Job vacancy: Head of Fundraising

Job vacancy: Head of Fundraising

Do you have a passion for developing funding opportunities to make a difference? Are you a natural leader who wants to play an important part in organisational success? If so, we have a great opportunity for you to join nasen as Head of Fundraising.

nasen have a rare and exciting opportunity for a Head of Fundraising to work with our Executive Leadership team to identify opportunities and develop new business opportunities.

You will lead and implement development strategies and opportunities to support growth and funding for the overall organisation. You will play a key part in liaising with internal and external stakeholders and overseeing tender and funding opportunities including submissions.

This is a full-time permanent role working 35 hours per week (Monday – Friday) in line with our agile working policy, which blends homeworking with office time. 

About nasen

nasen (National Association for Special Educational Needs)  – a charitable organisation that exists to support and champion those working with, and for, children and young people with SEND and learning differences.  

We seek to ensure that all education practitioners across early years, schools, post-16 and wider settings are equipped to understand, identify and support those with SEND and learning differences, and provide Continuing Professional Development (CPD), resources, advice, information and much more to enable all staff to meet the needs of all their learners. 

nasen brings organisations together, whether locally or nationally, to share practice, shape solutions. Our priorities are those that matter to the education and SEND sector, drawing on our direct engagement with practitioners, school leaders, SENCOs, local authorities and hearing from the lived experience of children and young people.

Our work spans the delivery of international programmes of support through to direct, ‘on the ground’ engagement with schools and settings.   

For further information, visit www.nasen.org.uk 

About the role

At nasen, we want to tackle barriers to inclusion. We want all children and young people to have the education they deserve, and we have ambitions to raise income to fund our purpose.

As a not-for-profit organisation, developing new relationships and raising new income to do what matters is important to us. Over the past year we have been on a development journey, building a culture of development across our teams. Therefore, you will be joining us at an exciting time as we look to deepen our work across England, the UK and international markets.

The Head of Fundraising role involves working alongside operational teams, co-creating responses to tender opportunities, leading the bidding process and pitching to funders about why nasen is the provider of choice. It’s about meeting people and organisations, forming partnerships and ensuring our offer is strategically relevant.

You will be an essential and valued member of the Senior Leadership Team, helping us in our mission to create an inclusive and equitable education for all, reporting to the Executive Leadership team and the CEO whilst working with talented education professionals and our marketing team.

You will line manage a Development and Income Generation Officer.

Please note that applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

Please refer to the attached job description for the full details of this role.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We aim to be an inclusive employer – let us know if you have any access requirements for the recruitment process. We are happy to offer interviews online or in person. The interview process will include a conversation with prepared questions. 

Enquires:

If you would like a conversation about the role advertised. then please email Annamarie Hassall: annamarieh@nasen.org.uk or contact recruitment@nasen.org.uk with general enquiries.

Application process and interview timetable

To apply for the role, please send your CV along with a short statement to say how you meet the requirements in the job description provided in no more than 1500 words.

Applications are now extended until Sunday 15th of September. We will be reviewing applications as they come in. We reserve the right to close recruitment earlier than this date if we receive sufficient quality applicants.

Employee Benefits 

• 30 days annual leave per year  
• Christmas Closure  
• Hybrid working (Policy available on request) 
• 8% employer contribution pension, through NEST Pensions. 
• Flexible start and finish time, Friday early closure 
• Employee Assistance Scheme  
• Life Insurance Policy x3 of your salary