🎉 Job Alert: Fundraising & Development Officer Wanted! 🎉
Feeling stuck in the rat race? 🐭 Tired of the 9-to-5 grind that leaves you with zero time for Netflix binges or family board games? 🎲 Well, here’s your chance to make a change that really counts!
Ignite is a small, mighty charity on the hunt for a Fundraising & Development Officer with a heart of gold (and maybe a love for spreadsheets, too). You’ll be raising funds, spreading the word, and making the world a better place—one donation at a time. 💸
Why Join Us? ✅ Family-Friendly Hours: No more late-night emails—just quality time with loved ones. ✅ Work-Life Balance: We believe in getting the job done without sacrificing your yoga class or kid’s school play. ✅ Feel-Good Factor: Swap your corporate gig for a role that gives back. Karma points included.
If you’re looking to switch gears, do some good, and enjoy a job that fits around your life, we’d love to hear from you!
Apply now by sending your cv to office@igniteyouth.org.uk by 6th September 2024, and start loving what you do! 💼✨
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Purpose: To develop, grow and diversify our fundraising efforts.
Reports to: Executive Director
Responsible for: N/A
Salary: £29,202 yearly (pro rata for part-time posts)
Hours: 30 per week
Duties and key responsibilities
- Develop new areas of unrestricted funding including individual giving and corporate funding
- Maintain and enhance current income streams, including grant/trust fundraising
- Plan and execute campaigns and appeals
- Monitor and evaluate new income generation projects
- Support on income generation strategy for Ignite
- Research and develop business cases for new income generation areas to drive sustainability
Fundraising
Plan, prepare and write compelling applications for funding
- Together with the CEO develop and manage individual giving campaigns
- Identify and cultivate relationships to build new partnerships with businesses and individuals to unlock giving opportunities
- Write donor communications and contribute to donor reporting and distribution
- Build effective relationships with funders to secure long-term funding and support
- Achieve income targets that support the organisation’s fundraising goals
- Keep accurate, relevant, timely records on our systems
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Monitor the performance of fundraising initiatives and measure critically against targets.
- Undertake research to understand who our supporters are, their motivations to give and plan engagement strategies
- Help to create inspiring reports and updates for funders that bring to life the impact of their support and demonstrate first class stewardship
General Responsibilities
Be flexible and carry out other associated duties as may arise, develop or be assigned in line with the broad remit of the position
- Maintain and improve competencies through continuous professional development
- Abide by all organisational policies, codes of conduct and practices
- Support and promote inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity in the workplace
- Treat with confidentiality any personal, private or sensitive information about individual organisations and or clients or staff and project data
Person Specification –
EXPERIENCE
- At least 12 months’ experience of trust fundraising and a demonstrable track record of securing income from trusts, foundations and other funding bodies
- Experience of planning, preparing and writing high quality bids, funding applications and reports
- Experience of managing relationships with grant makers
- Proficient in the use of social media
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organisational skills - can manage workload and deadlines and proactively work to achieve timely delivery
- Knowledge of databases/data management, including producing reports
- A strong team player, who can communicate effectively and engage colleagues at all levels and develop strong and productive relationships
- Attention to detail and IT proficiency
- Good understanding of applicable legislation
- A knowledge of the charity sector
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Exercise judgement and strategic thinking to achieve long-term goals
- Organisational skills, agility and aptitude at meeting changing priorities whilst ensuring long term outcomes achieved
- Manage risk and recognise potential impact of decisions across all sections of the organisation
- Interpersonal and strong spoken and written communication skills which engage audiences, encouraging understanding and participation
- Commitment to upholding young people’s rights when they face disadvantage and discrimination
- Highly developed networking, partnership and people skills that are persuasive and influential of others
- Fluent use of standard office equipment and information & communication technology
- Can manage own time and workload efficiently
KNOWLEDGE
- Fundraising knowledge.
- Regulatory, legal requirements and best practice guidance relating to this sphere of work
- Up to date understanding of safeguarding practice, policy and procedures
- Good knowledge and understanding of equalities issues and the issues affecting young people
- Impact of trauma on young people and their support needs
- Voluntary sector working and the role of the statutory sector preferably in the region
- Data protection and confidentiality in relation to client records
- Monitoring and evaluation in commissioned services
EDUCATION/TRAINING
No one specific qualification is required, but evidence of recent continuing professional development in a professional area relevant to the post is required. For example: charity income generation
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS
- Able to travel within and outside of the borough when required
- Able to work some evenings and weekends where necessary
- Works well in a team with a flexible approach to work
- Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice and equal opportunities. An ability to apply awareness of diversity issues to all areas of work