Salary:   €55,000 per annum

Employment: Full-time, 37.5 hours

Contract: 1-year fixed term, with a view to permanency, subject to funding

Location: Remote, home-based. 

About our client

Established in 2018, HUGG is the national suicide bereavement charity for Ireland. Through unique support groups, a telephone support line, website, vital research, advocacy, and educational work, HUGG is an essential lifeline for people who have been bereaved by suicide. HUGG is the only national organisation providing this suicide-specific support.

HUGG has recently developed a new fundraising strategy (2024-2025) and is now recruiting an experienced, dynamic Donor Development Manager to join their collaborative and supportive team. This is an exciting opportunity to grow and influence the organisation. 

About the role

Working closely with the CEO and Board, the successful candidate will lead fundraising in the organisation and will be accountable for ensuring HUGG develops a myriad of philanthropic fundraising streams including trusts, corporates, major donor engagement, strategic and community events, direct mail, and recurring giving.

The successful candidate will have responsibility for: 

• Activating the new Fundraising Strategy
• Donor Cultivation and Stewardship
• Diversifying Revenue Streams
• Grant Writing and Management
• Event Planning and Management
• Budgeting and Financial Oversight
• Community Engagement and Advocacy

To succeed in this position, you will have:

• Experience in a similar fundraising, sales, marketing, business or communications role.
• A proven track record in fundraising/Corporate PR, ideally across a range of fundraising areas e.g. community, trusts & legacies, philanthropy, corporate donors and sponsorship and individual giving.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage and nurture relationships of value.
• A knowledge of the fundraising landscape and the not-for-profit sector in Ireland or the ability to quickly understand and assimilate this context.
• The ability to develop and present high-quality results-driven proposals and funding applications to a variety of audiences
• Financial acumen and an ability to develop, manage, monitor and review budgets and to work to targets.
• IT literacy and a knowledge of social media and digital marketing
• Ability to work under own initiative remotely
• A commitment to high standards and an alignment with the values of HUGG.

If you are a focused and results driven professional with proven experience in this area and have energy and a passion for the work of HUGG, we would love to hear from you.