Resourcing and Relationships Coordinator

Job Summary

We expect this role to focus on developing and maintaining relationships with key funders,
stakeholders, institutions and individuals. It will undertake work to secure funding, resources
and partnerships for both Shared Assets and the wider land justice movement, and to raise the
profile and reputation of Shared Assets.

The role will have responsibility for securing core funding for Shared Assets from trusts,
foundations and high net worth individuals, and for supporting colleagues to secure grant and
commercial funding for consultancy, research, movement building and communications projects. It
will have responsibility for reporting on core grants and providing quality control for
colleagues for their bids, tenders and funder reports. As part of this work the role will play
a key part in providing intelligence and foresight to contribute to the organisation’s strategy
and business planning. 

Beyond securing consistent core funding for Shared Assets the role will also work with
funders and others to secure longer term resourcing of the wider land movement in order to
deliver our collective ambitions for a just and sustainable land system. 

As part of a self managing organisation all team members are expected to contribute to the
day to day management of the organisation through participation in management circles, team
days and working groups.

Main Responsibilities

Fundraising and resourcing

• Develop and maintain relationships with funders to fund work that seeks to support common
  good land use and to create a more just and sustainable land system. 
• Work with the team to develop a clear strategy and business plan that can inform future
  business development and fundraising. 
• Secure significant annual and multi year core funding for Shared Assets to enable us to
  fulfil our role as infrastructure for the wider land movement and deliver our ambitions to
  change the land system, and report to core funders.
• Support the wider team with grant applications and commercial tenders for day to day
  project work in order to resource our consultancy, research, movement building and
  communication work and meet our organisational objectives, and provide quality control on all
  bids, tenders and funder / client reports.
• Work with the team to ensure we maintain a healthy pipeline of bids and tenders in order to
  meet income generation targets across the organisation. 
• Work with the wider land justice movement and funders to secure significant, consistent and
  long term resourcing for the wider land movement, working in ways that are open and transparent
  to, and inclusive of, the wider movement and which will help to deliver systemic change that
  meets our collective objectives for a more just and sustainable land system.

Stakeholder relationships

• Develop and maintain relationships with key partner organisations in order to build an
  understanding of the wider context and system in which we are working in order to inform our
  strategic development and to identify opportunities for future partnership working. To
  understand where Shared Assets is valued and effective, and where it may need to adapt and
  change.
• Represent Shared Assets to those institutions and individuals with the power to help shape
  the wider context for the work of Shared Assets, our partners and the wider land movement, for
  funding and development purposes. 
• Support and coordinate work of other team members in developing and maintaining
  relationships specific to their work areas (consultancy, research movement building,
  communications).
• Be responsible for ensuring Capsule, our current CRM system, is up to date and that our
  systems enable us to track all current and historic relationships, utilise the data effectively
  and maintain transparency. 
• Manage day to day delivery of contracted and funded support programmes.

General

• Participate in the Funding & Finance circle, participate in relevant work groups and
  liaise with other circles where appropriate. 
• Contribute to communications and raise the profile of the organisation – in particular
  working closely with the Communications Coordinator on external messaging with respect to
  Shared Assets and the wider land movement.
• Provide reports and information for the board as required.
• Provide support to colleagues where needed, including in the running of events, training
  and other activities.
• Participate in and contribute to the development of Shared Assets as an organisation,
  including involvement in collective decision making, being accountable to policies, and helping
  improve those policies where relevant.
• Any other duties as may be required in a small organisation.

To apply, please read the full Recruitment
Pack on our website and return a completed application form,
which will include uploading your CV, before Monday 15th July 2024. Please feel free to get in
touch with Mark Walton for an informal discussion about the role – please
email [email protected] to arrange a time to speak.