How to become a Donor Development Officer

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Considering a career as a Donor Development Officer?

As a donor development officer, you'll identify, engage and cultivate current and prospective donors to help expand the financial support for your charity. Ultimately, donor development officers keep current donors engaged and help find new prospective donors to give to their cause. You'll be responsible for creating a growth strategy, ensuring fundraising targets are met and developing new, lucrative relationships. This is a mission-critical role because it ensures the organisation's donor portfolio is constantly filled with current and prospective philanthropists.

Where can a career as a Donor Development Officer take you?

Donor Development Officer £23,500 2 years
Major Donor Manager £35000 5 years
Head of Major Gifts £45,000 7 years

Are you the perfect candidate?

Skills and traits

  • You’re a ‘people person’, with incredibly strong communication skills & enjoy building long term relationships with others
  • You enjoy playing a key role in the development and execution of campaigns
  • You have a results-oriented mindset
  • Passionate about meaningful work

Qualifications and experience

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent
  • Experience in a fundraising setting where you have become accustomed to the processes and procedures
  • Track record of retention techniques that promote the organisation and keep them in the fore-front of potential donors' minds
  • Experience of creating and delivering a strategy that provides an excellent experience for donors.

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