Fundraiser Jobs
Harris Hill is working with an environmental charity to help source a Trust and Foundations Fundraiser on an interim basis.
Trust and Foundations is a relatively new source of income for this charity. Receiving most of their income from restricted sources, they have dipped their toes in the unrestricted pool and found it to be very warm indeed.
Unfortunately, they don't have the personnel resource, so would like someone to come in and work 1 or 2 days per week on a 6 month contract or a freelancer/ consultant who is willing to bill them directly.
You role will be to write and manage the trust and foundations proposals up to £10k, which are currently warm however, as this is new, you may also be able to bring valued expertise and guidance in finding new sources and direction.
This is a fantastic cause that tackles pollution around the world as well as support greener innovations. A cause everyone can relate to and is a big topic on a world forum.
If you would like to hear more about this role, please do apply for more info.
Harris Hill are delighted to be partnering with a fantastic charity focused on reconnecting people with nature, in their search for a Senior Fundraiser - Trusts and Grants.
As Senior Fundraiser, you will be responsible for securing significant grants from a broad range of trusts, foundations and grant-making bodies. You will develop and implement the fundraising strategy to maximise trust and grant giving income and create a sustainable and diverse fundraising portfolio, with funding streams including major donors, trusts, foundations and other grant making bodies. You will also maintain and develops existing relationships, whilst proactively identifying and approaching new funding partners in the UK, US and internationally.
To be considered for this role, you will need:
- Experience and successful track record of securing income from trusts, foundations and/or major donors.
- Experience of developing a fundraising strategy and income targets.
- Excellent writing skills with attention to detail and experience in preparing structured, engaging and successful grant applications.
If this role sounds of interest to you and you want to have a chat and review the full job description, please do contact Dominic at Harris Hill on [email protected] or call him on 020 7820 7332.
Salary: £50,000
Permanent, Full-time
Location: London with hybrid working
Deadline - Friday 5th April at 9am
Application process - CV and Cover Letter
Harris Hill Charity Recruitment Specialists operates an equal opportunity policy and commits to treating all of our candidates and jobseekers fairly. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
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Scope is a disability equality charity in England and Wales. Their vision is to achieve a society where all disabled people enjoy equality and fairness.
The charity provide practical information and emotional support when it's most needed, and campaign relentlessly to create a fairer society. Their range of services include support for individuals with disabilities, advice for families, and initiatives to promote equal opportunities.
As Senior Individual Giving Fundraiser (Retention), you will work as part of the Public Fundraising team responsible for managing a portfolio of Individual Giving campaigns from inception through to evaluation to generate funds, improve engagement and increase life time value of existing supporters. The Individual Giving team generates over £12m of unrestricted income from new and existing supporters.
As Senior Individual Giving Fundraiser (Retention), you will:
- Recruit and retain financial supporters for Scope across a range of Individual Giving Products (regular giving, lottery, payroll giving, cash and raffle) using a mix of channels
- Provide a data and insight-led, audience-focused and rewarding supporter journey that maximises lifetime value of the supporter
- Support the Individual Giving Lead with the strategic development and delivery of the supporter retention and development programme
- Manage the relationship with external suppliers, managing the regular reports, conducting quarterly planning sessions, and being the lead contact for day-to-day activity
Ideal skills and experience:
- Direct experience of a range of direct marketing channels including direct mail, email and telefundraisng
- Strong knowledge of regular giving, lottery and cash supporter retention programme strategies
- Experience of success in delivering results as set out in a departmental budget
- Experience of managing external agencies and internal stakeholders to deliver successful campaigns
Employee benefits include:
- 27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Flexible, hybrid and remote working options
- Strong colleague networks across disability, race and LGBTQ+
- Discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme and much more.
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QualiTalents Recruitment is looking for a Corporate, Community & Events Fundraising Manager to join an exciting and well-known medical charity.
Working closely with the Director of Fundraising, you will be lead and develop the Corporate, Community and Events Fundraising team & volunteers. You will also:
· Produce and implement fundraising strategy which maximises income from existing community groups, organisations and supporters while increasing income through acquisition of new support
· Oversee community engagement and events of the organisation
· Build relationships with community leaders, local ambassadors and organisations to secure long-term support
· Manage and develop an effective stewardship programme ensuring highest level of donor care
· Line management 5 staff
Our client is looking for a proactive Corporate, Community & Events Fundraising Manager who has a strong experience in creating and delivering community fundraising strategy. You will also have:
· Experience in raising income through corporate, community and events fundraising activities
· Knowledge and experience of using a fundraising database
· Experience of working with marketing and communications teams to promote and market events
· Experience of working, influencing and collaborating across teams
· Be able to travel across and around Cambridgeshire & Bedfordshire
Mencap – Senior Philanthropy Manager
Location: London, E1. Hybrid working.
Salary: £47,064 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Mencap - the leading charity for the 1.5 million people in the UK with a learning disability, their families and carers - is seeking an ambitious, experienced fundraiser to develop a sustainable, ambitious Major Donor programme that will grow in volume and reach in coming years, taking Mencap to new heights of support.
Mencap wants the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. Mencap is making this a reality by: providing services that model their vision and ambition; campaigning locally and nationally; helping people with a learning disability to stand up for what they want and need; empowering people, groups and organisations to create real change in their own communities; helping people with a learning disability to gain employment, skills and find paid jobs; offering people information and advice for all areas of their lives and conducting research into important issues to create a positive impact and see real change.
This role will be responsible for managing a portfolio of new and existing relationships for Mencap with philanthropists and grant-makers, providing first class creative relationship management, proactive engagement and efficient reporting, as well as securing five and six figure gifts. The post-holder will also build and manage a pipeline of sustainable income, with a heavy focus on acquisition, supported by the High Value Relationships Lead and Senior Leaders across the organisation.
Mencap is seeking a professional fundraiser with a talent for philanthropy acquisition and securing five-figure+ sums from Major Donors. The ideal candidate will have an ambitious and creative approach to Major Donor fundraising with excellent relationships management abilities and the gravitas and skill to influence and engage cold and warm contacts.
You will have proven experience of building long-term effective relationships with senior stakeholders, both internal and external and of project management and cross-organisational working. Strong written and verbal communication skills will be a must, as well as being a strategic thinker with the ability to convey complex and emotive topics in a clear and compelling way. Finally, you share Mencap’s passion about changing the world for everyone with a learning disability.
Closing date: Tuesday 2nd April.
City Harvest – Trusts and Foundations Manager
Location: Acton, London W3. Three days in the office.
Salary: £38,000 - £46,000 per annum depending on experience.
Contract: Permanent, full-time hours. Open to four days a week for the right candidate.
City Harvest, the charity rescuing food to feed people and protect the planet, is seeking an experienced trusts and foundations fundraiser to secure new income from trusts and foundations, and manage a range of existing donors.
Since 2014, City Harvest has been working to solve food poverty and food waste across London. Every week, the charity rescues over 100 tonnes of surplus food from the food industry. Staff and volunteers sort and package this food, and our vans deliver it, free of charge, six days per week to over 375 community partners across 30 London boroughs. The organisation provides over 1.1 million meals monthly, with 43% of their deliveries made up of fresh fruit and vegetables.
The role of Trusts and Foundations Manager will work with the Senior Trusts and Foundations Manager to deliver City Harvest’s ambitious targets for trust and foundations income in 2024/25 and beyond. The post-holder will be responsible for proactively researching and exploring new avenues for funding and building a strong pipeline of new donors who have the potential to support the charity.
Key to the post, will be building and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders at trusts and foundations and preparing and delivering targeted funding applications to those organisations. Working with the Trusts and Foundations Manager, the post will also involve developing an compelling organisational case for support and a range of highly fundable initiatives for City Harvest.
The ideal candidate for this role will have experience working in this area for at least two different causes, alongside a proven track record of successful income generation and delivering against targets. You will have demonstratable experience in proposal writing and in building relationships with donors and senior stakeholders. You will also have a background in report writing demonstrating grant impact. Excellent written communication, administration and problem-solving skills will be combined with the ability to collaborate with multiple teams. Finally you will have a commitment to the core values and ethos of City Harvest.
