Senior Fundraising Campaigns Project Manager

Senior Fundraising Campaigns Project Manager

12 month fixed term contract to cover maternity

£52,837 - £58,081 pa

City of London E1 8QS and we are a hybrid working organisation

Please note this is a hybrid role based on the successful candidate working at least two days a week in our London office. Remote contracts would not be considered for this role.

Purpose of Role

As Senior Fundraising Campaigns Project Manager you will take a key role in the planning and delivery of Comic Relief’s fundraising campaigns, developing project management best practices, managing project managers, and ensure the overarching planning, management and coordination of projects. The majority of projects will be related to fundraising activity but on occasion could also include other projects for our funding team, partnerships team and production team. The role will work with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure planning processes, project governance and reporting is developed and embedded into all fundraising activity, primarily as it relates to Comic Relief’s fundraising campaigns. 

Key responsibilities:

·         Work with the Head of Campaign Strategy and Planning to track a portfolio of projects, taking on the project management responsibility for select projects, primarily Comic Relief’s fundraising campaigns (managing multiple projects at a time) 

·         Develop project management best practice, evolving methods as needs arise. Ensure practices are followed across the project management team 

·         Manage projects across a full project lifecycle, including project briefing, scoping, set up, governance, planning, task management, communication, coordination and tracking and reporting 

·         Lead key strategic projects, including for large fundraising campaigns 

·         Work with fundraising strategists to brief delivery team members and manage the delivery of fundraising activity that is executed by delivery team members spanning fundraising, PR, content production, finance, technology and data 

·         Develop and embed activity tracking plans and documentation for stakeholders to enable you to efficiently manage and integrate their activity into wider programme, keeping senior stakeholders informed and engaged 

·         Work with teams to ensure dependencies and risk are actively managed, acting as an arbiter and supporting the resolution of issues.  Identify and manage dependencies and risk of varying complexity across the full programme taking corrective action or highlighting issues for escalation as required 

·         Use tracking and reporting tools and briefings/huddles that ensure that the progress of all project activity is communicated, changing the nature of these as projects develop 

·         To work with key stakeholders across the organisation, particularly in the Project Management Office, to ensure consistency and alignment during the execution of the organisation’s projects 

·         Represent project management best practice and identify and facilitate learning opportunities that create efficient and smart ways of working 

·         Provide line management of a Fundraising Campaigns Project Manager, providing support, development and challenge, and ensuring cross-project learnings are shared and implemented effectively 

Person specification

Essential criteria

·         Significant project management experience, and the ability to manage a range of diverse projects for different parts of the organisation 

·         A deep understanding of project management methodologies and experience of working with different approaches to project management  

·         Experience of monitoring and evaluation of programme performance, including objective setting, developing toolkits, reporting and driving the learning process with stakeholders to achieve ongoing effectiveness 

·         A sound understanding of project budget development and analysis 

·         Ability to understand risks, issues and dependencies of a programme and synthesise this information to provide accurate and timely advice to drive decision making 

·         Effective relationship builder with strong stakeholder management and communication skills, and the ability to adapt to different styles and ways of working 

·         Effective communicator, with the ability to efficiently distil information, adapting it for different audiences as required

Desirable criteria 

·         A sound knowledge of fundraising activities 

·         Experience with digital content activity 

·         Accredited Project Management qualification preferrable but not essential   

Perks and benefits:

·         Flexible working hours

·         Work from home option

·         Life Insurance

·         Wellness programs

·         Employee Assistance Programme

·         Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

·         Paid emergency leave

·         Sabbatical Opportunities

·         Professional development

·         Mentoring/coaching

·         Paid volunteer days

·         Payroll giving

·         Salary sacrifice

·         Team social events

·         Extracurricular clubs

·         Cycle to work scheme

·         Free fruit

To apply please visit our website via the link and apply online.

Closing: 11:55pm, 5th Aug 2025 BST

Comic Relief reserves the right to close the role early if a large number of applications are received.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Comic Relief we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Why work at Comic Relief

There are lots of good reasons to join us at Comic Relief. You can read more about our employee benefits, such as our commitment to flexible and hybrid working. We ask staff to come to the office twice a week, normally on agreed team days, so that we can do all those things that are difficult to do online. Our office is based in Whitechapel, London,

There are lots of opportunities to develop your skills and experience at Comic Relief, including opportunities to become a Mental Health First Aider or to participate in our Employee Network Groups that focus on making Comic Relief a more inclusive place to work.

Disability Confident Employer

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we take positive action by providing first-round interviews to candidates who have a registered disability, provided they meet the minimum criteria for the role, as demonstrated on their CV and application questions.