Fundraising Project Manager
Description du poste
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This role sits right at the centre of how Fundraising delivers projects, plans effectively and keeps momentum across a busy, fast moving directorate. We’re looking for a confident and commercially minded Project Manager who can bring structure, pace and clarity to a varied portfolio of work, while building strong relationships across teams and senior stakeholders. From improving governance and embedding smarter ways of working, to leading high profile cross department projects, this is a role for someone who enjoys making things happen and thrives in an environment where priorities evolve quickly.
Come and be part of the leading Armed Forces charity, making a difference to the lives of those who have served to keep us safe and protect our way of life.
Working closely with the Fundraising Leadership Team and colleagues across the organisation, you’ll play a key role in shaping how projects are prioritised, planned and delivered. You’ll be trusted to challenge processes, influence decision-making and introduce practical project management approaches that genuinely improve delivery across the directorate. Alongside managing strategic projects from end to end, you’ll also help develop project management capability across teams by sharing best practice, improving consistency and creating tools and frameworks that people actually want to use.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Project Manager who enjoys balancing strategic thinking with hands on delivery. You’ll be joining a collaborative and ambitious team where strong communication, organisation and stakeholder management are essential. We’re looking for someone who can confidently manage multiple priorities, work comfortably with ambiguity and bring energy, credibility and attention to detail to everything they do. If you have experience delivering complex projects in a fast paced environment and enjoy working with people at all levels to drive projects forward, this is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact within a growing and evolving function.
Fundraising sits at the heart of The Royal British Legion’s 10-year strategy, and we’re investing in the people, skills and ideas that will drive growth and strengthen our support for the Armed Forces community. As one of the UK’s most trusted and recognisable charities, we have the reach and ambition to make a real difference, and this is your chance to be part of it. Our Fundraising portfolio is broad and dynamic, spanning major corporate partnerships to our sector leading charity Lottery. We’re investing in growth, evolving how we work, and putting supporters at the centre of everything we do. This is an exciting time to join us. You’ll be part of a collaborative, forward-thinking team, helping shape the future of our fundraising and the impact we achieve together.
If you are applying for multiple Fundraising roles at the same ‘Officer’ or ‘Manager’ title, you are welcome to use the same supporting statement across applications. However, we would encourage tailoring your statement where possible, particularly if applying for roles across different teams or titles.
You will be contracted to our Haig House hub with a minimum expectation of two days per week working in person at the hub and flexibility for working remotely/at home when not on site.
Employee benefits include -
- 28 day’s paid holiday (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with optional annual leave purchase scheme of up to 5 working days
- Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Generous pension contributions, with Employer contributions ranging from 6% to 10%
- Range of flexible working options may be available, depending on your role
- Employee Assistance Programme providing confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
- Range of courses delivered by learning specialists to support your development goals and objectives
- Opportunities to volunteer
- Travel loans, Cycle to Work, and more!
For more detailed information about the role, please see the Vacancy Information Pack attached to our direct advert. Our teams take a personalised approach to shortlisting, which is carried out without the use of AI and is based on the evidence provided in your application against the essential and desirable criteria in the Person Specification.
RBL is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organisation, reflecting the diversity of the armed forces community and of wider society. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and personal characteristics.
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interview schemes for candidates who declare an Armed Forces connection and/or a disability. However, candidates are only eligible for this scheme if their application clearly demonstrates that they meet all of the essential criteria listed in the Person Specification for the role.
We may close this vacancy early if we believe we have enough strong applications to be able to successfully fill the role(s). Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
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⭐ Lead your Personal Statement with end-to-end project management experience, as the advert explicitly requires someone who can manage complex projects from initiation to delivery across a busy directorate.
📊 Quantify your project portfolio: e.g. 'Managed a portfolio of 8 concurrent projects with a combined budget of £2.3M, delivering 95% on time across 3 departments'.
🎯 Highlight any charity or not-for-profit sector experience prominently — the Royal British Legion is a high-profile Armed Forces charity and sector familiarity will differentiate your application.
🌐 Demonstrate experience building project management capability in others, such as creating toolkits, templates or training sessions, as the advert specifically calls out sharing best practice and developing team capability.
🤝 Provide concrete examples of influencing senior stakeholders and challenging existing processes, as the advert stresses the need to 'challenge processes' and 'influence decision-making' at Fundraising Leadership Team level.
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- •Designed and implemented a project governance framework across a 6-team fundraising directorate, reducing average project overrun from 5 weeks to under 1 week within 6 months.
- •Led a cross-departmental corporate partnerships project involving 4 internal teams and 2 external agencies, delivering a £1.5M revenue initiative 3 weeks ahead of schedule.
- •Created a suite of 12 project management templates and a best-practice toolkit adopted by 35 staff, cutting project initiation time by 40% across the portfolio.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
The Royal British Legion's Fundraising Project Manager role stands out because it combines genuine strategic influence with hands-on delivery — exactly the balance I have built my career around. Having led cross-departmental project portfolios and designed governance frameworks that improved on-time delivery by 30%, I am confident I can bring the structure and pace your directorate needs while embedding project management capability that outlasts any single project.
My background in managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects within purpose-driven organisations has equipped me to challenge existing processes constructively, prioritise competing demands across senior leadership teams, and create practical tools that teams genuinely adopt. I have experience working across fundraising and partnerships functions, giving me a solid understanding of the commercial and operational pressures that shape project decisions in a charity context.
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Techniques
- ›What project management methodologies (e.g. PRINCE2, Agile, MSP) have you applied in a fundraising or charity context, and how did you adapt them to suit the organisation?
- ›How have you designed or improved a project governance framework for a directorate or department?
- ›Describe the tools and templates you have created to improve project management consistency across teams.
- ›How do you approach portfolio prioritisation when multiple senior stakeholders have conflicting demands on project resource?
- ›What reporting mechanisms have you used to give a Fundraising Leadership Team visibility of project status, risks and decisions required?
Comportementales
- ›Tell me about a time you introduced a new way of working that was initially met with resistance — how did you bring people on board?
- ›Describe a situation where project priorities shifted significantly mid-delivery. How did you manage the change and keep stakeholders aligned?
- ›Give an example of a complex cross-departmental project you led end to end. What were the key challenges and how did you overcome them?
- ›Tell me about a time you had to challenge a senior stakeholder's decision on a project. What was the outcome?
- ›Describe how you have built project management capability in a team that had little formal PM experience.
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Tell me about a time you introduced a new way of working that was initially met with resistance — how did you bring people on board?
Describe a situation where project priorities shifted significantly mid-delivery. How did you manage the change and keep stakeholders aligned?