***THIS JOB VACANCY HAS NOW CLOSED***
London, Greater London (Hybrid)
£50,000 – £55,000 per year
Permanent, Full-time
The Head of Fundraising will lead The Forces Employment Charity (FEC)’s business development, fundraising and income generation. This will include researching and identifying new fundraising opportunities from trusts, foundations and companies and converting these into long term business relationships. You will also work within a team to produce high quality, bespoke proposals, and reports to demonstrate impact and outcomes to help drive the delivery of FEC across the UK.
This is a full time 37 hours, Hybrid role based in Central London with salary of £50 – 55k depending on experience
Principal Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement the charity’s income development plan, working with the COO.
- Manage the development team, organising the workload and supervise outputs to jointly deliver all income generation and reporting activities.
- Identify suitable new funding opportunities, including government procurement, charities, trusts and foundations and corporates and develop ideas into compelling applications.
- Lead the management of monthly reporting requirements across the Veterans Programmes and demonstrate impact and outcomes according to grant agreements and contracts.
- Manage FEC events and FEC input into partner events where there is an income development or fundraising opportunity for FEC.
- Record all activities using the FEC Salesforce CRM database.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential Competences:
- Ability to manage the workload, outputs, and people within a team to produce high quality outcomes in a fast-moving environment.
- Engaging personality with excellent verbal and written communications skills.
- Empathy with Armed Forces personnel and an understanding of the challenges they face in finding appropriate and sustainable employment, including vulnerable or disadvantaged individuals
Desirable Competences:
- Degree educated
- Strong ability to plan and manage multiple priorities effectively
- Experience in leading funding applications
To apply please submit a CV and Cover by midnight Friday 30 June 2023
