Senior Church Partnerships Fundraising Manager

About the role

As Spear expands and opens new centres nationwide, you will play a pivotal role in equipping new and existing Church Partners to build sustainable, thriving Spear Centres that transform young people’s lives. You will combine strategic insight, relationship-building and hands-on fundraising support to help Church Partners grow diverse and resilient fundraising streams.

Working closely with Trustees, Church leaders and Spear’s Central teams, you will strengthen funding pipelines, unlock new opportunities and ensure partners are supported every step of the way. For more information please read through our Job Specification and our Work with us pack . Key information Salary: from £42,000 Contract: 3-5 days, fixed term, 12 months.

With some out of hours work needed for events such as Spear Celebration. Ad hoc regional travel required to deliver training and support to partner churches. Annual leave: 28 days annual leave (including Christmas gift days) plus bank holidays. Closing Date: Friday 6th November (We interview on a rolling basis throughout the application period, and may close the role early if we find the right candidate).

If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of the recruitment process, please let us know. Person Specification A practising Christian, passionate about personally representing the values and beliefs of Spear, and our mission to inspire and equip young people to overcome the barriers they’re facing to enter and sustain employment.

Effective interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence, with the ability to relate confidently to a range of stakeholders both, internally and externally. Creative, self-motivated forward planner who exercises initiative, with the ability to prioritise workload, including working well under pressure. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Experience in fundraising, Trust and/or community fundraising and good working knowledge of other fundraising streams is desirable but not essential. Strong quantitative skills including ability to work with and interpret impact data, fundraising pipelines and basic financial information. Good IT skills, with a working knowledge of Salesforce and Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.