Generous Giving Manager

The Church of England; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A religious organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a Generous Giving Manager to support local churches in strengthening their financial sustainability through generosity. The role will involve identifying local challenges, promoting innovative giving practices, and inspiring audiences on the principles of Christian giving. Candidates should have a strong understanding of church life, experience in fundraising or parish ministry, and excellent interpersonal skills for engaging diverse groups.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in fundraising or parish ministry.
• Awareness of financial and missional challenges facing churches.
• Understanding of Church of England's ethos and structures.

Responsibilities

• Support local churches to strengthen financial sustainability.
• Identify local challenges and opportunities for generous giving.
• Promote a wide range of giving methods, including online donations.

Skills

Understanding of church life

Fundraising experience

Community engagement

Interpersonal skills

Rapport building

Job description

The Generous Giving Manager is a very exciting and influential role at the Diocese, as you will build on the strong and energetic foundations within our two-person Generous Giving Team to strengthen the financial sustainability of local churches by encouraging generosity in time, talents and financial giving.

Working closely with deaneries, parishes and their leadership teams, you will identify local challenges and opportunities for generous giving, sharing innovative giving practices to help parishes and deaneries develop creative and effective ways to resource their mission.

Communicating clearly and inspiringly the principles of Christian giving to diverse audiences, you will keep up-to-date with National Church resources, promoting and supporting a wide range of giving methods such as the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS), online and contactless giving. You will also offer guidance to parish officers for resources on giving campaigns, legacies and grant funding.

This is an ideal role for someone with a good understanding of church lifeferencing, a passion for helping local churches thrive, a strong commitment to community engagement and an understanding of generosity grounded in Christian teaching.

With demonstrable transferable experience, perhaps in fundraising or parish ministry, you should bring an awareness of the financial and missional challenges facing churches today, particularly in rural contexts.

With an understanding of the Church of England’s structures, ethos, and range of traditions, you will have the proven ability to plan, advise on and lead giving or fundraising programmes in a not-for-profit or charitable context. You should also have a clear understanding of the teaching which underpins the Christian principles of giving.

Your motivational and collaborative approach across a variety of settings, combined with your outstanding interpersonal skills and natural ability at rapport building will ensure you are able to generate and develop creative, solution-focused ideas, engaging and inspiring individuals and groups, both in person and online.

Interviews: To be confirmed