We are looking for a part time Fundraising and Development Lead to join a small global charity and play a critical role in securing funding from Trusts and Foundations to support the delivery of innovative development initiatives.
The ideal candidate would bring senior-level fundraising experience from a similar role at an NGO, organisation, or charity with an established network of executive relationships in major foundations.
The charity
An ambitious, fast paced and passionate global development charity, with a start up culture, dedicated to make a lasting social impact. With staff based across the UK and Europe, this role can be home based within the UK.
The Role
You will work along side another part time Fundraising and Development Lead to focus on developing the Trusts and Foundations income.
This is a new business focussed role, where you will be required to build a high value pipeline of global trust and foundation donors and deliver compelling high value bids for support.
Applications & Fundraising Development
Lead the development of high-quality grant proposals, ensuring proposals are compelling, well-written, and tailored to meet the requirements and priorities of each donor.
Relationship Management
Oversee the complete grant lifecycle, from initial lead to application to reporting and closeout.
Build and maintain relationships with current and prospective donors, program officers, and other key stakeholders.
Events and Networking and Representation
Effectively convey the charity mission, vision, and programs to potential donors, organising fundraising events while overseeing teams of volunteers and pro bono partners.
The Candidate
Senior-level fundraising experience from a similar role at an NGO, organisation or charity.
Extensive existing network of senior executives with major global foundations and organisations.
Proven track record of securing for 6 - 7 figure gifts.
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.
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Transform Your Passion for Justice into Direct Action
Join All We Can as Engagement Officer for London and South East and put your passion for justice into action as you inspire other Christians to engage with All We Can. You will develop as a fundraiser, public speaker and creative thinker whilst building meaningful relationships with churches and justice-seeking communities. Your work will directly contribute to positive impact on communities facing structural inequalities around the world.
This is part-time role (21hrs/week) on 2-year fixed term contract.
What You'll Be Doing
- Design and deliver talks, sermons, acts of worship and workshops to churches and communities to inspire justice-seeking action
- Build and maintain strong relationships with church and community leaders based on partnership, love, collaboration and courage
- Develop and lead impactful speaking engagements, events, and fundraising initiatives within the region and beyond
- Use data insights to inform and target your engagement with churches, community groups, and events
- Deliver All We Can's plans for connecting with churches and supporters
What You'll Need
- Ability to deliver engaging sermons, talks, and workshops that inspire justice seeking action and clearly communicate All We Can's unique way of working
- Skills to build trust-based relationships across Methodist and other denominations reflecting our partnership approach
- Demonstrated skills in fundraising or other methods to raise money within church or community contexts
Your contract will be home-based and you'll need to travel across the region to fulfil the role's requirements.
Why Work With Us?
- We pioneer locally-led partnership-based international development model. We are bold, we are brave and we're not afraid to work differently. Your working days will be filled with purpose and meaning.
- Everyone's welcome! At All We Can, everyone's welcome irrespective of age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We're committed to building inclusive and caring culture. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit people who reflect diverse communities. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that everyone's treated fairly and consistently at every stage of your employment, and we are open to consider reasonable adjustments for disabled people.
- We'll help you grow and develop
The team you'll be joining values participation, inclusive decision-making and good relationships. We care for each other and create a sense of purpose-driven community.
For full list of accountabilities and requirements and the recruitment process, please see the application pack.
Application Requirements
Important note about completing your application – please read
When submitting the application, you will be asked to submit your CV and answer competency-based questions. There's no specified length for the answers and we ask you to use your judgment to balance between giving us as much information as needed and being succinct. Only applications that answer the questions will be considered. We'll not take into account answers which say: 'Please see the CV' or similar. The scoring is primary-based on the answers to the competency-based questions, so please ensure that you showcase your skills and experiences fully through those answers.
We look forward to receiving applications from people from variety of backgrounds and with different experiences. If you would like to find out more about the role and both organisations, we encourage you to get in touch.
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Ready to put your passion for justice into action and make a real difference? Apply now and join our mission to create just societies worldwide.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
Rooted in the Christian faith, All We Can is an international development and relief organisation, working to see every person’s potential fulfilled.
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