Head of Corporate Engagement

35 hours per week.

£43,697 per annum with annual progression to £48,552

Location: Flexible

In 1881, a young Sunday School teacher called Edward Rudolf reached into the City of London and called on business to join forces with the local community to create a new society for vulnerable disadvantaged children. The Children's Society. Over 100 years later, and more than 1 million children's lives positively changed, we continue to build powerful partnerships with companies, communities and young people themselves to create a better society for children.

Now we are looking for you to join us for the next great era of corporate engagement, as we embark on an exciting new plan to create new strategic partnerships with businesses that share our mission and passion to help more children than ever before.

You are an exceptional people person - someone with proven experience building impactful relationships with companies and key stakeholders to achieve change. In this role, you'd be responsible for leading on our portfolio of corporate partnerships, while working with other senior managers in the High Value team to ensure we always take a one-team joined-up approach, that focusses on relationships and impact for children (not siloed targets or a short term dash-for-cash).

If this sounds like the next challenge you have been looking for then we want to hear from you.

The closing date for applications is 23:59pm Wednesday 30th October.

Interviews will be held on Thursday 14 November.

We are working with a large and much loved children's charity on their exciting Head of Corporate Engagement vacancy.

The Head of Corporate Engagement will lead on the strategic development of the charity's corporate engagement activity. You will lead, inspire and manage a relationships team to develop highly personal and strategic relationships with a range of high value supporters and partners (with a particular focus on corporates) to maximise long-term impact and income.

Key duties include:
- Lead and inspire high value relationship managers to develop long-term strategic relationships with supporters and partners, ensuring high performance and continual learning is taking place
- Lead development of strategic approaches for corporate supporters and partners, building pipelines of prospective and committed support
- Be the lead contact point for expertise and best practice leadership in corporate engagement, actively promoting understanding of this approach throughout the High Value team and wider organisation
- Work directly with the CEO, senior management and high-level volunteers to identify, brief, ask, steward, cultivate and engage prospective and current corporates

We are looking for someone with significant experience of corporate fundraising, leading a team to achieve exceptional results in a comparably challenging, complex and pressurised environment, significant negotiating and influencing experience including a range of stakeholders across a complex organisation as well as experience of leading and managing a team where you have shown leadership in order to achieve excellent results.

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Talented corporate fundraiser needed to drive existing and new strategic partnerships and shape the corporate strategy.

We are delighted to work on this exceptional role within a leading international development charity, as they navigate through their exciting new strategy to double income, largely through corporate partnerships.

We are looking for a talented partnerships fundraiser to work creatively and proactively to drive existing (£450k) and new partnerships, focusing on creative, strategic and sustainable growth.

The role would suit someone ready to hit the ground running with some established, exciting partnerships, with a keen ability to identify and win new business, whilst working collaboratively with the Head of Fundraising to develop wider corporate strategy.

The charity offers great benefits, and there is scope to develop and grow within the team.

Person specification

• Three years of corporate fundraising / partnerships experience
• Creative and hard working, with excellent communication skills
• Confident working multiple projects at once, utilising cross-team relationships
• Experience working with international partners (desirable)

Flexible hours, potential for home working, personal development plans, 28 days holiday, season ticket loan.

                                       

To apply for this role, please click Apply with Charityjob to submit your CV to Liam Huse at QuarterFive Fundraising Recruitment. If your experience is a good fit, we will send you a job description and arrange a briefing call or meeting that will provide you with all the information required to formally apply. QuarterFive aims to proactively support your job search, so we may also consider your details for other job vacancies to enable us to find a position that is most suitable for you.

A unique charity positioned at the heart of original, cutting-edge medical research, we are currently looking to appoint an experienced Corporate Partnerships Manager.

Genesis Research Trust, founded by Professor Lord Robert Winston in 1978, is the largest collaboration of reproductive health researchers in the UK. We fund life-saving research into female infertility, miscarriage, late pregnancy loss, preterm labour and stillbirth as well as reproductive cancers (ovarian etc.). We have strong ties with the Faculty of Medicine and are based in the Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology (IRDB) at Imperial College’s, Hammersmith Hospital Campus.

