Marketing and Fundraising Manager

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Marketing and Fundraising Manager

Here at Human Appeal we have an exciting opportunity for Marketing and Fundraising Manager to join our team based in Birmingham. You will join us on a full-time basis as part of an initial 1-year fixed term contract with a view to progressing into a permanent role. In return, you will receive a £40,000 per annum depending on your experience.

Human Appeal is a faith-based charity that aims to abolish poverty by providing humanitarian aid, sustainable development programs and championing advocacy for our beneficiaries worldwide.

As Marketing and Fundraising Manager, the successful candidate will play an integral role in aiding the International British Waqf. International British Waqf is a newly established organisation founded by Human Appeal. The aim of this organisation is to raise fund for investment, invest the raised fund in Shariah compliant investment projects and utilise the profit to further the charitable objectives of the International British Waqf. The Waqf Marketing Unit aims at marketing the Waqf products and services and raising funds for Waqf. The main function of the unit is to establishing and sustaining strong relationships with individual and institutional donors as well as to provide support to both HA Partners (including the Middle East and Emerging Markets) and field offices of Human Appeal. This is achieved through marketing of activities, issuing publications and all the relevant marketing collateral, online and offline, to empower Partners to promote and raise funds for the Waqf.

We are ideally looking to appoint somebody immediately to this role.

Benefits of joining us as our Marketing and Fundraising Manager include:
• 35 days Annual Leave
• Matched pension contribution
• Employee discounts and memberships
• Prayer facilities
• Opportunity to really make a difference!

Key duties and responsibilities of the Marketing and Fundraising Manager:

• Ensure developing marketing and fundraising strategic plan that include targeting institutions and individuals through various means, including (personal visits - via the website - social media - emails, and any other means)
  • Increasing the rates of collecting funds from institutions and individuals on an annual basis (the fundraising target is approved by senior management)
  • Increasing online conversion - increasing page values on the Internet - increasing our customer acquisition rate
  • Ensuring the development of the fundraising department by appointing employees with relevant skill set in various fields to achieve the department's goals
  • Ensure maintaining good working relationships with Human Appeal's partners through direct communication and visits to increase income for Waqf.
  • Ensure maintaining good working relationships with all Human Appeal's fundraising units related to raising funds and providing them with all relevant Waqf marketing materials and obtaining the necessary information.
  • Ensure full coordination with the Waqf's Programme department and exchanging information to develop marketing plans for investment projects • Ensure communication with donors and provide them with good satisfactory experience about Waqf.
  • Taking responsibility for managing and expanding the current fundraising program to meet and exceed agreed fundraising goals, by achieving income growth, donor growth (year on year) and achieving annual income goals.
  • Develop a strong fundraising portfolio to lead and support internal fundraising teams during events.
  • Ensure Waqf's national and international fundraising events are well supported, run effectively and delivered regularly, providing quality assurance in line with Health and Safety, Customer Satisfaction, Complaints Management and the Fundraising Organisers' Code of Conduct.
  • Increase the number of volunteers and ambassadors for the organisation.

  What we're looking for in our Marketing and Fundraising Manager:

• Must hold university degree (preferably in management, marketing, investment or any other relevant subjects)
• Digital / Marketing related qualification
• Relevant professional qualification CIM - desirable
• Minimum 3 - 5 years experience in a similar marketing and fundraising role
• Experience in managing relationships with, or working for, a digital / marketing agency.
• Experience in using analytics and monitoring tools to report on complex qualitative and quantitative data, with the ability to analyse and present information, compile reports, and make informed recommendations
• Minimum proven track record of project and events management with a minimum of 2 years' experience.
• MS Office Suite
• Social media tools, including Hootsuite, Tweetdeck, and Sprout Social.
• Experience of using Google Analytics, Adwords, Double Click, Facebook Business Manager, and Bing Ads.
• Fluent written and spoken English is essential. Additional languages e.g. Arabic and Urdu are desirable.
• We are looking to appoint this role ASAP and will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis so for the best chance of success please click 'apply' today to become our Marketing and Fundraising Manager - we would love to hear from you.

  Disclaimer: Please be aware that due to the anticipated quantity of response, we will only be contacting candidates who are shortlisted to interview stage. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of your application, please assume that unfortunately you have been unsuccessful this time.

A Little Bit About Human Appeal...

We have a high staff satisfaction rating of 4 out of 5 on Glassdoor! Here's why:

What our CEO Says:
"We are faith-based but not faith-specific. We have faith in all of humanity and believe we can achieve great things when we work together. So, come and be part of a dynamic global charity where we celebrate our differences, as well as our common humanity"
Dr Mohamed Ashmawey

What our Staff Say:
"At Human Appeal, each one of us has the opportunity to influence others. If you are prepared to challenge yourself there are no limits, so come and make it happen!"
Simon, Systems and Reporting Manager

"I have been working at Human Appeal for many years! I believe in the cause we are working for. I believe in the charity sector and I believe in the reward we get for helping our fellow human beings in desperate need"
Insaf, Finance Lead

"Working as a fundraiser, every day is different. It can be challenging, but when you're working tirelessly and raising funds to help those in need, it's an amazing feeling"
Adnan, Fundraising Coordinator

"I saw an opportunity to assist in helping people across the world with the excellent work Human Appeal carries out. I enjoy working with so many talented people in a fast-moving environment"
Steve, Procurement Manager
Our Greatest Achievements Include:
• Safeguarding bright futures for more than 22,000 vulnerable orphans in 9 countries. Our one-to-one sponsorship programme has a built-in school attendance requirement while covering the cost of food, housing, medical care, and learning materials.
• Pioneering technologically innovative infrastructure projects in Pakistan, like designing and building a 25-km embankment on the Chenab River in Pakistan. Protecting an entire community from being washed away, the embankment has held back the floods each year, including Pakistan's worst flooding in a decade during its last monsoon season.
• Protecting the health of mothers and their children in war-torn Syria by running the only free maternity hospital in Idlib, Syria. By offering free medical care to vulnerable mothers and children, our staff at Al Imaan Hospital providing life-saving care to 100,000 patients every year.
• Quenching the thirst for the 2 million residents of the Gaza Strip by working with UNOCHA to purify Gaza's water network. And now, our newest project involves building a large-scale desalination plant to provide daily access to clean water for 60,000 people across Gaza.
• Recovering lost livelihoods for vulnerable farmers in Gaza by planting 80,000 olive trees since 1991. The farming project provides each farmer with 30-40 prime olive trees so they can establish a vibrant, sustainable crop that yields not just food but income for generations.
• Restoring safe and secure residential spaces in Syria, like the construction of a new town with 1,000 newly constructed homes in Al Zahoor.

COME AND JOIN THE FAMILY - click 'apply' today!