CLOSING DATE: 9am, Wednesday 3rd April 2024
PLEASE NOTE: We will be longlisting applications as soon as we receive them, so please apply early to register your interest.
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Are you an experienced Fundraiser looking for a new challenge?
We are working in partnership with Me2 Club who are looking for a Fundraising Manager to deliver their fundraising strategy and secure income from a diverse range of sources, with a focus on Trusts and Foundations.
Every year Me 2 Club match passionate and committed volunteers with children and young people who have additional needs and disabilities, enabling them to attend and participate in mainstream leisure activities. Activities that others take for granted, but that can help them build confidence, self-esteem and independence and end self-isolation and exclusion.
In this newly created role, the Fundraising Manager will build positive relationships with funders and individuals, inspiring them to give their support. With line management responsibility for the Community Fundraiser, you will play a vital role in delivering community-based fundraising activities and corporate partnerships, playing a critical role in making sure that Me2Club can support more children.
You will have:
- Experience with identifying funding opportunities, particularly through Trusts and Foundations, maintaining a pipeline of funding opportunities with an innovative and creative approach to problem solving and ability to capitalise on opportunities.
- A track record of consistently achieving ambitious fundraising targets, generating income through a range of sources including Trusts and Foundations, Corporate Partners, and Commissioned Services.
- Excellent communication skills, including verbal and written, with the ability to create compelling cases for support and delivering impactful presentations that tell stories and lead to supportive actions being taken.
- A strategic and evidence-led approach to measure impact and influence change, with ideally strong influencing skills in a range of settings including commissioning, contracts, and advocacy.
- Nurturing and growing relationships with a range of stakeholders and able to quickly build trust and confidence including working with and building strong, positive relationships with Trustees.
With excellent organisational and prioritising skills, risk management and decision making, ideally you will have line-management and team leadership experience including volunteer management or delivering fundraising through the use of volunteers. An understanding of the needs of children and teenagers with additional needs and disabilities is desirable but not essential.
For more information, please contact Louise Portnall, Recruitment Consultant, Charisma Charity Recruitment. Applications should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.
Location: Wokingham, Berkshire – Hybrid, minimum 2 days in the office
Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday including some evening and weekend working
Closing date for applications: 8 April 2024. However, applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis, so please apply without delay to avoid disappointment.
Prospectus is delighted to be working London's Air Ambulance with their search for a Senior Major Donor Manager to cover a 12-to-14-month maternity leave. London’s Ari Ambulance provides advanced trauma care across the capital. They operate a helicopter and rapid response vehicle service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, carrying out critical care procedures at the scene. A global leader of rapid response and critical care, they bring the hospital to the roadside to ensure that seriously injured people receive urgent treatment immediately.
The Major Donor team is playing a pivotal role in the raising of funds for an ambitious ‘Up Against Time Appeal’ which will replace the charity’s two helicopters. Having already raised £9.9 million of the £15million required they are now looking at opportunities presented by the new 15-year organisational strategy. The Senior Major Donor Manager (maternity cover) will lead on and monitor the strategy during this time, develop the Major Donor team, steward key relationships, respond to fundraising opportunities that arise and help develop internal processes to support programme delivery.
The successful candidate will be an experienced major donor fundraiser, looking to develop their leadership skills. You will need to be confident, ambitious, and results-focussed, working closely with a dynamic team to make the most out of every opportunity offered. You will possess outstanding oral and written communication and influencing skills, and will have the presence, gravitas, and sensitivity to operate effectively at all levels.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply. If you have any disability and would like assistance with completing an application then please contact Jessica Stoddart at Prospectus.
If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You’ll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.
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The NSPCC’s mission is to end cruelty to children. Every childhood is worth fighting for. This is what drives their fundraising team to get out there and bring in the funds needed to protect children and prevent abuse.
Through Speak out Stay Safe, a primary school safeguarding programme, NSPCC reached 1.2m children in 2022/23 and helped many more through their other services, which include a helpline, community events and campaigning for policy and practice changes. The charity also developed new services to help families, campaigned to change laws, shared information about abuse and how to recognise it, and developed new tools for children, parents and professionals.
