Avenues is a place where people smile, laugh and grow – and achieve extraordinary things.

Our charity runs specialist services for autistic people, people with learning disabilities, acquired brain injuries and complex needs. We work across Hampshire, South East England, London, Hertfordshire, East Anglia and Shropshire.

This is an exciting time for us, as Avenues Group also now includes Autism Hampshire – a leading Hampshire based charity supporting autistic people and their families.

We are well–respected by our professional stakeholders and loved by staff, families and people we support for the quality of what we do.

We do it all through our strong, positive and supportive culture, which flows through all our teams and services. We know that well–supported people support people well.

We have a fantastic new opportunity for a Fundraising Manager to join our Business Development team for a 12 months fixed term contract with the opportunity to become permanent.

Ideally this role is full time but we will consider applicants who are looking for part time arrangements covering a minimum of 21 hours per week.

This role will be based at one of our offices in Hampshire, Kent or Surrey and you'll need to be willing to travel across other regional offices or to our Head Office in Sidcup several times a month.

We offer great opportunities to balance work and home through our hybrid working model that enables home working and flexibility of working hours too.

Reporting to the Group Development Director you will;

Lead the fundraising function across Avenues Group including in the Autism Hampshire subsidiary charity.Support the integration of Fundraising in Autism Hampshire with the wider Avenues Group.Be a key contributor to the development of a new Group fundraising strategy.Oversee current Fundraising in Autisms Hampshire to deliver agreed targets.Be a champion for fundraising and a trusted expert, advising colleagues, including trustees and executive management team, on fundraising matters across the Avenues Group. Please refer to the role profile for full requirements of experience, skills and knowledge needed to be considered for this role.

Your values should match ours:

Respect: We treat people as we would wish to be treated ourselves.

Excellence: We don't settle for okay, we are determined to achieve more.

Integrity: We do the right thing, even if it takes more time and effort.

Pride: The work we do is something we want to tell others we are part of.

Why join us?

We are committed to supporting our employees to achieve a good work–life balance and support flexible working including working from home. Our head office is located in Sidcup, and we have other offices in Hampshire, Surrey, Suffolk, Shropshire, and Kent.

We encourage our central services employees to really get to know the organisation and to spend time visiting services, meeting people we support, their families and our support staff.

You'll be part of an organisation that takes pride in its values at all levels, making sure the people we support are at the forefront of our decisions.

We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings and are committed to inclusivity and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce so we would love to hear from anyone who feels is able to take those opportunities to the next level.

As part of our commitment to the "Disability Confident Scheme", candidates who declare a disability, and meet the key criteria for this role, will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview stage.

Benefits:

Flexible Working.31 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays (pro–rata), increasing after to 2 years' service and after 5 years' service.Access to high quality training that supports your career development.Free and confidential 24/7 access to a health portal, counselling and support.Contributory pension scheme with life assurance.Recommend a friend scheme.And more. Don't miss out on this great opportunity! We look forward to hearing from you today.