Job Title: Corporate Partnerships Manager
Salary: £35,000 to £42,000
Location: Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital Campus
Hours: Full Time 5 days (4 days per week pro rata also possible)

This is a superb opportunity for an experienced corporate fundraiser to join our growing team of fundraisers.

• Our IRDB building is about to celebrate its 20th anniversary
• Scientifically, we are consistently on the cusp making major breakthroughs
• We have a strong track record of success
• We regularly welcome new supporters
• Trustees are accessible and highly involved in our projects and strongly support of our fundraising goals
• Our social media influence is expanding its reach

Fancy helping a women and babies medical charity?

We are seeking a pro-active, self-starter with experience creating and supporting national partnerships. It is your chance to make a difference where your voice, ideas and input matters to the team and to the agenda.  We need people like you.

You will become involved with a variety of corporate fundraising activities in prestigious London venues and world class research that has a real global impact on hospitals, doctors, research on maternal health baby loss. You will liaise with partners on the valuable impact of their donations to deliver high value partnerships. There is also a creative scope for new business development.

You will manage your own portfolio of partners who will also join us at key medical conferences. We have long standing medical education, fertility and public education conferences with a loyal following for over 25 years.

You’ll be joining a small, versatile development team where you will be developing new income pipelines to fund vital research to help prevent baby loss and save women’s lives.

You will cultivate and build relationships with UK and International companies.  This will include obtaining corporate sponsors for priority areas such as studentships and fellowships where we fund vital female fertility and related medical research. You will also work with our Challenge Events Leader and Conference Managers to secure sponsors.

Closing Date: Monday 11/11/2019

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply for this position, after reading the attached Job Description please click the apply button and attach your CV and covering letter, it will be sent automatically to us.

No agencies please.

This international medical charity has worked tirelessly for over 20 years to eradicate a disease that effects millions and kills hundreds of thousands each year. Currently recruiting for an interim Corporate Fundraising Lead until October 2020. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with previous corporate fundraising experience to join an organisation working across gender equality; health; human rights; and sexual and reproductive health.

Based in Brighton, the Corporate Fundraising Lead will hold the following responsibilities:

• Generate income from strategic corporate partners, as well as corporate trusts; build profitable, long term relationships with partners, implementing a corporate engagement strategy to attract new funders and strengthen mutually beneficial partnerships
• Deliver on income targets and specific plans
• Lead on relationship management across the organisation, in conjunction with the Head of Fundraising; develop and implement a strategy to deepen relationships with existing prospects and donors
• Lead on proposal writing and ensure all donor facing communications are compelling, tailored and strategic
• Develop, manage, and maintain relationships with corporate foundations and the corporate sector
• Network; as well as identify and identify opportunities to maximise income and influencing opportunities by connecting with organisations that offer real benefit to the organisation
• Internal, as well as external stakeholder management; championing the importance of donor focus and external engagement

The charity would love to see applications from individuals with the following skills and experience:

• Extensive knowledge of the fundraising environment, and fully conversant with trends in corporate fundraising, including strategic corporate partnerships
• Demonstrable experience of securing six figure gifts from corporate partners, mutually beneficial partnerships, and corporate foundations
• Experience of building an engagement strategy from scratch and of building a donor base through stewardship of corporate partners
• Experience of leading complex projects
• Substantial experience of writing donor focused proposals
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to convey complex issues clearly and coherently

If you'd like to be considered for this role please send your CV to or call on 020 7939 7448 to have an initial chat about the position.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), race, religion or belief, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Please note, due to the number of applications we receive we aren't always able to respond to unsuccessful candidates.

Job title Regional Corporate Partnerships Officer
Organisation Mind
Location Home-based covering the East Midlands and North London, possibility to be based at the retail partner's site in London 1-2 days a week
Remuneration - 28,750 (including the home based allowance)
Contract Full-Time, 18 month FTC

Harris Hill is delighted to be assisting the fantastic UK-based mental health charity, Mind, in the search for a new Regional Corporate Partnerships Officer.

