Development Manager

At NoFit State, our mission is to create extraordinary work that changes lives. 

NoFit State is a dynamic creative organisation that thrives on challenge and is constantly seeking to learn and improve in all areas of everything that we do. We are inspired by the extraordinary things that ordinary people can achieve and celebrate the communal strength that comes from the traditional circus touring life and the incredible community around us.

The Development Manager is a senior manager role and key to supporting the strategic development of the company through designing and delivering the company’s overall fundraising and development strategy to define and achieve established financial targets.

It is a brilliant place to work where no two days are the same. There is a fantastic sense of support, interest and enthusiasm within the team, with others we work with and for the work we do.

For more information, please take a look at our website.

Role: Development Mananger

Hours: Full time (40hrs per week), permanant position

Location: Cardiff - office based with hybrid working available 

Key dates

Closing date for applications:  10am, Thursday 25 April 2024

Interviews:  Week commencing 29 April 2024

Indicative start date: June

Salary:  £30,000 – £40,000 per annum, depending on experience

Main Responsibilities

·       Develop and implement the company’s development strategy including (but not limited to):

-  Public Funding (including both ACW and ACE)

-  Trusts and Foundations

-  Corporate supporters and sponsors

-  Private giving (individual donors and major givers)

·       Research, identify and draft applications, pitches and asks to appropriate funders/supporters, cultivating relationships and securing support to achieve defined targets

·       Manage and nurture the ongoing relationships with current and past supporters/funders

·       Plan, manage and deliver a planned programme of development events

·       Design and deliver reporting processes that are fit for purpose and satisfy funders’ and supporters’ requirements

·       Support Finance Officer and Company Administrator in financial reporting of designated funds

·       Manage development budgets

Position in the Company

The Development Manager will;

·       Be line managed by the Executive Director and report to her

·       Produce written updates for the Board of Trustees and report verbally to them as required

·       Work in partnership with the company’s Communications and Marketing Manager to engage donors, prospects and key stakeholders with the company, moving from purely transactional relationships to ones based on emotional connection and commitment

·       Work with the company’s Executive Team to cultivate new supporters and strategic delivery partners with which to develop and grow the company’s work both within the UK and Internationally

·       Work with the company’s Community Programme Manager to cultivate new opportunities for support

·       Manage the Development Officer

NoFit State is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Disabled, D/deaf and/or neurodiverse people, those from Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse backgrounds and people under 30 are currently under-represented in our team so we particularly encourage applications from people in these groups.

Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments during the application or recruitment process and we’ll be happy to support you. 

How to apply

If you wish to apply for this post, please visit our website to view the Job Description, complete the Application Form, Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form and send together with a covering letter and a copy of your CV  by email or post to Development Manager Application, NoFit State Circus, Four Elms Road, Cardiff  CF24 1LE

Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.