Fundraising Manager
Fundraising Manager
Hours: 21 hours per week
Contract: 12months fixed-term (with extension expected depending on funding)
Location: Remote working, with office space in Hackney, London available – occasional meetings there and travel around London required
Salary: £29,000 – £34,000 gross per annum (Pro rata to part time)
We are seeking a Fundraising Manager to join our small team to implement our Fundraising Strategy specifically for ‘unrestricted income’. We are seeking an individual who can support us in growing our unrestricted income streams that will enable Kanlungan to continue to meet the needs of our communities.
This is a new and exciting role, and we are keen to hear from a breadth of candidates as this may be the right opportunity for an individual with lots of experience or someone with some experience but keen to develop their skills further and we are prepared to support and fund additional learning for the someone with the right passion, values and behaviours.
Introduction to Kanlungan
Kanlungan (a Filipino word for ‘refuge’, ‘sanctuary’ or ‘safe haven’) is a small charity that aims to empower migrants from Filipino, East and Southeast Asian backgrounds in the UK. Because of challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic and the UK’s hostile immigration environment, there has been great demand for our services over the past two years.
We believe in equal opportunities, welcoming applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief and actively promote ‘positive action’ as a by-and-for organisation.
Overview of the role
As our Fundraising Manager, you will be responsible for the development and delivery of Kanlungan’s unrestricted income plan. You will cultivate new and existing funder relationships through a mix of fundraising streams including community, events, corporate, individual giving and earned income. You will take responsibility for stewarding these donors and deepening their engagement with our work.
You will work with our Strategic Development Manager, to deliver the organisation’s fundraising strategy, exploring new income streams and proactively engaging and nurturing staff and volunteers involvement within the initiatives.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Developing and implementing a fundraising plan focused on unrestricted income– including individual giving and earned income
- Developing and executing fundraising ideas such as community, digital and events projects- looking to maximise the net income for the charity
- Being the key donor contact and building strong relationships with donors, supporters and corporates
- Developing our current systems to ensure donors are thanked and tracked (stewardship)
- Working with our Social Media and Communications officer to create and project manage all fundraising communications. This includes but is not limited to social media, event announcements and e-newsletters
- Managing and encouraging volunteers to fundraise for us
- Ensuring all our fundraising activity is compliant with all relevant legislation Including GDPR compliance of all fundraising activities
- Ensuring all our data is captured and kept up to date.
- Budget management and reporting.
As a small team, a flexible attitude is needed from a team member as there are sometimes duties that may pop up that are not included on this list.
Person Specification
- Track record in a fundraising role with the ability to demonstrate success in meeting and exceeding financial fundraising targets.
- Able to communicate clearly and engagingly in person and in writing, and able to adapt your style to meet different needs
- Experience of research and development of funding proposals
- Organised and able to prioritise tasks and projects
- Proven background in working with teams of people
- Ability to assess success of fundraising activities including cost, return and added value
- Confident working online, including video-calling, using Microsoft Office and/or Google products effectively
- Desirable: member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising or other evidence of continuing professional development in income generation
- Desirable: able to speak and/or understand Filipino and/or other East and Southeast Asian languages
- Desirable: have experiences in BAME or migrant grassroots organisations.
Please submit your CV/Resume along with a narrative or cover letter (no more than one A4 page) outlining why you’re interested in the role, and how you meet the skills and behaviours (please give examples) we’re looking for jobs@kanlungan.org.uk
All successful candidates will require either a Basic or Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service certificate (DBS) check as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. Further Information will be forwarded to you with your offer.
This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the UK.
Deadline of application is on the 4th of March 2022 (Friday) at 5:00pm. Please note we will be reviewing applications as received and may consider closing the vacancy early should we receive a high volume of strong candidates – therefore we encourage an early application.