Philanthropy Initiatives Manager

3 weeks ago


Glasgow, United Kingdom Mary's Meals International Full time

Salary: £35,605 plus benefits

We are recruiting a talented Philanthropy Initiatives Manager to prospect and develop new global fundraising opportunities for our National Affiliates and International Fundraising Groups. A driver of growth in the Mary’s Meals movement, you will work in close collaboration with colleagues across the global Mary’s Meals family and across multiple philanthropic work streams, with a focus on the development of new corporate partnerships.

Reporting to the Grants Lead, you will identify, prioritise, and pursue opportunities to build new strategic partnerships and opportunities to generate support and new audiences for Mary’s Meals globally.

Key responsibilities:

  • Develop strong, collaborative relationships to support the long-term financial sustainability and growth of our movement, including corporate partnerships, grant funders and influential networks in our programme delivery countries and beyond.
  • Develop high-quality proposals for major donors, to inspire new and existing supporters.
  • Work in close collaboration with other MMI departments to ensure new supporter proposals are developed in line with organisational priorities and growth.
  • Prospect and develop initial communications with corporates and grant funders, with the intent of transitioning relationships over to key stakeholders in the global MM family.
  • Ensure good stewardship of major donors.
  • Identify and assess funding opportunities in countries where there are no National Affiliates in place and oversee the transition of compelling funding opportunities to the appropriate National Affiliates.
  • Coach colleagues in donor engagement and management.

Required skills & experience:

  • Proven experience of philanthropic fundraising.
  • 2 years or equivalent experience of securing corporate partnerships.
  • Exceptional written and communication skills and the ability to influence effectively at all levels.
  • Proven experience of preparing funding proposals and working collaboratively across a complex organisation to achieve deadlines and support growth.
  • Values driven approach with a genuine enthusiasm for our work.

About us:

We have a remote-first approach to work and are happy for you to work remotely and flexibly, in a way that best supports your work life balance, we also have an office near Glasgow city centre for those who live nearby and would like to work from here occasionally or on a regular basis.

Mary’s Meals is a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. We continue to change the lives of over 2.4 million children who today will receive Mary’s Meals.

We believe in the innate goodness of people, respect the dignity of every human being and family life and believe in good stewardship of the resources entrusted to us. In line with our values, Mary’s Meals is fully committed to a culture of safeguarding. Mary’s Meals is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work and we expect all the Mary's Meals family to share this commitment and work in the best interest of the communities we serve. Our safe recruitment practices ensure that only those that are committed to our high standards join our movement.

Salary advertised is for UK based candidates, our salary philosophy ensures consistency across locations where Mary’s Meals operates, please reach out to jobs.mmi@marymsmeals.org for more information about salaries in other locations.

This is a fantastic role where your daily work has real impact. If you are looking for more from your role and our mission, vision and values resonate with you, then we would love to hear from you. Please click Apply and tell us why you would be a great Philanthropy Initiatives Manager for Mary’s Meals International.    

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Closing date: Sunday 30th June

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Benefits

  • 8% non-contributory pension contribution - after 3 months (for international candidates the 8% pension contribution will be paid as a part of salary)
  • 34 days annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing by 1 day each completed calendar year, to a maximum of 39 days (+ option to buy another week)
  • Flexible working
  • Employee Assistance Programme, including perks and cash back opportunities
  • Life assurance


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