Development Consultant Jobs in Dorking, England
Job Title
Senior Grants Lead (maternity cover)
Salary
£54,000 - £58,000 per annum depending on experience
Location
Remote first within the UK. We work primarily from home but also have an office available in Central London for quarterly in-person team days and quarterly Full Fact-wide in-person meetings. You can expect to travel to the office at least 8 times per year.
Reporting to
Head of Development, Caroline Gellatly
Employment Type
Fixed term contract maternity cover for 9 to 12 months.
We are happy to talk about flexible working. This is a full time position but we’re open to candidates who wish to work 4 days per week.
Application Closing Date
10am on Monday 03 March 2025
Introduction to the role
“Working at Full Fact is such a joy - the fundraising team are supportive, ambitious and positive.”
We are in danger of entering an era in which none of us believe anything we read, see or hear. Misinformation and disinformation have been identified by the World Economic Forum as the greatest global risk we face over the next two years. Bad information promotes hate, damages health, and hurts democracy.
Full Fact is an independent, impartial charity that fights for a world where we can trust the information that shapes our lives. Every day, we fact check harmful claims from politicians, the mainstream press, or on social media. We have created world-class AI tools to help us do this, which we license to fact checkers in 26 countries, including some of the most difficult places in the world for fact checking. We are a national and global player, using what we learn to push for policy change in Westminster and in Silicon Valley.
We are looking for a dynamic, cause-driven Trusts and Foundations fundraising leader to join us in the fight against bad information.
This role will lead our Trusts and Foundations programme, working from an existing £1m+ pipeline of major UK and international funders, as well as identifying and approaching potential new supporters. You will be creative and innovative in seeking out new opportunities, as we are looking to expand our fundraising into new areas of fact checking, such as climate misinformation and support for US fact-checkers. You will thrive on working with a range of colleagues and senior stakeholders to pull together information and develop compelling proposals for complex issues and projects.
Reporting into the Head of Development and line managing a Trusts Manager, you’ll be part of a successful and supportive team, with a commitment to recognising and developing people’s talent.
You will play a crucial role in holding our political leaders to account, countering the spread of dangerous misinformation online, and fuelling the development of AI tools for social good around the world.
If you are interested in applying but not sure you have all the skills, please do apply. We are open both to supporting learning on the job and to rearranging tasks within the team to suit the skillsets of the best applicant
Job Definition
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Lead on the Trusts and Foundations fundraising strategy and pipeline management.
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Identify and pursue new funding opportunities at the six- and seven-figure level.
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Provide excellent stewardship to existing funders, ensuring compliance with their grant requirements and producing impact reports and cases for renewal.
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Lead on the accurate and timely recording of funder data, approaches and team KPIs via the pipeline and Salesforce CSR.
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Provide leadership and management of the Trusts and Fundraising team, through direct line management of the Trusts Fundraising Manager, and supporting the Philanthropy Officer in managing her Trusts portfolio.
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Monitor and learn from best practice in Trusts and Foundations fundraising across the sector, sharing knowledge with colleagues and board members.
Outcomes
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Drive £1m+ of income generation.
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Work across Full Fact, particularly with the Editorial, AI and Operations teams, and with external partners to craft complex proposals and deliver successful six- and seven-figure grant applications.
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Working with the Head of Development, produce regular financial reports and projections for the Trusts and Foundations income stream.
What we are looking for from you
Political impartiality and sensitivity:
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You act with integrity and you’re happy to commit to Full Fact’s ethos and the seven principles of public life.
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You are committed to the political neutrality of our work and have a good understanding of impartiality (please see the rules on our website).
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Strong understanding of public debate in the UK and sensitivity to the political context we work in.
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You understand that part of Full Fact’s work is being a watchdog, that it can attract hostile attention, and how to manage these risks and support your team while standing firm for our principles.
Job skills/competencies
Fundraising skills:
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Extensive experience in high-value trusts and foundations fundraising, with a proven track record of moving funders through every stage of the fundraising process to secure six- and seven-figure grants.
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Experience in writing successful multi-year grant applications, and managing funder relationships over time.
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Experience in managing complex proposals, working with multiple internal and external stakeholders to determine the scope of a proposed project for funding, and with funders/partners outside of the UK.
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Experience of setting budgets and reporting on financial progress.
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Knowledge of the Trusts and Foundations landscape and key grant-making bodies, both in the UK and internationally.
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Experience of working with CRM systems to support high quality relationship management, preferably Salesforce.
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Awareness of the Code of Fundraising Standards, data protection regulation and other regulatory requirements.
Management skills:
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Commitment to recognising and developing people’s talent.
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Understanding of the value of open, inclusive, and diverse teams and a proven commitment to building a team where people feel empowered and valued.
