Fundraising and Communications Committee Member

Who are we and what do we do?

We're the UK's leading ovarian cancer research charity, working on early detection, prevention and treatments so that no woman dies of ovarian cancer.

Ovarian Cancer Action is a community of changemakers with one purpose: to give ovarian cancer the focus it needs to increase 10-year survival rates. And we know research is the solution.

We live and breathe this lifesaving, world-leading research. We fund more ovarian cancer research than any other UK gynaecological cancer charity. It’s how we’ve driven some of the biggest breakthroughs of the last 19 years.

We're also the only charity at the heart of the global ovarian cancer research community and have been for four decades.

By connecting the world's leading scientists together, we’re creating a powerful hub of experience, expertise and insight. So, we confidently fund research that takes us a step closer to our goal: that by 2032 half of women will live more than 10 years after diagnosis.

The role:

The Fundraising and Communications Committee plays a crucial role in enabling and driving this mission forward by providing strategic oversight and tangible support to boost our income and elevate our profile. The Committee also ensures that Ovarian Cancer Action is governed to the highest standards.

As a committee member, you will leverage your expertise in high-value fundraising to help advise, guide and support the charity’s strategy, particularly in engaging High Net Worth Individuals and major income streams. You’ll work closely with the Chair of the Committee, Director of Fundraising, the high-value fundraising team, and other committee members, offering constructive challenge, expertise and insight to help inform and direct the charity’s fundraising and communications strategy, particularly in the area of major income streams.

We are looking for someone who…

·    Can act as a ‘critical friend’ to the Fundraising and Communications Committee.

·    Is able to provide oversight and specifically in the practice of major income fundraising.

·    Has a successful track record in giving strategic oversight and delivery of high value income streams.

·    May be working in an advisory or consultancy role currently.

·    Support the charity to build its wider network of high-net-worth individuals and grant giving organisations.

Experience required:

·      A successful track record as a senior fundraiser with high value income streams including High Net Worth Individuals and Trusts and Foundations, operating at a strategic as well as operational level

·      Experience in navigating and finding solutions to the challenges facing UK charities in maximising major income streams and donor cultivation

Knowledge and skills required:

Ideally you should have some, but not necessarily all, of the following: 

·      Knowledge of and experience, whether lived or acquired, in driving major income streams

·      Excellent networking, influencing and communication skills

·      A broad range of contacts related to income, across key opinion formers, and donors.

If you are inspired to support Ovarian Cancer Action’s mission and vision in this way, we’d love for you to apply by telling us why you think this position is for you and what has inspired you to apply. Naturally, we’d love to hear about your experience, your highlights, what you’ve learnt in your fundraising career and where you believe you can bring value to the Fundraising and Communications Committee. Please also incldue uour latest CV, highlighting relevant experience.