Fundraising Manager

The Role

Reporting to the Director, this is an exciting opportunity to lead and strengthen our fundraising strategy, ensuring sustainable growth in income to support our mission of protecting and restoring tropical forests and inspiring climate action.

The Fundraising Manager will play a pivotal role in developing and implementing an ambitious fundraising strategy, with a strong focus on corporate partnerships and trusts.

Working closely with the Director, Deputy Director, Finance and Grants Manager and Communications and Digital Marketing Manager, you will drive forward fundraising targets, cultivate new opportunities, and consolidate existing partnerships. This role requires both strategic leadership and hands-on delivery, ensuring our fundraising approach is robust, ethical, and aligned with our values.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategy Development and Income Generation

Develop and deliver a comprehensive fundraising strategy for the charity (with a strong but not exclusive focus on corporate partnerships), aligned with the charity s 5-year strategic plan.

Research, identify, and build a pipeline of new funding opportunities to diversify and expand income streams, such as corporate partners, trusts and foundations, high net worth individuals and individual giving.

Prepare due diligence checks on potential new funding opportunities to be presented to the board / senior management.

Develop compelling cases for support and tailored proposals to secure significant income from corporate partners primarily.

2. Systems and Process Improvement

Establish and implement new systems for organising, stewarding, and monitoring corporate funders, ensuring efficiency and compliance.

Introduce clear processes for donor stewardship, including trackers, reporting templates and potentially a new CRM system.

Ensure all fundraising activities comply with fundraising regulations, data protection requirements, and ethical fundraising principles.

3. Relationship Management and Stewardship

Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with current and prospective corporate funders through effective stewardship and engagement.

Work collaboratively with colleagues to deliver excellent relationship management for corporate partners.

Work with the Communications and Marketing Manager to maximise fundraising campaigns such as the Big Give.

4. Events and Engagement

Lead on the planning and delivery of a flagship summer event designed to attract funders, with the aim of securing new partnerships and long-term support.

Collaborate with colleagues to ensure the event is well-promoted, impactful, and aligned with the charity s mission.

Organise and attend meetings, presentations, and other events to engage with funders and promote the charity s work.

5. Reporting and Evaluation

Monitor and report on fundraising income targets, maintaining accurate records of all funders and partnerships.

Working with the relevant programmes teams, provide regular impact reports to funders, demonstrating the outcomes of their support.

Evaluate the success of fundraising initiatives and identify areas for improvement.

6. Team Collaboration

Work collaboratively across the team to develop funding proposals and case studies.

Work closely with the Communications and Digital Fundraising Manager to develop online donations and regular gifts and improve the digital marketing and eNewsletter (for increasing donations).

Contribute to innovative fundraising campaigns and activities.

Support and participate in wider organisational activities, including events and cross team initiatives as required.

Contribute to annual budget setting and targets for fundraising.

Line management of volunteers as required.

Training will be provided to ensure that all candidates feel supported in their role and progress in their career development. Welsh language training will be offered to support learning if necessary. IT training in WordPress and other essential software will also be offered. Travel across Wales will be required.

Seldom but occasional evening and weekend work may be required.Size of Wales has a flexible working policy.

Selection Criteria

Minimum criteria for interview selection is 60% of the Selection Criteria. Please see the Selection Criteria Assessment Table for details.

1. Experience of working with corporations and/or businesses, approaching, building relationships and stewarding.
2. Experience developing or contributing to fundraising or income generation strategies, including identifying and prioritising new funding opportunities.
3. Ability to research, assess, and build a pipeline of prospective funders, such as corporate partners, trusts, foundations, or individual supporters.
4. Strong written communication skills, with the ability to develop compelling proposals or cases for support tailored to different audiences.
5. Understanding of, or willingness to learn about, fundraising regulation, ethical fundraising practice, and data protection requirements.
6. Ability to build, maintain, and strengthen positive relationships with external partners, such as funders.
7. Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including presenting information clearly in meetings or events.
8. Ability to monitor progress/targets, maintain accurate records using tracking tools, and report on outcomes (training provided where required)
9. Experience producing clear reports or summaries that communicate impact or results to stakeholders.
10. Ability to evaluate activities and identify opportunities for improvement.
11. Experience working collaboratively with colleagues across teams to deliver shared goals, proposals, campaigns and projects.
12. Strong IT and digital skills, including Microsoft Office, Google Workspace and Canva.
13. Willingness to embody equity, diversity and inclusion principles

Safeguarding

Size of Wales, and all its staff and volunteers, are committed to ensuring a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse. Size of Wales is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount. Any candidate offered a job with Size of Wales will be expected to agree to and adhere to Size of Wales Safeguarding policy and Code of Conduct.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Size of Wales is dedicated to nurturing an inclusive environment where employees can bring their full selves to work.

In 2020, we took steps to become an antiracist organisation and promote equality, diversity and inclusion. We are reviewing all our staff policies to be more inclusive.

Size of Wales is particularly keen to receive applications from people from an ethnically diverse background and disabled, deaf and neurodiverse people. These are characteristics and identities that are currently underrepresented at Size of Wales. Furthermore, the work we do challenges modern day colonialism and discriminatory power structures that are prevalent in society and global solidarity work. Our work centres marginalised people s voices and aims to remove barriers and increase access within the climate crisis. Having people with these identities and characteristics join the team would be invaluable and Size of Wales would become a better organisation because of this.