Deputy Director, Relationship Fundraising

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The Role

This role leads the relationship fundraising function at Barnardo's which includes all our philanthropy, trusts, corporate partnerships and special events supported by a talented team of 30 people. It is an exciting time to join Barnardo's as we have just launched a new strategy and rebrand the charity to more clearly articulate our purpose and how we are driving change for children. With these conditions for success in place there is scope to significantly increase the engagement and support from philanthropists, trusts, foundations and companies.

We are looking for someone who wants to role model personal fundraising success and is an experienced leader of people. Someone who understand the complexity of working in big organisations and who can support their teams to build the relationships they need both internally and externally to drive success. Someone who works in a way that aligns with our behaviours framework and is excited about the opportunity to work in an organisation looking to work in an collaborative and integrated way.

The role leads the overall programme, with the Head of Relationship Fundraising Operations providing oversight across key teams in the function, together they are focused on driving substantial income growth and managing both reputational and financial risk associated with the full programme.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead development of strategies, budgets and plans for relationship fundraising, working in collaboration with Head of Relationship Fundraising Operations, and ensure plans align with collective purpose, organisational strategy and cross organisational objectives.
• Lead a function which strives for excellence where colleagues feel they belong and where they are nurtured to grow and thrive.
• Lead and inspire a team of fundraisers to new levels of performance and income growth, through role modelling personal fundraising success, working with the Head of Relationship Fundraising Operations to together actively manage the pipeline of opportunities aligned to Barnardo's strategic priorities and ensure excellent relationship management and stewardship. Provide technical leadership, coaching and inspiring team members to deliver.
• As a member of FMLT, work in collaboration with senior leaders across Barnardo's, lead with adaptive and humble leadership to ensure delivery of shared objectives and shared purpose and foster a culture of belonging for our colleagues by being committed to our values and behaviours.
• Ensure compliance across all teams against all policies and procedures, including but not limited to keeping data safe, health and safety, safeguarding and Fundraising Regulations.

Key activities include budgeting & planning, driving excellence & producing results and leading people & collaboration.

Barnardo's exists to 'Change childhoods. Change lives.' We know, too many children and young people are growing up with disadvantage or at risk of harm, missing out on a good childhood and on opportunities when they reach adulthood. If you would like to join us at this exciting time following the recent launch of our new brand and strategy, please apply today.

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and behaviours framework and complete a supporting statement describing why your skills and expereince are suitable for the role. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band - this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

At Barnardo's we believe in children - no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our Values and Behaviours following the link here . You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.