Fundraising Appeal Project Manager

Genuine innovation. Visionary solutions. Surprising results.

PROJECT MANAGER (FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGNS)

Salary: £37,000 - £43,000 per annum

Contract: 12-Month fixed-term contract

Hours: Full-time 35 hours per week (we are open to 4 days per week and Compressed Hours)

Location: Stratford, London Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)

Closing date: Wednesday 10 July 2024, 23:55

Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we're looking for someone talented, someone innovative and ambitious, someone like you.

This is a unique opportunity to project manage the delivery of Cancer Research UK's fundraising campaigns which raises approximately £50 million for our life saving research. You will be responsible for an innovative and sector leading portfolio of activities, working with teams across the organisation from Marketing and Technology to Legal and Supporter Services. You will have autonomy to change and improve existing ways of working, with the aim of supporting our mission of beating cancer sooner.

We are looking for someone who is highly experienced in project managing the delivery of products, public events, or campaigns and thrives in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.

What will I be doing?

• Leading multi-disciplinary teams (including social media, public relations, supporter services, legal, fulfilment and procurement) to deliver specific projects within the Fundraising Campaigns portfolio, managing requirements, plans, risks, and issues

• Planning and leading project meetings and workshops making sure minutes, agendas and pre-reads are produced as required

• Implementing operational and technical solutions to enable campaign delivery

• Constructively challenging teams to encourage continuous process innovation and improvement

• Building excellent working relationships with internal teams and external partners and suppliers.

What skills are we looking for?

• Experience of managing complex projects involving multiple partners / suppliers

• Formal experience of best practice project management principles (preferably in a Programme environment) & ideally a formal qualification in project or programme management

• Experience/knowledge of financial controls and budget management

• Strong facilitation skills, including the ability to effectively chair or manage a meeting to deliver the required outcome within the time allocated

• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written - a skilled stakeholder manager who can influence and negotiate effectively within a matrix environment and can explain / present complex information effectively

• Comfortable with ambiguity

• A keen understanding of technical issues and constraints but able to work and communicate with both technical and non-technical people

• Delivery focussed with personal accountability and willing to provide constructive feedback to colleagues & customers

• A challenging mindset - looking for ways in which existing processes and approaches can be improved and championed within the business.

What will I gain?

Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that's impressive.

In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.

Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.

We don't forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.

Our work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It's exciting to be part of our team.

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview.

Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.

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Please note that, Internally, this role is known as Programme Manager (Fundraising Campaigns).