Merseyside Refugee & Asylum Seeker’s Pre & Post Natal Support Group

(MRANG)

377, Mill Street, Liverpool. Merseyside.

Telephone Number: 0151 728 2323

Registered Charity No 1113574

FUNDRAISING AND OPERATIONS MANAGER

Job Description

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

To achieve income targets by identifying and securing opportunities and increasing profile. To manage the day to day running of the office and manage casework staff.

REPORTING TO:

Director

DIRECT REPORTS:

Caseworkers ( currently 3)

SALARY:

£25,000

WORKING HOURS:

35(full-time)

CONTRACT:

Fixed term contract for 12 MONTHS.

This post is restricted to women only due to the nature of the role. (Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010)

Duties and Responsibilities:

Fundraising

  • To develop and manage, in collaboration with the Director,an effective fundraising strategy.
  • Work closely with the Director to ensure MRANG meets its financial targets and has a steady stream of funding.
  • Maximise income across all fundraising activities to meet agreed targets. This will include identifying new funding opportunities and developing these into successful bids.
  • Liaise, negotiate, prepare, finalise and submit grant applications to funding bodies, ensuring that they meet the grant criteria.
  • Prepare and submit grant activity reports to all funding bodies in accordance with the grant criteria.
  • Co-ordinate the collection of monitoring and evaluation data and its analysis for funding purposes.
  • Create, manage and update a funding database to record donor contact and preference information.
  • To plan and manage fundraising events.
  • To oversee and manage donations, both financial and goods.
  • To be responsible for Gift Aid.

Operations

  • Manage day to day finances, including recording of all income and expenditure and petty cash.
  • Be responsible for banking income and topping up petty cash.
  • Make sure that all IT and communication systems are working effectively.
  • Make sure all services paid for by MRANG are reviewed and are fairly priced.
  • Support the Director to prepare and submit reports, business plans and evaluations or reviews.
  • Working with the Director, analyse and review services to help improve them and to expand current services.
  • Manage all social media including twitter, the website and Facebook.
  • Ensure MRANG meets its health and safety requirements including its liability insurance.

Staff Management

  • Provide monthly supervision, training needs analysis and annual appraisals for the casework team.
  • Conduct monthly meetings for own team and attend management meetings.
  • Manage staff in line with MRANG’s human resources policies and procedures.

Please note this job description is intended to provide a guide to the general duties and responsibilities of the role. The post holder is expected to adopt a flexible approach to the tasks.

Fundraising and Operations Manager

Person Specification

  • At least 3 years’ experience of fundraising from a wide variety of sources.
  • Experience of developing and implementing a fundraising and events strategy.
  • Ability to project manage and contribute to all fundraising campaigns.
  • Experience of evaluating projects, gaps in services, researching services and using this evaluation to write reports.
  • Knowledge and understanding to ensure that MRANG complies with all relevant legislation relating to fundraising events e.g. Charity Commission, Institute of Fundraising etc.
  • Evidence of developing and maintaining successful professional relationships at all levels.
  • Ability to communicate complex issues across a variety of audiences/platforms.
  • Excellent presentation, negotiation and communication skills.
  • Experience of managing, developing and supervising staff and volunteers.
  • Ability to manage finance systems, budgets and Gift Aid.
  • Experience of co-ordinating social media activity to ensure content is relevant, in line with policies which iscreative and engaging.
  • The ability to work within a team and on your own initiative.
  • An understanding of and commitment to confidentiality and professional boundaries
  • Solid IT skills, including competence with word processing, spreadsheets, database and email.

Please email your CV and Covering Letter to by 2pm on 4th June 2017. The Covering Letter should cover each point of the person specification in the Job Description and describe how you meet each requirement.