Grants and Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser
Location: Hybrid
Role Status: 37.5 hours (reduced hours considered)
Closing Date: 17 Mar 2025
This role requires the submission of a completed Caritas application form which you can download from the Careers page on the Caritas Diocese of Salford website. This is to be uploaded to the 'Anything else to upload' section. Your application will not be considered without an application form as we do not accept CVs. You may add a covering letter if you wish to help support your application.
About Us
Caritas Diocese of Salford is the principal social action agency of the Catholic Diocese. Our mission is to put Love Into Action. We help those across Greater Manchester and Lancashire experiencing poverty, disadvantage, and discrimination to transform their lives with dignity. We provide a practical response to those in crisis, suffering hardship or who are at risk. We rebuild lives for the long-term, enabling people to live in a safe, healthy, and secure environment. We call for a better, more just world, where the voices of the poor are heard and acted upon and positively influence the systems, decisions, and resources that affect those in need.
About the Job
Are you an experienced fundraiser who would love to see an end to poverty, homelessness, and disadvantage in our local communities? Will you help us in our mission to provide practical support to those in crisis, suffering hardship, or at risk by joining our fundraising team? We need your talent and fundraising experience so that we can help local families and individuals rebuild their lives for the long term.
You would be joining Caritas Salford at an incredibly exciting time in its 100-plus year history of providing charitable services to local communities in Greater Manchester and Lancashire. We have just opened a brand-new supported homelessness accommodation project in Manchester this month, providing 19 bedrooms to men who would otherwise be homeless. We have ambitious plans to continue to open up more projects like this. We help thousands of adults, young people, and children every year through our numerous projects and services.
With pioneering plans for the future, we need exceptional fundraisers to join the team who will make it happen. The Grants and Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser will be the lead fundraiser helping to develop and manage the pipeline of opportunities, develop tailored partnership pitches, oversee corporate volunteering programmes, and provide impactful stewardship and reporting to funders, ensuring sustained and diversified income for the charity. They will focus on researching and securing funding from trusts, foundations, and corporate partners by building and stewarding relationships, creative and innovative approaches to engage funders, and tracking fundraising performance.
Early applications are strongly encouraged as all applications will be reviewed as soon as they are received. Closing date: Monday, 17 March 2025 at 9 am. Interview: Week commencing Monday, 31 March 2025. Caritas follows Safer Recruitment practices, and this post is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service check. It is also a requirement of the post that you must hold a full UK Driving Licence, with the use of a car insured for business purposes as this role involves travelling to different locations as required.
If you have any queries or issues when applying, then please e-mail hr@caritassalford.org.uk and our HR department will be happy to help. Caritas Diocese of Salford is an equal opportunities employer. Registered Charity Number: 1125808
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