GUIDE DOGS JOB Description

GUIDE DOGS JOB DeScription

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JOB TITLE: / Community Fundraising Business Partner
Team / Community Fundraising
Department / Community Fundraising
Directorate / Fundraising and Income Generation
Job Location / MAT area (London, Maidstone, Peterborough, Reading, Welwyn Garden City)
REPORTS TO:
Job title / Head of Community Fundraising
Location / Central Office
PEOPLE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Number of Direct Reports / 3
Number of Volunteers / None
BUDGETARY RESPONSIBIILTY FINANCIAL TARGETS / N/A
Responsibility in Pounds
MATRIX REPORTING LINES TO:
Job title / Community Fundraiser, Visitor Centre Fundraising Co-ordinator, Community Fundraising Regional Co-ordinator
SAFEGUARDING:
Select one of the follow levels of Criminal Disclosure checks - (Enhanced, Standard or No CRB) relating to activity in relation to children, young people or vulnerable adults / Type and Level of Contact
Low
N/A
Enhanced Disclosure:
Phone contact with access to personal information,

Access to personal information
Lone contact, face to face on a regular basis
Training, supervising, advising, transport or caringon frequent intensive or overnight basis

/ Level of CRB Clearance Required
None
Standard Disclosure:

Access to information only
Occasional lone contact

No Disclosure:
Occasional group contact

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A: OVERALL PURPOSE

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Support the MAT Managers and Community Fundraisers to help implement the organisations overall fundraising strategy and to develop and maximise community fundraising income opportunities through capacity building of Community Fundraisers collaborating closely with MAT managers to deliver coordinated community and organisational fundraising and campaigning activities within MAT areas

B: KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES OF THE ROLE

The following section is in table format. Key accountabilities should be inserted into the second column, along with the percentage of time allocated to this accountability in the third column. There should be one accountability per row of the table. Please tab throughout the table to insert your response. It is not expected that this will add up to 100% as time will also be required for generic activities, described in Section C such as time for training and development, people management etc.

Key Accountability / % of time
1 / Build and maintain influential and collaborative relationships with MAC managers in order to deliver the Fundraising strategy consistently. / 15%
2 / With the Head of Regional Fundraising, develop and implement the Community Fundraising Strategy with defined income targets / 15%
3 / To deliver challenging growth targets through Community Fundraisers by identifying audiences and targeting channels in each MAC area / 15%
4 / To be a specialist and lead national strategy development on one or more of SME, NAP, Third Party fundraising and branch development audiences. / 15%
5 / To share responsibility for setting income/exp budgets with MAC managers and achievement of those budgets / 15%
6 / To ensure the delivery and effectiveness of national fundraising campaigns from DM, High Level Partnerships, Trading and Events teams in each MAC area / 10%
7 / To matrix manage Community Fundraisers ensuring that their technical and professional expertise is developed and performance standards are consistently applied / 10%
8 / To develop (in consultation with MAT Manager) individual objectives and KPIs for each Community Fundraiser / 10%
9 / To monitor SLA agreements with MAC support team to ensure that fundraising volunteers are appropriately and adequately supported / 10%
10 / To manage assigned projects in order to innovate and develop strategy initiatives within the Fundraising Directorate.
11 / Any other activities relevant to the role that will enable us to get blind and partially sighted people out and about in the way they choose

All employees will be expected to comply with Guide Dogs’ terms and conditions, rules, policies, procedures, codes of conduct, quality standards, authorisation processes, risk management policies etc. and relevant external regulations.

C: VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS

Guide Dogs places great emphasis on how people get the job done. For example we need people who are passionate about helping supporting blind and partially sighted people to be mobile. Staff are expected to achieve these standards in order to fully meet the expectations of their role.

HR will insert the relevant competencies for the role after evaluation below.

People Manager

Section D, continues on the page below.
D: PERSON SPECIFICATION

Factor / Essential / Desirable
Values and behaviours / See section C above
Job specific skills / Excellent communicator who can inspire support and action from a diverse range of staff and volunteers. Confident, assertive, persuasive. Excellent motivator and trainer of volunteer fundraisers and Community Fundraisers. Excellent networker with an ability to understand volunteer & community fundraising in branches and groups. Excellent inter-personal skills with an ability to work in a complex environment with many stakeholders. Entrepreneurial and driven by results, with the ability to identify and seize opportunities. Ability to take a strategic approach to developing branch/group and wider community fundraising development in the MAT areas. Excellent research and data analysis capability. Ability to self-motivate, prioritise workload and resolve problems and issues. Sound administrative ability, including MS Office and database recording and manipulation / Good sense of humour
Previous relevant experience / Experience of working with volunteers in groups. Experience of managing budgets and working to financial targets and deadlines / Experience of managing volunteers and community fundraising development. Marketing and/or data analysis. New business development
Knowledge / Deep understanding of community and branch/group volunteer fundraising / N/A
Qualifications/ Training / Degree or relevant professional qualification / Full membership of the Institute of Fundraising, or willingness to work towards the Institute of Fundraising Certificate in Fundraising
Special requirements (such as travel /overnight stays) / Frequent travel and overnight stays – some weekend work / N/A
Dog friendly / Comfortable with dogs in the workplace/ office.
Eligibility to work in UK / Proof of identity and eligibility to work in the UK
Safeguarding / N/A

Guide Dogs is committed to the 'Two Ticks' symbol, which means that we
commit to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential
criteria for a job vacancy and will consider them on their abilities.
Transferable experience, skills, knowledge etc. obtained through
volunteering or other unpaid work as well as those gained through paid
work will be taken into account during the short listing process.
The post holder is required to carry out other such duties as may
reasonably be required, commensurate with the grade of this post. All
employees will be expected to excel in being customer centric,
demonstrate advocacy for Guide Dogs at all times and be a fundraiser.
This job profile is accurate as at the date shown below. In consultation
with the post holder it is liable to variation by management to reflect
or anticipate changes in or to the role.

Signature of Functional Director:...... Date:......

Signature of Regional Manager:...... Date:......

Signature/Name of Dept Head:...... Date:......

GRADE OF POST: 5

DATE OF EVALUATION: