Job Description

Salary

\xc2\xa339,524 - \xc2\xa346,499 (dependent on experience)

Vehicle

A vehicle will be made available to carry out your duties

Contract type

Permanent

Hours

Full Time

Location description

Home based within the region

Interview location

RNLI St Asaph Regional Base

Interview date

w/c 7 August

Closing Date

31-07-2023

Reference

16217

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About us

Our vision is to save everyone. It may take us a long time to get there, but drowning is preventable, and we believe that even one drowning is one too many. We are all lifesavers. We are all fundraisers. This is our watch.

The successful candidate will be the go-to person for fundraising expertise in Wales, the West Midlands, North West of England and IOM, responsible for delivery of fundraising development and achieving agreed fundraising and partnerships income targets. Working as one crew locally, regionally and across the organisation, the post holder will support strategic planning, and identify and lead development opportunities to grow income.

Some of the benefits

• \xc2\xa339,524 - \xc2\xa346,499 (dependent on experience)
• Flexible working
• 26 days\xe2\x80\x99 annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Outstanding pension scheme (contributions of up to 16% of basic salary)
• Life assurance
• Health and dental cashplan

Your role

As a Fundraising and Partnerships Lead you will be tasked with focus on the following areas:

• Being the fundraising expert in region - Supporting, inspiring and enabling the delivery of income targets, increased engagement, increased supporter conversions, deepened relationships and diversified income streams in RNLI communities
• Being the driver for new income growth in region, particularly through regional partnerships, with an income target to achieve
• Monitoring and managing fundraising and partnership income and expenditure budgets and prospect pipelines
• Troubleshooting and mitigating risks and issues in order to ensure the delivery of results
• Monitoring and managing operational risk, including compliance with internal and external standards, policies and procedures for fundraising and partnerships activity
• Working collaboratively as one crew with the wider regional team and fundraising, marketing and media department (incl. legacy, philanthropy, F2F etc.) to achieve goals and KPIs
• Support the delivery of the national partnership strategy at a regional level and facilitate content delivery and stakeholder management regionally and locally

About you

You\xe2\x80\x99ll be passionate about making a real difference for our supporters, volunteers and customers. You will be highly motivated and enjoy tackling challenging goals and targets whilst being creative in finding solutions to problems. You will be a natural leader and be able to inspire and influence at all levels to drive and embed changes and improvements, keeping the supporter, volunteer and customer experience front of mind. To be considered as the Fundraising and Partnerships Lead you will need:

• Significant experience of engaging supporters, volunteers and the general public in order to generate funds.
• A proven track record of results delivery in the areas of fundraising and partnerships.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills and engagement skills are a must as well as active listening skills and the ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences.
• People leadership experience is vital, ideally in leading field-based teams in a collaborative environment.
• Experience of leading and embedding change and improvements is essential.

Other organisations may call this role Fundraising Manager, Partnerships Manager

This role, whilst 37 hours per week, will require flexible working across all 7 days of the week. Whilst core days will be defined, it is expected that there will be a degree of weekend and evening working required. Extensive travel will be required across Wales, the West Midlands, the North West of England and IOM.

If you want to see how this role can support our organisation\xe2\x80\x99s aim to reduce drowning, this could be the role for you. Please apply via the button shown.

This post requires a valid driving licence.

Safeguarding

The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; ensuring the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero tolerance approach to proven incidents of bullying, abuse, harassment or exploitation. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).

Diversity at the RNLI

Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for nearly 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.

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