Reports to: Head of Fundraising & Communications
Location: Galway (Hybrid)
Contract Details: Permanent Part-time Contract, 22.5 hours per week
Salary: €30,000 (€50,000 FTE)
Galway Simon Community - a community where everyone has a place to call home.
The organisation is leading provider of homeless services across Galway, Mayo and Roscommon, supporting a person’s right to security, dignity and wellbeing in their own home. They provide homes to over 180 people at any one time and their services also include Prevention & Tenancy Sustainment and Health & Wellbeing, and more.
Benefits
- 25 Days Annual Leave
- Employee Pension Scheme
- Employee Assistance Program
- Bike to Work Scheme
- Education Assistance Program – financial support for upskilling/qualifications
- Death in Service benefit – 2 times basic annual salary
- Occupational Sick Leave Policy
The Role
The Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser will work closely with the Head of Fundraising & Communications to develop key Corporate and Trust and Foundation Partnerships. The role will involve stewardship and prospect management.
The role focuses on developing and maintaining strategic partnerships, identifying corporate prospects, and creating high-value, sustainable collaborations that align with both Galway Simon and partner goals. It requires business development expertise, strong networking and relationship-building skills, along with project management and proposal writing. Your ability to balance strategic goals with partner needs will be essential in creating long-lasting, impactful collaborations.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Lead and strategise on engagement and development on new corporate partnerships.
- Provide excellent donor stewardship to maximise income from all corporate partnerships through the management and growth of existing corporate supporters.
- Develop Galway Simon’s offering to corporate partners.
- In conjunction with Service Managers and the Head of Fundraising & Communications write and manage the Grant, Trusts and Foundations applications process.
- Work closely with the Fundraising & Communications team to optimise
- communications, and social media activity with corporate partners.
- Work with the Head of Fundraising on a Corporate Christmas Appeal to align with the overarching Annual Appeal.
- Provide regular updates on plans and progress, in line with agreed budgets and targets, to the Head Fundraising & Communications.
- Where required liaise with other Simon Communities and other Galway Simon projects/ departments to develop appropriate marketing campaigns.
Requirements
- Minimum 3+ years relevant corporate fundraising or business development experience.
- Experience developing new corporate relationships as well as maintaining existing
- corporate relationships.
- Experience of liaising with and managing high level supporters with a solid
- understanding of the principles of excellent donor/customer care.
- Strong local network in the West of Ireland, ideally in Galway.
- Attendance and presentations at networking meetings and events as required.
- Full clean driving licence and access to a vehicle.
- Good knowledge of the dynamics of fundraising in the not for profit sector is desired.
Galway Simon Community is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
Recruitment for the Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser position is being managed by Purpose+Impact. We are committed to the principles of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from interested parties regardless of race, national origin, age, disability, relationship status, religion, expression or identity, and are happy to support accessibility needs in our recruitment process.
The deadline for applications is 12pm on Monday, 23rd September 2024