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.
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.
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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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Department: News, Campaigns and Public Affairs
Contract Duration: Six months
Citizens Advice provides free, independent and impartial advice and information to help people resolve their problems. Each year our local offices across the country help 2.6 million people with their problems - either through face-to-face or telephone advice, or online. Our amazing data allows us to spot emerging issues quickly, making us uniquely placed to raise awareness of these issues and advocate for solutions.
Citizens Advice is looking for a paid external affairs intern to work with us for up to 6 months.
The External Affairs teams at Citizens Advice are responsible for engaging with parliament to encourage MPs and Peers to make changes to the law that will help people, running public awareness campaigns (for example making people more aware of scams and how to report them), securing media coverage and managing day-to-day media relations, such as conversations with journalists.
As the External Affairs Intern, you will learn media, campaigning and influencing skills on the job, and apply these skills as you help us achieve our organisational influencing objectives. At the end of your 6 months with us, you’ll have the knowledge and experience to take your next steps in the sector and beyond.
You don’t need to have any experience as we’ll give you the guidance and support you need. You’ll need to have an interest in UK politics, media, and in social policy issues (such as debt, housing and benefits issues), follow the news and be a good communicator.
We are committed to recruiting people from the widest talent pool. Our internship scheme is designed to attract a diverse range of candidates and give opportunities for people to develop their career aspirations in external affairs.
Our offices are currently closed due to coronavirus, with employees working from home. However, once the offices reopen, you are still welcome to work from home. We are open to discussion about flexible working, and are willing to consider both full or part time internships.
Citizens Advice values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, as they are currently under represented in our workforce:
1- if you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed interview scheme for disabled people please indicate this. Also let us know if you require us to make any reasonable adjustments to the shortlisting process or please provide information you wish us to take into account when considering your application.
2- We are offering candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds the option to be considered under rules which ensure we always interview at least one BAME candidate. All candidates for interview have to meet our minimum criteria for the role, which is 60 percent of the shortlisting score across all essential criteria. To be considered under these rules please confirm if you are from a BAME background within your application form.
We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.
We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.
ACORN is looking for two Community Organisers to build power in Birmingham (x1 position) and Leeds (x1 position).
ACORN is a mass membership organisation – is a vehicle for collective action. By taking action on issues, we build the hopes, expectations and experience of our members and the communities they come from.
Our organising is premised on two simple truths: problems affecting working class communities – from unhealthy, unaffordable and insecure housing, to cuts to public services – stem from a lack of power; and the most effective means of building power is for people to get organised.
About the job
As a Community Organiser with ACORN, you will be responsible for recruiting, supporting and working with members to take action on issues affecting them and the communities they come from.
ACORN is a union in the community. Like any union our members pay membership dues so that they can have a sustainable independent organisation to fight for their interests.
You will be the organiser for ACORN in your respective city. Your daily work will involve:
- Recruiting individual ACORN members through door knocking, social media and other means.
- Managing organising drives to build new and maintain existing ACORN branches, groups, teams.
- Identifying issues of common concern at the neighbourhood and wider level;
- Identifying and supporting potential leaders to enable them to take on leadership roles in the organisation.
- Supporting elected leaders to enable them to carry out their roles.
QUALIFICATIONS
No formal qualifications are necessary. We’re primarily looking for someone with a strong work ethic with good listening skills and the ability to motivate others.
*Applications from women and/or people from a BAME background are strongly encouraged to ensure our workforce reflects the communities we service as much as possible, and to help us meet our commitments to diversity and inclusion.
Experience, skills and abilities
The successful applicant will have:
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- The ability to recruit dues-paying members to ACORN
- The ability to support the development of groups and teams
- The ability to motivate people
- The ability to work independently and manage a team of volunteers
- The ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment and be detail-oriented
- A willingness to work sometimes long and irregular hours, including evenings and weekends, usual working hours are between 12-8pm
In turn, ACORN is committed to investing in the continued professional development of our organising staff. Training and support will include:
- First week: ACORN Foundations of Community Organising training (5 days)
- First 3 months: Weekly 121 management supervision; daily recruitment practice with fellow organising staff; weekly group team call; on-call daily management support.
- After 3 months: bi-weekly 121 management supervision; daily recruitment practice with fellow organising staff; weekly group team call; on-call daily management support.
- Additional ongoing training opportunities where identified.
Salary
£16,926 – 19,000 pa dependent on experience and level of responsibility.
For a full job description, person specification and application form, please visit our website.
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