Development & Impact Manager

ArtsHub Australia Pty; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre (CDMT) seeks a Development & Impact Manager to evidence impact and create strong funding propositions for better opportunities. You will diversify income, build partnerships and manage multiple fundraising streams to support the charity and performing arts education sector.

You will engage funders, researchers and policy makers; develop reports and case studies; and lead communications to demonstrate outcomes against KPIs.

Qualifications

• Experience turning ideas into partnerships, funding and measurable impact.
• Strong writing and storytelling skills for funding applications, Case for Support, impact reports, proposals and stakeholder comms.
• Commercial instincts, spotting partnerships, sponsorships and income opportunities.
• Confident with KPIs, qualitative and quantitative evaluations and impact reports.

Responsibilities

• Understand the organisation’s development position to create a funding pipeline with income targets and impact priorities.
• Research sector developments, review opportunities and decide which deserve attention.
• Identify income opportunities among grants, sponsorship, philanthropy and events.
• Shape new ideas, programmes and propositions with colleagues.
• Build and cultivate relationships with funders, corporate partners, industry, education partners and politicians.
• Turn relationships into opportunities that create greater impact or sustainable income.
• Develop and manage new income streams and fundraising pipeline.
• Build strategic partnerships and influence sector change using member insights.
• Engage stakeholders through social media and external communications.
• Create and manage the evaluation strategy; gather impact data and case studies.
• Write evidence-led reports for funders; turn evidence into future funding propositions.
• Update Case for Support.

Skills

Fundraising

Impact reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Proposal writing

Strategic partnerships

Strategic thinking

Commercial instincts

KPIs

Job description

Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre (CDMT)

Development & Impact Manager

Job SummaryCDMT is looking for a talented, ambitious and self-driven professional to join our team as the Development & Impact Manager. We are looking for an individual who can evidence our impact and create strong propositions for better funding and partnership opportunities.Job DescriptionWe provide quality assurance, membership services and advocacy for institutions delivering training, education and assessment in dance, drama, music and musical theatre. You will support the CEO to diversify our income generation.We are looking for an individual who…

Job Summary

CDMT is looking for a talented, ambitious and self-driven professional to join our team as the Development & Impact Manager. We are looking for an individual who can evidence our impact and create strong propositions for better funding and partnership opportunities.

Job Description

We provide quality assurance, membership services and advocacy for institutions delivering training, education and assessment in dance, drama, music and musical theatre. You will support the CEO to diversify our income generation.

We are looking for an individual who can evidence our impact and create strong propositions for better funding and partnership opportunities.

This is a time of change for the charity and the performing arts education sector. We require a talented, ambitious and self-driven professional able to help deliver the vision and join our small but mighty team.

Responsibilities of the post:

• Understand the organisation’s development position in order to create a funding pipeline of potential funders and partners with income targets and impact priorities
• Research sector developments, review opportunities and decide which deserve attention
• Identify income opportunities amongst grants, corporate sponsorship, philanthropy and events
• Work with colleagues to shape new ideas, programmes and propositions
• Build and cultivate meaningful relationships with funders, corporate partners, industry, education partners and politicians
• Turn these relationships into opportunities that create greater impact and/or sustainable income.
• Develop and manage new income streams and fundraising pipeline
• Build strategic partnerships and use member insights to influence and create change in the sector
• Engage stakeholders (industry, policy makers, members, public) through social media
• Content contributor/ strategic voice for external communications-Represent the organisation, creating press releases and briefings
• Create and manage the evaluation strategy
• Gather impact data
• Demonstrate outcomes against KPIs
• Gather case studies and impact stories
• Write evidence-led reports for funders and stakeholders
• Turn evidence into future funding and partnership propositions
• Update Case for Support

Job Requirements

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Experience in turning ideas and evidence into partnerships, funding and measurable impact
• Strong writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to create compelling propositions for funding applications, the Case for Support, impact reports, partnership proposals and stakeholder communications
• Commercial instincts, seeing connections and opportunities for partnership, sponsorship and income
• Confident with KPIs, qualitative and quantitative evaluations and impact reports
• Strong social and networking skills
• Skills in relationship-building and developing mutually beneficial partnerships
• Excellent communication skills

It is desirable, but not essential, for candidates to be educated to a degree level or have equivalent experience.

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