FUNDRAISING REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICER (RDO)
This is an ideal opportunity to join Irish Guide dogs for the Blind as
we recruit a full-time Fundraising Regional Development Officer (RDO).
THE ROLE - Working closely with members of the Board, General Manager,
Colleagues and Volunteers, the Regional Development Officer is tasked
with building, maintaining, mobilising and supporting a Branch network
along with the delivery of fundraising events with full P&L
responsibility for delivering the challenging targets set for the
region.
To be successful in this role you must be self-motivated and driven,
organised and structured, take personal ownership for the growth of
your network and the delivery of the targets set for the region. You
will be required to frequently travel and work outside of normal
working hours when attending events, Branch meetings and other
relevant meetings.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
* Be responsible for owning income and costs targets for Branch
network with the region.
* Full P&L responsibility for the region and individual Branches
within the region
* Drive the development of the region and ensure a regional
development plan is in place for branches and the overall region.
* Arrange area cluster meetings within your region to build
inter-Branch relationships and for periodic sharing of ideas and
information.
* Provide problem solving support for the Branches and be responsive
to their requirements.
* Assume responsibility for the successful initiation, planning,
design, execution, monitoring, controlling and feedback for
fundraising related projects in the region.
* Effectively plan and run fundraising events/campaigns, projects
and activities using established team processes as required, to
maintain core support to Volunteers throughout the region.
* Support the preparation, planning, rollout and delivery of
national campaigns.
* Manage Volunteer recruitment, training and development for
Branches.
* Engage Clients/Volunteers with Branches to support Branch
development.
* Co-ordinate/support Branch requirements for social media supports
and communications.
* Integrate the structure, systems, tools, communications and the
learning and development systems to support Branches' development and
the recruitment of new Volunteers into the Branch structure.
* Research, develop and capture a pipeline of fundraising
opportunities to support Branches.
* Ensure that fundraising data in relation to the
Branches/Volunteers/collections boxes and collection dogs is accurate
and up to date at all times.
* Implement an effective reporting system to track activity and
outputs (using in-house CRM system and business intelligence tools).
* Evaluate and report on the impact of community Volunteering
Programme to ensure alignment with strategic business plan.
* Ensure GDPR compliance for data held by the Community Fundraising
team.
EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION AND SKILLS
* Relevant university degree, 3rd level qualifications and strong
evidence of continuous professional and personal development.
* Must have proven ability to operate independently with innovative
spirit and the ability to forge strong, lasting relationships with the
volunteering communities.
* Experience and understanding of donor (customer) relationship
management programmes and database marketing and development, ideally
in a not for profit environment.
* Demonstrable experience in planning, organising and reporting on
project work and ongoing work programmes.
* Working knowledge of the Statement of Guiding Principles for
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* Awareness of trends, patterns and challenges of Volunteering in
Ireland at a community level.
* Comfortable in cold-calling environment.
* Excellent interpersonal skills - able to express ideas and
collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams. Be open-minded
with the ability to recognise good ideas.
* Talented communicator who can inspire the support and commitment
from a diverse range of stakeholders.
* Ability to build and leverage relationships.
* Capable of working independently and as part of a team.
* Demonstrate understanding of people management, motivations and
working styles and requirements.
* Experience and contacts within corporate community.
* Should be a target and goal-driven individual with a flair for
business development and a natural ability to develop and achieve
results.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
* Full clean driving licence essential.
* Flexibility to work evenings, weekends and bank holidays as
required on an ad hoc basis and acceptance of the need to travel
nationwide to meet with key fundraisers and other key stakeholders as
part of the role, also on an ad hoc basis.
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