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

  • Head of Major Gifts

    Parkinson’s UK is seeking an exceptional and experienced, innovative leader to shape their high value strategy to deliver significant growth in income and the charity’s established high value fundraising.

  • Head of Individual Giving

    Prostate Cancer Research is seeking a Head of Individual Giving to oversee their individual donor, legacy and in memory income streams, currently raising approximately £800k per annum.ti

  • Head of Fundraising

    Arts Emergency, a mentoring charity and support network aiming to address the inequalities in the creative and cultural sectors, is looking for an experienced and motivated fundraiser to provide leadership and management for fundraising activities.

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    Interim positions

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

  • Director of Income & Engagement

    St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity, one of the UK’s leading organisations working to prevent homelessness throughout the UK, is seeking a Director of Income and Engagement to develop and deliver their fundraising, marketing and communications strategy, focused on growing existing revenue streams, as well as introducing new ways to raise funds and increase reach.

  • Corporate Partnerships Manager

    City Harvest, the charity rescuing food to feed people and protect the planet, is seeking a corporate fundraising with excellent relationship-building skills to be responsible for the management and maximisation of corporate partnerships at the charity.

  • Senior Philanthropy Manager

    Mencap - the leading charity for the 1.5 million people in the UK with a learning disability, their families and carers - is seeking an ambitious, experienced fundraiser to develop a sustainable, ambitious Major Donor programme that will grow in volume and reach in coming years, taking Mencap to new heights of support.

  • Director of Fundraising, Impact and Communications

    Oakhaven Hospice is seeking a Director of Fundraising, Impact and Communications to play a key role in shaping, developing and implementing the charity’s fundraising and marketing strategies.

  • Chief Executive Officer

    World Child Cancer, the leading international charity dedicated to addressing the global inequality in childhood cancer care, is seeking a transformational CEO to deliver on their vision of a world where every child with cancer has equal access to the best treatment and care.

  • Executive Director of Income Generation and Engagement

    Carers Trust, the UK infrastructure charity supporting unpaid family carers, is seeking an Executive Director of Income Generation and Engagement to join its senior team and lead all income generation and business development activities.

  • Director of Marketing

    The Salvation Army, the UK’s leading social welfare charity, is seeking a Director of Marketing to ensure that the organisation maintains and increases its impactful presence as one of the top ten charities in the UK and can continue to operate as one of the most diverse providers of community and social services, both nationally and further afield.

  • Deputy Director of Public Fundraising

    The Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity), which exists to transform the lives of seriously ill children and their families from across the UK, is seeking a Deputy Director of Public Fundraising to lead their public fundraising department to deliver growth in voluntary net income, tailored supporter journeys and exceptional supporter experience.

  • Director of Supporter Led Fundraising

    Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK), the UK’s leading dementia research charity, is seeking an exceptional professional to lead their successful Supporter Led Fundraising Department, engaging with supporters nationwide and raising income from individuals, groups and corporate partners.

  • Trusts and Foundations Manager

    City Harvest, the charity rescuing food to feed people and protect the planet, is seeking an experienced trusts and foundations fundraiser to secure new income from trusts and foundations, and manage a range of existing donors.

  • Trusts and Statutory Fundraising Manager

    Mencap - the leading charity for the 1.5 million people in the UK with a learning disability, their families and carers - is seeking an experienced and motivated grants, trusts and foundations fundraiser.

  • Retention Campaign Manager x 2

    The Salvation Army, the UK’s leading social welfare charity, has exciting opportunities to join the charity’s small, but hugely dynamic and successful, Individual Giving team with two openings for a Retention Campaign Manager.

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.

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