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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.
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Contract Type: Full Time
Hours: Full-Time, 35 hours per week - occasional evening / weekend work required*
Department: Programme Delivery
Reports to: Programme Leader
Location: London, Hybrid – 1-2 days in the office per week as well as time out and about in schools
Salary: £32,000 per annum
* In support of mentor training and other programme activities
(The boroughs we currently operate in are: Islington, Camden, Hackney, Brent, Westminster, Hammersmith & Fulham, Tower Hamlets, Southwark, and Lambeth)
Benefits
- Hybrid working
- 2 Me days
- 25 days annual leave entitlement, increasing by 1 year for every year of service for a maximum of 5 years
- Birthday bonus day off
- Option to swap bank holidays for other religious holidays
- £100 training budget to support your personal development
- TOIL (time off in lieu) for any weekend/evening work
- Working with a values led, supportive and fun team
Our Values and Behaviours
At TKN our mission and values still follow our founder’s original vision:
· Vision – Every child gets to live the life they choose.
· Values – Fun, connection, diversity, curiosity and integrity.
· Mission – To make meaningful connections in our communities and to support children through mentoring to feel happy and confident about themselves and their futures.
As a team we also agreed the following behaviours will guide the way we work:
Respect Empowerment Collaboration Co-Confidence Exploration
Role Purpose
To deliver and develop a high-impact mentoring programme through effective mentor management, community engagement, and high-quality organisation and programme administration around London. This role is vital to achieving the organisation’s goals — including positive outcomes for children, meaningful volunteer engagement, compliance, and sustainable growth.
This role brings a perfect blend of administration and delivery, giving you ample time to see and speak with children and volunteer mentors, seeing up close the transformation the programme makes on children’s lives.
Core Responsibilities
1. Mentor Management & Support
- Match at least five children per month with suitable volunteer mentors, aligned with individual needs and programme goals.
- Manage up to 55 active mentor-mentee pairs, leading the administration cycle and our quality framework.
- Maintain 100% accurate records and communications in our data management system, Salesforce, ensuring full compliance with internal processes
- Maintain consistent, high-quality mentor communications, including regular check-ins and reviews, ensuring consistent session attendance.
- Co-deliver training for new and existing volunteer mentors; support community events and in-person meetups, maintaining 90%+ satisfaction in mentor surveys.
- Drive mentor engagement and experience through the online community platform, reflective sessions, and arranging mentor meetups.
- Promote long-term mentor involvement, with volunteer mentors contributing beyond core mentoring.
2. Programme Delivery & Development
- Support organisational targets across cohorts supporting delivery, volunteer recruitment and fundraising annually
- Deliver child workshops and check-ins, capturing their voices and tailoring support accordingly.
- Collect consistent impact from children, caregivers and mentors, ensuring all impact targets are met and ensuring children show positive progress in key outcome areas
- Collaborate with Programme Leaders to identify improvements and co-create new approaches or resources.
- Promote child participation and co-creation in all aspects of programme design and delivery, ensuring children's voices inform organisational reporting and development.
- Plan and arrange group 2-3 mentoring sessions annually with other programme managers
3. Volunteer, Referral & Community Engagement
- Work with the volunteer recruitment team to build local partnerships and referral networks to support volunteer recruitment and programme delivery.
- Maintain strong relationships with referral partners (e.g., schools, community organisations) to ensure a steady referral pipeline and collaborative working and 80% of your schools are retained.
- Provide updates of the programme to referral partners and share content to internal marketing and schools colleagues to support completing the schools termly impact template
- Act as a key liaison between mentors and caregivers, supporting clear communication and shared understanding of child development and the programme.
4. Safeguarding
- Uphold a strong culture of safeguarding in your work, acting in compliance with our safeguarding policies and procedures at all times.
- Contribute to TKN safer recruitment processes, attending internal mentor training events to vet prospective mentors.
- Review and assess weekly delivery session reports from mentors, updating Salesforce as required.
- Ensure every child participating in the programme experiences a positive ending in line with TKN positive ending guidance.
- Work collaboratively with DSLs to follow TKN safeguarding processes, escalating where needed
Skills Required for this Role
- Relationship Management: Build and maintain trust with mentors, children, schools, caregivers, and community partners.
- Communication: Clear, professional communication across diverse stakeholders including written reports, training, phone calls, meetings and in person check-ins.
- Data & Impact Tracking: Confident in using data management systems, ideally understanding of salesforce and other tools to track progress, outcomes, and ensure data accuracy.
- Safeguarding & Compliance: Strong understanding of safeguarding principles and policy application.
- Programme Delivery: highly organised with the ability to coordinate workshops, group sessions, and mentor support within quality frameworks.
- Child-Centred Practice: Committed to capturing and integrating children’s voices in all areas of programme design and evaluation.
- Adaptability & problem solving: Able to be solutions based and able to adapt to a fast-paced environment and organisation striving to grow and reach more children
We will hold first round calls and then a formal interview for those who are successful. We will be interviewing on a rolling basis so early applications are encouraged
Our Commitment to Safeguarding and Equity
Safeguarding Committment
Safeguarding is a priority at The Kids Network. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect 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 accessible, however we recognise that there may be more we can do, especially for applicants who are minoritised in society, have specific accessibility needs and/or have experienced discrimination. If this is the case, we are happy and open to discussing ways in which we can better 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.
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