Harris Hill has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Fundraiser to join a national charity, supporting their fundraising and communications function within the organisation for 3 months, with possible permanent employment.
This role will support the delivery of the organisations social inclusion priorities by securing funding, coordinating social value activity, and ensuring funded projects are well managed, financially monitored and clearly evidenced.
You will work closely with colleagues across finance, operations and communications, as well as with corporate partners and funders, to turn funding and partnerships into meaningful outcomes for the people we support.
Duties:
- Research, identify and develop a pipeline of grant, trust, foundation and corporate opportunities
- Lead on funding applications that support social inclusion priorities around:
- Homes and spaces
- Health and wellbeing
- Skills, learning and work
- Arts, creativity and celebration
- Specialist added value staff roles that support the delivery of their mission
- Identify, source and coordinate social value activities across services
- Build and maintain relationships with corporate partners to raise income and deliver social value
- Coordinate the Social Value Group and participation in challenge and community events
- Lead on the financial administration of grants, working closely with the finance team to ensure spend is appropriately allocated, recorded and monitored
- Liaise with operations colleagues and funders to ensure grant funding is spent compliantly and in line with agreed budgets and outcomes
- Monitor and report on funded activity, ensuring funder requirements and deadlines are met
- Lead on communicating fundraising impact, outcomes, successes and stories, working with communications colleagues
Experience:
You will be highly organised, confident working with budgets and multiple stakeholders, and motivated by social impact. You will have a minimum of 2-3 years working in fundraising, social value or bid writing.
You’ll have experience in fundraising, grants, partnerships or social value delivery, with strong research, writing and coordination skills, and a collaborative approach to working across teams.
You will be an excellent bid writer with the ability to translate service need and customer aspirations into compelling, winning bids.
You may have experience of raising funds for organisations that are not registered charities but have charitable status.
If you would like to hear more, please apply for further details.
