Fundraising director jobs in charing cross, greater london
RISE Overview
RISE(Reimagining the Industry to Support Equality) accelerates equality for workers across global supply chains through collaboration with business, workers’ reps, women’s organizations and trade associations. Grounded in the real experiences and priorities of workers, RISE creates value at multiple levels. At the factory level, our data-driven programs achieve life-changing results for women and men workers. For businesses navigating a rapidly evolving global context, our work strengthens resilience, performance, and sustainability. Beyond the workplace, we engage with industry and public policymakers to promote dignified, equitable workplaces and inclusive local economies and communities.
ABOUT THE ROLE
RISE is now seeking a full-time Fundraising Manager to help deliver its fundraising strategy. RISE has a mixed funding model and receives funding from the private sector, philanthropic and corporate foundations, bilateral agencies, and potentially, multilateral institutions. This role will play a pivotal role in executing the fundraising strategy, focusing on proposal development, donor engagement, and day-to-day delivery of fundraising activities.
We are looking for a hands-on, results-driven team member who can turn ideas into actionable proposals, manage multiple workstreams, and follow through to completion. The successful candidate will share RISE’s commitment to advancing equality for women workers in global supply chains and will help scale our impact through sustained, year-on-year income growth.
Location: London, UK; New York City or Washington, DC, USA (remote work around these locations will be considered)
Employment type: Full-time
Salary: NY or DC $104,099; London £63,147
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
As part of a highly matrixed team, effective collaboration across other team functions and particularly with in-country teams and program managers will be critical to success. The Fundraising Manager will report to the Associate Director, Partnerships.
The role includes the following specific responsibilities. These may evolve as priorities are established:
Proposal and Concept Development
- Translate RISE’s strategy into compelling and fundable project proposals and concept notes.
- Lead the day-to-day coordination of proposal development, including drafting project narratives, developing logical frameworks or theories of change, and ensuring alignment with donor requirements.
- Lead or coordinate the preparation of proposal budgets in collaboration with finance colleagues.
- Develop and maintain high-quality fundraising and communication materials.
- Work with the wider RISE team to maintain an active and healthy grant pipeline.
Donor Engagement
- Support the expansion of RISE’s donor base by identifying and pursuing new prospects, particularly among philanthropic foundations, corporate foundations, and bilateral donors.
- Maintain regular communication with current and potential donors, ensuring they are informed and engaged in RISE’s work.
- Support donor outreach and pitch preparation, working closely with RISE leadership and subject matter experts.
- Keep the team informed with up-to-date donor intelligence and funding opportunities.
Fundraising Planning and Coordination
- Implement and operationalize the fundraising and partnership strategy, ensuring effective follow-through on agreed priorities and activities through clear annual workplans developed in collaboration with the Associate Director, Partnerships.
- Contribute insights and lessons learned from day-to-day implementation to inform periodic strategy reviews and planning discussions.
- Drive operational excellence by ensuring systems, tools, and processes for fundraising are efficient and up to date.
EXPERIENCE
- 8–10 years of relevant professional experience, including successful track record in developing and winning grants.
- Proven ability to translate strategic direction into actionable plans and high-quality deliverables.
- Strong writing skills, with experience developing concepts, proposals, and budgets for complex, multi-year projects.
- Good understanding of gender equality, women’s economic empowerment and the private sector’s role in achieving the SDGs.
- Demonstrated knowledge of international donor trends and existing networks across foundations, corporate donors, and governments.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work across diverse teams and cultures.
- Fluent in English (other languages an asset).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and digital collaboration tools.
- Commitment to RISE’s core values of agency, inclusion, and collaboration.
REPORTING
The Manager will report to the Associate Director, Partnerships, and work closely with the Leadership team, Country and Program Managers.
APPLICATION
· Candidates who wish to apply are requested to submit the following documents:
o Covering letter addressing relevant experience for the role, including
o Current CV
Registered Charity
11 - 20
To empower women workers, embed gender equality in business practice and catalyze systems change.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Asylum Justice is the only charity in Wales - and one of very few in the UK - providing free legal advice and representation to people seeking asylum, refugees, and other migrants who are excluded from legal aid. Every day, we help people navigate a hostile system, challenge injustice, and secure safety for themselves and their families.
Demand for our services is higher than ever. In the past year alone, our caseload increased by nearly 50%, and we've taken on more complex, urgent cases - including supporting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and people at immediate risk of destitution or deportation.
We’re now looking for a Funding Officer to join our small, committed team and help secure the resources we need to sustain and grow our work. This is a chance to make a tangible difference - not just in helping us meet income targets, but in strengthening access to justice for some of the most marginalised people in Wales.
The role is hybrid working (Cardiff office and remote working) but fully remote working may also be considered. We are open to compressed hours or part-time working (minimum 28 hours) for the right candidate. We also welcome applications from people interested in a job share arrangement.
About the role
This is a hands-on, varied role that combines fundraising, relationship management, and impact storytelling. You’ll work closely with our Legal Director and wider team to:
- Research and identify funding opportunities from trusts, foundations, and statutory sources
- Write compelling funding bids and reports that reflect our impact and values
- Maintain excellent relationships with funders and support project coordination with delivery partners
- Coordinate grant reporting and keep accurate records of income, spend, and deadlines
- Support internal monitoring and evaluation to strengthen our evidence base
- Help develop our approach to individual giving, fundraising events, and donor communications
We’re looking for someone who shares our commitment to justice and anti-racism, and who brings strong communication skills, attention to detail, and a collaborative approach.
Who we’re looking for
We don’t expect you to know everything from day one - we’re open to candidates with transferable skills from across the charity, campaigning, or community sectors. You might have experience as a fundraiser, grant writer, project officer, or in a policy/impact role where writing and relationship-building are key.
What matters most is that you're passionate about what we do, committed to equity and inclusion, and eager to learn and contribute.
What we offer
- A supportive, mission-driven team working in solidarity with people seeking asylum
- Flexibility around working days, location, and hours
- An organisational culture that prioritises wellbeing and psychological safety
- The chance to shape an ambitious and growing organisation at a pivotal time
Thank you!