Mind is a National charity that works across the country, offering information and advice to people with mental health problems. The organisation relies on support right from the grass roots level, of communitiews and parishes, all the way up to the government level. Mind has recently secured a seven figure national partnership with a large scale UK food retailer, for 2019-21. Reporting to the Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager, this role will be responsible for the delivery of the fundraising stream of this partnership in your region, while also managing a small portfolio of your own partnerships. Mind's Fundraising department consists of four teams, generating a combined net income of 32 million per annum. As the postholder, you will be a part of the partnerships fundraising team, which generates income from major donors, charitable trusts and foundations. Together the team raises over 12 million per annum gross income for Mind's work.

Mind are looking for an experienced Partnerships Officer to join their expanding Fundraising Partnerships Team. The crux of the role, as a skilled relationship manager, is for you to provide first-rate account management and stewardship and develop creative fundraising and engagement plans to excite, inspire and maximise income and other opportunities for Mind. Furthermore, you will be instrumental in the implementation of agreed fundraising and engagement plans.
This role requires certain levels of experience and skills that needs to be proven or demonstrated. A track record of providing high level of customer care including building and maintaining relationships with partners to secure repeat support. Experience of working on a complex account or project with several internal and external stakeholders. Proven ability to manage budgets including forecasting, monitoring, maintaining agreed cost/income ratios and regular reporting of outcome against KPIs. Demonstrable excellent written communication skills and project management skills. A proficiency in using Microsoft Office.
If you would like to receive a full job specification for this role or have a confidential conversation, please send your cv to [email protected] or call ruaidhri at Harris Hill on 0207 820 7312.

This is a rolling recruitment so early applications are encouraged.

Only suitable candidates will be contacted.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Are you an Audit Senior/ Assistant Manager, Audit Manager in need of a new and rewarding career with a little exotic travel supporting truly worthwhile causes, perhaps even the chance to use your 2nd language skills? 

Our partner, specialists in International Grant Assurance are seeking outgoing auditors for a critical role; navigating a diverse group of grant recipients & donors, such as the United Nations & the World Bank stakeholders worldwide (Malawi, Peru, Vietnam, Belgium, Oxford, Sierra Leone, Brazil, Fiji, Cameroon). You'll be London-based travelling 40-50% per annum on assignments 1 to 2 weeks in length. 

These unique and extremely rewarding opportunities would suit experienced audit professionals that are outgoing, love diverse travel experiences, meeting and supporting a broad range of inspiring people and supporting very worthwhile causes. 

Overseas assignments could mean travel to one of over 100 countries/ territories. It presents a fantastic opportunity to see the parts of the world you’d never otherwise get to see, work with lovely people and pick up extremely relevant institutional donor and fieldwork experience; vital for anyone seeking a career in the international development NGO sector. 

Role overview

Complete expenditure &/or VFM audits of a extremely diverse range of projects funded by international donor institutions ranging from emergency aid, to long term development in areas such as agriculture, health or infrastructure, to more commercial projects such as SME development or technical research. 

The role will use all your communication, problem-solving and analytical skills and will give you experience in working with major institutions all over the world. An example assignment might see you leading an audit opening meeting with a UN country office on the Monday morning, before heading off to spend a few days with a local NGO or government partners to audit the way they have spent UN funds. You will look at a sample of supporting documents to make sure the expenditure is genuine and for the purposes intended by UN, and review the internal controls of the NGO, making recommendations as to how these might be improved to strengthen the management of the UN resources. At the airport, you could even start drafting the formal report as you wait for your flight back to London. 

Requirements

• Qualified ACA / ACCA or equivalent(Finalists considered)
• Diplomacy and cultural sensitivity while working with a hugely diverse range of clients and beneficiaries
• A real interest in international development and associated funding structures
• 'Ideally' fluency in a second language is preferable, especially in French, Spanish, German, Portuguese or Mandarin and Arabic. 
• Excellent communication, report writing and presentation skills
• Team worker
• Resilience and adaptability
• Internationally recognised audit qualification preferable.

​ Personal attributes:

• At least two-three years of audit experience - ideally exposure to grant audit work.
• Ability to work under pressure; Strong planning, organisational and time management skills
• Sound technical and analytical skills, report writing and presentation skills
• Passionate about international travel and development and willing to work in international locations for 50% plus of the time

Candidates for permanent London based roles must have the right to work in the UK. 

