Fundraising Manager (Corporate Services)
- Full time
- £33,083 – £34,773
- Aberdeen
- Closing 28th February 2022
- Advertised from 14th February 2022
- 36.25 hours per week
Role
To lead on and implement a dynamic and proactive fundraising strategy to maximise income generation from all income streams including corporates, events, trusts and foundations, individuals, major donors, legacies and the community for both restricted and unrestricted funds.
Job Activities
Fundraising
- To work with the Head of Corporate and Business Services in developing and implementing the fundraising strategy which aligns with Aberdeen Cyrenians’ overall organisational strategy, aim, vision and values.
- To deliver a multi-stream fundraising strategy to build unrestricted as well as restricted income.
- To keep up-to-date on best practice within the charity sector generally and particularly changes to fundraising regulation, legislation and codes of practice and ensure best practice is adhered to.
- To manage, monitor and evaluate the income generation financial budgets and resources.
- To initiate, build and maintain positive relationships with all supporters, funders, donors and key stakeholders
- To oversee the research, preparation and submission of fundraising applications, ensuring funding applications are submitted in a timely manner and to report back to funders in accordance with their guidelines.
- To ensure the accurate recording of donor information and the timely acknowledgement of donations in line with best practice.
- To report back to funders on grants secured providing monitoring and evaluation against KPIs.
- To oversee the database, Donorfy, and ensure proper management, segmentation and adherence to regulatory requirements.
Fundraising Database
- To be responsible for the fundraising database – Donorfy.
- To produce reports from database as required to help management reporting.
- To liaise with Corporate Services Team re financial recording.
Communications
- To support the Marketing and Communications Coordinator as required in relation to any internal and external communications.
- To assist in marketing and promotional information about our services.
- To assist in developing and maintaining relationships with the media.
- To give talks / presentation on behalf of Aberdeen Cyrenians.
- To deal with a range of calls and enquiries from the public who are interested in the work of Aberdeen Cyrenians.
Management Responsibilities
- To support the Head of Corporate and Business Services in creating and delivering an organisational fundraising strategy.
- To act as an Ambassador for the charity at all times.
- To build and maintain good relations with Aberdeen Cyrenians staff, partners, stakeholders and involve them as appropriate in fundraising.
- To attend and contribute to Board and staff meetings as required.
- To lead, manage and develop the Fundraising Team.
- To support and manage the Fundraising Admin and Volunteer Coordinators.
- To provide fundraising reports as required by the CEO, Head of Corporate and Business Services and the Board.
General Terms of Reference
In carrying out the above activities, the Fundraising Manager will:
- Maximise their own performance and contribution;
- Comply with internal and external regulations, procedures and other requirements pertaining to the work;
- Maintain the good reputation of the organisation;
- Represent Aberdeen Cyrenians;
- Keep abreast of developments and legislation relevant to the area of work;
- Seek to improve his/her knowledge and skills by both formal and informal means;
- Arrange for essential activities to be carried out in his/her absence; and
- Carry out other relevant work commensurate with the post as required by the Head of Corporate and Business Services.
Basis and Values and Equal opportunities
- To respect and work according to the mission, aims and values in all aspects of the job, and be responsible for the demonstration of these in the course of daily work.
- To respect and work according to the Equality and Diversity Policy and ensure its promotion in the course of daily work.
Requirements
Essentials
- A sound knowledge of fundraising and the current fundraising environment.
- Experience in managing others.
- A record of achieving successful outcomes.
- Experience of organising workloads and of planning to meet deadlines.
- General administrative experience including handling correspondence, filing, maintaining records and developing systems.
- An understanding of the current fundraising environment and issues and in particular issues surrounding fundraising for social injustices.
- The ability to work creatively and design and produce effective presentations.
- The ability to appropriately use own initiative and maximise contributions to the team.
- The ability to manage a team of people with varying goals and objectives.
- The ability to communicate with a wide range of people in different settings.
- The ability to write clearly and concisely, using appropriate language.
- Proficient in using word, excel and database computer packages
- Clean Driving Licence
- Able to work some evenings/weekends
- Candidates should be able to demonstrate, respect and embrace the aims and values of the work Aberdeen Cyrenians carry out.
