Engagement and Development Manager

Engagement and Development Manager
Hours: Part Time, 18 Hours per week
Contract: 2-year fixed-term contract
Salary: £38,000 per annum, FTE (£18,486 actual for 18 hours per week)
Base: Woking/Ottershaw, with travel across Runnymede and Woking and some evening or weekend events.

About the Employer

Our client supports families with young children who are facing challenges such as isolation, low mood, money worries, illness or the pressures of parenting, with the help of trained volunteers.

They are an in independent charity part of a local community network of trained volunteers and expert support helping families with young children through their challenging times. There are around 165 such local, independent local charities working in areas across the UK offering support tailored to what families need.

About You and The Role

Do you want every local family to get the support they need? Could you turn great stories into funds, friends and volunteers?

This charity is looking for an energetic, creative and well-organised Engagement and Development Manager to help more families find them, more volunteers join them and more local people and businesses back their work.

You will lead the local fundraising, building relationships with businesses, trusts and community groups, and help shape the charity's fundraising strategy, chairing the fundraising subcommittee. You will raise the charity's profile across Runnymede and Woking, recruit and welcome new family support volunteers, show the difference this organisation makes through impact reports and stories, and keep their social media and website fresh and up to date. You will also line manage a part-time Administrator.

They are looking for someone who

• has experience of fundraising, ideally with local businesses, trusts or community giving
• can recruit and inspire volunteers, supporters and partners
• tells compelling stories in writing and on social media, and can keep a website up to date
• turns data and feedback into clear impact reports for funders
• is organised, works well on their own and is ready to line manage a colleague and chair a committee
• can work some evenings and weekends for events (time off in lieu)
• has a full UK driving licence and access to a car for work (mileage paid)

What the employer offers

24 days annual leave plus 4 additional days at Christmas and New Year (pro rata), a 5% pension contribution, flexible working, regular supervision, ongoing training, support to step into line management and the chance to make a real difference to local families.

Join this small, friendly team and make a real difference. Because Childhood Can't Wait.

Closing date: Monday 30th November.
Interviews will be held on Friday 11th December.

Interested?

To find out more information, please click the apply button. You will be taken to a simple CHM Recruit form and then redirected to complete your application for this position.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. This employer is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. They are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment.

No agencies please