Director Of Fundraising And Marketing

Director of Fundraising and Marketing
Greater Manchester (with hybrid working)
The Organisation
Nationally significant and focused on a fair and equal society, our client is a charity supporting the needs of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans.
Our client is now looking for a Director of Fundraising and Marketing to join their 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 client’s charity.
Our client has been on a mission 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.
Our client knows there are challenges that still exist and they are working hard to overcome them. Your expertise will be critical in enabling the work of their organisation, the projects and programmes they pioneer and the culture they represent.
Join our client 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 client’s Director of Fundraising and Marketing, you will drive engagement with their organisation to ensure they can create the maximum impact for their work.
Taking an integrated approach to Fundraising and Marketing activities, you will ensure our client develops their audiences, build brand reputation and drive income growth.
As the leader of our client’s fundraising function, you will create opportunities to significantly grow their unrestricted income and support funding for their 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 client’s reach and profile.
Everything about this role will require your passion, from the outstanding fundraising, marketing and communications strategies our client needs to succeed to the everyday tools you promote to ensure they are effective in their work. Our client needs positive action in order to achieve their aims and you will be the essential element that drives them to create it.
Additionally, you will:
- Develop and deliver a fundraising strategy
- Ensure outstanding stewardship of supporters
- Grow a 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 client’s Fundraising and comms work
About You
To be considered as the 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.
Our client particularly welcomes applicants who identify as a Person of Colour, trans and/or people aged 50+ as staff from these backgrounds are currently underrepresented in their 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.
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