Fundraising Manager (Major Gifts)

Prospectus are excited to be working exclusively with their client to help them recruit for a new Fundraising manager (Major Gifts) to join their team. The organisation is one of the UK's biggest campaigning communities, involving over a million supporters who campaign to make the UK a better place. They are united by a shared vision to create a fairer and more respectful UK and a more sustainable world. The organisation is fiercely independent and primarily funded by small donations from hundreds of thousands of members of the public from all over the UK.

This role is offered on a permanent basis paying a salary between £46,771 to £48,858 per annum with flexible hybrid or remote working arrangements in the UK.

The post holder is the lead person responsible for developing the organisation's Major Gifts approach and strategy together with the CEO. They are responsible for crafting and operationalising the strategy to achieve strong income growth across high-net-worth individuals, foundations, grant giving institutions and their new higher level regular giving supporter group (Avalanche Network). Reporting to the Campaigns Director, the post holder will work to ensure the organisation is able to better sustain its work by leveraging the support of people able to give more, and institutions who provide progressive campaigning organisations with financial support to power a movement to change the country for the better.

They are looking for someone with demonstrable experience in working with communities, foundations, and high net worth individuals, and in leading projects that have generated income from fundraising. They are looking for a candidate with demonstrable experience and knowledge in creating plans and strategies for fundraising projects and working with senior management towards strategic income initiatives. The ideal candidate will have an understanding of the political landscape and an ability to apply political knowledge to develop effective fundraising approaches and tactics.

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.