Fundraising Officer

Barnsley Foodbank Partnership; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team at an innovative foodbank partnership as a Fundraising Officer. This role is pivotal in driving fundraising growth from individuals and corporate partners, ensuring that the organization can continue its vital mission of preventing hunger in Barnsley. You will proactively build relationships, craft compelling proposals, and engage with the community to secure essential funding. If you are passionate about making a difference and have a knack for inspiring support, this is the perfect opportunity to contribute to a meaningful cause while developing your fundraising skills in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in fundraising with individuals and businesses.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify and engage with potential grant funders and corporate donors.
• Design and deliver compelling fundraising appeals and communications.
• Manage a fundraising portfolio to generate over £150,000 annually.

Skills

Fundraising

Communication Skills

Relationship Management

Project Management

Creativity

Education

Experience in Fundraising

Job description

Barnsley Foodbank Partnership Barnsley, England, United Kingdom

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The Fundraising Officer position is responsible for proactively driving fundraising growth from new and existing supporters (predominantly with individuals and corporate partners) generating the income that will enable our ambitious organisational strategy. The position also plays a significant role in strengthening support through community engagement activities, including with schools, community associations and corporate groups.

This is an exciting opportunity to help Barnsley Foodbank realise its vision that no one in Barnsley goes hungry.

You will be working at the heart of our community to bring our cause to life and build lasting donor relationships with old and new supporters.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Identify and submit applications to potential grant funders who offer support for foodbank and community activity.
2. Proactively identify, engage and build good relationships with prospective corporate donors, successfully securing them as funding partners. Deepen engagement and grow relationships and partnerships with existing corporate donors.
3. Work with colleagues across Barnsley Foodbank to develop authentic, compelling, creative and winning grant funding and partnership proposals that can successfully engage corporate partners and align with their needs, motivations, areas of interests and values.
4. Design and deliver excellent, engaging and regular stewardship communications and powerful fundraising appeals alongside establishing the associated data and systems. Grow the income and pool of individual supporters making one-off or monthly donations.
5. Explore and implement ways of promoting Barnsley Foodbank to successfully attract an ever-greater number of individual donors.
6. Proactively build new fundraising relationships with local community groups, associations and schools in and around Barnsley.
7. Evolve, develop, monitor and manage a fundraising portfolio capable of generating in excess of £150,000 per annum. Establish a fundraising pipeline, including a range of KPI's (Key Performance Indicators) that can be tracked and that will enable informed projections regarding future income.
8. Forge strong relationships with colleagues across the wider Trussell Trust network, sharing best practice and learning from other charities. Engage with any fundraising training and skills development opportunities and participate in joint fundraising opportunities.
9. Engage with the Communications and Development Officer to ensure that social media is used to engage with funding partners and promote the financial needs of the project. Ensure donors receive regular stewardship communications that bring Barnsley's work and impact to life.

General:

1. Abide by organisational policies, codes of conduct and practices.
2. Cultivate and uphold positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders, demonstrating our core values of kindness, fairness, gratitude, and respect at all times.
3. Support and promote diversity and equality of opportunity in the workplace.
4. Attend regular team meetings, supervision sessions and performance reviews.
5. A minimum Key performance indicator of £150,000 per year has been set for this post.
6. Undertake learning and development activities as appropriate and as agreed with the position's line manager.
7. Flexibility to carry out other associated duties as may arise, develop or be assigned in line with the broad remit of the position.

Person Specification - Essential Qualifications, Skills, and Experience:

1. Experience as a fundraiser and a proven track record of fundraising success with individuals, businesses and/or community fundraising.
2. Excellent written and verbal communication and relationship management skills, including the ability to inspire and motivate existing and prospective supporters, provide excellent stewardship and craft compelling funding proposals and appeals.
3. Experience of setting, managing and reporting against fundraising priorities.
4. A tenacious and enthusiastic approach and the ability to embrace, develop and shape a new role. Well organised, proactive, and a self-starter who is able to self-motivate to plan, prioritise and manage workload.

Desirable Qualifications, Skills, and Experience:

1. Knowledge of the Fundraising Regulator's Code of Fundraising Practice.
2. Experience of costing projects for grant applications.
3. Experience of monitoring and evaluating outcomes of grant and bid applications.

The person appointed will be based at the Wombwell hub. They will need to be able to travel independently; however, it will not be necessary for them to be a car owner or driver. If they are a car driver, they must have no more than 6 penalty points on their licence.

To request an application pack, please get in touch via [e-mail] or 01226 593787.

Closing date: Monday 17th February at 12 noon.

Seniority Level

Entry level

Employment Type

Part-time

Job Function

Other