Fundraising Innovation Lead

Greenpeace UK is an independent national/regional organisation within the global Greenpeace campaigning network, which acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace. The global network of Greenpeace organisations comprises 26 independent national/regional Greenpeace organisations with presence in over 55 countries across Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, as well as a coordinating and supporting organisation, Greenpeace International.

The brand-new role of Fundraising Innovation Lead is perfect for someone who has the proven experience of developing new mass market products in a fundraising or revenue generation context and the drive and determination to help establish and build a fundraising innovation function.

If helping us tackle some of our thorniest fundraising challenges in new ways sounds like the ideal role for you, read on. You will work with colleagues across the fundraising department and the wider organisation to identify and implement innovative ideas to develop new fundraising products and generate sustainable income streams.

You'll lead on the delivery of horizon scanning to ensure our innovation territory choices are insight-led and aligned to our innovation goals. You'll lead and deliver innovation cycles ensuring our new products meet the needs of our target audience. You’ll also help us build the right culture and ways of working for success.

Location: Islington, London. Our hybrid working model enables us to enjoy the benefits of both office based and remote working. We ask that staff work from the office in Islington 40% of their time, with 20% required as a minimum. Reasonable adjustments as well as specific office based needs will be considered for those with long term health conditions and disabilities.

Job requirements

You'll have:

• Demonstrable track record of developing new mass market products (fundraising or revenue generation) and using an innovation framework to tackle new product development.
• A creative and strategic mindset, plus a deep understanding of innovation and product development.
• Experience of commissioning and using data and creative/audience insights to inform decision making and develop actionable plans and initiatives.
• Excellent working knowledge of product design principles, innovation methodologies and approaches.
• Strong relationship building, stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to adapt to different styles and ways of working.
• Experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams in a matrix management approach, as well as coaching and supporting teams and working with external partners across different stages of the innovation lifecycle.
• Passion for tackling the climate and nature crisis.

We give you:

You’ll be encouraged to develop both personally and professionally, taking advantage of the wide range of learning and development opportunities available to our staff. We offer great benefits such as a generous pension scheme, subsidised lunches, free yoga and a wealth of well-being resources, just to name a few. Take a look at our Work for Greenpeace pages to find out more about what it’s like to work for us and why you should apply.

Our commitment to diversity:

At Greenpeace UK we are committed to advancing diversity, inclusion, equity and becoming anti-racist. We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in environmental and campaigning organisations and want to do all we can to correct this. In particular, we want to be more representative of Britain’s diversity at senior levels of GPUK. If you have the skills we need and are a person of colour, disabled, LGBTQIA, non-binary, have a mental health condition, or if you identify as working class now or in the past, we would welcome an application from you.

To Apply

For further information, and to apply please visit our website.

Greenpeace UK is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age or any other category protected by law.

CLOSING DATE: 9.00 am 3rd February.

FIRST INTERVIEWS: Week of 10th February.

SECOND INTERVIEWS: Week of 24th February.