Senior Fundraising and Engagement Manager

Senior Fundraising & Engagement Manager (12-Month Fixed Term Contract)

Charity People is delighted to be partnering with YoungMinds to recruit a Senior Fundraising & Engagement Manager on an initial 12-month fixed term contract.

At a time when the mental health of children and young people has never been more important, YoungMinds is leading the movement to ensure that no young person feels alone with their mental health.

This is a brilliant opportunity to join one of the UK’s most influential charities and play a leading role in growing supporter engagement, and building lasting relationships with the thousands of individuals, schools, communities and event participants who champion the YoungMinds mission every year.

• Location: Hybrid working, with 2 days per week in the London Bridge office
• Salary: £50,898 – £56,554 per annum
• Annual leave: 25 days per annum, plus 8 bank holidays and an additional 3 days office closure over the Christmas period. (The 3 working days between Boxing Day (26 Dec) and New Year’s Day (1 Jan).
• Pension: You will be automatically enrolled into the government’s NEST Pension provider and pay 3% of your qualifying earnings. The charity pays 5%.
• Wider Benefits: Cycle to Work scheme; Travel loans; Employee Assistance Programme; Eyecare voucher scheme
• Contract: 12-Month Fixed Term Contract, Full Time

YoungMinds is leading the movement to make sure every young person gets the mental health support they need, when they need it, no matter what. Hundreds of thousands of young people are struggling with their mental health, but too many are being told to wait, struggling to cope and reaching crisis point before they get help. But things can get better, and YoungMinds is leading the movement for change.

As demand for support continues to grow, YoungMinds is looking for an ambitious and strategic Senior Fundraising & Engagement Manager to join the team, initially on a 12-month fixed term contract. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a thriving supporter fundraising programme while bringing fresh ideas, identifying new opportunities for growth and helping shape the future of supporter engagement at YoungMinds.

Help build a world where no young person feels alone with their mental health.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Head of Public Fundraising, you’ll lead a talented team responsible for supporter-led fundraising across community fundraising, schools, challenge events, in-memory giving and legacy marketing.

You’ll have scope to identify opportunities for growth around our community events programme, and help shape the next generation of fundraising activity that will deliver sustainable income for YoungMinds.

Alongside building on strong foundations in areas such as community fundraising and legacy giving, you’ll have the opportunity to drive forward our challenge events programme, explore emerging trends across the sector and develop innovative supporter fundraising products that engage new audiences and drive income growth.

Working closely with colleagues across Public Fundraising, Philanthropy and Partnerships, you’ll identify new opportunities for collaboration, maximise the value of YoungMinds’ exceptional corporate partnerships and bring teams together to create integrated fundraising initiatives that achieve more than any one team could deliver alone.

About You

We’re looking for a collaborative and commercially minded fundraising leader who combines strategic thinking with strong operational delivery.

You’ll bring:

• Significant experience leading community, supporter or mass participation fundraising programmes.
• A track record of growing income, participation and supporter engagement.
• Experience managing and developing high-performing teams.
• Strong project and budget management skills.
• An understanding of supporter journeys, stewardship and lifetime value.
• Experience developing new fundraising products and bringing new ideas to market.
• The ability to use insight, data and performance metrics to inform decision making.
• Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.

Most importantly, you’ll be motivated by the opportunity to help YoungMinds reach more supporters, grow income and create lasting change for young people’s mental health.

YoungMinds is looking for someone who will bring fresh thinking, challenge assumptions and help shape the future of supporter fundraising.

The organisation is open minded about where the next phase of growth will come from and is looking for a fundraiser with the curiosity and confidence to explore new opportunities, test ideas and build the business case for investment. Whether that’s enhancing existing community fundraising activity, developing new challenge events, creating stronger cross-team fundraising initiatives or identifying entirely new income streams, you’ll have the freedom and support to make your mark.

For fundraisers looking for a position that offers genuine influence, visibility and autonomy, this is an exceptional opportunity to help shape the future direction of fundraising at YoungMinds.

Why Join YoungMinds?

YoungMinds is committed to ensuring that no young person is feels alone with their mental health. But we know that to do this, we need to work alongside young people and make sure that we prioritise those that need our help the most.

That is why we champion the voice of young people and the value of their lived experience to deliver change, actively seeking to increase their involvement in the YoungMinds and all our work. We would expect you to do the same.

And through our AJEDI work we are committed to reaching and representing more Black and racially minoritised young people, and the adults around them, who have been marginalised by the system.

We are an organisation that takes the safety and wellbeing of our staff seriously and puts our values at the heart of everything we do.

To Apply

To request a candidate pack and register your interest in this exciting opportunity, please send your updated CV to [email removed].

If your profile closely matches our requirements, Kevin will be in touch with further details and to arrange an introductory conversation.

Key Dates

• Application Deadline: Monday 12th October 9am
• Interviews – 19th October at YoungMinds offices

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 including 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.