Finding the best people for your organisation

Whether you need a new Director of Fundraising, a new senior manager or an interim solution quickly, we can help with a service that suits your needs.

Bespoke recruitment tailored for you

Since we were set up in 2016 our AAW People Unit has been the go-to for CEOs and Boards wanting great Directors and senior professionals seeking that special, new role. Over recent years we’ve also become the agency of choice for interims and now have an additional service option to help you recruit Senior Managers and Heads of functions.

Our Services

  • Executive Search

    Discover AAW Group's exceptional executive search services, typically for CEO, Director-level and Trustee roles, expertly designed to curate and deliver a results-driven campaign tailored to your charity's needs. With our bespoke AAW Assessment Process to understand your organisation's strategy, goals and culture, you can seamlessly secure a top-notch shortlist of candidates. We will support you all the way from candidate profile creation to appointment.

  • Shortlisting

    Perhaps you just need some support on the search side of the campaign and would like some extra help on landing a great shortlist. Discover your ideal candidates with AAW Group's tailored shortlisting service. Our exceptional search team collaborates with our founders' extensive and unique networks, ensuring excellent selections for vital heads of function roles and senior managers. AAW’s Shortlisting services is offered as an exclusive only basis.

  • Interim Management

    Need to fill an executive or management role fast? We offer hassle-free contracting support for charities in need. With AAW's extensive network of readily-available interim directors, managers and heads of departments, we ensure you quickly secure experienced talent for vital roles, offering a shortlist in just 48 hours and assistance with contracting procedures.

Current Vacancies

  • Director of Income Generation and Engagement

    Starlight, the national charity for children’s play in healthcare, is seeking an experienced income and engagement leader to drive income generation, growth and increased engagement with the charity.

  • Chair of Board of Trustees

    Dreams Come True, a national charity which creates life-enhancing and life-changing experiences for children with serious and life-limiting conditions and who live in social deprivation, is seeking a new Chair for their Board of Trustees.

  • Supplier Partnerships Manager

    The Salvation Army, the UK’s leading social welfare charity, is seeking a Supplier Partnerships Manager to play a key role in maximising supporter engagement through overseeing all aspects of the Fundraising Department’s response handling and fulfilment operations

  • Head of High Value Relationships

    Independent Age, the national charity focused on improving the lives of older people facing financial hardship, is seeking a Head of High Value Relationships to lead on all major gift fundraising.

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    Interim positions

    AAW have a variety of interim assignments available currently covering Marketing, Communications and Fundraising. For more information contact us.

  • Individual and Community Giving Manager

    City Harvest, London's pioneering food redistribution charity, is hiring an Individual and Community Giving Manager to oversee individual donations, enhance the regular giving programme, manage challenge event and develop support from community groups such as schools and faith organisations.

  • Director of Income Generation and Communications

    Fields in Trust, the charity protecting the future of our parks, playgrounds, sports fields and green spaces, is seeking an inspiring and strategic leader to drive transformation of their income generation and communications at a key moment in their history.

  • Chief Executive Officer

    Cynthia Spencer Hospice, based in Northampton, is seeking a CEO to develop and lead a new fundraising and commercial strategy at the start of an exciting period of change for the Hospice.

  • Individual Giving Manager

    Independent Age, the national charity focused on improving the lives of older people facing financial hardship, is seeking an Individual Giving Manager to work closely with the Head of Brand and Marketing to manage the delivery of their growing individual giving fundraising programme.

  • Director of Marketing and Engagement

    The Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation which supports the work of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, is seeking an experienced brand, marketing and communications professional to become their Director of Marketing and Engagement in a newly created role.

  • Head of Individual Giving

    The Scottish SPCA, Scotland’s animal welfare charity, is seeking a self-sufficient and ambitious fundraising professional to lead and develop their Individual Giving Team to raise funds from private individuals, recruiting and developing donors through the coordinated stewardship of individual relationships over the lifetime of support.

  • Director of Fundraising and Communications

    The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, which supports women entrepreneurs in low and middle income countries, is seeking a creative and ambitious professional to enable the Foundation to significantly scale income generation and partnership development, and build the charity’s profile.

  • Individual Giving Manager

    The Scottish SPCA, Scotland’s animal welfare charity, is seeking a self-sufficient and ambitious Individual Giving Fundraiser to provide oversight and direction for all aspects of individual Giving and to lead on all operational delivery of campaigns and appeals on acquisition.

  • Director of Fundraising & Communications

    Day One, the charity that helps people rebuild their lives after catastrophic injury, is seeking an inspiring leader to create a strong, sustainable plan for their fundraising and communications team and build on solid fundraising foundations to grow income

  • Director of Engagement

    Independent Age, the national charity focused on improving the lives of older people facing financial hardship, is seeking a mission-driven fundraiser to provide strategic leadership and management of their Engagement Directorate.

  • Director of Development

    ZSL, the international conservation charity driven by science, is seeking a strategic and ambitious Director of Development to attract sustainable long-term revenue for the organisation through strong leadership of the fundraising directorate, with priorities aligned to ZSL’s vision and impact goals.

  • Director of Supporter Fundraising

    The RSPB, Europe’s leading nature conservation NGO, is seeking a Director of Supporter Fundraising to lead the charity’s work in recruiting and stewarding the next generation of individual supporters to help address the nature and climate emergency. 

  • Director of Fundraising

    The Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation which supports the work of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, is seeking a motivational and empowering fundraising professional to lead a vibrant and ambitious fundraising team.

Our Clients

A selection of recruited roles

ActionAid Ireland, CEO

Amnesty International, Finance Director

Animals Asia, Global Director of Fundraising and Communications

Barnardo’s, Director of Fundraising & Marketing

BRAC UK, Deputy CEO & Director of Partnerships

Centrepoint, Director of Fundraising

Dóchas, CEO

Global Fund for Forgotten People, Chief Financial Officer

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity, Deputy Director of Relationship Fundraising and Deputy Director of Public Fundraising

Guy’s & St Thomas’ Charity, Evelina London Children’s Charity, Guy’s Cancer Charity: Executive Director of Charities

KidsOR, Director of Fundraising

Marie Curie, Marketing & Communications Director and Fundraising Director

Mencap, Director of Fundraising

MQ Mental Health, CEO

MS Society, Executive Director of Engagement and Income Generation

National Youth Orchestra, Fundraising and Communications Director

National Museum of the Royal Navy, Director of Fundraising

Oxfam GB, Individual Engagement Director

Plan International UK, Director of Fundraising & Supporter Engagement

Prostate Cancer UK, Associate Director of Fundraising

RNID, Associate Director of Income and Partnerships

The Royal Parks, Head of Fundraising

RSPCA, Director of Communications, Marketing and Fundraising

Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, Director of Fundraising and Communications

Salvation Army, Director of Fundraising

Samaritans, Director of Income

St John Ambulance, Director of Fundraising

University of Sydney, Director of Development

Versus Arthritis, Director of Income and Engagement

With You, Executive Director of People & Inclusion

World Child Cancer, CEO

WWF, Director Individual Marketing & Legacies

WWF International, Director Global Development Centre

Young Lives Vs Cancer, Director of Fundraising

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Leadership and inspiration from the AAW Group and beyond.

See AAW’s HOW TO Series for further advice on your recruitment needs.