Our award winning charity are looking for an experienced, dynamic and proactive fundraiser to join our team on a voluntary basis to raise more income from various sources including charitable trusts and foundations, corporates, partners and public.
Working alongside our chief executive and heads of programmes, the key objectives are to successfully generate income with grants valuing up to c.£100k in line with Supporting Humanity fundraising plan and annual budget; develop and maintain relationships, and secure funding from, a portfolio of loyal and prospective supporters. Stewardship, reporting, pipeline and other database management tasks are other key features of the role.
Responsibilities and Duties
• Drafting and submitting funding bids up to c£100k grant value
• Reporting to funders and supporting relationships with funders and partners
• Researching and identifying grant funding opportunities
• Managing bid writing process, including gathering input from colleagues
• Working with CEO to ensure monitoring takes place throughout project delivery and within reporting timelines for projects and funders
• Ensuring project reports are completed and submitted to funders on time
• Maintaining administrative procedures effectively to support and monitor our fundraising activities. This includes keeping donor records and records up to date, ensuring income is recorded accurately (by liaising with finance) and the pipeline is updated, mailing documents and thanking donors
• Comply with Data Protection law (GDPR) and the Fundraising Regulator code of fundraising practice
Skills and Experience
• Track record of fundraising for project, core, and multiyear funding
• Working with colleagues to complete funding bids and collect information for reporting requirements
• Proven effective lead generation skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to plan and prioritise to meet deadlines
• Excellent report writing for funders and proofreading skills
• Proven effective CRM database use such as the ability to maintain accurate record and income forecasting
• Up-to-date knowledge of fundraising best practice
Personal Qualities
• Passionate about charity and wellbeing of people
• Trustworthy, non-judgemental, caring, and compassionate, proactive, self-motivated, and hardworking
• Highly self-motivated and positive, with a self-managing “can do” attitude
• Self-directed, results driven and able to multi-task with resilience and adaptability
• Strong collaborative spirit
• High levels of personal and professional integrity
• Strong attention to detail and quality
• Reliable and clear commitment to our values
This role will enable our charity to grow and provide services to a wider and more diverse set of stakeholders. Your fundraising activities will help us thrive and make our long term growth sustainable.
