Job Vacancies

Our volunteers are the heart and soul of our charity.  They fulfil many varied roles and without them EMERGE’s activities, including Touch Wood and FareShare Greater Manchester, would have far less social and environmental impact.

Our Give & Gain employability programme is aimed at enabling people to develop the skills, confidence, and aspirations needed for job success. We support people from all backgrounds who face barriers to employment and whose skills often go unused or undiscovered.

Working with the Volunteering team and other key staff, this role assists in promoting the benefits and opportunities of the Give & Gain Programme at EMERGE.   You will help us to recruit additional volunteers from the local community and beyond, by identifying and connecting with new networks and operational partners.  You’ll be a strong communicator, happy to jump on the phone or take the lead at in-person recruitment events.  You’ll be an experienced administrator with good data management skills to ensure we can accurately report to funders on our outreach and track the volunteers who participate in the programme.   An understanding of handling confidential data, meeting targets and deadlines, and experience in recruitment are key skills for this role. 

Our Fundraising Lead will help us develop relationships with funders and supporters to secure ongoing financial support, build the brands of EMERGE 3Rs & FareShare Greater Manchester and engage more followers to broaden and deepen our positive impact.  You’ll have excellent interpersonal skills, be self-motivated and highly organised, and able to work independently as well as part of a team.

You’ll work with the leadership team to develop and implement a fundraising strategy, researching prospective funders and writing funding bids, reviewing initiatives for individual giving, developing strong relationships with existing funders, producing reports for funders and our Senior Team & Trustees, ensuring the timely completion of all required funder administration and liaising with the wider team to deliver campaigns, events and appeals.  

Essential experience includes:

• Experience working in a fundraising role, including experience of prospect research, donor outreach and relationship building.
• Experience raising funds through trusts and foundations.
• Knowledge of using online/digital platforms for fundraising and communication e.g. Just Giving etc.
• Excellent admin skills and a strong attention to detail.
• Solid project management skills in order to manage multiple projects at the same time.
• Able to present and assess data effectively, using it and operational experiences to provide informed opinions and advise managers and other colleagues appropriately. 
• Strong level IT competence, including the use of Microsoft Office programmes, particularly Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint and databases such as Power BI.
• Numerate with high levels of accuracy.
• Willing to travel in the Greater Manchester area.