Fundraising Manager

Salary: £32,859 per annum (Grade 6.1)

Location: Home based , UK

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Responsible to: Head of Partnerships

Applications close: Monday 4th November 2024

ABOUT US

Adoption UK is the leading charity providing support, awareness and understanding for those parenting or supporting children who cannot live with their birth parents.

ABOUT YOU

Are you an energetic multi-tasker with the passion, skills and experience to make an immediate impact on our community fundraising, regular donors and high net-worth individual income generating activities? Are you a self-starter and team player, accustomed to rolling your sleeves up to get the job done? Are you looking for a role to stretch you and are keen to take on a more strategic and project management role?

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The Fundraising Manager will be responsible for growing income from our community fundraising and major donor relationships, so that an even greater impact can be made on adopted young people and their families. You will lead on all community fundraising initiatives, including appeals, fundraising campaigns, and external challenge events. You will drive innovation in our approach to fundraising. In addition, you will work closely with the Head of Partnerships and Senior Leadership Team to help us secure and manage all key fundraising relationships with major donors.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supported by the Head of Partnerships and Senior Leadership team, take ownership of developing, delivering and monitoring fundraising events and activities in line with our fundraising strategy
• Manage existing and develop new innovative fundraising campaigns and activities to engage new and existing supporters & donors including legacies, external challenge events, digital fundraising campaigns, community activities, and large-scale events.
• Work with the team marketing lead to create compelling copy to promote events and help recruit supporters and donors.
• Work with all Adoption UK teams to support local fundraising activities in each of the four nations including membership and community teams
• Create and manage a volunteer fundraising programme to support more community fundraising across the organisation, including volunteer fundraiser recruitment.
• Analyse and report on the success of campaigns and programmes.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience of a fundraising, marketing, or event management role
• Experience of delivering multiple projects on time and to budget
• Experience of managing compelling, successful appeals
• Experience of managing multiple stakeholders including individual fundraisers, High net worth individuals

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Delivers high quality work with minimal supervision and direction
• Able to demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, be competent with Microsoft Office
• An exceptional administrator and coordinator with excellent organisation and writing skills
• Communicate, engage and secure positive external relationships with stakeholders and supporters
• Able to communicate and engage with internal senior stakeholders effectively

ACCOUNTABILITY

• Developing fundraising opportunities
• Stewardship and relationship management
• Contribute to departmental strategic goals, in liaison with the Chief Operating Officer, Head of Partnerships and Trusts and Foundations Manager

BEHAVIOURS

• Takes pride in Adoption UK and promotes its values and mission in all interactions with external stakeholders.
• Demonstrates commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of role at all times.
• Contributes to an open and honest culture
• Encourages challenge and creativity, transparency and consistency.
• Leads by example.
• Offers outstanding service to members.
• Promotes cross functional team working, sharing skills and knowledge
• Communicates clearly, seeking clarity when unclear and valuing the opinion of others.
• Valuing the opinion of other. Treating colleagues and other stakeholders with respect.
• Takes pride in own development, committed to achieving high standards and agreed objectives

Please find the full Candidate Pack below.

HOW TO APPLY

Applications should be made via our website here.

In accordance with the Data Protection Act, the information you provide in your application, and in any accompanying papers, will be used to assess your suitability for the post advertised. It will not be released to anyone who does not require it for this purpose. If you are employed, this information will form the basis of your employment file within Adoption UK, otherwise it will be destroyed six months after the post is filled. To read our Privacy Policy in detail please click here.

If you require any adjustments in order to complete the application form (downloadable below) or if you wish to receive the application form in an alternative format, please email peopleservices@adoptionuk.org.uk or telephone 01295 752253. If you have an agency or educational contact who you wish to be involved in your application, please provide us with their details and explain to what degree you wish them to be involved.

Diversity and Equality Monitoring

Adoption UK is committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity amongst the workforce.

We ensure that our methods of selection are fair and that they are solely based on merit, objective role related and ability to do the role.

We are obliged to ask you to complete the Diversity Monitoring Form (download below) but you are not obliged to completed it. The intention of monitoring is to identify if there are difference success rates, which will allow us to take action to ensure that no group is treated unfairly.

The data will only be used for general statistical and monitoring purposes. The data will be kept separately from your application and will not be used in assessing information on your application form

If you are happy to complete the form, please email the form to peopleservices@adoptionuk.org.uk. Please do not attach it to your online application.