Senior Relationship Manager - Fundraising

Who: Schoolreaders

Title: Senior Relationship Manager

Reporting to: Head of Fundraising

Direct reports: Community and Events Officer

Salary: £43,000-£45,000 depending on experience

Location: Hybrid/Bedford HO once a week

Hours: 37.5hrs (PT of 30 hours considered)

Schoolreaders is the largest in-school reading support charity in the country, supporting children in every county in England.

One in four primary school children in England fail to reach the expected standard of reading by the age of 11. This leaves them unable to access their secondary education fully, which will have life-long consequences.

Schoolreaders exists to change this. Schoolreaders recruits, trains, places and supports volunteers to go into local primary schools and provide free, weekly, one-to-one reading support for children, prioritising those who need this extra support the most.

Job purpose

This is an exciting new role, critical to our charity’s plans for growth. As Senior Relationship Manager you will develop and deliver engagement strategies that strengthen relationships, enhance supporter journeys and grow sustainable income in support of the charity’s mission to ensure all children, regardless of background, leave primary school being able to

read well.

Combining strategic planning with hands-on delivery, you will lead our Individual Giving and emerging Legacy programmes, developing campaigns and stewardship activities that generate sustainable income. You will oversee a programme of fundraising and supporter engagement events ensuring they strengthen relationships, enhance the supporter experience and contribute to income growth.

Role responsibilities to include

• Support the Head of Fundraising in developing and delivering short, medium and long-term fundraising plans and budgets, monitoring income and expenditure.
• Champion the growth of long-term sustainable income.
• Analyse donor data to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for growth.
• Produce financial updates and information for the Head of Fundraising as required.
• Lead individual giving activity, including online appeals, with a strong focus on stewardship, embedding a clear strategy for acquisition, retention and lifetime value growth.
• Develop fundraising/stewardship opportunities with our 4,000 volunteer readers.

Person specification to include

• A practical fundraiser with proven experience in raising income from individual giving.
• Experience in delivering fundraising campaigns that recruit, engage, inspire and retain donors.
• Strong relationship building skills with high emotional intelligence.
• A creative, growth oriented and commercially minded approach.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including crafting compelling impact stories.
• Proficient in using CRM (ideally Salesforce) to input, segment and analyse donor data.
• Line management experience (formal or informal).

Deadline for applications: 4th August

PSR interviews: 5th and 6th August

Client interviews: 14th August.

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