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Fundraising and Stakeholder Engagement Officer

Employer
Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust
Location
Chatham, Kent
Salary
Salary c.£18-22K – dependent on experience
Closing date
30 Nov 2018

Job Details

Play your part in the Dockyard story....

The Historic Dockyard Chatham is the most complete dockyard from the Age of Sail to survive anywhere in the world, one of Britain’s leading independent museums and maritime heritage destinations.

This exciting new role is an opportunity to join a very successful Development and Communications team to support both revenue and capital fundraising projects, work with individuals to motivate donations and communicate with our key stakeholders.

Working with the Director of Communications and Development (Assistant Chief Executive) and Chief Executive, you will be a highly motivated individual capable of working alone as well as part of a small team and will be driven by the desire to further the charitable objectives of our organisation, Preservation, Education and Experience.

Previous experience in fundraising and stakeholder relationships is desirable but not essential.

Main Purpose

To support the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust management team in developing the organisation’s ability to secure core and capital funding through the delivery of funding proposals and bids to:

  • Statutory Sources (HLF, Arts Council England etc.)
  • Charitable Trusts and Foundations
  • Companies
  • Individuals (Regular Giving, On-site Giving and Legacies).

Implement a range of stakeholder relationship management strategies and activities to increase engagement with key individuals.

Responsible to:  Director of Communications and Development (Assistant Chief Executive)

Key Duties

Fundraising

Work with the Director of Communications and Development to:

  • Identify potential individual and corporate donors / charitable trusts / funding bodies for both capital and revenue purposes working within relevant teams as appropriate
  • Undertake necessary desk research on funders and assist in matching projects to objectives
  • Administer the application process for all new capital and revenue grant funding bids and working with the Development and Communications Manager, Chief Executive and Senior Management in developing bids
  • Support the production of data and financial reports for all the Trust’s externally funded projects
  • Working with the Development and Communications Manager, draft funding bids to support the development of small projects.
  • Administer the monitoring and evaluation of grants (both existing and new).
  • Create and manage a dedicated legacy giving programme
  • Further enhance opportunities for individual giving.

Stakeholder Engagement

  • Enhance and implement stakeholder engagement and communications strategically designed to build longstanding relationships built on trust and excellent communications
  • Provide administrative support for all Stakeholder events and activities including Dockyard Ambassador briefings, Trafalgar Night Dinner, Private View and other ad-hoc events.
  • Provide programme and administrative support for the Trust’s programmes as and where required

Other Duties

To undertake other such duties as may be reasonably required from time to time, including support of the Trusts programme of events and activities.

Company

The Royal Dockyard at Chatham (Kent) was established in Tudor times. In the 17th Century it became Britain’s fleet base before becoming its principal warship construction and repair yard of the age of sail in the 18th Century.  The dockyard played a pivotal role during this period, supporting the Royal Navy to secure worldwide command of the oceans and in doing so, laying the foundations for Britain’s future trade and the country’s economic prosperity.  

The dockyard closed in 1984 leading to mass unemployment, high levels of deprivation and loss of community pride and wellbeing. At the time of closure, Government established Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust (CHDT) as an independent charitable trust (no. 292101) to take stewardship of the dockyard of the age of sail, an 80 acre site which contains 100 buildings, 47 scheduled ancient monuments, 12 Grade I and 32 Grade II* listed buildings.   The Trust has two charitable objectives: preservation and education.  CHDT’s key business strategy is one of ‘preservation through re-use’ - an entrepreneurial approach that involves key strategic investments in buildings to make them available for appropriate re-use and as places where people live, work and visit, generating resilient income streams that will eventually lead to the Trust’s sustainable future whilst also meeting charitable purposes. Today, The Historic Dockyard is a vibrant mixed-use site with 400 residents, over 100 businesses and 170,000+ visitors per annum.  Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust has an impressive track record in delivering major capital projects and has won a number of prestigious awards including a Europa Nostra Medal, the National Lottery Awards’ Best Education Project, the Beautiful South’s Large Tourist Attraction of the Year Award and most recently a Sandford Award for Heritage Education.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01634 823800
Location
The Fitted Rigging House
The Historic Dockyard
Chatham
Kent
ME4 4TZ
GB

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