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Partnerships Funding Manager
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THE COMPANY
Founded in 2005 by children’s author, J K Rowling, Lumos has developed a Mission to fight for every child’s right to a family by transforming care systems around the world. Its Vision is that all children enjoy their right to grow up in a safe and loving family.
Lumos commenced its work in Europe including Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Moldova, Serbia and Greece. In 2014 its activities expanded and now include Colombia, Haiti, Kenya, Jordan and Malaysia. In each of these countries, Lumos is demonstrating that systems of public care for children can be transformed away from institutions by returning children to their own families with appropriate support and assistance to their parents or placing them in carefully selected and supervised alternative families.
THE POSITION
The Partnerships Funding Manager works within the Global Fundraising team at Lumos, supporting the team to build long-term relationships with trusts and foundations, major donors, corporates and statutory funders. We have achieved impressive growth in recent years and have ambitions to do even more and continue to grow support and income for Lumos. The Partnerships Funding Manager will play a key role in shaping and overseeing the team’s project and funding management systems and enabling us to achieve even more for the children Lumos works to protect.
As Partnerships Funding Manager, your role will be to oversee project information, proposal development and reporting systems and processes. You will work within a supportive, results-driven and experienced team to unlock strategic, valuable funding for Lumos through our high-value partnerships.
We are looking for someone with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a strong track record of supporting fundraising through proposal development and strategic project management, and someone who can take the initiative to develop the necessary systems and processes to improve fundraising success. You will be a positive team player, a problem solver, and able to work to tight deadlines and manage a number of priorities and projects at any one time.
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:
- 30 days of paid holidays
- Flexible working, including some home working
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Life Assurance and Pension Scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme, Season ticket loan scheme and Childcare Vouchers
- Dynamic, interesting environment
- Training and learning opportunities to support you to flourish in your role
- Regular staff social events and activities
If you are committed to protecting and empowering the world’s most vulnerable children, join us.
To apply please upload your CV in Word format and a supporting statement highlighting how your skills and experience meet the person specification (two pages maximum).
Closing date: Tuesday, 24th November 2020 23:59
Provisional interview dates: Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd December 2020
For more information please see attached job description.
Jobs are positioned within the salary structure based on evaluation. New employees would normally be appointed at the bottom of the grade; however, the appointed salary may also consider the relevant experience a candidate brings to a role. Lumos is committed to paying staff in a fair and equitable way and will benchmark all salary offers in line with the pay of existing staff.
Lumos is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and criminal records checks where legally permitted.
Lumos is wholly committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and against all forms of discrimination.
Right to Work:
If you do not already have the right to work in the UK, please think carefully before applying. This is because even if the role is sufficiently skilled to qualify for sponsorship, we will be unable to sponsor you if there is a suitably qualified settled worker available to fill the role (this is known as the ‘resident labour market test’) unless you are currently in the UK and your immigration status and qualifications mean that the resident labour market test will not apply in your case.
Lumos is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and criminal records checks where legally permitted.