Our vision, our mission and our work are all defined by one goal – ending extreme poverty, whatever it takes. We believe that no-one should have to live in fear that they won't have a home to sleep in or enough food to feed their children. For over 50 years we have been working with the world's poorest people to transform their lives.

Today we are a team of over 4,400 highly skilled and dedicated professionals from 50 countries who share an exceptional depth and diversity of experience. We want committed, value driven staff to join our HQ team and are currently looking for a Donor Development Manager to be part of our Supporter Marketing department.

The job: To successfully implement Concern Worldwide Republic of Ireland Supporter Marketing strategy in order to maintain and grow income from individual cash and regular giving supporters.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in direct marketing, individual giving, fundraising and management. You will manage two Supporter Marketing Executives.

If you join us, this is what you will be doing:

• Deliver strategic projects, within key performance indicator targets, that contribute to the development of the Supporter Marketing annual operational plan. Consistently analyse results, interpret trends, and provide recommendations on strategic marketing direction. Create and implement tactics for donor development and cultivation.
• Line management of 1-2 Supporter Marketing Executives; including training and coaching, day to day task delegation, supervision and performance monitoring and appraisals.
• Full campaign management and execution in line with prescribed deadlines. To include briefing of agencies, sourcing/development of materials, managing data selection criteria, copy development, managing the approvals process, proofing, briefing Donor Care Team, campaign analysis and reporting, managing costs and invoice processing.
• Manage supporter development activity, to improve supporter retention and giving levels of current cash and regular giving supporters using techniques such as direct mail, telemarketing, emails, online marketing, and social networking.
• Monitor and report on budgets and assist in building future expenditure and income targets. Work as part of the Supporter Marketing team to reach strategic targets.
• To work closely with the Direct Marketing Data Analyst to review direct marketing campaigns and ensure that information is used to maximize income for future campaigns.
• To ensure that campaigns are where possible integrated or co-ordinated thematically, creatively and/or by target audience to maximise impact.
• To work with the Supporter Marketing Team to implement, and where necessary review the Emergency Fundraising Strategy
• To assist in the training of external agencies, effectively communicating the work of Concern to key representatives.
• Work closely with Corporate Major Donors, Donor Care, Communications, Overseas dept, Web, Active Citizenship, and other units to ensure integrated working and consistent messaging.
• Undertake other project work as may be required from time to time.

Skills you will bring:

• Degree or equivalent qualification (i.e. marketing qualification).
• At least three years' experience in a direct marketing environment.
• Experience in donor development (fundraising).
• Experience in managing direct mail campaigns.
• Line management of at least one person.
• Demonstrable analytical skills and highly numerate with experience of keeping and monitoring financial & budgeting reports.
• Experience and knowledge of direct marketing recruitment and development techniques including Cash appeals, Tax, Christmas Gifts, Raffle, Newsletter, Display, Social, Press, Radio.
• Experience of using a fundraising database for effective analysis of direct marketing campaigns and trend giving patterns.
• Experience of working with external suppliers to deliver successful direct marketing campaigns.
• Strong planning and project management skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative with minimal supervision.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Excellent written skills including experience of writing and commenting on fundraising copy.
• Excellent organisation skills and experience of managing a varied workload.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Knowledge of GDPR regulations.

You will report to the Head of Development and Projects and work with the Fundraising and Communications teams as well as work with the wider Concern team.

The salary is from €51,402 salary range to €60,472 (Grade 5) and this is a permanent full time contract.

Our office is located at 52-55 Camden Street, Dublin 2 and we are currently working a hybrid model (50% remote working) and offer flexi time.

Concern offers in-house management and leadership courses and tailored organisation-wide learning opportunities both in-person and online. We are committed to providing our staff with the skills needed to excel in their jobs.

Our culture is values driven and friendly. A global engagement survey conducted in 2022 among our 3,500 staff showed that 89% of our staff would happily recommend Concern as a great place to work and 94% are proud to tell people that they work for Concern.

We also encourage all eligible candidates, irrespective of gender, ethnicity and origin, disability, political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status to apply to become a part of the organization. Concern is against all forms of discrimination and unequal power relations, and is committed to promoting equality. 

If this role sounds right for you, please apply with your CV and cover letter. We will respond to every applicant. Please be aware we may offer positions before the closing date.

If you have any concerns about our recruitment process and need particular assistance - for example if you have a visual impairment or are neuro-divergent - please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate you.