The Philanthropy Individuals team focus on high level, infividual donors and are responsible for securing 4- to 7-figure plus gifts. The team consists of 12 fundraisers, who collectively raise £3.5M a year. Reporting to the Head of Philanthropy, the Senior Philanthropy Manager – Northwest will potentially manage one membver of this team.
You will also be responsible for maximising the long term relationships of all new and existing individual donors capable of gifts ranging from £5k to £1M+, driving new business with the support of your line-/dotted-line support.
As Senior Philanthropy Manager – Northwest, you will:
- Identify, develop and cultivate major donors up to 7-figure level, supporting a team income target of c.£700k
- Grow your own portfolio of major donors with focus on £100k+ prospects
- Play a leading role across North West to raise the profile of engagement with major donors
- Develop and deliver strategies to improve relationships with supporters and prospects to increase income for NSPCC
Ideal skills and experience:
- Experience raising income from major donors at 5- and 6-figure level
- Leadership, management and team-building skills
- Strategic thinking and ability to develop fundraising strategies
- Line management experience desirable
Employee benefits include:
- 29 days per annum plus bank holidays for full-time employees (pro-rata for part-time). 32 days per annum after five years’ continuous service.
- Life assurance (5 x salary if signed up to group pension scheme)
- Employee Assistance Programme (24/7 support)
- Discounts portal
For over 500 years, Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation have been a constant in London's ever-changing landscape, at the leading edge of health. It is located in the heart of a global city that is vibrant and diverse, but that is also a place with stark health inequity.
As an independent organisation, Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation invests, partners, engages and influences to come at big health challenges from all angles. Through a family of forward-looking organisations (Impact on Urban Health, Guy's & St Thomas' Charity, Guy's Cancer Charity & Evelina London Children's Charity), they collaborate with communities, partners, and hospitals, and use assets to transform lives.
This is an opportunity to join the Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation team, at a time where they are bringing their fundraising function in-house. This change, along with further investment in the Fundraising function, is expected to see growth in income - this is therefore an exciting time to join the team, and to have significant impact across the breadth of work covered by the Foundation and it's family of linked charities.
As the Prospect Research Manager, you will be integral in helping to establish a prospect research function, getting more hands-on producing profiles and getting involved at a strategic level. You will also be involved in growing the Prospect Research team.
You will be working closely with major giving, trusts and foundations fundraisers as well as the corporate partnerships and community and events teams. Strategic involvement will include prospect identification methods, strengthening gaps in pipeline, advocating best practice on data processing, shaping annual plans and proactively engaging with market intelligence to identify trends.
This unique flexible hybrid working opportunity really offers you a setting where you can bring all your current experience to the role and really help shape a new function heavily influenced by you.
To apply, please either send an updated CV in response to this advert, or contact Donovan Whittaker at TPP Recruitment to arrange a confidential discussion. We will then be in touch with further details regarding the role, and the recruitment process.
Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation has a strong belief that better health for all is within our reach and by becoming a more diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation together we can achieve this. Therefore, they welcome and actively encourage applications from candidates from a broad range of backgrounds, with different lived and learnt experience.
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.
Prospectus is excited to be supporting a large UK children’s charity with their search for a new homebased Relationships Manager – Philanthropy.
This organisation runs projects that transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of children and young people every year. Children who have lived in poverty, sexual exploitation and those living with disabilities.
As the Philanthropy Manager, you will take a leading role in managing and developing high-value relationships with existing and new potential major donors. Reporting to the Senior Philanthropy Manager and joining a collaborative team, you will support on the strategic direction and implementation of the charity’s major donor fundraising and focus on securing gifts of £5k plus. An opportunity to join a growing team and have variety across a major donor portfolio, this is a great chance for a philanthropy fundraiser to join a well-known charity brand and grow their donor portfolio.
The successful candidate will have proven experience in securing four, five or six-figure gifts from either trusts and foundations or major donors. They will be confident in creating compelling cases of support and be able to build long lasting relationships with existing and new donors within the high value space. This person will be able to work autonomously, but also collaboratively within a fast-paced team.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply. If you have any disability and would like assistance with completing an application, then please contact Flora Cunningham at Prospectus.
