We Are Hiring: Fundraising Lead

Main Purpose of the Role

The Fundraising Lead will play a central role in coordinating and strengthening fundraising activity across the organisation, ensuring a coherent and strategic approach to income generation from a range of sources. This includes trusts and foundations, individual giving, corporate support and on-site fundraising initiatives.

The postholder will lead on the development and management of a clear and prioritised pipeline of grant and foundation applications aligned to organisational priorities, whilst also supporting colleagues with funding bids where appropriate.

The role will be responsible for maintaining our existing, as well as developing new fundraising resources for use across the organisation, including cases for support, narratives and a database of trusts and foundations.

In addition, the Fundraiser will contribute to social impact reporting and storytelling, helping to articulate the difference our work makes and the value that supporting us makes to local and creative communities.

This role is starting at a time when fundraising activities and strategy have been clarified and defined for Bricks, with relationships formed with key funders and others identified. This means that the postholder will be able to support with activating a pipeline of bids across core, revenue, capital areas of the charity.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Fundraising

• Research and identify potential trusts, foundations, corporate partners and individual donors.
• Lead the development, submission and follow-up of funding applications, working with colleagues to shape strong proposals.
• Develop and refresh clear cases for support, tailored to different funders and income streams.
• Plan and deliver cultivation and engagement activity, including targeted opportunities and occasional events.
• Produce engaging public-facing fundraising copy across digital and print channels to support individual giving and awareness.
• Oversee on-site giving initiatives, maintaining existing schemes and exploring new fundraising opportunities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with funders, corporate partners, trustees, consultants and other key partners.

General

• Contribute to the development of social impact reporting and narrative storytelling, ensuring fundraising communications clearly demonstrate the change created through Bricks’ work
• Support the preparation of reports and updates to funders in line with grant conditions and reporting requirements, working with colleagues to gather relevant data and insights
• Carry out any other duties consistent with the nature of the role as required

Person Specification:

Essential

• Proven experience of fundraising within the arts, community or wider cultural sector
• Demonstrable success in securing income from a range of sources, including writing and managing successful applications to trusts and foundations
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills, with the ability to engage, influence and inspire a wide range of stakeholders
• Highly organised, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines effectively
• Strong writing and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly, persuasively and creatively

Desirable

• Experience of coordinating fundraising activity across teams or departments within an organisation
• Knowledge of corporate fundraising, sponsorship or partnership development
• Experience of individual giving initiatives, including site based fundraising tools or fundraising events
• Familiarity with prospect research tools, fundraising databases or CRM systems
• Experience of impact reporting or contributing to evaluation and learning processes
• An understanding of the arts and cultural sector, and a commitment to community-focused practice and the arts

TO APPLY

How to apply

Bricks strives to promote equality and diversity at all levels of our team. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive in our ways of working, and to being a place where all belong. We value diversity and inclusion and therefore particularly encourage applications from you if you are from a background that is underrepresented in the arts and culture sector.

Pre application

– Download the Job Pack

– If you require this job description in another format please contact us

hr@bricksbristol.org

– FAQ will be listed on this document

– If your question is not answered on the FAQ document, please email hr@bricksbristol.org with your question.

Application

To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the personal statement section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.

Apply for this role by completing our application form.

– Application Form here.

You can use video/audio as part of your application in place of a cover letter, which can be up to 5 minutes long.

Please can you also fill in our:

– Monitoring form: here.

Bricks strives to promote equality and diversity at all levels of our team. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive in our ways of working, and to being a place where all belong.  We therefore particularly encourage applications from you if you are from a background that is underrepresented in the sector, for example if you are from a community that experiences racism or you are a disabled person (as defined by the Equalities Act 2010), you did not go to University or had free school meals as a child.

We believe our work will be stronger with greater diversity and want to welcome the whole person to work.  Our staff are not appointed to represent specific groups or organisations, but to represent themselves and their own experiences and perspectives.

We welcome feedback on how we can improve our recruitment processes, you can do this via email to hr@bricksbristol.org or via this anonymous form: here.