Senior Philanthropy Executive
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Job Summary
Can you bring your experience of relationship building to help us secure investment which supports people experiencing homelessness
This post is offered as a 12 month fixed term contract or secondment for internal candidates until 26/10/2027 (Maternity Cover).
We are looking for a Senior Philanthropy Executive to help drive our ambitious fundraising target of over 3 million. Based in our Philanthropy Team you will support engagement and income generation from more than 300 individual philanthropists helping fund St Mungos vital services for people experiencing homelessness.
You will manage a portfolio of major donors build high-value relationships and work with colleagues across the organisation to grow philanthropic income. You will also play a key role in developing projects and strategies that strengthen our fundraising programme and support future growth.
In this role you will:
- Manage a portfolio of major donors and prospects giving 1000.
- Build and maintain relationships with philanthropists influential individuals and senior stakeholders.
- Help review and strengthen our high-value donor programme to maximise impact across major and high-value giving streams.
- Lead the teams Emerging Donor Strategy developing engagement through stewardship prospecting events and relationship building.
- Coordinate and attend networking events raising awareness of St Mungos work and inspiring support from current and future donors.
- Work with colleagues and clients across St Mungos to deepen your understanding of our services and create compelling communications that showcase our impact mission and values.
About you
We are looking for a proactive and experienced individual with excellent communication and relationship building skills. You may have a background in fundraising or business development either way you will bring a strong track record of building senior level relationships and securing high level investment.
- You will be target driven and can demonstrate impact in previous roles.
- You will have strong working ability with IT software and databases such as Raisers Edge NXT and Microsoft Office 365.
- Good time management prioritisation and project management skills interested in managing a varied workload.
- Your experience of coordinating and facilitating networking events will be beneficial.
- Overall you will be dedicated to the overall aims and ambitions of St Mungos and working towards our fundraising strategy.
In this role you will be required to work flexibly for at least 2 days per week from our Central Office in Farringdon London. This allows for in person collaboration team building line management and other relationship building opportunities. We support a flexible approach to work with opportunities for agile working for the rest of your week; from home or other St Mungos London or regional locations.
How to apply
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Closing date for applications: 10 am on 17 August 2026
Interview and assessments on: 7- 8 September 2026
St Mungos are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from all under-represented groups.
About Us
Our purpose is to end homelessness and rebuild lives. It drives everything that we do. For the past 55 years we have been on the ground every day and every night supporting people to recover from homelessness and advocating for change. We support around 28000 people each year and our work means that more than 2700 people have somewhere safe to stay each night.
What We Offer
We are working hard to create a diverse and fully inclusive culture where all colleagues feel valued and we welcome applications from all under-represented groups. We believe that equity diversity and inclusion improves the health wellbeing and development of our colleagues and helps to ensure everyone feels valued. We know that when diversity inclusion and wellbeing are prioritisedwe are happier healthier and can ultimately achieve better outcomes for our clients.
Below are some of our key focus areas to improve both our candidate and colleague experience:
- A growing number of diversity networks including LGBTQ Womens Action Lived Experience and Anti-Racist networks.
- Increasing visibility by ensuring that all interview panels across the organisation are diversely represented to ensure fair and balanced decision making during the recruitment process.
- A safe and supportive working environment championing positive action via various internal schemes such as upward mentoring and a Steps into Management programme.
- Mandatory Diversity & Inclusion training for all staff unconscious bias training for managers and a range of other courses such as Trans awareness and Autism Awareness.
- In recognition of the importance of transparency we publish our employee diversity statistics and pay gap reports on our website.
Want to find out more Click here to visit ourEquity Diversity & Inclusion page.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits to our colleagues to ensure wellbeing remains a key priority. Maintaining a good work life balance can be tricky but with family friendly policies flexible and agile working options and an incremental annual leave allowance we are committed to making sure you have the options available as and when you need them.
These include:
- Agile working model for suitable roles.
- Supportive flexitime and toil arrangements.
- 28 days annual leave rising to 31 after five years service.
- Family friendly leave policies including - maternity adoption and parental leave. Carers leave and fertility treatment leave.
- Financial wellbeing platform offering loans advances and saving options.
- Auto-enrolment to pension scheme after six months service with an employer contribution of 6%.
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to SmartHealth app 24/7 GP appointments health checks and nutrition advice.
- Cycle to Work scheme and interest free season ticket loans.
- Discount vouchers including gym retail food & drink travel electricals and more.
Want to find out more Want to find out moreClick here to visit our Work For Us page.
At St Mungos we are committed to providing development opportunities for all our colleagues. We welcome people with a wide range of experiences and value transferable skills so that we can provide the best support for people experiencing homelessness. Thats why we have a robust induction training and development programme that supports colleagues throughout their career at St Mungos.
These include:
- Highly praised internal training courses and access to external learning to build your skills and meet your professional development goals.
- Steps into Management programme to support colleague progression.
- Commitment to continued professional development with access to career development forums internal mentoring and internal secondment opportunities.
Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungos current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.
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St Mungo's is a leading UK homelessness charity supporting over 3,150 people every night. Help us end homelessness and rebuild lives.
