Fundraising Manager

The Nightingale Cancer Support Centre

Enfield, Greater London (On-site)

£30,000 - £34,000 per year (depending on experience)

Full-time Permanent with 6 months’ probation

Are you an ambitious and dynamic fundraiser looking for your next role? We are looking for an experienced fundraiser to join our team, reporting to the CEO, to help increase and diversify income for The Nightingale Cancer Support Centre to support people coming to terms with a cancer diagnosis. 

Job description

Focusing on building new relationships and developing high-level, multi-year partnerships, the role holder will be responsible for fundraising, managing income streams focusing on Trusts and Foundations, regular donations, bucket collections, one off donations and funds generated from third party engagement. If you are keen to make a difference and help us grow these income streams to support our plans, we would love to hear from you! 

Role overview

·        As a member of The Nightingale’s Leadership Team reporting into the CEO, the Fundraising Manager will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering the strategic direction of the charity.

·        This includes working closely with the CEO and the other members of the leadership team to oversee the effective management of the Fundraising function.

·        Ensuring that all Fundraising activities reflect the Nightingale’s strategic objectives and uphold its values and reputation.

·        Developing and leading on the Fundraising strategy and action plans, with a particular focus on major donor fundraising, ensuring integration, and fostering collaboration across departments.

·        Ensure the CEO, the Leadership Team and Board of Trustees are kept informed of the team's strategy, progress and major achievements.

·        Manage team of 2 fundraiser roles plus 1 volunteer (actively recruiting).

·        Management of budget. Prepare and manage budgets for all areas of responsibility, with a focus on ensuring cost-effectiveness and delivering income growth in High Value Fundraising.

Responsibilities

·        With an emphasis on High Value Fundraising, develop and implement a multi-channel fundraising strategy to grow and develop The Nightingale’s income stream including major donors, trusts and foundations, individual giving, events and corporate fundraising.

·        Provide leadership and supervision to the fundraising team, setting income targets and delivering strategic support.

·        Build sustainable, long-term relationships that align with The Nightingale’s fundraising priorities and the creation of clearly defined, measurable targets and KPIs.

·        Develop fundraising tools and materials, creating bespoke, high-quality materials that resonate with major donors and support broader fundraising activities such as printed materials, e-marketing, and web-based materials.

·        Ensure compliance with fundraising best practices, including data protection legislation and the Charity Commission’s guidelines.

·        Lead the development of strategies and tactics to increase the lifetime value of existing donors, ambassadors and patrons, creating and engaging mid/high value philanthropy programme including supporting the delivery of a strategy for working with high profile individuals and influencers.

·        Manage high-level relationships with major donors, ensuring their contributions are recognised and cultivated for future support.

·        Identify new donors, influencers and ambassadors, working with the Board of Trustees and existing Major Donors to map and engage new networks to generate revenue.

·        Research, develop and produce a range of bids to charitable trusts and foundations, and other appropriate organisations.

• Taking the lead to develop relationships with existing and new prospects with a view to growing the charity’s income.
• Understanding the motivations that encourage companies to give and to be confident in researching and identifying companies
• Managing all income streams, regular donations, bucket collections, one off donations and funds generated from third party engagement.
• Working alongside the Head of Marketing and Comms to create fundraising products and tools to help support our partners.
• Assisting with all levels of corporate administration, thank you letters, certificates, project reports, updating information via the database, website and social media etc.

Essential requirements include:

·        Proven track record of delivering income targets of £100k and upwards.

·        Proven track record of identifying, compiling and managing relationships with Trusts and Foundations as well as corporate partners.

• Ability to communicate both verbally and written with a range of audiences.
• Ability to develop high quality, coherent and thorough fundraising proposals and pitches.
• Good attention to detail.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Competence in the use of IT tools including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Able to work independently, applying own initiative.
• Able to be flexible and adaptable (attending networking events and meetings as necessary).
• A full clean driving licence and use of vehicle.

Benefits:

• Enjoy 25 days of annual leave in addition to bank holidays
• Embrace a relaxed work environment with a casual dress code
• Access to our company pension scheme for long-term financial security.

The Nightingale Cancer Support Centre are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from appropriately qualified people from all sections of the community.

Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and references will be required.