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Job Number: 000162

Job Title: Senior Fundraiser Community
Charity: Sue Ryder
Salary Range: £29,500 – £33,000
Contract: Permanent, Full-time
Location: Leckhampton Hospice, Cheltenham (one day a wk from home after probation)

Deadline for applications: 19th August

Main purpose of the job:
  • To plan for and deliver income for the hospice and manage the growth of fundraising income to target, and in line with the Hospice Fundraising Strategy.
  • Managing a variety of community income streams with a strong focus on recruiting community relationships and developing supporter-led activity.

Key responsibilities include:

  • To plan for and deliver income to target through agreed Key Performance Indicators
  • To acquire and develop new supporters in a planned way to achieve income targets and drive growth
  • To lead on key projects to contribute to income generation
  • To contribute to the strategic development of fundraising within the team
  • To work collaboratively with fundraising colleagues across the directorate to help deliver national income streams (Legacies, Regular Giving, In Mem Giving) Supporter Care
  • To respond to complex supporter enquiries, complaints, gifts and feedback, escalating as appropriate
  • To provide a welcoming and efficient service for all supporters
  • Delivery of supporter journey within agreed frameworkTo champion and facilitate consistent and exceptional supporter care experience.
  •  To ensure that all touch points have been recorded accurately and consistently on the database in a timely manner to facilitate integrated supporter care

Person Specification to include:

  •  A track record of achieving fundraising growth and delivering income
  • Experience of the recruitment, management and strategic use of fundraising volunteers
  • Experience of forming, nurturing and maintaining relationships within local communities including individuals, businesses, groups and associations to deliver growth in income
  • An excellent networker, capable of developing relationships with people from a wide variety of backgrounds
  • A very strong performance ethic, driven and motivated towards the achievement of targets
  • Ability to engender a pro-active team culture
  • Experience of managing volunteers
  • Extensive fundraising experience and expertise in Community fundraising, including supporter led income
  • Experience of helping to build and manage a budget
  • IT literacy essential
  • Good communication skills, both written and verbal with the ability to interact with internal and external stakeholders at different levels
  • Ability to put the supporter at the centre of everything we do and adapt behaviour or communications appropriately to provide the best experience for the supporter

For a copy of the job pack containing full role information including details on how to apply please contact us via the form on this page.

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