Job Description
Salary: £61,000 - £71,000
Contract: Permanent (0.8-1.0 FTE considered)Location: London – Hybrid working Closing date: 7th MayBenefits: 25 days holiday, Pension scheme, enhanced family leave, wellbeing day, kids holiday clubs, ongoing professional development
We have an exciting opportunity for a Director of Fundraising, reporting to the Chief Executive, to join Unitas Youth Zone — an inspiring, ambitious and highly-regarded youth charity delivering life changing opportunities for young people across Barnet. Unitas is the largest provider of youth work in North London and was awarded Charity of the Year 2024 by The Barnet Group.
This senior leadership role offers the chance to shape and grow a high-performing fundraising function, with the ambition to deliver c.£2m per annum in income. You will work closely with an engaged Board, an actively involved Chair and a passionate executive team — with significant autonomy to lead, innovate and build.
As Director of Fundraising, you will lead the development and delivery of a diverse, donor-centred fundraising strategy, with relationship-based fundraising at its heart. You will personally manage a portfolio of major donors and corporate partners while leading and motivating a small, skilled fundraising and communications team.
To be successful as the role of Director of Fundraising you will need:
* A strong track record of securing significant income from major donors and/or corporate partnerships
* Experience of developing and managing fundraising strategies and pipelines
* Proven leadership or line management experience, with the ability to build and inspire teams
If you would like to discuss this role with us please contact us and quote the reference 2941AJ. Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable charity jobs. We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment in the charity sector and partner with you as the leading charity recruitment agency. If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.