Partnerships and Development Manager

• Duration: 12 Months fixed term contract
• Location: Based in our North London Office with some potential to travel
• Salary: From £41,872.31
• plus 9% employer pension contribution
• 25 days annual leave + 3 Christmas office closure days + UK public holidays
• Closing date: 9:00 am (UK time) 24 July 2018

We are seeking a career fundraising professional who is diligent, hardworking and able to work responsively in a fast-paced environment to undertake the role of Partnerships and Development Manager. The postholder will manage the effective implementation of Conciliation Resources’ fundraising strategy, coordinating elements of Conciliation Resources’ donor diversification strategy, by initiating opportunities for increased trust and foundational giving.

The Partnerships and Development Manager leads on generating unrestricted income through the strengthening of existing funding relationships as well as the development of new funding relationships within their fundraising portfolio. They also support fundraising efforts from other sources, such as trusts and foundations, High Net Worth Individuals and corporations. They will represent Conciliation Resources directly with donors as well as supporting and creating opportunities for others in the organisation to do so.

They work closely with other staff members across Conciliation Resources to develop and implement fundraising and donor relationship management strategies, based on a detailed understanding of Conciliation Resources’ organisational and programme objectives and resource requirements on the one hand, and donors’ peacebuilding policies, funding priorities and opportunities on the other. 

We are interested in receiving applications from candidates who are able to clearly demonstrate:

• Degree level education, or local equivalent, or qualification by experience in a relevant subject area.
• Substantial writing/editing skills; in the form of grant-writing, preparation of strategic, donor reports, preparation of government and ministry briefings, or other relevant work (essential)
• Substantial fundraising experience, including a proven track record of successfully raising funds from new and existing donors in competitive as well as non-advertised bid processes, resulting in winning multi-year awards in excess of €1,000,000 per annum, and handling of the subsequent reporting requirements (essential)
• Good knowledge and experience of working with Government donors that support the peacebuilding sector, the US and UK trust and foundation sector, and online fundraising (essential)
• Experience of carrying out programme design as part of developing a funding proposal and developing high quality logframes (essential)
• Experience of taking the initiative and making decisions as part of a complex, varied and, at times, heavy workload (essential)
• Knowledge of conflict transformation and peacebuilding issues (desirable)
• Experience of working in an international NGO (desirable)