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Are you passionate about driving ambitious fundraising strategies and leading high-performing teams?

We’re looking for a Senior Individual Giving Manager to join our Public Fundraising team at Mencap. You will lead the development and implementation of Mencap’s Individual Giving strategy, working closely with the Head of Public Fundraising to ensure work is integrated with wider team aims. You will also lead on the planning and delivery of a range of fundraising and stewardship campaigns, ensuring campaigns are delivered on time and to budget, producing strong results against objectives.

This is a full-time, permanent role (37.5 hours per week) based in London. While we offer flexibility in work location, attendance at the London office is expected twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience in developing and implementing successful individual giving strategies.
• Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to inspire and support others.
• Excellent budgeting and analytical capabilities. Deep understanding of the fundraising sector and audience engagement.
• Ability to craft emotive and compelling messages that drive action and build long-term supporter relationships.

What you’ll do

• Lead the development and delivery of Mencap’s Individual Giving strategy, ensuring alignment with wider Public Fundraising goals.
• Manage a talented team including two Senior Officers and a Senior Digital Marketing Specialist.
• Empower the team to succeed in recruiting, retaining, and developing supporters across various products and channels.
• Plan and execute fundraising and stewardship campaigns, ensuring timely delivery, budget adherence, and strong performance against objectives.
• Use data-driven insights and sector knowledge to continuously improve supporter engagement and campaign effectiveness.

If you're excited about the opportunity to make a difference and help shape the future of inclusive fundraising at Mencap, we’d love to hear from you. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible!

Applications for this role will close on Tuesday, 9th September. First-round interviews are scheduled to take place via Teams during the week commencing 15th September.

JOB ID: 34398

Benefits

Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated.

Our benefits package includes 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata), along with perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and more. For details, see the attached document outlining all benefits.

About Mencap

Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.

We support people with learning disabilities, their families, and carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer, and more inclusive society.

At Mencap, everyone works with people with learning disabilities, either providing support, advice, or as colleagues. Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.

• Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap inclusive.
• We grow and learn daily. Making mistakes is okay as long as we learn from them.
• Everyone should feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.

We have Belonging network groups open to all colleagues, including groups for Black and Asian people, LGBTQIA+, disabled individuals, women, parents and carers, and allies.

We encourage everyone to apply and offer various contract types and working patterns. We value personality and values over specific experience. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role.