Local Fundraising Development Lead – YMCA England & Wales
Job Title: Local Fundraising Development Lead
Location: London/Hybrid
Salary: £56,514.50 per annum
Weekly Hours: 35
Reference: YMC1152467
Overview
Are you an experienced fundraiser who thrives on collaboration, insight, and making a lasting difference? YMCA England & Wales is looking for a strategic and relationship-focused fundraising leader to shape the future of local fundraising across our federation.
This is an exciting opportunity to co-create something transformative – a national strategy that empowers 83 independent YMCAs across England and Wales to strengthen, sustain, and grow their own fundraising. You’ll lead an open and consultative process to design a practical, scalable model of support, ensuring every YMCA – no matter their size or setting – has access to tools, training, and shared infrastructure they need to thrive.
Responsibilities
* Collaborate with local YMCAs to conduct a federation-wide consultation to understand what’s working well, identify opportunities, and co-design solutions that meet real needs.
* Design and develop shared donation platforms, supporter journeys, training programmes, and fundraising products.
* Scope the creation of a Fundraising Centre of Excellence – a central hub for best practice, learning, and innovation.
* Design the blueprint for a YMCA Fundraising Academy that builds confidence and capability across the federation.
* Work in partnership with fundraising and communications colleagues, local YMCA leaders, and sector peers to develop resources that elevate community fundraising, civic engagement, and corporate partnerships.
Qualifications and Attributes
We’re looking for someone who combines strategic acumen with empathy, who listens deeply and leads collaboratively, and who brings both vision and delivery. You’ll be as comfortable facilitating workshops and building relationships as you are developing frameworks, analysing data, and presenting recommendations at a national level.
Benefits and Process
Our recruitment process is anonymised and candidates' names are hidden. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. Safer recruitment is important to us; the successful applicant will be asked to provide two references, complete a safeguarding self‑declaration, safeguarding training, and undertake a DBS check. For further information on YMCA, visit www.ymca.org.uk/about.
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