Programme Funding Manager

About World Child Cancer Over 400,000 children worldwide develop cancer each year. Childhood cancer is often curable, with an 84% survival rate in high-income countries. However, in many low-income countries survival rates are 10% or lower with many children never even receiving a diagnosis, instead they die of a mystery illness without even palliative care. Our vision is a world where every child with cancer has equal access to the best treatment and care. World Child Cancer improves the diagnosis, treatment and support of children with cancer in low and middle-income countries and provides support to their families.

Overview The post holder will play a key role in raising income from Charitable Trusts, Foundations and Statutory sources to fund World Child Cancer’s programmatic work. Working closely with the Head of Trusts and Statutory Funding and Programmes Team you will research, identify and steward potential trusts and statutory funders and develop comprehensive funding proposals. They will also take a lead role in the grant management of several FCDO grants. The post holder will be passionate about World Child Cancer’s cause and focussed on raising funds to enable the continuation and growth of its programmes. This role will have a direct impact on the number of children with cancer we are able to support in the future. We need someone with ambition, drive and passion who is hungry to grow income further.

Key elements of the role • To contribute to reaching or exceeding the annual trust and statutory income target of £1.7m • To effectively and appropriately contribute to cultivating prospective and existing trusts, foundations and statutory funders • To work with the Charity’s Trustees and other key supporters to identify leads and connections. • To undertake research into trusts, foundations and statutory funders and execute a calendar of approaches.
• To work with the charity’s Programmes Team to identify projects and package these accordingly with robust proposals and budgets. • To support World Child Cancer US in identifying and producing robust proposals where we can add value to our programmatic work. • To manage reporting to donors, in particular take the lead on the grant management of several FCDO grants. • To ensure all relevant staff are comprehensively briefed in a timely manner ahead of meeting any prospective or existing funders. • To maximise return from our networking events.
• To represent the Charity with donors and at events. • To ensure all donor communications are logged on the CRM database (Raisers Edge) • To deliver exceptional supporter care. • To ensure the Charity complies with Fundraising best practice and any relevant legislation at all times.

Person Specification Application

Essential • Ability to research and identify potential new donors • Proven track of fundraising significant sums from trusts, foundations and statutory funders • Exceptional communication skills, able to build relationships with people at all levels of seniority • The ability to translate complex, specialist information into accessible and compelling proposals and reports for a variety of strategic and other grant funders • Experience of working on multiple projects at the same time and cross-departmentally Positive team player • The ability to work on own initiative, prioritising workload with little supervision when needed • Empathy and diplomacy surrounding the issues of children’s health and the passion to want to improve the lives of children with cancer • Experience of working in the international development sector • Understanding of project management
• A willingness to travel within the UK and abroad when required including weekends and evenings • Strong IT skills using the Microsoft Office package

Desirable
• A proven track record of setting and managing budgets • Experience of using networking events to prospect and steward funders • Experience of applying to / managing grants from the FCDO • Educated to degree level or equivalent • Experience of managing staff and/or volunteers • Fundraising qualification • Experience with Raisers Edge or other CRM databases

Terms of Employment Hours: 35 hours per week Location: 9 Maltings Place, 169 Tower Bridge Road, London SE1 3JB. Currently working from the office two days per week. Contract: Permanent (after 6 months’ probation) Salary: circa £32,000 – £35,000 FTE (depending on experience)