Re-engage has just launched a new five-year strategy which will have growth at its heart. We’re looking for an exceptional person to join our team as our fundraising manager for larger trusts (maternity cover) and to be a vital part of this exciting phase of our development. 

Reporting to the director of fundraising and communications and sitting within the fundraising and communications team, you’ll support in the development and delivery of a seven-figure income target from new and existing trusts, foundations, and statutory funders. Multiyear funding is a priority. We’re looking for a colleague who’s talented and experienced, proactive and always prepared to go the extra mile. We want you to be comfortable with working at pace and keen to take responsibility for developing plans and day to day delivery of those plans as well as for managing our trusts officer.

This is a fixed term contract for approx. 12 months to cover the substantive post holder’s maternity leave.

Key responsibilities

·        Research, identify, build and maintain relationships with appropriate funding sources - some of which could be outside the norm - to achieve targets and other key objectives.

·        Liaise with and advise the director or fundraising and communications on funding opportunities.

·        Create an exciting vision and case for supports to attract a wide variety of high-value donors, securing six and seven figure grants.

·        Lead on the preparation of funding bids/applications, planning and managing the process, working with the heads of and/or director of fundraising and communications. Work collaboratively with colleagues in other teams, draft relevant content; prepare outline budgets and resource needs, and preparing a professional, compelling and persuasive proposition.

·        Liaise closely with service and engagement teams to ensure programmes are on track.

·        Act as account manager to funders maintaining a clear overview of funder reporting needs and produce high quality, professional funder reports that meet the grant terms and conditions.

·        Maintain a clear overview of financial reporting and ensure accurate financial reporting with each grant. Should there be a significant budget variance or changes in budget lines take responsibility for discussing and agreeing changes with funders.

·        Display strong and persuasive communication skills

·        Stay informed of developments and trends within the sector

·        Maintain all records accurately and ensure the CRM is kept up to date

·        Manage and develop the trusts officer

You may be required to undertake other duties that fall within the nature of the role and responsibilities of the post. There may be occasional out of hours work required.

 Benefits

·        Salary – up to £40,000 per annum

·        35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

 ·        Home-based with some UK travel

 ·        Working from home allowance at the standard HMRC rate as detailed here:-       https://www.gov.uk/tax-relief-for-employees/working-at-home

 ·        26 days annual leave plus all Bank Holidays

 ·        Bupa cash plan, 3% pension contribution, death in service insurance

 ·        Learning and development opportunities, Employee Assistance Programme

About you

Essential

·        A successful track record of meeting income targets.

·        Flair for and interest in researching and prepare imaginative funding packages

·        Knowledge of budgeting and financial control

·        A persuasive personality with excellent interpersonal and communications skills both verbal and written

·        Experience of planning, analysis, and understanding monitoring and evaluation.

·        The ability to work on own initiative, be disciplined, enabling the delegation and/or prioritising of work, particularly under pressure in order to meet deadlines

·        Meticulous attention to detail and a methodical approach to work.

·        Analytical and reporting skills.

·        Ability to work effectively and efficiently within a team context, supporting colleagues and working independently when required.

·        A positive ambassador for Re-engage - committed to an organisation that challenges ageism, empowers volunteers and recognises and values diversity.

·        Computer literate with word processing skills and familiarity with the use of databases and spreadsheets

·        A commitment to embracing the values of Re-engage, and to our motivation to harness technology.

 Desirable

·        Interested in learning about loneliness, social isolation, and factors that impact the ageing population.

About Re-engage

We are a charity that is positive about older age and committed to fighting loneliness so that people can have social lives and friendship groups however old they are. We inspire and enable meaningful connections and shared experiences within communities across the UK for people over 75 facing loneliness and social isolation. 

Our volunteers work together to create better communities and help to enrich the lives of our members.  Older people who may have felt very alone now feel valued as individuals, continue to form friendships, and have groups that give support. We make sure that people know they are important well into their old age.

We are proud of our values - positive, innovative, transparent, evidence-based, and accountable - and of our ethos of bringing generations together.

Our vision is a world where no one is ever too old to make friends and enjoy social interaction.

Our mission is to work within communities to end social isolation and loneliness in older people.

Re-engage is committed to growing a staff team that enjoys coming to work every day and gets satisfaction out of being part of delivering significant impact to the lives of older people. We all work remotely, and we don’t let that stop us from getting to know each other and enjoying down time together. Our wellbeing programme includes multiple interest groups: music, books, hobbies etc as well as coffee and catch ups, quizzes, mindfulness, and other group activities. Everyone is encouraged to get involved in working groups and staff networks, all of which contribute to us getting to know each other. We have strong values and promote behaviours that underpin all we do.

How we recruit

We use the Applied platform which helps remove unconscious bias for a forward-thinking, fair, and objective alternative to traditional hiring. Instead of using your CV alone, we'll be asking you to answer questions to test skills needed for the role. The responses are then anonymised and reviewed in a random order by members of our team.

The Applied platform also asks some demographic questions before you start your application. We never see these responses with your application. We only see summary statistics to help us check if our candidate pool is balanced and if everyone has an equal chance to get hired irrespective of their background. If you prefer, you can easily opt out of answering these questions.

The closing date is 18 December 2023 however, you should note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Therefore, if you’re interested in this role and in working for Re-engage, we would encourage you to apply ASAP.