Location: Global
Department: Fundraising
Reports to (Line Manager) CEO
Responsible for (Line managing): Fundraising Adviser (3) and Fundraising and Communication Officer (1)
Grade : UK Salary Grade G or the equivalent based on one’s location
Contract Type: Open-ended contract
About HelpAge
HelpAge International works with a diverse global network of around 200 organisations across 99 countries to promote the rights of older people to lead dignified, healthy and secure lives.
Through partnership and collaborations, we work to ensure the inclusion of older people across society and strive to deliver a just and fair world for everyone as they get older. Our work is driven by our desire to achieve real impact for older people, to be inclusive, to work in partnership and to learn from our shared experience.
About the Department
The Fundraising and Strategic Partnership team will raise the core, flexible and strategic funding required to deliver on the 2030 strategy. It aims to improve income diversification, including through philanthropic and private sector partnerships, contracting and developing new funding models. The team leads a global integrated fundraising approach in close collaboration with Supporting Members. It manages existing and new funding partnerships, working with the Programme team and Supporting Members to ensure institutional fundraising is strengthened and coordinated well to sustain funding in challenging times.
About the Job
The Director of Fundraising and Strategic Partnerships will act as an internal influencer and shaper of our new business model through: delivering an integrated fundraising strategy across HelpAge International and its Supporting Members, building and maintaining strong relationships with donors, strategic partners, and other key stakeholders, managing the team of Fundraising Advisers responsible for diversifying our strategic partners (core funders), and Fundraising and Communications Officer and Collaborating with other organizational leaders to strengthen capacities within HelpAge on fundraising.
The role holder will work collaboratively with both internal stakeholders and external stakeholders; Directors group, Board, Leadership Group, Team Heads, Head of Programs, Head of Communication and external stakeholders; key strategic partners, Donors and Supporting members.
Key areas for impact/influence and responsibilities
To make an impact and influence, the role holder will aim to deliver the integrated fundraising strategy in collaboration with supporting members and grow and diversify the core funding of the organization, develop and deliver an engagement plan to cultivate and nurture strategic partnerships while ensuring the quality and compliance of grant Management and develop a strong funding pipeline to deliver the strategy and monitor the fundraising progress through learning.
Below are the specific responsibilities for this role:
- Develop and deliver an integrated fund-raising strategy along with strategic partners (supporting members of HelpAge) to engage with institutional and private donors to increase income and impact.
- Deliver existing strategic donor commitments and develop engagement strategies for prospective donors to diversify and increase income for the organization.
- Working with the communications team, nurture and expand the relationships with current strategic partners (core donors), expand and secure new donors and strategic partners.
- Identify, cultivate, and manage strategic partnerships and represent organisation externally with donors and other key stakeholders
- Manage and guide Fundraising Advisers and collaborate with Global Impact teams on quality delivery of existing grants and develop new programme, partnerships and income.
- Working closely with Programmes team, develop funding pipelines, forecast and monitor it on a regular basis
- Provide technical skills in business development and fundraising areas or be able to source them through consultants or internal task teams:
- Working closely with the Director of Global impact and Director of Finance and Business Support to agree ways of working, key principles, processes, policies and set milestones and targets for fund raising.
- Engage fully as a member of the leadership Group taking shared responsibility for strategic and operational management of HelpAge.
- Convene and support the Board of Trustees sub-committee on funding, development and communication to share the fund-raising targets, challenges and opportunities on a quarterly basis.
Skills and experience required
- A commercial and results-driven mindset evidenced by proven success of developing and managing significant income generating partnerships and initiatives, and achieving substantial income growth
- Demonstrable experience in developing new business and relationships within profit for purpose, social enterprise or impact investing contexts
- Strong commitment and familiarity with fund raising for locally led development
- Working across the affiliate organisation, building a team of fund raising to drive funding growth for global network of organisations
- Strategic leadership and management and fund-raising experience within the international development sector
- Ability to build and maintain strong networks and experience in influencing decision makers at the global, regional and national level
- Previous experience of developing fund-raising strategies and driving forward changes within an organisation and in building the knowledge and capacity of staff and partners
- Excellent Strategic thinking skills and ability to lead across the whole organisation
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate information in a clear and concise manner at different levels
Key Behavioural Competencies
Working Collaboratively with Others: Work collaboratively, building mutual trust and respect, with external organizations and partners to achieve our strategic aims and objectives; being accountable for the work we do together.
Adaptability and Flexibility: Adapt to new directions or opportunities arising within the organisation and in our work area; being flexible in our role, constantly using the feedback to learn more and evolve further.
Supporting and Facilitating Change: Lead behavioural and cultural change through embracing a supportive, collaborative and highly inclusive environment where everybody feels supported, respected and engaged.
Extend HelpAge’s Reach and Impact: Extend HelpAge’s reach and impact by creating and identifying new business development opportunities and building relationships with new partners.
Diversity and Inclusion: Lead and promote a culture of including the voices of older people across our support, convening and thought leadership roles, in a way that is transformative, empowering and highly inclusive of those marginalised by gender, economic status, disability and other factors of discrimination.
Leading Others (for managers): Demonstrate strong leadership to own unit/department and manage people in a well and reputable manner. Create an atmosphere of trust and an enabling environment where staff can contribute their best and develop their potential.
Safeguarding
HelpAge International is committed to safeguarding the communities with which we work, our partners, staff and any others who we come into contact with. The post holder will also be responsible for:
- Preventing harm and abuse from our people, operations and programmes to anyone that encounters our work.
- Reporting all safeguarding incidents you see, hear, hear about or suspect, using our internal reporting mechanism.
- Complying with all safeguarding framework policies and practices.
- Completing mandatory training courses relating to our safeguarding policy framework and complying with HR vetting procedures.
SAFER RECRUITMENT
All employments at HelpAge International will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include misconduct disclosure schemes and terrorism finance checks.
How to apply
Interested and qualified candidates are highly encouraged review the details of the role on the website and submit their Cover Letter and CV only to jobs@helpage.org indicating the role in the email subject not later than the deadline Monday, 28 July 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.