If you are interested in applying to this Prospect Research and Communications Manager position, please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You’ll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.
Harris Hill are delighted to be working with a pregnancy research charity to recruit an excellent direct marketing or individual giving fundraiser to join the Individual Giving and Engagement team.
This position will lead on the management and development of projects and campaigns to acquire new and increase the value and loyalty of existing supporters across both digital and direct channels. You will be responsible for a portfolio of Individual Giving Fundraising across single, regular, prize-led, payroll, legacy and in-memory giving.
You will work closely with team members to develop supporter journeys and digital acquisition to grow acquisition and retention rates.
This varied role will involve briefing, monitoring and managing stakeholder relationships for Individual Giving campaigns and projects to ensure effective financial management, data management, supporter care, supporter engagement, digital product management and marketing processes are followed.
The ideal candidate will have experience of:
- Managing Individual Giving campaigns (acquisition and retention) across a variety of direct and digital channels
- Using databases to inform Individual Giving campaigns
- Managing and delivering budgets and working with agencies
- Monitoring and evaluating campaigns, reporting results and make recommendations to improve performance.
This charity is also interested in applications from candidates with relevant skills in direct marketing who have not previously worked in a charity setting.
This is a hybrid role requiring 50% time in their Central London Office.
Benefits include;
- 25 days’ paid holiday, plus bank holidays, annual incremental increase and te option to Buy up to 5 extra days of holiday
- Enhanced maternity & parental leave pay
- Pension scheme - Contribution rate is 4% employer and 4% employee.
- Considerate working practices including 6 ’flex’ hours each month, no working lunches, or late working
- Continuous career development and training
This charity are considering applications and interviewing on a rolling basis so for more information about this position and next steps please apply here now and a consultant will be in touch to discuss further.
Harris Hill Charities Recruitment Specialists operates an equal opportunity policy and commits to treating all of our candidates and jobseekers fairly. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Director of Fundraising
The Rep
Birmingham, UK
Salary range of £50,000 - £60,000 pa
We are Birmingham’s world-class producing theatre. We create inclusive, exciting and exceptional theatre by, with and for Birmingham and the wider world.
The Rep is a special place. It’s a place to be transported – to laugh and cry, wish and wonder. We create live experiences and memories, bringing communities and the arts closer together and enriching lives across the region and beyond.
Fundraising income is vital to our work on and off-stage and after a recent strategic review, we’ve identified that there is untapped potential and significant room for growth across all levels and forms. To meet our ambitions for this next level of fundraising activity and outcomes, we are seeking a creative, talented and collaborative fundraiser to join us and lead our efforts in this area.
As our new Director of Fundraising, you will bring a track record of philanthropic and grant income generation, along with well-developed influencing, negotiation and inter-personal skills. You will be strategic, organised and ambitious for the Rep, and excited by an opportunity to join a team that is looking for a fresh approach and to build something. As a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will need to gain credibility quickly and become a trusted colleague - someone who understands what it takes to operate in a fast-paced environment and work with the detail, without losing sight of the bigger picture. The Fundraising team is growing and quite new, so you will develop and inspire them to rise to the challenge of what’s to come.
In return, you will have the support of a senior leadership team, the Board, and an engaged Fundraising Development Board that is ready to help us achieve even more. You will have the opportunity to help shape our future and make a tangible impact at a challenging time for the arts sector.
If this sounds like the sort of career opportunity you’re looking for next, we’d love to start a conversation. Please contact our recruitment partners at Richmond Associates, for a confidential conversation and download the candidate information pack from their website.
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 9AM ON FRIDAY, 19 APRIL 2024
A key part of this strategy will be a significant investment in their fundraising resources to achieve transformational growth in voluntary income in the next 10 years. To support this growth, the Foundation is ooking for a Senior Philanthropy Manager to generate income from Trusts and Foundations, Major Donors, and Corporate Partnerships.
Job title: Senior Philanthropy Manager
Location: London, but with hybrid working.
Grade and salary: £50,000
Hours: 36 hours per week.