Location: Central London, hybrid working (office-based at least 2 days a week)
Contract: 4-5 Days a week, permanent
Salary: £55,000 pro rata
Hours: Flexible working pattern permitted, subject to organisational needs
About Refugee Legal Support
Refugee Legal Support is a dynamic organisation working in solidarity with people who migrate: we provide and promote legal support, training, and advocacy so that asylum seekers, refugees and migrants can access rights and justice. We are now recruiting a senior leader to join the three-person Director team (Executive Director; Legal Director; this role) and help drive our next phase of growth and impact.
Why this role matters
This is a career-defining role at a pivotal time for RLS. You will help shape the future of our organisation, ensuring we have the resources and organisational infrastructure to maximise our impact. If you are a senior fundraiser who cares deeply about justice for migrants, wants to lead at a strategic level and doesn’t shy away from operational leadership when it counts, then this role is for you.
The role in brief
As our Fundraising Director you will lead the income generation strategy for RLS and oversee operational elements when needed—making this more than a conventional fundraising role. You will work across the organisation, supporting strategy, sustainable growth, and systems development, while ensuring we meet urgent funding needs as well as build long-term resilience. The role suits someone who thrives in a dynamic, justice-driven environment, is comfortable with ambiguity and change, and has the gravitas and hands-on mindset required in a senior role.
Key responsibilities
- Develop and lead the fundraising strategy: securing income from trusts, foundations, major donors, corporates, and other sources.
- Build, deepen and manage relationships with funders, partners and stakeholders to secure existing and new funding.
- Monitor fundraising performance, budgets, forecasts and contribute to organisational financial sustainability.
- Work operationally as required across the organisation: supporting RLS’s systems, processes and leadership team to ensure effective delivery and growth.
- Be a key member of the senior management team, working closely with the Executive Director, Legal Director and Board of Trustees to shape RLS’s strategic direction.
- Ensure high standards of reporting, monitoring and impact-communication to funders and stakeholders.
- Help embed organisational systems and infrastructure to support scale-up and sustainability.
Person specification
We’re seeking someone who:
- Has great experience in senior fundraising roles (ideally including trust/foundation, donor relationships and multi-stream income generation).
- Is comfortable operating at a strategic level and also stepping into operational matters when needed.
- Has excellent communication and influencing skills, able to engage with senior stakeholders, funders and leadership teams.
- Thrives in a fast-moving, values-driven environment, comfortable with change, ambiguity and organisational growth.
- Shares a strong commitment to migrant justice, equity and the mission of RLS.
- Is organised, resilient, and able to manage competing priorities across fundraising and operations.
Working arrangements
This role is based in London with hybrid working: you will be required to be in the office at least two days a week, with the remainder of time flexible. The post will require occasional flexibility for meetings, events or travel as part of senior leadership commitments.
RLS is committed to equality of opportunity, particularly welcoming applications from candidates with lived experience of migration, forced displacement, or marginalised communities.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
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For 140 years, the Forces Employment Charity has proudly supported Service leavers, veterans, and their families in building successful civilian careers. We provide veterans with life-long, life-changing support, jobs, and training opportunities, regardless of circumstances, rank, length of service, or reason for leaving.
By working for FEC, you will become part of a vibrant team living the charity’s values: Expert, Supportive, Passionate, Open and Honest, Resilient, and Collaborative.
Brief role description
The Senior Individual Giving Officer plays an integral role within the Fundraising team at the Forces Employment Charity (FEC). As part of the Marketing, Communication and Fundraising Directorate, you will be responsible for the delivery of the core elements of the individual giving programme, developing engaging products and activity across multiple channels to support income generation, identifying new audiences, optimising responses, growing the supporter base and contributing to the lifetime value of supporters.
Interested? Want to know more about the Charity? Check out our website
Eager to know more about the role? Have a look at the Job Description attached
What’s in it for you? Check out our Benefits.
Have we convinced you to apply? If so, submit your CV and Covering Letter by Tuesday 16 December 2025.
Got questions about the role? Get in touch with the People Team
Please note: Applications will be reviewed and interviews conducted throughout the duration of this advert; therefore, we may at any time bring the closing date forward. We encourage all interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.
If you are an internal applicant, please ensure you have made The People Team aware before applying.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff by fostering an inclusive, supportive environment where everyone, including those with disabilities, can thrive, develop, and achieve their full potential. We actively encourage applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds and ensure reasonable adjustments are made to support candidates with disabilities throughout the recruitment process.
We actively recruit citizens of all backgrounds, but the nature of our work in specific departments means that residency and security requirements can be more tightly defined than others. You will be asked about this throughout the recruitment process.
Registered Charity
101 - 500
We provide life-changing support, jobs and training opportunities to Service leavers, veterans, reservists and their spouses, partners and Children
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About Animal Defenders International
London–Los Angeles–Bogota–South Africa. Animal Defenders International (ADI) is a UK non-profit; with reg. charity Animal Defenders International Foundation & Lord Dowding Fund for Humane Research; Animal Defenders International Inc.US (nonprofit), and Animal Defenders International South Africa, PBO (charity). ADI works for replacement of animals in research and testing; legal protection to end use of animals in entertainment; wildlife trade; farming; protection of our shared environment. When governments ban the use of all, or wild animals in entertainment, or wildlife pets, ADI provides support to remove and relocate the animals, emptying all circus cages in Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Guatemala. The ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, South Africa, is home to over 30 rescued big cats from circuses, illegal pet trade, zoos.
Job Title: Director of Fundraising
Organisation: Animal Defenders International (ADI)
Location: London, Vauxhall SE11 (hybrid, remote and office)
Terms: Salary: £60-70,000/year, (commensurate with experience/qualifications). Permanent, full time. Benefits: Annual leave 20 days/year/national holidays/5 days office closure Christmas–New Year/Stakeholder pension.
Reports to: Senior directors (ADI President and Vice President)
About the Role and Objectives:
Developing and growing relations with supporters, donors, public, foundations, and corporate friends. Passionate and well organized, you will change the world for animals by ensuring every department’s work is fully funded – as well as the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, South Africa, home to our rescued lions and tigers. Duties:
- Production of annual fundraising and marketing plan: growing supporter base, increasing engagement and retention; sustained giving; digital and postal direct response; increasing donor engagement and retention; planned giving; special events/calendar dates; major gifts; foundation grants; corporate support; legacies, trusts, estates; new income research. Targets for annual, quarterly, income.
