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In this exciting new role for a much loved national charity you will be the face of the charity for businesses across the East of England.

Your role will be to identify prospects, develop relationships and approach businesses for Charity of The Year partnerships and ongoing corporate support.

This role requires someone who has the ability to build excellent internal and external relationships as well as a proactive approach in building all relationships and growing your networks.

This is a part time role, 21 hours.

The role will be home based with travel across the region as well as travel to the regional and head office when required.

The Role
Maximise income and awareness of the charity by identifying, researching and securing corporate support from new business contacts across the East of England.
Responsible for identifying and pitching to a varied and diverse business community.
Manage and develop a robust, rolling pipeline of new prospects and opportunities.
Responsibility and accountability for developing and implementing successful approaches and proactively generating leads to build, maintain and convert your own pipeline.
Identify, research and deliver new business income through a variety of methods.
Develop and implement excellent stewardship policies for all corporate supporters.

The Candidate
Able to identify, research and approach companies across the East of England.
Sound information gathering and analytical skills.
Able to devise and provide excellent stewardship to corporate supporters.
Able to understand commercial needs and motivations.
Excellent interpersonal and networking skills and ability to quickly build good working relationships.
Able to work to targets, plans and budgets.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

Community Empowerment Manager 

Salary: £18,471 - £19,294 pro rata (£30,785 - £32,158 FTE)

Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire - some flexible working offered 

21 hours per week (usually worked over 3 days)

Maternity Cover - 6 Months FTC

Closing Date: 21st April 2024

1st Interviews: 26th April 2024

Do you have a passion and enthusiasm for work with communities?

Are you experienced in managing staff and volunteers delivering community engagement activities?

Our client are looking for a Community Empowerment Manager to join their team in Shrewsbury. They will manage a small team that brings people together to take action on shared goals. These facilitated and sustainable activities will lead to a ripple effect of people acting for nature and the climate.

You’ll successfully close the Trust’s Nextdoor Nature Project in Telford, providing all required achievement, impact and financial reports as well as fully contributing to national evaluation. Managing staff and volunteers delivering community engagement activities will also be a key part of the role, ensuring they fit with the Trust’s three-year strategic goals (and associated budget) for community development. Another, exciting part of the role will be supporting staff to review and modernise our volunteer management systems and implement changes to the wider organisation.

Further Activities:

• Oversee the dissemination of key learnings and impact stories to trustees, staff and other organisations.

• Manage the community listeners’ network.

• Support monitoring, reporting, evaluation and communications activity.

• Scope, develop and facilitate work within identified communities.

• Support the empowerment of under-represented and disconnected groups within their local communities, working with them to enhance community cohesion and collaborative working.

• Champion the community organising approach, sharing skills, experience, knowledge and learning.

• Promote both local and national campaigns through community networks, liaising with communications contacts to maximise their reach and impact.

• Build positive relationships between the Trust and community-based organisations and Local Authorities to support objectives.

• Support the Nextdoor Nature resource hub by working with your team and relevant partners to collect and collate any successful resources.

What they are looking for:

• Strong people and project management skills.

• Outstanding organisational skills to prioritise and manage a varied workload.

• A passion and enthusiasm for working with communities and an understanding of the principles of community organising.

• A proven track record in developing strong relationships with key individuals/stakeholders from diverse audiences.

• High level of IT competence & excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications is essential.

• Excellent written communication skills for producing reports / sharing impact.

• Experience of voluntary sector organisations is desirable

Why work for our client - benefits they offer: 

• Flexible working

• Home working

• Salary sacrifice scheme

• Generous pension

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Support with training and development to assist career progression

• Inclusive & supportive work atmosphere

Our client value passion, respect, trust, integrity, strength in diversity, and pragmatic activism. Whilst they are passionate in promoting their aims, they are not judgemental and are inclusive. They want their people to be as diverse as nature, so they particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within their sector, including people from minority backgrounds and people with disabilities. They are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.

As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to offering an interview to anyone with a disability that meets all the essential criteria for the post. Please let them know if you require any adjustments to make their recruitment process more accessible.

No enquiries from agencies or for further advertising will be taken.

Who our client are 

Our client has a vision of a thriving natural world, where Shropshire's wildlife and natural habitats play a valued role in addressing the climate and ecological emergencies, and people are inspired and empowered to take action for nature. They combine projects across Shropshire (including Telford & Wrekin) with advocacy and campaigning to restore nature and to engage people. They manage over 40 nature reserves and have almost 50 staff, 300 volunteers, and over 9000 members. Our client are an autonomous charity, but they are increasingly working collectively, as part of The Trusts, to ensure that their local actions have a national impact and help to address global issues.