Company Profile

Lively Minds, an award-winning charity, is hiring to support our ambitious and exciting Early Childhood Development programme in Ghana and Uganda.

Job Description

Our current annual budget is approximately £5m and we plan to double this over the next few years to support our expansion ambitions. 

The majority of our funding is currently from grants (trusts, foundations, and institutional grants) and we see this income stream being the main way to fund our expansion plans. The post holder will be required to lead prospecting work for new funders, support proposal writing, and due diligence processes, and coordinate all our donor reporting, 

In addition, the postholder would also be expected to lead new projects to diversify our income, for example by gaining support from corporates  (charity of the year, sponsorship, grants) and challenges/competitions.

​This is a unique opportunity for an ambitious fundraising generalist to join a fun, high-impact, mission-driven organization.  This could be an ideal opportunity for a mid-level Development Manager looking to grow and develop, or for a mid-level professional with relevant experience to move into their first management role. 

For a detailed understanding of the role and person criteria, please see the Job Description.

Required Skills or Experience

Experience and skills

To succeed in this role, you will need:

• To be a strong and fast writer: You must be able to analyze what will be of interest to the audience and provide compelling and accurate information about budgets/finances, reach, impact, and how the program works. In addition to excellent written communication, you must have a desire to grow your public speaking
• and presentation skills.
• To be resilient - managing funder relations can be challenging and requires excellent emotional intelligence and the ability to recover quickly from setbacks.
• To collaborate well with other team members, and to drive high performance in others
• To be able to quickly adapt to new approaches, processes and to deliver high-quality work at pace
• To have meticulous attention to detail
• To be a salesperson– with an irrepressible ability to generate relationships & seize
• opportunities, coupled with a sound business-minded approach at all times

Technical abilities

Essential

• Minimum of 3 years experience demonstrating the required skills in the above section
• Excellent written communication
• Strong Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint skills

Desirable

• Knowledge of the ECD and global social enterprise funding landscapes
• Knowledge of or experience working in ECD
• Project design and management experience
• Graphic design skills
• Institute of Fundraising qualification