DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
HOURS: Full-time, **Apply on the website**hrs per week
REPORTING TO: CEO
DIRECT REPORTS: Partnerships and Engagement Manager & Fundraising
Officer
SUPPORTED BY: Communications Manager & CEO
TERM: 1-year contract, renewable subject to funding and performance
PROBATION PERIOD: 6 months
STARTING DATE: ASAP
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 9am Monday **Apply on the website**th April
EXPECTED INTERVIEW DATE: week commencing 2nd May
THE ORGANISATION:
BeLonG To Youth Services is the national organisation supporting
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) young people
in Ireland. Since **Apply on the website**, we have worked with LGBTQ+
young people, between **Apply on the website** and **Apply on the
website** years, to create a world where they are equal, safe, and
valued in the diversity of their identities and experiences. We also
advocate and campaign on behalf of young LGBTQ+ people, and offer a
specialised LGBTQ+ youth service with a focus on mental and sexual
health, alongside drug and alcohol support. We respond to the needs of
LGBTQ+ young people in Ireland and we help them thrive.
BeLonG To is committed to good governance, transparency and ethical
fundraising, and was the first LGBTQ+ organisation in Ireland to be
awarded the Triple Lock standard. In **Apply on the website** and
again in **Apply on the website** we were delighted to win a Good
Governance Award for our Annual Reports. Our Board of Directors was
awarded an exceptionally high honour when it was named the Board of
the Year in the **Apply on the website** Charity Excellence Awards.
THE ROLE:
Building on recent successful fundraising performance, delivered by a
high impact fundraising team, BeLonG To is creating a new role ?
Director of Development. The successful candidate will be an
emotionally intelligent fundraising professional who will manage and
administer our future fundraising activities. The successful candidate
will be highly motivated, target driven and have 5+?years?
experience in a?Fundraising or New Business?Function. You will have
experience in negotiating large grants or gifts.
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate
person looking to join a national charity with a strong working
culture. Current philanthropic income is derived from corporate
fundraising, some significant trust and foundation grants, as well as
from individuals and events. BeLonG To seeks to maintain and grow
existing fundraising activities, to be complemented by a significant
increase in individual giving and cultivating high net worth donors.
This?role?requires excellent?communication
skills,?leadership,?attention to detail,?experience in building
mutually beneficial relationships with current donors and prospects
across various aspects of fundraising. You will report directly to
the?CEO. The fundraising function will continue to be supported by
others working in the organisation. Your role?will demonstrate the
benefits of more planned and structured fundraising and you will be
ambitious to build the team in the coming years.
_PLEASE SEE JOB DESCRIPTION ATTACHED BELOW._
SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION
Please submit a completed application form in advance of the DEADLINE
FOR APPLICATIONS IS 9AM MONDAY **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**TH APRIL
**APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**.
Applications should be submitted by email to **Apply on the website**
We will inform candidates who have not been shortlisted for interview.
We regret that it is not possible to provide individualised feedback
to applicants who have not been shortlisted for interview and we
kindly request that you do not call or email seeking feedback.
Feedback is available for candidates called to interview.
Interviews are provisionally scheduled to occur on the week commencing
2nd May at BeLonG To?s offices Parliament House, **Apply on the
website** Parliament Street, Dublin 2
We need : English (Good)
Type: Permanent
Payment:
Category: Others
