Fundraising Manager

Springboard Charity; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established charity in London is seeking a Fundraising Manager for a 12-month fixed-term contract with a view to permanent. This role involves identifying funding opportunities, drafting bids, and leading a fundraising team. Candidates should have strong bid writing experience and the ability to creatively match services to funders. The position supports hybrid working and offers a salary of up to £36,000 annually, along with generous benefits.

Benefits

Hybrid working opportunity

25 days annual leave plus holidays

Extensive Private Health Care

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee benefits scheme

Access to L&D Platform Mapal One

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Experienced in successful bid writing with a strategic approach.
• Ability to interrogate Excel data and prepare budgets.
• Desire to work in a detail-oriented fundraising team.

Responsibilities

• Identify funding opportunities aligned with strategy.
• Draft and submit regional and national bids.
• Lead and develop the fundraising team and pipeline.
• Manage relationships with funders and supporters.
• Prepare high-standard reports and proposals.

Skills

Bid writing

Strategic thinking

Creative matching of services

Verbal and written communication

Attention to detail

Understanding of data protection and GDPR

Job description

Fundraising Manager

Contract : 12-month fixed-term contract (with a view to a permanent position)

Hours : 35 hour per week

Location : London office, hybrid

Salary : up to 36,000

Benefits :

• Hybrid working opportunity
• 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays + Extra gifted days at Christmas
• Extensive Private Health Care
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee benefits scheme
• Access to L&D Platform Mapal One
• Supportive work environment

A fantastic opportunity to join a well-established and successful charity; play your part in developing a new fundraising team and help to change people’s lives all over the UK. Take a significant step in your fundraising career.

At Springboard we…

Futureproof the talent pipeline for hospitality and tourism.

Nurture people into careers in hospitality, leisure, and tourism by equipping them with the inspiration, knowledge, skills, advice and guidance they need.

Help transform the lives of people and breakdown barriers to work and can benefit from our support, so that they get sustained employment in hospitality, leisure, and tourism, whatever their age or background.

Provide specialist careers information, advice, and guidance to inform and guide young people, adults and key influencers about the industry and facilitate quality work experience opportunities.

Promote hospitality and tourism as a great place to work, providing worthwhile and inspirational careers.

The Role

• Identifying strong funding opportunities contributing to both the income forecast meetings and pipeline requirements – targeting Springboard programme priorities aligned to our strategy.
• Drafting and submitting successful regional and national bids and tenders including trusts & foundations; targeted public funding opportunities; and corporate income opportunities as and where appropriate.
• Helping to lead Springboard’s fundraising team, developing and overseeing the organisation’s fundraising pipeline, management systems and KPIs.
• Facilitating internal and external stakeholder meetings related to funding and reporting requirements including : research; profiling; design; income targets, budgets and operations.
• Preparing reports, proposals and other documents as required, to a high standard.
• Cultivating and managing relationships with various funders and supporters, ensuring effective stewardship and sustained support with repeated / increased giving where possible, allocating accounts to colleagues as required.
• Liaising with operational and delivery teams to brief on funding contract requirements.
• Providing staff training and supporting fellow bid writers by reviewing and amending content.
• Carrying out 121s, personal development and performance reviews in line with Springboard procedures.

This job is for you if you are :

• Experienced in successful bid writing with the ability to be both strategic and hands on.
• Ability to be creative in matching Springboard services with suitable funders.
• Excellent verbal, written skills & attention to detail.
• Understanding of data protection and GDPR.
• Ability to interrogate excel data, prepare budgets and forecasts.
• Desire to work in a highly focused, results driven fundraising team.

All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruitment process, please let us know.

Springboard is an equal opportunities organisation, and we are serious about our compliance with legislation and GDPR.

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