Regional Development Officer

Job Title:
Regional Development Officer

Department:
Fundraising

Reports to:
Fundraising Team Lead

Hours:
Part-time or Full-time

Location:
Cork with regular overnight travel to Dublin

Contract Term:
12 months

Purpose of Role

Working closely with the Fundraising Team Lead to support local volunteer fundraising Branches with their events, queries, administrative needs, and recruitment. These efforts will be in line with targets set for the region. The fundraising Branches of focus will be based in the Eastern region.

To be successful in this role, you must be self-motivated, organised, structured, and have good people management and customer service skills. You will be required to travel and work outside of normal working hours when attending events, Branch meetings, and other relevant meetings.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and build relationships with Branches and be responsive to their requirements.
• Support Branches with their administrative needs.
• Ensure best practice is being followed by volunteers.
• Help ensure the success of planned fundraising events, campaigns and projects alongside the Fundraising Team Lead and local Branches.
• Help support volunteer recruitment, training and development for Branches.
• Engage with clients and volunteers to support Branch development.
• Support Branch requirements for social media channels and communications.
• Help develop new fundraising opportunities with local Branches alongside the Fundraising Team Lead.
• Keep accurate data for fundraising activities, Branch volunteers, collection boxes, etc.
• Be responsible for owning income targets for volunteer fundraising Branches within the region.
• Hold full profit and loss responsibility for the region and individual Branches within the region.
• Manage volunteer recruitment, training and development for Branches.
• Engage clients and other local stakeholders to support Branch development.
• Research, develop and capture a pipeline of fundraising opportunities to support Branches.
• Implement an effective reporting system to track activity and outputs using in-house CRM systems and business intelligence tools.

In addition to these key accountabilities, you may also have ownership for one or more key processes which will be communicated to you via your manager and/or the Performance Management framework

Values and Behaviours

IGDB places great emphasis on how people get the job done. For example, we need people who are passionate about enabling people who are vision-impaired and families of children with autism to lead better lives and become more mobile and independent. Employees are expected to achieve these standards to fully meet the expectations of their role.

Respect

Treats Clients, Colleagues and Volunteers with equal respect. Is open-minded and tolerant of different views.

Teamwork

Supports a team environment which promotes wellbeing and maximises personal effectiveness. Communicates clearly and effectively with others. Strives to be supportive, consistent, and professional with Clients, Colleagues and Volunteers.

Optimism

Is solution-focused and looks to bring a positive attitude to challenges. Celebrates wins and encourages others to do the same. Does not fear failure – believes we can all learn lessons for the next time together.

Conscientiousness

Takes pride in what is done and how it is done. Always presents a professional and capable manner in all tasks that are completed. Has a clarity of purpose, sets a good example for others. Is accountable for what is done and takes ownership for achievement.

Integrity

Leads by example. Is fair and consistent when working with Clients, Colleagues and Volunteers. Takes ownership of achievements and responsibility for failure.

Excellence

Strives to continuously improve own performance.

Person Specification

Experience, Education and Skills

• Proven experience in a comparable sales and/or fundraising role.
• Strong evidence of continuous professional development and qualifications relevant to the role is desirable.
• Ability to deliver on targets and goals with a flair for business development.
• Must have the ability to operate independently with an innovative spirit and to forge strong, lasting relationships with 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 Fundraising – The Irish Charities Tax Research (ICTR), February 2008, and implementation resources.
• Awareness of trends, patterns and challenges of volunteering in Ireland at a community level.
• Comfortable in a cold-calling environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills – able to express ideas and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, and open-minded with the ability to recognise good ideas.
• Excellent time management and experience multitasking across concurrent projects.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation and IT skills, along with strong communication skills.
• Talented communicator who can inspire support and commitment from a diverse range of stakeholders.
• 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 the corporate community.

Special Conditions

• Full clean driving licence and a willingness to travel to various regional locations essential.
• Must be eligible to work in Ireland.

• 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 stakeholders, also on an ad hoc basis.

  
  
  

Apply

To apply, please send the below information to Recruitment@GuideDogs.ie

• Up-to-date CV

• Cover letter highlighting your specific areas of interest and skill sets

Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind is an equal opportunity employer.