About Us

AfID are leading specialists in supporting NGOs operating globally with their financial management capacity & recruitment needs, on both a 'pro-bono' & ,commercial' basis. For more opportunities in the international development sector (International & UK) or to find out more about how we can assist your non-profit organisation please visit the AfID website.

Developing a Career in International Development

We know it can be frustrating trying to develop a career in this much sought after sector, especially when organisations require prior experience; be it institutional donor management, fieldwork or capacity building of overseas recipients. Please don't let this put you off, we would strongly recommend considering a volunteer assignment as a way to gain this highly relevant experience. It’s no coincidence that 22% of AfID volunteers now work full-time in the charity sector, as even a short 2-3 week assignment will catch the eye and reassure these employers of your commitment and ability to navigate the diverse stakeholder contexts.  It’s worth noting all AfID's assignments are individually tailored to the volunteers own preferences, skills and availability. For FAQs please visit the afid website
 
Attending one of the AfID Workshops also offers invaluable insights, explaining sector jargon and demonstrating the ways accountants can navigate complex environments, in a fun and informative way. It also presents a great networking opportunity with 25 other like-minded accountants AfID’s founder and ex-Oxfam FD in attendance. 

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time- 35 hours a week

Location: London (will also consider Birmingham or Manchester)

Our Corporate Partnerships Executive focuses on maximising the impact current partners, seeks new opportunities and develops innovative ways to engage partners and grow relationships.

You will have experience of relationship building and partnership management in fundraising and/or sales. They will be able to communicate effectively with stakeholders across various departments and levels of seniority. Managing a portfolio of abroad range of partnerships and supporting on our larger scale partnerships, we're looking for a candidate who demonstrates initiative and operates with energy and enthusiasm.

You will take a proactive role within the partnerships team, ensuring mutually beneficial outcomes that create the biggest impact for young people.

To learn more about the role, please download the job description. 

About The Prince's Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince's Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince's Trust Behavioural Framework.

Prospectus is excited to be working exclusively with St George's Hospital Charity in their search for a Major Gifts and Corporate Fundraising Manager. The charity supports the work of one of the country's largest teaching hospitals through funding research and state of the art equipment, enhancing the physical environment of the hospital and supporting St George's staff through training and development.

This is a varied role that focuses on generating and stewarding corporate partnerships for the charity. You will also be heavily involved in cultivating high value major donor relationships for St George's Hospital Charity.

This is an exciting opportunity to work for an organisation where you will have direct exposure to the beneficiaries of the hospital's work, thus can get a real sense of the impact you are making with your fundraising.

You will need to have experience of working in a relationship focused fundraising environment, with particular regards to generating and engaging major donors and corporates.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application. In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. 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 will then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to speaking with you soon.

Job title Regional Corporate Partnerships Officer
Organisation Mind
Location Home-based covering the North West and Yorkshire area, possibility to be based at the retail partner's site in MAnchester, 1-2 days a week
Remuneration - 28,750 (including the home based allowance)
Contract Full-Time, 18 month FTC

Harris Hill is delighted to be assisting the fantastic UK-based mental health charity, Mind, in the search for a new Regional Corporate Partnerships Officer, in the North-West of England.

Mind is a National charity that works across the country, offering information and advice to people with mental health problems. The organisation relies on support right from the grassroots level all the way up to the government. Mind has recently secured a seven figure national partnership with a large scale UK food retailer, for 2019-21. Reporting to the Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager, this role will be responsible for the delivery of the fundraising stream of this partnership in your region, while also managing a small portfolio of your own partnerships. Mind's Fundraising department consists of four teams, generating a combined net income of 32 million per annum. As the postholder, you will be a part of the partnerships fundraising team, which generates income from major donors, charitable trusts and foundations. Together the team raises over 12 million per annum gross income for Mind's work.

Mind are looking for an experienced Partnerships Officer to join their expanding Fundraising Partnerships Team. The crux of the role, as a skilled relationship manager, is for you to provide first-rate account management and stewardship and develop creative fundraising and engagement plans to excite, inspire and maximise income and other opportunities for Mind. Furthermore, you will be instrumental in the implementation of agreed fundraising and engagement plans.
This role requires certain levels of experience and skills that needs to be proven or demonstrated. A track record of providing high level of customer care including building and maintaining relationships with partners to secure repeat support. Experience of working on a complex account or project with several internal and external stakeholders. Proven ability to manage budgets including forecasting, monitoring, maintaining agreed cost/income ratios and regular reporting of outcome against KPIs. Demonstrable excellent written communication skills and project management skills. A proficiency in using Microsoft Office.
If you would like to receive a full job specification for this role or have a confidential conversation, please send your cv to [email protected] or call Ruaidhri at Harris Hill on 0207 820 7312.

