Development Manager
We are seeking an organised, inspiring, and empathic Development Manager with experience of working in the criminal justice sector, preferably including prisons, to work with our Head of Development to develop our fundraising and communications functions. The successful candidate will have excellent verbal and written communication and fundraising skills.
Belong’s vision is of hope, rehabilitation and recovery for victims and perpetrators of crime. Our mission is to inspire change by providing long term, individualised responses to conflict and crime through restorative Justice, psychotherapy, mentoring, and training for criminal justice professionals.
Growing steadily from our London based beginnings, we now support over two thousand people who have been victims or perpetrators of crime across England each year. This year we are working from a range of prisons including HMPYOI Isis, HMPYOI Feltham, HMPYOI Brinsford, HMPYOI Aylesbury, HMP The Mount, HMP Coldingley, HMP Featherstone, HMP Brixton, and HMP Send. In addition, we deliver restorative justice, mentoring and psychotherapy in a range of community settings.
Belong fosters a working environment where everyone’s voice is listened to. The culture of the organisation is one that puts people first and the charity enjoys high staff morale and good staff retention. We will provide you with the support and training that you need to do your job, as well as opportunities to develop your skills and progress within your career. We have recently launched our strategy for 2022 – 2024. This outlines our ambitions to continue to sustainably and ethically grow our reach so that we can offer powerfully unique change opportunities to even more people.
Please read more about us and our work on our website, being sure to enjoy our 2020-21 annual report which you can find on our publications page at Belong - Making Justice Happen (belongmakingjusticehappen.co.uk). You may also enjoy listening to our recent BBC Radio Four charity appeal BBC Radio 4 - Radio 4 Appeal, Belong: Making Justice Happen.
We are seeking an organised, inspiring, and empathic Development Manager with experience of working in the criminal justice sector, preferably including prisons, to work with our Head of Development to develop our fundraising and communications functions. The successful candidate will have excellent verbal and written communication and fundraising skills.
The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate a track record of communicating effectively with a range of partners and stakeholders within the criminal justice and/or charity sectors. Supported by our Head of Development, they will have the opportunity to support and implement Belong’s fundraising and development plan. They will model our values of perseverance, respect, inspiration, restoration and empowerment.
Post Title: Development Manager
Place of work: Home, with occasional travel to UK prisons and community locations.
Hours of work: full-time, 35 hours per week
Pay scale: NJC Principal Officer 2, spinal point 38, £38,270 pro rata
Reports to: Head of Development
Contract length: 9-months, with potential for renewal dependant on excellent performance and available funding.
About the post
Position | Development Manager
Location | Remote, with occasional travel to prisons and other locations, UK-wide
Hours | 35
Salary | £38,270
Information for potential applicants
Job description can be found HERE
Submitting your application
Please apply for this position by emailing hannah.w@belonglondon.com, with a detailed covering letter outlining how you meet the skills, experience and knowledge requirements outlined in our Job Description and Person Specification document. Please also send us your CV. Applications for this position close at 11.30pm on 4th June 2023. Interviews for this position will be held w/c 19th June 2023.
We particularly welcome applications for this position from candidates who are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and/or who have had personal experience of the criminal justice system.
Applications for this position are particularly welcomed from people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with lived experience of the criminal justice system, and/or with current enhanced prison security vetting.
Closing Date: 4 June 2023
Interview Date: 19 June 2023