Director of Fundraising & Communications (High...
Salary: £70,000 (neg)
Location: Hybrid - Central London (2 days, Tuesday and Thursday in office)
Contract: Permanent, Full-time (flexible working hours available)
Role summary
Bowel Research UK, the UK’s leading bowel cancer and bowel disease research funder, is seeking a Director of Fundraising & Communications, a new role for our charity. This is a great career development opportunity for a high-value fundraising specialist looking to broaden and deepen their skills and experience in leading Bowel Research UK’s fundraising and communications activity.If you are looking for a new challenge or, if you are considering stepping up into your first Director role, this could be just the opportunity you are looking for.
About Bowel Research UK
Every year over 16,000 people die from bowel cancer in the UK and over a million suffer from bowel disease. By researching cutting edge treatments, funding truly ground-breaking ‘proof of concept’ research, and getting behind some of the most promising young researchers destined to achieve breakthroughs, Bowel Research UK is saving and transforming literally millions of people’s lives around the world.
What we are looking for
This is a role for a rising leader who has a genuine passion for BRUK’s vision and the energy and determination to drive forward our mission. Our ideal candidate will have a strong background in high value, especially major donor, fundraising who can excite and motivate individuals to support Bowel Research UK’s mission.Working closely with a highly talented group of Trustees, staff and expert volunteers, we need someone with the ability to build and mobilise the resources and relationships required to have a major impact on our vital research funding.
As this is a small charity, along with the ability to lead the organisation’s fundraising and communications, you must be willing to roll up your sleeves to get stuck into the work too.
Why come and work for Bowel Research UK?
This is a great career development opportunity for a high-value fundraising specialist to broaden and deepen their skills and experience in leading Bowel Research UK’s fundraising and communications activity.An opportunity to play a key part of leading the creation and implementation of a new organisational strategy that will inform this role’s development of new fundraising and communications strategies.
We have an ambitious Board of Trustees who are ready to invest in fundraising and communications development to increase the charity’s research impact.
We have a new Chief Executive with more than 25 years of fundraising and general charity management experience who is keen to work alongside this post in leading organisation-wide step change and innovation.
You will be part of a friendly, collaborative and passionate team working towards an important and valuable shared goals.
Recruitment timeline:
Deadline for applications is 9am, Wednesday 9th October 2024.First, virtual interviews w/c 14th October 2024
Second, in person interviews w/c 21st October 2024