Fundraising Lead Fundraising Lead

The salary range for this role is £28,000 to £30,000 per annum FTE.
About the Organisation
Surrey Coalition of Disabled People is an innovative organisation that is led by disabled people working together to achieve our vision. Our vision is a world where difference is valued, and diversity is celebrated. A world where everyone has the same rights, freedoms, choices, and opportunities.
About the Role
The Coalition recently registered as a charity in December 2023. With our new registered status we're keen to build our fundraising capability by recruiting for our very first fundraising role!
To date our fundraising has been limited to trusts and grants as well as local authority funding. We're now looking to expand on this to help us reach and support even more Disabled people and those living with long term health conditions in Surrey.
Purpose of the role
The role will develop our fundraising strategy for the charity and manage Surrey Coalition of Disabled People's fundraising activity including community grants, individual, corporate and legacy fundraising.
The main responsibilities of this role are to:

• Work with Senior Leadership Team to develop, deliver, and monitor a fundraising strategy


• Research and evaluate new grant funding opportunities, co-ordinate the submission of high-quality bids, and manage reporting requirements


• Develop and steward excellent relationships with donors, trusts, foundations and corporates to ensure a diverse range of income streams


• Research and implement fundraising events


• Set up and deliver a legacy fundraising programme.


• Collaborate with the Finance Manager and CEO to ensure accurate budgeting and financial reporting of our grants


• Carry out further tasks requested and agreed with the CEO, appropriate to the role and grade of the job.


• Work with Senior Leadership to develop an Individual Giving and Acquisition strategy that drives growth for individual giving across multi-channel campaigns and initiatives.
  
  Experience of all fundraising methods


• Excellent organisation and planning skills


• Good communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively in a range of formats and with a variety of audiences


• Excellent strategic planning skills and able to balance competing priorities


• Good level of computer literacy including all Microsoft packages with experience of using a range of databases


• A good level of self-motivation and able to work on own initiative


• The ability to work safely from home and willingness to do so OR the ability to work from our office in Burpham


• Live within Surrey or nearby


Desirable

• Experience and knowledge of working with people who are Disabled or living with a long-term health condition and/or carers


• Confident presentation skills


• An understanding of GDPR and adult safeguarding principles


Other requirements

• Values: To uphold the values and beliefs of the Organisation


• Equality and Diversity: To work inclusively with a diverse range of members and stakeholders and promote equality of opportunity


• Health, Safety and Welfare: To maintain high standards of Health, Safety and Welfare at work and take reasonable care for the health and safety of self and others