To raise voluntary income from a range of Grantmakers, including Trusts, Foundations and local Government grant funders, contributing to an overall team target of £1 million. Working effectively within the team unit and across the organisation you will meet individual targets through writing high quality complex applications and building excellent relationships with funders, leading to more young people reached by Eikon’s services.

Responsibilities

Income generation
•Raise voluntary unrestricted and restricted income through submission of high-quality proposals (60% of time)
•Lead on developing a portfolio of high value, multi-year funders, joining external networks, seeking out leads from internal staff/ trustees and developing intelligence on potential funders.
•Working collaboratively as requested with the Grants Lead on significant strategic opportunities including with The National Lottery Community Fund and Community Foundation for Surrey.
•Develop an effective approach for raising unrestricting income.
•Proactively seek and attend Surrey networking opportunities to identify new leads.
•Work to agreed metrics including an annual target of circa £250,000/year (exact target will be dependent on working hours agreed and level of experience), a set number of bids and reports submitted monthly, number of multi-year commitments and lifetime value of grants (to be agreed).

Account Management
•Provide excellent account management to grant funders including regular presence in Surrey (at funder events/ meetings and in the Eikon office) to optimise relationships.
•Optimise funding potential and retention of funders through quality and timely reports, regular communication including meetings, and through building excellent relationships.
•Thinking creatively, working with colleagues organise own events/opportunities to increase engagement of funders e.g. project visit, garden open day.
•Identify other funding opportunities through relationships, for example for Major Donors, Corporate partnerships and Individual Givers.
•Lead on administration for all designated grants including thank you letters, updating Donorfy and sharing info/updates across the team (comprising approximately 15% of the time).

Internal Reporting
•Manage accurate and up to date pipeline information on Donorfy, being able to pull reports for information and analysis including:
•Provision of data and narrative for monthly team meetings
•Contribution to Board reporting with narrative and pipeline information
•Analysis for annual planning sessions

Quality and standards
•Ensure all staff and volunteers understand and deliver within Eikon’s safeguarding policies and practices when taking part in fundraising activities.
•Ensure all activities follow the relevant Fundraising Codes of Practice and Eikon’s Ethical Fundraising Policy.
•Prepare relevant Grant Agreements and contractual information.
•Carry out risk assessments for all activities for which you are responsible.
•Carry out required basic due diligence on new funders.

Finance and resources
•Operate within organisational approved budgets, policies and procedures.

Communications and relationships
•Support and liaise with the Marketing Communications Coordinator to deliver relevant and effective content and materials.
•Proactively increase social media activity through provision of content and encouragement of funders to engage.
•Deputise for the Grants lead at organisational meetings where required.
•Provide peer support to other fundraisers in the team.

Strategy/transformation work
•Contribute to Engagement and Services Team’s annual plans and budgets and the Grants high level strategy.
•Provide coordination and organisation of internal team planning meetings and workshop, including timings, agenda items and preparation of meeting/workshop materials, deputising for the Grants lead where required

Organisational requirements
•Work within Eikon’s equal opportunities, health & safety, and safeguarding policies at all times
•Understand and act when safeguarding issues need to be escalated
•Working hybrid, with the New Haw office as the designated place of work. Expectation to be office based at least 1 day per week with availability to attend regular external meetings across Surrey. Some may fall outside working hours and on weekends
•Work co-operatively and under the management of The Eikon Charity staff to ensure the highest quality of delivery and support
•Work within Eikon’s internal policies, safeguarding and data protection regulations
•Be responsible for equipment/resources
•To promote, monitor and maintain health, safety and security in the working environment

Supervise the delivery of Eikon’s volunteer mentoring services to children and young people in allocated schools across Surrey. Supervise a team of Volunteer Mentors ensuring parity of our offer in Schools to Children and Young People. Ensuring the highest standards of case work, effective practice and safeguarding are maintained.  Providing regular review and assessment of caseloads, with guidance on how to progress provided to the team of Volunteer Mentors.

Responsibilities

• Plan, resource and oversee the delivery of the volunteer mentoring programme, to ensure that the service is offered to young people at the right time and that young people are at the heart of the programme.
• Develop and maintain key relationships within schools in Surrey to deliver the volunteer mentoring programme.
• To identify trends and gaps in provision, then work with Service Delivery Manager on ways to improve our Volunteer Mentoring service
• Supervise a team of volunteer mentors in line with Eikon’s policies
• Induct, train and develop volunteer mentors, ensuring a high-quality service with safe and effective practice is delivered in accordance with all other best practice guidelines
• Work in collaboration with the Designated Safeguarding Manager and Service Delivery Manager to ensure all volunteers are competent to supervise safeguarding issues
• Support volunteer mentors with all safeguarding issues and liaise with the Designated Safeguarding Manager and Service Delivery Manager where appropriate.
• Understand and act when safeguarding issues need to be escalated, always following safeguarding and child protection procedures 
• Support volunteer mentors to ensure accurate recording of all individual engagements, ensuring supervisory review of notes, follow up action where appropriate and feedback provided as necessary
• Support volunteer mentors in ensuring outcomes and impact are agreed, reviewed and recorded for mentees using the Eikon Impact Measurement tool
• Ensure case management is undertaken to a high quality, including ensuring systematic case note review processes are followed, providing evidence of change and celebrating progress with CYP
• Ensure all data and information is uploaded onto all relevant databases
• Provide accurate and timely mentoring programme data reports, for internal management
• Keep up to date with good practice, legislation and policies that have an impact on service delivery at Eikon
• Always apply safeguarding and child protection procedures 
• Work as part of a team and attend team meetings, training events and participate fully in 1:1 sessions and clinical supervision if required
• Work co-operatively and under the management of The Eikon Charity staff
• Work within Eikon’s internal policies, safeguarding and data protection regulations
• Be responsible for equipment/resources linked to service delivery