Community Supporter Engagement Manager

Sands is the leading stillbirth and neonatal death charity and exists to reduce the number of babies dying and to support anyone affected by the death of a baby, before, during or shortly after birth.

We are recruiting a Community Supporter Engagement Manager to drive the expansion of Sands’ income generation and engagement activity at the local community level.  The objectives of the  role include increasing Sands’ number of supporters, deepening our existing supporter relationships, maximising fundraising income from our groups of volunteers and growing income generated from community and events fundraising activities.

In this exciting and high-profile role, you will scope the opportunities and investment needed to establish a network of regional fundraiser and develop a portfolio of diverse and compelling community and events fundraising products.

You will have an excellent, and in-depth knowledge of community fundraising and be able to turn this into inspiring engagement activity and compelling fundraising products.

A highly proactive, enthusiastic and organised fundraiser with exceptional all-round communication skills, you will be able to build a new team of fundraising and engagement professionals across the UK to help support and grow Sands’ supporter base at community level.

With exceptional planning, project and event management skills, you will have well-developed negotiation and negotiation skills and be able to produce a high standard of work whilst working to tight deadlines.

You will also need to have considerable experience of developing and/or working with volunteers and volunteer group networks. The ability to develop and maintain positive supporter journeys is also essential.

This is a senior management role, and as such you will need to have solid staff management experience with the ability to lead and support a team of community engagement and supporter events fundraisers.