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Community and Events Fundraiser

Job details
Posting date: 20 February 2025
Salary: £28,361 to £30,529 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 17 March 2025
Location: Greater Manchester, North West England
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week
Company: Caritas Diocese of Salford
Job type: Permanent
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Summary

Are you an experienced fundraiser who would love to see an end to poverty, homelessness and disadvantage in our local communities?

Will you help us in our mission to provide a practical support to those in crisis, suffering hardship, or at risk by joining our fundraising team?

We need your talent and fundraising experience so that we can help local families and individuals rebuild their lives for the long term.

You would be joining Caritas Salford at an incredibly exciting time in its 100-plus year history of providing charitable services to local communities in Greater Manchester and Lancashire. We have just opened a brand-new supported homelessness accommodation project in Manchester this month, to provide 19-bedrooms to men who would otherwise be homeless. We have ambitious plans to continue to open up more projects like this. We help thousands of adults, young people and children every year through our numerous projects and services.

With pioneering plans for the future, we need exceptional fundraisers to join the team who will make it happen. The Community and Events Fundraiser will be the lead fundraiser helping to develop and manage community based and event driven fundraising initiatives, forging strong relationships with individuals, community groups, parishes and local organisations. They will focus on creative and innovative approaches to engage supporters, tracking fundraising performance in their respective area, stewarding donors and corporate volunteers.

CONTRACT: Permanent, 37.5 hours (reduced hours are considered)

Early applications are strongly encouraged as all applications will be reviewed as soon as they are received.

Closing date: Monday, 17 March 2025 at 9am
Interview: Week commencing Monday, 31 March 2025

Caritas follows Safer Recruitment practices, and this post is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The ability to drive whilst not essential would be helpful as this role requires you to travel around Greater Manchester and Lancashire.

For full details please visit Caritas Diocese of Salford - Caritas | Diocese Of Salford (caritassalford.org.uk) – About - Careers

If you have any queries or issues when applying, then please e-mail hr@caritassalford.org.uk and our HR department will be happy to help.

Caritas Diocese of Salford is an equal opportunities employer
Registered Charity Number: 1125808

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