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We are currently recruiting for the following role:

Fundraising Manager

Location: Brixton, Greater London (hybrid)
Contract: Full-time
Salary: £35,000 per year

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

To manage the day-to-day activity of our Fundraising Department, including line management of the team (currently x 1 Fundraising Executive). Raise funds from Major Donors, Corporate and Individuals through building excellent relationships with stakeholders and creating and developing current activity, campaigns, and events. Support the Head of Marketing and Fundraising to create, deliver and refine a new entrepreneurial income stream through selling our services. You’ll ensure we have robust plans and budgets in place, and we adhere to fundraising best practice and compliance.

The Fundraising and Marketing Team at the Bike Project
The team are currently in the process of developing a Fundraising and Marketing Strategy. To achieve this, we will be testing and learning in lots of areas in 24/25, with the results being used to build a longer-term strategy. This is the current structure of the team, however due to development plans, it is subject to grow in 24/5 and 25/6.

About The Bike Project
The Bike Project is an award-winning charity which refurbishes second hand bikes and donates them to refugees.  We were founded 10 years ago by, Jem Stein, after he struck up a friendship and found a bike for Adam, a Darfuri refugee who had fled his home in Sudan after war broke out.

Now just over 10 years later, The Bike Project has grown into a national operation with new CEO, hundreds of volunteers, a team of 27 committed staff, roadshows in different cities, a shop and two workshops, one in the capital and one in Birmingham.

To date we have supported over 12,000 refugees and people seeking asylum by giving them a second-hand bike. In addition, we have supported hundreds through our programmes designed to build confidence and build friendships in the local community.

Benefits
In addition to what we believe is a great place to work, we offer some great benefits including enhanced holiday, family leave and sick leave. To support our team we also offer access to an employee assistance programme, a fantastic reward hub and cycling-related perks!

How to Apply
To be considered please provide a CV along with a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) which:

  • Details your interest in the Fundraising Manager position and why you believe you are the ideal candidate
  • Highlights a fundraising project or campaign that you managed and that you are proud of what it had achieved.

We recommend that you read our Job Pack and more about the key responsibilities and the person specifications of the role before you apply.

You can submit your application using the Apply Here button, which will take you to our Charity Jobs site (where you can also download the Job Pack).

Closing date: Tuesday 19th of March
The recruitment process will be 2-stages.

Why work with us?

Flexible working hours

At The Bike Project, we know all our staff are deeply committed to our cause, love their jobs, and want to do well. This is great because we do expect hard work, passion, commitment, but we also want staff to have a good work-life balance and do not expect them to be working a lot of extra hours on a regular basis. We therefore have a truly flexible approach to working hours and a TOIL policy so that staff can manage busy projects without damaging their overall work-life balance.

Free bike

All staff are entitled to one free bike up to the value of £400, subject to eligibility criteria. We also offer additional discounts on bike parts and cycling accessories. After two years of employment, staff are entitled to exchange their bike for another one, up to the value of £400, so long as the original bike is donated back to The Bike Project.

Lifetime bike service

For those who have received a bike from us, we will offer a lifetime of free service and repairs for the duration of your employment, so long as this doesn’t impact customer servicing. Eligibility criteria apply.

Professional development and training

The Bike Project aims to provide varied and rewarding roles, a supportive and ethical culture, lots of opportunities for development and progression as well as competitive levels of pay to retain a suitably skilled and experienced professional staff. We have an appraisal scheme that focuses on development, a range of training available around topics such as personal productivity, mental health fitness, culture and values training, as well as training specifically tailored to individual roles.

Holidays

We offer 28 days holiday, including bank holidays, and we close the office in between Christmas and New Year, adding another three days holiday. Staff accrue an extra day for every year of service, up to a maximum of 33 days per annum. Sabbaticals are available for staff with long service.

Family and sick leave

We offer enhanced maternity pay (thirteen weeks full pay, including statutory maternity leave, and thirteen weeks half pay) subject to eligibility criteria. We also offer enhanced paternity pay of three weeks full pay.

For sick leave, we offer two weeks full pay and two weeks half pay.

Pensions

We offer a pension scheme with an employers’ contribution of 4% and employees’ contribution of 4%.

Social activities

We hold cycle rides as part of team-building including RideLondon and social rides throughout the year. There’s also quarterly staff lunches, an annual away day and outings like pub quizzes and picnics.

Volunteering

Join our valued community of volunteers to help get bikes to more refugees and people seeking asylum. Apply here to volunteer.

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