- Manages fundraising calendar, mailings, events, targets, tracking.
- Grant Applications, foundations, corporate: Identify, plan, approach, draft grant applications/letters of inquiry and collateral for foundations, trusts, corporate partnerships and gifts, major donor gifts, and other potential sources of income (collaboration with senior directors).
- Regular liaison with high donors, foundations, estates, corporate donors, sponsors.
- Reporting: income tracking, recommendations for new approaches, supervise production of data for quarterly reports. Weekly liaison with senior directors.
Publications, Social, Websites, Online & Print
- Drafting copy, editing, production; collaborates with public relations/senior directors
- Oversees production of print and online publications – liaison with external graphic designers (collaboration with public relations director)
- Websites – contribute content. New website project with public relations director
- Advertising, marketing, ADI YouTube channel – develop fundraising, marketing opportunities.
- Social media posts – contribute copy, graphics
- E-News alerts to supporters (collaboration with public relations director)
- Contributes development section to Annual Report
- Contributes development article for Rescuer (quarterly)
- Other contributions to publications as needed
Management, oversight, reporting:
- Management of UK Supporter Engagement Team.
- Oversight of Raiser’s Edge NXT, Engaging Networks, interface with financial database and records; liaison with Chief Financial Officer.
- Monitor, manage, daily: data entry, gifts, acknowledgements, income tracking, donor communications; distribution of newsletters; calls to action; appeals. Reporting.
- Monitor, manage: reconciliations, data manipulation, data-integrity projects, audits, segmentation, quarterly and other reports.
- Oversee planning, mailings, responses, data management.
- Monthly and quarterly reports: income, mailings, gifts, trusts, estates, corporate, other.
Who should apply:
You have the necessary skills and experience, with at least 4 years’ experience in fundraising planning and management for charities, including:
- Educated to degree level in a related field (or equivalent experience) (required).
- A successful track record in direct response campaign fundraising and marketing.
- Excellent written English, you can demonstrate impactful and persuasive content for high donors, foundations, corporate support, supporters, social media, marketing and legacy promotion (required).
- You can plan and deliver programs for regular and planned giving, major gifts, estates, support from foundations, corporate support (required).
- Strong technical skills, data management, manipulation; MS Office suite, Excel/Google, other; competent with digital research (NB: ChatGPT not permitted for writing ADI product) (required).
- Strong Raiser’s Edge NXT and Engaging Networks skills (or similar); segmentation, creating lists and reports, data hygiene, audits (required).
- Some knowledge of social media tools, e.g. Canva, Photoshop, or other.
- Management of external vendors for direct response campaigns, production of merchandise catalogue and other sales, marketing, collateral.
- Ensures compliance with ADI’s language, policies, communications style guidelines, editing and publications authorization process (required).
- Skilled at organization and multitasking, you can successfully handle competing priorities and deadlines (required).
- Supporter Engagement culture: strong verbal and written communication skills, you can create a friendly, welcoming approach, for supporters with their donations and advocacy.
- Oversight and Management of staff and supporter relations (required):
o Create friendly, positive, service-oriented approach to help supporters donate and advocate for animals.
o Diligent processing/handling of donations, acknowledgements, correspondence, phone calls.
o Integrity and confidentiality in the handling of sensitive and confidential information
o Integrity of financial records with finance database; liaison with Chief Financial Officer.
- You are reliable, able to work both independently and collaboratively.
About Us:
ADI is Great Nonprofits Top-rated; Charity Navigator 4-star. Operating from London, Los Angeles, Bogota and South Africa. Exposes animal suffering and works for legal protection; replacement of animals used in research; ending the suffering of animals in entertainment; movies, advertising, circuses, sport. Wildlife trade, environment. Once animal circuses are banned ADI helps governments with implementation and relocation of the survivors to ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, South Africa: ADI has featured in CBS 60 Minutes, Animal Planet Discovery features and made award-winning documentary, Lion Ark (broadcast in over 40 countries).
ADI internal policy:
ADI is dedicated to ending the suffering of animals and works for their legal protection. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment, and a plant-based lifestyle is preferred. ADI is also committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background, age, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, physical ability or other.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Interview Date(s): 1st Interview: Tuesday 9th December 2025 & 2nd Interview: Tuesday 16th December 2025
Location: Camden (Hybrid Working)
Salary: £55,360 - £59,455 per annum
(Please note that applicants are usually appointed at the bottom of the relevant band)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (will also consider part time working 30 hours per week)
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: Tuesday 2nd December 2025
Closing Time: 00:00am
Are you looking for a rewarding role working for an intersectional feminist organisation? If so, we have an incredible opportunity for you to join our team as an Deputy Director of Fundraising at Solace Women's Aid.
You will be joining a team of committed and inspiring individuals whose dedication has saved the lives of thousands of women, men and children in the capital. We are looking for friendly and diligent individuals to join our services and help us make a difference.
Our core values reflect our history and were developed in consultation with staff and service users. Feminism and intersectionality are key to our work and we are committed to the principles of being survivor-led, trauma-informed, empowering, diverse, anti-racist and anti-discriminatory.
About the Service
Income generation and fundraising at Solace is ambitious, dynamic and rewarding. This role is situated within the Business Development team driving forward our trusts and foundations grant applications and our unrestricted funding portfolio. We work alongside our award-winning Communications, Partnerships & Public Affairs team.
About the Role
We are seeking a forward thinking, creative and motivated individual who can envision and manage commissioned tenders, grant funding, individual giving, corporate partnerships and our training and consultancy functions.
You will be a highly skilled and successful fundraiser and business development professional.
The role will manage the statutory and non-statutory income generation team including tenders, grants and fundraising staff to achieve a net target of approximately £2m per annum. This team plays a pivotal role in the financial wellbeing of the charity enabling us to support the thousands of women and children who come to us each year as a result of violence against women and girls (VAWG).
About You
You will be someone who is committed to the Solace values, who thrives on leading a team to achieve challenging targets and who has excellent verbal and written communication skills. You will also enjoy managing time and projects to achieve strategic success.
We understand that you may not have all the knowledge, experience, and skills mentioned in the Job Profile Document. However, your interpersonal skills, passion to have a positive impact, commitment to our purpose, and ability to learn quickly and collaborate effectively will be equally important.
