Head of Grassroots Engagement

Head of Grassroots Engagement

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Mary’s Meals is a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. We offer more than just a career, we offer the opportunity to support our global movement in a dynamic and inclusive environment with a real focus on personal development.

Principal duties include: 

• Development and implementation of Mary’s Meals supporter engagement strategy in the UK, aligned to the global strategy.
• Ensure that the Mary’s Meals approach is adopted in all supporter, fundraising and volunteer activities and that there is shared understanding in the team of how to build support.
• Ensure all delivery of activity has the necessary checks in place to protect the good name and values of Mary’s Meals.
• Lead, develop and manage the team, monitoring and evaluating their activities through set key performance indicators and providing support with staff development.
• Contribute to key decision making within the UK team as part of the Extended Leadership team.
• Oversee the continued expansion, enhancement and promotion of key fundraising campaigns such as Sponsor A School.
• Develop and grow Mary’s Meals grassroots support across the UK, ensuring our network is empowered and enabled, ensuring responsibility of the promotion of our campaigns and materials with our movement.
• Lead and develop support in churches, schools, clubs and other community organisations, allowing for more opportunities for our story to be shared and encourage growth in all parts of the UK.
• Proactively identify new opportunities for Mary’s Meals across all types of fundraising and support.
• Provide accurate and timely reports, data and analysis to the Director of Supporter Engagement and Income and the wider senior leadership team.
• Lead on volunteer strategy, management and support.
• Develop strong working relationships with colleagues to ensure supporter engagement plans are understood and supported.
• Contribute to the development and execution of key fundraising campaigns in close partnership with the global fundraising team.
• Work closely with the UK communications team in the production of fundraising resources, ensuring consistency of Mary’s Meals’ messages and materials.
• Act as an ambassador for Mary’s Meals, representing the organisation at public engagements and supporter events and where necessary, delivering speeches or presentations to a wide range of audiences.