Fundraiser - grants, trusts and corporates
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About The People’s Theatre
The People’s Theatre is a leading amateur theatre in England, one of the oldest and largest in the country. We produce 14 productions per year, attracting over 10,000 people to our building on the Coast Road.
The former cinema building has been our home since the 1960s and has been refurbished several times over the years. Most recently, we added a new studio space on the ground floor of the building, creating a fully accessible performance space with room for up to 100 audience members.
The project
We are ready for the next stage of our development, preparing to ensure our long-term financial and environmental sustainability by embracing affordable, low-carbon technologies - both in terms of traditional theatre equipment and newer heating and energy generating technologies.
To save money, improve our financial resilience and building sustainability, the Theatre is looking to invest in three projects:
1. Replacement of our stage manager’s desk, ensuring it is technologically suitable for productions for years to come;
2. Replacement of all stage-lighting systems with LED units and new controllers, saving the theatre up to six households’ worth of electricity annually, therefore providing both a substantial cost and energy saving;
3. Improving the theatre’s heating systems, including potential installation of air-handling units, heat pumps, upgrades to the fabric of the building, as well as possible energy generation and storage options. This work is guided by a full-scale feasibility study currently underway.
In order to deliver this project, we are embarking on a fundraising effort that will help us be able to pay for these upgrades to our building and performance spaces.
We seek to enlist the help of a professional fundraiser, who is experienced in working with small charities, preferably within the arts sector in the North East.
Job Description
* Help the theatre shape the strategy for engagement with charitable and government funders of the arts sector for the purposes of the outlined programme;
* Develop a proposition for the programme that resonates with charities, funds and corporate sponsors;
* Identify and approach potential funders that align with the Theatre’s values and needs;
* Attend appropriate external networking events in order to develop relationships leading to donations;
* Write and prepare fundraising proposals, in collaboration with the theatre’s fundraising lead and management team;
* Secure funding by approaching trusts, local businesses and individuals;
* Undertake any reasonable duties, commensurate with the level of the post.
Appointment and fee
The position will be offered on a self-employed or consultancy basis for 12 months at a competitive market rate, commensurate to the candidate’s experience and existing rates. The post is subject to a three-month probationary period.
Application
Applicants are asked to submit their CV with a covering letter by 7 March 2025. Interviews are expected to take place in the week commencing 24 March.
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* Entry level
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* Full-time
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