Fundraising Manager - The Children's Air Ambulance

Location :
Home based - Oxford

Closing date :
08/02/2012

Hours of work :
37.5 hours per week, Permanent  Full-time

Salary :
Salary £25,000 - £30,000 pro rata + Company car or car allowance and other benefits.

Job purpose/ Summary :

Fundraising Manager - positions available in Bristol, Oxford and Birmingham

The Children's Air Ambulance is entering a new era since being taken under the wing of The Air Ambulance Service which incorporates award winning charity Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance.  This role has responsibility for proactively recruiting and developing support in the community to raise vital funds for our new medical service.

This role would be perfectly suited to a self-starter who has experience of recruiting and galvanising both supporters and volunteers. You will have the ability to communicate and influence at all levels and be the face and voice of the charity in the community. Working in a busy and fast-paced environment, this role will require exceptional time management skills.

As this role is home based we are looking for a self-motivated individual with a full clean driving licence who is willing to travel extensively.

Role

Reporting to the Senior Fundraising Manager, this full-time (37.5 hours per week) fixed term position is home based with significant travel throughout the patch with a certain degree of evening/weekend work.  The role attracts a salary of £25k to £30k depending on experience, company car or car allowance, contributory pension and other benefits.

Purpose

To effectively raise awareness of the growing charity profile & to ensure that the organisation becomes charity of choice across the region.  To create a wide range of support in order to create & maximise income generation across patch through close working relationships with a wide range of supporters and to develop a volunteer network within the geographical area.

Scope

Maximising Fundraising
• Creates effective relationships by developing key networks across the geographical region
• Seeks out & utilises a range of funding opportunities & strives to maximise income streams
• Works towards agreed monthly targets & reports on these accordingly

Volunteer Management
• Effectively recruits, develops & manages a team of new volunteers through motivating & enabling them to achieve desired targets
• Ensures that volunteers are placed in suitable roles & their skills are properly utilised

Corporate Relationship Management
• Applies effective networking skills to acquire new corporate relationships & develop these accordingly
• Manages corporate relationships effectively to maximise income generated & to identify longer term opportunities

Supporter Management
• Confidently seeks out new supporters & maintains relationships through key management techniques
• Identifies & nurtures new opportunities for supporters to be a key asset to the wider organisation longer term
• Acts as an advisory role for supporters developing their own events in order to maximise income raised

Press/Patient Activities
• Develops own media networks & ensures awareness of the brand achieves maximum coverage across the geographical region
• Seeks out & utilises newsworthy information, inc. case studies of patients in order to further develop the new brand
• Manages own relationships with media contacts in conjunction with PR & Communications Manager

Charity Profile Growth
• Galvanises support for the organisation & utilises every opportunity to saturate brand awareness across the geographical region
• Demonstrates understanding of the charity's position within the market place & its vision  moving forward
• Strives to communicate key messages in order to raise the charity's profile
• Ability to work across a wide geographical area when necessary

Person

Essential criteria
• 2yrs minimum experience in a similar role
• Educated to degree level or similar
• Ability to manage & deliver an agreed income budget
• Ability to report & monitor on income/expenditure
• Experience of managing volunteers
• Experience of working with a wide range of supporters
• Effective relationship building
• Effective engagement/networking skills
• Experience of working with corporate partners
• Ability to work with media partners
• Genuine passion and interest in DLRAA

Desirable Criteria
• 5yrs minimum experience in a similar role
• Member of IoF
• Experience of working with various other income disciplines

The Environment
TAAS is an inclusive working environment where Equality, Diversity and Human Rights are guiding principles, individuals are respected and a value of having a diverse workforce is recognised. The recruitment, employment and development of people are based on qualifications, experience and competency to do the job, eliminating personal bias or prejudice.

For further information please contact: Claire Marshall, Director of fundraising on 08454 130999

Closing date for applications: 8th February 2012