Director of Fundraising and Communications

Director of Fundraising and Communications Contract: Permanent; Fulltime Salary: GBP55 - GBP60k The Connection at St. Martins is based in the heart of London, near Charing Cross Station and Trafalgar Square. CSTM has been helping homeless people since the First World War and is one of London's largest homelessness charities. CSTM helps 4,200 people each year through five services for rough sleepers and people who are vulnerably housed. Connection at St. Martins has an annual turnover of GBP4.2m, a staff team of 90 and around 50 regular volunteers. The fundraising team raises GBP2m a year and the charity benefits from the BBC Radio 4 Christmas Appeal, run by our partners - the St. Martin's Charity. CSTM has a high profile and a sound financial footing with significant independence from statutory funding. That said, there are close working links with Westminster City Council, The Passage, St. Mungos and West London Mission. The charity also has a number of high profile corporate neighbours who support our work. Our new strategy from April 2018 includes our aim to grow fundraising from GBP2m to GBP3m a year by 2023. We anticipate greater collaboration with St Martin's Charity to grow the Christmas Appeal and individual giving. We also intend to develop our communications function to make best use of our high profile and geographical location. Therefore the charity is recruiting for a new Director of Fundraising and Communications to take this work forward. We are looking for a natural leader who can demonstrate the following. Design, develop and implement CSTM's fundraising strategy, increasing fundraised income from GBP2m to GBP3 a year by 2023 Design, develop and implement CSTM's communications strategy to build the profile and influence of the charity as a leading provider in the homelessness sector Raise funds and meet targets in order to ensure the security and stability of CSTM's current work and future projects Promote the work of CSTM to meet communications objectives Provide management of the Fundraising and Communications team To be a key member of the charity's Leadership Team This role requires someone with strong experience of fundraising and associated communications. The post holder must be able to oversee the work of a team of 6 and a range of different funding streams as well as securing five and six figure sums in their own right. The post holder must have experience of working successfully in partnerships and collaborations, be a confident public speaker and networker. In order to apply for this role please follow the link below ensuring that you have clearly demonstrated the requirement of the role set out in the person specification. Closing Date: 26th March 2018 Interview date: 12th April 2018