Children Today Regional Fundraiser Job Description

Job Title / Regional Fundraiser
Responsible to / CEO
Salary
Length of contract / £22,500
Permanent, subject to performance
anda six month probationary period

Children Today wishes to recruit a capable and proactive fundraiser to generate income from a range of sources.The role will focus on the Chester and West Cheshire areas, but may occasionally work alongside our other fundraiser in Bolton.

This is a newly created role. The expectation will be for the fundraiser to devise, establish and grow a range of activities, including but not restricted to, community events, major events and corporate connections.

The target will be for the fundraiser to raise 3.5X their salary in income per annum. As a new post this will clearly require both investment and time, and as such a clear strategy for growth to this point will be agreed with the CEO & Board at the outset. However the successful candidate will be measured against this target and failure to meet it may lead to corrective action.

The fundraiser will have support from a team of volunteers, being brought together by a newly recruited Volunteer Coordinator. This fundraiser will be expected to work with the volunteers, particularly to spread the reach and presence of the charity at events. However the Volunteer Coordinator will do the recruitment and supervision of the volunteers.

In addition Children Today employs an office based fundraising support officer, who is able to provide full administrative support, and occasional support at events.

Children Today’s office is based in Christleton. However we are likely to move in the near future. That, plus the nature of the work, means that some homeworking and/or hotdesking may be involved.

Extensive travel around the North West is assumed for this post. There is also certainly going to be evening and weekend work, albeit infrequently.

The post will be subject to a six-month probationary period.

Job Description

Fundraising

To raise 3.5X the salary of the fundraiser in income from a range of events each year

Working with the CEO, Board and other fundraisers to establish a strategic plan for fundraising

To manage the day to day work of moving the strategic plan forward

To be responsible for developing existing and new fundraising activities

To ensure that the charity has excellent value for money in its fundraising efforts

To produce fundraising plans for each fundraising activity, to demonstrate income/expenditure for each activity with forecasted return on investment

Communications

To sufficiently promote the charity and its events to ensure success

To build appropriate working relationships with local press

To keep the activities of the charity well publicised through social media outlets

Other tasks

To keep the Raiser’s Edge fundraising database up to date

To work effectively with volunteers

To attend training where necessary

Governance

To ensure that local fundraising, community events, activities and collections are run effectively, well supported and operate within legal guidelines and Institute of Fundraising Codes of Practice