What we can offer you
We provide a comprehensive benefits package to all our employees, including:
- Flexible working
- Focus on learning and development (internal career progression and training)
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Employer pension contribution
- Family-friendly leave and enhanced maternity pay
- Access to Inclusion Networks
- Daily clinical debriefing
- Employee Assistance Programme providing free 24/7 support and advice
- Employee Benefits Platform offering staff discounts, benefits and savings
- Flow & Restore yoga classes
- Meditation sessions
- Cycle to Work Scheme
How to apply
When applying for this role, kindly highlight in your Supporting Statement how your values, knowledge, transferrable skills, and experience align with each point within the following sections of the Job Profile Document:
- Values, Behaviours & Competencies
- Knowledge, Experience and Skills
Solace Women's Aid values diversity, promotes equity, and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, abilities, perspectives, and lived experiences. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay, and benefits. Our Inclusion Networks support staff with protected characteristics and offer inclusive spaces to connect.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We anticipate and provide reasonable adjustments as needed and support employees who acquire a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work.
This service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to female applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1. Section 7(2) e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 apply. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.
As part of safer recruitment practices, we carry out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and right to work in the UK checks.
No agencies.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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A bit about the role
We’re looking for a Managing Director to lead the next chapter of the Thin Blue Paw Foundation, shaping the strategic direction and operational excellence of a fast-growing national charity dedicated to protecting, celebrating and rehabilitating serving and retired police dogs across the United Kingdom.
As the organisation’s sole employee, you will be at the heart of everything we do, driving strategy, operations, marketing & communications, and fundraising with autonomy, ownership, and purpose. You will take responsibility for the charity’s day-to-day running, long-term planning, and the delivery of initiatives that improve the welfare and care of serving and retired police dogs, including through our newly established National Association of Police Dog Handlers.
You will build and maintain strong relationships with supporters, trustees, partners, and the policing community, and you will ensure that our operational processes, beneficiary support, campaigns, and income generation all run smoothly and effectively.
The role requires flexibility, including attending events, ceremonies, and engagements across evenings and weekends each month. You’ll work closely with our Board of Trustees and volunteers, collaborating to ensure the Foundation continues to grow sustainably while staying true to its mission.
A bit more detail
In this role, you can expect to…
Lead and deliver organisational strategy
- Develop and execute the Foundation’s long-term strategic plan with the Board of Trustees.
- Ensure strong governance, compliance, risk management, and effectiveness across all areas.
- Report regularly to the Board with performance updates, insights, and recommendations.
Oversee day-to-day operations
- Manage all core operations, ensuring processes are efficient and aligned to organisational needs.
- Oversee financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting, ensuring responsible management of charitable funds and long-term financial sustainability.
- Maintain high-quality case management and beneficiary support for serving and retired police dogs.
- Uphold and refine policies on safeguarding, data protection (GDPR), welfare, and service delivery
- Coordinate volunteers and support the Trustee Board with administrative and operational needs.
Drive marketing, communications & supporter engagement
- Develop and implement the charity’s marketing and communications strategy across digital channels, campaigns, newsletters, and public outreach.
- Plan and deliver compelling content that raises awareness and strengthens engagement with supporters and partners.
- Maintain brand consistency and ensure all messaging aligns with the mission and values of the Foundation.
- Campaign development, storytelling, and digital engagement, including optimising the website and CRO to drive digital donor engagement, acquisition, and retention.
Lead fundraising & income generation
- Develop multi-channel fundraising strategies across individual giving, campaigns, corporate partnerships, grants, events, and digital fundraising.
- Build and nurture donor and partner relationships with professionalism and warmth.
- Identify and pursue new fundraising opportunities with creativity and strategic focus.
- Manage income forecasting, budgeting, and financial oversight to support long-term sustainability.
Represent the Foundation at events
- Attend and support events, ceremonies, police dog engagements, fundraising activities, and partner visits (including evening and weekend commitments).
- Build meaningful relationships across policing, welfare groups, supporters, and the canine community.
A bit about you
- You’ve held a senior leadership role in a charity, nonprofit, mission-driven organisation, or commercial equivalent.
- You are highly organised and comfortable running an organisation end-to-end as the sole employee.
- You bring experience across marketing, communications, digital engagement, and charity campaigning.
- You have demonstrable experience in fundraising and donor stewardship.
- You are an excellent communicator and storyteller who can inspire supporters, partners, and trustees.
- You enjoy building relationships and are confident working with external stakeholders, including policing partners.
- You’re proactive, hands-on, and comfortable switching between strategic planning and day-to-day delivery.
- You are flexible and willing to attend events across evenings and weekends.
- You have a full UK driving licence.
- You’re passionate about animal welfare, policing communities, and the mission of the Thin Blue Paw Foundation.
A bit about us
Founded in 2020, The Thin Blue Paw Foundation is a national charity dedicated to supporting serving and retired police dogs across the UK. We believe that these exceptional working dogs deserve protection, recognition, and the highest standard of care during their service and throughout retirement. We provide financial support for veterinary treatment, raise awareness of the vital work police dogs do, and campaign for improved welfare standards.
Through the dedication of supporters, volunteers, and policing communities, we’ve grown rapidly and we’re just getting started. This role will help drive the next chapter of our mission to protect the paws that protect us.
A bit about what we offer
- Salary - £60,000 - £65,000
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Hybrid – Monday, Wednesday and Friday (Office – Hertfordshire) - Tuesday/Thursday (WFH)
- Training & development opportunities
- Pension scheme (5%)
- The chance to shape a growing national charity with real impact
- Regular interactions with police dogs
Thank you!
About the role
You will be home based and will need to travel in the UK, Eire, Europe and further afield as the role develops.
You will need some storage space available for Charity materials.
If you are self-driven, motivated, and want to help others achieve something amazing in support of Histiocytosis UK, we would love to hear from you.
You are likely to be in a similar role at another charity or have the right experience and transferable skills from another sector. You’ll be confident, enthusiastic, and an exceptional influencer with great customer care and communication skills.
There will be ample opportunity to shape the role, lead on specific projects and put your ideas into action.
The role will be mainly remote working so your experience and motivation will be key in this role so that we can achieve tangible results.
