Community fundraising manager jobs in Bristol

Community Fundraising Manager

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment

Emersons Green (On-site) 5.69 miles

£35000 - £39454 per year

Permanent

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Salary: £35,000 - 39,454

Contract: Permanent

Location: Home-based with regular travel to Bristol

Closing date: ASAP

Benefits: Flexible working, 25 days annual leave, pension scheme, discount scheme on phone contract and strong focus on personal and professional development

We’re excited to be recruiting for a Community Fundraising Manager at a pivotal time of growth. This organisation is dedicated to enabling people with learning disabilities to live fulfilling, independent lives, and this role will play a key part in supporting that mission through sustainable income generation.

This is a highly strategic and people-focused role, where you’ll lead and inspire a small but ambitious team to deliver a thriving community fundraising programme. A key focus of the role is embedding a truly supporter-first culture—ensuring every interaction is engaging, inclusive and builds long-term loyalty. You’ll also provide strategic oversight of community and challenge events, including developing university and student-led fundraising, and champion co-produced initiatives that involve supporters, volunteers, and the communities the charity serves.

This is an excellent opportunity for a collaborative and forward-thinking fundraiser who wants to combine strategy, leadership and hands-on impact in a role with real purpose.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

Proven experience leading successful community fundraising programmes and delivering income growth
Strong experience of managing fundraising or challenge events, with a focus on supporter experience
Demonstrable ability to build and develop partnerships, ideally including community groups, corporates or universities
Some experience line managing or managing volunteers

If you would like to discuss this role with us, please contact us and quote the reference 3003AJ.

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable charity jobs. We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

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Posted on: 11 June 2026

Closing date: 02 July 2026 at 01:00

Job ref: MP238259CT2038-3003AJ

Tags: Fundraising, Community Fundraising

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Community Fundraising Manager

Hft.

BS16, Bristol (Hybrid)

BS16 7FL

£38,000 - £40,000 per year + £288 pcm car allowance

Full-time

Permanent

Charity Support ∙ Disability ∙ Diversity and Inclusion

Actively Interviewing

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About the role

We are looking for an experienced and inspiring Community Fundraising Manager to lead our community fundraising activity and supporter experience strategy at an exciting time of growth and ambition.

As Community Fundraising Manager, you will lead and develop a high performing team to grow income through community fundraising, events, partnerships and supporter engagement. You’ll champion a supporter first culture, ensuring every interaction with Hft is positive, engaging and inspiring.

You’ll also play a key role in developing innovative fundraising initiatives and community partnerships with local organisations, universities, volunteers, supporters and Hft services, helping to create long-term advocacy and loyalty for our mission.

What you’ll be doing

Leading and inspiring a Community Fundraising Officer and Supporter Experience Officer to deliver ambitious income and engagement targets
Developing and delivering community fundraising strategies and events that are inclusive, impactful and supporter-focused
Building strong partnerships with local groups, universities, businesses and community organisations
Embedding co-production approaches into fundraising activity by working collaboratively with learning disabled people, families, volunteers and supporters
Championing excellent supporter and volunteer experiences across all fundraising touchpoints
Using insight, feedback and data to continuously improve supporter journeys and retention
Managing budgets, KPIs and forecasting to ensure financial sustainability and growth
Working collaboratively across Fundraising and Communications to shape engaging campaigns and fundraising opportunities

About you

We’re looking for someone who is:

An experienced community fundraising leader with a proven track record of delivering income growth
Passionate about supporter engagement and creating exceptional supporter experiences
Experienced in planning and delivering successful fundraising or community events
Skilled in developing partnerships and building long term relationships
A confident and supportive people manager who can motivate and develop teams
Comfortable using CRM systems, data and insight to drive performance and improve engagement
Knowledgeable about fundraising regulation and best practice
Committed to equity, diversity and inclusion

Experience working with volunteers, universities or co-produced community initiatives would be highly beneficial.

Selection Process

We will be shortlisting applications on an ongoing basis. If your application is shortlisted, we will invite you to a pre-screening interview with a member of the senior hiring team. If you are successful at this stage, the final assessment process will include a competency-based interview, a presentation, and the opportunity to meet with key Managers to get to know the team and Hft.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

We are committed to recruiting people from diverse backgrounds and believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce helps us better support the people we work with to live their best lives. If there is anything we can do to support you to do your best during the application and selection process, please contact Hft recruitment team.

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