Head of Fundraising in City of London

Responsibilities

Adopting and adapting the YBF Fundraising Strategy to ensure diversity of income and fundraising opportunities to support and maintain the sustainability and growth of Young Barnet Foundations. Responsible for developing and maintaining new and existing Trust & Foundation Funding relationships including applications, M & E reporting, attending key networking events. Develop and manage the Community Fundraising Programme with line management of community fundraisers. Establish a network of community fundraisers, building relationships with community fundraising \’champions\’, and providing excellent supporter care and timely communication. Identify opportunities to grow our Sector Grants funds via partners – funders, corporates, individual donors. Line management of part time Marketing and Communications roles to with responsibility for operational delivery of their communications strategy. Performance management of your team, including 1-2-1 meetings, appraisals, day-day performance management against KPI\’s, motivation and objectives. Work with the team to plan, develop and deliver new community fundraising products, campaigns and events that will resonate with stakeholders including members, donors and volunteers to fundraise. Oversee Comms & Marketing team to develop and drive forward promotion of community fundraising to reach existing and new audiences, including developing content for social channels, e-comms, webpages and fundraising packs. Build collaborative relationships with peers across the charity. To support and implement strategies to achieve sustainable, long-term funding, contract-winning and other income generation for the children and young people\’s sector in Barnet via our Membership eg providing members with advice, information, and networking/training opportunities; assistance with fundraising and partnership building, funding Training and events for the sector.

Candidate Profile

Exceptional strategic thinking, strong networking skills and contacts with a proven track record of achieving fundraising targets. Ability to demonstrate suitable experience within the sector including community development and community fundraising. Strong literacy skills to deliver strong bid writing with financial literacy and experience with project budgets. Understanding and experience of working with a wide range of stakeholders and building successful partnerships. Ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and verbally, with people at all levels. Ability to line manage a small team. Proven track record of work with Microsoft suite and CRM systems such as Salesforce. Desirable: A demonstrable understanding of current voluntary and community sector concerns. Project management experience. Marketing and event organisation experience. Qualities: Strong leaders skills, self-motivated and able to manage time and prioritise your workload. A confident decision-maker, proven project delivery and open to adapt and implement change. Passionate about the voluntary sector and its role in creating positive social change and a commitment to the ethos and values of YBF. Commitment to inclusion, equality and diversity and an understanding how to promote them in the workplace.

Working Hours and Conditions

Please note the role will occasionally involve evening and early morning events. YBF works closely with their staff to accommodate personal circumstances. YBF offers a flexible approach to working hours, working closely with each staff member to suit their personal and professional needs. Working within friendly and sociable working environment with like-minded colleagues, with flexible hours and hybrid working.

About Young Barnet Foundation

YBF is an organisation that supports over 200 members (charities, community groups and social enterprises) who deliver positive activities and vital support services to children and young people in the London Borough of Barnet. We are proud members of Barnet Together and one of nine Young People\’s Foundations operating across London, Manchester and Dorset. Our team works collaboratively, tactically, and strategically under an ethos of \’Generous Leadership\’ to support and build capacity within and beyond our membership, including: providing members with advice, information, and networking/training opportunities; assistance with fundraising and partnership building; working with local authority and strategic partners to encourage intelligence, ideas and resource sharing.

Salary and Benefits

Salary: £36,000 (pro-rata £45,000). Pension and flexible working, 25 days per annum, pro rata, plus bank holidays. Holidays will increase in accordance with our Annual Leave Policy. On activation and after satisfactory completion of the probationary period, YBF will contribute, in line with government requirements, into a stakeholder or personal pension scheme. Vacancy Type: 12-month fixed term contract, with potential extension subject to funding. Hours: Part-Time – 28 hrs per week (plus statutory breaks). Occasional evening or weekend work may be required.