Group Director of Fundraising
The Group Director of Fundraising is a senior organisational leader responsible for driving ambitious, sustainable income growth and strengthening the reputation and external influence of the Helen Bamber Foundation Group (HBF Group).
The role leads the long term fundraising strategy, ensuring alignment with HBF Group’s strategy for impact, and acts as a senior external ambassador to high level stakeholders, donors, and partners.
As a core member of the Senior Management Team (SMT) and strategic partner to the CEO, the Group Director of Fundraising has organisational wide responsibility for income generation, external engagement and long term sustainability. They work closely with the Director of Policy, Evidence & Communications, ensuring all communications reinforce fundraising priorities and HBF Group’s strategic impact goals.
HOW TO APPLY
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For a confidential discussion about the position before applying, please get in touch with the team, Firas El Dib and Ryan Burdock on firas.eldib@prospect-us.co.uk and ryan.burdock@prospect-us.co.uk.
To apply, please submit the following on the Prospectus website by 23:59 on 22nd April 2026.
1. A comprehensive CV (Word Document or PDF) which demonstrates how you match the candidate profile.
2. In a separate document, please write a cover letter (no more than 2 pages) which covers your motivation for applying along with how your experience matches the requirements of the role.
TIMELINE
Closing date: 23:59, Monday 30th April 2026
Preliminary interviews (online): either Wednesday 6th, Thursday 7th or Friday 8th May
Final panel interviews (in person, at our office in Old Street): week commencing 11th May 2026
We are part of the Experts by Experience Employment Initiative (www.ebeemployment.org.uk). The network supports inclusive recruitment of people with lived experience of the UK asylum or immigration system. If this is your experience, you can find useful resources here.
Equal Opportunities
Our commitment to principles of equity, diversity and inclusion is an integral part of our approach to our clients, our volunteers and our staff, and we are an equal opportunities and Living Wage employer. We are committed to attracting and recruiting diverse candidates because we are keen to make sure that all our staff, trustees, volunteers and ambassadors reflect the communities we serve and the wider community we work in.
We genuinely welcome and encourage applications from a range of backgrounds, especially people of colour, people with disabilities, people from low socio-economic backgrounds, refugees, stateless people and others with lived experience of forced migration or trauma.
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