CareerPlan

Principal Gifts Lead

Home Working, United KingdomFull-time£55k2026-11-09 → 2026-11-11
Hybrid

Core

Design, launch, and grow a new programme focused on ultra-high-net-worth individuals and transformational giving to secure significant multi-year commitments for vulnerable children.

Role type

Principal Gifts Lead (Senior IC relationship fundraiser)

Builds

A new principal-gifts programme and pipeline for high-value donors

Domain

Non-profit / Philanthropy / Children's charity

Required skills

Securing six- and seven-figure philanthropic partnerships, managing major-gifts portfolios, pipeline and performance management, influencing senior stakeholders, strategic planning, relationship management

Preferred skills

Experience with ultra-high-net-worth donors, coaching colleagues, coordinating complex opportunities

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Identify, cultivate, and solicit high-value donors; build a strong pipeline of principal gifts; secure multi-year commitments; establish principal gifts as a sustainable income stream; influence senior stakeholders; coach colleagues and coordinate complex opportunities

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC