Contract Fundraising Jobs

Are you passionate about creating a positive impact in the lives of patients and their families?

A Hospice is actively recruiting a talented Fundraising Manager to lead their dedicated fundraising team for several months, starting as soon as possible.

Job title: Fundraising Manager

Salary: £50,000 per annum
Location: Whittington, Lichfield
Contract: 6 months maternity contract
Hours: Full-time 37.5 hours, flexible for the right candidate with a hybrid working model
Benefits: 25 days plus bank holiday, life assurance, enhanced sick pay, group pension scheme (contribution up to 8%), wellbeing support, eye tests, flu vaccine, enhanced maternity, and paternity benefits, shared parental leave, employee discount, car scheme and free parking.
*Training and development opportunities available*

About the Hospice:

They are committed to providing care and support to those with a terminal illness and their loved ones, believing in the power of community to positively impact lives.

The opportunity:

As Fundraising Manager, you will have experience overseeing various income streams, including individual giving, regional fundraising, corporate partnerships, and in-memory fundraising. The key responsibilities include:

- Provide general oversight and line management support to our fundraising and lottery teams, comprising 26 dedicated individuals. You'll offer specific guidance and support to a core group of 7 team members.
- Demonstrate strong leadership skills to drive performance across various income streams, ensuring success in individual giving, regional fundraising, corporate partnerships, and in-memory fundraising.
- Offer operational support to the team, ensuring smooth day-to-day practices and leveraging your strong fundraising background to provide expert guidance.
- Foster a resilient team culture, actively developing team members to increase their confidence and effectiveness. Your proactive approach will be instrumental in helping the team navigate challenges.

About You:

We are seeking a seasoned professional with an excellent track record in a similar position. You will possess strong leadership and team-building skills, as well as bring a strategic approach to achieving development within the team and financial targets. Most importantly, you will act as an ambassador and advocate for the Hospice.

If this has sparked your interest, and you are ready to be part of a team that values kindness, teamwork, compassion, and community, then contact Zelda Leader and Priya Vencatasawmy at Charity People. Due to the sensitive nature of the role, we are accepting applications on a rolling basis, which means the role can close at any stage, so please do reach out if this impacts you in any way.

Closing Date: Rolling basis

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of 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 know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

The Talent Set are delighted to be working with a prestigious, high profile organisation based in London to find their Prospect Research Executive. This is a One Year maternity cover role starting in May.

The charity offers a flexible working environment, with hybrid working from their Chelsea or Sutton office 2 days per week.

As Prospect Research Executive, you will work closely with the Head of Philanthropy Research & Operations and the Prospect Research Manager to deliver the prospect research, pipeline management and information management function within Philanthropy and Partnerships. By doing so, you will be making a major contribution to growing the Charity's high value supporter base; and to maximizing its engagement with existing and potential supporters.

Key Responsibilities:

· Deliver high quality prospect research briefings on individuals, trusts and corporates for P&P, members of the Charity’s senior leadership as well as senior volunteers and board members.

· Ensure research output is timely, insightful, accurate and well presented; in compliance with relevant data protection laws and Charity’s Supporter Promise.

· Assist in prioritising senior volunteers’ approaches to prospects within their own networks.

· Assist in collecting and analysing data from the public domain in order to carry out due diligence research on prospective major donors, in line with the Charity’s Moral & Ethical Fundraising Policy and internal guidelines.

· Support the Prospect Research Manager with the management and analysis of prospect information through The Raiser’s Edge database according to P&P’s needs.

· Ensure database systems are maintained accurately by analysing and updating information on individuals, companies, trusts and foundations.

Person Specification:

· Excellent written communication skills and the ability to present complex information for a range of audiences in a variety of formats.

· Ability to work to the highest standards, to be analytical, methodical and thorough with meticulous attention to detail.

· Excellent knowledge of the principles of major gift fundraising to include identification, research, solicitation and stewardship.

· Experience of using and championing the intelligent use of Raiser’s Edge or a similar CRM system for data capture and reporting.

· An interest in cancer and health issues, with an understanding of NHS practices and procedures.

· A desire and aptitude to develop a career in prospect research.

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.

