Area Fundraising Lead

Salary: £38,000 - £40,000
Contract: Permanent
Location: Kent - Hybrid (2-3 days a week onsite)
Closing date: ASAP
Benefits: Generous annual leave, employer pension contribution, flexible/hybrid working

We have a great opportunity for an Area Fundraising Lead working for a highly respected children's charity that provides exceptional care and support to children with serious or life-limiting conditions and their families. Reporting to the Director of Fundraising, Marketing and Communications, this is an exciting opportunity to lead a regional fundraising team while driving income growth and supporter engagement across a diverse portfolio of fundraising activities.
As part of this exciting role, you will lead, motivate and develop a team of fundraising professionals, ensuring the successful delivery of income and engagement targets. Alongside managing team performance, budgets and fundraising strategy implementation, you will personally manage key relationships with businesses, schools, community groups and supporters. You will identify and secure new fundraising opportunities, represent the charity at events and networking opportunities, and work collaboratively across fundraising, marketing and service delivery teams to maximise supporter engagement and sustainable income growth.
To be successful as the Area Fundraising Lead you will need:

• Proven experience in community, regional or relationship fundraising, with a track record of delivering income growth and fundraising targets.
• Significant experience of leading, managing and developing teams, including delivering against KPIs and objectives.
• Strong stakeholder management, budgeting and performance analysis skills, with the ability to identify opportunities for growth and improvement.

If you would like to discuss this role with us please email your CV to or contact us and quote the reference 3114MA.
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If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.