Innovation Lead

We are looking for an Innovation Lead (Maternity cover) to play a vital role in transforming relationships with supporters of the future, solving some of our thorniest challenges in new ways and ultimately helping children get the future they deserve.

You'll be responsible for:

• Bringing out of the box thinking gaining commitment to innovation to our Fundraising and Marketing strategies plans.


• Identifying, nurturing and gaining support for a portfolio of work that delivers long term growth.


• Leading projects to create radically new experiences, offerings and capabilities that deliver step change in fundraising and marketing results and catalyse teams to think and deliver in new ways.


• Building innovation capability across Fundraising and Marketing., The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.
  
  a satisfactory police record check to include a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and/or an International Criminal Record Check (If applicable)


• receipt of satisfactory references


• proof of eligibility to work in the national location for this role
  
  An strategic, out-of-the box and creative thinker.


• An excellent influencer, networker and communicator.


• Deeply experienced in creating innovations that transform relationships with customers or supporters, taking new concepts to market and scaling successfully.


• Excellent at leveraging the ideas, skills and energy of others, inside and outside the organisation.


What we offer you:

• A diverse, unique role where no two days are the same, with huge capacity to build and acquire new personal and professional skills and create your own scope to make change within one of the world's leading international charities.


• An organisation that believes in innovation and a diverse set of brilliant colleagues who are both experts in their fields and collaborators and supporters of innovation.


• Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is - a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. We also understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.


• To have the best (and happiest) employees, we focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing - both in and outside of work.



• We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day.


• You can find our employment offer here.