Harris Hill is supporting the wonderful charity AfriKids, to find maternity cover for their current Philanthropy Manager post, starting ASAP for 9 months, possibly longer.
This role can be full time, or 4dpw, working hybrid based, mostly remote, with 1 day per month in the London office.
Reporting to the Head of Fundraising, and part of a small but ambitious fundraising team, you will lead our relationships with many of AfriKids existing and prospective major donors, as well as have oversight of our small individual giving and community & events programmes.
Your role will focus on building existing relationships, developing stewardship plans, identifying and researching prospects and forming proposals and appeals. You’ll also play a key role in supporting the development of the team’s fundraising strategy, using your experience and knowledge of the fundraising landscape to help us devise an ambitious but sustainable plan to expand and safeguard our work into the future.
With an eye for detail and the creativity to identify new opportunities, you will bring the energy and drive to deliver results for children.
In short, this role will require you to:
Manage relationships with prospects, donors, and volunteers
Secure donations from 4 to 5 figures from major donors
Prospect research
Prepare budgets and forecasts etc
Assist arrange and launch cultivation events
Experience:
A proven track record in successfully securing five and six figure donations from high-net worth individuals
In-depth experience of major donor fundraising and knowledge of best practice fundraising techniques
Experience in researching and developing prospecting pipelines
Experience in building excellent relationships with donors that result in long-term partnerships
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate passionately and persuasively while communicating complex information in a creative and accessible way
You may also have (you are not expected to have these, but if you do, we’d love to hear about it):
Experience in global development and in particular with an education/child rights focus
Experience of living/working in Ghana or other “Global Majority” settings
Experience working in individual giving and/or community and events fundraising
Working with programmes and country teams to prepare proposals and reports for donors
Experience of working with fundraising development boards, high-value giving circles and other fundraising products in the not-for-profit sector as part of a major donor fundraising/philanthropy strategy
Experience with Salesforce, Xero, Adobe InDesign
A full and detailed JD can be supplied, so if you would like to hear more, please apply for further details.
