Tailored Recruitment Consultancy are working with a charity in Bradford to recruit an experienced Fundraising and Events Lead.

As the Community and Events Fundraising Lead, you will be responsible for developing and delivering a range of community and event-based fundraising initiatives. Your role will involve engaging supporters, building strong relationships within the community, and maximising income through creative and impactful fundraising activities.

Key duties

Community Fundraising

* Work with the Head of Income Generation to develop and implement strategies to support the growth of our organisation from community fundraising activities.

* Own the delivery of the community fundraising strategy which results in a growth of income from our grassroots activities with individuals and associations across our region.

* Act as a key point of contact for community fundraisers, providing guidance, resources, and support to help them achieve their goals.

Events Management

* Develop an annual calendar of participation events and appeals, working with the wider Marketing and Communications Team to ensure effective promotion, engagement and results.

* Plan, organise (including venue booking, supplier liaison, and risk management) and deliver fundraising events (including both in-person and virtual formats), ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and meet income targets.

* Recruit, train, manage event volunteers to ensure successful delivery of events and show them a high standard of care and support to retain them.

Relationship Building

* Cultivate and manage relationships with supporters, ensuring excellent stewardship and engagement.

* Identify and develop opportunities to grow the charity's supporter base (including working collaboratively with other teams to integrate community and event fundraising with other areas of the organisation).

* Act as an ambassador and represent the charity in Bradford at external functions, events, giving talks and presentations as required.

Marketing and Promotion

* Work with the communications team to create compelling promotional materials and social media campaigns to raise awareness of fundraising initiatives and events, ensuring consistent branding and messaging across all activities to appeal to different target groups.

Monitoring and Reporting

* Evidence progress towards in-year and longer term goals by building a robust fundraising pipeline across multiple income streams, monitoring and evaluating the success of community and event fundraising activities, producing regular reports and data analysis.

* Set and manage income and expenditure for all fundraising initiatives, ensuring cost-effectiveness and profitability.

* Keep accurate records of donor interactions, income, and expenditure on the charity's database.

The person

* Proven track record of successful income generation/business development activity, including successful fundraising activity on behalf of an organisation.

* Experience of developing and successfully launching new community and/or events products.

* Proven experience of delivering income growth in an events and/or community fundraising setting (preferably both) and evidencing progress towards agreed income targets