Income and Engagement Specialist

Are you a senior engagement specialist or fundraising leader who can see the big picture and also knows how to make things work brilliantly day to day? Do you believe that great systems and smart data only matter if they help you build more meaningful relationships with real people?

The charity is at a genuinely exciting point in their journey. Their new strategy sets out a bold ambition for the future, and engaging and growing the supporter base is central to making it happen. They have made significant investment in engagement capability, including a state-of-the-art CRM, alongside face-to-face fundraising and digital innovation.

We’re now looking for an experienced leader to step into a senior interim role, providing stability, leadership and momentum across engagement activity during a period of transition. This role will lead all of the mass fundraising and engagement activity, including Individual Giving, Legacies, Community & Events Fundraising, and Supporter Care. It is a senior, influential role shaping how supporters experience the charity, how they grow income sustainably, and how to build long-term relationships rooted in trust and shared values.

As part of the interim remit, the role will also provide operational oversight and support to the High Value Relationships team, working closely with the interim Executive Director of Fundraising and other colleagues to ensure continuity, strong performance management and clear oversight of income and KPIs during this period.

You’ll bring strategic vision and clarity, alongside strong operational judgement. You’ll know how to turn insight into action, how to use data intelligently (without losing the human touch), and how to lead teams through change with confidence and care. You’ll be comfortable holding performance, using financial and KPI information to support delivery and decision-making.

Just as importantly, you’ll recognise that supporters aren’t just numbers or segments – they’re individuals who care deeply about the work and want to feel connected to the difference they’re helping to make.

You’ll lead the place where the fundraising brand, proposition, and voice really come to life, designing experiences, appeals, campaigns and supporter journeys that reflect the voices and lived experiences of people with a learning disability and show the world why our work matters.

This is a full time role (37.5 hours per week), offered on a 9 month fixed term contract, with flexibility on location.

If you’re excited by the opportunity to step into a senior interim leadership role, make the most of significant investment, and guide large, complex fundraising and engagement functions through an important period of transition, we’d love to hear from you!

Apply now with an updated CV, applications close on 25th February, with interviews taking place shortly afterwards.

The charity offers an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward employees to ensure that teams feel valued and appreciated. The benefits package offers 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings.

The charity’s vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. They are here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. Fighting for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in.

Everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues. Belonging is for everyone, every day, everywhere. Everyone is expected to treat people well and make it an inclusive organisation. Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes. Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.

There are Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long-term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies. Everyone is encouraged to apply and there are a variety of different contract types and working patterns on offer. They’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. You will have training and development to help you to succeed in the role you’re applying for.