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Position Overview

The Fundraising and Grants Director is a visionary, hands-on executive responsible for building, executing, and managing a diversified, sustainable development strategy to support the scaling of Splash’s operations. As a vital member of the leadership team, this individual will collaborate closely with the CEO and Board of Directors to set strategic priorities, establish robust internal systems, and drive revenue growth across major individual donors, grants and major fundraising events.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Governance

Partner with the CEO and Board of Directors to design and execute an annual, diversified fundraising plan with clear, measurable objectives aligned with Splash’s scaling targets.
Support, equip, and actively engage the Board of Directors in donor solicitation, network activation, and high-level stewardship.
Explore and pilot alternative forms of fundraising or sustainable income generation.

Major Giving, Events & Partnerships

Implement a donor engagement plan designed to systematically move stakeholders from 'Prospect' to 'Active Donor' to 'Loyal Supporter' and 'Advocate'.
Lead the strategy and outreach for High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNWIs) and corporate partners, securing multi-year commitments.
Oversee the strategy, conceptualization, and execution of major fundraising events and campaigns.
Deepen relationships with the grassroots Splash community, including monthly donors and volunteer coaches
Develop a clear strategy to collaborate and build structural relationships with key institutions to further influence and advocate learn to swim initiatives.

Grants & Institutional Infrastructure

Build the internal systems, calendars, and capability frameworks required to research, identify, track, and apply for grant opportunities effectively.
Identify and ideate funding needs with the team and write, prepare, and submit high-quality grant proposals.
Collaborate with programme staff and the senior team to ensure grant-funded initiatives are executed effectively, tracking data closely to fulfill reporting requirements.

Profile

Skills and experience:

8+ years of senior fundraising or business development experience, ideally within the Hong Kong non-profit, educational, or social enterprise sectors.
Success in securing major grants, corporate sponsorships, and successfully managing large-scale fundraising events.
Highly entrepreneurial mindset; comfortable coming into a space without pre-existing playbooks and building data-driven systems, CRM pipelines, and processes from scratch.
Exceptional pitching, proposal writing, and public speaking skills. Ability to collaborate as a peer with C-suite executives, government officials, and Board members.
A genuine alignment with Splash’s mission to empower communities through swimming.

Splash Foundation

A charity creating opportunities for kids and adults from disadvantaged communities to experience the transformative impact of learning to swim and to enjoy lifelong access to the water.

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Splash Foundation

A charity creating opportunities for kids and adults from disadvantaged communities to experience the transformative impact of learning to swim and to enjoy lifelong access to the water.

Website
Unknown
< 15 persons
Others

Splash Foundation did not yet communicate its impact measurement.

This structure did not communicate to us the labels or certifications that it was able to obtain.

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