- Devise a fundraising strategy to be approved by the chief executive or senior leadership team

- Agree a departmental budget and work to achieve or exceed a fundraising target

- Co-ordinate and manage fundraising, comprising community, trust, corporate, major donor and digital fundraising, across the organisation

- Line manage and motivate a team of fundraising managers and officers across different fundraising functions

- If necessary, manage and motivate a team of volunteers who engage in fundraising activities

- Build relationships with high profile and high net worth individuals as potential donors to the organisation

- Build relationships with charitable trusts, foundations and other institutional funders

- Write or approve funding applications to charitable trusts and foundations

- Attend networking events and meetings with potential donors

- Prepare reports and give presentations on fundraising progress to the senior leadership team and the trustee board

Key skills :

- Excellent written and oral presentation skills: Heads of fundraising need to make regular presentations to trustees, senior managers or potential donors and write winning fundraising applications

- Networking skills: Heads of fundraising will be called upon to represent their organisation to high profile and high net worth individuals and persuade them that their cause is one they should contribute to

- Effective management skills: Heads of fundraising invariably have to line manage a fundraising team.

- Digital skills: Mobile and online giving are an increasingly integral part of the fundraising mix. Heads of fundraising need to be adept at using these technologies and aware of their fundraising potential

- Innovation skills: Charities believe that new fundraising rules will hinder their ability to fundraise and interact with the public. So, strong ideas about how to hit fundraising targets in this climate are at a premium

- Budget management skills: You need to be able to work effectively with limited resources

- Time management skills: The ability to prioritise and meet deadlines is key Awareness of the part of the charitable sector you wish to work in and also awareness of impending fundraising rules which will significantly change the fundraising landscape for charities

Qualifications :

- An undergraduate degree is expected, and a master is often required.

Relevant experience :

A track record of up to five years- successful fundraising in the charity sector is frequently desired. Heads of fundraising are usually drawn from the ranks of specialist fundraising managers. The most popular background for a head of fundraising to have is incorporate or major gift fundraising.