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Senior Fundraising Project Manager

Job description

A great opportunity has arisen for a Senior Fundraising Project Manager for a charity based in London in order to lead the delivery of the charity s largest integrated fundraising campaign, Christmas Appeal.
This will be a 6 months FTC.
Please send your CV ASAP to Dagmara.Depaula@harrishill.co.uk

Key Responsibilities will include:

Lead the cross-organisational project team responsible for the delivery of the Christmas campaign
Ensure co-ordination and collaboration across workstreams to enable us to maximise opportunities, make best use of resources and resolve issues at the earliest possible moment
Develop excellent relationships with all project members and key stakeholders to influence decisions that maximise opportunities
Own project documentation such as campaign project plan, risk register and stakeholder reports, working with colleagues across teams to ensure these are kept up to date and accurate.
Put plans in place to mitigate risks and resolve issues, escalating in line with the charity s risk framework wherever necessary
Validate the resources (time, money) required to complete the project, write business case/pitch for additional income as required
Ensure responsibilities are clearly assigned and managed
Establish and implement plans for engaging and communicating with stakeholders
Own and coordinate the campaign project plan and ensure that all activities are on track to deliver against objectives
Attend and input into the meetings and facilitate effective development of strategy and plans by the various working groups and teams
Work with the Internal Communications Team to develop and implement a strategy for engaging the charity staff in the Christmas campaign
Ensure that the results are communicated appropriately, effectively and in a timely manner
Lead on devising and implementing a plan for evaluating the campaign
Use your initiative to suggest improvements to processes and ways of working
Provide project management support to other projects as required


In order to apply you should have the following skills and experience:

Proven experience in a leadership role of managing complex integrated campaigns
Proven experience of working with project management methodologies and processes
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to develop strong working relationships.
Excellent time management, working across a diverse range of tasks at one time while maintaining appropriate attention to detail.
You ll need to hit the ground running and find ways of getting up to speed as quickly as possible. An accomplished project manager with experience of co-ordinating multiple workstreams, you have excellent interpersonal skills and a can-do attitude and are confident managing a wide range of stakeholders. You know how to monitor and evaluate performance too, and are adept at using knowledge gained to bring significant improvements. Crucially, you have great time management skills and an innate ability to maintain attention to detail and get things done, even when working across a diverse range of tasks simultaneously.