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Join Teach First as a Director of Fundraising and play a pivotal role in shaping a fair educational future for all children.
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Salary
£77905.8
Location
East Midlands (Nottingham); East of England (Norwich); London; North East (Newcastle Upon Tyne); North West (Manchester); South Coast (Bournemouth); South East (Kent); South West (Bristol); West Midlands (Birmingham); Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds
Expires
Expires at anytime
Teach First is a dynamic organization on a mission to provide equitable education, striving towards a day where every child's educational success is not limited by their socio-economic background. They are at an exciting juncture, seeking passionate individuals ready to drive change and make a significant impact.
- Lead the Fundraising Department, refining donor experiences and steering organizational fundraising strategies.
- Guide the Leadership Team towards achieving fundraising goals and foster a culture that values fundraising across the organization.
- Utilize your extensive experience in managing high-value fundraising cycles to attract and manage substantial donations.
- Proven leadership in senior fundraising roles, specifically with high-value stakeholders.
- Expertise in the full fundraising cycle, from prospecting to securing 6-7 figure funds.
- Strong skills in account management, upselling, and stakeholder relationship development.
- In-depth understanding of funding decision drivers, with a track record of developing successful proposals and campaigns.
- Knowledge of fundraising performance metrics, strategic planning, and budget management.
Teach First offers comprehensive benefits, including generous holiday allowance, pension, life assurance, and an array of flexible benefits. Candidates will be notified within 10 days post-application deadline about the progress of their application. Successful applicants will undergo a DBS background check. The role requires proof of the legal right to work in the UK.
Teach First is committed to building a fair education for all, unlocking the potential in all children – not just some. Every day, our work takes us closer to a better future. But we need to do more. It’s a big challenge – and we need your help to take it on.
As Director of Fundraising, you will be an experienced fundraising leader, passionate about delivering excellent customer experiences to our donors, internal stakeholders and beneficiaries. You will provide high-quality leadership to the Fundraising Department, support the Leadership Team to achieve their goals and influence leaders across the organisation, champion fundraising and secure buy-in.
The role requires experience of leading Fundraising Departments at a senior level that include high value audiences. You should have experience in managing the high value fundraising cycle– from prospecting, developing proposals and pitching them, and securing funding / grants / business to the value of 6 and 7 figures – and overseeing teams engaged in this activity. You should also have experience in account management, upselling and relationship development of a portfolio of funders.
You should understand the drivers for purchase / funding decisions of different funder / stakeholder groups and have developed proposals and campaigns that bring them together. You should understand fundraising performance metrics and how to utilise them to support delivery against objectives and be able to develop departmental strategies, budgets, and plans.
Teach First’s core benefits include 27 days holiday per annum (3 of which must be taken during the holiday shutdown period between Christmas Day and New Year's Day), participation in the pension scheme via Salary Exchange (with an employer contribution of up to 6%), life assurance, income protection and private healthcare. Through our flexible benefits platform access to subsidised dental membership, health screening, discounted gym membership, travel insurance, Give As You Earn and the option to buy annual leave.
We aim to update candidates if we’ll take their application forward within 10 working days of the closing date. We will not review any applications received after the closing date. All roles require that the successful applicant and Teach First make a joint application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a background check. This role is based within the UK. Teach First has a responsibility to ensure that every employee has the legal right to work in the UK. Every employee is required to supply the appropriate documents to prove that they have the right to work in the UK before and where applicable throughout their employment with Teach First.
