Volunteer Fundraising Manager

What will you be doing?

We are seeking a Fundraiser to join our team of volunteers who is passionate and innovative and who has the skills to grow our fundraising income.  You will raise funds and awareness of our charity and promote its growth and development.  You will bring your skills, attributes, expert knowledge, experience and contacts to enrich and benefit our charity.   The main purpose of the role will be to develop a sustainable fundraising strategy to support our Charity’ aims. You will work with the CEO to identify income streams to maintain and develop sustainable funding through some, or all, of the following:

Funding applications to Trusts/Foundations and other organisations  Supporting and planning of fundraising initiatives   Identification of new funding opportunities  Supporting other volunteers to market fundraising events Developing membership fundraising Researching prospective Trusts, Foundations and Corporate donors   Developing engagement in direct giving and gifts in kind  Managing a fundraising database

What are we looking for?

We wish to recruit a volunteer or a Trustee who is passionate about our charity’s work. We are seeking an individual who is able to help with our expansion project ; to use their expertise and skills in securing the necessary support and to ultimately champion our charity’s development and growth. The ideal candidate will have ‘can-do’ attitudes, very strong networking skills enabling leads for the benefit of the charity, as well as expert knowledge and experience necessary for this exciting transition.    The ideal candidate will have:

Experience of working on projects  Grant writing experience Excellent written and verbal communication skills   Good interpersonal skills   An excellent attention to detail  The ability to work flexibly   Knowledge of Microsoft 365 Strong Interest in our charity's aims and objectives

What difference will you make?

The impact of your fundraising efforts will increase our charity's financial stability.  Your passion and dedication will directly impact on our mission to support children and young people with disabilities.  Year-on-year more children are being registered as disabled.  Consequently there is an increasing need for our services within the Special Needs' Community and we are expanding fast providing live and online resources for special schools, groups and parents providing home education.  Growing our fundraising income will enable us to reach more children and young people with disabilities, providing them with theatre experiences, educational workshops and a Work Experience Programme dedicated to students with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities who are transitioning from special school education.