bamboozle theatre company advert development manager

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Bamboozle Theatre Company Ltd Artistic Directors: Christopher Davies and Sue Pyecroft

Unit 10 St Mary’s Works, 115 Burnmoor Street, Leicester, LE2 7JL

Tel: 0116 2552065 www.bamboozletheatre.co.uk E-mail: [email protected] Registered charity no: 1136157; Company registration number: 719 3792

Development Manager: Corporate and Individual Giving Applicant Information

Bamboozle Theatre Company Ltd. is a charity that uses the power of theatre to transform the lives of

children with learning disabilities. Our aim is to offer children the opportunity to interact meaningfully with

the world, and to confound expectations of what disabled children can achieve. There are three strands to

our work:

Education and Learning

Bamboozle provides creative and innovative learning experiences for children with special needs and

shares its pioneering methodology with teachers and educators through training and research projects.

Families and Community

Bamboozle produces captivating multi-sensory experiences for profoundly disabled children and their

whole families – and finds ways to engage those that can seem hardest to reach.

Theatre and Touring Shows

Bamboozle takes high quality, interactive and immersive performances into theatres and special schools in

order to reach, engage and entertain all children - whatever their ability.

http://www.bamboozletheatre.co.uk/

mailto:[email protected]





Your Role in Making a Difference to Children with Learning Disabilities We are looking for a dynamic, creative and self-motivated individual to join the Operations Team

and to help us achieve the ambitious fundraising targets that have been set to enable us to

achieve our vision, and to ensure that we can continue to provide innovative and transformational

experiences for some of the UK’s not disabled children. We look forward to hearing from you.

Fee: £12,000 – £15,000 offered as a freelance fee; a part-time PAYE contract may be considered Commitment: 2 – 2.5 days per week Post based at: Bamboozle Theatre Company Ltd. Unit 10, St Mary’s Works, 115 Burnmoor Street, Leicester, LE2 7JL Remote working also considered. To apply: Send a CV with 2 referees contact details and a statement outlining what attracts you to this position and how your skills, experience and achievements are relevant to the post with specific reference to the person specification and the job description. The deadline for applications is: 15th August 2014 Interviews will take place during week(s) beginning 18th and 26th August 2014 Safer recruitment practises will be applied. If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Emma Harrop on [email protected]








Job Description Job Title: Development Manager: Corporate and Individual Giving.

Freelance position: Based on 2 – 2.5 days per week at £30,000.00 pro rata (actual pay £12,000.00 - £15,000.00 per annum)

Reports To: Company Manager

Works with: The Development Manager will have a close relationship with the PR & Marketing Manager, and the Trustee with Responsibility for Fundraising.

Purpose of the role The primary function of this role will be to deliver against the challenging income targets as detailed in our five year

development plan. To include:

Achieving monthly, quarterly and annual financial fundraising targets;

Building and sustaining long term relationships with corporate partners, and demonstrating results from this

partnerships;

Supporting individual givers and donors in their fundraising efforts;

Co-ordinating, designing and implementing fundraising projects and events;

Identifying new opportunities to generate income from gifts and donations.

Tasks / Duties / Responsibilities

To oversee the implementation and development of our fundraising strategy, and reviewing progress

towards fundraising targets.

Increasing Bamboozle’s fundraising capacity, through cultivating a strong network of private and business

donors:

o Growing relationships with existing givers

o Developing new relationships with individuals and businesses locally and nationally; encouraging

sponsorship and philanthropic giving.

Building relationships with Universities and Schools to maximise fundraising potential.

To identify and recognise the needs of our supporters and to develop support packages that meet these

needs; working closely with the PR and Marketing Manager to develop appropriate and inspiring

communication strategies.

Promoting and extending our online giving pages; and maximising giving through gift-aid schemes.

Co-ordinating a calendar of fundraising events and activities, including established events such as the

Bamboozle Gala.

Co-ordinating teams and logistical arrangements for fundraising events and in support of the fundraising

activities of our partners.

Any other duties which are deemed necessary to the success of the post and the company.







Person Specification

Job Title: Development Manager – Corporate and Individual Giving

Attributes Essential Desirable Experience A minimum 2 years’ experience of fundraising from

corporates and individuals within a charitable organisation. Demonstrable success in raising income against defined targets. Experience of working with a range of stakeholders including trustees, volunteers and ambassadors to harness their support for company fundraising. Experience of using a range of strategies and techniques to engage private donors and corporate support. Experience of planning, managing and delivering fundraising events or projects.

Experience of using social media in fundraising and marketing campaigns.

Leadership and management

Ability to act as an Ambassador for the organisation and to inspire, influence and motivate others to support our work. Experience of managing freelance workers / volunteers.

