Re~Cycle Community and Events Fundraising Manager Job Description www.re-cycle.org

Job title: Community and Events Fundraising Manager

Reporting to: Fundraising Manager

Direct Reports: No management of other staff will be required at present (although you may work with and manage volunteers)

Hours: Part time – three days a week, with potential for this to increase as this area of fundraising grows. There will be some out of office hours work.

Salary: Full time Salary £30,000 (pro-rata £18,000)

Location: Home based or at Re~Cycle’s offices in Colchester, Essex (please note that if you are home based you will be expected to spend at least two days per month in Colchester, although there will be some flexibility on this)

Dates: Closing date: 5pm Friday 2 October 2015

Travel: This role will require regular travel around the UK and to Colchester. There may be some international travel but this will not be frequent

ABOUT RE~CYCLE Re~Cycle is a UK registered charity based in Colchester, Essex. Since 1997 we have rescued over 68,000 unwanted bikes and sent them to Africa, benefitting 408,000 people and preventing hundreds of tonnes of bike waste in the UK. Our bikes, plus spare parts and tools, go to eight project partners in seven countries: Ghana (2 projects), Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, The Gambia and Zambia. Our bikes improve people’s life prospects, create employment and help people access school and health services. We help people like Anthony in Zambia, who now saves two hours every day by cycling to school rather than walking. This gives him more energy for homework and other things like collecting water for his parents - using his bike! In 2014 we helped over 64,000 people like Anthony.

OVERVIEW Re~Cycle is looking to recruit an experienced Community and Events Fundraising Manager; a strategic thinker, you’ll be confident at devising plans and taking a lead in reaching new audiences and increasing our events income. A thorough understanding of community fundraising and regulations is essential, alongside the commitment and enthusiasm for building internal and external relationships with a varied audience. You’ll see this role not just as a way to increase community and events income but also as a way to help Re~Cycle build its long-term pool of committed giving, major donors and legacy makers- which will involve keeping accurate database records.

DIMENSIONS This is a new role at Re~Cycle and reflects the charity’s growth over the past three years (from 160k income to 500k). There’s much scope for someone to shape Re~Cycle’s events and community portfolio, therefore the role requires a results driven, proactive, organised individual who has a proven track record of meeting income targets as well as resilience when income is less emergent. You’ll be joining a small team with only two other fundraisers (both working from home), so being self-motivated is essential, especially if home-based. You’ll also need the skills to work across the charity to gather information.

MAIN PURPOSE

1. Establish and lead Re~Cycle’s events and community fundraising programme

2. Increase our community and events income using traditional and digital tools

3. Lead on the promotion of our work to new community and cycling audiences at community level

4. Develop a growing base of supporters who might then become other types of supporter for

Re~Cycle, helping our longer-term income

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Principal Responsibilities Duties

Strategy 1. Develop a strategy for events and community fundraising

2. Develop an action plan to implement it

Increase our events income 1. Raise an agreed community and events income target each year

2. Acquire support for Re~Cycle as the beneficiary charity for mass

participation cycle, walking, challenge events

3. Lead on the recruitment of sponsored event participants, including

planning marketing/digital campaigns

4. Respond to and support event participants helping them achieve their

fundraising goals

5. Explore the potential for a ‘Re~Cycle’ annual cycling event and

manage this event if it is decided it has potential

Increase our community reach and new audiences

1. Respond to school, university or other community groups’ fundraising

enquiries

2. Identify appropriate new audiences (possibly bike cafes and cycling

clubs) through which we can promote our work and solicit ongoing

support

3. Develop propositions, concepts and engagement plans for these new

audiences

Build relationships 1. Develop fundraising materials and tools in conjunction with the

marketing team to meet the needs of supporters and to engage new

community audiences (including use of digital platforms)

2. Build long term relationships with community supporters, volunteers,

groups by providing an appropriate level of support to enable them

to maximise fundraising and organise successful events and profile

raising opportunities.

3. Work with our current community supporters and Re~Cycle’s staff to

identify new opportunities and potential new supporters, with a

focus on corporate partners and well networked supporters.

4. Put the donor first in all communication to help develop longer-term

value

Support other areas of Re~Cycle’s fundraising work

1. Provide support for Re~Cycle’s corporate partnerships staff and

customer fundraising events and initiatives (as required)

2. Contribute to team meetings and Re~Cycle planning

Administrative/financial/legal 1. Monitor and analyse financial and non-financial return on investment,

(in conjunction with our Finance Officer), and suggest improvements

for future planning

2. Update records for community and events supporters in the

fundraising database (CiviCRM)

3. Ensure you understand and keep up to date with all relevant

fundraising codes of practice and all legal aspects linked to their

fundraising

PERSON SPECIFICATION

The experience and skills we’re looking for

Requirements Essential Desirable

Education /Professional Qualifications

1. This post requires experience rather

than qualifications

1. Educated to degree level

2. IOF qualification

Experience

1. At least four year’s experience of

community and events fundraising

2. Successful track record of increasing

income from community and events

fundraising

3. Developing fundraising strategy and

plans

4. Experience of arranging and planning

events

5. Identifying opportunities, planning

creative donor propositions and

activities

6. Supporting and cultivating supporters

7. Marketing fundraising activities through

a range of different channels including

new and digital media and managing

personalised and mass communications

such as newsletters

8. Writing and delivering persuasive and

professional presentations as well as

networking, including at senior level

9. Experience of financial

1. Experience of working for an

international charity or an

understanding of

international development

2. Volunteer management

management/monitoring

Skills/Abilities

1. Ability to work on your own initiative

2. Ability to manage multiple activities and

plan well

3. Excellent communication skills, with

strong presentation skills

4. Ability to develop relationships

internally and externally, in particular

across Re~Cycle, to deliver targets

5. Ability to absorb information about our

partner projects and present it in a

clear, logical and appropriate manner

6. Be results driven and proactive, but also

patient

Technical Strong IT skills, including the ability to use databases and Microsoft packages including Excel and PowerPoint

Experience of using a

fundraising database

Graphical computer skills

WORKING AT RE~CYCLE

Our holiday entitlement is: 28 days per year plus Public Holidays. This contract is: Permanent The probation period for all appointments is: Subject to satisfactory completion of the first six months of employment.

APPLYING FOR THIS POSITION

To apply for this position, please send us, by email: • Your CV • A covering letter of no more than three pages, explaining how you’re the right person for the role, making reference to the duties and responsibilities above. By Email: Please send your CV and covering letter to: fundraising@re-cycle.org Application Closing Date 5pm Friday 2nd October 2015 Interview Dates Interviews will take place in mid- October 2015 (TBC) in Colchester, Essex Want to know more? Please call Kelley Parfitt, Fundraising Manager on: 07840 343 324 fundraising@re-cycle.org No agencies please