Head of Fundraising

Salary: £60,000 -70,000

Location: Hybrid role, some travel to the office in Cambridge as well as occasionally to London.

About IWF

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) makes the Internet a safer place for children and adults across the world. Our mission is to eliminate online child sexual abuse images and videos. The children in these pictures and videos are real. The suffering captured in this imagery and the knowledge that it could be shared can haunt a victim for life. That’s why it’s our mission to eliminate this material for good. And to show every child, there is someone out there who cares enough to help.

The IWF was founded in 1996 and for 27 years we’ve given people a safe place to report imagery anonymously. As well as providing this service for the UK public, we also provide 48 reporting portals in countries without a hotline of their own including India, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine and Zambia.

We are funded by the internet industry and are independent of the government and police but work closely with both. We have 155 Members, including some of the world's largest internet companies - Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft - as well as the largest ISPs and mobile operators in the UK.

IWF, in conjunction with Diversifying Group, is seeking applicants for the critical and newly created role of Head of Fundraising.

About the Role

The Head of Fundraising is an exciting and vital leadership opportunity to lead the fundraising activity of the IWF in cultivating, establishing and maintaining funding relationships with grant-giving organisations – including trusts and foundations, corporate sponsorship and donations, individual donors, partnerships, livery companies and statutory funders – to meet and grow income targets in support of the IWF’s range of activities.

The role's primary focus will be developing and implementing the fundraising strategy to generate maximum income from a range of grant-giving organisations and other sources.

You will be accountable for leading the development and implementation of the overall Fundraising Strategy in line with the overall Theory of Change, Strategy and Business Plan. In this key role, you will:

• Manage the fundraising income stream to achieve annual fundraising targets
• Line manage the Projects Officer and delegate tasks effectively

• Identify opportunities for increased funding from new statutory sources across all areas of the IWF’s work
• Maximise the fundraising potential of the relationships of the CEO and other members of the SLT as well as IWF Trustees as appropriate
• Prepare a quarterly written report for the IWF Board of Trustees and make presentations to the Board as requested
• Oversee an effective programme of stewardship with funders to maintain good relationships as well as research, develop and nurture new relationships with potential future funders

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have expertise in creating and operationalising a fundraising strategy with the following skills, attributes and capabilities:

• Experience in developing compelling proposals and securing numerous grants from trusts and foundations or other funding organisations

• Capability to establish and steward productive relationships with funders or other external stakeholders
• Effective presentation skills and an ability to express a strong and compelling narrative
• Track record in raising funds from a range of sources in charity, civil society or social enterprise

• Financially literate and able to cost activities and create budgets
• Ability to act as an ambassador for the IWF amongst a range of high-profile external contacts

To find out more about this role and how to apply, please click on the following link to review the candidate pack:

Head of Fundraising – Pack

The closing date for applications is Sunday 7th May 2023 at 23.59hrs

If you would like to discuss the role before applying, please feel free to contact Emmanuel from Diversifying Group at [email protected]

Our Commitment

IWF is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from people from all sections of the community. We would like to encourage applicants from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and those with disabilities.

Accessibility and Adjustments

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and we will always endeavour to be as accommodating as possible. If you would like to discuss any specific requirements, please contact Emmanuel Crosser at [email protected]