Community Fundraising Manager

Spread a Smile; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Spread a Smile seeks a proactive Community Fundraising Manager to lead the charity’s community fundraising across nurseries, schools, universities, faith groups, Rotary clubs, local businesses and sports clubs across the UK.

You will build new partnerships, secure ongoing income, and work closely with volunteers and club captains to turn connections into sustainable funding for seriously ill children and families.

Qualifications

• Around 3–6 years’ experience in a charity, ideally in a fundraising role.
• Experience of relationship-led fundraising: building, growing and stewarding relationships with supporters or partners.
• A track record of securing new supporters or partnerships and bringing in income against targets.
• Experience of community fundraising (e.g. schools, faith groups, Rotary and service clubs, local businesses or sports clubs).
• Experience of working in a small or medium-sized charity where everyone supports one another.
• Experience of delivering or supporting fundraising events.
• Experience of using a CRM system, such as Donorfy (or another way of managing and tracking supporter relationships).

Skills

Fundraising

Community fundraising

Donor relationship management

Target achievement

CRM systems

Event support

Tools

Donorfy CRM

Job description

Full Job Description Available here: Community-Fundraising-Manager-JD-1.pdf

Company Description: Spread a Smile brings joy and laughter to seriously ill children in NHS hospitals and hospices across the country. Through in-person and virtual visits and events, the charity’s entertainers – from magicians to musicians, artists, fairies and therapy dogs - enhance wellbeing and help young patients and their families experiencing serious childhood illness

Role Description

Spread a Smile has been scaling at pace since 2017, growing income from £270k to over £2.3m and expanding services significantly to reach more seriously ill children and teenagers. We are now entering the next crucial phase of our development. Over the next few years, we will continue to grow (our target next year is c£2.5m) while also taking the time to build a sustainable team and the foundations needed to secure our long-term future. Our goal is to ensure that every seriously ill child in the country who needs our support has access to it. Within this context, the Community Fundraising Manager will play a critical role. We are looking for a positive, energetic and ambitious fundraiser who wants to make their mark: someone who will get out into the community, open doors and build the partnerships that bring new supporters and new income to Spread a Smile. The Community Fundraising Manager will lead the charity’s community fundraising function across key audiences including: Nurseries, schools, and universities; faith and community groups, service clubs such as Rotary; small local businesses, clubs and societies; and golf clubs, working closely with club captains and presidents. The focus is on securing new partnerships and relationships with these audiences and turning them into sustained, growing income for the charity

Qualifications

• Around 3–6 years’ experience in a charity, ideally in a fundraising role.
• Experience of relationship-led fundraising: building, growing and stewarding relationships with supporters or partners. E
• A track record of securing new supporters or partnerships and bringing in income against targets.
• Experience of community fundraising (e.g. schools, faith groups, Rotary and service clubs, local businesses or sports clubs).
• Experience of working in a small or medium-sized charity where everyone supports one another.
• Experience of delivering or supporting fundraising events.
• Experience of using a CRM system, such as Donorfy (or another way of managing and tracking supporter relationships).