Philanthropy Manager (Trusts and Corporate)
Animal • London/Hybrid • £40,000 – £45,000
Take ownership of the corporate and trust fundraising strategies as well as leading the day-to-day relationship management of partners.
Key SMT role, reporting directly to the CEO, with responsibility for income generation from high value partners & programme development.
YBI brings together organisations with aligned goals, supporting them to develop and scale the most effective solutions that tackle critical challenges faced by young entrepreneurs around the world. 70 million youth are unemployed worldwide, and 145 million young workers live in poverty. YBI works with their network members to help young people unlock their potential by delivering a range of practical entrepreneurship support services. Since 2014, YBI has supported over 263,000 young entrepreneurs to start or grow their businesses.
With 49 members in 47 countries, YBI brings together a network of diverse organisations, ranging from microfinance institutions to mentoring specialists and business incubators. Their members are locally rooted and locally led, equipped through YBI with the most effective solutions to empower youth and grow sustainable businesses.
As Director of Development and Programmes you will play a central role in the global network of YBI, collaborating to establish programmes that tackle the critical challenges facing young entrepreneurs globally and identifying funding opportunities that enable YBI to increase its reach and become a leading voice on youth entrepreneurship.
The role combines business development and programme management, allowing for end to end oversight of donor relationships and ensuring YBI delivers on its commitments. With two reporting Heads, with specialist skills in each of these areas, your core focus will be to lead this talented team (9 in total) to diversify and grow YBI’s portfolio of high value funders.
We are looking for an inspiring, creative leader – someone who understands the funding landscape and can identify opportunities with institutional funders, corporate partners/foundations and high value supporters. You will lead strategy development and implementation, remaining hands on as needed for the team to deliver $20m income over the next 3 years (current income c.$5-6m per annum) and in line with the organisational strategy that has an overarching aim of creating 1 million jobs through 250,000 youth-led businesses.
YBI already works with key partners such as Accenture, Standard Chartered, JP Morgan and Google.org – with a focus on 6-figure+, multi-year and multi-country relationships. Alongside corporate partners and foundations, there are ambitions to increase institutional funding, having previously received funding from DfID, with potential for EU opportunities via YBI’s new foundation in The Netherlands. As Director of Development and Programmes you will lead the team to identify new opportunities, diversify income, retain/uplift existing partners and increase unrestricted opportunities that allow YBI to scale its ambitions and support more young people (via network members) in their entrepreneurial journeys.
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Take ownership of the corporate and trust fundraising strategies as well as leading the day-to-day relationship management of partners.
Entry-level or early career opportunity to join a supportive team generating essential funds.
Fantastic step-up opportunity for an experienced trusts fundraiser to lead on fundraising and inherit a strong portfolio.