Business Development & Fundraising Lead
DYS288:Business Development & Fundraising Lead
Location: ExeterEmployment Type: Fixed Term - 1 Year with potential to extend
Hours: 22.5 hours per week
Salary: £42,000 (Spot Salary) Pro Rata
Deadline for application: 5th November 2024
Interview Date: 13th November 2024
SPACE is an ambitious and innovative charity, driven by our values and seeking to support even more young people by developing current and new services. Our employees strive to achieve the best they can and must be committed to seeing the best in others.We value everyone's contribution and create safe spaces for exploration and growth.
Are you ready to join an organisation that helps thousands of young people a year as they transition to adulthood? Can you help us reach our target audiences and tell our stories to raise awareness of our mission and also harness crucial support from our communities and stakeholders?Do you have a creative flair and enjoy collaborating with people to design campaigns and promotional materials?
We are hoping to secure a Business Development & Fundraising Lead to work primarily from our Youth Centre in Exeter. The work will be part-time, 22.5 hours per week, and may include working occasional evenings or weekends throughout the year at events for example.In this role, you will work alongside leadership colleagues to successfully secure business partnerships and funding to
ensure the ongoing success and diversification of Space Youth Services. You will line manage and lead a small fundraising and marketing team and lead our approach to tender
Key activities to expectWorking with members of staff to identify business development opportunities and
appropriate costing models
- Advocate for and secure financial support of those ideas with external agencies,
- Have oversight of our grants and partnership-related income, reporting to our supporters when needed
- Lead our impact and storytelling, inspiring donors and trusts to understand and support our mission
- Line Manage a small team and enable them to collaborate with colleagues and grow in their fields
- A willingness to work at times that are conducive to the fundraising activities and
- Develop corporate sponsorship and support, to enable us to launch new initiatives and services for young people.
Who we are looking for
About You: Highly experienced in various areas of Business & partnership Development, bid writing and
fundraising- Proven record of success
- Passion for supporting and advocating for the rights of young people
- Creative and can see opportunities to grow and develop networks
- Respectful with excellent empathy and kindness to colleagues
- Please see Job Description for more details
Space is an inclusive and learning organisation. Our employees should strive to achieve the best they can and must be committed to seeing the best in others
As part of our ambitions to improve equality and diversity, we would particularly welcome applications for this role from those who identify under any of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010, which include race, age, disability, gender, religion or belief, and sexual orientation.What we offer
- Annual leave: 5 weeks for the first 5 years then additional days depending on length of service (pro-rata’d for part-time roles)
- Additional 3 Statutory days given between Christmas and new year plus bank holidays
- Pension contributions starting at 6% rising to 8% in the third year
- Employee assistance programme 24/7
- Casual dress code
- Social occasions
- Continuous Professional Development: Formal and informal training opportunities
- Enhanced sick pay
- Trained wellbeing champions available for a chat
- Value-driven culture
How to apply
Please read the job description and apply by completing our application form, describing your passion for this role even if you don’t feel you meet every point in the description.
If you’d like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Dan Barton on 07590 639423 or for more information please visit www.spaceyouthservices.org.To apply for this post please download and complete the attached application form and return this either via email as an MS Word document to recruitment@spacepsm.org or posting to DYS Space Ltd, 100 Club, Wear Barton Road, Exeter, Devon EX2 7EH
Deadline for applications: 05/11/2024 . The interview will be held at 100 Club, Exeter on 13/11/2024.
At SPACE, we work with young people and are fully committed to ensuring their safeguarding and welfare is a priority at all times. As part of our Safeguarding Policy and Procedures, all of our employees, contractors and volunteers will be expected to comply. Upon a conditional offer of appointment being made, all employees will also be required to satisfy our pre-employment screening process which will include:
- An identity check (photo ID)
- Receipt of satisfactory references cover for 3 years to current
- Documentary evidence of right to work in the UK
- A satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)