Director Of Fundraising And Marketing

Director of Fundraising and Marketing
Manchester, Greater Manchester (with hybrid working)
About Us
Nationally significant and focused on a fair and equal society, we are the LGBT Foundation, a charity supporting the needs of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans.
Serving over 40,000 people each and every year, we provide information to a further 200,000 individuals online, making us one of the most significant charities of our kind in the UK. We help all LGBT people to achieve their full potential and aim to be ‘here if you need us’, living by our hashtag #EqualityWins.
We are now looking for a Director of Fundraising and Marketing to join our team on a full-time, permanent basis.
The Benefits
- Salary of £51,422 per annum
- Generous leave allowance (26 days’ annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service)
- Sector leading 10% employers’ contributory pension
- Your birthday as a day’s leave
- Staff counselling scheme
- Cycle to Work / Technology Scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Office ‘buddy’ scheme for all new starters
- Free annual flu jab
- Free VDU eye care test
- Staff social budget
- Dedicated training budget for each member of staff and support with personal development plans
- Flexible working to support a healthy work/life balance (including time off in lieu and flexi-time)
- Relaxed dress code
This is the perfect opportunity for a high calibre charity sector professional with broad fundraising experience and campaign leadership skills to play a pivotal role within our charity.
We’ve been on a mission since 1975 to transform the lives of LGBTQ+ people across the country, to champion their voices, listen and act on their experiences and ensure that they are supported wherever and whenever they need it.
We know there are challenges that still exist and we are working hard to overcome them. Your expertise will be critical in enabling the work of our organisation, the projects and programmes we pioneer and the culture we represent.
Join us and be part of a movement that not only changes minds and outlooks but brings hope, builds communities and ensures that everyone has a voice.
The Role
As our Director of Fundraising and Marketing, you will drive engagement with our organisation to ensure we can create the maximum impact for our work.
Taking an integrated approach to Fundraising and Marketing activities, you will ensure we develop our audiences, build brand reputation and drive income growth.
As the leader of our fundraising function, you will create opportunities to significantly grow our unrestricted income and support funding for our ambitious Strategic Plan and growth trajectory.
You will also take the lead in developing impactful marketing communications and campaigns, converting engagement into positive action and increasing our reach and profile.
Everything about this role will require your passion, from the outstanding fundraising, marketing and communications strategies we need to succeed to the everyday tools you promote to ensure we are effective in our work. We need positive action in order to achieve our aims and you will be the essential element that drives us to create it.
Additionally, you will:
- Develop and deliver a fundraising strategy
- Ensure outstanding stewardship of our supporters
- Grow our portfolio of Corporate Supporters and High Net Worth individuals
- Create and deliver a communications and Marketing strategy
- Apply sales and Marketing tools and theory to our Fundraising and comms work
About You
To be considered as our Director of Fundraising and Marketing, you will need:
- Experience of working in a senior role in the charity sector
- Experience of a broad range of Fundraising techniques and growing a range of income streams to meet ambitious income generation targets
- Experience of raising a brand’s profile and campaign leadership
- Experience in utilising CRM systems to ensure effective performance management
- Experience of analysing and presenting financial and performance data
- Experience of acting as an organisational spokesperson, liaising with journalists and media outlets
- Experience in maintaining relationships with stakeholders
The closing date for this role is 15th July 2024.
Other organisations may call this role Head of Fundraising, Head of Public Fundraising, Charity Engagement Manager, Head of Fundraising and Communications, Head of Charity Communications, or Head of Engagement.
We particularly welcome applicants who identify as a Person of Colour, trans and/or people aged 50+ as staff from these backgrounds are currently underrepresented in our organisation.
*Trans is an umbrella & inclusive term used to describe people whose gender identity differs in some way from that which they were assigned at birth; including non-binary people, cross dressers and those who partially or incompletely identify with their sex assigned at birth.
Webrecruit and the LGBT Foundation are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
So, if you’re looking to make a critical impact as our Director of Fundraising and Marketing, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.