Director of Global Family Development

Location: Birmingham
Job Type: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £85,425 per annum

Our client 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. They strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflict and natural disasters.

They are recruiting for the position of Director of Global Family Development to join them, based from their office in Birmingham, UK.

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

The successful candidate must have:

• Commitment to their vision and mission, and a good understanding and empathy with their 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.

If you are talented, reliable, service-minded, resilient and a highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to their mission and values of sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and custodianship, please apply by completing their online application form.

What they offer UK colleagues

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

Pre-employment Checks:

Any employment with them 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 their Personal Social Media Policy. The postholder must disclose their social media accounts and must represent them in an acceptable way online, in accordance with the policy.

Please note, for UK-based roles, they are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. They are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.

Our client is an equal opportunities employer

You may also have experience in the following: Director of Global Development, Director of International Programmes, Director of Fundraising (International), Director of Partnerships & Engagement, Director of Philanthropy & Major Gifts, Director of Federation / Affiliate Development, Director of Strategic Growth, Director of International Relations, Global Partnerships Director, International Fundraising Director, International NGO leadership, Humanitarian sector director, Global strategy development, International fundraising products, Affiliate development / network development

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