Desirable
- Educated to degree level
- Member of the Institute of Fundraising Managers.
Application notes
The closing date for this position is 5pm on Monday 28th February 2022
To find out more about the role and to apply, please visit our website.
Fundraising Coordinator, Relationships Team
- Full time
- £25,101 – £27,907
- Edinburgh (Hybrid)
- Closing 24th April 2024
Are you excellent at organising? Great at connecting with people? Could you play a key role in inspiring your community to tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness?
If so, this role nurturing our supporter relationships is for you.
About Cyrenians
At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness. We take a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering our services because we understand that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to supporting people towards more positive and stable futures.
About the Relationships Team
Relationships are at the heart of everything we do at Cyrenians, with those we support and those who support us too.
It’s an exciting time for Fundraising at Cyrenians. As a relatively new team, our income generation is growing rapidly. On the cusp of delivering some transformative partnerships and achieving great success with new fundraising methods, we’re expanding our team to continue delivering growth in unrestricted income.
About the role
This role is responsible for looking after our amazing supporters, donors and fundraisers that make what we do possible. You will be their first point of contact, giving you the chance to nurture positive supporter relationships by providing excellent stewardship.
This role is an essential part of our Relationships Team - incorporating Fundraising, Communications and Policy & Public Affairs. It is a rewarding role and is part of a collaborative, supportive and motivated team.
About you
You’ll be an experienced administrator with a ‘can-do’ attitude and a genuine interest in putting our supporters first. Your attention to detail will ensure you’re a whizz at recording and processing donations, and generally supporting putting fundraising ideas into action.
Like us, you’ll be relationships-based and values-led in all that you do. Your excellent organisational skills will keep you on track in a varied role, and your strong interpersonal skills will allow you to inspire all kinds of supporters who choose to tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness with us.
How we’ll support you
As part of the Relationships Team, you’ll be supported by experienced colleagues with a passion to tackle homelessness and its root causes. We’ll encourage you to be creative and innovative in the supporter care you provide, giving you the ownership to build relationships you’re proud of.
You’ll be part of the growing Fundraising team, with the opportunity to work closely with colleagues across Marketing and Communications, the wider Relationships team and Cyrenians projects.
In this role you will learn and develop the skills needed to forge a successful career in the third sector, as well as having access to wider Cyrenians support, including our learning and development programme, and staff wellbeing services.
Top job! Senior Service Manager – Health & Wellbeing
- Full time or Part time
- £44,132 – £49,796
- Edinburgh based with travel to other sites (Scottish Borders and West Lothian) (On site)
- Closing 30th April 2024
Are you…
- An experienced manager who can think strategically and lead operationally?
- Passionate about the benefits of positive health and wellbeing
- Keen to use relationship-based ways of working to build resilience and reduce social isolation?
Do you want to play a lead role at the heart of an organisation which makes a real difference to people’s lives?
If you’d love to lead an innovative and varied range of services which all promote health & wellbeing, then this could be the job for you! Our Health & Wellbeing pillar provides Preventative and Early Intervention services which support people to build community connections and promote positive health and wellbeing, thereby reducing the risk of homelessness. We know the power of food and greenspace in bringing people together and building community connections.
About the role
The Health & Wellbeing pillar is full of knowledgeable, experienced, dedicated staff, and this role leads them to deliver the following services:
- Reset
- Food Education
- Golden Years
- OPAL (West Lothian and Borders)
You’ll be responsible for leading the pillar’s strategic and operational activities. This includes planning, budgeting, funding, partnerships, quality assurance and risk management.
About you
You will have a knack for translating strategic aims into operational reality. You will be a role model of Cyrenians’ values-led, relationships-based approach, with experience in managing, developing and supporting services and people. You’ll be keen to use your excellent management skills to support your teams, build connections and share learning across the Health & Wellbeing pillar and beyond.
You’ll bring knowledge of health and social inequalities, their impact on people today, alongside excellent partnership-working and contract management skills. You’ll have experience in building, developing and evaluating services. As this is a busy, complex role, you’ll benefit from being organised and skilled in managing expectations and competing priorities.
