High Value Funding Development Manager

High Value Funding Development Manager
Contract Type: Permanent  
Full time: 34.5 hours, we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours
Location: Hybrid between home and our London Office (1 day a week in the office)
Salary: £41,500 - £45,500

About us

At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.

Our new organisational strategy sets out how we’ll fight even harder to make every pound raised count for even more. With your help, we’ll transform cancer care for good.

About the team

This role offers an exciting opportunity to join our ambitious High Value Stewardship & Operations team, part of the newly formed Partnerships Directorate, which is dedicated to building impactful, long-term relationships with philanthropists, corporate partners, and healthcare professionals.

You’ll play a pivotal role in bringing high value supporters into the heart of Macmillan, unlocking significant support to help tackle some of the most complex challenges facing people living with cancer, and the wider cancer care system.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the future of Corporate Partnerships and Philanthropy at one of the UK’s most respected charities. You’ll be part of a dynamic, inclusive and ambitious team, working to deliver real impact for people living with cancer.

About the role

Are you a strategic and detail-oriented professional ready to deliver exceptional funding propositions and impact reporting for high value supporters? 

We are seeking an experienced High Value Funding Development Manager to provide exceptional case for support content for Corporate Partnerships and Philanthropy audiences. You will work with colleagues to develop compelling propositions that inspire high value donors to support Macmillan’s work, as well as inspiring impact reporting that demonstrates the difference they are making to people living with cancer.

You will collaborate with colleagues across the organisation to identify and produce a range of compelling case for support materials, from overarching narrative content to detailed funding propositions for core areas of Macmillan’s work, as well as developing bespoke funding propositions for our highest value funding opportunities, and ensuring funds are spent in line with donors’ wishes and delivering maximum impact.  

Key responsibilities:

• Producing a range of compelling case for support materials for Corporate Partnerships and Philanthropy fundraisers
• Developing bespoke funding proposals and pitches for the highest value funding opportunities
• Connecting high value fundraisers to the most exciting developments and impactful stories across the organisation
• Producing impact reporting resources that demonstrate the difference high value supporters are making to Macmillan’s work.

About you 

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following skills and experience: 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to adapt and translate communications effectively to suit a range of supporters
• Ability to understand Macmillan’s wide range of services and work, ask the right questions and translate complexity into compelling funding propositions that non-subject matter experts can understand
• Ability to produce case for support content that is professional and engaging
• Strong partnering skills and ability to understand the needs of colleagues and supporters
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation to deliver solutions
• Strong organisational and planning skills, and ability to coordinate and manage multiple complex workstreams, identifying and mitigating risks as needed

In return, we offer a range of benefits including:

• 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days 
• Pension matched up to 7.5%
• 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
• Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
• Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more

Recruitment Process

Application deadline: Monday 29th September
Interview dates: Virtual Interviews will be held week commencing 6th October (exact dates TBC)

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.

So we can support you to be at your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan TA Team TATeam@macmillan.org.uk for advice and reasonable adjustments.

We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and 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 Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.