Head of Fundraising Compliance

At the British Heart Foundation (BHF), we fight for every heartbeat, everywhere. In the last year alone, we’ve invested more than £100m in hundreds of life saving research projects across the UK, and helped countless communities beat heart disease with our prevention, survival and support programmes.

Whilst we are already one of the UK’s leaders in fundraising, we know we can do more to inspire the millions affected by cardiovascular disease every year to join us and fight for every heartbeat.

About the role

This role sits within a new Fundraising Excellence and Innovation team and will lead on developing a risk and compliance framework across the entire Fundraising Directorate.

Working closely with the Director of Fundraising Excellence and Innovation, other Fundraising Directors and Fundraising Heads of Department, the post-holder will drive forward and embed a culture of continuous and robust compliance, championing proactive, legal, open, honest and accountable behaviours, processes and practices.

You’ll help to transform, embed and monitor our fundraising operations and processes by overseeing the delivery of an inspiring forward-thinking training programme to both internal and external stakeholders such as our agency partners, to ensure we are setting ourselves up to be world class, supporter-first Fundraisers.

About you 

The successful applicant will have extensive and robust experience in strategic thinking, risk-management and compliance planning and development. To succeed in the role you’ll need excellent interpersonal and communications skills and the ability to form productive working relationships with at all levels within the Fundraising Directorate and across the organisation, as well as with key external stakeholders.

You will work alongside highly skilled and effective senior colleagues. We want an exceptional colleague who exemplifies and champions our values and behaviours; brave; informed; compassionate; and driven.

Ours is a world class organisation, and our work is fundamental to the health of the nation with an impact globally – so we require a world class fundraising function. If you have the skills and experience we’re looking for and you share our determination to fight for every heartbeat, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

How to apply

Our process involves submitting your CV and supporting statement, which should outline your interest and explain how you meet the role’s criteria.
 
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