Deputy Director Of Fundraising

Director of Fundraising

·         Permanent

·         Salary £90,176.50 per annum

·         37.5 hours 5 days per week (Flexible working options considered including 4 days per week and 9 day fortnight).

·         Central London Office and Hybrid working

We offer a pension scheme with employer contribution up to 10%, in addition you’ll receive 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, 24-hour access to a comprehensive employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan scheme and other benefits.

About the role

Are you excited by the challenge of establishing an effective fundraising function from scratch? Have you got what it takes to help lead our organisation into a new phase of its development?

We’re looking for a talented fundraising professional to take responsibility for developing and establishing a fundraising strategy and function for the Centre for Ageing Better – a brand new and critical role in helping to increase and sustain our activities and impact, and ultimately help deliver of our vision of ensuring everyone can live a good later life.

The Director of Fundraising will shape our fundraising strategy, build the team to help deliver it and then oversee its implementation with a focus on philanthropy, corporates and trusts/foundations.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have outstanding leadership and people management skills, and be adept at building and managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders. You will bring a thorough and up-to-date understanding of the fundraising sector, trends and best practice; possess highly effective change management skills; and be an exceptional communicator.

You will have experience of leading fundraising functions covering at least two areas of Fundraising relevant to us (philanthropy, corporate partnerships, and/or trusts / foundations). You’ll also have a strong track record of successfully growing income, developing compelling fundraising propositions and working with experts by experience to shape and drive impactful work programmes. Further information is available in our recruitment pack, which can be downloaded below.

If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you…

About us

The Centre for Ageing Better is a charitable foundation funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and part of the government’s What Works Network.

Everyone has the right to a good life as they get older and our whole society benefits when people are able to age well. But far too many people face huge barriers, and as a result are living in bad housing, dealing with poverty and poor health and made to feel invisible in their communities and society.

The Centre for Ageing Better is pioneering ways to make ageing better a reality for everyone. Its key areas of work include challenging ageism and building a nationwide Age-friendly Movement, creating Age-friendly Employment and Age-friendly Homes.

We are striving to create an organisation that reflects our society and the communities we serve. A workplace where everyone feels empowered and where diversity of background and thought is celebrated. We know there is more work to be done and are committed to continuing to improve our practice around Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.

We very much welcome applications from minority groups and those underrepresented in our workforce. This especially includes people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBT+ people, and Disabled people.

We are a Positive Action employer, therefore in recruitment where two candidates are ‘as qualified as’ each other, we will favour a candidate from any group identified as currently underrepresented in our team based on protected characteristics as outlined in the Equality Act 2010.

The closing date for this role is 11:59pm on 7th February, with in-person interviews on 19th February and final interviews on 23rd February.