IG Fundraising Manager

Practical Action; Rugby; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working policy

27 days holiday

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Practical Action is seeking a Fundraising Manager on a fixed-term basis in Rugby. The role sits in the Individual Giving team and is responsible for planning and delivering activities to recruit new supporters and generate income.

You will manage the supporter recruitment programme, focus on offline channels, and develop new products, channels and audiences with a future-focused outlook on fundraising and recruitment.

Qualifications

• Degree qualification or ~5 years’ experience in individual giving fundraising, marketing or related discipline.
• Experience delivering marketing and fundraising for a charity, ideally in international development.
• Experience managing others – line management or project management.
• Experience managing external suppliers and agency relationships.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver activities that recruit new supporters and generate income.
• Manage supporter recruitment programme and achieve targets.
• Develop offline channels and future-focused fundraising initiatives.
• Work with Digital Fundraising and other teams to integrate acquisition activities.

Skills

Fundraising

Marketing

Communications

Line management

Agency management

Relationship building

Education

Degree in related discipline

Tools

Experience with fundraising platforms

Data analysis

Job description

This fixed term role will provide cover with the current position-holder is on secondment with another team. Within the Individual Giving team, the Fundraising Manager will have responsibility for the planning and delivery of activities that recruit new supporters and generate income.

You will manage our supporter recruitment programme, ensuring we meet our targets, and promoting investment strategies to cost-effectively and sustainably grow our supporter base. You will focus on the delivery of existing offline communication channels, as well as the development of new products, channels and audiences with a future-focused outlook on fundraising and recruitment. Over the next 12 months the new initiatives we plan to launch include a value exchange lead generation programme, improvements to our welcome journeys including the introduction of telemarketing, and potentially a lottery scheme.

Working closely with the other Fundraising Managers (especially the Digital Fundraising Manager), you will also ensure that new recruits go on to become loyal supporters, taking the lead on some projects and contributing to others, and will help to feed the pipeline of legacy pledges. You will help to improve the experience for our supporters and maximise their potential for giving.

You will also work closely with the Digital Team to ensure thoughtful integration of acquisition activities to optimise spending and ensure a seamless experience for new supporters across channels.

About you

Experience / Qualifications:

• Degree qualification in or c.5 years’ experience of individual giving fundraising, marketing, communications or related discipline.
• Experience delivering marketing / fundraising for a charity, ideally in international development
• Experience managing or leading others – ie line management or project management
• Experience managing external suppliers and agency relationships

Behaviours / Personal Attributes:

• Highly motivated and target-driven, an enthusiastic self-starter
• Collaborative and able to work across multiple teams
• Excellent relationship-builder
• Resilient and adaptable under pressure, capable of balancing multiple priorities simultaneously
• Creative, innovative and ambitious, and able to inspire that in others
• Experience with a variety of fundraising channels, products and platforms – with a particular focus on supporter acquisition
• Knowledge of the legal and compliance frameworks for charity fundraising and marketing including, but not limited to the Fundraising Regulator, Privacy and Data Protection legislation.
• Passion for the charity sector, ideally in international development

Skills, abilities and competencies:

To be successful in the role, the ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate:

Technical / Functional Skills:

• Ability to design and deliver fundraising strategies and campaigns
• Strong data analysis and reporting skills (donor metrics, campaign ROI)
• Familiarity with fundraising CRM software (e.g., Raiser’s Edge, Salesforce NPSP)
• Budgeting and financial management for fundraising activities
• Excellent written and verbal communication for donor engagement and presentations
• Leadership skills for managing individuals within fundraising team
• Relationship and stakeholder management
• Excellent organisational, time management and project management skills

The opportunity to work for an organisation that is taking practical action against poverty and the environmental crises to start the big changes the world urgently needs. A friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged colleagues, work life balance and flexible working – these are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.

In the UK, our open plan offices are located in the centre of Rugby and near to Rugby train station, but we also offer free parking.

In addition, we offer the following benefits:

• Full-time roles are contracted at 35 hours per week.
• It is our normal practice to operate a hybrid working policy, where flexible working hours are enabled as well as remote working.
• 27 days holiday rising with continuous service, in addition to public holidays
• Pension scheme – employer contributes 10.5% of salary and the employee contributes 5%.
• Enhanced family friendly policies, including maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave.
• Life assurance (3 x annual salary).
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme – access to our Wellbeing platform
• Learning and Development Opportunities
• Sit / Stand desks available in our modern offices.

About us

We are a global community taking practical action against poverty and today’s environmental crises. Across Africa, Asia and Latin America we partner with people experiencing these challenges, especially those who are unheard and excluded. Our approach is to identify what works on a local level, then adapt and amplify it across different regions, countries and continents. All of Practical Action’s work is focused on two connected areas for action – livelihoods and climate resilience – and we’re working to deliver three big, global changes:

• Big change on food – to sustain people and planet
• Big change on energy – clean and accessible for everyone

Our values

We are People Centred, striving to create an equal, fair, accessible, dignified and respectful environment for everyone we work with – from colleagues and communities, to supporters, suppliers and stakeholders.

We are Impact Driven, existing to make a positive difference, so everything we do is driven by our energy to create lasting value for the people and communities we serve.

We are Transparent and trustworthy, acting with integrity, honesty, and strong ethics, building mutual trust with everyone we work with to achieve the highest standards.

We are Innovative, and champion learning, curiosity and fresh thinking, bringing local knowledge to create global impact.

We are Resilient changemakers working for sustainable development, meeting challenges head-on, and evolving through the lessons learnt.

Additional information

We treat all employment applications fairly, regardless of gender, race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, caste, tribe, belief, age, marital status, pregnancy, caring responsibilities, sexual orientation or disability.

Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing.

To ensure that Practical Action meets its obligations of safer recruitment, appointment to posts within Practical Action will be subject to a satisfactory criminal check. Criminal checks will be conducted for all roles.

The successful applicant must already have the right to both live and work in the UK , where this role is based, and should be willing and able to travel.

Salary Range: Circa £44,000-£47,000 dependant on experience

Closing date for applications: 18 th September 2026