We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Funding Coordinator to join our Community Development team!
This is an exciting opportunity to positively impact the local community by managing and coordinating external funding for community-based projects.
About Us
Enable is a charity dedicated to improving people's wellbeing and strengthening local communities. Core to our work is the development of strong working relationships with councils, charities and other organisations to deliver, health leisure and community services and events that enrich people's lives.
Benefits
- Flexible working hours & a hybrid working environment
- 30 days of annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays), 3 additional free days off at Christmas
- Life Insurance
- Reward Schemes (RewardHub Membership, wellbeing budgets and cycle to work)
- Mental Health & Wellbeing Perks (Yoga, activities, massages, monthly talks)
- Free Gym Membership
- Free breakfasts/snacks
- When in the office, we enjoy a well-stocked fridge and food cupboards, and a variety of social activities
Reports to: Senior Community Development Manager
Based: Battersea Park
Salary: £35,393 per year
Contract: Permanent, Full Time
Role Overview:
The Community Development department deliver a range of programmes to improve the health and wellbeing of our communities. This post will work both internally across Enable and externally within our communities to raise funds to support our programmes.
The successful candidate will be responsible for writing bids/tenders and supporting colleagues and communities to develop fundraising skills.
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Lead on bid writing and applications for Community Development/across organisation, ensuring deadlines and reporting requirements are met
- Research future prospects from trusts and foundations, corporates and statutory sources.
- Develop workshops and trainings to support internal and external partners in funding issues
- Develop a collection of case studies and staff profiles to support grant applications. Work with Marketing and Communications team to draft press releases from case studies
- Understand procurement/commissioning and update teams with trends and priorities in community development, housing, social care and health
- Attend meetings and nurture relationships with commissioners at tender briefing and strategic and partnership forums as required
- Ability to research best practice and evidence bases for different interventions and translate into proposals for real world work
- Working with the Senior Community Development manager to develop new funding initiatives within service/organisation strategic aims
Skills and experience:
- 1-3 years fundraising or relevant experience (essential)
- Excellent research skills, which can be used to identify new funders, assess the external market, and understand our users’ needs
- Excellent written communication skills, including meeting word limits, writing creatively and persuasively, and creating accurate and informative reports
- Ability to work independently using your own initiative and prioritise effectively whilst at the same time working as part of a team on common goals and shared projects
- Proficient in MS applications such as Word, Excel, Outlook and Sharepoint Knowledge / experience and Salesforce