Who we need?
You will be an excellent communicator, face to face, online, phone or email. You know the importance of listening, and you are the sort of person that brings focus and calm to difficult situations. Prioritising your workload is second nature. Perhaps most importantly of all, you’re energised and driven by a passion for learning and making life better for those with a long term and/or serious illness.
A degree is not essential, but a communication and fundraising skills qualification is desirable. It is important that you have a high standard of writing, and that you are on good terms with your computer, particularly MS office, email and maybe even Mailchimp, Zoom, Sage Accounting, Spreadsheets etc.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
About the role
The Restart Project is a year into our five year strategy. We have a bold vision, clear finance and communications strategies and an outline fundraising strategy, developed with support from our trustees. Our vision and track-record has helped us to secure a number of multi-year grants, and now is the time to build on this work.
We’re looking for a driven, organised and creative Fundraising and Partnerships Lead to help us diversify our income, expand our funding relationships, and build on our financial sustainability. With a focus on generating income from corporate partnerships and Trust and Foundation fundraising, you will also support our efforts to generate income from a diverse range of areas.
You will build out our pipeline of funding leads, including building and managing new and existing relationships. Much of this will include securing funding from traditional sources and supporting efforts to boost unrestricted income.
You will also have the opportunity to be innovative in pursuing funding for the organisation. This will involve working with the Co-Directors and other team members to develop and secure funding for exciting new projects. Responsible for expanding income within an underfunded sector, creativity and drive will be essential characteristics.
Job Description
Fundraising strategy
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Build on our existing finance strategy and outline funding plan to create a robust fundraising strategy for the next 2-3 years.
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Work with the broader team to achieve the goals and targets set out in the finance strategy to support Restart’s overall operational strategy.
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Develop and manage a 12 month rolling fundraising pipeline, including regular horizon scanning.
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Work with team members to ensure Restart’s impact is well communicated to potential donors.
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Work with our fundraising committee, a sub group of our trustee board, to help shape our future fundraising strategy.
Corporate partnerships
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Secure income from corporates by boosting Restart’s visibility and increasing the frequency of high value donations.
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Create corporate sponsorship packages to secure income for existing Restart activities or projects, as well as general organisational sponsorship, and pitch them to a pipeline of corporates.
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Work with the Co-Directors and other staff to develop funded corporate or other partnerships around innovative projects that will support Restart’s strategy.
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Research, pitch and secure opportunities for Charity of the Year affiliations.
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Ensure that partnerships are managed well, with good reporting and value for partners to ensure retention.
Trusts and Foundations
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Be responsible for submitting bids, tracking and reporting on outcomes with the support of our Operations and Finance Lead.
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Help broaden our pool of funders, including building and maintaining relationships made through allies, and networking with funds that don’t accept unsolicited proposals.
New sources of income
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Support the team to develop income from other sources. This will include matched crowdfunding, paid events and consultancy.
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Explore other ways of securing income and funding relationships.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Are you a dynamic fundraising professional with a passion for protecting our rivers and waterways?
Environmental non-profit Planet Patrol is at a pivotal moment of growth and evolution. We’re now seeking a proactive, highly organised fundraising professional to help continue this growth. If you have a proven track record in strategic partnership creation, grant fundraising, and have a knack and thirst for hitting financial targets, ideally for environmental causes, we want to hear from you!
About Planet Patrol
Our vision is a world where all beings can enjoy our waterways, free from pollution. We are a global community dedicated to placing people-powered environmental data at the heart of decision-making. Through our unique anywhere, anytime, anybody approach to citizen science, we gather critical evidence of water and litter pollution to drive solutions that protect both environmental and human health. Our data and citizen science methods have been featured in academic journals (Stanton, et al., 2022) and media investigations (Channel 4 and ITV), enhancing public and scientific knowledge of litter pollution.
About the role
The Fundraising Lead (Corporate & Grants) will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of income generation for Planet Patrol, including the planning and delivery of our fundraising strategy; with a focus on corporates and grants. You will secure new partnerships and sponsorships, and develop high-value, multi-year commitments that align with both Planet Patrol’s priorities and our funders objectives. Whilst this role is fixed term, we hope to secure enough funding to make the role permanent.
About you
You must thrive in a start-up environment and have a can-do attitude to problem solving. You’ll be one of only a handful of employees and a team of excellent freelancers, so being a team player is a must! This is a great opportunity to really shape the organisation and our impact, so if you like having agency and being innovative, Planet Patrol would be a great fit.
Key Responsibilities
Fundraising & Relationship Building
- Meet and exceed the annual new funding target of £300k, whilst maintaining existing funding agreements.
- Secure sponsorship for at least three organisational priorities worth a minimum of £50k each.
- Write and submit innovative, engaging and impactful funding applications.
- Prospect new supporters and build long-term, high-value relationships.
- Quickly and efficiently respond to calls for proposals, maximising all opportunities..
- Work with colleagues across Planet Patrol to develop and deliver bespoke opportunities aligned with funder priorities.
- Host cultivation events and support other team members in engaging prospective sponsors.
- Ensure due diligence in line with Planet Patrol’s ethics and due diligence policies.
Strategic
- Lead on the development and delivery of Planet Patrol’s fundraising strategy, setting income targets and KPIs with the Director.
- Work closely with the Head of Programmes and Campaigns to develop exciting, innovative and impactful funding propositions.
- Contribute to the wider Organisational strategy and annual Business Plan.
- Keep abreast of sector developments and funding opportunities to ensure plans are timely and effective.
Account Management
- Maximise our existing portfolio of corporate supporters, ensuring timely delivery of benefits, publicity and events.
- Oversee reporting to funders, sponsors and partners, demonstrating impact and value.
- Manage budgets within the fundraising portfolio and contribute to organisational efficiency and effectiveness.
Marketing & Communications
- Create compelling and innovative partnership opportunities for corporate supporters.
- Collaborate with colleagues to deliver sponsorship benefits and ensure accurate representation of sponsors across Planet Patrol platforms.
- Coordinate sponsor advertising and communications, with support from colleagues.
- Positively represent Planet Patrol at events and conferences.
Role requirements:
- A minimum three years working in a fast-paced, start-up environment.
- A demonstrated ability in securing funding worth five-and-six figures.
