DIVISIONAL FUNDRAISING SENIOR MANAGER

Salary: £49,500 to £54,500 per annum (inclusive of £4,500 car allowance) Car allowances are not viewed as a benefit or as any part of remuneration. Employees who receive a car allowance must provide a suitable car for business purposes, and is based on the criteria of a minimum business mileage of 5,000 per annum

Contract type: Permanent, Full-time, 35 hours/week. We are open to flexible working arrangement i.e., compressed hours

Location: Home-based/Field-based within Wales, Shires, South West of England, and Channel Islands. Candidates must live within 22 miles of the boundary due to business need.

Application Deadline: Thursday 18 August 23:55

Additional information: You must be willing to work some unsociable hours, travel and stay away from home as required but please note you will receive time off in lieu. Full clean driving licence required.

Application Method: In our commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, we are using anonymous CVs through our recruitment portal. Please therefore ensure that you have completed the 'Work History' section of the application form and that you have answered the application questions. You will be asked to upload a CV, but we will not be using this as part of the shortlisting process, and it will therefore not be reviewed. We would like you to submit a covering letter online in the text box provided. Please include your motivations for applying for the role and why you are the right person to take on this role and lead our fantastic team.

What will I be doing?

You will have the privilege of leading, motivating and inspiring our Supporter Led Fundraising Team of 19 employees, across Wales, Shires, South West of England, and Channel Islands. You will be responsible for ensuring we reach our ambitious business objectives by engaging supporters at all levels to achieve Cancer Research UK's (CRUK) mission of beating cancer soon.

Who are we looking for?

A leader with transferable skills - this role would suit individuals from either the charity, public or private sector. You will be a strategic thinker with a proven track record of achieving ambitious income, engagement, and business development targets. You will be an effective and empathetic people and performance manager, who understands the impact they have over their team's professional development. Most importantly, you will connect with and be inspired by our supporters and mission of bringing about a world where everybody can lead longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer.

You will make an impact everyday by...

• Being a member of the wider senior management team, providing strategic direction for the business in line with CRUK's corporate plan

• Leading and motivating a divisional team

• Devising and maintaining divisional strategy using local insights to maximise impact and work with the team to build long term pipelines

• Building an inclusive, empowering innovative and impactful culture in the divisional team

• Managing a divisional budget and operational delivery of cross-portfolio business objectives against agreed in-year and long-term targets

• Developing strong relationships with key supporters and partners to optimise opportunities and lifetime value

You'll bring to the role…

• Experience of managing and leading large teams, ideally field-based with the ability to develop, manage, empower, and motivate others to meet organisational requirements

• The ability to develop and implement strategy, policy, and operating plans.

• Experience of relationship management, working with high value customers or supporters

• The ability to set and monitor budgets, and achieving targets with effective cost management

• Strong self-awareness to play to your strengths and manage your development areas

• Excellent relationship, negotiating and influencing skills with internal and external stakeholders

What will I gain?

Without you we wouldn't be able to achieve our aim of seeing 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034. So, we want to reward you in as many ways as possible. Our benefits package includes discounts on anything from travel to technology, generous holiday allowance, gym membership and much more.

You'll also be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. And ultimately, you'll know that you'll be changing lives through your work.

If you're as ambitious as we are, join our collective force and enjoy an excellent career, as we save lives and add years.