The postholder will be responsible for processing various types of income and will play a key role in documenting the Charity’s fundraising activities

Key responsibilities of the role: 

• Working to process fundraising and donor income for the Charity
• Carrying out data imports on Microsoft Dynamics
• Performing data amendments and data cleaning
• Exporting data to external agencies
• Batching donations and allocating them into various areas
• Creating reports using MS Access
• Performing new donor imports
• Carrying out manual amendments of supporter records on Access
• Batching online donation payments
• Writing/amending/running queries in MS Access to create monthly reports 
• Carrying out clawbacks

Ideal candidate profile: 

• Experience in a similar Data Officer position within a Charity
• Advanced Excel experience
• Working knowledge of Microsoft office applications including MS Teams, Outlook and Word
• Excellent written and communication skills

Agency reference number: J80250

Location: Central London (2 days per week in Office)  

Duration: 3 months rolling contract with high chance to extend

Daily Rate: £120 - £130 per day  

This vacancy will be actively shortlisted, so early applications are encouraged to avoid missing out. 

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates. 

We are thrilled to be looking for a Legacy Manager to join the Liberal Democrats on a 2-year FTC. As the next general election approaches, this is an exciting time to join the to join their Fundraising Team and play a vital role as they prepare for the election, which is likely to see a shift in the political landscape.

As a key part of the Major Donor Fundraising Team, you will develop the successful Legacy Programme through targeted marketing activities via digital & physical outreach. This role will have a focus on increasing the number of legacy donors via marketing & outreach, email campaigns, postal mailers, as well as the management of a free-will writing service. You will also lead engagement with legacy programme donors and the processing of legacy donations.
To be a successful Legacy Manager, you will need:  

• Experience in Legacy fundraising/marketing, or in Individual Giving
• Ability to approach legacy donors and prospects, engage them effectively and make direct ask in person, by phone or email 
• Interest in politics and sympathy with the cause of the Liberal Democrats 

Deadline: 15th May
Salary: £35,000-£37,000  
Contract: Full-time, 2 year FTC
Location: Westminster/Hybrid 

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Jake on 02030 062787 or email your interest along with your CV to [email protected]

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector. 

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here. 

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner. 

Prospectus is excited to be working with Hand in Hand International to help them recruit for a Philanthropy & Partnerships Manager to join their team. Since 2003, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, Hand in Hand International helped more than 4 million women launch small businesses that can stand the test of time. They work with women because of the unique barriers they face, and because when those barriers are broken, whole families and communities win.

This role is offered on a full-time maternity cover contract basis paying a salary between £45,000 to £54,000 per annum with flexible hybrid working arrangements at their London office.

Reporting directly to Head of Philanthropy and Partnerships, the primary objective of the post holder is to manage existing grants and accounts, as well as secure new funding for Hand in Hand International. The role’s key focus will be identifying, creating relationships with and securing donations from corporate and family Trusts and Foundations and/or major donors. The role is highly international, working with colleagues across Afghanistan, Kenya and Tanzania, and a prospect base spread across globe. The post holder may be required to travel.

They are looking for someone with demonstrable experience in raising six & seven figure gifts, grant management, and partnership development within the charity sector. They are looking for a candidate with demonstrable experience to engage senior-level donors through calls, meetings, and events to provide updates on project advancements and identify additional donation opportunities. The ideal candidate should understand international development, women's economic empowerment and/or regenerative agriculture.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process, then please contact Firas El Dib at Prospectus.

 If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you. 

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a 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. 
Prospectus is excited to be working with Hand in Hand International to help them recruit for a Philanthropy & Partnerships Manager to join their team. Since 2003, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, Hand in Hand International helped more than 4 million women launch small businesses that can stand the test of time. They work with women because of the unique barriers they face, and because when those barriers are broken, whole families and communities win.

This role is offered on a full-time maternity cover contract basis paying a salary between £45,000 to £54,000 per annum with flexible hybrid working arrangements at their London office.

Reporting directly to Head of Philanthropy and Partnerships, the primary objective of the post holder is to manage existing grants and accounts, as well as secure new funding for Hand in Hand International. The role’s key focus will be identifying, creating relationships with and securing donations from corporate and family Trusts and Foundations and/or major donors. The role is highly international, working with colleagues across Afghanistan, Kenya and Tanzania, and a prospect base spread across globe. The post holder may be required to travel.

They are looking for someone with demonstrable experience in raising six & seven figure gifts, grant management, and partnership development within the charity sector. They are looking for a candidate with demonstrable experience to engage senior-level donors through calls, meetings, and events to provide updates on project advancements and identify additional donation opportunities. The ideal candidate should understand international development, women's economic empowerment and/or regenerative agriculture.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process, then please contact Firas El Dib at Prospectus.

 If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you. 

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a 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. 

