Fundraising & Development Manager

At Youth Access, we believe that young people shouldn’t have to wait until crisis point to get help. They should never be told they are “not sick enough” to access services. They should get support early with everything from mental health to housing, money and relationships, all under one roof. Join us to bring about a transformation so that all young people can access free, local, youth-friendly advice and counselling services that support them on their journey into adulthood.

Do you have experience bringing people and organisations together to create new and exciting partnerships? Can you take an idea, develop a case for support and secure funding? If so, we would love to hear from you.

This is an exciting time to join Youth Access.Our new strategy is focusing on what we're good at, and with young people’s mental health in the spotlight in the wake of the pandemic, there’s huge opportunity to achieve change.We have a solid track record of securing significant grants from trusts and foundations and are looking for an ambitious fundraiser to build on this success. You will use your initiative to help grow and diversify our income, to improve sustainability and achieve our strategic goals. You will work creatively and collaboratively, with the Youth Access team, our 160+ members across the country and national partners to develop impactful projects and successful proposals. You will secure funding that supports our policy, campaigns and advocacy work; youth participation and social action; membership, service and practice development programmes; and evaluation and research. We want to develop a corporate fundraising portfolio and in time this would be something you could develop from the ground up. This is a newly created role, with scope for the right person to shape it. Sharing our values, understanding a rights-based approach and valuing young people’s lived experience are essential.

We encourage applications from people from all walks of life, including disabled and male candidates who are currently under-represented in our staff team. We would also welcome applications from people with lived experience of youth and/or mental health services. As part of the second round of this application process (see below), we will ask candidates to tell us how their experience enables them to relate to the complex and intersecting challenges faced by young people accessing our members’ services, including those from marginalised groups.

Flexible working options available. 

If you would like an informal conversation about the role, please see the job description document for how to arrange this. 

How to apply:  

This is a two-stage anonymous application process. Round one is CV submission only. Long-listed candidates from round one will then be invited to submit a supporting statement.

If you wish to apply for the role, you can do so via the charityjob website or you can email us directly. 

Applying through charityjob: 

Please submit a CV and a completed Equality and Diversity (E&D) form (attached) in the first instance. Your CV will automatically be anonymised when using this method. 

Applying directly to Youth Access: 

Please see the job description document or the vacancies page on the Youth Access website for further details of how to submit an anonymised CV and completed Equality and Diversity (E&D) form. Anonymised CVs should not contain any identifying information and as such, your name, age, address and contact details should be removed before submission. 

After the closing date, suitable candidates will be contacted and asked to complete a supporting statement. 

We regret that we are unable to respond individually to unsuccessful applicants and are unable to consider CVs submitted after the deadline, but we would like to offer our thanks for your interest in this role. 

Key dates: 

• Closing date for sending CV:midday Monday 12th July.

• Suitable applicants invited to submit supporting statement: close of Tuesday 13th July 2021 

• Notified applicants to send supporting information by: 5pm Sunday 25th July 2021 

• Shortlisted applicants invited to interview by: Wednesday 28th July 

• Interviews: Tuesday 3rd & Wednesday 4th August.

Please note, Youth Access is committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for all staff and stakeholders and in line with our Safeguarding Policy, the successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.