QuarterFive: Charity Fundraising Recruitment Agency

Expert job support for fundraisers and charities

Health, Medical • 2-3 days in London • £50,000 -£55,000 • Permanent, full time (part time working and compressed hours considered)

Contact Janice: 07939 142426 janice@quarterfive.co.uk LinkedIn
About the charity/role
  • You’ll be joining at the outset a new 5-year strategy, playing a key role in the growth of both public fundraising and the organisation more broadly
  • Significant, multi-year investment in public fundraising is already in budget, and backed by reserves of £5 million
  • This role is at the heart of a fundraising department has recently been restructured, opening up new ways of working and presenting opportunities to invest in fundraising and increase income
Job description
  • Newly created role as Head of Public Fundraising for a growing cancer charity
  • Leads regular giving, cash giving, legacy, in memory, challenge events and community fundraising
  • Initially responsible for £1.6 million income, this role will be critical in their 5-year strategy to increase to £5 million
  • Growing regular giving and legacy income, with an investment of £250k every year to 2023
  • Managing and growing the public fundraising team
  • Develop and implement robust reporting, maximising the use of the Salesforce database
  • Develop support journeys across public fundraising and ensure best practices in supporter care
  • GDPR lead for fundraising
Person specification
  • Extensive direct marketing and regular giving experience is essential
  • Experience of other public fundraising incomes streams is desirable
  • Knowledge of how good data practice supports increased audience awareness and income
  • Experience of Salesforce is a benefit, but full training will be provided
  • Open and honest management style, with experience of managing a team across multiple income streams/supporter care
  • Someone who likes to test and learn and views mistakes as learning experiences
  • Ambitious, and keen to put a mark on to growing but realistic public fundraising programme
  • Demonstrable ability to operate flexibly and work with key peers in a small senior team is desirable

Closing date of the 25th February. Please get in touch in the first instance for an initial conversation. CV and supporting statement needed for submission documents

Apply for this position

    To apply for this role, please send a CV that, where possible, specifies your fundraising achievements. If your experience is a good fit, we will send you a job description and arrange a briefing call or meeting that will provide you with all the information required to formally apply. QuarterFive aims to proactively support your job search, so we may also consider your details for other job vacancies to enable us to find a position that is most suitable for you.

    QuarterFive and our clients know fundraising could better reflect the diverse backgrounds and experiences of the people the charity sector supports. We encourage individuals with relevant skills and experience to apply for roles regardless of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief. If you think you meet some of the criteria for a role and would like to discuss how your other experience might transfer, please ask us for a chat. We’re here to support you. Appointments will be made on merit alone and we will gladly make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.