Overview

Director of Fundraising & Partnerships, WEBRECRUIT

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What You’ll Do

• Lead a multi-year fundraising and partnerships strategy across trusts, foundations, major donors, corporates, legacies, individuals, community, and digital channels.
• Personally cultivate and manage high-value supporters and corporate partners.
• Drive innovation using the latest fundraising tools, technology, and analytics to embed a data-driven approach across the team.
• Lead, motivate, and develop a high-performing fundraising team.
• Provide strategic insight and reporting to the CEO, SMT, and Trustees.

What Our Client is Looking For

• Proven senior-level fundraising experience with multi-stream, high-value income growth.
• Ability to represent the charity as a trusted ambassador, building strong and lasting relationships with trustees, donors, corporate partners and other key stakeholders, while using networking skills to promote the charity’s work and open new opportunities.
• Experience maximizing the benefits of CRM systems, analytics, and emerging technologies to drive data-led fundraising decisions.
• Inspirational leader, collaborative team player, and strategic thinker.
• Experience working with Trustees to connect with new supporters and partners, inspiring involvement and championing the charity’s mission.
• Enthusiasm for the mission, with a commitment to working in line with the charity’s values.

Why Join Our Client

With a new strategy and a rebrand launching soon, this is a fantastic time to join our client. This is a high-profile leadership role with the opportunity to shape the future of fundraising at a mission-driven charity.

As an employer, our client is proud to offer:

• Flexible and hybrid working to support your work-life balance
• A supportive and friendly culture where wellbeing matters
• Opportunities for personal and professional development, including access to training programmes, support for professional memberships, and chances to represent the organisation at external events and conferences
• Regular supervision and Personal Development Plans that focus on your work goals, alongside opportunities to collaborate across teams
• The opportunity to play a leading role in a major project to modernise the CRM system within the next two years, ensuring fundraising and supporter care systems are fit for the future
• The chance to lead and inspire, while making a tangible difference to people’s lives every day

Apply

Please send your CV and a supporting statement (maximum two pages) outlining how you meet the role and person specification via the apply button.

Closing Date

17 October 2025 – applications will be reviewed, and interviews may be held, as they are received.

Details

• Seniority level: Director
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Other
• Industries: Advertising Services