Head of Resource Mobilisation

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Job description

Prospectus is delighted to be supporting a a global alliance of more than 90 humanitarian agencies that aims to shift power, practice, resources, and relationships in the humanitarian system to appoint a Head of Resource Mobilisation. The Head of Resource Mobilisation will be responsible for overseeing all fundraising activities for the organisation's global programmes as well as leading a small, high performing team.

This is a UK-based and will require you to have the Right to Work in the UK. This is a full time, hybrid working opportunity with 2 days per week in London. Please be in touch to discuss flexible working arrangements.

The Head of Resource Mobilisation will be responsible for setting and driving the income generation strategy, in collaboration with the Director of Business Development, for all global initiatives, particularly the Global Start Fund, Start Ready, the Innovation initiatives and hubs. This is a role for an ambitious and bold fundraising leader who has significant experience in securing large seven and ideally eight figure grants.

A large part of this role will focus on maintaining relations with governments, private foundations, corporate partners. An exciting upcoming opportunity within this role will be securing a new eight figure business case from FCDO in 2025. Beyond this, diversifying the donor base is also critical, so experience in securing new donors from scratch, particularly trusts and foundations and corporates (at the seven-figure level) will be paramount, so bringing a creative take to this area of work will be important.

If your experience reflects the themes above and you have a passion for humanitarian systems-change and locally led action, then please do get in touch for more information.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. This organisation is a Disability Confident Employer. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds and we are happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply. Please contact Femke Vorstman at Prospectus for support with your application.

If you are interested in this position, please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

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