Contract type: Permanent
Context and Responsibilities within this role:
Reporting to and working closely with the Director of Fundraising, the successful candidate will lead their philanthropy programme to deliver ambitious income generation plans from a range of income streams. The Senior Philanthropy Manager's main responsibilities will be to:
* Lead, motivate, manage, and grow a small team.
* Lead the expansion of the current, low value-high volume small Trusts & Foundations fundraising programme and develop a new high value-low volume programme.
* Establish a Major Donor fundraising programme by identifying individuals with a genuine interest in medical research.
* Build relationships with other medical charities and patient organisations in order to make joint applications to relevant funders.
* Lead an expansion of the Corporate Partnerships programme.
* Develop relationships with Trustees and other senior stakeholders to encourage them to fundraise amongst their networks.
* Build and maintain a long-term and sustainable prospect pipeline of high-value supporters
They are now looking for:
* Significant experience in a senior fundraising role with prior responsibility for Trusts and Foundations and at least one of the following: Major Donors or Corporate Partnerships.
* Experience of supporting senior stakeholders to be effective fundraisers.
* Robust experience of developing and implementing successful strategic fundraising plans.
* Proven record of personally securing six figure donations from individuals and organisations.
* Significant experience of identifying, cultivating and building relationships with cold prospects.
* Experience of leading and motivating high-performing teams to achieve targets.
* Experience of budgeting processes, managing risk, KPI reporting.
If you would like to have a chat to learn more about this role and to receive a full job description please contact Hannah at Harris Hill on [email protected] or call her on 020 7820 7331.
The role closes on 9 th April 2024 at 9am. Please send your CV and supporting statement to Hannah at Harris Hill.
Harris Hill Charity Recruitment Specialists operates an equal opportunity policy and commits to treating all of our candidates and jobseekers fairly. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Are you looking for a new role as a Philanthropy Lead? Are you passionate about improving the lives of children and young people with cancer? Charity People are delighted to be partnering with Young Lives vs Cancer to find their new Philanthropy Lead.
Philanthropy Lead
£45,475 - £48,066
4 Direct reports
Full-time but open to compressed hours or part-time
Hybrid based in London or Bristol
Benefits: 27 days leave plus Bank Holidays, Plus option to buy or sell up to 2 weeks, Wellbeing and Development day once a quarter, enhanced pension, employee assistant programme, 2 volunteering days, bike-to-work scheme.
About the charity
When a child or young person is diagnosed with cancer, their whole world (and their family's) can feel like it's falling apart. Their anxieties are deep. Their education, mental health and social lives suffer. Their futures feel very uncertain. Young Lives vs Cancer is the only charity in the UK with specialist social workers dedicated to providing tailored psychosocial support to children and young people with cancer, and their families. They stop at nothing to make their voices heard and their unique needs understood, so they can get the right care and support at the right time.
About the Role
As part of the Income Generation team, you'll be responsible for delivering the philanthropy strategy and building strong relationships with high-value donors and grant-making organisations.
Your role will be to engage potential and existing supporters, understand their motivations, and secure five and six-figure donations to support our mission. You will also build donor pathways and provide exemplary stewardship to build long-lasting relationships with donors. As an expert in philanthropy, you'll have a high level of autonomy and will need to use your initiative to develop and drive forward opportunities.
About you
You are an experienced philanthropy fundraiser with excellent communication skills and a proven track record of securing significant grants. You'll be managing an established trusts programme and leading on developing the philanthropy programme. You'll work with colleagues across the team to identify opportunities for growth within the existing portfolio of corporate partnerships, major donors, events, and trusts. You'll also be up to date with key market trends, activities, and changes in the sector.
To excel in this role, you'll need to have exceptional written skills and the ability to absorb complex information and translate it into clear, logical, and appropriate communications. You'll also have excellent verbal and communication skills.
As a Philanthropy Lead, you'll have a high level of influence and negotiation skills, with a strong understanding of the needs of all high-value audiences. You'll be able to work as part of a team, collaborating with peers, managers, and executives.
If you're an ambitious and strategic self-starter with a passion for making a difference, we want to hear from you. Please send your CV to Katharine at Charity People and we will arrange a call.
The role is interviewing on a rolling basis so please get in touch soon if you are interested.