A unique opportunity to take the leading role in driving the fundraising strategy at AllChild as we seek to fulfil our vision of hope, one in which every child or young person, no matter their social, emotional, or academic challenges, has a chance to flourish in their school and community. We have big ambitions for the next 10 years at AllChild. We are driven to do our part to help create long-term change by working with and within local communities and new regions and, ultimately, model a blueprint for national change. Our new development director will work in direct partnership with our chief executive to help us achieve this ambition. This is a unique opportunity to take the lead in our fundraising strategy and help drive our vision forward, which is to co-design and deliver opportunities that help every child and young person to flourish. The role The development director will be a member of the executive team, helping to formulate, develop, and deliver our social impact strategy and taking the lead in developing and delivering our income strategy as we grow from local to national in both scale and ambition. They will work closely with the executive team and the board of trustees and will report directly to the chief executive. The development director will be accountable for all income generation and for relationship management of funding partnerships across the organisation; personally managing major donor relationships in partnership with the chief executive. They will also be the senior leader overseeing all external communications and marketing activity. The role will provide leadership and line management across the fundraising and marketing and communications teams, to build an income pipeline and national influence on a growing and sustainable basis. They will be a leading ambassador for AllChild’s work and they will be ambitious to achieve the income targets that will help us accelerate the delivery of our vision that together, every child and young person can flourish. The candidate The successful candidate will be an experienced, major donor fundraiser with a strong track record of developing teams to grow income in new as well as existing locations. You have personal experience of leading campaigns and securing high-value donations from individuals, and the ability to build deep and lasting relationships. You will be an empathetic and skilled communicator, capable of leading a communications team for influence within, and outside of, an organisation. You will have an entrepreneurial approach and be able to flex to changing circumstances. Like your colleagues on the executive team, you will have a passion for our purpose, alignment with our values, and a commitment todriving forward the whole organisation in support of our 10-year ambition. This is a full-time, permanent role reporting to the chief executive, with a minimum of three days per week in the office or attending donor meetings, and a salary of £90,000. If you are interested to learn more, please review the full job description and, to apply, send a cover letter and CV to Claire Bennett, people and culture director at HR@AllChild.org. together, every child and young person can flourish. #J-18808-Ljbffr
