Head of Proposition Development

Harris Hill Charity Recruitment Specialists; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Harris Hill Charity Recruitment Specialists is seeking a Head of Propositions for a 6-month contract to support a national disability charity. The role demands excellence in persuasive storytelling and strategic analysis to secure funding while managing complex projects. Ideal candidates will have experience in creating compelling narratives, understanding fundraising processes, and the ability to communicate effectively across various audiences. The position offers a flexible work arrangement requiring in-office days, reflecting a balanced approach to workplace interactions.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in developing cross-organisation propositions.
• Outstanding writing, editing, and presentation skills.
• Experience in visually engaging donor content.
• Strong numeracy for developing budgets and monitoring outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Craft persuasive content for various supporters.
• Interpret data and create budgets aligned with strategy.
• Manage multiple high-value projects effectively.
• Lead on specific projects as required.

Skills

Persuasive storytelling

Strategic and analytical thinking

Project management

Technical proficiency

Tools

CRM systems (MS Dynamics)

MS Office

Job description

Harris Hill is looking for a Head of Propositions for 6 months, to support a national disability charity.

The role will be responsible for working across a large and complex organisation with a newly launched strategy, to identify and develop compelling narratives and strategic, transformational propositions that will enable them to secure significant funding across all income streams.

You will work with fundraisers and programme leads to create a blueprint for impact tracking, reporting and stewardship that will clearly demonstrate their impact and ensure they are delivering on their commitments to funders.

You will innovate and help to identify new and exciting ways to showcase their work to existing and new supporters.

Someone from a complex and social care providing organisation would be ideal, but not essential, who has been responsible and understands the role and its need to get basics in place, getting under the skin to produce almost a bible that fundraisers can use..

You will understand the fundamentals of things like reporting, KPI's, and ensuring systems are in place to track fundraising. As such, you will write really well, not in a proposal writing sense, but with the ability to explain practices clearly, producing documents and reports that are understood by the wider team, stakeholders and managers. You will essentially come in and create a template from scratch for what a programme is, encompassing budget, need to function, campaigning work and how that all links together.

This role can be a 4-5dpw role, with 2 days per week in the office.

Key responsibilities

• Persuasive storytelling : Ability to craft compelling and factually accurate content that motivates all supporters from high-level philanthropists to individual givers.
• Strategic and analytical thinking: Ability to interpret data, create budgets, and align fundraising activities with overall organisational strategy. Interrogating technical materials and complex budgets to draw out a scalable case for support.
• Project management: Highly organised, capable of handling multiple, high-value projects and deadlines simultaneously.
• Technical proficiency: Competence in CRM systems, ideally experience of MS Dynamics, and MS Office.

Person specification

• Experience: Proven track record of developing transformational cross organisation propositions within a similar role or in major gifts, philanthropy, trust & foundation, or corporate fundraising.
• Exceptional communication: Outstanding writing, editing, and presenting skills to create persuasive, tailored proposals and storytelling for varied audiences.
• Creativity: Experience of preparing visually engaging donor engagement and stewardship content that maximises the lifetime value of supporters and engages new supporters.
• Toolkits and collateral: Build, maintain, and update toolkits of resources for fundraisers to use in proposals and pitches.
• Analytical skills: Strong numeracy to develop project budgets, plan campaigns, and monitor outcomes.
• Project management: Lead on specific projects/defined pieces of work for the directorate as required and agreed.
• Performance monitoring: Track proposition success, using data-driven insights to optimize materials and ensure high return on investment.
• Impact focused: Experience of developing clear reporting frameworks for fundraisers and programme teams.
• Internal collaboration: Partner with research, service delivery, and finance teams to identify fundable projects and gather accurate budgetary information.
• Prioritisation: Ability to effectively plan and prioritise a complex and varied workload and provide an efficient service to internal customers.

If you would like to find out more, please apply for further information.