Remote Senior Development Manager

Senior Development Manager

Location: Cambridge, UK or remote with regular travel to Cambridge

Salary: £50,000 – £55,000 p.a. full-time equivalent, dependent on experience

Basis: Permanent; full-time, part-time or flexible

Eligibility: You must be eligible to work in the UK

The role

We are looking for an experienced senior fundraising professional to join our team to lead the development of long-term, high-value funding partnerships that enable the Raspberry Pi Foundation to advance our global educational mission.

Reporting to the Director of Fundraising and Development and working closely with the Chief Executive and other members of the leadership team, you will be responsible for developing partnerships with some of the world’s leading technology companies and foundations that share our mission to democratise computing education. You will also have the opportunity to lead bids for contracts for educational services. While this role is based in the UK, you will be working with partners all over the world to build support for our work globally.

Following the successful IPO of our commercial subsidiary in June 2024, the Foundation has established an endowment that funds around half of our expenditure each year, with the other half made up from a combination of restricted and unrestricted grants, sponsorship, and contracts for educational services. We are fortunate to have a strong and growing community of organisations and individuals who share our mission and support us through funding and in-kind support.

The ideal candidate will have several years experience of fundraising and development for charities with national or international reach. You will have a proven track record of building high-value, long-term partnerships. You will be an excellent communicator, able to convey genuine passion for our mission, and comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders from a wide variety of backgrounds.

We strive to make the Foundation a place where talented people who care about our mission can do the best work of their careers. We have a flexible and collaborative approach to all aspects of our work. If you’re the right person for the job, we’ll make it work for you, and you can be confident that you’ll be working with an exceptional team.

Main responsibilities

• Proactively identify and develop opportunities to secure external funding to support the delivery of the Foundation’s global strategy.
• Achieve ambitious fundraising targets as agreed.
• Proactively develop the pipeline of new funding opportunities, carrying out prospect research, qualifying opportunities, undertaking outreach, and building relationships with prospective funding partners.
• Lead the development of bids and proposals for external funding, working collaboratively with colleagues across the Foundation to ensure they reflect strategic priorities, with accurate budgets and impact measures.
• Build and maintain excellent relations with supporters. Provide regular reporting on the use of funds and impact achieved. Ensure that supporters have opportunities to meaningfully engage with our work through visits and volunteering opportunities.
• Ensure that all fundraising activities are conducted in line with our values and agreed policies, including undertaking appropriate due diligence on donors.
• Manage a team of fundraising and business development specialists, providing them with the clarity and support to enable them to do their best work. This includes setting objectives, conducting performance reviews, coaching, and agreeing on personal development plans.
• Ensure that prospecting, applications, stewardship, and management of funding are recorded on our CRM (Salesforce).
• Represent the Raspberry Pi Foundation to external audiences and stakeholders as required.

Experience and personal attributes

We recognise that everyone has the potential for growth, and we welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they have some, but not all, of the experience and personal attributes listed here:

• Significant experience in a fundraising role for a charity with national or international reach, including a track record of developing long-term, high-value funding partnerships.
• Experience of bidding for government contracts, ideally in the education sector.
• Experience of managing a team, with a collaborative and supportive approach to leadership.
• A natural collaborator with a track record of working successfully across teams to achieve results.
• Passionate about the mission of the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills, with the ability to develop and present a persuasive case for support to different audiences.
• Comfortable interacting with a wide range of people, with strong advocacy, influencing, and networking skills.
• Good numeracy, with the ability to build budgets as part of developing funding proposals.
• Proven experience in using Salesforce or an equivalent system to track and measure the partnership pipeline and make decisions based on data.

About us

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK-based educational charity with the mission to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies. You can read more about us on our careers page.

Established in 2008 and first known for our product — the wildly successful Raspberry Pi computer — the Foundation has developed education programmes, learning experiences, and products that are helping millions of young people learn vital new knowledge and skills

Through Code Club, we support the world’s largest network of free informal computing clubs for young people. Tens of thousands of educators have taken our online courses, and millions of people use our free online learning resources. To deepen our understanding of how young people learn about computing and how to create with digital technologies, we conduct academic research, and we use that knowledge to increase the impact of our work and advance the field of computing education.

Across all of our work, we work hard to engage young people who come from backgrounds that are traditionally underrepresented in the field of computing or who experience educational disadvantage. We work all over the world, with teams based in the UK, Ireland, North America, and India, and partnerships with mission-aligned organisations in over 40 countries.

We are at the forefront of the global movement to help young people learn about computing and digital making. You can read more about our mission, values, and goals in our Annual Review 2023 and our Strategy 2022–2025.

Benefits

In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a range of benefits for all of our colleagues, including:

• 25 days’ annual leave initially, growing to 30 days after five years service
• Company-wide close down for 3 days at the end of the year
• Generous company pension scheme with 8% employer and 4% employee contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance and long-term illness insurance policy
• Investment in professional development and learning
• Flexible work hours as needed, to fit around childcare or other commitments
• Generous family leave policy
• Cycle-to-work scheme and season ticket loan

Timetable for applications

Closing date: 11th November, 9.00pm GMT

Phone screen: Week commencing 11th November

First-round interview: Week commencing 18th November

Second-round interview: In person, Week commencing 25th November

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. If successful in the selection process, you will be required to undergo a background check to confirm that you are a suitable person to work with children. Further background checks will be made at regular intervals thereafter.