Service Manager Fundraising and Community Engagement

• Annual salary of 38475 (FTE)
• Permanent role
• Full-time (37 hours) part-time and flexible working patterns available
• Based in Rochdale

Please Note: We are not using recruitment agencies for this position. All applicants should apply directly through the Regenda Website. Any applications submitted through agencies will not be considered.

Proposed Interview Date: TBC

The role

The Fundraising and Community Engagement Manager is responsible for: Developing and delivering strategies that generate sustainable income and strengthen relationships with donors partners and the local community. Operational management of the delivery of our community-based engagement initiatives including our award-winning community garden PIER.

The purpose of this role is to Implement our comprehensive fundraising strategy (individual giving corporate partnerships grants and tenders events) and provide operational management to coordinate fundraising campaigns appeals grant applications and events to achieve income targets and implement the fundraising strategy. You will also provide operational management of our community engagement initiatives that support service users to engage in our communities including the PIER community garden and volunteering opportunities.

The right fit

• Experience in fundraising and donor relationship management.
• Previous experience of coordinating community engagement delivery programmes.
• Strong networking and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities.
• Knowledge of fundraising and voluntary sector regulations and ethical standards.
• Ability to manage budgets and deliver against financial targets.
• The ability to engage with a wide range of audiences to develop delivery programmes and fundraising activities including service users staff and external stakeholders.
• An understanding of the issues faced by people who are at risk of or are experiencing homelessness.
• An understanding of volunteering and community engagement.
• The ability to inspire lead and manage the service delivery team ensuring team members are fully trained coached and supported and that effective service delivery is maintained.
• Ability to monitor KPIs to evaluate and effectively manager service delivery in line with Petrus strategic goals organisational mission and values

Who we are

Petrus provides support services for people facing homelessness or in housing need. We are a charitable organisation and deliver both drop in and residential services in Rochdale and Oldham.

We believe people should have access to safe secure quality housing. We help people to develop skills independence and make positive choices. We believe collaboration with other agencies and organisations is key to creating a world where everyone has a safe place to live.

Petrus is part of The Regenda Group; we work in places where we can make a difference and operate across the housing and construction sector in care and support and in education training and careers.

Next steps

If you like what youve read so far and think youve got what it takes to join our team then apply now with a copy of your CV and a short covering letter detailing why you think you would be a good fit the role.

Our Talent Acquisition team will review your application and will be in touch shortly.

What we offer

Petrus really is a great place to work and you dont have to just take our word for it! Were accredited by Best Companies for our world class levels of staff engagement and have been consistently named as one of the Best Companies to Work For in the North West.

We can offer you a working environment where you can enjoy yourself develop yourself and be yourself and where you really can make a difference to peoples lives.

We also offer a fantastic reward and benefits package which includes:

• A range of flexible working options.
• 25 days paid annual leave each year (rising to 27 days after three years) in addition to 8 bank holidays.
• 6 additional days for volunteering.
• 5% Employers Contribution to the Pension Scheme.
• 250 annual Live and Learn allowance to spend on learning any new skill.
• Enhanced maternity paternity and adoption pay schemes.
• Employee Assistance Programme and health and wellbeing initiatives
• A wide variety of exciting learning and development opportunities.
• Interest free loans to assist with the purchase of computer equipment and travel season tickets.
• Monthly staff lottery scheme.

We regenerate places and create opportunities for people

We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and minority ethnic candidates as they are currently under-represented within our organisation.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested wed encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

INDHP

The Regenda Group is a great quality forward thinking housing business building managing and maintaining the homes people need. We own or manage around 13000 properties across the region including social rented housing housing for older people supported housing private rented property shared ownership and housing for sale.

The Regenda Group is made up of Regenda Homes and its wholly-owned subsidiaries M&Y Maintenance and Construction Redwing Living McDonald Property Rentals Petrus Community The Learning Foundry Positive Footprints and Centre 56.

Our mission is to provide a comprehensive range of multi-tenure housing products and services that reflect the dynamic nature of the housing market the diversity of our customers and a rapidly changing world.

Our core purpose is to regenerate places to create opportunities for people.