Development and Fundraising Manager (Maternity Cover)

HOURS: 30 – 37.5 hours a week (0.8 – 1.0 FTE)

CONTRACT: 12 month fixed term (maternity cover)

SALARY: £33,000 pro rata

REPORTS TO: CEO

BASED: St Agnes Lodge, St Paul’s, Bristol (with some homeworking required during the Covid-19 pandemic)

The Green House provides free therapy to children, young people, and adults affected by sexual abuse at any point in their lives. With over 30 years of experience working in this area, we have built up a strong reputation for making a difference to the lives of those who have experienced trauma, through the delivery of quality services with proven outcomes.

We are seeking to recruit an experienced and committed person to join our senior leadership team as our Development and Fundraising Manager.

You will be a skilled and strategic fundraiser with a proven track record of winning and maintaining statutory and grant income. Your knowledge of the current funding environment and your clear eye for new opportunities will assist you as you create and implement The Green House’s fundraising and development strategy.

You will have the opportunity to learn about the lifechanging impact of our services, and from this explore and develop new ways of fundraising for The Green House that amplify and honour the voices of survivors.

You will play a key role in developing our new strategy as part of our dynamic leadership team. This strategy will give us a clear and ambitious mandate for change, and identify much-needed projects for which you will need to secure funding.

For more information about this post, as well as the person specification, please visit our website 

Applications can be made by emailing your CV and a Letter of Application. The letter should be no longer than 3 sides of A4 evidencing

1. Your suitability for the role and how you meet the criteria listed in the Person Specification.
2. Your philosophy and approach to creating a fundraising and development strategy and what makes this approach effective
3. How you see the role of a Fundraising and Development Manager in a leadership team that is aiming to implement a programme of organisational change and growth

Please also include the names and contact details of two referees who know your work well – one should be a current or recent employer.

The closing date for applications is 9am Monday 17th August  2020.

Interviews will take place on Friday 21st August 2020.