Community and Events Fundraising Manager
£30,973 - £36, 657 per annum Grade N3 (depending on experience)
Location: Home Based
35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent

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We are currently recruiting for a Community and Events Fundraising Manager to join the Fundraising team on a permanent basis. This role is an exciting opportunity for someone with a great passion for Fundraising and Events. This opportunity is a varied role and will give you the opportunity to develop and maximise the net income that the Charity receives from both Community and Fundraising events to help deliver our vision of a world without barriers for every deaf child.

As Community and Events Fundraising Manager you will be responsible for the creation, implementation and delivery of an ambitious fundraising strategy. This will include innovating to develop our existing community fundraising products and optimising our third-party events portfolio. In addition, you will be responsible for managing and producing budgets and plans for these activities, products and events.

You will lead on providing exceptional supporter stewardship, ensuring an excellent supporter experience in order to retain and grow our audience. To be successful in this role you will have excellent communication, stewardship and relationship building skills which is an essential requirement. You will adopt a friendly approach and the ability to build string working relationships with both internal and external stakeholder to the Charity which is essential for the role.

You will be a highly motivated individual who will enjoy taking ownership of your work and you will have the ability to manage a varied workload remotely with minimal supervision. You will also have previous experience of conducting effective remote line management.

To apply for this role, you will have to complete an online application and specify how you meet the person specification criteria, as outlined in the job description. To do this, we suggest that you download the job description from our website prior to starting your application.

Currently, the application process works best on desktop / laptop devices.

We welcome applications in BSL. If you would like to apply by BSL video, please contact us as soon as possible but at least five working days before the closing date so we can discuss the process with you.

The closing date for applications is on Friday, 16th December 2022 at 23:59.

We expect interviews to be held remotely on Wednesday, 21st December 2022.

We reserve the right to close the response cut-off date for the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

The National Deaf Children’s Society is committed to increasing opportunities for people from under-represented groups. To achieve this, we are taking Positive Action, as is allowed of employers under the steps outlined in sections 158 and 159 of the Equality Act 2010.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities, in particular those that are currently under-represented in our workforce. This includes, but is not limited to deaf and disabled people, Black, Asian, and other ethnic groups, especially within our management roles.

The National Deaf Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young adults and expects staff and volunteers to share that commitment.

A disclosure check will be sought in relation to the successful applicant for this post. This will be shared with Human Resources and may also be shared with the Safeguarding Manager and the relevant management team. All applicants must also complete a self-disclosure form.

We strive to provide an accessible recruitment process. If a disability or long-term condition makes it difficult for you to complete our application form, please contact us to discuss alternative formats. If you require reasonable adjustments for taking part in the interview, please indicate this in response to the corresponding question in the application form.
Additional information about the support we offer is on our jobs page.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to offering interviews to candidates who request to be considered under the disability confident scheme and meet the minimum requirements of the person specification.

We are committed to flexible working in order that colleagues can effectively balance their work and family commitments.

As part of the recruitment process, candidates will be asked to declare and explain their gaps in employment. All our offers of employment are subject to pre-employment checks - these checks include but are not limited to references, right to work in the UK, disclosure (if applicable) and qualifications (if applicable).

The National Deaf Children’s Society is a registered charity in England and Wales (1016532) and in Scotland (SC040779).

Other organisations may call this role Events Manager, Community Event Manager, Fundraising Manager, Community Fundraising Manager, Appeal Events Manager, or Fundraising and Engagement Manager.

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