Fundraising & Partnerships Manager

Be part of a small, high-impact charity transforming the futures of women with convictions.

Working Chance is the UK s only employment charity exclusively supporting women with criminal convictions. We help women build confidence, develop skills, and secure employment, education or training, and we work with employers and policymakers to remove the barriers they face.

We re entering an exciting period of growth, with a new three-year strategy currently in development. To help us reach more women and strengthen our influence, we are expanding our fundraising team and creating a brand-new role to ensure we maintain a strong financial foundation.

Fundraising & Partnerships Manager

This is an excellent opportunity for a talented fundraiser who wants autonomy, variety, and the chance to shape fundraising for a mission-driven organisation. You ll join a friendly, supportive team and play a key part in driving our income growth.

About the role

This is a hands-on, relationship-focused fundraising role with lots of scope for creativity and development. Working closely with our Fundraising Lead and Fundraising Officer, you will lead on:

Lead on growing and diversifying our funder base.

• Research and build a strong pipeline of trusts, foundations, corporates, and major donors.

• Write compelling bids, cases for support and partnership proposals.

• Ensure high-quality reporting and stewardship to retain and uplift support.

Develop emerging income streams.

• Support individual giving (including appeals, campaigns, and supporter journeys)

• Develop and test community fundraising and challenge event activities.

• Identify opportunities for fundraising partnerships with employers we work with in our service delivery.

Be a trusted partner internally.

• Work closely with service delivery, communications, and policy colleagues to understand our impact and translate it into powerful fundraising stories.

• Keep on top of financial information and budgets.

• Use our Salesforce CRM to maintain accurate, organised records.

If you love variety, relationship building and turning impact into inspiring fundraising narrative, you ll thrive here.

What you ll bring

We re looking for someone who can combine strong fundraising know-how with warmth, professionalism, and a passion for our mission.

You ll need:

• Solid experience in one or more fundraising areas (trusts, corporates, major donors, individual giving, or community)

• Strong writing skills and a track record of persuasive, successful proposals

• Confidence in building relationships with funders and partners

• Good financial awareness and organisational skills

• A collaborative approach and genuine empathy for the women we support.

Experience in criminal justice, employability or gender equality sectors is helpful but not essential.

Our onboarding commitment

We know that joining a new organisation is a big step, so we offer a robust, supportive induction to help you feel settled and confident.
This includes:

• A structured onboarding plan through your settling in (probation) period

• Mandatory training plus role-specific support

• Introductions to colleagues across fundraising, service delivery, communications, and policy

• Guided time to understand our impact, our women s stories, and our wider strategy.

Why join Working Chance?

We are a supportive, inclusive organisation with a strong focus on wellbeing, flexibility, and personal development. Our team is passionate, kind and committed, and our impact is powerful and measurable.

You ll enjoy:

• Hybrid working for London staff; fully remote for those outside London.

• Up to £2,000 office allowance for two days a week (pro rata for one 1 day)

• 25 days annual leave + 3 Christmas days + your birthday off

• Four wellbeing days

• Generous pension (5 6% employer contribution)

• Access to a Learning & Development Fund (up to £5,000)

• Enhanced sick pay and family leave.

• Friendly team culture, regular awaydays and all-staff events

We also strongly encourage applications from people with lived experience of the criminal justice system.

Key details

• Closing date: Monday 23 February 2026, 9am

• Interviews: Monday 9 March 2026

• Apply via: CharityJob.