Personal skills/competencies
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Able to communicate persuasively in person and in writing.
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Able to build internal and external relationships with integrity and empathy.
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Able to analyse and process large amounts of complex information, and identify the most relevant aspects to funders.
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An organised and proactive approach to work.
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Committed to seeking and giving constructive feedback that strengthens the whole team.
What we offer
Starting salary of £54,000 - £58,000 per annum depending on experience.
Workplace Pension
Generous holidays:
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25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
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In addition, we close the office for a period between Christmas and New Year.
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Day off for moving home.
Comfortable, centrally located London office with good transport links.
Employee Assistance Programme.
How to apply
Upload your CV and cover letter to our recruitment portal by 10am on Monday 3rd March 2025.
Our recruitment platform will remove identifying details such as email addresses to allow us to sift applications anonymously
Before applying, please read the requirements we place on staff to protect Full Fact’s independence and non-partisanship.
How the application process will work
We want to see you at your best to understand your strengths and the contribution you could make at Full Fact with strong support, including for your learning and development. We also want to make sure that we use your time well during this process and don’t ask for more from you than we need to. We will make any reasonable adjustments we need to make to this process to help ensure you can perform at your best. For more information about this before applying, please contact us.
The interview panel will be the Head of Development, the Fundraising Consultant, and a non-fundraising colleague. The process starts off with an anonymised covering letter and CV. This will be read by at least two people to produce a shortlist for interview.
The first round interviews will be a phone (not video) interview, lasting no more than half an hour, at a time that’s convenient for you. We will record it so at least two people can review each interview to decide who we invite back for the second round. The recordings will be deleted at the end of the process.
The second round will include a structured interview and a timed task which assumes no prior knowledge. The task can be completed prior to the interview, at a time that most suits you.
The interview will be with the full panel by video and last no more than an hour. We’ll tell you everything you need to know to prepare, including anything we’d recommend reading in advance.
Registered Charity 
21 - 50
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Do you really dislike litter? Do you want to be part of changing our littered country for the better? CleanupUK’s vision is of a world where everyone benefits from living in a litter-free environment. We support communities in areas of disadvantage to come together and form locally-led litter-picking groups to tackle the litter problem in their neighbourhood and to strengthen their community.
CleanupUK provides a spark in local communities that need some help and encouragement to tackle the challenge of litter where they are. We set up Cleanup Hubs in the most littered areas and support community litter-picking groups to start, grow, or sustain their activities by providing equipment, information and advice. We are a growing, ambitious team who are all passionate about helping the communities we work with. We love what we do!
This new role will be a key member of our income generation team, enabling us to spread our work all over England. You will be helping us to improve people’s lives and give communities a real boost!
Practical details
Position - Trust and Foundation Fundraising Lead
Responsible to - Chief Executive
Location - Home based with occasional travel as the role requires
Hours - 37½ hours per week (full time) – full time or part time role available
Salary - £42,000–£45,000 per annum full time
Annual leave and benefits
- 27 days annual leave full time (bank holidays in addition)
- Pension scheme with 5% employee contribution and 3% employer contribution
Responsibilities
- You will be implementing the existing workplan for 2025, complemented with your own input into maximising CleanupUK’s revenue from trusts, foundations and The Lottery
- You will be managing the Local/Regional Trust and Foundation Fundraiser to help them maximise their revenue
- In conjunction with the Chief Executive, you will be nurturing the key funder relationships that CleanupUK already has
- You will be developing strong and close relationships with new key trust and foundation funders
- You will be working closely with our Corporate Partnerships and Operations teams
- You will be contributing to CleanupUK’s future strategy
Requirements
- A passion for dealing with litter and the damage that it causes to communities and also for the wider environment and its protection
- Solid, successful experience of trust, foundation, lottery, statutory and major donor fundraising
- Exceptional relationship-building skills with funders of all types
- Good understanding of an organisation’s strategy and strategic issues
- A strong communicator who can write well
Further Information
To be eligible to apply for this position, you should be able to answer “yes” to both of these questions :
- Do you have 5 years or more of fundraising experience?
- Do you have successful experience of raising money from trusts and foundations?
How to apply
Click the Quick Apply button below. You’ll be asked to submit a CV and answer a few short screening questions about your relevant skills and motivation. Please see attached full role description and supporting documents.
Applications for the role can only be made via the CharityJob website. The deadline for applications is Thursday 20th March 2025 at 5pm.
First-round interviews will take place in the week commencing March 31st; final interviews are due to take place in the week commencing April 22nd.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Who are we?
Orchards is a Christian charity with a vision to see women free from sexual exploitation and empowered for flourishing, independent lives. We build trusting relationships with each woman and enable her to access support for lasting recovery through our main areas:
- transitional safe housing
- specialist trauma counselling
- tailored life and work skills mentoring
- the offer of local church life for community, care, and exploring faith for herself if she chooses.
