month fixed-term maternity cover starting November 2020. We may also consider working flexibly, job share, or part-time.
Salary: £42,507 - £47,791 per annum (full time 36 hours per week).
Benefits: include good holiday package, flexible working policy, non-contributory healthcare benefits and a company pension scheme.
Deadline for applications: Friday 24 July 2020
Interview Date: Thursday 30th & Friday 31 July 2020
You may have experience of the following: Membership Communications Manager, Marketing Manager, Communications Manager, Sales and Marketing Manager, Membership Manager, Customer Relations Manager, Membership Engagement Manager, Strategic Membership, Communications, etc.
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Head of Finance Business Partnering & Strategic Finance - Grade 6 (Band A+)
Salary - £57,000 - £65,308 + £5,000 accountancy allowance
The Government Property Agency (GPA) was launched as an Executive Agency of the Cabinet Office in 2018. The GPA represents a step change in the way that Government property estate and assets are managed efficiently, by providing innovative and flexible solutions across the Government estate. Our core service is to support departments in business change and workforce transformation. The GPA is the place to be for UK's leading professionals in estates, commercial, project management and beyond.
The Government Property Agency is expected to grow exponentially over the first few years of its existence; this equates to transferring hundreds of assets (worth billions of pounds) onto its balance sheet from Government Departments, as well as gaining responsibility for the running of a large part of the central government office estate.
The Head of Finance Business Partnering & Strategic Finance is a key role within the Government Property Agency with responsibility for managing all Finance Business Partners and Management Accountants. The role is to provide 'real time' support, training and analysis, to be a trusted adviser and to add value that will assist in decision making. The role leads in strategic financial management in long term budgets, spending reviews, responses to Ministers and other ad hoc financial analysis.
The responsibilities of the Head of Finance Business Partnering & Strategic Finance will include
- Strategic level financial support to the GPA Chief Executive and Executive Directors
- Management of each Directorate's large and complex budgets, ensuring expenditure is with approved delegated limits, following GPA control processes, and in line with HMT's Managing Public Money and Consolidated Budgeting Guidance
- Management of future year financial planning including financial strategy, budget commentary, business cases and Spending Review plans
- Improve financial management by managing change and seeking out opportunities to lead/contribute to GPA and other cross-government initiatives outside of own role
- Take the lead in partnering Directors in decision support, budget reviews and financial reporting providing expert and influential advice
- Ensuring budget delegations are set and that spend is approved and properly carried out in year
- Ensure accurate accounting for transactions in the general ledger
- Identifying and reporting on financial risks and opportunities, providing succinct, clear commentary and insight
The post holder may be required to undertake additional responsibilities as expected in relation to the role and grade.
Key Skills & Experience
- CCAB qualified, or equivalent
- Strong knowledge and proven track record in finance business partnering in a complex environment
- Experience of leading a high-performing team
- Ability to communicate complex matters to a non-financial audience
- Ability to develop productive relationships and effective networks with stakeholders across government organisations
Desirable experience
- Experience in property and/ or project management
For more information, please apply using the link, or contact Katie Wilson-Smith or Stuart Thomson at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.
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Recruitment during COVID-19 restrictions
During the COVID-19 restrictions, our interviews will be by video call.
Additionally, the successful applicant will be fully supported to work from home for the initial period where restrictions on non-essential travel are in place.
About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.
Crisis is expanding its enterprise team looking at new ways to collaborate with start-ups and become more entrepreneurial ourselves. We already operate nine charity shops, two training cafes and a furniture restoration business. We even have a grants programme to enable people experiencing homeless to leap into self-employment. And we know there is more we can do to use entrepreneurship to end homelessness.
About the role
This is an exciting new position in our ambitious and expanding enterprise team that is committed to finding more innovative and entrepreneurial ways to end homelessness.
In this role, you will be responsible for developing, growing and engaging Crisis’ entrepreneurial community of staff, members and external supporters in our mission to demonstrate how entrepreneurship can end homelessness. You will manage and implement a programme of activities and events in line with the Entrepreneurship strategy. You will also manage the internal and external communication channels.
About you
To be successful in this role you will be driven by our values (inspiration, integrity, dignity, fearlessness through independence, adaptability, resolve to end homelessness). You will have experience in developing entrepreneurial communities online and offline. You will be experienced in organising and promoting events locally and nationally. And you can confidently use Twitter and Instagram and other channels. You will be seeking an exciting new challenge, working in a fast paced and agile team and you will be willing to support new initiatives from across the organisation.
About you
To be successful in this role you will be driven by our values (inspiration, integrity, dignity, fearlessness through independence, adaptability, resolve to end homelessness). You will have experience in developing entrepreneurial communities online and offline. You will be experienced in organising and promoting events locally and nationally. And you can confidently use Twitter and Instagram and other channels. You will be seeking an exciting new challenge, working in a fast paced and agile team and you will be willing to support new initiatives from across the organisation.
Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.
How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the 'Vacancy Details' button.
If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team through the Crisis website
Closing date: Sunday 26 July 2020 (11.59pm)
We value diversity, promote equality and encourage and applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Government Property Agency (GPA) was launched as an Executive Agency of the Cabinet Office in 2018. The GPA represents a step change in the way that Government property estate and assets are managed efficiently, by providing innovative and flexible solutions across the Government estate. Our core service is to support departments in business change and workforce transformation. The GPA is the place to be for UK's leading professionals in estates, commercial, project management and beyond.
The Government Property Agency is expected to grow exponentially over the first few years of its existence; this equates to transferring hundreds of assets (worth billions of pounds) onto its balance sheet from Government Departments, as well as gaining responsibility for the running of a large part of the central government office estate.
The Commercial Management Accountant is responsible for the recording and reporting of Commercial costs in line with the Government Finance Functional Standard. The objectives are to ensure accurate property accounting, and accounting of expenditure and income including capturing of data relating to time, costs, billing and forecasting.
The post holder will contribute to GPA developing a culture of strong financial management.
The responsibilities of the Commercial Management Accountant will include
- Operate project accounting processes including capturing of data relating to time, costs, billing and forecasting
- Establish and maintain good relationships with asset management, commercial transactions and contracts and procurement teams and the wider GPA Finance function
- Develop and monitor financial plans for GPA's managed estate, including Commercial projects, and monitor performance against these plans
- Support the delivery of accurate financial data in a timely manner to enable effective decision making
- Promote continuous improvement by developing and improving project accounting processes and procedures
- Ensure correct financial governance and stewardship of projects and programmes
- Play an active role as a member of the wider finance team, contributing expertise in the development of strategies, proposals and work implementations
The post holder may be required to undertake additional responsibilities as expected in relation to the role and grade.
Key Skills & Experience
- CCAB part-qualified or equivalent would be a benefit, but not essential
- A good level of management accounting experience, preferably in a public sector environment
- Strong attention to detail and ability to analyse and interpret significant amounts of financial data
- Ability to communicate complex matters to a non-financial audience
- Ability to work well as part of a geographically dispersed project team
- Strong focus on delivering an excellent service to customers
- Strong organisational skills to meet deadlines in a fast paced environment
- Good experience of using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
- Proficient using Microsoft Excel
For more information, please apply using the link, or contact Katie Wilson-Smith or Stuart Thomson at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.
Robertson Bell is a leading specialist of interim and permanent resourcing solutions to the charitable, not for profit and wider thir... Read more
The Government Property Agency (GPA) was launched as an Executive Agency of the Cabinet Office in 2018. The GPA represents a step change in the way that Government property estate and assets are managed efficiently, by providing innovative and flexible solutions across the Government estate. Our core service is to support departments in business change and workforce transformation. The GPA is the place to be for UK's leading professionals in estates, commercial, project management and beyond.
The Government Property Agency is expected to grow exponentially over the first few years of its existence; this equates to transferring hundreds of assets (worth billions of pounds) onto its balance sheet from Government Departments, as well as gaining responsibility for the running of a large part of the central government office estate.
The Project Accountant is responsible for the recording and reporting of Capital Project costs in line with the Government Finance Functional Standard. The objectives are to ensure accurate project accounting, the creation and planning of projects and accounting of projects including capturing of data relating to time, costs, billing and forecasting
This post is part of the Finance Business Partnering team and will play a key role in supporting the delivery of the Regional Capital Projects Programme. Detailed forecasts are required for each project, with complex financial implications to reflect, and the post holder will ensure that these are accurate and regularly updated.
The post holder will contribute to GPA developing a culture of strong financial management.
The responsibilities of the Project Accountant will include
- Operate project accounting processes including capturing of data relating to time, costs, billing and forecasting
- Establish and maintain good relationships with project delivery teams and the wider GPA Finance function
- Develop financial plans for GPA's projects and programmes and monitor performance against these plans
- Maintain monthly financial forecasts and accruals, and support quarterly reviews of projects.
- Support the delivery of accurate project financial data in a timely manner to enable effective decision making
- Provide advice on financial treatment of project costs to project teams
- Promote continuous improvement by developing and improving project accounting processes and procedures
- Ensure correct financial governance and stewardship of projects and programmes
- Play an active role as a member of the wider finance team, contributing expertise in the development of strategies, proposals and work implementations
For more information, please apply using the link, or contact Katie Wilson-Smith or Stuart Thomson at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.
Robertson Bell is a leading specialist of interim and permanent resourcing solutions to the charitable, not for profit and wider thir... Read more