Business Development & Fundraising Lead

SPACE is an ambitious and innovative charity, driven by our values and seeking to support even more young people by developing current and new services. Our employees strive to achieve the best they can and must be committed to seeing the best in others. We value everyone's contribution and create safe spaces for exploration and growth. Are you ready to join an organisation that helps thousands of young people a year as they transition to adulthood? Can you help us reach our target audiences and tell our stories to raise awareness of our mission and also harness crucial support from our communities and stakeholders? Do you have a creative flair and enjoy collaborating with people to design campaigns and promotional materials? We are hoping to secure a Business Development & Fundraising Lead to work primarily from our Youth Centre in Exeter. The work will be part-time, 22.5 hours per week, and may include working occasional evenings or weekends throughout the year at events for example. In this role, you will work alongside leadership colleagues to successfully secure business partnerships and funding to ensure the ongoing success and diversification of Space Youth Services. You will line manage and lead a small fundraising and marketing team and lead our approach to tender responses and grant applications. You will become an important part of our continued success.What is the role

• Working with members of staff to identify business development opportunities and appropriate costing models
• Advocate for and secure financial support of those ideas with external agencies, businesses, trusts and grant givers via bid writing, attending meetings and networking
• Have oversight of our grants and partnership-related income, reporting to our supporters when needed
• Lead our impact and storytelling, inspiring donors and trusts to understand and support our mission
• Line Manage a small team and enable them to collaborate with colleagues and grow in their fields
• A willingness to work at times that are conducive to the fundraising activities and participants - including evenings and weekends on occasion
• Develop corporate sponsorship and support, to enable us to launch new initiatives and services for young people.
  
  Highly experienced in various areas of Business & partnership Development, bid writing and fundraising
• Proven record of success
• Passion for supporting and advocating for the rights of young people
• Creative and can see opportunities to grow and develop networks
• Respectful with excellent empathy and kindness to colleagues
  
  Our vision is to develop a vibrant, diverse and sustainable voluntary and community children and young people sector in Devon that enables and enhances the quality of services for children and young people in the sector.
We aim to meet the needs and aspirations of children and young people (aged 0 to 25) in Devon by strengthening and supporting the work of its membership through the development of: An inclusive and diverse network of voluntary youth organisations A strategic, influential body that informs and influences the development and delivery of services to children and young people in the community it operates within.


• Annual leave: 5 weeks for the first 5 years then additional days depending on length of service (pro-rata'd for part-time roles)
• Additional 3 Statutory days given between Christmas and new year plus bank holidays
• Pension contributions starting at 6% rising to 8% in the third year
• Employee assistance programme 24/7
• Casual dress code
• Social occasions
• Continuous Professional Development: Formal and informal training opportunities
• Enhanced sick pay
• Trained wellbeing champions available for a chat
• Value-driven culture