FUNDRAISING MANAGER
Job Description
Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice provides respite, palliative and end of life care to babies and infants up to the age of 5 suffering from life-threatening/life-limiting conditions. This care and support is provided free to all families accessing our facilities.
Hours: 35 hours per week, some flexibility needed.
Based at: Zoë’s Place Baby Hospice, Easter Way, Ash Green, Coventry, CV7 9JG
Responsible to: The Executive Trustee.
Responsible for: Managing Fund Raising Team and the generation of income for the Hospice.
Job Summary
To:
- Manage fundraising team.
- Identify fundraising opportunities and raise awareness of the organisations work.
- Develop contacts with local companies, organisations and general public
- Develop a wide range of income streams to meet expenditure targets for running hospice.
- Arrange fundraising events, generate income and create new fundraising and donation opportunities for Zoë’s Place
- Liaise with local media organisations to promote Zoe’s Place.
- Develop Social Media to promote Zoe’s Place
- Follow Zoë’s Place Trust’s policies and procedures and comply with Charity Commission regulations.
- Adhere to I.O.F. and Fundraising Regulator code of practices.
- Represent Zoë’s Place at external events
Main responsibilities:
To:
- Attain a target income for the Hospice from fundraising events/challenges and donations.
- Prepare and monitor income budgets for the Hospice
- Ensure event income/expenditure ratio remains within guidelines as set out in budget.
- Develop and secure new sources of income from Major Donors, Corporate contacts/supporters.
- Represent Zoë’s Place at external events, fundraising events, give talks, presentations and speeches of thanks to Groups/Organisations when required.
- Devise and organise fundraising campaigns and events.
- Manage and organise the fund raising department to ensure best use of resources including volunteers.
- Ensure risk assessments for events and staff are carried out
- Carry out income and expenditure assessments for events prior to authorising such events.
- Ensure all printed matter adheres to Trust, IOFand Fundraising Regulator requirements.
- Ensure maximum revenue by use of Gift Aid on donations.
- Promote within the Corporate sector, Give as you Earn, regular giving, payroll giving.
- Ensure all Trust policies and procedures are followed.
- Ensure licences are obtained for street collections and other such events prior to these taking place.
- Carry out /oversee the recruitment, selection and retention of Fundraising staff and volunteers
- Management of staff in line with the Staff policies and procedures.
- Monitor staff sickness for non clinical staff
- Oversee the location of Zoë’s Place collecting boxes and ensure the location of these boxes are recorded correctly.
- Ensure website is updated as necessary
- Manage information and record the profile, fundraising activity of donors on to the Donorflex database.
- Supervise the production of the Newsletter “Smile” on a regular basis
- Carry out any other duties as requested by the Trustees.
- Ensure all donors are treated with respect and thanked for their support
- Hold regular team meetings.
- Liaise with Head of Care on an on-going basis with regard to staff, HR issues, policies and procedures and general fundraising items.
Experience:
- Have at least 2 years experience as a senior manager in a fundraising team with responsibility for leading, motivating, directing and monitoring the daily activities of others and facilitating development in their careers.
- Demonstrate experience in dealing with complex issues.
- Experience of managing a budget
- Evidence of regularly continuing professional development in relevant fields.
Skills:
- Excellent organisation and management skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively – orally and in writing – at all levels.
- Excellent negotiation and delegation skills with the ability to get the best from others.
- An ability to work well with volunteers and people from all walks of life.
- Good report writing skills
- IT literate, including the ability to use Microsoft Office Suite.
- Familiar with all aspects of social media
- Knowledge of Donorflex system would be an advantage.
- Ability to present to large and strategic groups.
- Ability to view problems objectively and to find solutions.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES/ABILITIES.
- Good motivator
- A dynamic, enthusiastic and persuasive personality.
- Self motivated
- Have a proactive management style
- Have a proven track record in fundraising across all income streams.
- Flexible approach to working hours, this may involve week-ends or evenings.
- Ability to bring tasks to completion with good attention to detail
- Able to work as part of a team.
- Fully committed to the aims and objectives of Zoё’s Place
- Fully committed to the pursuit of team success and achieving organisational excellence.
- A positive approach to managing stress in self and others.
- Be confidential
- Be well presented in appearance
- Have a clean driving licence
- Have a clear DBS Report.