Fundraising Operations Manager

Overview of Role:

We are looking for an experienced Fundraising Operations Manager to join us as we modernise and grow our fundraising work. Over the next few years, we envision growing our fundraising team and the income it delivers. We are at the beginning of both an anticipated step change in the scale of our fundraising work and the deployment of a new CRM.

We need someone who lives and breathes systems, process, efficiency and regulation. Someone who can help us make supporting Church Army a joy-filled experience. They will manage a team handling all of our supporter administration and connection They will be the product owner for our CRM and ensure we comply with any and all fundraising regulation. They will have an eye for data and reporting, to help us learn and grow. They will work alongside a team of fundraising project managers who over-see all our fundraising campaigns. The role of the Fundraising Operations Manager is to ensure the process of supporting Church Army is as seamless as it can be, to enable the wider fundraising team to acquire, develop and retain supporters.

In this role, you will engage with our supporters using your personal faith in Jesus and support the team through prayer sessions. You will need to be able to understand the context and background of faith in which Church Army works and communicate with our Christian audience.

This role is based at the Wilson Carlile Centre in Sheffield, which is home to our team who have an operational focus on facilitating the work of CA across the UK and Ireland (known as Co.Lab).

Occupational Requirement: This post is subject to an Occupational Requirement under the provisions made in the Equality Act 2010 that the post holder has an active faith in Jesus. The successful candidate must be in agreement with the vision and values of Church Army.

We will be conducting active interviewing, so interview dates will vary from the first week of the advert to two weeks after it closes. The position will be offered to the first applicant who demonstrates an aptitude for the position, therefore the position maybe filled earlier than the closing date of the advertisement.

We are looking to expand our wider Fundraising and Communications Directorate over the next few months, seeking a variety of roles over experience & technical levels. If you would like to be kept in the loop as roles are released, please do get in touch.