- Experience working remotely and making impactful relationships online.
- Be able to communicate effectively with senior corporate leaders.
- Experience in providing excellent stakeholder engagement, ideally through an integrated CRM.
- A natural networker and innovator, you’ll always be spotting opportunities.
- Excellent general IT skills and knowledge of new platforms to enable efficiency (Trello, Slack, HubSpot, Xero).
- Passionate about the environment and the importance of data.
- A commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.
- Legal right to work in the UK without visa sponsorship.
- A clean, full driving license is preferred.
What we offer
Planet Patrol values collaboration, innovation, and a healthy work-life balance. That’s why we’re proud to be a 4-day week employer. We offer a flexible, remote working environment, paired with regular opportunities to connect as a team. We’re a vibrant, mission-driven non-profit that supports professional growth, alongside wellbeing. We offer a generous annual leave package, your birthdays off and encourage you to get out into nature whenever possible.
Application details
If you believe in the work we’re doing and think you could add something to it then we would love to hear from you. Please note that we are unable to process incomplete applications.
Applications close midnight Wednesday 26 November.
First stage interviews will be held virtually on Tuesday 02 December.
Second stage interviews will be held in person on Tuesday 09 December.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Responsibilities include:
- Strategic Direction: Lead PBI UK, representing it to external stakeholders, including funders, policymakers, collaborators and the legal community. Oversee day-to-day operations to align with the strategic and operational evolution of the broader PBI. In collaboration with staff and the Board, ensure PBI’s sustainable development and maintain effective internal policies and practices.
- Fundraising and Communications: Collaborate with PBI UK staff to create an annual fundraising plan and oversee its implementation, covering both private (individuals, major donors, legacies, corporates, community) and public (trusts, foundations, some institutional) streams. Lead major donor relations, support staff in engaging trusts and individual donors, supervise key proposals, and network strategically to find new fundraising opportunities for PBI UK. Success will require overseeing and supporting the development and implementation of a communications strategy, ensuring effective supervision regarding communication with stakeholders and external representation before a wide range of stakeholders jointly with PB UK staff.
- People and Culture: Supervise and oversee development of the PBI UK Office team, monitoring performance, training and wellbeing of staff and recruitment strategies.
- Financial Management, Risks and Controls: Jointly with the Finance Manager, monitor, supervise and analyse the financial situation of PBI UK in line with budgets and risks identified by the Board, escalate any relevant actions to the Board and undertake forecasting and pipelining to ensure appropriate and compliant financial controls and systems are in place.
- Policy and Advocacy: Jointly with the Advocacy Manager, supervise the development and implementation of PBI UK’s advocacy and policy strategy with strategic partners including human rights defenders, law firms, other NGOs, FCDO representatives and other civil society organisations/coalitions. Work with the PBI UK team to develop operational projects and opportunities. Give strategic direction and practical support to the implementation of advocacy on policy, countries and cases.
- Liaison with Broader PBI: Lead liaison with PBI’s International Office and other global bodies, ensuring that PBI UK evolves in a way which contributes to PBI’s global evolution, and maintaining good relationships with other PBI teams.
- Liaison with PBI’s Boards and Ambassadors: Work closely with the Finance Manager and PBI UK staff in the production of PBI UK’s annual budget and plan, using PBI UK’s resources effectively and efficiently. Ensure effective implementation of Board decisions, with receipt of clear delegation of authority. Develop relevant policies for Board approval and ensure compliance, and keep the Chair informed of all important matters. Make recommendations to the Board on the appointment of new trustees (including necessary skills).
- Business Strategy and People Management: Successfully implement the strategy and fulfil the objectives of PBI UK with the guidance of the Board and the support of PBI UK staff. Develop a strong working relationship with the IC and other PBI bodies.
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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.
Job Overview
The Mass Market team’s mission is to inspire the UK public to financially support the IRC in order to help people impacted by conflict and disaster. The main purpose of this role is to deliver engaging campaigns across our cause-led and prize-led products to generate long-term sustainable growth maximise income from existing supporters and develop a supporter-centric fundraising model.
As the Retention Marketing Executive, you will play a key role in delivering marketing activity across both the standard and mid-level audiences across regular giving and cash products. You will be responsible for developing and deepening supporter relationships by delivering a wide range of activities, including developing supporter journeys, regular giving development, cash appeals, and any other activity that increases lifetime value for the charity.
IRC Background
Over the past 90 years, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has developed unparalleled expertise in responding to emergencies and helping uprooted communities to rebuild. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. The IRC is on the ground in more than 40 countries, providing emergency relief, relocating refugees and rebuilding lives in the wake of disaster. The IRC is committed to a culture of bold leadership, innovation in all aspects of our work, creative partnerships and, most crucially, accountability to those we serve. The IRC is a tireless advocate for the most vulnerable.
IRC-UK
IRC UK is part of the IRC global network, which has its headquarters in New York. Our team in the UK works to raise profile, deliver policy and practice change, and increase funding to help restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Since 2021, IRC UK has also provided integration services directly to refugees in England, a programme that is rapidly growing.
In Europe, the IRC also has offices in Berlin, Bonn, Brussels, Geneva and Stockholm.
Key accountabilities:
Programme execution and development
- Deliver revenue-generating standard value and mid-level appeals, across direct mail, email and SMS ensuring all activity is designed and tailored to inspire and engage supporters
- Deliver upgrade, cross-sell and reactivation activity across multiple channels and products, including email, telemarketing and SMS
- Design and implement supporter journeys and cultivation communications across all segments and products, in order to increase loyalty and supporter lifetime value
- Work closely with designers, copywriters, content producers and agencies, producing accurate and inspiring briefs and providing regular feedback to ensure they’re delivering effective, supporter-centric communications
- Responsible for activity being produced on time and within budget, including liaising with mailing houses, telemarketing agencies and internal support teams to oversee their activities
- As needed, deliver emergency appeals, including as a member organisation of the Disasters Emergency Committee, acting quickly to enable our donors to understand rapidly changing crises across the world and financially support our emergency response
- Work closely with equivalent teams in other national markets (i.e. Germany, Sweden, US) and the Global Retention support team to ensure all engagement is coordinated, and where appropriate, synchronised
Budget management, planning and reporting
- Accurately track and report on campaign income and expenditure, ensuring projects are delivered within budgeted expenditure
- Focus on maximising return on investment at all times, and make suggestions for contingency action as necessary to achieve budgeted income targets
- Feed into quarterly planning sessions, ensuring all work is aligned with UK Mass Markets strategic objectives
- Feed into a monitoring and reporting framework for retention activity, to track performance against KPI targets and strategic objectives
Insight, analysis and data management
- Ensure all work undertaken is insight-driven
- Create detailed end-of-campaign reports to ensure all relevant information is documented and used to inform future activity
- Work closely with the data team in order to market to different audience segments and enable accurate targeting of tailored campaigns and appeals
- Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current GDPR data protection legislation and ensure all activity you manage is compliant
General
- Keep up to date with the sector developments in individual giving and digital fundraising to ensure IRC is at the forefront of fundraising developments.
- Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current legislation, best practice and industry standards and adhere to all relevant regulation including the Fundraising Regulator and ICO. Work to ensure all fundraising and marketing is ethical, effective and supporter-centric
- This post may involve some travel, overnight stays and very occasional working outside core office hours, e.g. during an emergency appeal
- Act as cover for other team members as needed and undertake any other additional tasks as requested by the Director of Mass Markets or the Retention Marketing Manager
Person specification:
Skills, Knowledge and Qualifications:
- Driven and proactive with a solutions-based attitude
- Excellent verbal and written English and the ability to produce well-designed and high-quality fundraising copy and appeals
- Numerate with excellent data analysis and interpretation skills
- Commercial mindset, with the ability to balance both long-term and short-term activity and objectives
- Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills, especially the ability to manage a complex and varied workload
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate with stakeholders at all levels
- Excellent IT skills including digital marketing tools such as email marketing software and website content management software as well as Microsoft packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
Experience:
- Experience and understanding of Individual Giving programmes, with a proven track record of successfully delivering retention activity across a variety of channels
- Understanding and experience of audience and donor segmentation and use of insights to drive campaign and programme performance
- Experience and understanding of creative process and relationship with brand identity through different channels and audiences
- Experience using a CRM system
- Experience of working in a fast-paced, high performing team
- Experience working for a centralised, international organisation (desirable)
- Experience of print management for direct mail campaigns (desirable)
Language Skills: English (fluent).
Registered Charity
101 - 500
The mission of the IRC is to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster.
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Who we are
Not all young people have the same opportunities in life.
Caudwell Youth exists to level the playing field for young people at risk.
They may be care experienced, have mental health challenges, be neurodivergent or be at risk of exploitation or offending.
Caudwell Youth is a dynamic new charity which has just celebrated its third birthday.
What we do
Caudwell Youth shapes young people’s futures by providing person-centred support to at risk 11 to 24-year-olds through volunteer-led mentoring for up to 18-months, alongside a targeted intervention programme.
Our vision is to help every young person at-risk in the UK. We give young people the time, trust and support they need to shape a positive future, no matter their starting point.
Our mentoring service is designed to ensure every young person feels safe, heard and supported. Each young person gains a trusted adult (a trained volunteer) who meets with them once a week to support them as they take steps towards a more positive future.
This year, we have supported more than 400 young people.
Our fundraising
We have a compelling fundraising proposition. We were founded by billionaire philanthropist John Caudwell, who has pledged to match all donations and fundraising at 33%.
Our mentoring service is delivering exceptional outcomes for young people, and we are ambitious for the future.
This is a crucial time for Caudwell Youth’s fundraising function, as we are set to embark on a new strategy for national growth in the new year. For the financial year just gone, grant income accounted for around 28% of our fundraising revenue.
Our aim is to grow our charity sustainably, while continuing to meet the evolving needs of at-risk young people in ways that are effective and life-changing. This role will be a key part of that journey.
What we're looking for
We are looking for an experienced grants, trusts and foundations fundraiser who can hit the ground running, both in solidifying and owning our valuable relationships with existing grant and trust fundrers and in exploring new opportunities.
You will also lead on the evaluation of our service impact across the organisation, gathering, analysing and presenting data to illustrate the valuable outcomes our services have for at-risk young people.
You will be a key team member in a dynamic and growing organisation and will help ensure the charity achieves its aims and objectives and fulfils its fundraising plan effectively.
More information about the role
This role is home based, but you need to be able to meet with funders and our small but dynamic fundraising team.
These meetings may take place in London, or across our current operating regions (Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Slough, Luton and Milton Keynes).
We are happy to consider compressed and flexible hours requests.
How to apply
Please follow the link to our website to read the full recruitment pack and find the application form.
All applications must be submitted via our website application form. Thank you, and we look forward to hearing from you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job Title: Development Manager
Location: London
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Job Summary
The Development Manager will be a dynamic and experienced fundraiser with strong technical skills in grant and funding solicitation, management and stewardship across Crisis Action’s current donor targets including major foundations, governments, and High Net Wealth Individuals (HNWI). They will serve as the anchor of a newly configured fundraising team designed to support Crisis Action to nurture its existing donors and secure the next generation of support for its ground-breaking work.
This role is pivotal in ensuring excellence in our outreach, proposals, reporting and communication to drive resource mobilisation that is essential for the organisation’s financial sustainability at a time when our distinct model and way of working is needed more than ever.
Principal responsibilities
Donor engagement and communications
- Oversee and coordinate day-to-day engagement with current and prospective foundation, government and individual donors by members of the Crisis Action team
- Represent the organisation vis-à-vis donor representatives
- Support HNWI donor benefits structure and cultivation plans
- Prepare compelling and timely donor reports, donor updates, letters of receipt and other outreach materials in collaboration with finance and campaign teams.
Grant management and oversight
- Ensuring timely and skilled drafting, consultation and sign off of high-quality grant proposals
- Timely acknowledgement of all contributions and compliance with donor requirements
- Preparation of high-quality proposal budgets and financial reports for donors in compliance with grant specifications and deadlines, in close cooperation with the Finance Team
- Review all grant agreements and monitor/ensure the organization's adherence to its contractual commitments.
Strategic vision and guidance:
- Provide strategic support to the Chief Executive Officer on short- and long-term fundraising strategies and broader resource mobilisation initiatives to ensure our fundraising strategy and its implementation helps achieve organisational goals
- Set fundraising targets and produce periodic funding forecasts in consultation with members of the team.
