AN COSÁN IS CURRENTLY RECRUITING FOR THE POSITION OF
DEVELOPMENT LEAD
The Development Lead develops and implements An Cosán’s strategic
approach to raising funds against agreed strategic targets. They are
responsible for the short, medium and long-term planning, tracking,
management and compliance of the organisation’s funding strategy.
The Development Lead prepares, coordinates and writes all funding
proposals and applications in support of the organisation’s
strategic direction. The role requires an experienced professional
with a proven track record of development activity in the
not-for-profit sector, who is an enthusiastic self-starter, producing
high quality outputs with exceptionally persuasive networking and
writing skills.
ROLE TITLE: Development Lead
REPORTING TO: Operations Manager, with dotted reporting line to
Finance Manager
CONTRACT: Permanent
PROBATION: 9 months
PLACE OF WORK: Tallaght, Co. Dublin (Hybrid options may be negotiable)
ROLE CONTEXT: Diversify and increase our funding: grow unrestricted
and core funding and attract financial support from new sources,
streams and markets.
AN COSÁN
An Cosán (Irish for ‘The Path’) is Ireland’s largest community
education organisation. The mission of An Cosán is to bring about
social equality and an end to poverty through community-based adult
education, the provision of early years supports and empowering social
enterprise development. Over the past three decades, An Cosán has
provided pathways to empowerment via community education for thousands
of people. The organisation has expanded its reach to a national scale
using technology to deliver virtual access to its range of learning
programmes. Operating from a position of strength and financial
stability An Cosán wishes to develop its funding sources in order to
accelerate implementation of its strategy vision **Apply on the
website**: Transforming Lives Together.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
* Develop and implement the short, medium and long-term
organisational funding strategy.
* Diversify and increase funding by growing in particular
unrestricted and core funding.
* Build strong strategic partnerships with a network of funding
partners across the public, philanthropic and private sectors.
* Develop and manage networking strategies to achieve and increase
fundraising targets.
* Optimise linkage between organisational strategy and funding
opportunities (grants, fundraising events, partnerships with
corporates, new sources of funding, new markets etc.).
* Understand and align ongoing and emerging needs of Adult Community
Education, Early Years, Counselling and Family Supports, amongst other
services, to relevant funding opportunities.
* Monitor and keep informed of current fundraising trends and
activities nationally and in the not-for-profit sector.
* Plan all funding strategies in conjunction with relevant managers
to inform research, exploration and identification of new funding
opportunities and replacement funding.
* Take ownership of gathering, analysing and synthesising all
proposal inputs, co-ordinating and reviewing content from all
contributors.
* Prepare, produce and submit all grant applications and proposals
by writing and editing high quality and compelling content for
competitive proposal processes.
* Ensure all pitches, presentations and packs are of highest quality
to effectively communicate the value of An Cosán’s mission.
* Collaborate with the internal Communications team to capture and
adapt stories of change to demonstrate impact to funders.
* Establish and maintain effective working relationships across the
organisation to ensure funding management is properly embedded in all
necessary processes and activities.
* Collaborate with colleagues in the Operations and Finance teams
and the wider teams to plan, manage and execute fundraising events.
* Ensure accountability and compliance for all grants received and
full adherence to grant agreements, including writing and submitting
relevant returns and reports. Build and maintain strong relationships
and tracking processes.
* Monitor funding in conjunction with Finance Team, measure
expenditure against budgets, produce strong Management Information and
keep management advised on progress, highlighting possible issues and
providing creative solutions for same in order to ensure fundraising
deliverables are achieved.
* Engage with supporters and prospective supporters to obtain and
utilise qualitative and quantitative feedback to continuously improve
and optimise our relationships with stakeholders.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND CORE COMPETENCIES
* Excellent relationship and network building capabilities.
* Skilled fundraising knowledge especially in the application of new
and emerging technologies.
* Creative thinking skills with a talent for adapting to innovation
in the funding arena.
* Exceptional writing, editing and literacy skills. Ability to write
clearly and concisely, producing compelling narratives of publishable
standard.
* Strong numerical and analytical ability with financial acumen with
competency to manage and track grant expenditure.
* Strong communicator and team player.
* Enthusiastic and disciplined self-starter, with a target driven
approach.
* Excellent attention to quality and detail.
* Proven organisational skills, comfortable working under pressure,
to tight deadlines and multi-tasking.
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
_ESSENTIAL _
* At least 5 years’ experience of development activity in the
not-for-profit sector, with proven results.
* Proven ability to plan, target-set and implement funding
strategies.
* Proven ability to raise funds by writing successful grant
applications.
* Proven ability to raise funds via successful fundraising events.
* Proven ability to network, build and manage relationships with
funders and donors.
* Excellent IT skills, including MS office with advanced proficiency
in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
* Understanding of and commitment to the educational ethos of An
Cosán.
* Commitment to An Cosán’s mission and values.
Salary: € *, * to
€ *, * per year,
commensurate with experience
Annual leave allowance: * days increasing by
one day annually to a maximum of * days
APPLICATION PROCESS:
Please email the following documents to *
clearly marked ‘Development Lead ‘
* Cover letter
* Curriculum Vitae
Closing date for applications is Monday *
March, *.
We need : English (Good)
Type: Permanent
Payment:
Category: Others
