Job Details: Mental Health Ireland: Communications and Fundraising Manager


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Mental Health Ireland: Communications and Fundraising Manager


POSITION TITLE: COMMUNICATIONS AND FUNDRAISING MANAGER

REPORTS TO: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

LOCATION: HEAD OFFICE (DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO. DUBLIN)

Mental Health Ireland (MHI) is a national voluntary organisation with
a network of Mental Health Associations (MHAs) active throughout the
country. Mental Health Ireland aims to promote positive mental health
through education, training and awareness raising and to support
persons who experience mental health difficulties, their families and
significant others through the activities of Mental Health
Associations? and national advocacy.

POSITION SUMMARY

Working as a member of Mental Health Ireland?s Senior Management
Team, this person leads our Communications and Fundraising function
and will make a real contribution to the development of Mental Health
Ireland?s Communications and Fundraising programmes.

You will have a passion for digital marketing and/or fundraising. You
will be organised, creative and have the ability to work independently
with great attention to detail. You will also have a deep
understanding of mental health promotion in Ireland and how this
operates. In addition, you will possess the skills required to lead a
small team and interact with colleagues on a range of diverse projects
in a timely manner.

The role requires flexible, out of office hours occasionally to attend
off site events across Ireland. There is a time in lieu policy in
place to cover this.

THE PERSON

The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate the following
essential skills:

* Two years? experience working in communications, marketing or
fundraising position.
* A third level qualification in Journalism, Digital Media,
Marketing or Communications.
* Expertise and experience in the social media landscape and the
creation and publication of content including Video, graphic and
written form.
* Strong analytical skills with an ability to access information
accurately, quickly and strategically.
* Excellent written and communications skills particularly with
regard to interpreting and understanding technical data before
presenting this to a general audience in an accessible, clear and
concise manner.
* Excellent ICT and organisational skills including video
conferencing and webinar hosting.
* Experience with managing _Mailchimp_ and similar email newsletter
tools with a view to building on marketing evaluation process
developments.
* Experience in developing and expanding a dynamic Website presence
in a manner that protects the Intellectual Property Rights of MHI.
* Excellent knowledge of search engine optimisation techniques and
digital media analytics reporting for social media campaigns.
* _Experience with Adwords_ campaign set up and management
* Keen eye for design and ability to create and edit images for
online and offline use.
* Deep understanding of the work of Mental Health Ireland and the
mental health sector in Ireland
* A passion for and experience in fundraising across online,
community and other events.
* Team leadership abilities in a similar field.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

The Communications and Fundraising Manager will:

_COMMUNICATIONS:_

* Lead on Mental Health Ireland?s Communications and Fundraising
Strategy
* Build our Public Affairs and Public Relations presence in order to
influence Public Policy in Mental Health in Ireland
* Develop MHI?s Media Strategies across a wide range of platforms.
* Manage weekly/ monthly/ annual content calendars across online
platforms including social media, website and newsletters.
* Develop and co-ordinate content creation including photographic,
video and written content for all online platforms as above.
* Report on social media monitoring with proactive and reactive
responses on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
* Develop MHI?s Brand, visual identity, profile and awareness.
* Build awareness across social media platforms at peak times of the
year/ times of the week.
* Develop and contribute to the growth of followers on social media
platforms and both MHI and Mental Health Associations? newsletters.
* Manage inbound lead generation campaigns using SEO and paid media
to drive inbound leads.
* Prepare return on investment reports throughout the year.
* Provide Media list maintenance and proactively engage with
journalists and mainstream print and broadcast media providers.
* Lead on the production of the Annual Report and similar
productions to include design, content creation, liaising with design
agencies and contributors to ensure delivery on time and on budget.
* Storytelling ? generating content from our supporters for our
platforms.
* Working with MHI staff and other cross-sectoral partners in
developing campaigns in relation to both mental health promotion and
fundraising.
* Event management support for MHI staff engaged in a range of
projects/events across the country.

_FUNDRAISING:_

* Ensure that all fundraising activities are carried out to the
highest legal and ethical standards
* Developing and maintaining relationships with online and community
fundraisers via email, face to face and phone.
* Fundraising database maintenance and management.
* Developing and posting content via _Mailchimp_ to our subscribers
* Acknowledging/Thanking donors ? we do that a lot here!
* Managing and developing online fundraising platforms such as
_EverydayHero_ and _Facebook_.
* Supporting community fundraisers with promotional material, social
media support and fundraising kits.
* Developing CSR opportunities with appropriate business partners.
* Helping increase donor engagement and participation rates.
* Ensure GDPR compliance of donor data and records.
* Maintaining accurate reports on giving and produce reports
throughout the year on fundraised income including Return on
Investment.
* Developing innovative ideas to help expand Mental Health
Ireland?s profile

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

The Communications and Fundraising Manager will be based at Head
Office in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. There is provision for some
working from home in the present pandemic circumstances. This post is
a three-year contract. The position is based on a 5-day week (**Apply
on the website** hours), exclusive of lunch hours.
The salary for this post is equivalent to a Grade VII, HSE scale at
April **Apply on the website**

For further information you can email Ray Mooney, Chief Operations
Officer at **Apply on the website**

To apply for the role please email your CV along with a covering
letter outlining how you meet the criteria for this position to
**Apply on the website**.
_PLEASE ENSURE TO INCLUDE JOB REFERENCE NUMBER **APPLY ON THE
WEBSITE** ? **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE** IN YOUR LETTER OF APPLICATION
AMD CV_

Closing date: Monday 7th September at 5pm
Interviews: Will take place between **Apply on the website**st ?
**Apply on the website**th September **Apply on the website**.


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Type: Permanent
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Category: Health

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