Senior Fundraising Manager

  • Ad Warrior
  • Londonderry, County Londonderry
  • Sep 02, 2025
Full time Other

Job Description

Senior Fundraising Manager

Location: Derry, Londonderry

Salary: £40,876 per annum

Vacancy Type: 3 years fixed term contract

Hours: 36 hours per week,

The Role

The Senior Fundraising Manager will be responsible for securing funding through a dynamic portfolio of grant funding, including trusts and foundations, statutory programmes, lottery schemes, transnational schemes and philanthropic sources.

Key Responsibilities

  • Strategic Leadership
  • Bid Development and Grant Writing
  • Internal Collaboration and Support
  • General/Administration

Skills and Qualifications

  • Proven track record of securing high-value grants (100k+) from statutory, lottery, trust/foundation, transnational or philanthropic sources
  • Experience developing and managing a multi-year fundraising strategy and pipeline
  • Experience working collaboratively with programme, finance and impact staff to co-develop fundable proposals
  • Familiarity with preparing budgets and financial projections for funding applications
  • Excellent written communication skills with the ability to craft persuasive outcomes-based funding applications
  • Strong strategic thinking and pipeline planning capabilities
  • High level of financial literacy and ability to construct credible budgets
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to represent the organisation externally
  • Ability to interpret and align to funder priorities, strategic frameworks and public benefit requirements
  • Ability to prioritise, manage deadlines and work independently
  • Knowledge of UK and Ireland funding landscape
  • Knowledge of EU funding landscape

Benefits

  • Competitive Salary
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Critical Illness Cover
  • Life Cover
  • Everyday Medical Cash Plan
  • Enhanced Pension Cover
  • 24 Days Holidays, plus 11 Bank Holidays

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable company, please do not hesitate to apply.