Strategic Funding Specialist
Actionaid Federation, Manor Park, Newham
Strategic Funding Specialist
£41949
Actionaid Federation, Manor Park, Newham
- Full time
- Temporary
- Remote working
Posted 2 days ago, 19 Dec | Get your application in today.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 85b38beeb0814f10b44901c7505aeab9
Full Job Description
- Inspiring Global Impact: You'll play a key role in securing funding for some of the most vital areas of our work, including emergency responses, institutional donor co-financing, and unrestricted funding that empowers communities to thrive.
- Creative Storytelling: Design and deliver compelling funding proposals, concept notes, and cases for support that resonate with high-net-worth individuals, corporate partners, and trusts. You'll bring ActionAid's stories to life, inspiring new partnerships and strengthening existing ones.
- Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Engage with colleagues and country teams worldwide to create powerful donor materials, ensuring our global programmes achieve sustainable, meaningful outcomes. Your Key Responsibilities
- Compelling Fundraising: Craft high-quality proposals, donor updates, and emergency appeal materials tailored to the interests of philanthropic donors, corporate partners, and foundations. Translate complex programme information into inspiring communications that spark action.
- Strategic Grant Management: Manage and deliver reporting for key strategic grants, ensuring financial and programmatic accuracy. Collaborate with global teams to meet donor expectations and deadlines with efficiency and professionalism.
- Innovation and Knowledge Building: Innovate new systems and processes to improve team efficiency. Monitor trends in donor engagement and international development to ensure ActionAid remains a leader in securing transformative funding., Gain the opportunity to work closely with country programmes, learning from and supporting initiatives that drive long-term change.
- Grow professionally through diverse responsibilities, international collaboration, and ActionAid's commitment to fostering talent.
- Make a tangible difference by helping secure funding that supports women, girls, and marginalised communities across the globe. If you're passionate about international development, skilled at building relationships, and ready to deliver bold ideas that fund ActionAid's mission, this is your chance to join us in creating a more just and equitable world. Apply today and help us make change happen! Due to the nature of this role, the successful candidate will be asked to participate in criminal records checks at the point of offer.
- You're a skilled communicator and relationship builder with:
- A proven ability to produce persuasive, accurate, and inspiring written materials for donors, including successful funding proposals.
- Strong analytical skills to interpret financial information and present it in an engaging, donor-friendly way.
- Exceptional organisational and project management skills, with the ability to balance competing priorities and deliver high-quality work to deadlines.
- Ability to communicate well across a range of people both in the UK and internationally.
- Ability to review existing team systems and processes and innovate to improve team efficiency.
- A commitment to feminist principles, anti-racism, and decolonisation - values that underpin everything we do at ActionAid UK.
ActionAid UK is a member of the ActionAid Federation, an international charity that works with women and girls living in poverty. As part of the ActionAid Federation, we work with women and girls, our partners, and dedicated staff in 43 countries to end violence and fight poverty so that all women, everywhere, can create the future they want., ActionAid UK is looking for a Strategic Funding Specialist to join our dynamic Philanthropy and Partnerships team. This is your opportunity to make an impact by supporting transformational projects that promote social justice, gender equality, and community resilience in over 45 countries., ActionAid is committed to supporting flexible working. If you would like to discuss flexible working options, including the possibility of a job share for this role, there will be space to do so during the interview process. ActionAid UK has a hybrid working policy for many of our roles. The requirement will vary from team to team and the responsibilities of individual roles. As a minimum, all colleagues are expected to attend the office 12 days per year, plus additional time for induction, training, and "Company Connection days." Some roles may require in- office attendance on all days and if so, these will clearly be marked as in-office roles. Please note that ActionAid UK does not offer fully remote working options. We encourage you to discuss hybrid working expectations at interview. Recruitment Processes: Please note that ActionAid UK may review, shortlist and interview candidates prior to the closing date so we encourage all candidates to apply as soon as possible. If we receive a very high response, we may close the vacancy early and will not accept further submissions., In 2017, the Government legislated that any organisation with over 250 employees needed to publish their gender pay gap. Even though ActionAid UK has fewer than 250 employees, as an organisation that champions the rights of women and girls we felt that it was important to publish our data. Download our gender pay gap report - Flexible working, core hours
- Generous annual leave
- Extra 5-day annual holiday purchase
- Pension contributions
- Employer-paid life assurance
Are you ready to use your creativity, communication skills, and strategic thinking to secure funding that drives global change?,
Work-life balance