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Community & Events Fundraising Manager (Maternity Cover)
Salary:£37,000 - £40,000
Contract:12-month fixed-term contract (maternity cover)
Location:Hybrid working, London (3 days in the office, 2 days working from home)
Hours:37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Start Date:Mid to late September, no later than 1 October
Are you an experienced community and events fundraiser looking for an opportunity to lead high-profile fundraising campaigns that make a real difference?
We are seeking a talented fundraising professional to take ownership of an established Community & Events programme, delivering a portfolio of flagship challenge events and supporter-led fundraising activities that generate sustainable income and build long-term supporter engagement.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a mission-driven organisation and play a key role in delivering major fundraising campaigns, developing new opportunities and providing exceptional supporter experiences.
The Role
Working closely with colleagues across Fundraising, Marketing & Communications, Digital and external partners, you will lead the planning, delivery and evaluation of a varied events portfolio, ensuring fundraising targets are achieved while supporters receive outstanding stewardship throughout their journey.
Key responsibilities include:
About You
We're looking for someone who combines strong fundraising expertise with exceptional relationship-building skills.
You will bring:
Why Join?
This is an opportunity to join a successful fundraising team with a strong track record of growth and supporter engagement. You'll have the chance to lead well-established events, build meaningful relationships with supporters and contribute to an organisation making a genuine difference to people's lives.
The organisation offers a collaborative working environment, ambitious plans for the future and the opportunity to make an immediate impact within a respected and growing charity.
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.
This is a very exciting opportunity as this is a brand new role within Kids and they are looking for someone who is able to lead a multidisciplinary team.
Kids is a national charity that supports disabled children, young people and their families, helping them to thrive and reach their full potential. Through a wide range of services, advice and advocacy, Kids empowers children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to access opportunities, have their voices heard, and overcome barriers to inclusion.
Reporting to the Executive Director of Strategy, Partnerships and Advocacy, you will lead and develop a multidisciplinary team spanning communications, policy and influencing, and youth voice. You will be responsible for shaping and delivering an ambitious communications and external affairs strategy that raises the profile of Kids, strengthens stakeholder relationships, and supports the charity's mission to create a world where all kinds of kids have all kinds of opportunities.
This role offers a unique opportunity to combine strategic communications leadership with public affairs, media engagement, campaigning and programme oversight. You will work closely with senior leaders across the organisation, providing expert advice on communications, reputation management and external engagement.
Key responsibilities:
We're looking for an experienced communications leader who can combine strategic thinking with hands-on delivery and who is passionate about creating positive change for disabled children and young people.
The appointed candidate will have:
Closing date for applications:
1st September
TPP Recruitment is acting as the exclusive recruitment partner for Kids and will be managing all applications for this role.
TPP and Kids are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We particularly encourage applications from candidates with lived experience and those with protected characteristics that are currently underrepresented within our workforce.
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.