Fundraising Manager - Cheshire and Greater Manchester East

British Heart Foundation; Rochdale; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health charity is looking for a motivated Fundraising Manager to join their team in Cheshire and Greater Manchester East. You will build relationships with supporters, manage fundraising events, and meet financial targets. The ideal candidate possesses excellent communication skills, strong organizational abilities, and experience with CRM systems. This position includes benefits like annual leave and private medical insurance.

Benefits

30 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme with employer contribution

Life assurance

Extra paid leave for caring responsibilities

Qualifications

• Experience in building relationships with diverse audiences.
• Proven skills in motivating and inspiring supporters.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop supporter relationships with businesses.
• Utilize CRM system for donor management and reporting.
• Meet financial targets and provide regular progress updates.

Skills

Relationship building

Excellent communication skills

Organizational skills

Data-driven analysis

Creative thinking

Tools

CRM system (OneCRM)

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Fundraising Manager - Cheshire and Greater Manchester East, Rochdale

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Posted:

13.08.2025

Expiry Date:

27.09.2025

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The opportunity

Are you a self-motivated and ambitious individual with experience of building lasting relationships that make a meaningful impact?

We have ambitious growth plans for community fundraising and regional partnerships at British Heart Foundation (BHF), and are recruiting a Fundraising Manager to support our work in Cheshire and Greater Manchester East.

BHF’s vision is a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory disease, conditions that will impact more than half of us in our lifetime. It’s more important than ever that we build on our fundraising expertise to raise vital funds to save more lives.

We're looking for a talented person to join our team from the private, public or third sector, who can demonstrate:

• Knowledge and experience of building relationships with a variety of diverse audiences to achieve financial targets.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) able to motivate and inspire supporters.
• Ableto effectively manage multiple and competing priorities to meet deadlines.
• Excellent organisational skills with firm understanding of KPIs, targets, budgeting, and risk mitigation plans.
• Curious and data driven to provide insight and analysis to identify and nurture opportunities.
• Creative thinker with exceptional problem-solving skills.

About the role

Across your geographic area of Cheshire and Greater Manchester East, you'll:

• Identify, develop, and steward supporter relationships with businesses, fundraising groups, and high value prospects.
• Understand supporter motivations, identifying opportunities across the Charity that inspire and engage, enabling them to achieve their fundraising goals and reach their potential.
• Identify and steward corporate prospects using a pipeline process resulting in applying for and converting opportunities.
• Be proactive within your area to identify opportunities for fundraising and raise awareness of the Charity.
• Manage supporters effectively using our CRM system (OneCRM) to provide excellent stewardship.
• Meet agreed financial targets, provide monthly financial progress reports, and put mitigation plans in place for any shortfall.
• Promote BHF’s activities and campaigns to raise awareness and drive income.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced growing team, in an organisation that supports the nations hearts from their first heartbeat to their last.

Working arrangements

This is a field-based role covering Cheshire and Greater Manchester East. This region covers East Manchester, Chester, Wirral, Crewe, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Macclesfield, Tameside, Warrington, Altrincham, and Lymm.You'll need to live in the area or be able to relocate to this region.

Regular travel within the area, and occasionally to other parts of the UK.

You must have a full UK driving licence at the time of application with access to your own vehicle.

There will be a requirement for flexible out of hours working to support occasional evening and weekend activity. You will be compensated for this with time off in lieu.

What we can offer you

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Private medical insurance, dental health cover, and money towards gym membership.
• Pension scheme with employer contribution up to 10%.
• Full pay for 12 weeks for family leave including maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
• Life assurance.
• Extra paid leave of up to 10 days to support colleagues who may need more time off work to look after themselves or others close to them.

We have been recognised by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) for our Live Well. Work Well. Programme. Heart health is central to our mission, and that starts with you. We provide a programme.

This will be two stage interview process. The first stage interview isplanned for w/c 25 Aug 2025

How to apply

Want to join us? Complete our short online application form—all you need is your CV and a supporting statement Just select the Apply button below and take the first step towards an exciting new opportunity.

As part of our commitment to be an inclusive employer and ensure fairness and consistency in selecting the best candidate for this role, the BHF will use anonymous CV software as part of the application journey.

Our recruitment process requires successful candidates to consent to a Basic DBS check and any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory check being completed.

Please note that we are unlikely to be able to sponsor applicants for this role, as it does not meet the minimum salary criteria for sponsorship eligibility.