North West Cancer Research - Job Description
Job Title: Charity Manager – KidsCan
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer - NWCR
Direct reports: KidsCan Administrator, Ambassador Programme Lead, volunteers and others.
Key relationships: The KidsCan and NWCR Board of Trustees, NWCR Marketing and Fundraising Committee, supporters, donors, the NWCR Head of Fundraising and the Director of Brand and Income.
Location: To be based at the KidsCan Office in Salford with time working at the NWCR Office in Liverpool along with hybrid working from home.
Role Summary
North West Cancer Research is a long-established regional charity which can trace its history back to 1948 and with a proud tradition of funding cutting edge research into cancer. The Charity has recently taken control of a small Salford-based charity – KidsCan - which historically has funded research into childhood cancers but which has recently fallen on hard times – reducing its ability to fund research. As a result KidsCan will become part of North West Cancer Research becoming responsible for any research into childhood cancers and providing both an additional and an alternative route for fundraising.
The Charity Manager will provide leadership and direction to KidsCan, seeking to ambitiously grow its income and providing the NWCR Chief Executive and Trustees with detailed plans and ideas for growing income. This will include the development of ideas for projects and activities which can be funded by donors. The post holder will be keen to develop their role as a leader, developing new ideas and ensuring that they are in touch with the latest trends and techniques in the sector. They will be the face and the leader for KidsCan and, in tandem with the NWCR Marketing Team will grow its brand and awareness in the region.
This isn’t an ordinary fundraising role but rather includes significant items of change management, culture setting and relationship building. The Charity Manager will have a personal target and will be largely responsible for fundraising within the division. In addition they will oversee the administration of KidsCan, developing links to researchers and creating ideas for activities which further the objective of improving childhood cancer outcomes. They will do this under the umbrella of North West Cancer Research and working closely with the Charity team when conflicts and challenges become apparent.
Responsibilities/Duties
- Strategy and planning
- Develop a fundraising strategy for the organisation, enabling the growth of its income in order to support its charitable purpose;
- Contribute to raising the awareness of KidsCan as a brand and working closely with the NWCR Director of Brand and Income to produce materials;
- Lead the annual fundraising planning process for KidsCan to produce effective strategies to achieve income targets across the range of revenue streams;
- Identify new potential income streams and produce approaches to access these funds.
- Change management
- Work closely with the North West Cancer Research CEO and Senior Management Team in order to integrate KidsCan into the parent charity.
- Through personal example demonstrate a culture and values which support the re-development and re-growth of KidsCan into a vibrant and thriving charity.
- Staff management and development
- Oversee the management of other staff working in and for the KidsCan division;
- Coordinate closely with the Head of Fundraising for North West Cancer Research to access staff resources to ensure the income of both charities is maximised.
- Financial planning and budget management
- Work with the North West Cancer Research Senior Management Team to produce cost-effective budgets to achieve action plans;
- Develop and maintain income and expenditure tracking and evaluation systems working closely with both the Chief Executive and the Head of Finance and Administration to ensure that performance indicators are in line with agreed budgets and plans;
- Fundraising
- Work across the current KidsCan income streams to ensure that these are well managed and grown where possible;
- Lead on development of new funding streams;
- Develop a balanced portfolio of fundraising which draws from a wide variety of sources and seeks to form effective donor relationships;
- Oversee the management of grant and trust income programme, supporting individual staff members to achieve agreed ratios and creating a programme of regular funders through relationship building;
- Lead the new individual giving development plan which includes recruitment and development of new donors;
- Develop and maintain effective supporter journeys for the development of relationships and retention;
- Ensure that the charity is compliant with the highest levels of fundraising standards, data protection and gift aid management;
- Ensure that income opportunities are developed and exploited in an appropriate manner.
- Research
- Working in tandem with the research team at North West Cancer Research, to oversee research funded by KidsCan and the allocation of funding in a manner complaint with a member of the Association of Medical Research Charities;
- To develop links to researchers at the University of Salford and elsewhere to ensure that research into childhood cancers remains at the forefront;
- To understand the impact of research and other charitable activities to ensure that these are effective and offer good value for money.
- General
- Support the development of effective health and safety and risk management procedures within the organisation;
- To develop the volunteer base of KidsCan to ensure that it has the people resources it needs and to ensure that these opportunities are safe, well-managed and attractive;
- To undertake other reasonable duties as requested.
Person Specification
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Educated to degree level or equivalent
Good Maths and English education sufficient to set, monitor and understand budgets, understand complex information and provide effective reports
Fundraising certificate or diploma
Evidence of tailored CPD programme
Effective knowledge of the fundraising environment and of a range techniques and disciplines which will support the cost effective generation of income
Demonstrable knowledge around the legal and regulatory requirements for good fundraising practice
Knowledge of the medical, academic or research fields which would assist in communicating complex research programmes to lay persons.
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Experience |
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Experience of working in the charity sector
At least three years target based fundraising experience in a senior role
Proven track record of setting and meeting challenging income targets
Fundraising staff management experience for at least 3-years
Experience of developing and implementing annual and multi-year fundraising plans
Experience of performance recording systems and target setting
Track record of bringing innovative creative thinking and fresh ideas to an organisation
Demonstrable ability to evaluate the type of initiatives and programmes within the scope of the post and initiate, develop and deliver new initiatives that build on their successes. |
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Skills |
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Personal credibility and excellent presentation skills with the ability to inspire people from a range of backgrounds to give their support and so achieve desired outcomes.
Organisational skills to plan and manage your own work and the work of others to deliver stretching objectives; identifying conflicting demands and establishing clear priorities in order to meet agreed objectives and income targets
Good interpersonal skills and an ability to work with people from a wide variety of backgrounds
Proven ability to build, manage and develop effective key stakeholder, client and donor relationships.
Computer literate with experience of using Raisers’ Edge
Experience of using Windows based software packages e.g. Microsoft Office etc..
Experience in taking a leading role in change management, recruiting and inducting new staff and forming a performance driven team culture.
Highly self-motivated and able to work autonomously, take initiative and make decisions.
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General |
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An understanding of cancer and its impacts
A highly flexible approach to working and a willingness to attend fundraising events and meetings. This will involve, on occasion, working anti-social hours, including evenings and weekends.
An attention to detail
Ability to work effectively as part of a team and interact with donors, supporters and Trustees
High productivity, drive and a visible ‘can do’ attitude which will be seen by and motivate others
Willingness and ability to travel independently through the region
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