Knowledge Skills Qualities

To have a commitment to Bamboozle’s vision, aims and values. Ability to think creatively and strategically. Proven ability to create a compelling case for support, and the ability to assimilate complex information into concise messages, tailored to the needs of individual partners. Strong negotiating skills. Ability to make presentations and undertake public speaking with skill and confidence. Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with a variety of audiences, verbally and in written form. Computer literate and numerate as appropriate to the role. Excellent time management with the ability to plan ahead, anticipate requirements and work to deadlines, whilst being attentive to detail.

Knowledge of the arts or disability sector and an awareness of the organisations that have empathy with our work. Able to train others in presentation skills.







Person Specification continued

Attributes Essential Desirable Personal Qualities & Attributes

To be self- motivated, articulate and confident. Supportive of others, a strong team player with the ability to use own initiative. A flexible approach and the ability to stay calm, positive and open.

Inclusion Understanding of equality issues.

A passion for the performing and visual arts and for working with Children and Young People, particularly those with complex learning needs.

Professional Development

A willingness to engage with wider organisational development, a commitment to progressing the aims of the organisation and an openness to engaging with training informal / formal that helps to build an understanding of our work.

A reflective approach and commitment to personal and professional development.







Our Background & Mission

Bamboozle Theatre Company was founded in 1994 by Artistic Directors Christopher Davies and Sue

Pyecroft, and became a registered charity in 2005. In 2010 we registered as a limited company. On the 1st

April 2011 a formal transfer of assets took place between ‘Bamboozle Theatre Company’ (an

unincorporated charity) and ‘Bamboozle Theatre Company Ltd.’ (an incorporated charity).

Though our legal status has changed, our charitable objective remains ‘to advance the education of the

public (particularly students) who have emotional, behavioural and/or learning disabilities, their parents,

carers, teachers and others working with them by the provision of such artistic and educational activities as

the executive committee see fit.’

Our early artistic programmes consisted of week-long residencies in theatres for schools and similar

residencies for parents and their disabled child in the holidays. School residencies have developed to

include professional development for teachers. The family residencies now include siblings. We have also

introduced touring productions which enable us to meet new partners and reach a greater number of

children. Our work continues to evolve in response to the changing needs of our partners. Our work with

schools is increasingly linked to whole school staff development and change, and to working to devise

methods to engage very hard to reach children. We aim to ensure that our approach is shared with others

to enable staff to help children to reach their full potential.

In our early days work took place on an ad hoc basis throughout the year administered from the attic of the

founder’s home. In 2008 the Artistic Directors took the decision to focus on developing the company as a

‘full-time’ organisation. We took on the lease of a large former textile factory in Leicester City converted

this into rehearsal rooms, office/studio space, storage areas and artist workshops. We have seen an

increase in annual income from £40,000 in 2005/2006 to £193,000 in 2012/2013.







Our Audiences, Our Market

The company specialises in working with children and young people who have moderate (MLD), severe

(SLD) and profound (PMLD) learning difficulties as well as those with emotional and behavioural (EBD)

difficulties. More recently we have developed work that focuses on the needs of those who have autistic

spectrum disorder (ASD) or Autism. Bamboozle also works with teachers, carers, parents and siblings.

Bamboozle believes that each of these young people, many of whom have high degrees of dependency and

complex needs, has a voice and a desire to learn and grow that needs to be recognised. This voice and

desire can be expressed and encouraged through engaging with artists and participating in the performing

arts.

Bamboozle have a strong reputation; we consistently exceed the expectations of our partners. Sometimes

this is with regard to small steps made by specific children for example getting a child to stay in a room, to

concentrate for a morning, to work with others, to engage with a stimulus or to contribute their own ideas.

Sometimes this is seen in effecting the attitudes and practice at a whole school level or supporting families

to connect and play together.

Our markets include:

Children and young people as described above

The families, friends, carers and educators of these children and young people.

Services which provide for these children and their families, including

o Special Schools

o Other Special Needs Services, transitions teams, care facilities

o Theatres with an inclusion agenda – those wanting to reach broader audiences and to

provide family friendly services

o Public and Third sector parent support services including respite care







Ambition & Vision: Where do we want to be in 5 years’ time?

We want to share our way of working so that by 2019 Bamboozle’s unique non-judgemental methodology

will be recognised nationally for its power to transform the lives of some of the UK’s most disabled

children. By increasing our turnover to in excess of £1,000,000 we aim to quadruple the number of children

and young people we reach. Not only will we affect the lives of the children we help through direct contact

on projects, but these changes will be sustained and extended through our influence in shaping adult

engagement with disabled children.



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