Fundraising Manager

Job title Fundraising Manager
Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer
Salary: £40,000 per annum
Contract: Fixed term for a year, with a view to be made permanent.
Hours: Full-time, but we are open to 3-4 days a week for the right candidate.
Location: Hybrid working, with 2-3 days in the office, Shoreditch Exchange, Gorsuch Place, Shoreditch, London E2 8JF

About Agenda Alliance

We advocate and campaign for systems and services to respond appropriately to women and girls with unmet needs. We want public services to respond better to the distinct and multiple unmet needs of women and girls, including appropriately responding to gender, age, race and trauma. For the whole system to respond better, we stand in solidarity with the voluntary sector and advocate for them to be empowered.

In 2023, there was a renewed focus on the Alliance, which is set to be even more impactful and powerful than ever before. Together, we will be working hard to prevent further harm to women and girls, which includes any harm done by the voluntary sector, as well as the public sector. The Alliance is interested in systemic change, so that women and girls' needs can be met much earlier and more effectively.

Our values are our guiding principles for our work to deliver our mission. It is who we are and how we behave. We promise to be: Intersectional, Courageous, Credible, Clear, Collaborative.

About the Role

To design and implement Agenda Alliance’s fundraising approach that will generate income and develop diverse income streams. Manage funder relationships and lead our work with trusts and foundations and our philanthropy programme, as well as potential corporate partnerships and events.

Key responsibility areas

1. Income generation and diversification
2. Funder relationship management
3. Strategic and financial planning
4. Managing systems and reporting

About You

• Skilled at identifying new funding opportunities from trusts, individuals and corporates etc.
• A natural relationship manager, who can build relationships with internal and external stakeholders to secure funds, buy in, and gather key information.
• Excellent written communication skills - able to translate complicated policy into accessible content, to write compelling funding proposals, write engaging communications for newsletter as well as writing reports for the board.
• Excellent verbal communication skills, including presenting and engaging with internal and external stakeholders.
• Knowledge of the fundraising landscape in the UK.
• Database management skills, including data insight led fundraising, knowledge of GDPR and charity law as applied to fundraising.
• Strong events management and administration skills, time management and problem-solving skills.
• A collaborative, adaptable and detail-oriented approach.
• Effective working as part of a team and with managing the on-time delivery of tasks from various colleagues.
• Commitment to Agenda Alliance’s vision, and values.

We are looking for somebody who can bring with them:

• Experience of research and prospecting – ideally with the knowledge of which individuals, Trusts and corporates to approach and the best ways to engage them.
• A solid understanding of how to pitch, make a case for support and package-up our existing reports and content.
• Knowledge of which events to attend and opportunities to exploit, in order to build a supporter base, raise awareness and engage prospects.
• A collaborative approach to fundraising, with experience of working with team members to gather the information and assets needed to fundraise, as well as to bring the team and trustees on a journey with them.
• A positivity and warmth that will help to nurture and build key relationships.
• We are less interested in your qualifications, and more interested in your values, background and both lived and learned experience.
• We are actively trying to diversify our team, so if you are from the Black, Asian and minoritised communities, identify as LGBTQ+, have a disability, and/or bring lived experience relevant to the areas we work in, we would love to hear from you.

What we can offer

Benefits: Access to a defined contribution pension and 25 days annual leave per year (pro rata) + three working days between Christmas and New Year.

What is it like to work here?

• Wellbeing is a priority, with a flexible working and 'duvet days'
• Team brunches!
• Highly-supportive work environment, encouraging learning and respect of lives outside of work
• Working with dedicated, talented women on the team, on our Board and with our Alliance members
• Supportive and engaged board of Trustees
• We care deeply about the work and better outcomes for women and girls
• We work on the understanding that women and girls are the experts
• We know how to have fun too!

Closing date: 9am, 10th February 2025
First round interviews will be held between 4th and 6th March 2025;
If we need to have a final/second round interviews, they will be held on 12th March 2025.
Please keep those dates clear if you apply or let us know in your application if there are any dates you cannot do.

We will be holding Q&A sessions about the role in early February, please check our website and social media for details. We will also be providing the interview questions in advance to candidates invited to interview.

Interested? 

If you would like to apply for this position, please click the apply button and attach your CV and covering letter that answers these three questions (max. 2 A4 pages). It will be sent automatically to us.

1. Why does this role appeal to you, and what makes you feel it is a good fit for you?
2. Thinking about Agenda Alliance’s work and the funding landscape for the women and girls' sector, what experience do you have that would help you lead on our fundraising work?
3. Tell us about a fundraising programme you have led which you feel particularly proud of. What went well, what did you learn and how would you take what you learnt forward in future projects?

Please note: Agenda Alliance selects all candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications, experience and ability to do the role advertised.

We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability (physical or learning), gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We will provide reasonable support to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process.

Please contact us to identify any additional support that you may require to enable you to make an application. 

We can offer alternative ways to apply, such as a video application, rather than a cover letter, so please do email to let us know.

No agencies please.