Purpose
Charity or company
Establish whether the appointment concerns donations, grants or business capital.
Fractional Fundraising Jobs
Fractional fundraising jobs: clarify what is being raised and for whom.
Fractional fundraising jobs are fundraising roles held for an agreed share of working time. Start by distinguishing charitable fundraising from raising business capital, then read the advertised responsibility, audience, authority and working pattern. The same word can describe very different assignments.
Reviewed by Fractional Quest · updated 26 October 2026 · 2 sources linked below
Published postings
Which matching fractional postings are on the board?
Browse fundraising roles advertised as fractional. Check each posting for its purpose, responsibilities, location and terms.
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The appointment
Which fundraising remit does the vacancy describe?
Identify the organisation and the purpose of the funds before comparing candidates or roles.
Audience
Who the role engages
Specify the donors, grant makers, partners or investors named in the actual brief.
Ownership
Strategy or execution
State whether the appointee sets the approach, writes applications, builds relationships or leads a team.
Authority
Approvals and records
Name the people who approve messages, commitments and the use of information.
Choose the remit
Charitable fundraising or a company fundraise?
Compare the work and authority rather than assuming the title settles the brief.
| Charitable fundraising | Business capital raising | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting question | Which charitable purpose and fundraising activity? | Which financing need and type of capital? |
| Relevant experience | Evidence from comparable donor, grant or campaign work. | Evidence from comparable company financing work. |
| Scope to clarify | Donor relationships, applications, campaign delivery and oversight. | Preparation, investor communication and the decisions retained by company leadership. |
Read the Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Fundraising Practice — The Fundraising Regulator publishes the standards for charitable fundraising. Read its code for the activity described in the brief.
A fictional brief
What would a clearly bounded assignment look like?
This illustration describes a scope decision, not a client, vacancy or outcome.
- IllustrationResponsibilities named before availabilityA fictional charity wants help coordinating grant applications and donor communications. Its brief names the fundraising work, internal approvers and record owner. A software company preparing an investment round has a different brief, even if both call the work fundraising. The charity does not select candidates by substituting a CFO title for relevant fundraising experience.
The appointment
What evidence fits the fundraising brief?
Ask for evidence of the specific responsibility being advertised.
Context
Comparable work
Ask about the actual fundraising channel and organisation rather than relying on a broad revenue title.
Contribution
The candidate’s own role
Separate what the person owned from the organisation’s wider activity and outcomes.
Records
Information stewardship
Ask how communications, permissions and agreed actions stay available to the continuing team.
Continuity
Follow-up between sessions
Identify who handles incoming questions, approvals and deadlines while the appointee is away.
Your working pattern
What must fit into the fundraising working pattern?
Include preparation, follow-up and approval time alongside external conversations. The grid uses illustrative working days, not a promised result.
- Preparation
- Agreed review
- Documented follow-up
Best for: Testing a bounded review brief.
- Working sessions
- Coordination
- Follow-up
Best for: Testing a brief with continuing work.
- Delivery
- Coordination
- Handover
Best for: Testing a wider change brief.
How the week divides
2 days for you, the rest for others.
The grid illustrates the days allocated to your company and the time outside that allocation. Agree who owns the work between those days; the other client labels are illustrative.
- Your company
- Another client
- A third client
- Monday morning: your companyMonday afternoon: your company
- Tuesday morning: your companyTuesday afternoon: your company
- Wednesday morning: another clientWednesday afternoon: another client
- Thursday morning: a third clientThursday afternoon: a third client
- Friday morning: another clientFriday afternoon: another client
The appointment
What should you check before applying?
The individual posting is the source of the opportunity and its stated terms.
Scope
The advertised responsibility
Check the work the employer actually asks the appointee to own.
Location
Attendance and eligibility
Confirm where the work may be performed and any stated attendance requirements.
Time
Availability and duration
Check the stated working pattern and discuss anything the advert leaves open.
Terms
The stated engagement
Read the advertised pay or rate and any labelled estimate separately.
Start with scope
What should the hiring brief settle first?
Make responsibility, access and continuity explicit before agreeing the appointment.
- Define the remitIdentify whether the remit is charitable fundraising or business capital.
- Name the decision ownersSpecify the audience, work and authority.
- Test the working patternAgree approvals, information access and availability.
- Plan the review and handoverReview activity and hand over relationships and records.
Hiring teams can discuss the appointment brief. Candidates should use the application destination and requirements stated on the individual posting.
The appointment
What must remain clear between working sessions?
Agree a continuing owner for questions, decisions and follow-up.
Owner
Someone available
Name who handles time-sensitive matters between sessions.
Records
Work others can use
Keep the plan, decisions and open questions in an agreed place.
Access
Appropriate information
Agree which systems and information the appointment requires.
Review
A point to revisit scope
Revisit the allocation when the work or urgency changes.
Name the fundraising work before choosing the job title.
Questions
What else should candidates and hiring teams clarify?
Fundraising appointments for an agreed part of the working week. Read whether the employer needs charitable fundraising, grants, campaign leadership or work connected to company financing.
No. A CFO may support a company fundraise as part of finance leadership. Charitable fundraising has its own purpose, channels and experience requirements. Judge the appointment against the advertised work.
Published postings classified as fractional whose advertised title names fundraising, a fundraiser or fund-raising. The board does not use generic finance or sales roles as replacements.
The Fundraising Regulator publishes the Code of Fundraising Practice. Use its current code to understand the standards relevant to the charitable activity described in the brief.
Define the organisation, fundraising purpose, channels, responsibility and approvals. Agree access to records, follow-up ownership and the working pattern before comparing proposals.
No. This page makes no fundraising outcome promise. Specify the work and review arrangements; distinguish the individual’s contribution from outcomes affected by the organisation and its context.
Primary references
Which sources explain the role boundaries?
- Fundraising Regulator
- Acas
- 1Code of Fundraising Practice Fundraising RegulatorPrimary reference for charitable fundraising standards.
- 2Employment status AcasThe working arrangement determines the status question, not the fractional label.
