Directorate: Regeneration & Environment
Temporary Fixed term (12 months), Full time, 37 hours per week
Hybrid working available
Fuel the funding that powers arts, culture, sport and health in Rotherham
Rotherham is investing in a bold new Cultural Development Team — and we’re looking for an experienced Fundraising Manager who can unlock investment, build strategic relationships, and secure the resources that make transformative heritage, nature and environment and skills and talent development programmes possible.
This is a high‑impact role at the heart of the borough’s cultural ambition. You’ll work across Culture, Sport & Tourism to shape fundable projects, build a forward pipeline of opportunities, and secure external investment that drives innovation, inclusion and community wellbeing.
You will work proactively to identifying and assessing funding opportunities, building and maintaining strong strategic relationships with key funders and partners. The role will be focused on the research and development of high‑quality, competitive funding applications to a diverse range of funding bodies across sectors including heritage, nature, green spaces, skills and talent development. This post will lead:
Project and programme development — shaping ideas across heritage, nature, and skills into fundable, high‑impact proposals.- Funding pipeline management — developing a forward plan aligned with service priorities and emerging strategic objectives.
- Bid writing and applications — producing high‑quality, competitive submissions to trusts, foundations, public bodies and cross‑sector funders.
- Governance and compliance — ensuring monitoring, reporting, financial oversight and performance tracking meet funder expectations.
- Funded project management — overseeing delivery against objectives, outputs and budgets, taking corrective action where needed.
- Data, evidence and evaluation — developing and analysing demographic, performance and evaluation data to strengthen bids and demonstrate impact.
- Collaborative delivery — working closely with internal teams and external partners to support successful programme delivery and evaluation.
Essential Knowledge & Experience
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Successful track record of securing funding from grant‑giving organisations, trusts and foundations.
- Budget management and experience developing successful fundraising strategies.
- Information handling and analysis with accuracy, confidentiality and security.
- Strong ICT skills — spreadsheets, databases, presentations, internet and email.
- Multi‑disciplinary partnership development across internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience managing complex contracts and funding agreements.
- Excellent written skills — especially bid writing and grant monitoring reports.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills for funder engagement and partnership working.
- Experience of managing and reporting associated with complex contracts and funding agreements.
Desirable Knowledge & Experience
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Experience working within heritage, natural environment and skills sectors.
- Prior experience developing individual giving fundraising strategies.
Working Arrangements
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Hybrid working available; base location Riverside House.
- Some out‑of‑hours work may be required to support events and concerts.
- Basic DBS required due to access to the Public Services Network.
- Some out of hours working may be required to support the delivery of events and concerts as required.
Women, people from Black and Minority Ethnic Communities and Disabled People — groups currently under‑represented at this level within the organisation. Section 159 of the Equality Act 2010 applies.
Interested?
This post will have access to the Public Services Network, if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at the Basic level (unspent criminal convictions).
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.