We welcome applications from people with lived experience of the issues Cyrenians works on.
How we’ll support you
You’ll be supported by an experienced Director of Services, and join a collaborative, knowledgeable senior management team, who will support you to develop and grow in your role. You’ll also have access to wider Cyrenians’ support, including our learning programme, and staff wellbeing services.
About Cyrenians
At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness by taking a Public Health Approach to Homelessness Prevention. We take a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering all our services. You can find out more about our organisation and our impact online.
Our values
Compassion | Respect | Integrity | Innovation
Project Worker – Glasgow
- Full time
- £24,553 – £27,652
- Glasgow with some home working (Hybrid)
- Closing 22nd April 2024
Rock Trust are delighted to be expanding the successful ‘Housing First for Youth’ service into Glasgow. We are looking for a team member who has experience of supporting young vulnerable people accessing our services. The role will involve working intensively with a small caseload of young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support.
The Project Worker will work directly with young people to coordinate and provide emotional and practical support on a 1:1 and group basis. Working with young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to ensure that when homelessness can’t be avoided, their experience of homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring.
The Project Worker will offer line management, guidance, and support to Support Assistants and volunteers, working together to support young people to return or remain at home, improve their practical independent living skills, set up their own tenancy and access other services and to reach their full potential. Project Workers are responsible for completing support plans and risk assessments and are the main contact for any key people involved in the care and support of young people.
In addition to the responsibilities in the JD, the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:
- An ability to build trusting, lasting relationships with young people
- Support young people to manage and thrive in their home
- Motivate young people to set goals and reach their potential
- An ability to work effectively with partners and other key people to provide young people with
- excellent care and support
- Adopt a ‘whatever it takes’ and rights based approach
- Work in a psychologically and trauma informed manner
Corporate and Events Fundraising Officer, Relationships Team
- Full time
- £28,759 – £31,595
- Edinburgh (Hybrid)
- Closing 6th May 2024
Could you inspire the business community to tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness with us? Do you want to help shape and support ambitious fundraising plans to create transformational change?
If so, this role leading our corporate partnership and events support is for you.
About Cyrenians
At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness. We take a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering our services because we understand that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to supporting people towards more positive and stable futures.
About the Relationships Team
Relationships are at the heart of everything we do at Cyrenians, with those we support and those who support us too.
It’s an exciting time for Fundraising at Cyrenians. As a relatively new team, our income generation is growing rapidly. On the cusp of delivering some transformative partnerships and achieving great success with new fundraising methods, we’re expanding our team to continue delivering growth in unrestricted income.
About the role
Our Corporate donor base is growing fast, and this new role will be responsible for developing the opportunities this brings. As Corporate and Events Fundraising Officer, you will take the lead on partnership activity, designing and implementing amazing experiences for our supporters to maximise the value of these relationships.
This role is an essential part of our Relationships Team - incorporating Fundraising, Communications and Press & Public Affairs. It is a rewarding role and is part of a collaborative, supportive and motivated team.
About you
You’ll be an experienced fundraiser with a ‘can-do’ attitude and a genuine interest in putting our supporters first, preferably with experience of a corporate audience specifically. You’ll be able to spot opportunities and be creative and motivated enough to put a variety of new ideas into action.
Like us, you’ll be relationships-based and values-led in all that you do. Your excellent organisational skills will keep you on track in a varied role, and your strong interpersonal skills will inspire a real variety of supporters to tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness with us.
How we’ll support you
As part of the Relationships Team, you’ll be supported by experienced colleagues who share your passion to tackle homelessness and its root causes. We’ll encourage you to be creative and innovative, and to take a pragmatic approach to planning and implementing new initiatives.
You’ll be part of the growing Fundraising team, with the opportunity to work closely with colleagues across Marketing and Communications, the wider Relationships team and Cyrenians projects.
You will be supported to attend training and networking events to deepen your knowledge of the issues surrounding homelessness and social exclusion; engage with the local business community and extend your professional network.
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