F2F Manager - South Central

F2F Manager - South Central

Salary: circa £35,000 (dependent on experience)

Vehicle: A vehicle will be made available to carry out your duties

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

Additional information: Some weekend work may be required

Location description: Home-based

Interview date: w/c 30 October

Closing Date: 20-10-2024

Reference: 17998

About us

Our purpose is simple, to save lives at sea. Since 1824, our crews have been risking their lives to save those who are in danger of drowning.

We're looking for a Face-to-Face (F2F) Manager to join our team in the South Central region. This region spans from Weymouth to Brighton and is a fantastic opportunity within the RNLI to play a vital role in developing and growing the RNLI in-house F2F Fundraising team.

This role will be required to manage a team of face-to-face fundraisers who will sign up regular supporters within a defined geographical area and raise vital long-term funding for the charity. This will include opportunities to work alongside other specialist teams including our volunteer lifeboat crews and lifeguards, playing an integral part in reaching both local and team income targets and contributing towards the wider objectives of the RNLI.

Your Role

As a F2F Manager you will be tasked with focus on the following areas:

- Recruit, train and performance manage a team of motivated F2F Fundraisers

- Manage and develop a portfolio of fundraising locations from Weymouth to Brighton, with the main hubs in Poole & Bournemouth and West Sussex

- Measure performance against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) i.e. targets and budget

- Create and execute detailed delivery plans, mitigating for risks and opportunities

- Maintain and develop internal and external stakeholders relationships

About You

Working at the frontline of our fundraising activities, you’ll have excellent communication skills, people management capabilities, a proven track record of working to targets and a passion to manage a team who engage with the beach-going public and event visitors to get their commitment for regular support for the cause.

You’ll be an effective team player with a pragmatic and solution focussed approach to problem solving and a calm approach to a busy workload. You’ll be positive, confident, determined, resilient, with very strong communication skills and naturally outgoing.

You’ll be a self-starter who can lead an energetic and innovative team to success. Able to adhere to codes of conduct, policies and be Fundraising Regulator compliant in all that you do and deliver. You’ll be flexible and prepared to work out of office hours with considerable travel throughout the year, peaking through the summer months. Substantial annual leave during the summer would not be practical for this role.

To be considered as the F2F Manager (South Central) you will need:

- Proven experience and success in face-to-face fundraising. This will either have been gained working for a charity or a fundraising agency

- Evidence of managing and motivating a team of paid staff or volunteers to achieve goals/targets

- Excellent communication skills and teamworking ethos

- Self-motivation and ability to create and prioritise own workload

- A full, valid driving licence

So, as a F2F Manager, you will have the ability to lead a team to achieve targets and want to see how this role supports our organisation’s aim to reduce drowning, this could be the role for you. Please apply via the button shown.

This post requires a valid driving licence.

This post is subject to clearance of a finance check - satisfactory to the RNLI.

Safeguarding

The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).

Diversity at the RNLI

Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for nearly 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.