Regional Fundraising Manager (South East)

Alzheimer's Society; England; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading dementia charity is looking for a Regional Fundraising Manager to lead their team in the South East of England. In this pivotal position, you will drive fundraising efforts to maximize income and develop key relationships with donors and stakeholders. You will manage a diverse team, ensuring that strategic fundraising goals are met while supporting the charity's mission to assist individuals affected by dementia. Strong experience in community and corporate fundraising, along with financial management skills, is crucial for this role.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Support for professional development

Work-life balance programs

Qualifications

• Strong local knowledge of the South East of England essential.
• Experience in managing budgets and financial forecasting required.
• Ability to communicate confidently and influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 4 regional fundraisers to achieve fundraising targets.
• Develop and implement strategies to maximize income from various sources.
• Manage relationships with key supporters and stakeholders.

Skills

Team management

Relationship fundraising

Influencing and negotiating

Financial management

Local knowledge

Education

Experience in community fundraising

Job description

About The Role

It’s an exciting time to join Regional Fundraising. We’re a growing team with big ambitions over the next 5 years. This role will play a huge part in making these ambitions a reality and paving the way for our future.

We are recruiting for an additional Regional Fundraising Manager to join the Regional Fundraising Team here at the Alzheimer’s Society covering the South East of England, which covers Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Hants and East Dorset.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced team manager with expertise in community, corporate or relationship fundraising. This role will enable you to demonstrate your impact by both growing the overall income within your sub-region by managing and developing your amazing team of 4 Regional fundraisers, and through leading by example on securing new sources of income where the opportunity is greatest. This will range from new business acquisition through to delivering high level bespoke stewardship and key account management for our high value supporters. This is a real opportunity for you to make your mark on the sub region.

From multi-year partnerships and supporters, right through to managing volunteers and raising awareness in our communities, the team you will lead is talented, fast‑paced and on a mission to create a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. This is where you come in – we need somebody who can harness this passion, help us to maximise on the opportunities that our unique locations give us, and ultimately grow income so we can be there for everybody affected by dementia.

The role will work closely with the Senior Regional Fundraising Manager and other Regional Fundraising Managers in the region to plan, execute and deliver our core community income and expenditure budget, ensuring that no opportunity is left unturned.

Whilst this is a homeworking role, you will need to be based in and able to travel across your sub region (Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Hants, East Dorset) to meet supporters and attend internal meetings at locations across the country including our flagship offices (London, Birmingham, Warrington and Belfast). You must reside in the UK and have the correct right to work documents to work in the UK.

About you

• You won’t be afraid to challenge the status quo
• You will be a confident communicator who can influence and negotiate at a high level and views feedback as an essential tool for development
• You will have previous financial experience in managing budgets and forecasting for income and expenditure
• You will understand the strengths and challenges of managing a geographically dispersed team
• You will have a strong local knowledge of the area and, using organisational data, will use this to inform plans and decisions

If you are passionate about regional fundraising, team management and development, and want to be part of an ambitious and strong team environment…then we want to hear from you!

We will be holding an information & Q&A session for this role on the 7th of January 2026 at 12:30. To receive a link to this or for further information, please get in touch with the Talent Acquisition Team for further support at [e-mail].

About Alzheimer's Society

Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.

At Alzheimer’s Society, we’re the UK’s leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding groundbreaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.

Together with our supporters, we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives.

Our values make sure that our focus is clear for the challenges and opportunities ahead and remind us of what we all stand for.

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under‑represented at Alzheimer’s Society.

We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer’s Society.

Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee forum and Employee Lived Experience network groups help us promote inclusion and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.

Our hiring process

During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and can be at your best. We are working hard to ensure our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible, so please do inform us of your experience and anything you think we could do better by completing our candidate survey when you apply. Please also contact Alzheimer’s Society Talent Acquisition Team via [e-mail] for application support or any adjustments you might need.

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed. We recognise the benefits of AI, but if you’re considering using it to submit your application, we encourage you to reflect on the value it truly adds. AI tools often lack the personal touch and authenticity that set candidates apart. We want to hear your unique perspective, experiences, and skills, so we encourage you to showcase them in your own voice.

We try to avoid closing roles early where possible, however if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close earlier than the advertised closing date. Should this occur, we will aim to provide you with at least 48 hours' notice.

We are committed to safer recruitment and ensuring the welfare of those we work with, due to the nature of some of our roles, we might need to carry out a DBS check at the relevant level.

Giving back to you

Our employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people’s lives. We are proud to support them with a range of benefits, recognition and many options for working agilely, all contributing to a strong work life balance. We also have various learning programmes to support you in your development and help you grow to realise your potential and shape a career with Alzheimer’s Society.

You can also visit our Working for Us pages, which give you more information about what it’s like to be an employee at the Society.