The Kids Network Jobs
This is an exciting new role which sits within the Senior Leadership team at The Kids Network. The Head of Income Generation will lead the strategy and fundraising activity required to help our small but mighty organisation double our income over the next year.
You will lead our new fundraising team including our existing sole fundraiser, Senior Development Manager and a new Fundraising Manager, with potential to grow the team further during 2022.
The role will be responsible for advancing our fundraising KPIs across all income streams - doubling and diversifying our income and leading the rest of the team to meet our ambitious targets. This role will require strategic thinking, financial planning and management, but also will require getting stuck in when required to achieve these goals.
Senior Leadership responsibilities
- Create a 3-5 year fundraising & financial strategy to underpin the organisational strategy
- Attend Senior Leadership Team (SLT) meetings and contribute to strategy discussions
- Provide strategic reports and KPI updates for trustee meetings and attend sub-committees as required
- Be an ambassador for The Kids Network, ensuring a strong external network of supporters are aware of our work
- Work to ensure The Kids Network is meeting all legal obligations of fundraising
- Be a budget holder providing reports to SLT and the board’s Funding and finance committee, and monitoring team expenditure and income.
Team Management Responsibilities
- Lead a team of two fundraisers initially (Senior Development Manager and Fundraising Manager), growing to 4 by the end of the year (Partnerships Manager and Fundraising Officer),
- Line managing three fundraisers over the course of the year,
- Ensure the team feel supported, developed, celebrated and valued
- Ensure the team are meeting their activity targets and are aligned to the organisation’s strategy
- Promote and lead a culture of fundraising across the organisation, influencing other team members not within your direct reports
Income Generation
- Work to meet ambitious targets across a multitude of stakeholders to achieve our KPIs, meeting Individual and team targets
- Identify, research and cultivate prospective major donors, corporates and trust relationships to build a strong pipeline of high value prospects that will have a significant positive impact on income over the current and future financial years
- Design and organise a series of high quality events, including a high value flagship event, throughout the year, to act as cultivation and fundraising forums for high value and high profile supporters
- Create compelling, relevant and tailored funding proposals and reports for high value supporters, trusts and foundations and corporates
- Work with the Senior Development Manager to trial new innovative income streams for The Kids Network, including statutory funding and the exploration crypto currency giving
- Provide oversight for the written content of the team, ensuring the work is of excellent quality and reflective of The Kids Network’s values
About you
You will have developed your portfolio of fundraising skills over time in a charity and can demonstrate considerable success and networks in more than one of the following areas: Trusts and Foundations, Corporate Partnerships, Major Donor fundraising and Individual Giving.
You will offer at least two years of line-management experience in more than one area of fundraising, with a track record of developing and strengthening individuals and teams.
Personal Specification
- A strategic thinker who is able to hold on to the big picture whilst designing and delivering activity plans
- Good knowledge of best practice and legal responsibilities in charity fundraising
- A strong communicator and credible leader, able to establish Internal and external strategic relationships at senior levels
- Financially literate and hold a strong understanding of charity financial reporting systems
- 2 years’ experience managing multidisciplinary fundraising teams
- Ability to self-motivate, prioritise work and work methodically with competing demands
- Ability to identify existing constraints with processes and problem solve to offer alternatives
- Experience of managing and developing a CRM (ideally Salesforce) database to aid in the fundraising process.
To apply please send your CV and a cover letter, no more than two pages about why you are right for this role and why you want to join The Kids Network.
Send to our Founder, Sarah Woodcock. We will be interviewing w/c 29th November for a soon as possible 2022 start.
JOB PURPOSE
The Kids Network is looking for a passionate Programme Manager to join our dedicated Programme Delivery team to help us deliver our mission to support children across London to live the lives they deserve.
Currently focused on 9 of London’s 32 Boroughs, we are a well-established charity specialising in Child-led Early Intervention Mentoring, supporting children at a crucial time in their lives, in the lead up to and often during the transition from primary into secondary school.
Our team of 14 staff collaborates with schools, caregivers and mentors to establish additional protective factors in the lives of children aged 8-11. Founded in 2016, The Kids Network is a growing community of children and mentors, connecting through fun, friendship and hardship to reduce inequality.
With little Londoners experiencing an ever-increasing number of adverse childhood experiences, our work has never been more important. We want to see better connected communities where all children can thrive.
