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Fundraising Manager

Employer
RNIB
Location
Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes (Aylesbury)
Salary
£24,860 per annum pro rata
Closing date
2 Sep 2018

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Function
Fundraising, Events Fundraising
Sector
Disability
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent

Job Details

BucksVision is a small, local charity supporting people with sight loss in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes. We were established in 1911; in 2014 we became part of RNIB. We have the structure and culture of a small local charity, but benefit from having the support and strategic insight of our national parent organisation. 

We run clubs and activities for blind and partially sighted people groups across Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes.  We also provide support within hospital eye clinics in our local area.  We have seven members of staff based in Aylesbury (one of whom is based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital) under the management of the Chief Executive and are supported by approximately 300 volunteers countywide. 

In the last year our current Fundraising Manager has done an excellent job of putting in place a foundation from which to build and has generated £60k of income for the charity as well as organising many events to help raise the profile of BucksVision.  However, she will be moving on to pastures new soon and we need to find someone who is able to continue to develop our fundraising and profile-raising work.

You will have good experience of fundraising and, ideally, event management.  You will have experience of contacting community organisations and grant giving bodies to request grants and donations.  

You'll be a strong communicator, able to speak to a wide variety of people to ensure results are delivered and targets met. You will be able to use your initiative to identify opportunities and will be able to maximise success and deliver results.

You will be self-motivated with good commercial skills; whilst fundraising experience is an advantage, we would be keen to hear from you if you are in a sales or event management role and are looking to move into a fundraising role.

In exchange we offer a competitive salary, a friendly and supportive working environment and a benefits package including:

  • 26 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), which increase with service
  • Excellent pension schemes

If you would like to apply for this great job opportunity please click the apply button.

Closing date for applications: 23:59 on Thursday 16thAugust 2018. Interview date: To be confirmed. 

BucksVision

We support people with sight loss across Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes.  We run clubs and activity groups across our local area and have a network of trained volunteers and an Eye Clinic Liaison Officer providing advice and support within local hospital eye clinics.  

RNIB

We’re the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and we’re here for everyone affected by sight loss. Working for us means working for one of the UK’s biggest charities, supporting almost two million people living with sight loss in the UK.

RNIB is committed to being led by our customers (blind and partially sighted people), and one of the ways we do this is through active involvement and engagement in many of our work activities, including the recruitment of new members of staff.

RNIB is committed to being an Equal Opportunities organisation and we welcome applications from people with sight loss.

Company

RNIB (the Royal National Institute of Blind People) is a large, national charity offering information, support and advice to two million blind and partially sighted people throughout the UK. Founded in 1868, RNIB has an annual income of more than £114m, over 1,700 employees and 4,800 volunteers. It is headquartered in London.

RNIB’s vision is of a world where people who are blind and partially sighted enjoy the same rights, responsibilities, opportunities and quality of life as people who are fully sighted.

RNIB began life as in 1868 as the British and Foreign Blind Association for Improving the Embossed Literature of the Blind. It was founded by a partially sighted doctor, Thomas Rhodes Armitage. In 1949 the charity received a Royal Charter and, in 1953, changed its name to the Royal National Institute for the Blind. In 2002, RNIB became a membership organisation and changed its name again - to the Royal National Institute of Blind People, rather than for Blind People. Under RNIB’s Royal Charter and Bye-laws, the majority of its trustees must be blind or partially sighted.

One of the charity’s flagship services, Talking Books, began in 1935 and is still very popular. It gives access to 23,000 fiction and non-fiction books for adults and children. Subscribers can receive the books on a CD, USB stick, an app or mp3 format. They can also use RNIB’s digital download service or borrow from 22,000 braille books and 5,000 giant print books.

The charity runs an online shop and has four resource centres which sell accessible products. Products include talking clocks and watches, large button telephones, cookery aids and tactile toys and games.

RNIB’s Helpline has been running since 1997. Callers through the Helpline can reach the charity’s advice and counselling teams. The Advice Service is able to give advice to blind and partially sighted people, carers, friends, relatives and organisations helping people with sight loss. Common issues include eye conditions, registering sight loss, employment, education and benefits.

RNIB’s Counselling Team is a small group of telephone and online counsellors who give people struggling with the onset of sight loss the opportunity to talk about their feelings and gain support. Calls or sessions are not charged.

RNIB has recently decided to amalgamate its 24,000 membership in a new community called RNIB Connect. Membership is free and includes the charity’s 8,000 strong campaigning network and the charity Action for Blind People’s Action Connect online community (Action for Blind People became an associate charity of RNIB in 2009).

RNIB is also an active campaigning charity. It has 8,000 campaign supporters and campaign staff stationed across the UK. Recent campaigns have concerned the new Personal Independence Payments and changes to Attendance Allowance. The charity also undertakes permanent campaigning on transport and retail accessibility and pavement obstructions.

Company info
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Telephone
0303 123 9999
Location
105 Judd Street,
London
London
WC1H 9NE
GB

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