Fundraising Manager

What it's like working at Skills Builder Partnership

Joining Skills Builder is not like working anywhere else. Our team consistently say they have never worked anywhere as collaborative, supportive or mission oriented. We combine the fun and dynamism of a start-up, the professional development opportunities of a corporate, the innovation of a digital native and the social impact focus of a charity.

We are serious about delivering social mobility through our vision that one day everyone builds the essential skills to succeed. That means we are ambitious and set high standards for ourselves. We are reflective, inclusive and supportive.

In practice this means that everyone makes time for others in the team, we get stuck in to solve problems together, we have regular employee surveys where leadership talk through every single suggestion and the whole team is involved in developing our strategy.

About the role

In this role, you will be securing and maintaining the relationships and funding that make our mission possible. You will work with funders to enable them generate income through partnership development and wider fundraising activities. You will play a key role in achieving system change, harnessing the collective impact of the partnership by identifying opportunities for us to scale our impact and reach.

You will be able to speak and write persuasively and be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. To deliver on this, you'll be highly organised, managing varied workflows to hit deadlines.

We have big ambitions and your scope to grow, learn and achieve matches that. If you want to benefit from working with an inspiring team, with huge potential for learning, growth and development, we want to hear from you.

Key responsibilities

(1) Developing new partnerships:

• Creating new partnerships with corporates, trusts and foundations, enabling us to work together to further essential skills development.
• Rapidly identifying partners' requirements opportunities where Skills Builder's work can deliver on them.
• Writing compelling proposals and applications to a high standard and at pace.
• Using systems and processes with precision to manage relationships across the team.

(2) Managing and growing relationships with existing partners:

• Updating partners on the impact of their work with us.
• Organising stewardship opportunities.
• Communicating effectively with partners and evolving their engagement with us.

(3) Supporting the Development team:

• Collaborating across the Development Team to ensure that we achieve our overall goals.
• Supporting the team's processes, data collection and reporting.

Benefits

Salary: £41,000 - £48,000

Start Date: Flexible, but ideally by January 2024

Working hours: Flexible (i.e. part or full-time)

Travel: We travel occasionally for in-person delivery. If based remotely, you also have a "flexi" day each year, so you can expense travel to meet with others in your team.

Team days: We get together in person in London 6 times a year for strategy, fun and food

Holidays: 25 days per year, plus bank holidays. This increases by one day each year up to 30 days and you can buy back up to 5 days to a total of 30.

Location: UK fully remote or London (hybrid working with 1+ days in the office per week)

Application Process

To apply, please visit our website via the button below.

On completion of the online application please also send your CV by email to

The application deadline is 09.00 on 25th November, with interviews on weeks commencing 2nd , 9th or 16th December.

Applicants are encouraged to explore our work at before applying.