Multi-award-winning Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal works in partnership with Aardman Animations to support Bristol Children’s Hospital and the region’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at St Michael’s Hospital. We are seeking a first-class individual to join our talented and ambitious team to help deliver a multi-million-pound programme of investment in the children’s hospital and NICU.

This newly created role is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Fundraiser in Individual Giving to join our experienced fundraising team. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing an ambitious new fundraising-wide individual giving programme to diversify our fundraising across our portfolio of donors and fundraising activities to provide a new, stable and growing income stream for the charity. The Senior Fundraiser for Individual Giving will be responsible for identifying and maximising income through targeted communications – online and offline.  We know that data is the catalyst to a successful programme, so the successful candidate will have extensive knowledge of Raisers Edge (or similar fundraising database), as well as experience of growing the lifetime value of new and existing supporters and donors.  As a new role, there will be the exciting opportunity to lead on new initiatives, whilst working collaboratively with the talented fundraising and communications teams.

The successful candidate will be experienced in multi-channel individual giving, setting up new strategies for income growth and will have bags of initiative as well as being a strong team player, able to work autonomously bringing new ideas and fresh energy.  This is a hands-on role working closely with the established and talented fundraising team and the SMT.  The candidate will be expected to share the team’s entrepreneurial vision to grow and develop our income and supporter base across the wide portfolio of activity.  You will bring imagination, resourcefulness and enthusiasm to help us realise our vision of continued income growth and income generation diversification.

Key tasks and responsibilities

• Maximise entry level supporter retention and development opportunities to maximise ROI and to ensure long term donor growth and engagement.  Creating annual plans, measurable KPIs and income targets.
• Plan, develop and implement an individual giving programme and stewardship programme to retain and re-activate supporters.
• Act as in-house Raisers Edge database champion, ensuring data is accurate and staff adhere to procedures, offering training where appropriate.
• Engage with new audiences – online and offline. 
• Work collaboratively with the fundraising team to deliver a high-quality experience to all donors including where appropriate donor communications and marketing materials to drive forward the individual giving programme.
• Work collaboratively with the Marketing and Communication team to maximise online and offline support and donor communications.
• Develop new fundraising ideas as part of the individual giving programme to generate income, working strategically to target specific audiences to complement our existing activity. 
• To continually evaluate activity across individual giving income streams and respond to trends or challenges.
• Contribute to the legacy strategy working closely with the SMT.
• Responsibility for the operation of the existing Lottery for income growth and compliance with relevant legislation.
• Keep ahead of latest individual giving marketing trends, best practice and trends across the wider sector as appropriate.
• Contribute to the fundraising department activities, sharing new ideas and supporting income generation and promote positive team-working.

Other tasks

• Keep abreast of governance requirements pursuant to all communications /marketing activity including but not limited to the Charities Act, Fundraising Regulator, Institute of Fundraising Code of Practice, Gambling Commission and General Data Protection Regulation.
• Carry out other tasks and duties as required, to support colleagues across the organisation.

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer employees a comprehensive benefits package including a pension scheme, medical insurance, and generous annual leave, this role will be home-based whilst COVID restrictions remain in place.  Once restrictions are lifted, the role will be based at Grand Appeal HQ opposite the Bristol Children’s Hospital, close to the beautiful Bristol Harbourside and the range of shops in Cabot Circus.  Flexible home working will be considered.

The Grand Appeal offers a dynamic, supportive and rewarding workplace for over 40 staff.  The bedrock of our organisation is its strong team culture in which all staff play an important part.  If this sounds like the right workplace culture for you, you have the required skills and experience, and you are looking for a new challenge, get in touch. 

Work for The Grand Appeal and you’ll do more than just a job. The work we do really makes a difference to sick children, their families, and the staff who care for them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Together, we help save lives.

The closing date for applications is midnight on 28 February 2021.