Area Manager (Face to Face Fundraising)

We are recruiting a Face-to-Face Membership Area Manager (F2FAM) role to cover the West
Midlands and surrounding areas, leading a team of Membership Fundraisers who attend a variety
of places, venues and events across the region to inspire the public to support us through
gaining new members for the organisation.

What’s the role about?

In your role as Area Manager for the West Midlands, you’ll lead your dispersed team through
in-person support visits, 1:1s, phone chats, team and individual communications, and virtual
and in-person meetings.

During support visits, leading by example, you’ll ensure Fundraisers uphold the RSPB’s
standards, code of conduct, values and brand through their communication and display. You’ll do
at least one monthly recruiting shift with each team member, providing valuable feedback to
Fundraisers and follow up individual action plans for all team members. Ultimately, you’ll lead
a culture of high standards, positive actions, and achievement of targets.

You’ll work closely with your line manager and report on progress with performance and how
you’re leading your team. You’ll also work with your team of peers to support the wider
regional and national team to share opportunities, resources, skills, knowledge, and actions.

Giving and receiving feedback regularly is paramount in the Area Manager role. It enables you
to manage performance consistently across your team and creates successful working
relationships.

Effective team support requires effective time management and organisation to give the
appropriate support to everyone in the team. The nature of our work means there is often a
last-minute need to amend plans and respond to changing circumstances. Working with flexibility
and being able to react quickly to change, and to support others through change, is a
necessity.

The role will build effective, collaborative working relationships with key stakeholders,
including F2F Area Manager peers, the Membership Venues Team, Employee Recruitment Advisors,
Employee Relations Advisors and local RSPB nature reserve staff.

Being responsible for recruiting and delivering best practice training to new Membership
Fundraisers, you will recruit, select and induct new team members and build their capabilities
through initiating buddy shifts and delivering support visits, using leadership models such as
root cause analysis, setting SMART work objectives and implementing Situational Leadership to
build capabilities.

Area Managers are expected to be role models and consistently demonstrate and uphold RSPB
standards and values-led behaviours.

As part of this role, you will be expected to travel to different locations in the West
Midlands and widely throughout the surrounding areas in order to support your team, for which a
company van will be provided, and associated expenses covered. Please note that, as a result, a
full driving licence that is valid in the UK is a requirement for this position.

Essential skills, knowledge & experience:

Additional Information

• Good planning and organisation skills
• Effective communication and negotiation skills
• Good resilience, with a solutions focused approach
• Proven ability of consistently achieving KPIs
• Self-motivated; enthusiastic and determined to achieve
• Leading by example
• Demonstrate a good understanding of Fundraising Standards
• Understanding of leadership styles
• Confident in leading and managing a team to ensure targets are met
• Confident in giving & receiving regular feedback
• Able to embed and lead a positive team culture
• A full driving licence that is valid in the UK

This is a Permanent, Full-Time role for 37.5 hours per week. We are looking to conduct
interviews for this position from week commencing 7th October 2024. Should you have
any queries or desire further information, please get in touch with [email protected] and or [email protected]

As part of this application process, you will be asked to upload a CV and complete an
application form including evidence of how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience
listed above.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone
feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a
world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People
of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate,
sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled,
we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any
additional support you may need to complete your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of
Offenders Act 1974.

This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship – the successful applicant will need to have
a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

Before applying for this role, we recommend reading through the candidate guidance notes.

We reserve the right to close this advert at any time.