Salary: £15,818.48 at 0.4FTE or £23,727.71 at 0.6FTE (£39,546.19 full time equivalent). Note: We do not negotiate salaries, so please only apply if this is in line with your expectations.
Contract: 1 year fixed term
Hours: 0.4 or 0.6FTE (14/21 hours per week respectively)
Location: Hybrid. Staff work remotely and from the Medact office in East London. London-based staff work in-person as a team one day per week, and staff based outside London come in at least once a month, with support for travel costs. Applications from outside London are encouraged.
Apply by: 9am, Monday 10th November
Medact is looking for an experienced trusts and grants fundraiser to secure income over a one-year period. You’ll be focusing on securing large grants for both core and restricted income.
Background
Medact organises with the health community to win a world in which everyone can truly achieve and exercise their human right to health. We cover some of the most pressing national and global threats to health and wellbeing including institutional racism; climate change; human rights abuses; violent conflict; and rising inequality. We’re a member-led organisation, and our members are made up of a range of people who work in health including nurses, doctors, midwives, and clinical researchers.
We take an organising-centred approach to our work. We build community power by working in solidarity with health workers and the communities experiencing harm from the unjust systems we challenge. We run national campaigns, use research to expose injustice, and we support local organising groups across the country who lead most of our work.
About the role
Medact is hiring for the new role of Fundraising Manager: Trusts & Grants to secure grant funds for the organisation over a critical one-year period. The new Fundraising Manager will be responsible for completing applications already in the pipeline, and then setting out a plan to apply for as many successful grants as possible in the period and delivering it.
The successful candidate will work closely with the senior leadership team and our programme staff, to identify, develop and write grant proposals to relevant funders, for both restricted and unrestricted income streams.
About you
This is a skilled role but you don’t need to have had a job in an NGO before or be a professional campaigner to be right for it. You might have successfully fundraised for a local community organisation or a grassroots campaign on a social justice or health issue that you care about.
You’ll have strong skills in developing and writing applications, with a strong understanding of the funding landscape and potential relevant grantmakers. You need to be a great communicator, able to translate the work of an organisation into language tailored for different funding bodies. You’ll also be a strong team player, able to work with relevant staff members to develop winning applications that fit properly within our existing strategy and areas of work.
Benefits
- 35 hour full time work week
- 25 days paid holidays (pro-rata) plus bank holidays and additional days at Christmas when the office is closed
- Employer pension contribution
- Flexible working
- Learning and development budget
- Cycle to work scheme
- A caring and supportive culture and lots of opportunities for team connection
How to apply
Read the job description and person specification thoroughly before applying.
Send your CV and a cover letter of no more than two pages to [email protected] with the subject line “Fundraising Manager”.
Please do not state when or where you were educated on your application.
Please also complete a copy of our monitoring form.
Your cover letter should tell us why you want this role, and specifically set out how you meet the person specification. We encourage you to use the person specification sections as headings, and please use examples to illustrate your experience (it may be helpful to use the STAR method).
If your application is shortlisted, we will invite you to an interview. You may be asked to complete a short task and be asked questions by a panel of interviewers.
We are happy to reimburse shortlisted candidates for travel costs/childcare costs/lost wages incurred as a result of attending an interview.
Help applying
We have members of the team on hand to talk about the post and application process. They won’t be involved in recruitment, and any chats will be kept confidential. If you think this could be helpful, email [email protected].
Key dates
Applications close at 9am, Monday 10th November
Interviews will be on Wednesday 19th November and Thursday 20th November
If needed, second interviews will be in the week of 24th November
Our recruitment principles
Medact aims to be an inclusive and supportive employer, and we recognise that recruitment processes don’t work for everyone. We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in the NGO sector, and we’re committed to doing what we can to correct this. We are particularly keen to receive applications from people of colour; people with disabilities; people who identify as being LGTBQIA; people who have a mental health condition; and people who identify as working class or have a working class background. If you have any questions or uncertainties about this position, and whether you are right for it, please do get in touch.
