Partnerships Officer

City of Trees

Manchester
£30,369 pa
Full or Part Time • Fixed Term Contract
Closing on Fri, 22nd Nov 2024

Conservation & Wildlife


Hours: Full time. Part time also considered
Contract: Two-year FTC with potential to extend depending on funding

Role overview

City of Trees, the community forest charity for Greater Manchester is looking for a highly motivated, confident individual who can sell the power of trees and woodlands and create lasting partnerships with potential funders to generate income for City of Trees. This is an exciting and rewarding role for someone who is looking to work across multiple fundraising disciplines and establish themselves in our small but agile team.

The ideal candidate will work alongside our existing Partnerships Manager to help deliver our fundraising and partnership strategy with a focus on building unrestricted income levels for City of Trees. The ideal candidate is an ambitious self-starter with proven experience in a fundraising or partnerships-based role.

The perks

  • 25 holiday days a year, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure
  • Flexi-time
  • City centre office with hybrid working available
  • Opportunity to get outside and get your hands dirty with planting and woodland management days.
  • Joining a growing, down to earth team who love a good social and pizza party!
  • Going home knowing you’ve done something good for future generations

About City of Trees

We are City of Trees, the community forest for Greater Manchester and registered charity. We plant trees, we look after trees, we promote a culture of trees.

We plant trees for people; trees to create better, greener places; to boost health and wellbeing; to enhance green skills; and to tackle the climate and biodiversity emergency. We’re rooted here in Greater Manchester, the place we live and work. We are proud to call Greater Manchester home and are passionate about making our region even better, one tree at a time.

Key duties and responsibilities:

  • Work alongside the Partnerships Manager to implement the fundraising strategy with a focus on building unrestricted income levels for City of Trees.
  • Assist the Partnerships Manager in managing existing key funder relationships and take the lead on developing new funder relationships and revenue streams.
  • Play a supporting role in trusts and foundations, working closely with the Business Development team.
  • Oversee and maintain accurate supporter records through the use of our CRM system, DonorFy
  • Work closely with the communications team on digital fundraising and events.

To be successful in this role you will need a broad experience across multiple fundraising disciplines i.e. legacy, individual giving, community and corporate fundraising. You will also need experience in planning, organising and delivering fundraising campaigns and activities, plus Experience of using a CRM system such as DonorFy, salesforce, Raisers Edge or ThankQ.

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About City of Trees

City of Trees is delivering a green recovery and tackling the climate emergency head on, through planting trees and restoring woodlands for the people and wildlife of Greater Manchester. Working with communities, organisations, and businesses to build an ambitious movement, dedicated to planting a tree for every citizen within just five years.

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