Fundraising Recruitment

Fundraising Recruitment

We support charities and purpose-led organisations to recruit fundraising leaders who build sustainable income, strengthen relationships and help organisations achieve their mission.

Building stronger fundraising teams

Fundraising builds the relationships that let charities pursue their mission, respond to changing needs and invest in the future. Every gift, grant, partnership and legacy reflects someone's belief in an organisation's work, making fundraising leadership central to long-term sustainability.

Charities and education institutions must balance immediate income with long-term relationship building, diversifying income streams and using data better to understand supporters. Fundraising leaders also work more closely with communications, services and executive leadership, linking income generation to your organisation's wider direction.

Many experienced fundraisers build long careers with organisations they care deeply about and are selective about when they move. The strongest appointments often come through long-term conversations rather than active job searches, so relationships and market insight matter as much as advertising.

Trusted by organisations across the sector

Our work in fundraising recruitment

We begin by exploring your fundraising strategy, the relationships this role will build and the contribution it needs to make over the coming years. Our briefing meetings help us to refine the brief itself and encourage clients to think beyond fundraising specialisms to the leadership style, influencing skills and strategic judgement the appointment requires.

Years of working exclusively with charities and purpose-led organisations have earned us the trust of fundraising leaders across the sector. The trust we’ve built allows us to have honest conversations about career aspirations, leadership challenges and the opportunities that genuinely feel right, helping clients reach people who rarely engage with traditional recruitment campaigns.

We treat every conversation with care, giving candidates honest advice and constructive feedback while representing your organisation professionally throughout the process. Our approach helps build trust on both sides and encourages talented fundraisers to engage openly with the opportunity.

How we recruit fundraising leaders

We recruit across every major fundraising discipline, from executive leadership through to specialist appointments that strengthen income generation and supporter relationships.

Our specialist areas include:

  • Philanthropy & Major Gifts
  • Trusts & Foundations
  • Corporate Partnerships
  • Individual Giving
  • Legacy & In Memory
  • Community & Regional Fundraising
  • Challenge Events
  • Supporter Experience
  • Prospect Research
  • Fundraising Operations
  • Data & Insight

Leadership Recruitment

Fundraising leaders are expected to inspire confidence internally as well as externally, building high-performing teams while developing lasting relationships with donors, partners and volunteers. We recruit Heads of Fundraising, Directors of Fundraising and Chief Development Officers whose leadership matches your income strategy and long-term ambitions.

We regularly recruit
  • Chief Development Officers
  • Directors of Fundraising
  • Directors of Income Generation
  • Heads of Fundraising
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Interim Leadership

Whether you're covering parental leave, managing a period of change or leading a major fundraising programme, we recruit experienced interim fundraisers who can provide experienced leadership, reassure teams and maintain confidence during periods of change.

We regularly recruit
  • Interim Director of Fundraising
  • Interim Head of Fundraising
  • Interim Philanthropy Lead
  • Interim Trusts Lead
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Board Recruitment

Boards play an important role in shaping long-term income generation and fundraising strategy. We help charities appoint trustees and chairs with expertise in fundraising, philanthropy, campaigning, commercial partnerships and supporter engagement, bringing strategic oversight, constructive challenge and insight into long-term income generation.

We regularly recruit
  • Fundraising Trustees
  • Campaigns Trustees
  • Communications & Fundraising Trustees
  • Philanthropy Trustees
  • Income Generation Trustees
  • Commercial Partnerships Trustees
  • Supporter Engagement Trustees
  • Development Committee Members and Chairs
  • Fundraising Committee Members and Chairs
  • Campaign Board Committee Members and Chairs
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Selected track record

Leadership appointments

Barts Charity Director of Fundraising & Communications
Helen & Douglas House Director of Income Generation & Communications
King's College Hospital Charity Director of Fundraising & Communications
Leukaemia UK Director of Fundraising
National Deaf Children's Society Chief Income & Marketing Officer
Parentkind Director of Fundraising
Scouts Chief Fundraising Officer
St Nicholas Hospice Care Director of Income Generation
The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity Head of Major Gifts & Events
The Royal Foundation Associate Director, Business Partnerships

Board & trustee appointments

Blue Cross Fundraising Trustee
Groundwork UK Chair of Committee & Co-opted Committee Member
Lifebox Board Members
Myeloma UK Trustee (Fundraising & Marketing)
Nacro Trustees
Smile Train UK Chair & Trustees
STAMMA Fundraising Trustee
Worldwide Cancer Research Fundraising Trustee

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