Fundraising Manager (Maternity Cover)

• Are you an experienced Fundraising Manager or team manager within a client/commercial sector with a desire to grow your experience in a new area?
   
• Do you want a role where you can see your impact in changing the lives of young people living through and beyond cancer?
   
• Are you proud of your ability to build relationships across wide and diverse groups of people, organisations, and partners?
   
• Could you use your organisational and strategic planning skills to manage and drive forward a fundraising pipeline to achieve income targets?
   
• Do you enjoy working in a small team, striving towards clear goals and objectives?
   

This is a 12 month fixed term maternity cover role, to lead and support a Fundraising team of five across our two bases on the Isle of Wight and in Scotland, driving our existing strategy and pipeline towards stated income targets and developing our supporter base.

The successful candidate will also be part of the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust Leadership team, helping to lead the organisation in achieving our strategic Ambitions to be even more open and accessible to all young people who have a cancer diagnosis in the UK, having the biggest impact possible on every one of them.

You will ideally have experience in a fundraising and leadership role, or a strong background in leadership/team management from a client facing/commercial background with an interest to work within the fundraising/charity sector. The ability to learn quickly in a new environment is also a must.

Key responsibilities over the next 12 months include;

• Managing the Fundraising team to deliver the fundraising strategy and drive forward the pipeline of planned activity.
• Support in diversifying income through managing a variety of fundraising activities, whilst being agile and proactive in recognising and exploting new opportunities.
• Oversee and drive forward projects on growing loyalty and streamlining communication and supporter experience.
• Supporting the Leadership team on organisational projects/duties/tasks.

A high level of interpersonal and communication skills are essential in this role to ensure high-quality internal and external relationships are nurtured and managed, along with the ability to manage a wide and varied workload.

This is a great opportunity to join a close, ambitious, and supportive team where you can experience first-hand the difference you are making to so many young lives.

Starting date will ideally be January to end of February 2024.

For full details of the role and responsibilities, and the benefits and incentives you will recieve, please see our recruitment pack!