Fundraising Manager

Summary

Join the Global Disinformation Index (GDI) as a Fundraising Manager and contribute to a world free from disinformation. This role involves developing and implementing a fundraising strategy, researching prospective funders, and building relationships. You will write compelling funding applications, grant proposals, and pitch documents, ensuring alignment with financial forecasts and GDI goals. The position requires excellent communication skills to effectively convey GDI's work to various audiences. Reporting on fundraising performance and collaborating with the team are also key responsibilities. This is a remote position with flexible hours, ideal for a self-motivated and detail-oriented individual with 2-3 years of fundraising experience.

Requirements

• Has at least 2–3 years’ experience in fundraising or development (non-profit or charity sector preferred)
• Can work independently and take ownership of projects
• Is organised, reliable, and results-driven and numerate
• Excellent writing skills with a record of published material
• Can communicate our story clearly and compellingly
• Learning and iterative approach to work with eagerness to provide and receive feedback
• Conscientious communicator and ability to coordinate seamlessly across teams
• Understands the importance of values-led fundraising and donor stewardship
• Familiarity with audience development best practices, benchmarking and data tracking
• Familiarity with UK charity fundraising compliance

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a fundraising strategy aligned with our mission and goals
• Research prospective funders and support outreach and relationship-building, keep track of open calls for funding from foundations and governments
• Carry out due diligence on prospective funders
• Work with the GDI operational team to write compelling funding applications, grant proposals, and pitch documents
• Submit funding applications through funder portals where appropriate or via GDI owned written materials
• Working closely with the finance team to ensure proposed budgets are aligned with financial forecasts, and with the team to ensure funder deliverables are aligned with overall GDI goal
• Communicate relevant aspects of GDI’s work effectively to different funder audiences via the development of GDI owned materials such as donor reports, newsletters etc
• Track and report on fundraising performance, sharing regular updates with the team

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional fluency in languages other than English
• Past experience working as part of a remote/virtual team
• Experience using work and relationship management tools such as Asana and Salesforce
• Experience managing concurrent projects across countries and time zones
• Experience with CRM tools or donor databases
• Experience building partnerships with corporates or major donors

Benefits

• Remote working (Candidates based, and with the right to work in the UK preferred)
• Competitive salary based on location
• Working hours are flexible
• Part-time 0.4-0 .6 FTE (15-22.5 per week)
• As a global organisation, some flexibility for cross-time zone communication to be available for limited virtual meetings outside of office hours is required