Community Fundraising Manager

The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association; Perth, Kinross; Remote; GBP 32.000 - 42.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Real Living Wage Employer

26 days annual leave (28 after 3 years

Flex pot for flexible benefits

Buy/sell annual leave

Discounts and cash-back scheme

Excellent pension scheme with employer

Zusammenfassung

The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association is inviting applications for a Community Fundraising Manager. This home-based role involves travel across Dundee, Fife, Perth & Kinross, Angus and Aberdeenshire to deliver the Community Fundraising strategy and grow income and engagement in the designated region.

You will recruit and support volunteers, coordinate fundraising activities and promote our life-changing work while maintaining a flexible schedule to meet business needs.

Qualifikationen

• Excellent communicator with the ability to inspire and engage diverse groups.
• Strong relationship management skills to motivate volunteers and supporters.
• Experience in community fundraising or voluntary sector work is desirable.

Aufgaben

• Develop a sustainable volunteer management structure across the region.
• Recruit and support local speakers to promote campaigns and thank supporters.
• Lead and deploy fundraising initiatives and activities in the region.
• Drive business development within the fundraising strategy.

Kenntnisse

Communication

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Volunteer engagement

Jobbeschreibung

This role is predominantly home-based, with some travel across Dundee, Fife, Perth & Kinross, Angus and Aberdeenshire, which may occasionally extend to other areas of Scotland. Travel requirements will vary from week to week and will be driven by business needs. The role is based on a Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm schedule; however, flexibility is required to work outside of these core hours when necessary.

Come and join us as a collaborative and resourceful Community Fundraising Manager and be part of something life‑changing, helping people with sight loss live the life they choose. The Community Fundraising Manager ensures effective delivery of the Community Fundraising strategy to grow and diversify Community Fundraising income and engagement within their designated region. The role is responsible for increasing the supporter and volunteer base using a diverse range of fundraising products and activities.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop a sustainable volunteer management structure, supporting the management of fundraisers and fundraising activities across the region.
• Recruit, support and encourage a network of local speakers to promote our life changing work, our fundraising campaigns and to help motivate, inspire and thank our supporters.
• Play a key part and lead by example in developing and supporting the deployment of fundraising initiatives.
• Business Development.

About you:

• You’ll bring a confident and collaborative approach to managing relationships with volunteers and peers, enjoying the opportunity to lead and support a diverse network of volunteers and develop successful fundraising groups. You’ll be an excellent communicator, with the ability to inspire and engage a wide range of supporters, volunteers, service users and community members to raise funds and awareness. You’ll also demonstrate strong, person‑centred relationship management skills, motivating and empowering volunteer fundraisers to achieve shared goals.
• We wouldn’t be able to change the lives of people with sight loss without our people. That’s why it’s important for us to provide a variety of benefits that reward our colleagues in a way that suits them and recognises the hard work and contribution that they make.
• 26 days annual leave. After three years of continuous employment, this increases to 28 days plus bank holidays.
• Real Living Wage Employer
• Flex pot - equal to a proportion of your annual salary to use on our wide variety of flexible benefits
• The option to buy and sell annual leave
• Discounts and cash-back scheme
• Excellent pension scheme (We will match your pension contributions plus 2% up to a maximum of 9% employer contribution)
• And lots more!

For high volumes of applications, we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than advertised.