School for Social Entrepreneurs empowers people to create change in their communities and improve the lives of others.
We support social entrepreneurs: people who tackle social problems by starting, scaling, and sustaining organisations. We help them impact urgent issues, such as poverty, health, education and the environment.
Through our network of schools, we help more than 1,000 leaders of social change eery year through courses, connections and support. We develop their impact, networks, business skills and emotional resourcefulness. Our learning approach focuses on peer-support and taking action and some of our programmes are accompanied by grant funding for participants. We welcome people from all backgrounds and our community blossoms with diverse connections.
SSE recently celebrated its 20 year anniversary and we are now ready for our next phase of impact influence and growth.
The School for Social Entrepreneurs is now recruiting two
Development Managers
One Development Manager will be based at SSE Central’s London offices in London Bridge with travel across the UK and one based at the location within the SSE Network or home-based with easy access to the SSE Network.
About the Role
This role will suit you if you are excited about the opportunity to have a significant impact a long-established and well-respected organisation that operates on a global scale.
You will succeed in the role if you believe in the potential of social entrepreneurship to create social change, if you are ready to build exciting new partnerships that will diversify our income and support our long-term sustainability, if you are motivated to harness SSE’s global brand and advance our thought leadership role within the sector and beyond, and if you would enjoy being part of a fun but focused team who take their work seriously, but themselves lightly. This role will also suit you if you are inclusive in approach and attracted by the prospect of working as part of a collaborative international team to grow and develop the organisation.
There is an expectation that the successful candidate will be willing to adapt his/her working hours to suit the needs of the organisation. This will involve occasional evening and weekend work and travel within the UK especially where support is required by the SSE Network.
Job Description
Purpose of Role:
The purpose of the Development and external affairs team is to leverage the financial resources and public affairs influence required for the SSE network to fulfill its mission. Within the SSE Central team our Development Managers play an active role in making the key funding partnerships as well as contributing to communicating SSE’s impact to perform future positioning. Development Managers will lead on account management, maintaining and developing positive and professional relationships with existing national and regional funding partners, as well as developing new funding opportunities to support our work.
Key Responsibilities:
Account Management
- Ensuring that all contractual requirements, such as narrative and financial reporting are delivered to a high standard
- Ensuring that regular, positive and constructive progress meetings are held with each funding partner according to their preferred frequency and format
- Regular liaison with SSE’s Programme Manager(s) to ensure implementation of project activities are on track and with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Manager to ensure the impact of the programme is appropriately monitored and reported
- Regular liaison with SSE Central’s Finance team, as required, to ensure all expected income has been received and that expenditure is on track
- Liason with SEE Central’s Communications Manager in relation to any public-facing or communications aspects of each partnership
- Seeking, assessing and responding to new business opportunities across the SSE network, where there is a clear opportunity to grow partnership and derive mutual, and ideally, strategic benefit
- Sharing knowledge and understanding of each partner’s needs and expectations within the SSE network, and external suppliers such as freelancers, as appropriate, to ensure the partnerships are well supported across the organisation
- Coordinating regular meetings of all internal stakeholders for each project to ensure all parties are updated on all aspects of each programme and partnership.
Fundraising and Development
- Supporting the Director of Development and Public Affairs, the SSE Network and other colleagues to secure renewed funding from key resources
- Supporting and contributing to developing fundraising needs, including the identification of new business opportunities
- Writing compelling bids and project proposals to other existing and potential new funders, including preparation of budgets
- Representing SSE at partner / funder meetings and attending Corporate Supporters Group Meetings, where relevant
General Responsibilities
- Liaising and working with colleagues across the SSE network, as required, to fulfil the above
- Carry out other tasks that are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the role
Key Relationships
The post-holder will report to the Director of Development and External Affairs at SSE Central and will work routinely with programme and development colleagues and the SSE Network. There may also be opportunities to work closely with the CEO and MD at SSE Central on specific initiatives.
Person Specification
Key Knowledge and Skills
- Strong relationship management and verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to relate to people at all levels
- Previous experience of working in an account or relationship management role. Experience of working in this role in the voluntary, community or social enterprise sector in the UK or globally is desirable
- Understanding of different types of funders and their varied expectations of what constitutes a successful funding relationship / charity partnership
- Ability to produce a range of high quality written and numeric material for both external funders and internal audiences (e.g. proposals, budgets, presentations)
- Previous experience of preparing persuasive propositions, proposals, and bid-writing
- A willingness and ability to work creatively and developmentally with colleagues who are delivering training courses and managing learning programmes to understand students’ needs and to shape new business opportunities, ‘products’ and proposals
- Computer/IT proficiency
Desirable Knowledge and Skills
- Knowledge and understanding of the issues, challenges, and opportunities facing the charity and / or social enterprise sector
- An understanding of how learning programmes and training courses can help address the issues, challenges and opportunities facing social entrepreneurs and social sector leaders
Personal Attributes
- Enthusiastic about and interested in social entrepreneurship and social change
- Able to identify priorities and self-organise a busy workload
- Resourceful and adaptable
- Friendly, positive and professional
- A team player
- Commitment to ongoing learning and personal development
Job Details
- Salary: Starting £32,342 to £37,160 (depending on location, skills, and experience) + 5% pension
- Hours: 35 per week
- Reports to: Director of Development
- Annual leave: 25 days
- Contract: Permanent
- Flexibility: There is an expectation that the successful candidate will be willing to adapt his/her working hours to suit the needs of the organisation. This will involve occasional evening and weekend work and travel within the UK especially where support is required by the SSE Network
How to Apply
Please submit your CV and covering letter (no more than two sides of A4) setting out why you are the best person for this job and how you satisfy the requirements of the Person Specification and Job Description to recruitment@sse.org.uk by 5pm on 10 September 2018.
Interviews will be held w/c 17 September 2018.
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