1. Salary: £29,560 to £32,632 pro rata per annum
2. Hours: 30 to 37 hours per week
3. Location: Southampton and across various Solent Mind sites in Hampshire, combined with hybrid working in the UK
4. Interview Date: First interviews: W/C Monday 30 September 2024. Second interviews: W/C Monday 7 October 2024
5. Closing Date: Monday 23 September 2024
(Ref REQ00425)
Job Details:
About the role
The main purpose of this role is to develop and deliver our approach to maintain and grow corporate fundraising income, to support our mission to improve mental health in Hampshire. You will join us at an exciting time, having just launched our new three-year strategy, and this role is pivotal in helping us achieve our strategic ambitions in the years ahead.
The role is to lead the corporate fundraising activities for Solent Mind, which have grown significantly over the last five years. This will include maximising support through Charity of the Year relationships and participation in activities, events and challenges in aid of Solent Mind, and by securing one-off gifts in support of Solent Mind. You will research and build our corporate pipeline and support the delivery of our wider employer engagement which covers all aspects of employment engagement including fundraising, training and mental health employer service.
This role is within Solent Mind’s fundraising and external engagement team, and the successful candidate will manage and be supported by the Corporate Fundraising Officer.
About you
You will be an experienced corporate fundraiser or have relevant relationship fundraising or B2B sales experience, together with a proven track record in meeting and exceeding financial and other targets. You will be an effective communicator with excellent written and presentation skills. You should possess good negotiating and influencing skills, as well as excellent relationship management skills, and be highly pro-active and skilled in generating new business leads and moving warm prospects through the ‘sales’ cycle.
You will demonstrate the ability to motivate and develop your direct reports and will ideally have experience supervising both staff and volunteers.
About us
Solent Mind is a mental health charity, supporting people to develop positive mental wellbeing, live well and thrive. Last year, our 400 strong team supported 45,000 people with their mental health across Hampshire, Southampton and Portsmouth. We are part of the Mind Federation. Solent Mind has a Gold award for Workplace Wellbeing Index 2022/2023 and has signed up to be a Mindful Employer.
Staff Benefits We Can Offer You:
6. A fantastic team of people who are passionate about mental health and supporting their colleagues
7. Learning and development training for your role and career
8. 25 days holiday increasing to 30 days per completed year of service (pro rata)
9. Contributory pension scheme
10. Flexible working to promote a healthy work life balance
11. A diverse variety of staff wellbeing groups
12. Employee Assistance Programme (offering 24/7 support)
13. Vouchers for eye tests and towards the cost of glasses for VDU users
14. Employee Wellbeing Champions
15. Enhanced family friendly benefits for maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental leave
16. Cycle To Work scheme discount