Community Fundraising Manager

Closed: 15 August 2018
Fundraising Social Work

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  • Salary £30,000- £34,500 per annum plus benefits
  • Location Reading, Berkshire, South East (On-site)
  • Job Type Permanent
  • Sectors Health, Medical
  • Job Reference : 7975

Community Fundraising Manager
Duchess of Kent Hospice, Reading 
£30,000- £34,500 per annum (depending on experience) plus competitive benefit package

Every 6 minutes in the UK someone dies without the end of life care that they need. At Sue Ryder, we have launched an ambitious 5 year strategy aiming to double the number of people that we support and we are looking for ambitious fundraisers who can help make this a reality. 

The Sue Ryder Duchess of Kent Hospice has an exciting vacancy for a Community Fundraising Manager to join our hospice fundraising team.  We’re looking for an experienced fundraiser with passion and drive to grow our income and build strong relationships with our community and corporate supporters.

Key Responsibilities
•  To manage delivery of annually agreed income across income streams; to achieve targets and sustainable growth
•  Develop and build strong community relationships in the Reading and wider Berkshire area
•  Line manage the Community Fundraisers and Community Fundraising Officer
•  Lead on specific income generation or development projects for the Hospice
•  Pro-actively acquire new supporters for the charity, to achieve income targets and drive growth
•  To work collaboratively with fundraising colleagues across the directorate to help deliver national income streams (Legacies, Regular Giving, In Mem Giving)
•  Recruit and manage Fundraising Groups across the region to deliver sustainable income.
•  Identify legacy leads and to make the ask when appropriate

This is an outstanding opportunity for someone with the following skills and experience:
•  Proven fundraising experience and expertise in community and other areas of fundraising e.g. volunteer management, corporate fundraising.  
•  A track record of achieving fundraising growth and delivering income
•  Experience of recruiting, supporting and motivating third-party fundraisers to achieve fundraising targets
•  Experience of managing direct reports or leading a team to achieve income targets and deliver growth
•  Substantial experience of forming, nurturing and maintaining relationships within local communities including individuals, 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

About us
Sue Ryder provides hospice and neurological care for people facing a frightening, life-changing diagnosis. We do whatever we can to be a safety net for our patients and their loved ones at the most difficult time of their lives. We see the person, not the condition. 
We offer a range of support from our three sites in Berkshire, from inpatient care at the 15-bed Duchess of Kent Hospice in Reading, to day services which help people stay at home longer and offer respite to carers at Wokingham Day Hospice and the Charles Clore Day Hospice in Newbury.

*Competitive Benefits Package* – 25 days holiday rising to 30 plus bank holidays, buy and sell holiday scheme, private pension, staff discount with thousands of retailers, enhanced maternity pay, 15% off New Goods and lots more. Please visit our careers page for the full list  

1st Interviews: 13th August and 2nd Interview: 20th August