Job Pack:
Grant Fundraiser
Children on the Edge is a registered charity, no 1101441 www.childrenontheedge.org
Contents
Section
/Page
/1. Letter from the Head of the UK / 3
2. Role Profile / 4
3. Person Specification / 7
4. Working at Children on the Edge / 8
5. The Recruitment Process / 9
6. Further information about Children on the Edge / 10
7. Key facts and Figures / 11
Children on the Edge is a registered charity, no 1101441 www.childrenontheedge.org
1. Letter from the Head of the UK
Children on the Edge is a registered charity, no 1101441 www.childrenontheedge.org
2. Role Profile
Job title / Grant FundraiserHours / To be discussed with applicants, opportunity for full or part time hours
Location / Chichester, West Sussex, UK
Reports to / Head of the UK
Responsible for / None
Purpose / To access grant funding for all aspects of the operation of Children on the Edge. Key to this is to research, apply, report to and develop relationships with all types of grant making trusts, foundations and organisations.
Key External Contacts / Trusts: Key contact point for all grant making trusts
Key Internal Contacts / UK: All staff
Global: Project staff
Other Considerations / Some out of office hours may be required from time to time.
If required, to undertake occasional international travel.
Key Accountabilities
/Key Elements
/% of time
/Planning / • With the Head of UK, develop the grant fundraising strategy.
• Report on forecast and actual income throughout the year
• Schedule applications to ensure a consistent flow of income. / 5%
Research / • Research potential grant funding opportunities in both the UK and internationally, from:
- Government funds including the EU
- Corporate foundations
- Private charitable trusts and foundations
• Work with the Director and International programmes manager to understand projects, develop the case for support and best package to potential funders.
• Identify synergies between grant makers funding guidelines and COTE’s projects
/ 20%
Applications / • Complete all applications for funding
• Develop an individual plan for each grant maker in the portfolio
• Communicate persuasively COTE’s work to prospective grant makers by preparing excellent funding applications / 40%
Reporting / • Work with communications officer and programme staff to ensure all required project information is received on time.
• Complete all reports (narrative and financial) in line with funding requirements. / 20%
Develop Relationships / • Manage relationships with COTE’s existing portfolio of grant-makers
• Working with grant funders, develop relationships with a view to securing ongoing funding. / 10%
Develop the Role / • Work with the Head of UK to identify potential new opportunities for funding.
• Assist and support other fundraising areas as required by Head of UK / 5%
Children on the Edge is a registered charity, no 1101441 www.childrenontheedge.org
3. Person Specification
/Essential
/Desirable
/Knowledge / • The voluntary sector
• Grant making trusts, foundations and organisations
• Budget management and spreadsheet reporting
• Where to research grant funding opportunities and how to assess their suitability to give to COTE / • Databases and web content management systems
• Filemaker Pro
• Understanding of brand
• Awareness of other charities operating in a similar field
Skills / • Excellent written communication including proof reading
• strong numeric skills
• Excellent verbal presentation skills
• Ability to build and maintain relationships/partnerships
• Computer literate with MS Office applications
• Good time management skills
• Excellent organisation and administration skills
• Able to prioritise
• Able to generate and organise own work load and meet deadlines
• Lateral thinker
• Completer Finisher
• Tenacious and professional in the pursuit of funding
• Able to work to challenging targets and tight deadlines / • Familiar with Apple computers and applications including: iWork
Experience / • Experience of accessing funds from various types of grant making organisations e.g. private trusts, foundations, corporate foundations, government etc
• Experience in developing and implementing fundraising strategies / • Grant fundraising from outside of the UK
• Fundraising for international projects
Personal Qualities / • Outwardly confident in dealing with internal and external staff
• Professional and warm interpersonal skils
• Team player
• Good use of initiative
• Good attention to detail
• Flexible and personable
• Enthusiasm and commitment to COTE’s vision and principle objectives / • Sense of fun
Qualifications / • Educated to A level or equivalent / • Educated to degree level or equivalent
•Driving licence
• Fundraising certificate
Children on the Edge is a registered charity, no 1101441 www.childrenontheedge.org
4. Working at Children on the Edge
The salary range we offer for this post is:
£23,000 - £28,000 (pro rata if part time hours offered).
