About the role

  • Head of Fundraising and Communications leading data-driven, project-managed fundraising and communications for charity. A key position on the Senior Leadership Team shaping sustainable income growth.

Responsibilities

  • Provide strategic leadership and direction for all fundraising activity, ensuring a systematic and dependable approach to income generation.
  • Develop and deliver a long-term fundraising strategy that supports sustainable growth and diversification across grants & trusts, corporate donors, major donors, individual giving and community fundraising.
  • Build and manage relationships with key funders and donors, working with the CEO and Fundraising Manager to cultivate and steward major partnerships.
  • Maintain oversight and final sign-off of major and high-value funding applications to grants & trusts, corporate donors and major donors, ensuring they are well-structured, hold a compelling narrative, and are of the highest quality.
  • Implement systems, processes, and KPIs to monitor performance, track pipelines, and drive continuous improvement.
  • Provide strategic fundraising insight and reporting to the Senior Leadership Team and Board.
  • Play a full and active role as a member of the Senior Leadership Team, contributing to organisational strategy, decision-making, and culture.
  • Introduce and refine systems, processes, and workflows to improve efficiency and collaboration across departments.
  • Support strategic planning and financial forecasting, particularly in relation to income generation and communications activity.
  • Develop and implement an external communications strategy, providing strategic leadership communications and campaigns and ensuring alignment with the charity’s mission and priorities.
  • Shape and oversee the charity’s external narrative, ensuring our storytelling is compelling, consistent, and rooted in impact.
  • Oversee the charity’s external communications and brand, ensuring all public-facing content is high quality, consistent and strengthens the charity’s reputation.
  • Lead the charity’s digital communications, including the website, social media, online campaigns and paid advertising; to grow awareness, engagement and support.
  • Lead the creation of high-quality marketing materials and publications to support fundraising, advocacy, and service delivery.
  • Use data and insight to evaluate effectiveness and inform future strategy.
  • Responsible for the Fundraising and Communications budget and any related contracted services budgets, and any relevant restricted funds.

Requirements

  • Significant experience in a senior fundraising role, with a demonstrable track record of developing and delivering successful multi-stream income generation strategies.
  • Experience overseeing complex high-value fundraising applications and partnerships across a broad funder base, such as trusts and foundations, corporate sponsors, major donors and public-facing campaigns.
  • Leadership and team management experience, with the ability to motivate and develop others.
  • Experience managing budgets and working closely with finance colleagues on planning and forecasting.
  • Experience in leading or contributing to strategic communications, engagement or PR activity within a charity, campaigning or mission-led organisation.
  • Experience of working with a CEO, Senior Leadership Team and/or Board of Trustees to support organisational growth, strategic planning and decision-making.
  • Experience of developing or contributing to monitoring, evaluation and reporting frameworks to assess fundraising and communications performance and impact.

Benefits

  • Flexible working opportunities where possible
  • 27 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (rising to 30 days and 33 days after 5 and 10 years’ service, respectively)
  • Enhanced sick policy
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme with the Green Commute Initiative
  • Personal development opportunities

Job title

Head of Fundraising – Communications

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

£45,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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