Fundraising Manager at Children North East
Contract Type: Permanent
Role Type: Employment
Hours: Full time
Application deadline:
Based: Newcastle
Salary: £34,646 to 36,661 Per Annum
Salary Type: Salary Scale
Location: Tyne and Wear
Role description: Manager
Fundraising Manager
Children North East is a large North East based children’s charity that works across the region, with some work extending across England, Wales and Scotland. We exist because growing up can be hard. We want all babies, children and young people to be happy and healthy, and to grow up feeling safe and loved, resilient to the challenges they may face, and valued and confident.
Purpose of the Role
To lead and evolve our fundraising strategy to position Children North East as the cause people most want to champion. Inspire generosity through compelling campaigns, ensuring our unrestricted income grows to meet our long-term ambitions. Create memorable, meaningful experiences for supporters and donors, enabling us to transform lives locally and influence change nationally.
Main Responsibilities
- To develop, deliver and monitor plans for fundraising across a range of activities and products, working to ensure income generation targets are met (circa £300k pa)
- To provide exceptional stewardship for existing and new supporters to achieve financial targets and retain donors.
- To work with fundraising colleagues to organise, develop and deliver a calendar of activity including events, campaigns and appeals to attract new supporters and grow unrestricted income.
- To be proactive in building relationships, growing a network of individual, group and corporate supporters to sustain, grow and diversify income.
- To work with the Communications Team to ensure appropriate publicity and promotion of fundraising activities and opportunities to secure support and income.
- With support from the Growth & Engagement Director, oversee the delivery of a new lottery product, plan regular giving and direct mail appeal, review community fundraising and develop legacy fundraising (all areas of development for the charity).
- To present to a range of audiences to inform them about the impact achieved by the charity and provide a strong case for choosing to support its activities and goals.
- To oversee effective use of the charity’s CRM database system in conjunction with the Senior Admin as a tool to maintain relationships with supporters and to keep accurate records, to receive, process and record income in line with the charity’s financial procedures.
- To adhere to and keep well informed on fundraising and related laws, regulations and best practice.
The working week is 37 hours full time for this post.
The salary is £34,646 to £36,661 per annum.
For a full candidate pack and to download an application form to apply please visit our website www.children-ne.org.uk
Please be aware that we are unable to accept CVs.
We welcome a diverse range of applications and are passionate about promoting equality, and valuing diversity. We welcome applications from all suitable qualified persons particularly black, Asian and minority ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under represented in our workforce.
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