Associate Director of Fundraising

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic and Operational Leadership - Contribute to the design and delivery of directorate strategies and plans that contribute directly to Blood Cancer UKs strategic goals. Lead on specific directorate or organisational projects ensuring that all workstreams are coherent evidence-led and aligned with organisational priorities. As senior technical expert have specific experience and leadership in own areas of specialism.
• Programme Delivery and Impact - Oversee the management of complex programmes ensuring quality accountability and measurable results. Embed effective monitoring evaluation and impact assessment to demonstrate the difference our work makes for people affected by blood cancer.
• People Leadership and Development - Lead motivate and develop high-performing teams within the Directorate. Create an inclusive culture where people can thrive innovate and continuously learn. Coach senior managers and direct reports to achieve professional growth and high performance.
• Financial and Resource Management - Own and manage relevant budgets ensuring strong financial control value for money and alignment with strategic priorities. Plan and allocate resources to maximise efficiency and impact.
• Partnership and Collaboration - Build and maintain effective partnerships with stakeholders across the research policy health and fundraising sectors. Work collaboratively across directorates to ensure joined-up delivery of organisational objectives and integrated support for our community.
• External Representation and Advocacy - Represent Blood Cancer UK externally with credibility and confidence. Act as a senior spokesperson with authenticity and authority in media policy scientific or healthcare settings. Promote Blood Cancer UK as a respected partner collaborator and advocate.
• Innovation and Continuous Improvement - Identify opportunities to innovate and improve systems processes and ways of working. Encourage creativity experimentation and learning within teams to enhance impact and effectiveness.
• Equality Diversity and Inclusion - Champion ED&I across the directorate ensuring that all programmes and decisions are equitable inclusive and anti-racist in practice.
• Work proactively to address inequalities in research participation service access and workforce development.
• Cross-organisational Leadership - Contribute to the Exec Team and wider organisational leadership promoting shared learning collective problem solving and a culture of openness and accountability.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

• Strong understanding of the charity research health or policy sectors and their governance and regulatory environments.
• Knowledge of evidence-based programme design delivery and evaluation.
• Awareness of the challenges and opportunities facing the blood cancer community and broader health system.

• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate vision into delivery.
• Skilled communicator and influencer across multiple audiences.
• Effective leader and coach who inspires and empowers others.
• Excellent relationship management negotiation and partnership skills.
• Strong analytical and financial management capabilities.
• Comfortable managing complexity uncertainty and change.

• Proven senior leadership experience in a relevant field (e.g. research management policy health fundraising or public affairs).
• Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional programmes or initiatives that deliver measurable impact.
• Experience managing teams and budgets in a complex or fast-changing environment.
• Evidence of building high-trust relationships with senior external stakeholders in specialist area of work (eg Research community NHS commissioners)
• Experience of integrating lived experience or community insight into strategic or programme delivery.
• Experience of representing an organisation externally including as a spokesperson.