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Lead for Public Sector Development

THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN
41,503 - 46,114 per year
Remote
Full-time
10th February 2026

Closing Date:

10 February 2026

Closing Date:

10 February 2026

  • Annually:£41,503 - £46,114 (plus London Allowance of £3,366, or Home Working Allowance of £500)
  • Region:Nationwide or Remote
  • Location:Nationwide
  • Department:Major Giving
  • Vacancy Type:Permanent
  • Working hours per week:35
  • Closing Date:10 February 2026

Are you looking for a role within an organisation where the work you do makes a real difference to children's? If the answer it's yes, the Lead for Public Sector Development could be exactly what you're looking for. 

Join the Income Generation directorate to make the difference 

At the NSPCC, we believe every childhood is worth fighting for. With over 100 years of experience, and the collective strength of our staff, volunteers, supporters, and partners, we're working to end child abuse and neglect for good.

Over 90 percent of the NSPCC's income comes from voluntary donations, so we reply on the incredible generosity and commitment of all our supporters, large and small.

You'll work as part of one of many teams across the UK, which focus on engaging our supporters and ensuring they continue to give their support. You will do this by leading fundraising initiatives or simply sharing our mission with those around you, every conversation and connection can spark change.

We encourage everyone across the organisation to get involved, feel confident in championing our cause, and help us grow the support we need to protect children and give them the futures they deserve

If you're motivated by purpose, thrive in a supportive team, and want to contribute to creating a safer, brighter world for every child join us as the Lead for Public Sector Development.

What is the purpose of the Lead for Public Sector Development? 

This role plays a key part in generating income to support the NSPCC's mission. You'll contribute by:

  • Leadingthe Statutory team to grow income from government and other public sector funders
  • Managing your own portfolio of the highest value statutory funders
  • Setting and enabling the Statutory team's strategic direction and ways of working

What will I be doing as the Lead for Public Sector Development? 

The Lead for Public Sector Development will work with the Associate Head of Trusts and Statutory, Senior Public Sector Development Managers and Public Sector Development Managers towards a shared income target of around £5 million per annum. These funds will create ground-breaking NSPCC projects that support millions of children and help prevent abuse across the UK.

What skills do I need to be the Lead for Public Sector Development? 

  • Substantial personal experience of leading statutory or trust fundraising approaches to secure six or seven-figure donations.
  • Understanding of line management requirements and, ideally, staff management experience.
  • A track record of achieving outcomes and delivering and reporting on income growth against plans and budgets.
  • Experience of developing and executing strategies to identify, understand and capitalise on new income streams or build on existing funding sources.

Why join the NSPCC?

Any one of our people will tell you that a huge reward in itself is making a difference to children's lives. But we know it's a competitive world, and it's important to feel valued in your role and receive more practical, tangible benefits. We offer salaries that are at least comparable with the top charities in the UK, as well as these benefits.

  • Generous annual leave- 29 days per annum plus bank holidays for full-time employees (pro-rata for part-time). 32 days per annum after five years' continuous service.
  • Employee discounts- Our discounts portal gives you online access to over 3,000 discounts and offers.
  • The Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)- an independent, free, personal support service. It can provide information, support and advice to support your health and wellbeing.
  • Pension- building up a good pension is something we want to help you achieve with our flexible, tax-efficient pension schemes.
  • Life assurance scheme- All employees will be given life assurance of one times their salary, unless they join the NSPCC Group Personal Pension Scheme, where members are given life assurance of five times their salary.

Join us and make a difference. You'll grow, be challenged, and help change millions of young lives for the better.

Ready to apply?

If this is the role for you, please click the button ‘apply' to start your journey. You can find more information on all recruitment stages on the Career page.

Still have questions about the role?

For an informal chat about the role, please contact johnnie.hoogewerf@nspcc.org.uk.

We have a number of employees at the NSPCC who are regrettably at risk of redundancy, following a significant restructure. In keeping with our values and our policies, if any of these individuals apply for a role and meet the minimum essential criteria, they will be given priority consideration. We hope that you understand our position on this and that this will not discourage you from applying. We cannot predict who, internally, will apply for a role, or whether they will meet the minimum essential criteria. Where no at risk candidates meet the minimum essential criteria, all applications will be considered as normal.

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As an organisation, we are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with our children and adults.

At the NSPCC we are on a journey to becoming a trauma-informed organisation for the children, young people and families that we work with, as well as our staff and volunteers. To be trauma-informed is one of the guiding principles that shape and guide our 2021-2031 Strategy. This means understanding the nature of adversity, trauma, and resilience so that we can work towards reducing and preventing further harm and promoting recovery and healing. Coming to work at the NSPCC will provide the opportunity for you to join us in our commitment to becoming a trauma-informed organisation.

NSPCC is that the NSPCC highly embraces,

encourages and promotes diversity and

inclusiveness of staff.

Siobhan Walters / Children's Services