• Position: 6 month FTC (with potential for extension)
• Part time hours will be considered (min 3 days per week)
• Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 pro rata, depending on experience
• Location: Remote first with an office available in Central London
• Deadline for applications: URGENT - This role is interviewing on a rolling basis and will close when filled.

The Position:

Our outstanding charity client is recruiting an Interim Head of Fundraising (Election).  This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in leading and managing their fundraising initiatives, helping them to build strong foundations for the future, liaising high-profile donors, and maximising on the increased profile and visibility they will have during this election year.

You will be a key member of the management team and will work closely with teams across the organisation and their high-profile, experienced board to shape organisational ambition and exceptional fundraising practice.

You will also lead an ambitious multi-disciplinary team of fundraisers across all income areas.

Requirements:

• Significant experience of fundraising gained at a senior level, with a proven track record of securing and grant managing six-figure+, multi-year funding from charitable trusts, companies and/or individuals.
• Confident in managing key donor relationships.
• Comfortable directing and supporting senior staff to engage in fundraising.
• Good knowledge of and networks in the UK fundraising space, including working with major donors, charitable trusts and individual giving.
• Experience of working with donor CRM systems to support high quality relationship management, preferably Salesforce.
• Available to start immediately.

We are thrilled to be looking for an amazing Fundraising Manager to join the incredible team at Cosmic for a maternity cover contract. This wonderful charity supports the children’s and neonatal intensive care units at St Mary’s & Queen Charlotte’s Hospital – helping patients and their families, as well as enabling nurses and doctors to provide treatment and care.

As Fundraising Manager, you will be joining a small, friendly (and very busy) team and will be responsible for project managing an exciting portfolio of fundraising events, as well as overseeing key corporate partners to ensure income and engagement targets are met. This is an exciting time to take on this new & pivotal role within a small charity, working collaboratively and thinking strategically to ensure long-term objectives are met.

To be a Fundraising Manager, you will need:

• Experience in developing, implementing and managing project plans and achieving targets
• Experience in securing and maintaining corporate partnerships
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills and the ability to inspire supporters of all levels

Deadline: Rolling
Salary: £32,000 - £34,000
Working pattern: Full-time, Maternity cover (likely 12-months)
Location: Hybrid, London

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Jake on 02030 062787 or email [email protected]

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here. We proactively welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

Harris Hill has an excellent opportunity for a Fundraising and Events Administrator to join a conservation charity for 3 months on a full time, hybrid basis.

The main purpose of the role is to provide broad administrative support within the Fundraising Department, assist with the planning and execution of the annual events programme and provide supporter care for donors. You will also provide effective processing of donations, Fellows renewals and memberships, appeal administration, donor thanking and the updating of records

Whilst the role is predominantly remote, you will need to attend a handful of events and possibly travel to a few locations, however travel and accommodation can be made for you. 

If you would like to hear more about this exciting opportunity, please apply for further details. 

Use your communications, marketing and fundraising leadership to inspire support for some of the world’s most valuable habitats. 

The world is waking up to the power of nature-rich wetlands. In this incredible space where water and land meet, lies a solution to a climate in crisis and biodiversity being in freefall.

Not only do 40% of the world’s wildlife depend on wetlands, but our lives do too. This is why here, at WWT, we are on a mission to restore wetlands and unlock their power.

Central to our new “Wetlands are the Way 2030” strategy is an ambitious goal to raise the profile of wetlands by developing a bolder and fresher voice and inspire a movement of people to take action in a way that is right for them.

With world leading scientific expertise and more than 1m visitors to our sites we have the platform to do this.

We now seek an outstanding strategic communications and marketing leader who will bring energy, strong team ethic and disciplined focus to a talented team of 65 and help galvanise a public who are waking up to the wonder and value of nature.

If this vision inspires you and you want to make a difference to the planet through your communications and marketing expertise we would love to hear from you.

For more details including how to apply please see the job pack. Closing date 2nd May.

About us

We’re WWT, and we’re on a mission to restore the super-powered ecosystems we call wetlands. There’s never been a more important moment for our work, and we’ve got some phenomenal people on the case.

Whether they’re taking a new visitor under their wing, or conducting ground-breaking research further afield, our team are second to none. And there’s nothing we love more than watching them soar.

Whatever you do here, you’ll be helping to restore wetlands and unlock their power. So, the only question left is, what role will you play?

Are you passionate about driving significant growth in individual donor bases and income? I am currently working with a leading Health charity who are seeking an experienced Supporter Acquisition Manager to lead their efforts in expanding their reach and impact across various donor segments.

