Senior Programme Funding Manager
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Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
Hybrid- Career category: Fundraising/ Grant management
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Hybrid
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: £45,000 GBP / yearly
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Permanent
- Deadline: 06/02/2026
- Location: United Kingdom
About us
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women exists to create a future where women everywhere enjoy equal economic opportunities so they can thrive. Together with partners around the world, we work with women in low and middle income countries so they can start, sustain and grow successful enterprises. We collaborate to create fairer business environments so women are not constrained by gendered barriers and can reach their potential on their terms.
Key Responsibilities
Relationship Management
• Take ownership of progressing a portfolio of corporate and foundation prospects with a clear focus on moving relationships to funding.
• Build and deepen relationships with small portfolio of existing corporate and foundations; identifying opportunities to uplift funding.
• Confidently lead early-stage conversations, helping potential partners understand our work, identify shared priorities, and co-create funding opportunities that align donor interests with programme needs and organisational strategy.
Proposal Development
• Lead the development of strong, funder-focused proposals, concept notes, and pitches, including working with senior leadership and programmes team colleagues to help shape programme ideas and budgets into fundable opportunities that clearly articulate impact, outcomes, and value.
• Work closely with programme, finance, and colleagues in the monitoring and evaluation team to ensure proposals that are compelling and deliverable.
• Ensure all submissions are high quality, timely, and aligned with funder requirements.
Pipeline Development
• Proactively identify, research, and track new donor prospects across corporates and foundations
• Actively maintain and progress a healthy funding pipeline by coordinating internal follow-up actions and cultivation plans.
• Prepare background briefs and internal recommendations for Senior Leadership to support early engagement.
Internal Collaboration
• Act as a bridge between fundraising and programmes, helping programme teams understand funder perspectives and timelines.
• Coordinate internal inputs efficiently to keep opportunities moving
• Maintain accurate records of contacts, opportunities, and proposals in the CRM.
• Contribute ideas and learning to strengthen our overall approach to corporate and foundation fundraising.
Donor Reporting and Stewardship
• Prepare narrative donor reports, updates, presentations in collaboration with Programme and Monitoring and Evaluation teams.
• Ensure accurate donor history tracking and reporting compliance in line with grant agreements.
Person specification
• Demonstrable experience in fundraising and income generation for non-profits or international development organisations, with a focus on progressing corporate and foundations to conversion.
• Proven ability to progress donor relationships and opportunities, from earlystage engagement through to funding secured.
• Strong track record of developing successful concept notes, proposals, and funding pitches for corporate, foundation.
• Highly organised, with experience managing multiple deadlines, coordinating inputs across teams, and driving opportunities forward.
• Experience using systems (e.g. CRM or pipeline trackers) to manage prospects, actions, and follow-up.
• A proactive, delivery-focused mindset, with the ability to take ownership and work independently in a small team environment and the willingness to take on tasks outside of Job Description to support team members.
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women exists to create a future where women everywhere enjoy equal economic opportunities so they can thrive. Together with partners around the world, we work with women in low and middle income countries so they can start, sustain and grow successful enterprises. We collaborate to create fairer business environments so women are not constrained by gendered barriers and can reach their potential on their terms.
Key Responsibilities
Relationship Management
• Take ownership of progressing a portfolio of corporate and foundation prospects with a clear focus on moving relationships to funding.
• Build and deepen relationships with small portfolio of existing corporate and foundations; identifying opportunities to uplift funding.
• Confidently lead early-stage conversations, helping potential partners understand our work, identify shared priorities, and co-create funding opportunities that align donor interests with programme needs and organisational strategy.
Proposal Development
• Lead the development of strong, funder-focused proposals, concept notes, and pitches, including working with senior leadership and programmes team colleagues to help shape programme ideas and budgets into fundable opportunities that clearly articulate impact, outcomes, and value.
• Work closely with programme, finance, and colleagues in the monitoring and evaluation team to ensure proposals that are compelling and deliverable.
• Ensure all submissions are high quality, timely, and aligned with funder requirements.
Pipeline Development
• Proactively identify, research, and track new donor prospects across corporates and foundations
• Actively maintain and progress a healthy funding pipeline by coordinating internal follow-up actions and cultivation plans.
• Prepare background briefs and internal recommendations for Senior Leadership to support early engagement.
Internal Collaboration
• Act as a bridge between fundraising and programmes, helping programme teams understand funder perspectives and timelines.
• Coordinate internal inputs efficiently to keep opportunities moving
• Maintain accurate records of contacts, opportunities, and proposals in the CRM.
• Contribute ideas and learning to strengthen our overall approach to corporate and foundation fundraising.
Donor Reporting and Stewardship
• Prepare narrative donor reports, updates, presentations in collaboration with Programme and Monitoring and Evaluation teams.
• Ensure accurate donor history tracking and reporting compliance in line with grant agreements.
Person specification
• Demonstrable experience in fundraising and income generation for non-profits or international development organisations, with a focus on progressing corporate and foundations to conversion.
• Proven ability to progress donor relationships and opportunities, from earlystage engagement through to funding secured.
• Strong track record of developing successful concept notes, proposals, and funding pitches for corporate, foundation.
• Highly organised, with experience managing multiple deadlines, coordinating inputs across teams, and driving opportunities forward.
• Experience using systems (e.g. CRM or pipeline trackers) to manage prospects, actions, and follow-up.
• A proactive, delivery-focused mindset, with the ability to take ownership and work independently in a small team environment and the willingness to take on tasks outside of Job Description to support team members.
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