Job Title: Director of Fundraising and External Affairs
Reporting To: Co Ceos                            
Manages:  Assistant Director of Philanthropy and Strategic Partnerships,  Head of Policy and Communications and Head of Marketing
Location:  Remote, with regular travel to meetings with donors, for events and to our central office in Leicester for collaborative meetings and team activities.
Contract: Permanent
Salary:  £82,000 per annum
Hours: Full time (36 hours per week, flexible). 

About Home-Start UK

Home-Start is a federated charity consisting of a central national office – Home-Start UK - and over 170 geographically dispersed local Home-Start organisations, all working together under the same identity.

We recognise that being a parent has never been easy. Every Home-Start volunteer is trained to work alongside parents to overcome the challenges they are facing. We work with parents to build on their strengths and give them the support that they tell us they need. We offer no judgement – just compassionate, confidential help and expert support. This peer-to-peer support is key to the difference Home-Start makes and often our volunteers have lived experience of the challenges their families are facing themselves.

About The Role

This is an important time for Home-Start and for the families it supports. As demand for support continues to grow, we need to ensure we have the income, profile and partnerships required to meet that need. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, you will provide strategic leadership across fundraising and communications, helping to build sustainable income, strengthen supporter engagement and increase Home-Start’s national presence and influence.

Leading a high-performing team, you will oversee trusts and foundations, corporate partnerships, philanthropy, individual giving and marketing, policy and external communications. While fundraising is already a strong and successful function, there is significant scope to diversify and future-proof income streams, particularly through investment in individual giving and the continued development of philanthropy, corporate partnerships and strategic collaborations. Alongside this, you will help shape a communications function with huge potential to strengthen Home-Start’s brand, increase engagement and build greater awareness of the impact the organisation has on families across the UK – including potentially greater harnessing of lived experience and the voices of Home-Start families.

Home-Start is a unique national federation of local charities, so success in this role will come from your ability to build trust, alignment and shared ambition across a diverse network. We are looking for a strategic, relationship-focused leader with a strong track record of securing significant income, building long-term partnerships and leading high-performing teams. Comfortable operating at Executive level, you will bring together fundraising, communications and external affairs expertise to deliver greater impact for families.

You will inherit strong foundations and a talented team. Building on this, you will shape Home Start’s future fundraising and external affairs strategy, strengthen our national profile and grow the income, partnerships and influence needed to support families across the UK.

You will be joining Home-Start at a particularly exciting moment. With a new organisational direction taking shape and a carefully planned leadership transition underway, there is a genuine opportunity to influence the future of the organisation and the families it supports. If you are an ambitious leader, motivated by social impact and passionate about supporting children and families, this is a chance to make a lasting difference within a collaborative, values-led organisation

If this sounds like your kind of opportunity, then we want to hear from you! 

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To apply: please submit a CV and a Supporting Statement ‘In no more than two sides of A4 please provide a supporting statement that demonstrates how you meet the criteria outlined in the person specification. We’d also love to hear why you’re interested in this role and what motivates you to work with HSUK’ 

The closing date for applications is Sunday 28th June.

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