Job
Description For Fund-raising Manager
Job Title: Fundraising Manager
Location: Alton Castle, Staffordshire
Job Purpose: To ensure the effective
co-ordination of fundraising by developing and implementing a fundraising
strategy suitable for Alton Castle.
Responsible to: Director
Hours: 37 hours a week
(Full-Time)
Salary: £18,500
Contract: 3 year option
1.
Organise
a fundraising committee meeting to determine a fundraising strategy.
2.
To
work closely with the Director in developing budgets and income targets for the
project, ensuring office management and administration is run efficiently and
professionally.
3.
To
ensure that current fundraising methods are effective, legitimate and
worthwhile and to develop new fund-raising methods which can be accommodated
within the resources of the department.
4.
Research
and manage applications to relevant trusts or corporate sponsors.
5.
Planning
and co-ordination of major fund-raising events alongside committee.
6.
Organise
a major function to be used as an appeal launch
7.
To
implement a management system for a fundraising database.
8.
To
ensure that appropriate public relations are developed through various media,
and production of fund-raising material in keeping with the fundraising
strategy.
9.
To
organise and manage a team of volunteers to assist with fundraising.
10.
To
maximise fundraising potential of the castle’s existing network of organisations
and individuals.
a)
To
establish the strategy for the fundraising as based upon and around the overall
objectives and strategy for Alton Castle as a whole.
b)
To
undertake planning and research, in order to set the budgets and targets to
achieve a), keeping a record of donations and supporting the charity’s
accountant.
c)
To
work with the director and executive committee to achieve the fundraising
objectives and targets and to ensure sufficient support and training is given
to other members of staff.
d)
To
monitor all on-going fundraising methods and oversee their procedures and
operation to ensure that they are effective, legitimate and worthwhile.
e)
To
ensure that promotional work and production of materials are undertaken as
needed and to ensure that all existing and new fundraising methods are
effective, legitimate and worthwhile.
f)
To
be open to and investigate as many new areas of fundraising as possible with a
view to establishing them as effective, legitimate and worthwhile, and to
investigate and research possible grant givers, within the voluntary sector.
g)
To
liaise with service providers and service developers, and those in management
of these, in order to gain sufficient knowledge of the Alton Castle services. Where
appropriate to raise specific funds for these projects.
h)
To
be aware of any changes in law or tax relating to charity fundraising and to be
responsible for following or exploiting these avenues as appropriate.
i)
To
prepare, implement and monitor with the approval of the director, policies for
fundraising and public relations of Alton Castle.
j)
To
ensure that a consistent and persistent message and image for Alton Castle, and
a flow of information is maintained following the policies of Alton Castle.
k)
To
plan and organise major fund-raising functions with the help of the executive
committee, the first to be used as an appeal launch.
l)
To
undertake all other tasks in keeping with the post in order to achieve the
fundraising strategy.
We
are looking for someone who:
·
Believes
in the work of the charity
·
Has
experience of running a busy office
·
Has
marketing experience
·
Relates
well to others and builds relationships
·
Is
a good communicator both verbally and in writing
·
Has
good persuasive skills
·
Has
some experience of bookkeeping
·
Is
genuinely computer literate
·
Has
experience of working in a voluntary or charitable organisation preferably with
young people.