Community Fundraising Manager

Community Fundraising Manager
£36,000pa FTC Mat Cover 9 months minimum

The Community Fundraising team stewards some of our most dedicated supporters, who organise events and bring their networks together to raise up to six figure sums. The team builds long lasting relationships with individuals as well as community groups, schools and corporate organisations to raise millions for Charity every year. The Community Fundraising Manager will play an important part in the engagement of community supporters, identifying new prospects and effectively stewarding existing supporters. You will also support the development and management of our volunteering programme. You will be a high performing fundraiser with experience of delivering income growth through effective relationship management. You will be ambitious and proactive and relish the opportunity to support the Charity to achieve its ambitious goals.

Key areas of responsibility
• Line manage a team of two direct reports and one indirect report to ensure they achieve their objectives and fundraising targets, including one-to-ones, annual appraisals and learning and development plans.
• Identify and develop fundraising initiatives to engage community groups, schools and corporates in line with the Charity’s strategy.
• Identify opportunities to raise awareness of The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity including giving talks and presentations, attending local events and networking events.
• Deliver best in class stewardship to develop long term relationships with community groups, schools and corporates and drive income growth.
• Identify new audiences, prospects and convert leads into new supporters for the Charity.
• Work with the Volunteer and Community Fundraising Executive to develop a recruitment, management and retention plans for the Charity’s growing volunteer workforce to support both Charity offices and an expanding fundraising programme.
• Liaise with the Trust Volunteering team to ensure our volunteering programmes are aligned and support each other.
• Work with the Senior Community Fundraising Manager to agree budgets and produce monthly income reports.
• Monitor income on a monthly basis and contribute to reforecasting. Identify areas of concern and where there might be potential for growth.
• Monitor activity and work towards agreed objectives and KPIs as set by the Senior Community Fundraising Manager and the Head of Community Fundraising.
• Ensure that all fundraising activity operates within the Fundraising Regulator’s guidelines and other relevant regulations.
• Ensure the fundraising database (Raiser's Edge) is maintained in line with best practice and internal processes, and all data is processed within GDPR regulations.
• Work with other teams within the charity, including Finance, Data, PR, Marketing and other fundraising teams in order to maximise best practice and supporter experience.
• Attend key fundraising events as required. These may involve occasionally working evenings and weekends.
• Process income, bank and acknowledge donations in accordance with The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity policies and procedures.
• Attend internal and external meetings on behalf of the Senior Community Fundraising Manager
37.5 per week - Hybrid working with office days in Chelsea or Sutton.

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