Director of Fundraising

Our client is a leading international charity committed to achieving social justice and women and girl’s rights. Part of a global federation and with a footprint across 71 countries, the organisation plays a key role in overall ambitions to achieve a world free from poverty and injustice. Our client understands deep-rooted problems facing women and girls and works alongside whole communities to find solutions. The organisation ensures women and girls are safe from harm, able to earn a living and claim their rights, prioritizing their rights and leadership during times of crisis. They now seek a Director of Fundraising, and Prospectus is leading the search.

The organisation takes a human rights-based approach to their work, ensuring that local people are the drivers of their own change and can claim the rights they are entitled to, regardless of where they are born. New, exciting forms of leadership are driving forward the work and fundraising at the organisation, so we are very interested in unique applications that include co-leadership, job-sharing ideas, and other setups.

The Director of Fundraising will be responsible for leading the Funding Department at the organisation, developing and delivering an effective income generation strategy to support the wider organisation's strategic plans. As part of the Executive Leadership Team, this role will be a strategic leader and champion our client’s commitment to decolonization, anti-racism, and social justice. This is an opportunity to implement innovative income generation practices and lead the team to embed these into the organisation. With support from others on ELT and the Board of Trustees, as well as six direct reports, this role will engage and motivate the whole organisation to achieve income generation success.

The successful candidate will be an experienced income generation professional who can demonstrate innovative fundraising strategy creation and implementation that achieves successful income growth. This person will need to have previously managed teams or departments and will be a strategic leader able to motivate their team, as well as work with other executive leaders. It is crucial this person is aligned with AAUK’s values and committed to anti-racism, gender equality, and social justice.

Closing date for completed applications is Friday 6^th September.

To apply for the role please upload your CV onto the Prospectus website. We will then arrange a conversation with you if your experience fits the requirement and share the application next steps.

Prospectus is committed to providing equality of opportunity and welcomes candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. For all job opportunities and progression, job applicants and employees will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. If you have any disability and would like assistance with completing an application, please contact Rhiannon Mehta 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.