Key Responsibilities

Fundraising strategy & development

• Support the Chair, trustees and leadership to refine the fundraising strategy and annual income targets.
• Identify, pursue, and secure funding opportunities from churches, community organisations, local businesses, trusts, individuals and other sources.

Network engagement & relationship building

• Maintain and grow a network of supporters, particularly local community leaders, churches, corporate partners and philanthropists.
• Confidently represent Free to Fly in meetings and presentations, articulating the mission and impact clearly and compellingly.

Application, reporting & stewardship

• Support the Board to prepare compelling funding applications, proposals and supporting materials.
• Ensure excellent stewarding of existing donors, including liaising with the Project Operations Manager to ensure impact can be reported regularly.
• Ensure that reporting to funders and maintaining relationships is completed in a timely fashion and build strong relationships with funders on behalf of the charity.

Contribution to volunteer development

• Promote volunteering opportunities while fundraising where required; work with Project Ops Manager to strengthen volunteer base generally.
• Recruit fundraising volunteers and lead the volunteer fundraising team with support from the OPs Manager and Trustees where relevant.

Person Specification

Essential

• Significant experience in fundraising, with a track record of meeting income targets.
• Strong networking skills and strong networks already built within Portsmouth - or demonstrated capacity to build networks quickly.
• Excellent written communication, verbal communication, and confident writing compelling stories that motivate giving.
• Comfortable speaking to groups including churches and congregations, and presenting the charity’s work with confidence.
• Willing to represent the charity at events and potentially be a spokesperson for the charity for media relations, if required.
• Self-motivated, organised, and outcome-oriented.
• Strong people person.
• Experience with fundraising CRM/donor database systems.
• Confident in the use of technology including Microsoft Office systems.

Desirable

• Existing links to local churches and Christian organisations.
• Experience raising funds using a breadth of different strategies - from B2B businesses as well as individuals, organisations/groups, trusts etc.
• Creative approach to fundraising and ability to see unique opportunities that others may not see.

Values and fit

• Alignment with the charity’s Christian ethos.
• Ethical approach to fundraising.
• Alignment with Free to Fly’s mission and respect for survivors of abuse.

What you’ll get

• A flexible, part time, yet meaningful fundraising role within a growing charity.
• Opportunity to shape and own fundraising success with real measurable impact.
• Possibility for expanded hours and responsibility as income grows, with mutual agreement.

How To Apply

Your application should be submitted via email to our Chair of Trustees (see below) and include:

• A comprehensive CV outlining your full work history (this is a safeguarding requirement), and any gaps should be explained in your supporting statement.
• A supporting statement, explaining your fit for the role (highlight relevant experience, previous fundraising achievements, + commitment to values). Please specifically outline experience of supporting grass roots/early stage startup nonprofits, if you have this, and how you successfully supported their growth.

For an informal and confidential discussion about the role, please contact: recruitment@freetofly.org.uk and we will arrange a callback.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender*, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.

*In accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010, this role within the charity is subject to an occupational requirement to recruit only an individual who is biologically female, due to the specific nature of the duties involved.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so please apply without delay to avoid disappointment.

Note: Please avoid the use of AI in your covering letter except to help you structure this. Whilst we love the efficiency of AI, we're keen to ensure your application is as wonderfully unique as you are, and that it accurately reflects how you communicate. We want to hear from you about how your values, ethos, experience and aspirations relate to this role specifically, and why you are keen to work with us, and we're keen to hear your voice and not an AI version of you! Thank you.