Fundraising OfficerJob Application Pack

Closing date: Monday 24th August, 5pmInterview Date: Thursday 3rd SeptemberContents Introducing Lakeland Arts Job description Person specification How to apply and selection process

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Introducing Lakeland Arts1

We’re delighted that you’re interested in joining the team at Lakeland Arts as Fundraising Officer. Lakeland Arts is an independent charity and one of the most remarkable arts and heritage organisations in the North. We run an exceptional portfolio of attractions in an area of outstanding natural beauty and cultural heritage.

You’ll be joining us at an exciting time as we opened our spectacular new museum, The Windermere Jetty Museum last year, following a £20 million major capital development. Through our exhibition, learning and skills development programme and our Conservation Workshop we bring science, engineering and ecology together with arts and culture, reflecting the inspiration of the world-class boat collection and its wonderful location on the shores of Windermere. Designed by Carmody Groarke architects, Windermere Jetty has already won several prestigious awards for design and boat conservation.

Abbot Hall Art Gallery is home to a nationally significant art collection. It is one of the largest of its kind in the North, spanning the historic to contemporary, including watercolours by J M W Turner and John Ruskin, a strong Modern British collection including works by Lucian Freud and Bridget Riley, and the work of European Modernist Kurt Schwitters, created during his final years in Cumbria. From grassroots beginnings in the late 1950s, Abbot Hall has built a reputation nationally and internationally for curating major new exhibitions, such as Taking Flight: St Ives in the 1950s (2015) and Ruskin, Turner & the Storm Cloud (2019), and consistently showing art and artists of the highest quality.

The Lakeland Museum has extensive displays relating to the social and industrial history of the Lake District. Recently, we have worked with local communities to better capture under-represented narratives, such as the Child Labour exhibition, which was produced in col-laboration with Dean Gibson Primary

School and the LGBT+ project, created with Pride in North Cumbria and Queer Artists in Residence Bordello Theatre, which culminated in a new collecting strand for the museum.

Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House is a stunning Grade I listed house overlooking Windermere. It is architect MH Baillie Scott’s greatest house and one of the best examples in the world of an original Arts & Crafts interior. Since opening to the public in 2001 it has displayed the finest Arts & Crafts furniture and furnishings from the permanent collection and attracted a number of significant long-term loans. The house has become a hub for the display of modern and contemporary ceramics and for showing and supporting early to mid-career arts and crafts makers.

Our missionTo inspire all to explore and enjoy arts, heritage and the outstanding places we care for, by visiting our museums and participating in a wide range of activities.Lakeland Arts is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) as part of the Cumbria Museum Consortium (CMC) with Tullie House Art Gallery and Museum and the Wordsworth Trust.

So, what’s it like working as Fundraising Officer at Lakeland Arts?In your role you’ll help make our charitable objectives a reality, including our expanding programme of exhibitions, conservation work and participation activities at our venues and in the community. You’ll build and maintain strong relationships to generate grants and donations from a wide range of sources.

An integral part of a small fundraising team of three, along with the Head of Development and the Membership and Development Support Officer, you’ll

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work across all aspects of the fundraising mix.

You’ll produce high quality fundraising applications and proposals to trusts and foundations, statutory and Lottery funders, and help grow income across individual, legacy and digital giving. You’ll collaborate with colleagues across the organisation and build and nurture relationships with external stakeholders to support the delivery of the fundraising strategy.

Working mainly from home, you’ll also spend time in Lakeland Arts’ inspiring venues. We’re constantly adapting to the Covid-19 pandemic and while some of us continue to work from home, with others back on-site and some of us still furloughed, we get together as a team regularly on Zoom.

For this role we’re open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times, or compressed hours.

Life in South LakelandOur venues are surrounded by countryside in an area of outstanding natural beauty. The Lake District National Park (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and the countryside outside the Park and around the coast is full of great walks, stunning views and lots of places to visit. Popular sporting and leisure activities include sailing, hill walking, cycling, climbing and running. There are lots of visitor attractions ranging from cruise boats on the lakes, historic buildings, forest parks and nature reserves to top quality restaurants and boutique shops. It’s hardly surprising that this area attracts over 40 million visitors each year. Kendal is a busy market town and boasts the Brewery Arts Centre and plays host to a number of cultural festivals each year. There is easy access by road to Lancaster, Penrith and Carlisle, as well as mainline train connections from Oxenholme station in Kendal to London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

We welcome your application and wish you every success with it.

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Job description

Job Title: Fundraising Officer Salary: Up to £25,000, depending on experienceLocation: Home working, with some work at Blackwell, The Arts and

Crafts House and Windermere Jetty, Bowness-on-Windermere, and Abbot Hall Art Gallery and Lakeland Museum, Kendal.

Reporting to: Head of DevelopmentTerm: Permanent

PurposeIn this role you’ll support Lakeland Arts to carry out our charitable objectives by contributing to the delivery of our fundraising strategy. You’ll raise donations and grants to support our programme of exhibitions, participation activities and art and heritage conservation projects. You’ll secure grants and donations from a range of sources, including trusts and foundations, statutory funders, individual donors and corporates. You’ll help us realise opportunities to grow our voluntary income, especially across individual, legacy and digital giving. Working collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation, you’ll build and nurture relationships with external stakeholders to help deliver the fundraising strategy.

Key Responsibilities Identify potential funders for Lakeland Arts’ programmes and projects.

Produce high quality funding applications and proposals to a range of funders including trusts and foundations, statutory and Lottery funders, individual donors and corporate sponsors.

Support the development of individual and legacy giving.

Explore opportunities to develop digital fundraising.

Develop and maintain robust fundraising systems and processes.

Maintain records, develop projections and produce high-quality reports on activity and achievements against Lakeland Arts’ fundraising targets.

Ensure the highest level of donor care of sponsors and supporters.

Support with the cultivation of new prospective private donors and help ensure existing relationships with current donors and supporters are maintained and developed.

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Work with colleagues to support, service and develop the Lakeland Arts membership scheme.

Contribute to Lakeland Arts’ stakeholder events and other activities to promote Lakeland Arts and involve local communities, visitors and key stakeholders.

This job description outlines the principal responsibilities and duties of the post holder. It isn’t meant to be, nor is it, an exhaustive list of specific responsibilities and duties. The post holder will be expected to undertake any other duties which could reasonably be expected as being within the remit of the post and which arise out of changes of legislation, regulations, orders, rules and working practices, methods and procedures and reviews, as directed from time to time.

Additional informationThis is a full time post, 37.5 hours per week, primarily working Monday to Friday, but with the occasional need for evening, weekend or bank holiday working.

We are open to discussing the possibility of part time hours.

The annual leave entitlement for this post is 28 working days pro-rata (made up of 20 statutory days and 8 Public Bank Holidays).

Lakeland Arts reimburses staff for travel and other expenses within agreed guidelines and policies. The post holder will be expected to travel efficiently and in a timely manner between Lakeland Arts sites.

Lakeland Arts offers an auto-enrolment pension scheme as well as a range of benefits including free entry into a range of partner venues in the UK, free entry into Lakeland Arts venues for immediate family, discounts in Lakeland Arts shops and cafes.

The post holder will be required to attend events, particularly those connected with responsibilities of the post.

Candidates must demonstrate that they can fulfil the requirements of the post.

Health and SafetyThe post holder is required to carry out their duties in accordance with Lakeland Arts Health and Safety policies and procedures.

DiversityThe post holder is required to have due regard to equal opportunities at all times, and to work in a fair and reasonable manner towards all people, ensuring service standards are maintained for all cultures.

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Person SpecificationESSENTIAL DESIRABLEExperience Demonstrable track record of

fundraising in the charity sector Experience of maintaining donor records

and producing reports.

Using Customer Relationship Management Systems

Working in the cultural or heritage sector

Coordinating online giving Working on membership schemes

Knowledge Sources of funding for programmes and

projects in the museums, galleries, cultural or heritage sectors.

Fundraising processes and best practice

Active interest in arts, heritage, galleries and museums

Up to date knowledge of funding opportunities through ACE, HLF and other key organisations.

Skills Managing own workload, completing

tasks to deadline with minimum supervision

Preparing and presenting a compelling fundraising case, particularly through written applications

Excellent communication and ability to promote the vision that generates enthusiasm and support for Lakeland Arts

Listening to and engaging effectively with a wide range of people

Attention to detail Excellent I.T. skills

Ability to develop and manage fundraising strategy and campaigns

Working proactively with partners and representatives of other organisations

Qualities Able to build good relationships and

work in a supportive manner alongside colleagues and consultants

Consistent high level of donor care and

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responsiveness Self-motivated and able and willing to

work as part of a team Committed to Equal Opportunities,

Diversity and excellent customer service Proven ability to manage own

professional and personal development and willingness to learn.

Qualifications Educated to degree level or possessing

equivalent level of relevant experience

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How to apply and the selection processYou must complete an application form available to download from the Lakeland Arts website www.lakelandarts.org.uk/jobs in Word and PDF formats. You may attach a covering letter but please don’t send pictures or photographs. Sorry, but we don’t accept CVs.

In completing your application, you must tell us how you meet the essential qualification, experience, skills and qualities outlined in the Person Specification. We’ll assess how you meet them through the application form and interview. We’ll let you know if we plan to include a presentation or a skills test if you are invited for interview.

Deadline for receipt of applicationsThis vacancy closes at 5pm on Monday 24th August 2020. Unfortunately, any forms received after this time won’t be accepted. Your completed application form should be returned by one of the following methods:

By email: Please email jobs@lakelandarts.org.ukPlease note that our email servers will not accept emails larger than 10MB.

Acknowledgement of receiptAll email applications will be acknowledged upon receipt.

InterviewsInterviews will be held on Zoom (or alternative online platform) on Thursday 3rd September 2020.

For an informal chat about this role please get in touch with, Caroline Gilbert, Head of Development, on 07766 304763

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