Individual Giving Jobs in Greater London

Prospectus is delighted to be supporting Big Issue Group in their search for an Individual Giving Officer.

Big Issue is a social enterprise and B-corp business, with over 30 years of experience supporting the most marginalised in society to earn an income through selling the magazine. Since 1991 they have supported over 100,000 vendors to earn an income of over £150 million.

This is a permanent role with hybrid working arrangements from their London offices. The salary for this position is £30,000 to £35,000 per annum.

The Individual Giving Officer will be responsible for raising unrestricted income from individuals by planning and executing the day-to-day campaigns to recruit, engage and retain supporters. This role is critical to income generation for their Big Issue Changing Lives Community Interest Company, which funds their frontline services that support individuals to improve their lives and earn an income from selling the Big Issue magazine or find sustainable employment through their recruitment service, Big Issue Recruit.

To be a successful candidate, you will have demonstrable experience of income generation from direct marketing campaigns (acquisition and/or retention) across a variety of offline and digital channels for acquisition and retention. You will also have experience of project management to deliver acquisition or retention campaigns within agreed timescales and budgets.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit your CV and cover letter in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

Job Description

Job Title: Trusts and Foundations Officer

Reporting To: Trusts and Foundations Manager

Salary: £28,500 - £31,000 per annum (dependent on experience) 

Location: Hybrid working from home and from five locations across London. We have four depots with offices in Park Royal, Deptford, Poplar and Enfield. There is a fully serviced office situated in Canary Wharf which is being piloted for 2024. Anticipation to be in a depot office or Canary Wharf at least twice a week.

Contract type: Permanent Full-time, 37.5 hours per week

About The Felix Project

The Felix Project is London's biggest food redistribution charity and the largest end-to-end food redistribution charity in Europe.
 
Our vision is a London where no one goes hungry and good food is never wasted. 
 
We rescue surplus food from businesses, supermarkets, restaurants and farms. This food is nutritious, in-date, and safe and includes a high proportion of fresh vegetables, fruit, meat and fish. If we did not rescue this food, it would be at risk of going to waste. Instead, we deliver it free of charge to London charities, schools, food banks, COVID food hubs and other organisations serving people in need. Our food is a vital lifeline for children and families, people on low incomes, people who have lost their jobs, the homeless, refugees, domestic abuse survivors, the elderly and keyworkers.

We were founded in 2016 in memory of Felix Byam Shaw, by his father, entrepreneur Justin Byam Shaw.

Purpose of the Job

The Trusts and Foundations Officer will support the step change in growth of the Statutory, Trusts and Foundations income stream for The Felix Project. The team is expanding and is challenged to raise £2 million in income in 2024 from Trusts and Foundations. This target will continue to grow over the years.

You will collaborate closely with both the Trusts and Foundations Manager and the Senior Trusts and Foundations Manger to manage the warm portfolio through excellent stewardship, and to build on this strong foundation to create a high-quality pipeline of new funding opportunities to reach our aspirational income targets. The strategic direction of the team is set by the Head of Statutory Funding, Trusts and Foundations who reports to the Director of Income Generation and Marketing.

Person Specification

The Felix Project recognises the positive value of diversity and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce.  We encourage applications from all suitably qualified or experienced individuals, regardless of their race, gender, biological sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. 

You will have strong persuasive writing skills and good relationship management skills. You will be efficient and be able to manage competing deadlines. You will have a strong eye for detail and have good time management skills. You will be able to work independently and as part of a team with common goals.

Please review our job portal  for further details on the role, including job description.

Application procedure 

Please apply via our recruitment portal. Please upload your CV and a one page covering letter outlining your suitability for the role (and make sure that they’re both uploaded before submitting your application).

After you have submitted your application, you have 24 hours in which you can access you application and make edits. We suggest that you complete one last proof-read after submission and double check that your CV etc. uploaded correctly.

Recruitment timeline

Applications close: 30th April 2024. We will be holding interviews as and when suitable applicants apply so we encourage early applications. 

Supporter Engagement Manager

At the Charity for Civil Servants, we can’t always prevent the tricky, stressful, sad stuff from happening. But when it does happen, we help current, former and retired civil servants get the best support. Join us as we embark on the next phase of our strategy to ensure we can be there when people need us the most.

We want our donors to feel valued, involved and proud of their role in our supportive community. The Supporter Engagement Manager will play a key role in driving engagement and loyalty. Supported by a Co-ordinator, you will be developing and delivering campaigns to welcome, thank and retain supporters. As well as demonstrating the impact of donations you will drive income growth via one-off donation and upgrading regular giving. You will do this across a range of channels such as telemarketing, digital and direct mail, managing campaigns from start to finish. So strong project management skills, experience in managing budgets, and the ability to develop strategy relevant to supporter engagement, such as journey development, will be a critical part of your role.

You will also manage the Supporter Care function, ensuring that we offer the very highest standards of service to supporters and enquirers.

We have big ambitions as we seek to embed our presence as a UK-wide charity and deliver sustainable income and supporter growth. Reporting to the Head of Individual Giving & Legacy, you will be part of an exciting department responsible for growing our largest and longest-term sources of income – our regular giving propositions (including payroll giving and lottery) and legacy fundraising. If you would like to be a key member of our Fundraising department, then we would like to hear from you today!

In return, we can offer you excellent benefits including a health cash plan, Headspace, life assurance, excellent pension, generous annual leave, and interest free loans for season tickets and our cycle to work scheme.

To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter that states why you would be suitable for this role. The closing date for applications is 21 April 2024, 23:59pm. Interviews will be held on 30 April or 2 May. Please let us know in your covering letters if either of these dates would be difficult for you.

The Charity for Civil Servants are committed to building and developing a workforce which reflects the diversity of the civil service community that we support. We seek to ensure all job applications are treated fairly, with respect and without bias and we encourage applications from suitably experienced candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, or any other factor.

Department: Fundraising
£40,000-42,000 per annum
Full time – 35 hours per week (part time – 4 days considered) 
18-month fixed term contract
Hybrid location – min 1 day per week in the office (Cheam, Surrey) or London

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