Avon Needs Trees
Head of Fundraising
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Role Overview
Reporting to: Director of Income
Hours of work: 0.8 FTE to full time (35 hours per week) depending on your preference
Duration: Fixed-term contract to 31st March 2028
Salary: £41,600 starting salary, with opportunities to receive performance-related pay increases within the salary band over time.
Location: Flexible working between home, our office at Lower Chew Forest, near Compton Dando, and with travel across our catchment area.
Your Impact
Your legacy will be a tangible impact on slowing down climate change, helping nature recover, and creating social impact by developing your vision for fundraising income generation at Avon Needs Trees and engaging our supporters through compelling communications.
About Us
You will join a fast-growing organisation that started in 2019 with four volunteers and has grown to a staff team of nineteen (with more recruitment in the pipeline for 2024), over 1,000 volunteers, and ownership of nearly 600 acres of land that will grow woodlands of over 160,000 trees.
It is an exciting time for the organisation as we approach the launch of commercial activities at Lower Chew Forest.
We are looking for a fundraising specialist with the abilities and ambition to grow our charitable income generation and take ANT to our next level of impact. Our current fundraising strategy is focused around corporate partnerships, individual giving campaigns (in particular crowdfunders where we have a strong track record), philanthropists, and trusts and foundations.
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We are particularly interested in individuals with experience and skillsets in these areas that would complement and build on existing strengths and experience in the team; generating new leads in relationship fundraising context, developing and diversifying our individual giving offering, and building excellent stewardship journeys.
You will help take our impact to the next level by inspiring and influencing others to follow us in our ambitious plans for change.
Main Responsibilities
- Lead from the front to grow our fundraising operations and strategy
- Leadership of the fundraising team at ANT, providing clear strategic vision, guidance, and support
- As part of the senior leadership team, work with the Chief Executive and other Heads on organisational strategy, fundraising, and communications planning
- Develop strong working relationships across the organisation and bring together relevant people in matrix working style groups, to avoid siloed ways of working
- Other duties and opportunities as required
Working Relationships and Expectations
As a member of the senior leadership team, you will work closely with the Chief Executive and other Heads, helping to lead the organisation in an exciting period of change and growth.
As a member of the Income team, you will work closely with the Director of Income. You will manage two direct reports at Lead level. You will collaborate more widely across the organisation coordinating comms needs from different teams.
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- Hybrid working between home and our office at Lower Chew Forest, Compton Dando with the expectation of being present in our office or on site at least one day in a typical week
- Occasional evening and weekend working will be required but this is not a substantial feature of your role
- Our staff maintain an appropriate level of confidentiality, professionalism, and discretion at all times
- Our staff comply with organisational policies, procedures, and guidance, and external regulations and laws
Working with Us
- Flexible working with an employer with a proven record of sensitivity to a range of personal circumstances and needs
- Hybrid working, based on a 35-hour (full time) working week
- 26 days leave per annum, plus bank holidays (all pro rata for part-time staff)
- Wellbeing and resilience-focused employer
- Paid leave for emergencies
- 24/7 free, impartial, and confidential support service
- 24/7 free helpline with health professionals
- Pension scheme, with a 3% employer contribution
- Real Living Wage employer, as a minimum
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