Strategic Philanthropy Manager

Cancer Fund for Children; Ireland; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Cancer Fund for Children is seeking an experienced Philanthropy Manager to lead on building and maintaining long-term relationships to fuel growth across the island of Ireland. The role focuses on securing significant gifts through trusts, foundations, major gifts, legacy giving and innovative giving streams.

You will lead a two-person team, drive a high-value donor pipeline, manage budgets and KPIs, and collaborate with communications, services and finance to develop compelling propositions and

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a philanthropic programme to build and maintain strategic and sustainable relationships and secure significant gifts across trusts and foundations, major gifts, legacy giving and alternative forms of fundraising.
• Manage budgets, KPIs and performance across all philanthropic income streams ensuring disciplined planning, forecasting and reporting.
• Collaborate with communications, services, finance and other departments to develop compelling propositions, cases for support and campaigns that attract and deepen supporter relationships, improve retention and increase life-time value.
• Drive donor acquisition, development and engagement strategies that deliver annual income targets, demonstrate impact and build a multi-year philanthropic pipeline.
• Lead an internal team of two colleagues empowering them to deliver exceptional donor experiences, build strong pipelines and secure transformational gifts.
• Ensure robust team management practices, including appraisals, objective setting, supervision and professional development.
• Embed a best-practice high-value gift culture across the team ensuring high-quality stewardship and disciplined pipeline development
• Engage external support to leverage networks, expertise and influence
• Foster a collaborative values driven culture that encourages innovation, accountability and shared success.
• Champion the use of CRM within the philanthropy team and ensure data is managed securely and in line with data protection legislation, fundraising standards and organisational policies.

Job description

Cancer Fund for Children is seeking an experienced Philanthropy Manager to lead on building and maintaining long-term relationships to fuel growth across the island of Ireland. The role focuses on securing significant gifts through trusts, foundations, major gifts, legacy giving and innovative giving streams.

You will lead a two-person team, drive a high-value donor pipeline, manage budgets and KPIs, and collaborate with communications, services and finance to develop compelling propositions and