Senior Fundraising Development Manager

Family Rights Group is seeking a fundraising specialist to strengthen and expand the charity's income generation work. Working closely with the senior leadership team and heads, the post will focus primarily on fundraising from trusts, foundations and major donors, through bid-writing and relationship-building.

Our vision is a society in which children can thrive in their families and have loving relationships to turn to throughout life. Our mission is to make that a reality. The charity's bold new strategy sets out how we are seeking to build an effective child welfare system that puts children and families first.

Our award-winning work is unique in bringing together legal and social work expertise with the direct voice and insights of young people and families.

• We promote families' voices, expertise and insights in all our work. We support mothers, fathers, kinship carers and care-experienced young people to be heard by policy-makers, practitioners and the public.

• We create and champion innovative family-led solutions, including family group conferences and Lifelong Links. We partner with local authorities, other agencies and academics to embed these practices.

• We provide free, independent and confidential advice to help parents and kinship carers understand the law, child welfare processes, their rights and options.

• We lead campaigns to achieve changes in law, policy and practice, informed by research and the perspectives of those with lived experience.

As Family Rights Group's principal fundraiser, you will build and strengthen all aspects of the charity's fundraising work. Working closely with the senior leadership team and other key roles, the post will involve implementing a plan to secure increases in funding primarily from trusts and foundations and via individual giving.

This role will deliver a step-change in the rate at which we increase and expand our funding pipeline, with a focus on the key areas of trusts and foundations, individual giving, and corporate partnerships.

This is a full-time role (with flexible options welcome), with a start date as soon as possible. Below is a full job description and person specification for the role. Please read it carefully before applying.

Benefits of working for Family Rights Group include:

• a generous pension (5% employer contribution)
• annual pay rises in line with local government levels
• 27 days holiday allowance (rising to 30), plus 3 additional days at the end of the year
• playing a key role in a successful charity with a 50-year history and reputation of delivering change
• a wide-ranging Employee Assistance Programme for all staff and other well-being initiatives
• joining a team of committed staff in a values-driven organisation.

The charity is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of its work, including employment. Our statement on equal opportunities can be found here .

In order to find out more about the role and to apply, please access our website linked below.

The closing date for this role is Monday 3rd November (9am).