Philanthropy Manager

The Philanthropy Manager role is crucial in helping raise funds to enable our rapid growth and the expansion of our impact. Reporting to the Philanthropy Lead, you will be responsible for developing an excellent stewardship programme which grows unrestricted and restricted income and nurtures relationships with War Child’s existing major donors. You will use excellent communication skills to write compelling and tailored proposals to increase our reach.

As an integral member of the Philanthropy and Partner Engagement Department, you will bring creativity, insight and experience to the team, as well as being a key voice and representative internally and externally. You will contribute to the wider Fundraising & Communications strategy by taking a lead role in cross-team projects and activities.

Your responsibilities

• Systematically identify, qualify, and strategise a pipeline for up to six figure gifts for both unrestricted and restricted giving
• Lead on building an excellent stewardship programme, supporting relationship managers across the team to deliver sector leading supporter journeys
• Develop and implement strong cultivation and solicitation plans for existing donors to generate significant income from the portfolio. This will include personal meetings, attending networking events, writing proposals/reports and making presentations
• Take an active role, and lead where relevant, on the planning and delivery of a diverse portfolio of philanthropy events, including events that are hosted by Ambassadors
• Support on the development of new fundraising products which drive the stewardship programme and the retention of major donors
• Actively participate in regular department, team or working group meetings, contributing to strategy discussion and decisions that will be beneficial to the development of fundraising activities
• Record all communications with major donors on War Child’s database, Salesforce, ensuring donor information is kept up to date and properly secured at all times.
• Monitor income and expenditure targets and provide regular progress reports and updates on performance against target using War Child’s database
• Take an active role, and lead where relevant, in cross-team working groups to provide insight, advice and gain opportunities for the Philanthropy & Partnerships team
• Maintain an up to date knowledge of current activities of War Child and be an advocate of the War Child brand at all times
• Contribute to creating a culture committed to the safeguarding of children and adults and compliant to WCUK’s Child Safeguarding and Adults at Risk Policies.
• Perform other duties as may be required by the Director of Philanthropy & Partner Engagement

You are

• Experienced in a similar fundraising role, with a specialist knowledge of major donor fundraising, ideally within an international development or humanitarian NGO
• Able to work independently to develop and implement fundraising strategies with a proven track record of securing five-figure gifts and delivering against targets
• A relationship manager with strong networking skills at senior levels internally and externally
• Experienced in stewardship strategies for major donors or the development of supporter journeys in order to retain donors
• Excellent skills in presenting information, verbally and in writing, including briefings and project reports to a range of audiences in a clear and confident manner
• Able to understand international development including War Child’s vision, mission and values and present War Child’s work with authority
• Organised and able to plan and prioritise to meet multiple deadlines
• Able to demonstrate experience of successfully planning and delivering events.
• Up to date in your knowledge of fundraising regulation, compliance and GDPR, and its implications for fundraising policy and practise.
• Experienced in database management, ideally Salesforce

All candidates for roles based in London are required to have the right to work in the UK