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Schools and Community Fundraising Manager – 12-month Maternity Cover

Employer
Rockinghorse
Location
Brighton, East Sussex
Salary
Competitve
Closing date
20 Jan 2021

Job Details

Schools and Community Fundraising Manager – 12-month Maternity Cover

Reporting to: Head of Fundraising

Hours: 22.5 hours per week  

  • Pension
  • Subsidised parking
  • Expenses
  • 25 holiday (+birthday and bank holidays)
  • Central Brighton office location                                             

Job summary         

The role is to develop systems for approaching and recruiting schools, colleges and universities to support Rockinghorse. The role will also plan a programme of approaches to new community groups and to develop existing Rockinghorse donors into long term supporters.

Specific areas of responsibilities

  • Community and Schools Fundraising
    • Manage and establish relationships with a wide range of community groups, individuals, small businesses and schools.

    • Provide community groups and schools with the required support for them to be able to carry out their fundraising activities.

    • Achieve agreed financial targets for community and schools fundraising.

    • Manage, co-ordinate and recruit volunteers to assist with projects and charity wide events.

    • Develop a strategy to expand the number of Rockinghorse supporters and research new fundraising audiences.

    • Develop regular opportunities to engage with community groups. This will incur evening and weekend working.

    • Network within the community to raise the profile of Rockinghorse and create opportunities for new partnerships.

    • Hold school assemblies and presentations with community groups and organisations.

    • Manage the charities collection tin programme.

  • Wider relationships and responsibilities

    • Work collaboratively with other members of the team to identify funding opportunities to maximise income and raise awareness of the charity’s work.

    • Ensure all activities comply with charity, tax and other statutory requirements.

    • Undertake other tasks as may be reasonably required by the Head of Fundraising.

Person specification

Essential 

Abilities/skills:

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including public speaking
  • Able to build and maintain beneficial working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including service groups, schools and churches, hospital staff, children and their families.
  • Able to prioritise, meet deadlines and work well under pressure
  • Able to work on own initiative
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Team player

Able to work flexibly and attend evening and weekend functions (with time off in lieu)

Experience:

  • Experience of project management, including budget and outcome monitoring and reporting
  • Experience of working in the public or charity sector

Knowledge/qualifications:

  • Understanding and commitment to Equal Opportunities
  • Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office 

Other requirements:

  • Hold a full current UK driving licence

Company

Rockinghorse Children’s Charity supports sick and disabled children across Sussex.

We support babies, children and young people, along with their families, at The Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital and The Trevor Mann Baby Unit in Brighton and all of the specialist children’s wards and baby units throughout Sussex. 

We deliver and fund projects that enable doctors and nurses to do more. All of projects are led by the needs of children and young people and their families – the lifesaving medical equipment, the support for parents and families, the toys for children in hospitals across Sussex, the environments and spaces that help children feel more at home when they are in hospital and additional staff to ensure children get the best possible care when they are unwell.  

Originally set up in 1967 by Dr Trevor Mann, we have been supporting children for more than 55 years, and in that time, we have supported nearly a million children and their families.

As the official fundraising arm of the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital including the Trevor Mann Baby Unit we work with the NHS, charity partners and the Sussex community to ensure children can be children no matter now sick they are.  

Company info
Telephone
01273 330044
Location
13 Prince Albert Street
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1HE
GB

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