We take a trauma-informed approach to our work which means acknowledging the whole person, working with, not for, and supporting the provision of protective factors so that children’s resilience is developed.
Vital to our success, our Programme Managers are the glue that connects our organisation with the communities we serve.
ABOUT YOU
This post would suit a process driven, personable, strong communicator with a passion for positively impacting children’s futures and a keen interest in early intervention and education. To be successful, you will be determined, proactive, target focused, and a team player who believes in doing their part to support overall team success.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Mentor management responsibilities
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Utilise Salesforce, our CRM (customer relationship management) platform to deliver high quality mentor management for up to 55 pairs (mentors and mentees) including tracking and logging required communications.
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Deliver regular support and periodic reviews for mentors, ensuring session regularity, and adherence to TKN policies and code of conduct.
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Share responsibility for delivering in-person training sessions for mentors.
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Share responsibility for delivering social events for groups of mentors and mentees.
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Manage the online mentor community platform for your mentors, championing engagement, peer support, training attendance and use of resources.
Stakeholder management responsibilities
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Build and manage relationships and communications with schools and other local referral partners.
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Deliver termly meetings with lead school contacts, producing written reports demonstrating impact.
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Hold small scale workshop activity with children at key points throughout the year to hear their voices, understand their needs, and measure programme impact.
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Support communications between the caregivers and the mentors.
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Develop and manage effective, strong relationships with key community stakeholders.
Programme management responsibilities
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Deliver programme objectives, feeding into organisational quality standards and key performance indicators.
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Collect and monitor outcomes, ensuring impact data is collected for wider organisational use from all children and mentors on your programme.
Safeguarding responsibility
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Uphold a strong culture of safeguarding in your work, acting in compliance with our safeguarding policies and procedures at all times.
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Contribute to TKN safer recruitment processes, attending internal mentor training events to vet prospective mentors.
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Review and assess weekly delivery session reports from mentors, updating the safeguarding log as required.
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Ensure every child participating in the programme experiences a positive ending in line with TKN positive ending guidance.
Other
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Act as an ambassador for The Kids Network, building relationships with diverse audiences to communicate our work, supporting brand awareness and volunteer recruitment.
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Contribute to organisational learning by keeping abreast of developments in the areas of: primary education, volunteer mentoring, early intervention.
To note, within reason, the responsibilities of this role may evolve during the lifespan of the programme.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential criteria
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Experience effectively managing extended teams such as volunteers, freelancers or equivalent to provide engagement support to children.
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Excellent IT skills with ability to use spreadsheets, emails and databases effectively.
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Exceptional relationship building and communication skills, with the ability to communicate to a range of stakeholders such as children, school staff, freelance practitioners and community organisations.
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Experience following internal and statutory safeguarding policies and processes.
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Experience of recording, monitoring and reporting on data as a tool to strengthen an organisation’s ability to demonstrate programme impact.
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Ability to be solution focused, self-motivating, and be accountable for your own work.
Desirable criteria:
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Experience using CRM Salesforce.
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Experience working with schools (KS2-3) or within Education.
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Experience vetting volunteers through safer recruitment processes.
How to Apply:
To apply please send a CV (no more than two pages) and a Cover Letter (no more than two pages outlining your motivation for applying and how your experience meets the requirements outlined in the person specification above) to this job advertisment no later than 9am on Friday 5th April, 2024. The interviews will be held on a rolling basis.
If you’d like to find out more about the role or the organisation, contact Ruth Simmonds (Head of Programmes) to arrange a short 15-minute call to discuss further.
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Our Commitment to Safeguarding & Equity
Safeguarding commitment
The Kids Network is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to go through our safer recruitment processes, including an enhanced DBS check.
Equity commitment
The Kids Network values diversity and inclusion and we have worked to create an application process that is as accessible as possible, however we still recognise that there is maybe more we can do especially for applicants who are minoritised in society, have specific accessibility needs and/or experience discrimination.
If this is the case we are both happy and open to discussing better ways to support your candidacy and make this application process as equitable as possible for you.
We are a diverse organisation and welcome everyone but it is important to note that the intersections of your identity will not increase or affect the amount of labour you are asked to do. If you wish to draw on your own lived experiences that will be both encouraged and supported but it is not nor ever will be a prerequisite of this role.
You can find out more about our commitment to anti-oppression on our website.
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