About us
Global’s Make Some Noise is a charity that funds and champions vital projects across the UK. Whether they’re supporting families facing a life-limiting illness, people struggling with their mental health, escaping domestic abuse, or trying to make ends meet, they are lifelines in their communities. Our goal is to ensure that nobody faces life’s toughest challenges alone. We are the official charity of Global.
At Global, we think big, work hard, and never stand still. We’re the proud home of the best media and entertainment, driven by our talented and passionate people. Our mission? To make everyone’s day brighter - our Globallers, our audiences, our partners, and our communities. Whether we’re in the studio, building world-class technology, or securing record Outdoor advertising partnerships, we make sure we’re doing it as a team.
Salary
Guide salary: circa £40,000 depending upon experience.
Your new role
We’re looking for a brilliant Fundraising Manager to devise and deliver strategies to raise money, including for Global’s annual Make Some Noise Appeal. This exciting, project-led role spans mass-participation initiatives, high-profile presenter challenges, events, delivering partnership content, innovation – and lots more. You will be working across some of the UK’s best-loved radio and media brands, including Heart, Capital, Smooth, Classic FM, LBC and Radio X.
A strong background in events, content creation or project management is essential. You do not necessarily need to have prior charity experience.
As a Fundraising Manager, you will:
- Lead fundraising projects and events across Global’s and Make Some Noise’s platforms, creating compelling, income-generating content.
- Account manage stakeholders at Global and externally through their fundraising plans.
- Be equally at home coming up with creative ideas and using mass data to spot patterns and look for opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
Project Leadership (60%):
- Manage key relationships with stakeholders e.g. radio programming leadership.
- Develop a range of fundraising campaigns, ensuring seamless execution and strong ROI.
- Lead the delivery of fundraising projects across radio and other platforms through clear communication, strong collaboration and excellent stakeholder management.
- Innovate new fundraising methods aligned with Global’s platforms and charity objectives.
- Work with our partnerships and marketing teams to develop and implement community and corporate fundraising content across Global’s and Make Some Noise’s platforms
Operational Management (40%):
- Ensure compliance with guidelines and best practices in all money-raising initiatives.
- Set up fundraising mechanisms and input data as needed to support campaigns
- Recruit and line manage staff as needed during peak periods.
What You’ll Love About This Role
- Think Big: Work with some of the UK’s biggest media brands and famous presenters.
- Own It: Take responsibility for creating exceptional campaigns that raise money and make an impact in communities across the UK.
- Keep It Simple: Streamlining processes for efficiency and effectiveness in fundraising operations.
- Better Together: Collaborate with a passionate, knowledgeable, and supportive team.
What Success Looks Like
In your first few months, you’ll have:
- Understood the status of current fundraising activities and built strong stakeholder relationships.
- Developed project delivery strategies and proposed innovative approaches.
- Analysed fundraising systems and implemented improvements to enhance efficiency.
- Monitored income, updated budget forecasts, and delivered insight-driven recommendations.
- Represented Make Some Noise through meeting supported charities.
What You’ll Need
- Project Management Expertise: At least three years’ experience managing projects in a charity, media, or events context.
- Data Insight: Strong working knowledge of Excel or similar and a track record of using data for actionable insights.
- Creativity & Innovation: A knack for developing unique fundraising ideas backed by robust processes.
- Leadership Skills: Proven experience as a strong manager, inspiring and supporting team members.
- Agility & Organisation: Ability to meet demanding deadlines and adapt plans to changing circumstances.
- Multi-Platform Experience: Comfortable collaborating across audio, digital, social, and video platforms.
- Passion for Radio: A deep understanding of editorial values and enthusiasm for the medium.
- Resilience & Positivity: An ability to come up with solutions and think quickly to take advantage of opportunities.
- Budgeting, Reporting & Compliance Savvy: You will know how to draw up a budget for events, assess ROI, report progress and ensure that Ts&Cs and rules are followed.
Top Skills
What We Do
The UK and Europe’s largest Radio & Outdoor company, Global is home to respected, national market-leading media brands broadcasting across the UK on DAB & FM and around the world on Global Player, including Heart, Capital, LBC, Capital XTRA, Capital Dance, Classic FM, Smooth, Radio X and Gold. Global Player allows listeners to enjoy all of Global’s radio brands, award-winning podcasts, and expertly curated playlists, in one place in app, on web and on smart speakers. Global is also one of the leading Outdoor companies in both the UK & Europe, with over 253,000 sites reaching 95% of the UK population. Global’s extensive and diverse outdoor portfolio encompasses Transport for London’s Underground network, almost all major UK airports including Gatwick, the UK’s largest portfolio of roadside posters and premium digital screens in prime locations, as well as the UK’s largest network of buses including all major cities. On-air, on Global Player and with our outdoor platforms combined, Global reaches 51 million individuals across the UK every week, including 26.3 million on the radio alone.
