Community Fundraising Manager - London&South (FTC Nov 2025)

Summary

As Community Fundraising Manager you will be responsible for overseeing the fundraising activities across the London and South region of the UK. You will manage your own patch covering London and the South East coast, and manage a team of 2 regionally based fundraisers to govern their respective patches.

We have a friendly and inclusive working environment here at Diabetes UK and are proud of our hybrid approach which allows great flexibility in the way that we work. This means that you can balance your working time between home and the office, subject to the needs of your role.

Interview(s) date: 1 st Stage Interview: w/c 2 nd December

2 nd Stage Interview: 12 th December

Package

What we can offer you:

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time)
• A Cash Healthcare Plan (giving you up to £1,600 towards a range of out of pocket health expenses like new glasses, dentist, chiropractor or osteopath appointments)
• Early finish Friday and flexible working as part of our approach to activity based working (not applicable to roles with fixed shift patterns)
• 2 Days TOIL in recognition of fixed shift patterns (pro-rata for part-time)
• Discounts on gym membership
• Employee assistance programme to give you support on any issues that come up in life
• Annual season ticket loan (on completion of your probation period and if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)
• Very active social scene including sport teams, gardening and other activities
• Generous pension provision, life assurance and income protection insurance
• Cycle to work scheme (eligible for scheme if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)

Some benefits aren't available until you've passed your probation period and are dependent on the length of contract.

Main Responsibilities

You will be responsible for overseeing the community fundraising activity across London and the South region of the UK, supporting the Senior Management Team to deliver the national Community Fundraising strategy.
You will manage your own patch in London and line manage 2 regionally based fundraisers covering the South West and South Central regions. You'll focus on creating amazing experiences for individuals, corporates and community organisations, building loyalty and lifetime value for the organisation.

Ideal Candidate

You will have experience in executing ambitious regional growth plans within Community Fundraising, with demonstrable examples of achieving income growth. You will have a passion for building excellent relationships with your supporters to increase loyalty and life-long relationships with the charity, alongside an ability to develop new supporters via a variety of income streams including regional corporates.
You will have demonstrable experience of using insight and data to make recommendations for income growth and to further support relationships with supporters.
It is desirable, but not essential, that you have experience in directly managing staff members. But you could be the ideal person for this role if you have transferable skills in developing others to create an environment of support and high performance, and a passion to develop in this area.