As a Fundraising and Partnerships Lead you will be tasked with focus on the following areas:
* Manage and grow the regions partnership pipelines
* Monitor and manage corporate partnership and fundraising income and expenditure budgets
* Troubleshoot and mitigate risks and issues in order to ensure the delivery of results
* Through regular reviews and based on feedback from supporters and volunteers, maintain an ongoing improvement programme across your region to ensure that resources are always deployed appropriately and efficiently, delivering optimum productivity at all times for fundraising & partnership activities
* Monitor and manage operational risk, including compliance with internal and external standards, policies and procedures for corporate partnership and fundraising activity
* Support the delivery of income targets, increase engagement, increase supporter conversions, deepen relationships and diversify income streams with a focus on delivering on your monthly partnership objectives
* Manage delivery of all partnership goals and KPIs with the support of the Community Managers and volunteers
* Work with the communications, events, face-to-face, legacy, media, philanthropy and trusts contacts within your region to help you achieve your goals
* Support volunteer recruitment and levels of support for fundraising and partnership activities across your region
* Support the delivery of the national partnership strategy at a regional level and facilitate content delivery and stakeholder management regionally and locally
* Work closely with the national partnership team to collaboratively deliver our yearly objectives, This role, whilst 37 hours per week, will require flexible working across all 7 days of the week. Whilst core days will be defined, it is expected that there will be a degree of weekend and evening working required. Extensive travel will be required. This role will be based at an RNLI site wherever possible.
You'll be passionate about making a real difference for our supporters, volunteers and customers. You will be highly motivated and enjoy tackling challenging goals and targets whilst being creative in finding solutions to problems. You will be a natural leader and be able to inspire and influence at all levels to drive and embed changes and improvements, keeping the supporter, volunteer and customer experience front of mind. To be considered as the Fundraising and Partnerships Lead you will need:
* Significant experience of engaging businesses, supporters, volunteers and the public in order to generate funds.
* A proven track record of results delivery in the areas of fundraising and corporate partnerships.
* Exceptional written and verbal communication skills and engagement skills are a must as well as active listening skills and the ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences.
* People leadership experience is vital, ideally in leading field-based teams in a collaborative environment.
* Experience of leading and embedding change and improvements is essential., This post requires a valid driving licence.
Our vision is to save everyone. It may take us a long time to get there, but drowning is preventable, and we believe that even one drowning is one too many. We are all lifesavers. We are all fundraisers. This is our watch.
The successful candidate will be the go-to person for corporate partnerships income targets in the Ireland region and will be responsible for the delivery of fundraising activity which will achieve agreed targets. Working with the Regional Engagement Lead, the post holder will support strategic planning, and identify and lead development opportunities to grow partnership income. Working as one crew this person will share their skills and knowledge with staff and volunteers on the ground.
€57,744 - €67,934 / £40,315 - £47,429 (dependent on experience) Vehicle A vehicle will be made available to carry out your duties,
* Salary €57,744 - €67,934 / £40,315 - £47,429 (dependent on experience)
* Flexible working
* 26 days' annual leave plus Bank Holidays
* Outstanding pension scheme (contributions of up to 16% of basic salary)
* Life assurance