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Fundraising Manager

Time & Talents

£21,000 - £22,000 per year

Part-time, permanent

About this role

Do you have a strong track record of fundraising in the charity sector?

Do you want to help build a world where everyone feels part of a community?

Time & Talents, an award-winning community hub in South East London, is seeking a Fundraising Manager with a proven track record of writing successful funding applications, and crafting compelling cases for support. A part-time post, with remote working, the Fundraising Manager will work closely with the Director and Management Team to develop and implement a fundraising strategy to meet challenging income targets.

This post will play a vital role in strengthening our capacity as a community hub to continue to deliver high impact high quality programmes.

Person description

In this role, you will:

- Write, develop, and submit successful funding applications to trusts, foundations and other potential funders

- Develop ongoing cases for support for the organisation and in specific programme areas

- Undertake research into potential donors and develop a strong pipeline of opportunities

- Manage fundraising processes, with the support of admin staff where appropriate

- Report to donors on outcomes

- Work with the Director and Management Team to develop a fundraising strategy to meet income targets

About you

You are passionate about the power of community to connect and support people, and you like to work in collaboration with others. You have demonstrable experience as a fundraiser, empathy with our cause and knowledge of the charity sector. You are friendly and positive, flexible, accountable, take responsibility, are highly organised and skilled in multitasking and balancing priorities. You have experience of writing successful bids both independently (as the sole writer), and as part of a team. You’re able to write compellingly, and appropriately, for different types of potential funders.

About Time & Talents

We are an energetic, experienced, and passionate team of 17, with a strong sense of shared purpose With an informal culture and lively sense of humour, we also insist on a very high level of diligence and professionalism in our work. You’ll have the chance to make a big contribution to a growing, ambitious and innovative organisation which has doubled its reach and impact in recent years.

This role is part-time and based remotely, although you will need to be able to travel to our office in Rotherhithe regularly for face to face meetings.

Time & Talents is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity, and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person that they are. We actively encourage applications from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences.

How to apply

TO APPLY: All applications to be submitted online via CharityJob (https://www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/time-talents/fundraising-manager/784185?tsId=2).

Send a CV and a cover letter of no more than two sides of A4, explaining why you want the job and how your experience relates to the job description and person specification.

IMPORTANT: We’ll use cover letters to assess applications alongside CVs. Please ensure you take the time to include a well-written cover letter as detailed above. We won’t assess applications without one.

COVID-19: the safety and wellbeing of our current and future employees remains a top priority, therefore while interviews are planned to be in-person, they will be conducted remotely by video if necessary.

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This notice was posted on Monday 15 November 2021
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