Jobs at GMFA

Vacancies:

Title: Fundraising Manager (Trusts)

Accountable to: Chief Executive
Responsible for: None
Starting salary: £30,000 to £32,000
Pension: 5% paid by employer
Holidays: 25 days + public, rising to 30 with service
Hours: 36/week, flexitime
Base: Angel / Old Street. Some home-based working is acceptable

Role: To raise income from trusts, foundations, lottery and statutory funders for a range of planned projects. To advise project managers on developing individual donor and events-based fundraising.

Background

An exciting opportunity to build up a fundraising programme and be at the heart of a drive to involve fundraising in all activities of the organisation.

Primarily responsible for reaching financial targets through trusts, lottery and statutory applications, the successful candidate will also advise other project managers on developing individual donor and events-based fundraising. Success may lead to growth of the fundraising team and wider responsibilities for this post.

The Health Equality and Rights Organisation (HERO) currently relies on PCT funding to deliver the majority of its health promotion and campaigning work. HERO was previously named GMFA and primarily focussed on HIV prevention targeted at gay men. In 2012 we will be expanding our remit (from HIV to wider health and social issues) and expanding our target audience to cover interventions for lesbians, bisexuals and the transgender communities. The strategic shift in the direction of the charity means that we are seeking to widen our funding base.

Projects prioritised for fundraising in 2012-2014 include:

Improving the health of men with HIV.
Expanding HERO’s HIV prevention initiatives particularly around media and groupwork
Smoking cessation campaigns and courses.
Programme of groupwork for LGB & T people
Community development
Mental health
Older LGB & T people
Working with LGB & T ethnic minorities.

The fact that trusts and non-HIV statutory funding streams are largely new territory for HERO means that there is a great deal of relationship building to be done by the Fundraising Manager, and a large potential for success from untapped sources.

The staff team is currently under-represented by lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities as we have recently broadened our charitable objectives to include these communities. We would therefore particularly welcome applications from people who are from those constituencies. However, selection will be on merit without reference to sexual orientation or other characteristics.

Our current turnover is around £600,000, We employ 7 staff and have over 150 active volunteers.

The application process:

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Once complete, please email this application form to jobs@gmfa.org.uk or post it to Recruitment Team, GMFA, Unit 11 Angel Wharf, Eagle Wharf Road, London N1 7ER.

Closing date for applications: 22/02/2012 at 9am.

Interviews: 2 March 2012