Reporting to:  Chief Executive

Type of Contract:  Fixed term for 6 months

Hours and location:

Full-time located at the Crann Centre, Ovens, Co. Cork
The Crann Centre (a registered charity) based in Ovens, Cork, is a specialist community-based disability service for children, adults, and families, living with neuro-physical disabilities. 

Crann’s transformative 2 Generation (2Gen) Model of Care, delivers comprehensive, integrated health and social care supports across the lifespan, addressing key clinical issues and the broader social determinants of health. Our community-based team support better health & wellbeing outcomes and increased opportunities for participation in education, employment, and leisure for both children and adults, and their families. 

We wish to recruit an Interim Fundraising Manager to cover a period of extended leave. The focus of this role will be to cultivate and manage a portfolio of donors, provide leadership for the fundraising team, support them to achieve their goals, and ensure the organisation’s income targets are met. 

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage the Crann Centre’s fundraising portfolio and support systems,
• Set and achieve income targets across all fundraising channels, in particular developing strategies to maximise unrestricted income.
• Lead and manage the team, providing support to achieve high performance that delivers agreed outcomes.
• Prepare progress reports for Chief Executive, Fundraising Sub-Committee and Board of Directors meetings and attend as required.

Corporate Partnerships

• Managing the Crann Centre’s corporate partnerships and creating opportunities for multi-year strategic partnerships and support.

Community Fundraising

• Support the Community Fundraiser to plan, communicate and deliver the programme of Community Fundraising initiatives.
• Ensure all fundraising initiatives are evaluated and volunteers/ donors are supported and feel valued.

Individual Giving

• Support the development and implementation of our Individual Giving Programme and a donor stewardship programme.

Trusts and Foundations

• Manage a portfolio of Trust and Foundation prospects and donors to develop and maintain strong lasting partnerships.
• Lead ongoing research and an outreach to build new relationships and successful engagement.
• Together with our Grants Coordinator monitor opportunities, support the developments of winning applications for grant and effective engagement with grantors/funders.

Skills and Competencies

• Experience of leading the fundraising function and team
• A proven track record of managing the high value fundraising cycle, specifically corporates, major donors and trusts and foundations.
• Experienced people manager with a proven track record of motivating and empowering people to reach their potential and exceed goals.
• Knowledge of the Irish charity/voluntary sector market and the environment in which The Crann Centre operates.
• An understanding of fundraising performance metrics
• Experience in working with CRM fundraising databases preferably Salesforce.