Job title: Fundraising Officer – Corporate & Events
Company: Bristol City Council
Job description: The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.Job detailsJob details Job reference VAC006094 Date posted 09/10/2024 Application closing date 03/11/2024 Location City Museum And Art Gallery Queens Road Clifton Bristol BS8 1RL Salary BG10: £33,024 – £36,648 Package Blank Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Arts, Events and Tourism, Libraries, Museums and Archives AttachmentsFundraising Officer – Corporate & Events Job descriptionFull Time, PermanentA great opportunity has arisen for a Fundraising Officer – Corporate and Events to join the Development Team in Bristol City Council’s Culture & Creative Industries service.Bristol Culture & Creative Industries (C&CI), part of Bristol City Council, is focused on cultural development and growth across the city. C&CI manages Bristol Museums (Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, M Shed, The Red Lodge Museum, The Georgian House Museum, Blaise Museum & Bristol Archives), Bristol Film Office and the Bottle Yard Studios.You will need to build a strong network of business contacts to promote our corporate partnership offering. Your priorities will be to develop compelling sponsorship proposals and arrange meetings to secure future partners for forthcoming exhibitions, events and new annual sponsorship opportunities.Once sponsors are secured, you will liaise with senior business stakeholders, museum staff as well as our national museum partners such as V&A, Natural History Museum, Tate and the Royal Collection Trust to ensure smooth delivery of exhibition sponsorship. Recent exhibitions have included Grayson’s Art Club, Constable in Bristol (part of The National Gallery 200th celebrations) and the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year.In addition to sponsorship, you will manage and grow our Corporate Membership scheme, organising and delivering benefits such as behind-the-scenes museum tours, our annual Summer Party, logo acknowledgement and invitations to Private Views.You will research, manage and pitch to local businesses and other organisations, maintaining and growing corporate donors. Accurately updating our CRM with details of donors and relationship management will be key, as well as your excellent negotiation and communication skills.You will also have experience of logging income and managing budgets, as well as knowledge of fundraising regulations.This role will support the Development Managers (job share) to implement our fundraising strategy by growing our corporate income stream. You will have responsibility for initiating and managing your own agreed fundraising projects and campaigns. You will also work closely with colleagues across the service as well as other stakeholders to ensure that our priority projects are adequately resourced.You will be excellent at engaging with funders, stakeholders and the public and will be confident communicating verbally and in written media. You will require strong project management and administrative skills and demonstrable experience in working effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team.The role will mostly be based at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, though there is flexibility to work across other sites as well as from home. Working as a part of a small and friendly team, this is an exciting opportunity to join a creative and dynamic service delivering our city’s cultural agenda.This role will require occasional evening and weekend work.Why Bristol City Council?At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice – mixing both home and office working.Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.How do I apply?If you share our and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.We’re a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We’ll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role before applying please contact Development Managers (job share) Caroline Booth Morris or Beth CutterAt Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.Job title Fundraising Officer – Corporate & Events Job reference VAC006094 Date posted 09/10/2024 Application closing date 03/11/2024 Location City Museum And Art Gallery Queens Road Clifton Bristol BS8 1RL Salary BG10: £33,024 – £36,648 Package Blank Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Arts, Events and Tourism, Libraries, Museums and Archives Attachments Job descriptionFull Time, PermanentA great opportunity has arisen for a Fundraising Officer – Corporate and Events to join the Development Team in Bristol City Council’s Culture & Creative Industries service.Bristol Culture & Creative Industries (C&CI), part of Bristol City Council, is focused on cultural development and growth across the city. C&CI manages Bristol Museums (Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, M Shed, The Red Lodge Museum, The Georgian House Museum, Blaise Museum & Bristol Archives), Bristol Film Office and the Bottle Yard Studios.You will need to build a strong network of business contacts to promote our corporate partnership offering. Your priorities will be to develop compelling sponsorship proposals and arrange meetings to secure future partners for forthcoming exhibitions, events and new annual sponsorship opportunities.Once sponsors are secured, you will liaise with senior business stakeholders, museum staff as well as our national museum partners such as V&A, Natural History Museum, Tate and the Royal Collection Trust to ensure smooth delivery of exhibition sponsorship. Recent exhibitions have included Grayson’s Art Club, Constable in Bristol (part of The National Gallery 200th celebrations) and the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year.In addition to sponsorship, you will manage and grow our Corporate Membership scheme, organising and delivering benefits such as behind-the-scenes museum tours, our annual Summer Party, logo acknowledgement and invitations to Private Views.You will research, manage and pitch to local businesses and other organisations, maintaining and growing corporate donors. Accurately updating our CRM with details of donors and relationship management will be key, as well as your excellent negotiation and communication skills.You will also have experience of logging income and managing budgets, as well as knowledge of fundraising regulations.This role will support the Development Managers (job share) to implement our fundraising strategy by growing our corporate income stream. You will have responsibility for initiating and managing your own agreed fundraising projects and campaigns. You will also work closely with colleagues across the service as well as other stakeholders to ensure that our priority projects are adequately resourced.You will be excellent at engaging with funders, stakeholders and the public and will be confident communicating verbally and in written media. You will require strong project management and administrative skills and demonstrable experience in working effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team.The role will mostly be based at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, though there is flexibility to work across other sites as well as from home. Working as a part of a small and friendly team, this is an exciting opportunity to join a creative and dynamic service delivering our city’s cultural agenda.This role will require occasional evening and weekend work.Why Bristol City Council?At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice – mixing both home and office working.Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.How do I apply?If you share our and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.We’re a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We’ll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role before applying please contact Development Managers (job share) Caroline Booth Morris or Beth CutterAt Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.
Expected salary: £33024 – 36648 per year
Location: Clifton, Bristol
Job date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 02:31:43 GMT
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