Assistant Head of Philanthropy - Major Donors

Additional Salary information: £58,766 per annum (working a minimum of 40% across each month at our London Headquarters) or £52,471 per annum (Less than 40% attendance at our London Office)

Interview Date: To be confirmed

One of the UK's most inspiring and best known faith-based organisations, The Salvation Army, is looking for a highly credible Assistant Head of Philanthropy – Major Donors, to strengthen the scale and value of our major donor pipeline, deliver excellent personalised stewardship and increase the number of people making donations to The Salvation Army.

We are looking for someone with passion and an entrepreneurial spirit ready to take us to the next level of success.

As Assistant Head of Philanthropy – Major Donors, you will be crucial to ensuring an income stream sufficient to resource the future mission of The Salvation Army. In addition, you will play a critical role in leading our major donor programme, inspiring individuals to make transformational donations to support our work across the UK. You will also form part of the senior leadership team within the wider Philanthropy department.

To be successful in this role you will have:

substantial experience of running a major donor programme within a complex organisation
an outstanding track record of success
the ability to influence at a senior level and inspire and motivate colleagues.

This is an exciting time to join The Salvation Army as we look to invest in all aspects of fundraising and marketing. If you are an ambitious experienced fundraising expert looking for your next challenge and would like to play a key role in The Salvation Army's income growth, this could be the role you're looking for.

In order to complete your application please download and read the job profile and any other attachments.

In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role, please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement as this forms the basis of our shortlisting.

Appointment will be subject to;

Satisfactory references
Relevant qualifications
Evidence of your Right to Work in the UK in line with Home Office requirements. As we are not a licensed sponsor, applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. Details on how to prove your Right to Work can be found here.

The Salvation Army actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential, and we welcome applications from a wide range of candidates, including those with criminal records.

Please note that any Salvation Army employees who are under notice of redundancy and apply for this position will be given priority consideration.

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.

Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident leader scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy.