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Fundraising and Development Lead

The Cam Academy Trust, Cambourne, CB23 6FR

This job expired on 13 June 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  13 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  23 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £44,711.00 - £47,753.00 Annually (FTE)

Fundraising and Development Lead job summary

The CAM Academy Trust is seeking an experienced Fundraising and Development Lead to join our growing team. This is a new and exciting role that will work across our family of schools to unlock funding opportunities, build strategic partnerships, and support our mission of delivering excellence for all our young people.

Our Trust is in an exciting period of development and growth. This role will be crucial in supporting our long term aims and goals.

About the role

Reporting to the Director of Communications and Partnerships, you will:

Lead the development and implementation of a Trust-wide fundraising strategy

Identify and secure funding from grants, trusts, foundations, and corporate partners

Support individual schools in developing tailored fundraising plans

Build and manage relationships with donors and community stakeholders

Collaborate on marketing and social media campaigns to raise the Trust’s profile

About you

We’re looking for someone who is:

Experienced in fundraising, development, or income generation

A confident communicator with excellent interpersonal and writing skills

Skilled in digital marketing and social media

Strategic, organised, and able to manage multiple priorities

Passionate about making a difference

Collaborative and thrives on building relationships

Experience in the education or non-profit sector is desirable, but not essential.

We really value people who bring unique perspectives and add new knowledge to our team. We’re committed to inclusion and diversity and welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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About The Cam Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: The Cam Academy Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-cam-academy-trust

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