Membership & Fundraising Co-ordinator
The Membership & Fundraising Co-ordinator is a new role, the need for which has emerged from the museum’s continued growth.
The post holder with be tasked with formalising a fundraising function within the Museum: integrating and developing existing schemes whilst identifying and undertaking new projects to raise funds to support the charitable objectives of The Tank Museum.
Primarily the role will focus on “public fundraising” activity (rather than making applications to grant making bodies), using the Museums existing and sizeable international online audiences as a base for support.
Specifically, this will include:
- The management of The Tank Museums membership schemes (Friends, Patreon & YouTube Membership) – developing retention and recruitment strategies, measuring and reporting on satisfaction, and member communications/engagement.
- Seeking corporate sponsorship opportunities for The Tank Museum’s online activity & assist in the management of existing key strategic partnerships relationships.
- Manage fundraising projects (such as vehicle conservation/restoration projects), liaising with internal colleagues, ensuring targets are met, and our communities of supporters engaged and appreciated.
- Identify opportunities for small scale fundraising projects – for example, where capex can be supported by public donations.
- Running e-bay auctions, raffles, etc, in support of museum fundraising objectives.
- Establish administration required to support existing fundraising activity (such as a new CRM system) – and the potential for increased activity in the future.
You will need to hit the ground running in this role and therefore you need to be an existing membership and fundraising professional with proven experience in this field. Bags of ambition, enthusiasm and creativity are also required. Subject to performance, there will be opportunities for professional CIF accreditation and training to help you develop and grow in your role.
Salary - £30,000.
Contract - Permanent.
Hours - Full time, 37.5 hours per week.
Where - This role is to be carried out onsite at The Tank Museum. Hybrid working may be considered, however the successful candidate will still need to commute to the museum regularly (this can be discussed at screening interview). This is not a fully remote role.
Interviews - Screening interviews to be held w/c 28th October 2024.
