by email to:
OR upload it to the relevant job webpage at: www.concern.net/jobs
OR post to: The Monitoring Officer, Concern Worldwide,
47 Frederick Street, Belfast, BT1 2LW
Please note: CVs will not be accepted
Information pack for candidates for the post of:
UK Community Fundraising Manager, Concern Worldwide (UK), Belfast Office.
Dear Applicant,
Please find enclosed an application pack for the above post, which contains the following items:
Section 1: Background to Concern Worldwide and the post
Section 2: Job Description
Section 3: Essential and Enhanced Criteria
Section 4: Vacancy Application Form
Section 5: Job Competency Form
Section 6: Monitoring Form
Section 7: Returning your Application
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CAREFULLY
1. Your application pack contains information about Concern Worldwide, the job vacancy and the person required. You should read these carefully to ensure that the job and conditions are suitable.
2. You must complete sections 4 and 5 accurately and return them to Concern Worldwide by the date and time indicated below. You are also asked to complete a monitoring form (section 6).
3. It is your responsibility to ensure that sufficient information is provided to enable a shortlisting panel to assess your suitability for this post. Please show clearly in your application how you meet the essential and enhanced criteria.
4. Applications, CVs and attached sheets:
· Applications should be emailed to or uploaded to the relevant job application page on our website at www.concern.net Alternatively, you may print out, sign and post your completed application to Concern Worldwide at the above address.
· CVs will not be accepted – only applications submitted on this form will be considered.
· Additional sheets will only be considered if they are a continuation of a section of the application form where there is insufficient room to include all the necessary details.
5. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that sections 4, 5 and 6 are completed and returned by 09:00 on Monday 12th December 2016.
6. Interviews will be held on Friday 16th December 2016
7. Under section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, all successful applicants must provide documentary evidence of their identity for verification and photocopying.
Thank you for your interest in Concern Worldwide.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Anderson
Concern Worldwide, Northern Ireland Director
Concern Worldwide
Concern Worldwide specialises in tackling hunger with the most vulnerable people in the world’s poorest places. Hunger affects everything for the world’s poorest people. We believe no one should have to live with hunger and the damage it causes. We work for a world where lives are not limited by lack of access to enough nutritious food.
Working in partnership with local organisations and communities, we combine our expertise with local knowledge to help people develop their own lasting solutions. In a world where one in nine people go to bed hungry each night, we know change is needed on a global scale. This is why, through advocacy and campaigning, we work to influence local, national and international policy.
In 2015, we helped 22.6 million people in 28 of the world’s poorest places.
You can read more about our work at: www.concern.net
Community Fundraising
Community fundraising is an essential part of our voluntary income. The Community Fundraising team support local Concern groups across Northern Ireland and provide excellent stewardship to a wide range of groups and individual fundraisers across the UK. The Community team also support schools, churches and small businesses in their fundraising activities, and proactively seek new ways to engage these groups. The Community Fundraising team lead in our event fundraising, including the Concern Fast, the London Marathon, London Triathlon and our ‘Do Your Thing’ campaign, recruiting individuals and groups to organise their own fundraising events to support Concern.
We have recently reviewed our community fundraising activities and developed a new community fundraising strategy. We are now looking for a highly-motivated manager to lead our Community Fundraising team in further developing our local community engagement and increasing support for our international programmes.
UK Community Fundraising Manager
The UK Community Fundraising Manager will lead the team in delivering our new community fundraising strategy. They will be passionate about delivering excellent stewardship and supporter care to all our fundraisers and event participants, while proactively seeking new opportunities to increase support from local communities. They will have overall responsibility for managing and maximising Concern’s fundraising potential from local communities and will also personally develop new and existing community engagement opportunities.
This is an exciting time for a highly motivated Community Fundraising Manager to join Concern Worldwide (UK) as we seek to engage more with local communities and increase support for our work in tackling hunger and transforming lives in some of the poorest communities in the developing world.
For more information visit: www.concern.net
JOB DESCRIPTION
Post title: / UK Community Fundraising ManagerEmployer: / Concern Worldwide (UK)
Reports to: / Northern Ireland Director
Direct reports: / Community Fundraising Executives (1 FT and 2 x PT)
Community Fundraising Intern
Liaises with: / Fundraising Teams (UK & ROI)
Communications Team
Digital Team
Donor Care Team
Finance
Policy & Campaigns
Based at: / Concern Worldwide (UK), Belfast office, 47 Frederick Street, Belfast
Start date: / January 2017 - date to be agreed following appointment
OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
To lead the Community Fundraising team to maximise income and support for Concern Worldwide (UK) from local communities in Northern Ireland and throughout the UK. Community fundraising is a vital element of our fundraising strategy. It has been identified as a key potential growth area in the period of our new strategic plan where the focus will be on increasing our visibility and activism in the community. Our Community Fundraising priorities include strengthening our existing groups and volunteers, developing new groups, recruiting local community ambassadors and activists, and inspiring individuals and organisation to support Concern in order to increase our community fundraising income.
KEY DUTIES:
Strategy
1. To lead the Community Fundraising team in delivering the new community fundraising strategic plan and budgets, and to maximise engagement from local communities with a particular focus on expanding community support in Northern Ireland.
2. To contribute to the development and delivery of the overall UK strategic plan and fundraising strategy.
Delivery and Implementation
3. To manage the development and delivery of individual operational plans set against agreed targets, including monitoring, evaluation and reporting, as required.
