Head of Fundraising

Prospectus is excited to be partnering with our client to recruit a Head of Fundraising. The organisation is the leading national charity for kinship care. All of their work is informed by the experiences of families. From their on-the-ground programmes and peer support service to their co-produced campaigns, families are at the heart of everything they do. The organisation works relentlessly to raise awareness, influence policy and practice and scale their services, until every kinship family is able to access the support they need and deserve.

The Head of Fundraising will be a strategic thinker and hands-on fundraiser who can drive forward the organisation's fundraising strategy to generate income and expand the charity's work. Leading and supporting a small, ambitious fundraising team the post holder will have responsibility for all aspects of fundraising including developing new income streams and effective collaboration with colleagues to ensure successful project delivery and timely and accurate processes and reporting. Working closely with the senior leadership team you will help to advance the mission and growth of the organisation and achieve their strategic aim of ensuring that every family has the support they need.

To be successful in this role requires demonstrable experience of leading high performing teams to secure income from diverse income streams, including from trusts and foundations and statutory sources. You might come from a fundraising or business development background, with senior level experience of managing both. Direct experience of managing tenders and local authority commissioning would be ideal. Equally, experience of Major Donor or Corporate Partnerships fundraising would be an asset. You'll thrive in a fast-paced role and be excited about developing a new role and team in a growing charity.

This is ideally a full-time role; however, a minimum of 28 hours will be considered. It is a permanent position with a salary of £52,000 to £55,000 plus a London weighting of £3,226.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process, then please contact Jessica Stoddart at Prospectus.

If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.

To apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.