This is a rolling recruitment so early applications are encouraged.

Only suitable candidates will be contacted.

We look forward to hearing from you.

With public awareness of mental health higher than ever before, there’s never been a more exciting time to join the Corporate Partnerships Team at Mind. We’re growing and changing fast, but there’s still much to be done.

We’re looking for a Regional Corporate Partnerships Officer to join our successful and growing team. Mind has recently secured a high-profile seven-figure national partnership with a large-scale UK food retailer, for 2019-21.  You will support the delivery of this partnership in your region, whilst also managing a small portfolio of your own partnerships.  As a skilled relationship manager, you’ll provide first-rate account management and stewardship.  You will develop creative fundraising and engagement plans to excite, inspire and maximise income and other opportunities for Mind. 

This role is homebased, covering the South West, with the potential to be based at Mind’s Cardiff office 1-2 days a week. This is an 18-month fixed-term contract.

To apply, please follow the link below to our website.

Closing date: noon 4th November

Interviews: week commencing 11th or 18th November

Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Prospectus is excited to be working with an international development organisation to support their search for a new Fundraising Manager. The Fundraising Manager will lead on managing and developing corporate fundraising for the organisation. This is an exciting time to join the charity as they continue to create incredible impact across the globe.

The organisation is the UK's leading book donation and library development charity. The organisation currently works with 25 countries, bringing the gift of reading to millions of people who would otherwise have no access to books.

Reporting to the Head of Development and working closely with the wider Fundraising Team and Programmes Team, the Fundraising Manager will be the primary lead on corporate fundraising, which will involve managing some existing relationships but also growing the income stream with new partnerships. The role will involve producing creative pitches and proposals, as well as organising funder visits to the organisation's work and projects.

The successful candidate will be an effective corporate fundraiser and partnership builder with prospect research experience and additional experience of writing proposals, preparing and leading pitches and meeting income targets. The organisation is looking for driven and proactive candidates with excellent communication and face to face relationship building abilities.

The organisation has a flexible working policy.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application. In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. 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 speaking with you soon. Applications are being considered on a rolling basis.

Brilliant charity working towards better education for children worldwide – great cause, great role!

Leading UK charity that partners with over 100 organisations to reach the lives of millions of school children, improving the future of millions worldwide.

Sitting within a dynamic fundraising team, we’re looking for a great corporate fundraiser with 2+ years’ experience to take on responsibility for a corporate portfolio of £100k, whilst driving new partnerships and corporate income.

We’re looking for someone who is creative, proactive, and an excellent relationship builder.

This charity is very proud of the fundraising team in place, and is looking for someone who can hit the ground running and work towards its mission of bringing a better education to one and all.

They offer 25 days holiday and flexible working.

                   

To apply for this role, please click Apply with Charityjob to submit your CV to Liam Huse at QuarterFive Fundraising Recruitment. If your experience is a good fit, we will send you a job description and arrange a briefing call or meeting that will provide you with all the information required to formally apply. QuarterFive aims to proactively support your job search, so we may also consider your details for other job vacancies to enable us to find a position that is most suitable for you.

About United for Global Mental Health

Our vision is a world where mental health is valued and treated in the same way as physical health, and that by 2030 everyone, everywhere, will have someone to turn to when their mental health needs support.  We are a small team of advocacy, communications and resource mobilisation specialists working with the global mental health community to make the case for mental health to policy makers. We work closely with colleagues and partners around the world – and we exist to promote and support their work.  We are a new and fast-growing organisation, launched in 2018. In 2019 we partnered with campaigners from around the world, currently in 15 countries, to develop and launch a country led and globally united campaign for mental health, Speak Your Mind.

