Fundraising Development Manager

We re looking for a Fundraising Development Manager to guide and grow YDMT s individual giving programmes and create meaningful connections with our supporters.

£34,555 - £37,880 Full-time 35 hours per week (part time at four days per week will be considered) Based at our offices in Clapham, near Settle, with a mix of office (2 days minimum) and home working.

About Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust

We are a charity doing big things to help to support people, landscape and wildlife in the Yorkshire Dales and surrounding areas.

We deliver diverse and inspirational projects, helping to plant 1.6 million trees and securing the future of more than 850 hectares of wildflower hay meadows, creating habitats for our wildlife and combatting climate change. We are passionate about inspiring disadvantaged groups and future generations to care for this special area.

About the role

The focus of this role is to grow income from our individual giving programmes across a variety of activities, including general donations, online donations, regular giving, merchandise, in memory giving and legacies.

This will involve managing a small team to plan and deliver a variety of inspiring appeals and campaigns, ensuring they are effective in driving engagement and generating support from both existing and new supporters.

You will ensure all our supporters receive excellent care and stewardship and will collaborate with colleagues in the fundraising team to secure high-value gifts and legacies. You will also support our corporate fundraising initiatives and campaigns and get involved in volunteering events.

As a senior member of the fundraising team, you ll help to set and deliver the Fundraising and Marketing Strategy, providing leadership, vision and direction for the Fundraising team.

About you

We re looking for a self-motivated and creative fundraiser with experience in various fundraising areas and a record of meeting income targets.

You will have excellent people skills and be great at understanding our supporters and building long-lasting connections with them. You will also have strong written skills, with lots of experience of creating compelling and engaging communications that inspire and engage new and existing donors to support our work.

A key part of the role will be to manage and maintain our database (we use Raisers Edge) and other platforms to help personalise supporter communications so you ll need experience of using a CRM/data management system and knowledge of targeting, segmentation and data analysis.

If you have management experience that s great, or you may be looking for your next step up as a senior member of the fundraising team.

Underpinning all of this is your ability to work within our culture which means sharing our values of being creative, caring, honest and enabling.