Senior Manager, Global Development

Do you want to manage the fundraising strategy for the only charity dedicated to building a global community that supports board directors to advance climate and nature governance?

Chapter Zero Alliance is at an exciting inflection point, supporting a high-impact chapter network active in over 70 countries through our programme: the Climate Governance Initiative. We are looking for a Senior Manager, Global Development to play a pivotal role in diversifying and growing our income, ensuring the long-term sustainability and impact of our mission. This is a unique opportunity to help us translate a critical global need into tangible, well-funded programmes that drive measurable change on corporate boards worldwide.

Offer and Benefits

• Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum

• Contract: Permanent, Full-time 37.5 hours per week (0.8 part-time considered)

• Location: Office-based / Hybrid within the UK (Central Cambridge-based office)

• Annual Leave: 27 days, plus Bank Holidays and discretionary Christmas shutdown

• Pension: Generous 8% employer pension contributions (no match required)

• Wellbeing: Group life assurance, employee assistance programme and health cash plan

The Role: Senior Manager, Global Development

You'll bring significant development experience, strategic leadership and hands-on delivery to the identification, securing, and management of significant grants from philanthropic foundations, institutional donors, trusts, and statutory funders globally. You'll build and nurture high-value relationships, coordinate fundraising initiatives, and establish the robust infrastructure for effective grant management across our global network.

Key Responsibilities - Drive Strategy and Deliver Impact

• Fundraising Strategy and Pipeline Management: Contribute to the design of an ambitious global grant fundraising strategy and manage its implementation. You'll conduct market research, qualify new opportunities, and maintain a robust prospect pipeline to expand our existing funding base. This will involve the coordination and project management of outreach and engagement activities.

• Proposal Development and Budgeting: Lead the creation of compelling, high-quality concept notes and multi-year funding proposals, aligned with funder priorities and including accurate, transparent budgets.

• Donor Stewardship and Reporting: Be a key representative for Chapter Zero Alliance with funders, serving as a key liaison for funder-related operational queries. You'll work with the wider team to ensure timely and accurate narrative and financial reporting, managing communications to foster long-term engagement.

• Grant Management and Administration: Oversee our current funding portfolio, manage grant administration, collaborate with Finance on forecasting.

• Internal Coordination: Facilitate and support our Development Working Group as well as manage core systems: CRM, funder contacts and documentation. Work closely with senior leadership, including the CEO, and project teams across our global network to align fundraising with programme delivery and provide critical performance analysis.

Who We're Looking For

This role requires a dedicated fundraising professional with a proven track record of successfully securing significant grant funding. You're a strategic thinker and relationship builder with exceptional bid-writing skills and an innate ability to translate complex programme needs into compelling proposals.

Essential Expertise

• Significant experience working in institutional fundraising or partnership management within the non-profit or development sector.

• Knowledge of the climate-related trust and grants sector internationally and in the UK.

• Demonstrable track record of successfully achieving income targets (minimum six-figure funds, including multi-year grants) from philanthropic foundations, institutional donors, trusts or statutory sources.

• Strategic relationship-building skills working with grant makers and partners.

• Effective bid writing, delivering clear, persuasive, and well-structured proposals and reports tailored to align with grant priorities.

• Strong financial and strategic planning skills, including KPIs, grant compliance and reporting.

• Sound understanding of the legal and regulatory framework governing fundraising within the charity sector, including the standards set by the Fundraising Regulator, the Charity Commission s expectations around fundraising practices, and data protection obligations under GDPR.

• Exceptional organisational and project management skills - you can navigate multiple deadlines and competing global priorities with ease.

Desirable Skills That Will Set You Apart

• Experience coordinating cross-departmental or cross-regional working groups.

• A genuine passion for the global climate, development, or social impact sectors - understanding the urgency of our mission.

• Experience using CRM/project management/fundraising databases. Core Competencies

• Strategic thinking, planning and analytical skills, able to translate complex programme needs into compelling proposals.

• Strong interpersonal and communication abilities.

• Project management.

• Able to balance short-term priorities with longer-term strategic activities.

• High attention to detail and highly accurate.

• Collaborative working style and proactive attitude.

• Commitment to our mission, values, and ethical fundraising principles.

The principles of diversity, inclusion, respect, responsibility and sustainability are at the heart of our charity. We want to support our people to balance their personal and professional lives and we believe our range of benefits encourages this. Nothing beats face time with our colleagues to promote creativity and collaboration; we ve therefore adopted a blended working model of home and office arrangements.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to ensuring that all candidates are given the same opportunity to succeed regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age or disability.

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