Associate Manager; Student Societies & Schools

Human Appeal is a global non‑profit humanitarian and development organisation. We deliver life‑saving emergency assistance such as food, medical aid, and disaster relief. At the same time, we run sustainable, community‑led programmes in healthcare, education, and livelihoods to build resilience and self‑reliance. Our experienced local teams work in vulnerable, hard‑to‑reach areas. Guided by a vision of a just, caring, and sustainable world, our mission is to save lives, alleviate poverty, and empower communities in line with the core humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, and independence.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Associate Manager (Student Societies & Schools) position within the Fundraising department. The Associate Manager (Student Societies & Schools) will support the development and execution of fundraising strategies to secure financial resources that advance the organisation’s mission. Working closely with the Fundraising Manager and wider team, this role helps cultivate donor relationships, coordinate fundraising campaigns and events in universities and student societies, and manages communications.

The Associate Manager (Student Societies & Schools) plays a key role in ensuring fundraising targets are met through effective planning, stakeholder engagement, and data‑driven decision‑making.

The Associate Manager (Student Societies & Schools) will be responsible to:

• Promote and wholly adhere to the fundraising code of conduct and best practice by understanding its ruling and conducting FR events within its parameters in order to safeguard HA, maintain high professional standards and maintain HA’s public image.
• Develop, nurture and maintain relationships with current/potential donors, charity partners, organizations and businesses nationally, via community networking (face to face and social media) and creating a regular presence within respected regions across the UK, in order to establish trust, help secure donations and promote awareness across a wide range of target markets.
• Establish clear lines of communications both regionally and nationally by being the main point of contact between local organisations and HA. This will involve negotiating agreements, generating leads, coordinating events, providing assistance/HA branding materials and liaising centrally with the Head Office Fundraising Department, in order to improve interdepartmental efficiency, maximize fundraising potential, and ensure value for money.
• Manage various engaging fundraising projects/activities by arranging dinners, concerts, speaker tours and conferences to capture and maintain the public eye throughout the year and raise income with a return on investment.
• Manage and nurture a network of national volunteers in line with the volunteer recruitment strategy by collaborating with the volunteers coordinator, hosting recruitment events, providing training and HA materials, developing FR ambassadors and providing formal feedback to the Volunteers Coordinator. To help develop volunteer recruitment process, provide a mutually beneficial volunteers program, and support HA to gain loyal organizational man power.
• Provide support to FR colleagues when necessary by attending and contributing positively to FR regional/national meetings, understanding support needs and providing this to colleagues especially during peak periods (e Ramadan). To help promote information sharing, generation of leads and innovative ideas, help distribute manpower and ensure smooth running of FR operations and good working relations.
• Help identify, develop and manage new/innovative national fundraising opportunities and emergency campaigns (events,…