Philanthropy Lead (0771)

Philanthropic income is a critical element of ClientEarth’s fundraising mix, especially its role in securing significant unrestricted income. Starting with a historically UK-centric philanthropy portfolio, our philanthropy team now works with supporters across Europe, US and Australia.

We are now looking to hire a new Lead role to drive forward our philanthropy programme across Europe. In this role, you will be responsible for setting strategic direction and promoting excellence management of your own portfolio of donors. You will be responsible for growing existing income streams, managing our Europe-based fundraisers and identifying new European philanthropic opportunities.

Meet your Manager

In this role, you will be managed by Emily Thomas. A fundraiser for over fifteen years, Emily has worked at charities including Brooke, National Trust and the Wildlife Trust. Prior to joining ClientEarth in 2018, Emily was part of the development team at London's Natural History Museum where she worked on the Hintze Hall transformation capital campaign and launch activity. As Associate Director, Philanthropy and Events at ClientEarth, Emily manages the global philanthropy and event teams and works alongside external stakeholders and a Development Board to secure income and connections for the organisation

Main Duties

• Management of personal fix, six figure+ portfolio
• Manage relationships with senior internal stakeholders
• Develop and implement the Europe philanthropy strategy
• Develop KPIs and financial targets for the philanthropy team
• Support new fundraising focused geographic markets
• Line management of the European philanthropy team with three direct reports and a wider team of eight
• External stakeholder management

See the job description (below) for a full list of duties for this role.

Role requirements

• Significant philanthropy management experience of being an active fundraiser and working with complex funders with demonstrable experience of securing five and six figure, and multi year gifts
• Experience in multiple elements of philanthropy fundraising including identifying and building supporter bases in new geographies 
• Excellent knowledge of donor and pipeline management and financial processes
• Experience in planning and leading strategic initiatives and ability to convene colleagues internally and ensure delivery of workstreams 
• Skilled and supportive line management style, strong leadership skills to motivate and guide staff
• Excellent strategic mindset, problem solving capabilities and ability to think holistically without losing attention to detail 

See the job description (below) for a full list of requirements for this role.

Note to candidates: We know that long lists of criteria can be daunting and that some candidates will not apply for a role unless they feel they are 100% qualified. If you feel you meet at least some of the essential criteria, we still encourage you to apply.

Further Information

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ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds. 

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