The hours we work at Children on the Edge:
A normal working week consists of 37.5 hours. This hours for this role is negotiable with the successful candidate, with either full or part time hours considered. We have a flexible working practice. Our offices are open between 8am and 5.30pm with core hours from 9am to 5.00pm.
Our holiday entitlement is:
23 days per year plus Public Holidays for full time staff and pro rata for part time staff. Staff who have worked for five years are entitled to an additional 5 day’s holiday per year and staff who have worked 10 years, an additional 10 days. Maximum holiday entitlement 33 days.
This contract is:
Offered as a permanent contract.
The probation period for all appointments is:
Subject to satisfactory completion of the first three months of employment.
Our pension scheme:
Children on the Edge will contribute 3% to one of two chosen stakeholder pension plans.
Where we are located:
81a North Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1LQ, UK
Child Protection:
Candidates will be expected to comply with our child protection policy.
Children on the Edge is a registered charity, no 1101441 www.childrenontheedge.org
5. The Recruitment Process
To apply, email or post:
• Your CV
• A supporting statement showing how you meet the person specification
• Names and addresses of two referees, to be taken up following offer and acceptance of the post
To:
Emily Dadson
Office Manager
Children on the Edge
81a North Street
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 1LQ
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 10th August 2011.
If you have any queries about this role, please contact Emily Dadson on 01243 538530,
Children on the Edge is a registered charity, no 1101441 www.childrenontheedge.org
6. Further Information about Children on the Edge
Our name says it all
Children on the Edge exists to help the most marginalised and vulnerable children worldwide, those literally ‘on the edge’.
We bring hope, life, colour and fun into these children's lives. We are committed to ensuring their fundamental needs are met and rights realised.
What we provide
Our work throughout the world is guided by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which guarantees every child the same inherent and universal rights.
From setting up safe play and education centres in post-conflict East Timor and post-Tsunami Indonesia, to preventing sex trafficking in Moldova, to working with children fleeing ethnic cleansing in Burma, we innovate and use well proved practices in meeting children’s social, emotional and educational needs, helping tackle and prevent the effects of disaster, conflict, loss and poverty.
Our aim is to give those who have been ‘robbed’ of their innocence, the childhood they deserve. Because childhood should be a time of innocence and fun, exploration and learning.
Issues we confront
- War
- Disease
-Natural disaster
- Poverty
- Abandonment
- Abuse
All can have a devastating effect on young lives.
We help over 5,000 children affected by such issues every day of the year, across 10 projects, 15 countries and three continents.
How we work
Working with local partners we make sure the help we deliver is fast, targeted and effective. Our projects are often used as models of good practice by other agencies.
Where civil society is not strong enough, we will implement ourselves utilising skilled staff teams.
Children on the Edge is a registered charity, no 1101441 www.childrenontheedge.org
7. Key Facts and Figures
Governance
Children on the Edge is governed by a Board of Trustees, which is responsible for ensuring that the charity is well managed and abides by its charitable aims. The Trustees appoint our Director, who is responsible for managing the organisation, supported by a management team.
Income and Expenditure
Children on the Edge has a turnover of under £1million.
Staff and Volunteers
Children on the Edge currently employs 6 people in the UK at our office base in Chichester and 4 people based around the world on our country programmes.
The work of Children on the Edge is supported by volunteers at our UK office and internationally.
Country Programmes
We currently work in eleven countries around the world:
Europe: Romania, Moldova,
Asia: Indonesia, Thailand, Burma, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, East Timor
Africa: South Africa
Americas: Haiti
Our Values
Passion: We are passionate for the rights of all children, in particular those children that live on the margins of society, the poorest of the poor, the parentless, the stateless, the exploited, the most vulnerable.
Excellence: The most vulnerable deserve the best. We aim to create models of good practice improving individual children's lives and advocating for lasting change at National and International level.
Dignity: The way we treat and respect each individual human being is of utmost importance to us. In all of the projects and programmes that we roll out we never lose sight of the individual child.
Prudence: We spend our supporters' money with great care.
Relational: We are a global network of individuals; staff, volunteers, partner organisations and friends. They are our most valuable resource.
Children on the Edge is a registered charity, no 1101441 www.childrenontheedge.org