4. To plan and implement a community engagement programme to recruit local community ambassadors, activists, and speakers to represent Concern in their local communities and inspire people to support Concern through local fundraising activities.
5. To project manage, market and maximise income from UK-wide community fundraising campaigns including the Concern Fast, ‘Do Your Thing’, the London Marathon, etc.
6. To ensure the community engagement programme and fundraising activities are communicated widely in the press, media and digital platforms in order to maximise support.
7. To produce regular financial and key performance indicator reports on Community Fundraising.
8. To provide regular analysis and reports on budgets, activities, trends, the external fundraising environment and activity within the community sector.
Management
9. To manage the Community Fundraising team and liaise with other departments to ensure the successful implementation of coordinated fundraising plans.
10. To manage and support the implementation of individual operational plans and ensure delivery of excellent stewardship to local community groups and individuals.
11. To support the Northern Ireland Director in the management of the Belfast office, as required.
Other
12. To coordinate with fundraising teams in the UK and ROI and other departments, sharing skills, knowledge and information, where applicable.
13. To represent Concern on groups, networks and at events in Northern Ireland and across the UK, as required.
14. To undertake other project work, as required from time to time.
CONDITIONS OF APPOINTMENT
Salary: Pay Grade 5b - £31,238 per annum. A pension scheme is available.
This is a permanent, full time post.
The normal full-time working week is 35 hours.
It is the nature of this Community Fundraising role that normal working hours will involve evening and weekend work to meet the needs of the post. Occasional travel to Concern offices in London and Dublin is also required, including overnight stays.
Access to a form of transport is essential to carry out the duties of this post.
Appointment will be subject to a six-month probationary period.
CODE OF CONDUCT:
Concern has a Code of Conduct and a Programme Participant Protection Policy which have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants, especially beneficiaries, from abuse and exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, partner organisations, and anyone engaged by Concern or visiting our programmes, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context all Concern staff have a responsibility to the organisation to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct of their work in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission.
Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Code of Conduct candidates demonstrate they have understood their content and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these two documents.
Any breach of the Concern Code of Conduct or the Programme Participant Protection Policy by employees of Concern Worldwide during the course of their employment will result in disciplinary action up to, and including, dismissal.
COUNTER-TERRORISM CLEARANCE CHECK:
Concern receives a substantial amount of funding from external donors each year. Increasingly donors are introducing requirements whereby future funding is conditional on Concern ensuring that the names of any new employee or volunteer do not appear on terrorism lists generated by the European Union (List of person, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC No. 2580/2001 applies), the US Government (Office of Foreign Assets Control list of specially designated Nationals and Blocked Persons) and the United Nations (Consolidated List).
Any offer of employment (either paid or voluntary) with Concern Worldwide will not be made pending a clearance check being conducted on the applicant. For additional information please consult our web site or contact the Human Resource Division in our Head Office.
By submitting a formal application for paid or voluntary employment to Concern, you agree to Concern carrying out a clearance check as outlined above and that Concern will not proceed to recruit you should your name appear on any of the aforementioned lists.
Concern Worldwide is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
SECTION 3: / ESSENTIAL SHORTLISTING CRITERIA1. Must have achieved a third level qualification in a relevant subject AND 5 years fundraising experience, of which at least 3 years have been in community fundraising.
2. Must have a demonstrable track record in team management, leading and motivating fundraising staff and volunteer teams to successfully deliver results.
3. Demonstrable track record of achievements in professional fundraising, including :
· Planning and delivery of campaigns/events, including coordinating multiple ongoing projects
· Experience of creative, print production, direct marketing and online marketing
· Ability to effectively manage workloads, at times under pressure, and on own initiative without close supervision
· Ability to work to financial targets, manage income and expenditure budgets, and analyse and evaluate financial performance
4. Excellent communications skills to include strong presentation skills with experience of presenting to a variety of groups, excellent writing skills, and strong interpersonal skills to lead and motivate volunteers and fundraisers to support a vibrant fundraising team.
ENHANCED SHORTLISTING CRITERIA
Concern will shortlist only those candidates who appear, from the information provided, to meet the essential requirements of this post, and may, in some circumstances, rely on enhanced criteria for shortlisting purposes.
Enhanced criteria will be based on additional years’ experience, direct experience in community fundraising and experience in team management. So, for example, if a high number of candidates meet the minimum shortlisting criteria, those who can demonstrate the enhanced criteria will be shortlisted.
PLEASE NOTE:
It is essential that applicants fully describe in the application form how they meet the experience and qualities sought. It is not appropriate simply to list the various posts that have been held. Assumptions will not be made from the title of posting(s) as to the skills and experience that may or may not have been gained.
SECTION 4: / VACANCY APPPLICATION FORM· Please type or write clearly in black ink in block capitals
· All information will be treated in confidence and will be used by Concern Worldwide to assess your suitability for the post
· Candidates will be short listed on the basis of information contained in this application and checklist
Post Applied for: / UK Community Fundraising Manager, Concern (UK)Reference: / UKCFM/BEL/PA
Closing Date: / 09:00am, Monday 12th December 2016
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
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Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offence?
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Rehabilitation of Offenders (NI Order 1978)] / YES / NO (Please delete as appropriate)
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