Development Manager (Major Relationships)

The Heart of England Forest has already created the largest new native broadleaf woodland in England and we continue on our mission to grow a 30,000-acre contiguous forest. Not only is our forest expanding, so too is our team and this role is vital to help us to achieve our ambitious vision.

England’s premier woodland creation charity, the Heart of England Forest, is at an exciting and crucial time in its development.  This new part-time specialist role offers the successful candidate a unique opportunity to really make their mark, launching major giving at the charity and helping to deliver our overall ‪fundraising strategy.

This role will be perfect for an experienced major donor fundraiser who is committed to conservation, fanatical about forests and enthusiastic about investing in our environment. The position offers flexible working and would suit someone looking for a part time role or working with the charity as part of a portfolio career.

The ideal candidate will bring a proven track record of securing and cultivating high-level meaningful partnerships, have first-rate communication skills, a strategic approach and significant experience working towards and achieving fundraising targets.

We can offer an exciting challenge and the opportunity to help establish important and impactful relationships at a pivotal time in the charity’s development.

Please visit the Heart of England Forest website to download a job description / person specification and an application form. Please note that CVs will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application form.

Closing date: Sunday 23rd September

Interview date: Tuesday 9th October

ABOUT THE HEART OF ENGLAND FOREST

Planting tomorrow’s great native woodland

The Heart of England Forest is an exciting and ambitious charity.  We want to help reverse centuries of woodland decline and plant one of the largest forests in England. Our goal is to create a huge, unbroken woodland – a refuge from the modern world where people can rediscover nature and wildlife can flourish. It’s an ambitious vision, which we’re determined to make happen, one tree at a time.

The Heart of England Forest is not only a perfectly positioned lung for the Midlands, but a breath of fresh air for the nation. With over a million new native trees planted so far, we are restoring our native woodland – providing a safe and permanent habitat for wildlife as well as an escape for people from the urban environments surrounding it.

The forest stretches up the Warwickshire / Worcestershire border, from the present-day borders of Shakespeare’s Forest of Arden to the edge of the Vale of Evesham – the north Cotswolds to south Birmingham. It’s an area dense in cities, towns and industry. Which is why we’re creating a place to walk under shady canopies and through airy glades, away from the bustle of city life.

The UK has less than a third of the native tree cover of many other European countries, including France, Germany and Italy. Planting tomorrow’s great native woodland has already started.  With 6,000 acres of land, the forest currently consists of 600 acres of mature woodland and almost 4,000 acres of new planting. We have planted an incredible 1.6 million trees so far, that’s over 12% of the way towards our goal of a 30,000-acre forest. But with patience and your support, who knows how far it will grow!