Senior Community Fundraising Manager (Northern England) Full Time

Shelter

Closing date: 14th January 2024 at 11.30pm

About Shelter
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the team
This exciting opportunity sits in Shelter’s Community & Events department in Shelter’s Income Generation Directorate.

Community & Events is made up of our Community Fundraising, Supporter Experience, Digital Fundraising & Marketing and Mass Participation teams, across the team we look after a wide range of fundraising activities encouraging supporters to raise money and providing them with the support to do so.

You will report into the Head of Community Fundraising who will be there to support you in the role and encourage your personal development. At Shelter we are passionate about developing our colleagues and supporting you all the way.

About the role
You will be responsible for line managing our North Community Fundraising Team which makes up a team of five Regional Community Fundraisers. You will need to be an authentic leader creating an inclusive and driven culture to enable the team to thrive and ensuring the Regional Community Fundraisers can produce their best work.

You will play an active role in developing the strategy and increasing the income of Community Fundraising by leading and enabling the team to engage key audiences. Also, leading the way internally and externally for key income streams or activities along with influencing key internal stakeholders to achieve the overarching ambitions for Shelter relating to fundraising income.

About you
As a Senior Community Fundraising Manager, you will need to be an ambassador of collaboration proactively developing relationships across the organisation to understand other team objectives along with the following key factors.

To be successful in this role you will need to be a creative, passionate, motivated individual who is resilient to the challenges you may face in the role and above all be excited to join us on our journey to campaign against homelessness and social injustice.

You will develop a strong culture and empower the team to be pro-active, supporting, coaching them to achieve success whilst also learning from failures as well. Furthermore, being a key influencer and capable of detailed analysis and data driven decisions.

Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our Digital team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.