Fundraising Manager

Harris Hill are delighted to be working with a fantastic health charity to recruit for a Fundraising Manager in order to ensure that fundraising ideas and events are in place that have high impact and will generate funds to agreed targets.

You will go out into the community to create a network with groups and individuals, offering high quality fundraising options and lifting the profile of the charity. Working closely with community groups, the ideal candidate will have an outgoing personality, keen for direct contact with people, be good at motivating and be self-confident as well as a self-starter, able to work with minimal supervision.

As a Fundraising Manager you will:

• Initiate, develop and implement the Fundraising strategy and plan for the Charity
• Lead, promote and co-ordinate fundraising events and activities, ensuring that sponsorship funds are processed effectively and events are well planned,
• Manage an enthusiastic team of three
• Define and lead the campaigns strategy to create special campaigns or appeals to raise awareness to a range of community audiences to boost profile
• Recruit, supervise and manage volunteers ensuring that their activities are compliant with fundraising practice and any legal frameworks
• Initiate, develop and cultivate long term relationships with local charitable groups
• Define and manage messaging for local newspapers and radio, with prior agreement, to maximise publicity and awareness of the charity and any local fundraising activities
• Define, create and manage Donor communications and thank you letters as appropriate

In order to be successful, you must have experienced :

• Significant Fundraising Experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in all media including face to face
• Significant fundraising event management experience
• Extensive & demonstrable experience and understanding of Charity & fundraising best practice
• Setting and meeting fundraising targets
• Ability to work using own initiative with minimal supervision
• Experience in donor management, CRM and creating a Charity Community Identification & recruitment of potential new supporters for the Charity
• Significant experience in communications / PR /marketing
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to relate to donors & staff

Salary: £43,742 per annum

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Brighton ,  hybrid working, minimum 3 days a week in the office

Deadline: on rolling basis

Interview: ASAP

Recruitment process: Cv and Supporting Statement to Dagmara.depaula@harrishill.co.uk

If this sounds like you, then please do get in touch ASAP!

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.