Acquired Brain Injury Ireland provides community-based residential rehabilitation services to people living with brain injury in Ireland. Our mission is to serve, advocate, empower and support people impacted by brain injury to rebuild their lives. We are looking for team members who will strive to live by and demonstrate our values:
- Dignity & Respect - We treat each other with the utmost dignity and respect in our interactions
- Relationships - We engage meaningfully with each other with honesty, integrity and kindness
- Choices - We empower each other through choices to manage and direct our lives within our capabilities
- Sharing everyday places - We value inclusion for all in our communities and sharing everyday experiences
- Contributions - We encourage everyone to play their part
- no matter how small
As a key member of the Fundraising Team, the Individual Giving Manager will develop and implement the individual giving strategy for Acquired Brain Injury Ireland, ensuring growth in the level of income raised from individual giving activity. The primary purpose of this role is to lead, input into and implement the organisation’s individual giving strategy with responsibility for maintaining and growing our supporter base of regular givers, donors and other supporters. Working within the wider fundraising team, they will provide support to and report to the Head of Fundraising.
Role Duties:
- Build long-term, sustainable relationships with new and existing donors to ensure a sustainable donor base
- To ensure that the needs and expectations of existing and potential donors are met and exceeded to maximise fundraising income, and to ensure their lifelong support of Acquired Brain Injury Ireland
- The individual giving manager will contribute to the development of our fundraising strategy, leading on individual giving
- Working closely with the Head of Fundraising, the individual giving manager will lead the development of the organisation’s individual giving strategy, with a focus on building income streams within the individual giving portfolio, including cash and regular giving, legacy giving, Tax campaign, online giving and mid value giving
- Supporting the Head of Fundraising with all planned and new fundraising activities
- Develop creative with the in-house team and external agencies including briefing, writing, editing messaging and fundraising copy
- Implement plans for new fundraising and cultivation activities to broaden the existing donor base and increase funding levels
- Ensure that all fundraising Acquired Brain Injury Ireland undertakes, focuses primarily on the Donor/Supporter journey
- For more details on role duties, please view the below attached job description
Essential Criteria:
- Demonstrable experience and success in developing and maintaining strong relationships
- At least two years’ experience in managing or implementing individual giving strategies and campaigns
- Comfortable working to stretching targets
- Excellent understanding of fundraising theory and its practical application
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills
- Good working knowledge of databases and database management
- Excellent communication skills, verbal, written, report writing and presentation
- Able to demonstrate good attention to detail, good judgement showing logical decision making and a hand on approach
- Excellent time management skills with a focus on customer service
- Excellent MS Office skills
Qualifications:
- Relevant third level qualification in business, marketing or another related discipline Or
- Experience of fundraising or business development within a results-based organisation project or operation
Role Benefits:
- Salary starting from €51528- DOE
- Competitive Annual Leave entitlements
- Access to ABII's defined contribution pension scheme (applicable for eligible employees with service requirements)
- Flexible working and Work Life Balance Initiatives in place
- Free life cover benefit (2 times gross salary tax free)
- Revenue approved mileage rates
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Bike to Work Scheme
- Long Service Awards
- Paid Maternity Leave
- Career development opportunities
- Comprehensive induction and training programme including specialist brain injury training
- Access to Health Care Staff Credit Union
