Philanthropy Manager

Philanthropy Manager

Final date to receive applications: 20 July 2026

Department: External Affairs

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London

Reporting To: Clea Ferguson

Compensation: £50,331 / year

Are you interested in playing your part in making a difference to our world? Come and join our team as a Philanthropy Manager – we are hiring here at Client Earth in our London or Brussels office!

This role offers the chance to join a high‑performing, deeply collaborative Philanthropy Team within Client Earth’s Development Department, working closely with major donors, trusts, and foundations across multiple countries.

Important dates to

Note:

Applications close on 20 July 2026 and if you are requested to submit additional information, the deadline to have this submitted is the morning of 22nd of July for your application to be fully considered. Please also remember to check our recruitment process section at the bottom of the advert to get acquainted with our recruitment process for this role.

• Build a resilient donor pipeline and manage prospects and donors through each stage of the pipeline.
• Actively solicit and manage donor relationships across assigned portfolio to achieve global philanthropy income target with a focus on building new income and unrestricted income.
• Work with the Global Head of Philanthropy and Lead to implement agreed fundraising strategies across geographies.
• Collaborating with the team to implement the Philanthropy strategy as part of the overall Global Fundraising strategy, liaising with leadership, programme leads, communications and finance to ensure Client Earth maximises potential income from corporate, restricted and unrestricted income streams.

• Fundraising management experience working in major donor fundraising.
• Demonstrable experience of securing five (or higher) figure gifts as well as multi-year commitments including unrestricted income.
• Good knowledge of donor and pipeline management, and financial processes.
• Previous line management experience.

Flexible working: We are proud to be a Flexa accredited Employer. Our flexible working policy allows our people the choice to decide to work from home/another location in the country where their contract of employment is issued for 80% of their month, with the other 20% of their month being office-based.

Client Earth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds. Please note that Client Earth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the UK or Belgium.