Their work informs research, journalism, and policy at the global level, serving as a trusted source for those shaping initiatives in peacebuilding and crisis management.
As a newly created position, the Fundraising Manager will report to the Head of Grants & Development and oversee a Fundraising Coordinator and Senior Database Officer. The role will be instrumental in implementing the organisation’s strategic plan to expand reach and impact and increase income by $10M over 3 years.
As Fundraising Manager, your initial focus will be developing existing and new relationships with institutional funders, working closely with the Head of Grants & Development. Developing relationships with foundations will be another priority area, with potential to leverage existing relationships that have arisen from tech-level engagement with foundations. In the longer term, plans include pursuing corporate sponsorships and developing income from individual donors (HNWIs).
About the role
As Fundraising Manager, you will:
- Implement the fundraising strategy in collaboration with the Head of Grants & Development and the Executive team
- Identify, build, and manage relationships with current and prospective donors across public sector funders, foundations, international organisations, corporate sponsors and individual donors
- Support the development of new projects/proposals in partnership with the Global Programs team, consulting with the Chiefs and Department Heads to ensure proposals align with their capacities
- Collaborate with the public sector licensing team to grow reach to public sector clients (corporates)
- Line manage and support a Fundraising Coordinator and Senior Database Officer
About you
Ideal skills and experience:
- An entrepreneurial and resourceful fundraiser with experience of developing proposals and budgets and securing significant grants, ideally across institutional and foundation sources
- Working with individual donors (HNWIs) and/or corporate sponsors would be highly advantageous, but not essential
- Evidence of excellent relationship management skills, with both current and prospective donors
- Ability to handle the complexity of managing multiple fundraising efforts globally
- Line management experience
Employee benefits
Benefits include:
- 28 days annual leave including bank holidays, with a c.2-week office closure at the end of the year for the winter hiatus. Typically, this would be 2 weeks with varying start and end dates of the office closure. For example, this year the closure dates start on the evening of Friday 20th Dec with a return to work on Monday 6th January, providing 7 days when employees are offline in addition to bank holidays.
- Flexible hours – As a global organisation, there is not a requirement for employees to adhere to specific hours or timezones. Employees are encouraged to choose their own working hours, provided they overlap for a few hours with their team members, especially their supervisor and peers.
- A c.£110 monthly Communication Stipend to pay for internet services and cell phone services (added to salary payment, at a $150 equivalent in local currency)
- A one-off c.£380 Ergonomic Stipend ($500USD paid in local currency) for home office items
