Fundraising and Evaluation Manager (parental leave cover)

Wheely Tots

Wheely Tots believes that all children, families and communities should be healthy, confident and resilient. We work in Tottenham, North London, and a lot of our provision is based near Broadwater Farm Estate. Our programs improve connections to each other and the outdoors and we ve evolved to become experts in walking, cycling and bushcraft. We also run the Moselle Community Project at Broadwater Farm Community Centre on Fridays; drop-in, community-led activities including a shared healthy meal, board games, knitting, arts & crafts, and gentle exercise.

We are recruiting for a fundraising and evaluation manager to join our small team for parental leave cover to manage our existing funders and reporting requirements and secure new funding.

Position: Fundraising and Evaluation Manager (Parental leave cover)

Reports to: CEO

Commitment: 16 hours per week (can be worked flexibly); DBS check required

Purpose

• Drafting and submitting funding bids, inputting into fundraising timeline and maintaining funding register

• Ensuring effective monitoring & evaluation of projects

• Reporting to funders and supporting relationships with funders and partners

Tasks

• Research and identify grant funding opportunities with colleagues

• Manage bid writing process, including gathering input from colleagues

• Brief session leaders / colleagues on project monitoring required to produce funding reports, including case studies

• Work with CEO to ensure monitoring takes place throughout project delivery and within reporting timelines for multiple projects & funders

• Ensure project reports are completed and submitted to funders on time

• Support with project planning and delivery

• Ad hoc support for a small charitable organisation

Competencies

• Able to work independently

• Discreet and trustworthy with good organisational skills

• Flexible and adaptable with good administration skills

• Confident communicator by email, phone and video call

• Experience using Google Drive

• Comfortable dealing with different people from diverse backgrounds and experiences

• Self-motivated

• Open to new ways of working and finding the most efficient way to do things

Desired experience

• Track record of fundraising from trusts and foundations for project, core, and multi year funding

• Developing and overseeing monitoring, evaluation and learning processes for multiple projects according to funder requirements

• Excellent report writing for funders and proofreading skills

• Working with colleagues to complete funding bids and collect information for reporting requirements

• Excellent project management and organisational skills

• Ability to plan and prioritise to meet deadlines

• Remote working in a small team

• Ideally we are seeking someone with knowledge of Haringey and its communities

We will provide an induction to our processes and procedures relevant to this role.

We expect this role to be fixed term for 10 months with the possibility of extension.

Pay: Wheely Tots is a London Living Wage employer. The hourly rate for this role is £20.00 £22.00 per hour, depending on experience. This is a freelance role and you will be responsible for paying your own tax.

How to apply: Apply with a CV and cover letter (max 1,000 words). In your cover letter explain why you re applying and how your experience, knowledge and skills align with the Tasks and Desired Experience for this role. As an alternative to a cover letter, you can tell us about your skills and experience via a video (up to three minutes).

Interviews: We plan to carry out interviews by video call on Thursday 23 January 2025 with an ideal start date in late February to allow for handover.