Head of Fundraising Sales

Gilcore is a leading face-to-face fundraising company. We raise millions of pounds for our charity clients by finding them thousands of new supporters.

We are committed to providing the public and our clients with the highest professional standards, and exceptional customer service.

We are recruiting a senior role to lead on an expansion of our field team capacity.

You will be responsible for the planning and implementation to get us live in several UK cities and regions, and then the subsequent management of those teams.

Your role will have responsibility across the following areas:

• Recruitment and selection
• People and performance management
• Headcount and retention
• Liaison with our training and standards department and our campaign logistics department
• Planning and strategy

We need someone with a strong track record of success setting up and running face-to-face fundraising teams, with at least three years of experience, ideally across both private sites and door-to-door channels.

The successful candidate will be someone who is highly professional, who understands f2f inside out and backwards, who is serious about teams working to high standards, is highly motivated to deliver for our clients, skilled in people management, and able to deliver to commercial targets.

The role is full time Monday to Friday, with a mix of working from home and working remotely in the field. To do the job effectively will require plenty of travel and probably some overnight stays. Access to a car and full UK driving licence is a requirement.

Remuneration is £50,000 basic salary, plus bonus. 30 days holiday and all travel expenses.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £50,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

• Bonus scheme
• Commission pay
• Performance bonus

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Free or subsidised travel

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Experience:

• Face to Face Fundraising Management: 3 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: On the road

Reference ID: National-1
Expected start date: 01/05/2025