Research and intelligence:
- Carry out donor research and provide strategic insights and donor related updates and background information to relevant colleagues.
- Monitor and ensure a solid pipeline of donor prospects
Team coordination and collaboration
- Ensure that there is a clear workplan that anticipates what has to happen when to guide team resource allocation and workload management
- Ensure effective and efficient processes of gathering and sharing information across the team to support timely donor engagement and stewardship with clear protocols on the cadence of team calls and written updates
- Support colleagues to adhere to agreed fundraising roles and responsibilities
Communications
- Ensuring effective and timely communications to donors, Crisis Action’s board and team
- In collaboration with the CEO, ensure timely and regular flow of information to the team on fundraising progress
- Timely production of high-quality fundraising updates for our Board
Data and Systems Management
- Sustain, manage and where possible further develop the relevant administrative infrastructure, including grant tracking and reporting systems, Salesforce contact database, events calendars, contact lists, donor profiles, website and annual report donor acknowledgement lists and meeting minutes
Job Specifications
Essential Skills & Experience
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in fundraising, donor relations, or development within the non-profit or international advocacy sector
- A proven track record of engaging with foundations and government officials to secure and manage grants
- Demonstrated ability to forge new donor partnerships, and a track record of bringing in new revenue
- Strong understanding of government and foundation funding landscapes with at least some familiarity with differences between them and the stewardship of major gifts from individual giving
- Experience in drafting compelling fundraising proposals, reports and donor updates for a variety of donors – foundations, governments and individuals
- Strong all-round communication and storytelling skills
- Experience producing a range of communications materials for different audiences
- Strategic thinker with the ability to translate organisational goals into actionable fundraising plans
- Proficiency in CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce) and grant management tools
- Ability to work collaboratively across teams and cultures with colleagues dispersed across the world
- Financial literacy and a proven ability to understand and construct budgets
- Collaborative and empathetic approach to team and donor engagement
- Enthusiasm, initiative and willingness to learn
- Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
- Excellent organisational and administrative skills, including a systematic approach to maintaining donor tracking systems
- Fluency in oral and written English
- Proficiency in Salesforce and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Ability/willingness to travel to staff retreats and for donor visits.
- Legal right to work in the UK
Desirable skills and experience
- Proficiency in additional languages
- Established donor networks
- Experience managing major gifts and cultivating individual donor relations
- Knowledge of conflict, human rights, or social justice issues
Key Relationships
- Senior Management Team, Development Team, Finance Team, Campaign Leads, Office Directors
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Salary & Benefits
Salary: We have set bands for the salary range for all positions at Crisis Action. The baseline of our salary range for this position is £40K per annum.
Benefits: 25 annual leave days (30 days after 3 years). Up to 6% contribution to pension. 3-month long service leave after 6 years and one-month sabbatical leave in year 10. CA additionally offers an annual inflationary increase, and 2% salary increase in year 2, 4 and 8 subject to availability of funds.
DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) Statement
Crisis Action values and nurtures an inclusive culture that sees the diversity of its board, staff, partners, and all we work with as a strength and source of innovation and creativity. We welcome applications from anyone no matter your background, gender identity and expression, nationality, language, ethnicity, colour, caste, race, sexual orientation, ability, religion or belief, age, marriage, civil partnership, or parental status. Equality among all is a driving force in our work and a feature of our recruitment. We strive to ensure that all employment decisions are made entirely on merit.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Help us secure the funds needed to save lives.
Our Community and Events team support a busy programme of third-party events including; Great North Run, London Landmarks Half and marathons in Edinburgh, London and Paris to name a few. We’re recruiting for a passionate Events Fundraiser to join the team.
This is an important role generating long-term, sustainable income to support our life saving mission. You’ll develop strong relationships with our passionate supporters, building a sense of community and helping them achieve their fundraising potential.
Contract
£29,000 - £31,000 per annum plus benefits
Full time (35hrs per week)
Fixed Term Contract (18 months)
Hybrid working with link to Ewell office
In-person working: Meeting in person and working collaboratively are things we value. We work in person around 2 days or more per month.
We are passionate about flexible working, talk to us about your preferences
What you’ll do
Manage supporters’ participation in a series of third-party events across the UK and Europe
Maximise participation numbers and fundraising potential
Represent Samaritans at third-party events
Evaluate the effectiveness of events and make recommendations for improvements
Communicate with event participants through a range of digital channels
Support event participants in their fundraising journey
Collaborate with volunteers and branches to support events
Maintain accurate supporter records, manage fundraising platforms and update event pages
What you’ll bring
Experience of fundraising event management or community fundraising
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to organise conflicting priorities and meet deadlines
Experience of marketing activities through both on and offline channels
Ability to build and develop strong relationships
Experience of working with volunteers (desirable)
Experience of working with a fundraising database (desirable)
Experience of working to budgets and income targets (desirable)
Full Job Description and Person Specification here
Why Samaritans?
At Samaritans, you’ll be part of a people-first organisation deeply committed to inclusion, compassion and learning. You’ll contribute to a team where your voice matters, your expertise makes a difference, and your work helps save lives.
We welcome applications from individuals with lived experience and encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. We are committed to creating an environment where all our people feel seen, heard and supported.
You’ll join a values-led organisation with a powerful mission and a collaborative culture. We offer flexible hybrid working, excellent benefits, and the chance to make a tangible difference in suicide prevention across the UK and Ireland.
For further information about Samaritans, including our charity structure, values, employee benefits, and application process, please read our recruitment brochure available here. You can also visit our careers website to access this.
We recognise the enormous benefits and the social justice imperatives of ensuring diversity at every level of our organisation. Samaritans is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are. To ensure Samaritans is representative of those we support and who support us, we particularly welcome applications from disabled, racialised minority and LGBTQ+ candidates, as these people are under-represented at Samaritans.
Apply now
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please apply. You will be asked to some answer short application questions and to upload your CV.
We kindly ask that you don’t rely on AI tools for your application answers, or to generate interview answers. We want to see your own unique ideas and writing skills. We want your application to stand out from the rest and showcase your own strengths.
Applications close: Friday 5th December @ 09:00am
Interviews: 9th and 11th December 2025
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.