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Fundraising Planning and Performance Manager

Employer
Age UK
Location
London
Salary
£39000 - £45000 per annum + excellent benefits
Closing date
24 Oct 2019

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Function
Fundraising
Sector
Social Care & Welfare
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent

Job Details

This is the single most exciting time to join Age UK, the country's largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. With the launch of our new charity strategy, and significant investment in fundraising, we are changing the way our whole organisation thinks, feels, and drives fundraising across Age UK. A part of our plan to achieve our continued growth targets, we are recruiting a Fundraising Planning and Performance Manager to join our newly formed strategy and innovation team.

Working closely with our Fundraising Leadership team and supported by the Head of Strategy and Innovation, you will develop fundraising KPI's, and take responsibility for the planning and monitoring of fundraising performance across Age UK's fundraising portfolio.

The Fundraising Planning and Performance Manager role will play a key role in supporting teams to define meaningful KPI's which will help us reach our ambitious fundraising targets.

About you

* You will have demonstrable experience of developing and monitoring KPI's and KPI performance coupled with the ability to develop robust KPI reporting processes.
* You should have the ability to advise senior management on KPI monitoring and planning best practice and implement operational process and system improvements.
* You will be able to hold teams accountable to KPI's enabling them to make strategic changes based on your recommendations.
* You will feel confident in presenting on KPI's fundraising performance and key fundraising trends regularly to teams across Age UK, including Directors and HODS.
* A team player, you will be capable of working with multiple departments and decision makers, creating collaborative cross functional working relationships

What we can offer

In return we can offer an excellent salary of up to £45,000 , and great benefits including 26 days annual leave + bank holidays, excellent pension (we pay in up to 9%), Life Assurance, Healthcare Cashback Plan, Season Ticket Loan, Cycle to work scheme, flexible working and much more.

Additional Information

For a full list of benefits please click here https://www.ageuk.org.uk/about-us/jobs/employee-benefits/

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Company

Age UK is the country's largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. We believe in a world where everyone can love later life and we work every day to achieve this.

We help more than 7m people every year, providing companionship, advice and support for older people who need it most.

Why we’re here

  • 2.9 million older people (65+) in Great Britain feel they have no one to turn to for help and support
  • 3.9 million older people in the UK agree the television is their main form of company
  • Nearly 1.2 million aged 65+ in England have unmet care needs
  • Over one third of people aged 60+ are worried about the cost of living
  • In low and middle income countries only 1 in 4 older people receive a pension

Our vision

Age UK's vision is to make the UK a great place to grow older.

We want everyone in later life to:

  • Have enough money
  • Enjoy life and feel well
  • Receive high-quality health and care
  • Be comfortable, safe and secure at home
  • Feel valued and able to participate

Our exciting initiatives

There are exciting projects happening in lots of departments right now. The Switched Off campaign and petition to save free TV for older people has over 600,000 signatures and generated lots of public awareness.

We are right in the middle of our Knit Off, which is part of this year’s Big Knit with Innocent Smoothies. We have a competition amongst staff teams for the best knitted hat, most hats, most strawberry hats and more, so hundreds of employees are knitting small hats in their spare time. It is actually really good fun!

Perks
Here are just a few:

  • Flexible working policies to help you maintain your work-life balance
  • Competitive salaries
  • 5 weeks holiday per year plus the option to buy 5 more days
  • 9% employer pension contributions
  • Healthcare cashback plan: money back for dental treatment, opticians and much more

Watch this short video to find out more about our employee benefits.

Quirks

  • We hold running clubs for our London and Devon office staff and a champion softball team in London
  • Many of us enjoy quiz nights
  • We run inclusive working groups such as our Staff Carers Group, which is a support group for staff who are also carers.
  • Our offices are adorned with hundreds of tiny knitted woolly hats

Why work for us?

  • We have a welcoming and supportive workplace where we recognise a job well done and a team making a real difference to older people's lives
  • We are a top 10 charity employer according to research by Indeed into employee satisfaction
  • We are accredited by the Investors in People scheme
  • We are members of the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion, and in the top 40 inclusive employers in the UK

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