Director of Global Family Development

UK

Director of Global Family Development

Organization

• Islamic Relief

Posted 11 Nov 2025 Closing date 2 Dec 2025

The Vacancy
Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) is a faith-based humanitarian relief and development organisation working to save and transform the lives of some of the world's most vulnerable people. Established in 1984, with an active presence in over 45 countries, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflict and natural disasters.

IRW is recruiting for the position of 'Director of Global Family Development' to join us, based from our office in Birmingham, UK.

The role will lead and guide the development of the family of IR Family members to grow the supporter base, income, and influence of the IR Family and to achieve our mission and global strategy.

The Successful Candidate Must Have

• Commitment to IRW's vision and mission, and a good understanding and empathy with Islamic Relief's values and principles.
• A track record of developing successful new and updated international fundraising products in collaboration with fundraisers and programme managers, to secure a significant increase in income.
• Experience of guiding the development of national affiliates within an international federation to achieve significant increases in income and to strengthen collaboration across the network.
• A good practical understanding of effective approaches to major donor fundraising, aligned to programme priorities, and of cost recovery principles and norms.
• Strong financial and resource management which enables strategic goals to be achieved within budgetary constraints.
• Strong customer service orientation, with a track record of successful initiatives to strengthen the responsiveness of internal processes to the changing needs of internal customers.
• Demonstrated skills in networking which lead to positive relationships with external bodies.
• Strong diplomatic and negotiating skills, with experience of guiding and influencing Board members and senior leaders in sister organisations to collaborate together more effectively.
• Ability to guide staff development towards achieving key performance indicators and organisational strategy.
• A strong understanding of how to build, guide and motivate teams that have a clear innovative direction as well as working collaboratively as part of a high performing senior team.
• Sound communication skills which delivers complex information persuasively and with clarity in a wide range of situations.
• Proven ability to report on decisions which have been draw from sound analysis of available data.
• To work in a way which always considers the organisations long term vision whilst maintaining an overview of its immediate situation.
• A well-established understanding of international development and humanitarian work, with a proven track record in initiating and maintaining successful partnerships and relationships at the highest levels.
• Fluency in or strong working knowledge of a relevant second language, especially Arabic or French.

For more information, please click on the Documents tab above to view the full Job Description.
If you are talented, reliable, service-minded, resilient and a highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to IRW's mission and values of
sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and custodianship
, please apply by completing our online application form.

For more information on the excellent company benefits we offer our employees, please visit:

What we offer UK colleagues - Islamic Relief Worldwide

PLEASE NOTE:
Interviews are expected to take place on an ongoing basis until a suitable appointment is made. We therefore may close the advert sooner than the advertised date.

Pre-employment Checks
Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:

• screening clearance
• proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
• criminal records check
• receipt of satisfactory references
• This post is classed as Social Media Profile Level One (Senior Ambassador) under IRW's Personal Social Media Policy. The postholder must disclose their social media accounts and must represent IRW in an acceptable way online, in accordance with the policy.

Please note, for UK-based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.
Our values and commitment to safeguarding
IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants' previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer
How to apply

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Job details

Country

• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

City Birmingham, UK (Hybrid) Source

• Islamic Relief

Type

• Job

Career category

• Donor Relations/Grants Management

Years of experience

• 10+ years

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