Jack & Jill
Fundraising Lead (£27k-£36k) at Bloomsbury Football Foundation
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Job Title
Fundraising Lead
Salary
£27k-£36k
Company Description
Bloomsbury Football Foundation is a high-growth London-based charity that has scaled its income from £1m to over £5m in just a few years. They are building a national platform to tackle the youth inactivity and mental health crisis through the power of football, aiming to reach 40,000 young people by 2031.
Job Description
As Fundraising Lead at Bloomsbury Football Foundation, you will drive growth for a £3m portfolio within the UK's fastest-scaling sport-for-good charity. You’ll manage high-value relationships, craft persuasive multi-year proposals, and pioneer AI-driven fundraising strategies. This is a high-responsibility role offering direct exposure to senior leadership as we expand our life-changing impact to 40,000 children nationwide.
Location
London, UK
Why this role is remarkable
- Significant Scale: Join an organization that has grown income 5x in record time and is aiming to become the first sport-for-good charity in the UK to achieve population-level impact.
- High-Level Exposure: Work directly with the Director of Fundraising on seven-figure commitments and represent the foundation in high-stakes meetings with senior decision-makers at major UK foundations.
- Tech-Forward Culture: Benefit from an agile environment that prioritizes personal growth, a "best idea wins" mentality, and the innovative use of AI to revolutionize fundraising processes.
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What You Will Do
- Own the end-to-end grant lifecycle for a complex portfolio, from conducting in-depth prospect research to writing high-impact, tailored proposals for major trust and foundation partners.
- Collaborate with senior leadership to manage funder stewardship and reporting, ensuring long-term partnership retention and securing repeat multi-year funding commitments.
- Help lead the integration of AI-enabled tools into the fundraising pipeline to improve system efficiency and pioneer new methods of data-driven funder engagement.
The ideal candidate
- Outstanding written and verbal communicator with a sharp intellect, able to distill complex social impact data into persuasive, professional narratives for sophisticated audiences.
- Proactive professional with experience in fast-paced environments like consulting, banking, politics, or high-growth charities who thrives when given significant independence and responsibility.
- Highly organized project manager capable of juggling multiple competing deadlines and tracking grant requirements across a large portfolio without losing attention to detail.
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