Regional Development Director

Our charity raises funds (£5m+) and awareness for a leading charity in Pakistan that provides a holistic formal education for 320,000+ underprivileged children – 50% girls, in 2,261+ school units with 16,500 all-female teaching faculties. We are looking for a Regional Development Director to join our London-based team. The Regional Development Director will work closely with the CEO to develop the regional fundraising strategy and ensure it is delivered effectively. He or she will play a pivotal role in developing and managing strong relationships with existing and new supporters, with the aim of increasing TCF-UK’s funding and brand awareness on a regional level. This role is ideal for someone with very strong interpersonal, networking and people management skills, with a proven track record of proactively building and sustaining relationships with key stakeholders. This is an exciting time to join our growing team, in a role that offers you the opportunity to work independently and flexibly, whilst making a real, tangible difference in the lives of thousands of children and women.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute an annual development plan and budget, focused on identifying and building new groups of supporters (“chapters”) across cities as per the strategy and priority of TCF-UK.
• Achieve fundraising targets, while adhering to the fundraising budget, and thereby delivering a high rate on investment.
• Develop a programme of fundraising activities and initiatives, with the aim of growing regional income for TCF-UK.
• Research, identify and network with key individuals in groups in the community who will support fundraising events and activities.
• Recruit, manage and support fundraising volunteers and supporters.
• Provide support and guidance to groups and individuals in the community who are fundraising on behalf of TCF-UK.
• Manage and grow the portfolio of existing and potential HNWI’s in the assigned region, ensuring that all donors receive highest possible care.
• Attend, promote and raise funds for TCF-UK at events organised by TCF-UK supporters or other organisations.
• Develop strategic relationships with key stakeholders (media agencies, journalists etc.) and leverage these to drive awareness about TCF-UK.
• Ensure all fundraising activities comply with TCF-UK’s guidelines as well as the statutory guidelines.
• Provide timely reports to the CEO and the Board on progress of all fundraising activities.
• Ensure donor, stakeholder and volunteer data is accurately captured and managed in the CRM.

Personal Specifications:

• Bachelors degree
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with ability to connect, network and build relationships.
• Broad understanding of fundraising techniques, volunteer management and major donor fundraising.
• A successful track record of developing and nurturing strategic partnerships and meeting budget and targets.
• Ability to manage and resolve conflict.
• Adept at working independently and autonomously, when required.
• Strong, collaborative team player, with ability to effectively manage multiple conversations, priorities and stakeholders.
• Willingness to be flexible about hours and location of work in order to accommodate events, function and work activity.
• The role requires a degree of travel within the UK.
• Highly organised, efficient and detail oriented.
• Passionate about education and TCF’s work and mission.
• Dynamic, energetic and flexible, with ability to adapt to a consistently changing environment.
• Must be authorised to work in the UK and not require work authorisation by our company for this position or in the future.

Location: Birmingham, Manchester, Yorkshire, or another major city in the North or Midlands (home-based with regular travel)

Contract: Permanent, full-time

Salary: £50,000 per annum.

HOW TO APPLY

Please send your CV to info@tcf-uk.org. We are looking for an individual who can start immediately. If you have the passion and drive to make a positive change in the lives of young children, we look forward to hearing from you.