About You

You are an exceptional fundraiser with the highest quality donor research, adept at maintaining and building solid working relationships with extensive experience in high value relationship fundraising.  Your grasp of high value fundraising landscapes will be first class: you’ll have a deep understanding of what high value funders are seeking from charitable programmes. Ideally you have experience raising funds internationally. You have an entrepreneurial spirit with a passion for fundraising and the importance of this work within a small start-up team to build new high impact initiatives.  You are a true team player, eager to understand the work of the wider team and organisation’s ambitious and powerfully translate these for our funders.  You’ll be a good project manager with a natural ability to create processes that empower agile decision-making rather than slow things down. You have passion for international development and/or mental health, and experience in fundraising for campaigns and the ability to convert dense internal information into fundraising-friendly content is essential as is exceptional relationship management and copywriting skills.

The Role

The purpose of this role is to oversee the strategy and management of the organisation’s development function with a focus on major donors and charitable trusts, as well as some corporate and institutional funding.  We have a small number of high value partners that you will be responsible for.

As a Strategic Fundraising Manager, you’ll work closely with the CEO and Senior Management team, along with our partners and campaigners to understand the plans and ambitions of our work and the wider global mental health community. Your unique contribution will be to translate these ambitions into fundable propositions for United for Global Mental Health to secure and manage new income and partnerships for our work and campaigns.

Responsibilities:

• Strategy:
  • Finalise and manage the development function for the organisation, including meeting and delivering upon seven-figure income targets (6-7 figure gifts)
  • Ensure the fundraising strategy and practices of the organisation are developed and delivered in alignment with organisational objectives, goals and ways of working
• Research: Undertake regular research to identify and research potential funding opportunities from existing and new funding sources, and innovative approaches
• Fundraising:
  • Lead, with support from the CEO and team, in identifying and negotiating donor relationships, with a primary focus on major donors, trusts and foundations and some corporate and institutional funding
  • Manage and support external agency fundraising support to secure and steward donors
• Donor Management:
  • Develop donor stewardship and management system
  • Manage relationships with confirmed donors including major donors, trusts and institutional funding
• Events:
  • Manage fundraising events, with the support of the wider team as required, to fulfil development prospecting and stewardship
• Systems and Processes:
  • Oversee all fundraising activities and functions; initiating, coordinating, and implementing systems, policies, and procedures, ensuring maximum efficiency, including the establishment of a new relationship management system
• Reporting:
  • Developing and presenting regular operational and financial reports to the Board of Trustees, stakeholders, donors and partners. 
  • Ensure grants are effectively managed and reported on in a timely and accurate manner
• Other
  • Provide support to the CEO and Executive team on key relationships, as required
  • Play a proactive role as a member of the organisation’s Senior Management Team in setting and managing the organisational strategy
  • Share knowledge and skills of fundraising with mental health campaigners and partners involved in the Speak Your Mind campaign around the world as required

Experience:

• Wide experience of working in a fundraising environment, ideally within a small team with global impact
• Experience developing and implementing organisation wide fundraising strategies across a range of sources and geographies with significant demonstrated experience in major donors and trusts/foundations, and experience with corporate partnerships and institutional funders
• Demonstrated experience securing and managing seven figure gifts and grants
• Strong experience in managing both restricted and unrestricted gifts and grants
• Experience in raising funds for campaigning organisations
• Ideally experience working in fundraising for international development and/or international relations

Knowledge:

• Extensive knowledge of up to date fundraising best practice
• An understanding of role of campaigning at an international level including the role of advocacy organisations, national parliamentary processes and multi-lateral organisations
• Basic working knowledge of mental health and/or international development

Skills and Expertise:

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to convert dense internal information into fundraising-friendly content for high value audiences.
• Excellent presentation and persuasion skills, both spoken and written
• Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision
• Creative and pro-active
• Strong team working orientation, with the ability and social skills to work collaboratively with staff at all levels.
• Strong project management experience in terms of delivering multiple tasks to deadlines
• Political sensitivity and ability to apply good judgment in decision making
• Computer literacy including Word, Excel and PowerPoint (or equivalents)
• High level of initiative, efficiency and self-motivation
• Willingness to undertake administrative and tasks as required
• Willing and able to work out of hours to support fundraising events as and when required.

No agencies or consultants requested.