Spies ‘R’ Us

Howard Lake | 3 June 1997 | News

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• Giving/Philanthropy
• Recruitment / people

Any fundraisers looking for a change of career direction might like to know that Her Majesty’s Secret Service values fundraisers’ skills quite highly.

The recruitment pack for the recent advertisements for MI5 operatives suggests that “those with a proven track record of managing people and resources” are needed for “Level II” positions. These people include “teachers, fund raisers, overseas aid workers and journalists.”

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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.