Development Manager

Fundraising Development Manager
2 month temporary contract
£24.72 to £26.37 PAYE per hour, plus holiday pay
35 hours per week ideal, with flexibility for a 4 day week
Remote, or London office, with one day in the office preferred
Interviews 26th & 27th March, start week commencing 30th March

Chairty People are seeking an experienced and proactive development specialist to support a charity's foundations and institutional giving portfolio during a period of staff absence. This role provides essential capacity across bid development, prospect research, and coordination, helping to keep the fundraising pipeline moving and ensuring opportunities are not missed.

Reporting to the Head of Foundations and Institutional Giving, you will work closely with colleagues across the wider Development team and with project teams including governance, policy, finance, and communications. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a friendly, supportive team that is passionate about its work and offers a high level of flexibility.

Key responsibilities:

• Bid development and writing
• Manage and support applications to trusts, foundations, and institutional funders
• Coordinate internal input to produce high quality, tailored proposals
• Support coordination, research tasks, and renewal submissions
• Contribute to lower value bids, less complex applications, and straightforward grant renewals
• Identify new funding opportunities and produce clear research outputs including briefings, longlists, and due diligence information
• Support preparation for donor meetings and upcoming events
• Assist with invitations, follow ups, and ensuring the right internal attendees are engaged
• Provide administrative support across research and event coordination
• Help deliver the fundraising strategy
• Provide light project management and coordination to bring the right people into each bid at the right stage
• Support an under-capacity team by maintaining core processes and relieving time pressure
• Engage with a collaborative, supportive team environment with guidance from managers, grants and compliance colleagues, and project specialists

Role priorities:

• Primary focus: bid and proposal development
• Secondary focus: prospect research and funder intelligence
• Additional support: strategy coordination and internal project management

Success in this role means active opportunities progress to a high standard, deadlines are met, and the team avoids turning down viable prospects. This role is well suited to someone who can quickly understand internal workflows, manage contributions, and keep processes running smoothly.

What you will bring:

• Experience managing or contributing to fundraising bids, ideally with institutional funders
• Strong coordination skills and confidence managing deadlines
• Clear and professional writing skills
• Comfort working with structured processes as well as fast moving priorities
• An organised, proactive, and collaborative approach

Please apply without delay as there is a fast turn around for this role.

Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.