New Business Development Lead – Trusts & Foundations

Internet Watch Foundation; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Private health care

Cycle to work scheme

On-site parking

Job summary

Internet Watch Foundation in London or Cambridge is seeking a New Business Development Manager to lead the search for new income from trusts, foundations, donors, and commercial partners. You’ll take opportunities from first contact through to proposal, negotiation and agreement, helping diversify our funding base.

You’ll report to the Development & Income Director, require excellent writing and communication skills, and be comfortable engaging senior decision-makers.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of securing new income from trusts and foundations.
• Experience managing a business development pipeline from prospecting to conversion.
• Excellent writing and communications skills for persuasive cases.
• Ability to engage senior decision-makers; strategic and highly organized.
• Experience in technology, nonprofit or online safety sectors is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage a pipeline of trusts, foundations, donors and commercial prospects.
• Research funder priorities and develop tailored cases for support and applications.
• Lead pitches and negotiations to secure multi-year funding.
• Develop innovative partnership propositions translating IWF’s impact.
• Grow a network of senior contacts and intermediaries who open new opportunities.
• Represent IWF at events, conferences and roundtables.
• Report on pipeline, forecasts and progress against income targets.

Skills

Fundraising

Pipeline management

Proposal writing

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Internet Watch Foundation in London or Cambridge is seeking a New Business Development Manager to lead the search for new income from trusts, foundations, donors, and commercial partners. You’ll take opportunities from first contact through to proposal, negotiation and agreement, helping diversify our funding base.

You’ll report to the Development & Income Director, require excellent writing and communication skills, and be comfortable engaging senior decision-makers.