Job Title: Supporter Acquisition Manager
Salary: £40,000 to £45,000
Home-based position offering flexibility and hybrid/remote working options
Charity cause: Health Charity
Contract length: 12 months

As a Supporter Acquisition Manager, you will:

• Develop and deliver annual plans and budgets for recruiting new donors through diverse channels.
• Lead an effective direct marketing donor acquisition programme, ensuring maximum income within budget constraints.
• Shape and implement mass marketing plans for cash, regular giving, and lottery programmes.
• Drive growth through direct mail, telemarketing, digital, face-to-face, and other effective techniques.
• Work with the Head of Growth and Acquisition to strategise and capitalise on growth opportunities.
• Provide motivational leadership to the Supporter Acquisition Officer, driving both objective achievement and professional development.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to base decisions on the best available insight and analysis.
• Continuously evaluate product performance and use data-driven insights for decision-making and improvement.

Why You?

• Experienced marketing/fundraising professional with success in reaching income targets.
• Direct experience in high-volume, multi-channel reach and response campaigns.
• Strong understanding of acquisition techniques and strategies, with knowledge of relevant charity/marketing legislation.
• Innovative thinker with a keen eye for detail and ability to adapt plans for achieving targets.
• Skilled relationship builder, communicator, and influencer with motivational leadership capabilities.

If you feel you have the experience necessary to make a success of this role and would like to have a further chat then apply within.

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.

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. 

The Fundraising Database Manager will be responsible for the provision of data and user support for all fundraising activities on the Raiser’s Edge system by ensuring that the data on the database is useable, consistent and accurate.

You will have line reports, and will be responsible for managing the team to perform at a high level. You will also develop the team so that they will be a leading force in how the fundraising functionality will be managed in the Foundation’s future.

To be successful in the role, you will have experience in a similar role and be ready to champion the benefits of a fundraising system. You will have line management experience, be able to build rapport, and constantly look for ways to improve.

To apply, please either send an updated CV in response to this advert, or contact Chenda McManus 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 are looking for a Supporter Development Manager for a 12 month contract with an inspiring national social welfare charity, to be responsible for delivering exciting projects all designed to generate income or to steward supporters.

This is a hybrid role, with 2 days a week in the London office.

The Charity
A long standing national charity, dedicated to providing life long support from advice services to rehabilitation. They have a staff of c1,500 people securing over 150m last year.

You would be joining a highly respected organisation, known for its supportive and inclusive working culture, offering fantastic benefits including 28 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays), contributory pension scheme -employer contribution up to max of 10% and an employee assistance programme as well as much more!

The Role
Plan and manage campaigns end to end,to supporters and shoppers through channels including direct mail, email, telephone, SMS, social media and supporter stewardship events.

Implement supporter development strategies to include welcome communications, upgrade, reactivation and other stewardship-based initiatives to maximise retention.

Work with the Senior Product Managers to produce annual and campaign budgets.

Coach and mentor members of the team in communications expertise and management skills.

The Candidate
Significant experience of planning and managing complex direct marketing campaigns including direct mail and email.

Effective management of multiple key suppliers, ensuring service is to agreed standards

Significant evidence of effective income and expenditure budget management and of producing scenario models and
forecasts.

Experience of managing and leading large and complex projects.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful, but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do.

The Stroke Association believe that everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. Operating throughout the UK,  the charity provides support services to everyone affected by stroke, including families and carers. The charity raises awareness of stroke and campaign for better emergency, rehabilitation and support services. They also invest in stroke research to help reduce the incidence of stroke, to find the best treatment and long-term care and improve quality of life for stroke survivors.

We’re looking for an experienced and driven individual giving acquisition expert to join the Growth and Acquisition within Mass Engagement. You will be joining the Stroke Association at an exciting and important moment as they continue to develop, diversify and significantly build our individual donor bases and income.

As Supporter Acquisition Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Acquiring new supporters at scale in order to grow income across our cash, regular giving and lottery programmes
• Testing, validating and optimising propositions across a broad range of products and channels
• Playing a key role in the strategic evolution of the Acquisition programme as the charity continue to develop, diversify and significantly build our individual donor bases and associated income

Ideal skills and experience: 

• Multi-year budget development, planning and forecasting
• Line management experience or support of a peer
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Passionate about supporting the Stroke Association

Employee benefits include:

• 25 days leave per year (plus bank holidays)
• Pension scheme: employee 3%, employer 6%
• Cashback and discount scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme, including a 24-hour doctor phoneline service, around the clock support through their counselling line, and face-to-face counselling if required