Funding Opportunities Coordinator P​/T

About us

Our purpose is simple: to save lives  hours a day, every day, RNLI lifesavers are ready to launch to the rescue.

We're looking for a part time Fundraising Opportunities Coordinator to join our Trusts and Grants team who look after a portfolio of prospects and grantmakers to help raise funds for our lifesaving work.

As a Funding Opportunities Coordinator, you will work closely with the Funding Opportunities Manager to support fundraising teams across the RNLI, creating and streamlining processes and coordinating the gathering of project data to provide tools and information to assess risk, enable financial asks, planning and reporting:

• Working with the Funding Opportunities Manager on the coordination, monitoring and administration of the organisation-wide Funding Opportunities Portfolio which monitors all restricted funding
• Developing excellent relationships with various stakeholders across the organisation to help gather and record both current and historical project information and progress reports
• Gathering, assessing and recording potentially sensitive data for specific financial reporting to help inform risk management reports
• Coordinating with stakeholders in project management and fundraising to develop and manage specific processes, including the RNLI's boat naming process
• Providing tools to support fundraising streams with fundraising approaches, reporting, income restricting and forecasting
• Providing support to the Funding Opportunities Manager and the Major Giving team to assist with the new CRM (customer database)

As a Funding Opportunities Coordinator, you will be someone who enjoys working with data and spreadsheets and prides yourself on attention to detail and accuracy with a natural ability to plan, coordinate and generate reports. You will have strong IT and organisational skills with a curious mind always looking for ways to improve processes. You will be a clear and confident communicator who enjoys working with multiple stakeholders but are happy with a desk-based role.

To be considered for this role you will need to have:

• Administrative experience with a demonstrable understanding of the importance of accuracy and process and with expertise in Microsoft tools, particularly Excel
• Experience of using databases and analysing and scrutinising data from a variety of sources
• An understanding of the importance of data protection and the handling of sensitive information
• Problem solving skills with a good attention to detail and a commitment to continuous improvement
• Experience of and confidence in liaising with multiple stakeholders

If you have these skills, a passion for fundraising and want to be part of a dynamic, committed team at a time of particularly exciting change at the RNLI,