Director of Fundraising & Communications
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Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
Hybrid- Career category: Comms/ Digital/ Media, Fundraising/ Grant management
- Job type: Job
- Humanitarian or Development: Development
- Experience level: 5-10 years
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Hybrid
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Renumeration: $75,000-$80,000 / yearly
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Permanent
- Deadline: 21/10/2024
- Location: United Kingdom, London
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women exists to create a future where women everywhere enjoy equal economic opportunities so they can thrive. Together with partners around the world, we work with women in low and middle income countries so they can start, sustain and grow successful enterprises. We collaborate to create fairer business environments so women are not constrained by gendered barriers and can reach their potential on their terms.
Key responsibilities
Main obligations
• Lead on development and delivery of an income generation strategy and plans to enable significant uplift in the Foundation’s income and ROI.
• Bring creative new approaches to income generation and enable the fundraising teams to develop clear new multi-year business pipelines and secure recurring and new investments and partnerships.
• Personally cultivate and steward high-profile/high-value donors.
Fundraising and partnership development
• Develop and implement income generation strategies and plans, including advising on new internal processes, to maximise ROI, build a strong pipeline and deliver new funding opportunities.
• Lead and oversee planning, forecasting and pipeline development, to support in-year and long-term income generation.
• Oversee reporting against income targets and monitoring of fundraising expenditure to maximise ROI.
External engagement, profile building and reputation management
• Oversee the continued evolution of the Foundation’s identity, brand and reputation amongst key audiences.
• Oversee the effective delivery of a communications strategy for the Foundation, which underpins fundraising efforts and positioning the organisation as a thought-leader.
• Support the management of media relations with a clear approach to building the Foundation’s reputation amongst key media outlets - providing sign-off for media comments, contributing to media briefings for the CEO and Founder.
Awareness raising and thought leadership
• Develop the Foundation’s approach to awareness raising campaigning and thought-leadership.
• Monitor the external environment to ensure the Foundation’s research and thought-leadership work is timely and maximising opportunities for engagement.
• Oversee briefings and speeches for the CEO and Founder for high-level global engagements, such as at CGI, CSW or Concordia.
Team management and staff development
• Provide overall leadership and management to three existing teams within the Department, monitoring performance and providing regular support.
• Promote a culture of high performance and continuous improvement within the teams utilising development plans for all staff.
• Support and promote cross organisational working to meet strategic goals.
Other responsibilities
• Contribute to the organisation’s SLT with timely information regarding the operations of the Department and engagement/contribution to work across the Foundation’s strategy
Person specification
• Demonstrable experience leading fundraising directorates in a charity/NGO, designing and delivering strategies to increase income and ROI across multiple channels.
• Experience developing and executing fundraising strategies, to deliver longterm sustainable income growth.
• Experience supporting teams to deliver a diverse portfolio of income streams.
• Significant experience developing fundraising communities of high-net-worth individuals and personally stewarding very high-profile relationships.
• Experience of developing and delivering high-value fundraising events with high-net-worth individuals.
Key responsibilities
Main obligations
• Lead on development and delivery of an income generation strategy and plans to enable significant uplift in the Foundation’s income and ROI.
• Bring creative new approaches to income generation and enable the fundraising teams to develop clear new multi-year business pipelines and secure recurring and new investments and partnerships.
• Personally cultivate and steward high-profile/high-value donors.
Fundraising and partnership development
• Develop and implement income generation strategies and plans, including advising on new internal processes, to maximise ROI, build a strong pipeline and deliver new funding opportunities.
• Lead and oversee planning, forecasting and pipeline development, to support in-year and long-term income generation.
• Oversee reporting against income targets and monitoring of fundraising expenditure to maximise ROI.
External engagement, profile building and reputation management
• Oversee the continued evolution of the Foundation’s identity, brand and reputation amongst key audiences.
• Oversee the effective delivery of a communications strategy for the Foundation, which underpins fundraising efforts and positioning the organisation as a thought-leader.
• Support the management of media relations with a clear approach to building the Foundation’s reputation amongst key media outlets - providing sign-off for media comments, contributing to media briefings for the CEO and Founder.
Awareness raising and thought leadership
• Develop the Foundation’s approach to awareness raising campaigning and thought-leadership.
• Monitor the external environment to ensure the Foundation’s research and thought-leadership work is timely and maximising opportunities for engagement.
• Oversee briefings and speeches for the CEO and Founder for high-level global engagements, such as at CGI, CSW or Concordia.
Team management and staff development
• Provide overall leadership and management to three existing teams within the Department, monitoring performance and providing regular support.
• Promote a culture of high performance and continuous improvement within the teams utilising development plans for all staff.
• Support and promote cross organisational working to meet strategic goals.
Other responsibilities
• Contribute to the organisation’s SLT with timely information regarding the operations of the Department and engagement/contribution to work across the Foundation’s strategy
Person specification
• Demonstrable experience leading fundraising directorates in a charity/NGO, designing and delivering strategies to increase income and ROI across multiple channels.
• Experience developing and executing fundraising strategies, to deliver longterm sustainable income growth.
• Experience supporting teams to deliver a diverse portfolio of income streams.
• Significant experience developing fundraising communities of high-net-worth individuals and personally stewarding very high-profile relationships.
• Experience of developing and delivering high-value fundraising events with high-net-worth individuals.
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