Director of Fundraising & Communications, Bristol based, 35 hours per week (with some scope for part-time/flexible working), up to £70k+Benefits
Our client, a well-established Bristol based charity is now seeking a new role of Director of Fundraising & Communications.
We now need to recruit an experienced, passionate, and entrepreneurial fundraising professional, also capable of not only overseeing a small but growing communications function but who also recognises the importance of aligning fundraising and communications strategies and activity.
The Charity is now entering an important and exciting time of growth and development.
With this role, there will be the opportunity to build a fundraising function from scratch and lead on the fundraising and communications strategy for the charity, at a time of exciting change.
Reporting directly to the CEO, the Director of Fundraising will play a key role in the Senior Leadership Team by providing thoughtful and creative leadership and productive working relationships with other Directors, teams, and colleagues, helping to set the direction for the charity and tackling strategic challenges.
For this role, we are seeking
- Extensive fundraising experience, specifically across key areas of income generation. Must be target driven to achieve income objectives set.
- Relevant professional qualifications or qualified through experience (either fundraising or communications).
- Leadership at a senior executive level with experience of managing relationships with key stakeholders, colleagues and Trustees to deliver fundraising and marketing objectives.
- Ability and knowledge to develop and implement effective strategies to achieve significant income, activity and expenditure targets.
- Ability to forecast, set and control budgets.
- Ability to calmly find solutions to diverse and complex problems.
- Experience of working at a strategic level implementing organisational-wide plans and procedures.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence giving the ability to communicate well with all people at all levels.
This is a Bristol based role with flexibility to be fulfilled on a part time or flexible basis.
Please contact Sandy Hinks or Leighann Beck for a copy of the recruitment pack. Completed applications with CVs and EoI should quote reference MC2477 .