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£57,000 - £66,500 per year
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Job description
Head of Mass Fundraising.
Salary: £57,000 - £66,500 per annum depending on experience.
Location: Remote. (Must be based in the UK.)
Contract: Permanent, 35 hours per week.
Benefits:
· 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service, and the option to buy or sell leave.
· Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
· Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
· Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
· Staff discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility with discounts across 15,000 national retailers.
Why Action for Children?
Working here is more than a job. We are passionate about protecting and supporting children, young people, and families. All our departments work together to achieve the high standards that ensure more children are safe and happy.
A bit about the role
In this role of Head of Mass Fundraising, you will be strategically responsible for setting and managing Action for Children’s mass-fundraising portfolio through the leadership of an ambitious, insight-led Mass Fundraising Team. You will drive significant and sustainable income growth from the public, including across Individual Giving, Legacy Giving, Consumer PR, Celebrity Partnerships, and Integrated Campaigns and Products.
How you'll help to create brighter futures
· Lead and manage a high-performing team working across multiple disciplines.
· Develop and spearhead a multi-faceted mass-fundraising strategy, containing outstanding products and campaign moments that deliver significant sustainable income growth.
· Drive the delivery of significant income growth from individuals via Cash Appeals, Regular Giving, Campaigns and Legacy fundraising.
· Lead eye-catching, fundraising-focused Consumer PR and Celebrity activity as a key income-growth lever.
· Provide clear prioritisation, strategic direction and performance-focused leadership across the mass fundraising portfolio by setting stretch income targets, performance metrics, priorities and KPIs.
· Champion charity-wide collaboration, and influencing at senior level, to ensure mass fundraising is embedded across the organisation.
· Contribute to wider commercial planning and governance, preparing high-quality business cases, strategic plans, and performance reports for senior stakeholders.
Let's talk about you
· Must have proven experience of leading large-scale mass fundraising programmes in a complex organisation, with accountability for strategy, performance, and delivery, and with the credibility to influence at senior leadership level.
· Must have an established history of delivering significant income from the public through large-scale, integrated fundraising campaigns.
· Must have demonstrable experience of setting strategic direction and leading teams through audience-led delivery.
· Must have considerable experience leading and developing high-performing, multi-disciplinary teams.
· Must have strong commercial and financial acumen.
· Must have excellent creative nous and vision.
· Must have experience of working cross-organisationally, using persuasive communication, judgement and influencing skills.
Please see the Job Description for the full list of accountabilities and requirements.
Diversity, equality, and inclusion
At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.
We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates, as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.
Want to know more about Action for Children?
Find us on Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube to get to know us better.
Closing Date: Thursday 11th June 2026 at 23.59pm
Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
Organisation
Action For Children
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Registered Charity
More than 1000
Registered Charity
More than 1000
Our vision is that every child and young person has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.
Posted on: 26 May 2026
Closing date: 11 June 2026 at 23:00
Job ref: 13167
Tags: Fundraising, Youth / Children, Digital Fundraising
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Job description
Are you a talented Fundraising leader who believes every young person deserves the chance to reach their potential?
As Head of Fundraising and Communications, you'll shape meaningful opportunities for donors and partners to play an active role in Manchester Youth Zone - now and into the future. You'll help shape a fundraising approach that deeply connects with funders and captures their imagination, as well as developing a sector-leading approach to stewardship that keeps them engaged for the long-term.
Salary: £60,000 per annum
Location: Hybrid, ideally minimum 3 days on site in Harpurhey
Benefits: 5% employer pension; 33 days annual leave including bank + birthday day; free gym access; access to OnSide's Talent Academy; bespoke training and mentoring
About the charity:
Manchester Youth Zone (MYZ) is a unique and ambitious charity that punches above its weight. Part of the national OnSide family and deeply rooted in North Manchester's Harpurhey community, MYZ serves one of the poorest wards in England with 94% of MYZ's youth members coming from the highest indices on the national poverty index scale.
We need you to lead a refreshed and reimagined Fundraising team, to deliver for these young people.
About the opportunity
This is a unique Head of Fundraising role, with the chance to live and breathe the impact of your fundraising. It would suit an ambitious fundraising leader who wants to work collaboratively and with autonomy.
There's a unique duality to this role. On the one hand, it is absolutely strategic, working closely with the CEO and Board and taking ownership of a new fundraising strategy.
But, it's also essential to have a willingness to roll your sleeves up and get stuck, working hands-on with high-value partners, philanthropists and corporates. You'll hold relationships with the charity's largest donors and be keen to offer them brilliant stewardship and support.
About you
We're looking for a fundraising leader who delivers big impact and leads from the heart. Someone who inspires others to thrive, as well as being equally driven and motivated to achieve exceptional personal results.
When you apply, we'd love to see you to clearly demonstrate:
- Strong track-record of fundraising success, consistently delivering against financial targets and growing unrestricted income.
- Personal experience of securing six-figure gifts, whether through major donors or corporate partnerships.
- Ability to think and act strategically across multiple income streams, alongside a willingness to stay close to the detail and lead from the front.
- Generous, compassionate approach to leadership that brings out the very best in others.
- Creativity and openness - someone who embraces change and is energised by finding solutions.
- Genuine understanding of the challenges facing young people and underserved communities, alongside a clear commitment to championing equity, diversity and inclusion.
MYZ operates in a vibrant and diverse community, so we would especially welcome and encourage applications from individuals from global majority backgrounds.
If you are as excited by this unique opportunity as we are, you'll want to get in touch for further details on how to make your formal application.
To apply, please send a copy of your profile or CV in the first instance to Amelia Lee at Charity People.
Deadline: 9am on Thursday 28th May
Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.
Organisation
Posted on: 27 April 2026
Closing date: 27 May 2026 at 23:59
Job ref: 108501
Tags: Communications, Fundraising
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