Fundraising Manager

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join our new leadership team as we seek to establish and grow new worshipping communities within two bilingual churches in the Brixton area. We are excited by this project and hope that this will provide an opportunity for someone who is passionate about raising income and supporting church growth. 

We are looking for someone with the right combination of skills and experience to build on our successful fundraising from trusts and foundations, corporate and community fundraising, together with developing individual giving funding streams.

Main Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director of Operations, the Fundraising Manager will be at the heart of our growth and development as they play a key role in delivering our plans to drive sustainable income growth. This will include a focus on increasing regular giving and ensuring regular income from hiring our spaces. In addition, the Fundraising Manager will find new ways to fundraise for all our social programmes, especially Agape. This is a developing role with huge potential to contribute to our growth as a church committed to social justice. The Fundraising Manager will also have the exciting challenge of leading fundraising efforts to celebrate Christ Church’s 125th Anniversary in 2027

Key Role and Responsibilities:

• Focus on generating income growth for the bilingual parishes of Christ Church and St. Matthews and Agape, the community missional project.
• Agree annual funding targets and manage timelines, taking the lead to instigate and coordinate the activity that will achieve them.
• Working with the administration teams, increase hiring income at both churches, marketing available spaces and generating new rentals through an active social media presence.
• Create and maintain a grant programme prospect pipeline, submitting and tracking applications and liaising with funders at all stages of the process. Research potential new funders.
• Build community fundraising partnerships with local companies, groups and events.
• Prepare and write engaging proposals, applications and presentations for funders.
• Support the clergy team in encouraging the growth of regular financial giving by  helping resource annual programmes, regular communications and showing appreciation for the valuable contributions of the congregation.
• To develop digital giving opportunities.
• To mentor and encourage volunteers and nurture a   fundraising group at both churches
• Ensure systems are in place to guarantee all Fundraising/Grant reporting requirements are met, and that communications are appropriate and timely.
• Maintain accurate records, complying with policies on confidentiality, data protection and fundraising good practice.
• Report regularly on all areas of fundraising, including producing financial reports as requested.
• Liaise with Parish leaders, ensuring that they are well informed and able to support key initiatives.

How to Apply:

If you feel called to be part of this journey and have the necessary enthusiasm, skills and experience then we would be delighted to hear from you.

If you would like an informal discussion about the role, then please feel free to contact Revd Dr Hugo Adán Fernández rector@stmatt.co.uk  Rector of St Matthews.

About us

The Diocese of Southwark seeks to be Christ-centred and outward-focused in all we do. Our vision is founded on mutual commitment from all who make up the Diocesan family to walk together in the pilgrimage of faith, supporting, encouraging, and resourcing each other in our common task. Through this, we seek to be a Diocese that is:

• walking with Jesus and getting to know Him better as we journey on
• welcoming all, embracing our diversity and seeking new ways of being Church
• growing in numbers, generosity, faith and discipleship as we grow God’s Kingdom.

Christ Church, Brixton Road working in partnership with St Matthew’s Elephant and Castle has been identified as one of those places in the Diocese of Southwark where there is a clear opportunity for growth. As the result of a successful bid by the Diocese of Southwark we have obtained the funding for this post from the Church of England’s Strategic Development Fund.

We want to appoint a Fundraising Manager to join our leadership team at the start of a new season and ensure we realise our vision through the financial sustainability at Christ Church Brixton Road and at St Matthew’s Elephant and Castle.