We are in an exciting time of growth as we continue to operate across three sites: South London, East London and East Sussex and prepare to open our fourth safe property. We have an opportunity for someone to join our team and manage our Communications and ‘Supporter-Care’ aspects of fundraising as we prepare to reach more women over the coming years.
We have a Genuine Occupational Requirement that our staff members hold a Christian faith (see below for further details). You should be comfortable bringing faith conversations and prayer into your work as appropriate, as well as participating in times of prayer with the wider Orchards team. We request that all staff commit to and uphold our ethos.
Orchards is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to female applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.
Growing our income generation
We are currently recruiting for two roles in our fundraising team. Our other role is a Grants and Trusts Manager and is focused on grants and trusts fundraising. Both of these roles are part time. We have written them separately as we believe that typically these are two different skill sets within the fundraising space.
However, if you believe that you have strength in both areas, we'd love to hear from you. We are very open to discussing combining the roles into one full time role. A combined role would involve hybrid working including travel to our London and Brighton sites and candidates would need to be comfortable in having a broad generalist role. Both skill sets would be tested at interview. If you would like to be considered for the combined role, please specify this in your cover letter.
More homeworking options are available for the Grants and Trusts role than for the Communications and Fundraising role.
Purpose of the role
Orchards are looking for a creative thinker who can help us tell our story and get others passionate about the work we do through relationship management. If you are an exceptional communicator, with an ability to build and nurture relationships with supporters and fundraising volunteers, are enthusiastic about church-led social action, passionate about tackling sexual exploitation, and have a willingness to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in, we would love to hear from you.
The ideal candidate would be a fundraising and communications all-rounder, with an understanding of how strong communications can support effective fundraising.
Our work is growing quickly, so it's an exciting time to join our small but brilliant team. You will be working with our Co-Directors very closely, sharing ideas, reviewing strategy and developing and delivering new ideas and initiatives.
The purpose of this new role is to:
- Increase our regular giving supporter base
- Grow our community fundraising by developing and coordinating a team of voluntary ‘Fundraising Ambassadors’
- Build effective partnerships through our external communications with churches and church networks, across the three hubs in London and East Sussex
Your cover letter should include:
- An overview of your relevant experience and skills
- Why you are interested in working for Orchards specifically
- Reference to your Christian faith and how you might live out the Orchards ethos in practice.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Are you passionate about community greenspaces and committed to inspiring others to feel the same?
The Orchard Project is looking for a Communications & Fundraising Officer with a proven track record of creating engaging digital content that really stands out from the crowd. You’ll also play a key role in helping to nurture our emerging individual giving programme.
This part-time role (3 days a week) requires an excellent communicator with a keen eye for detail who is used to co-ordinating effective, creative marketing campaigns.
Salary £29,642-£31,642 pro-rata new starter salary (plus London weighting of £4000 pro-rata if applicable) along with 5% employers pension, and additional training and wellbeing benefits.
Since 2009, we’ve brought over 640 orchards into the heart of urban communities, specifically in areas of high deprivation where there is limited access to nature. We also train local people in the skills needed to care for those orchards, ensuring they remain viable for generations to come.
Key activity responsibilities of this role
Communications & Marketing (estimated to be 60%)
- Create engaging content for social media, our website, and other channels, working with the Communications Manager
- Work with the team to help broaden the diversity of our audience and engage new supporters
- Write a bi-annual supporter newsletter via Mailchimp, and assist project managers to create regional newsletters
- Work as part of a team to plan marketing campaigns with the aim of either growing our supporter base or raising funds for our work
- Develop inspiring case studies about our work and beneficiaries for use on social media, web, press, funding reports and bids
- Support The Orchard Project’s in-person and online events
- Assist staff with promoting events and courses via social media, Eventbrite and our website
- Assist with content gathering at in-person events to support storytelling
- Develop and maintain an effective, organised photo library for use across the organisation
- Other communications tasks as requested by the Communications Manager
Fundraising support (estimated to be 40%)
- Working alongside the Head of Fundraising, develop and implement a plan for growing and retaining our individual giving donor network
- Co-ordinate and execute a digital fundraising plan for supporter engagement, working alongside the Communications Manager and Head of Fundraising
- Support the creation of donor communications, such as thankyou letters and impact reports that ensure our donors feel valued and engaged
- Gather and organise key information to support our fundraising bids
- Provide audience insight and analysis on donor engagement and fundraising campaigns
- Other fundraising tasks as requested by the Head of Fundraising
We want The Orchard Project’s staff team to be as diverse as the communities we support. We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age or disability.
More details about how to apply can be found on our website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.