Charity fundraising officer jobs
Can you identify and inspire new high value corporate partnerships? Have you got a proven track record of securing significant and sustainable income from corporates? Do you enjoy a challenge and want to help develop our corporate partnership strategy, enabling Lifelites to increase its reach and impact across Britain and Ireland?
We are looking for an experienced corporate partnership fundraiser to join our team and help us secure high value, multi-year corporate partnerships with a value of £30,000 plus that will help to power our ambitious growth strategy.
This is an amazing opportunity to join an established charity looking to expand and diversify both its fundraising and service provision over the next 5 years.
Whether you are looking for a new challenge or are ready for the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you.
Purpose of the role
- To identify and develop a robust pipeline of potential high value corporate partnerships that align with our mission and values.
- To create and deliver proposals, pitches and agreements.
- To secure exceptional partnerships upwards of £30k in value.
- To ensure internal reporting and recording processes, alongside reporting to partners on the impact of their support
- To work with the Senior Philanthropy Officer, Head of Fundraising and Communications (HoFC) and CEO to develop and steward high value corporate relationships.
Main duties and responsibilities
- To work closely with the HoFC and Senior Philanthropy Officer to develop and deliver a strategy for maximising support and income from high value corporate partnerships and foundations.
- To lead on prospecting and research, outreach and stewardship that result in high value, multi-year partnerships.
- To develop key messaging and resources that effectively deliver a compelling case for support which demonstrates impact and a return on investment.
- To steward and co-ordinate high value corporate relationships, working with the wider team as and when necessary.
- To ensure internal reporting and prospecting processes are adhered to at all times
- To provide compelling and inspiring impact reports to partners, reflecting the importance of their support.
- Work collaboratively with other members of the team to help develop a robust and successful corporate recruitment and retention programme, sharing knowledge and experience that can be applied to all levels of corporate giving.
Summary person specification
Experience
- Proven experience of successful corporate fundraising, including securing high value partnerships with income in excess of £30,000.
- Proven track record of delivering high quality cultivation, stewardship and retention programmes that encourage long-term support and significant income in line with budget.
- Experience of prospecting and researching high value corporate partnerships, managing pipelines and busy workload.
- Experience of reviewing activities, analysing outcomes and making evidence-based recommendations.
- Experience of successfully working collaboratively as well as alone, balancing consensus opinion alongside autonomous decision making and setting personal objectives.
Skills
- Creating and delivering a compelling case for support and deliver inspiring impact reports to partners.
- Experience of using a fundraising CRM for reporting and prospecting.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to liaise with people at all levels, adapting communication methods to suit differing audiences.
- Confident, effective written and verbal communication with internal and external stakeholders, especially presentation skills
- Excellent time management and ability to prioritise competing responsibilities and deadlines
Please see the full Job Description for full details.
To apply, please send your CV with a covering letter to Simon Pitts, Head of Fundraising and Communications.
If you have any questions or would like an informal conversation before applying, please contact us to arrange a convenient time.
We empower children with life-limiting conditions to play, create and communicate by harnessing the power of sensory and assistive technology.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Email Marketing Officer at The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity
Full Time, Permanent
Location: Chelsea, London UK with a minimum of one day a month in Sutton
Hybrid Working: 40% of time in Chelsea/Sutton office, London UK
£28-32k DOE
About the Role
The Email Marketing Officer role is key to our supporter communications. You will work across teams to deliver our email programme, building high-quality, personalised campaigns and engaging content using your copywriting skills. This is a varied role requiring a motivated, organised, and collaborative approach to champion engagement and a data-driven strategy.
Why Join Us?
The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity raises money to save the lives of people with cancer, everywhere. We ensure our nurses, doctors and research teams can provide the very best care and develop life-saving treatments, which are used across the UK and around the world. From funding state-of-the-art equipment and ground-breaking research, to creating the very best patient environments, we will never stop looking for ways to improve the lives of people affected by cancer.
The Marketing and Digital team are a creative and supportive team, responsible for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity website, email, social channels, brand building, paid advertising and more. This is an exciting time to join our growing Marketing and Digital team as we shape and improve the charity's brand building and digital approach. The Charity is also committed to its biggest fundraising appeal to date, for a new major development project in Chelsea.
Working for us offers you a rewarding career and the chance to really improve the lives of those living with cancer.
What you'll be working on:
- You'll support the team with the end-to-end delivery of marketing, stewardship, transactional and automated email campaigns.
- You'll create engaging content and brand-aligned creative assets, using strong copywriting and data insights.
- You'll act as a champion for email best practices, ensuring compliance with data protection regulations.
- You'll continuously develop and improve personalised user journeys to boost supporter engagement.
- You'll analyse email effectiveness using analytics (CRM, Google Analytics) and manage the email testing plan.
- You'll proactively collaborate with internal teams to share insights and ensure seamless, high-quality supporter communications.
This job is for you if…
- you have experience using an ESP such as Adestra or Mailchimp and ability to quickly pick up new digital tools and software
- you have knowledge and understanding of the principles of email marketing best practice
- you have excellent writing, copy-editing and proofreading skills, with an eye for detail and a strong command of the English language
- you have the ability to communicate, collaborate and build good working relationships
- you have strong organisational skills, ability to work proactively and manage multiple tasks concurrently.
What we offer:
- Hybrid working, with 40% of time spent in our Chelsea, London office and a minimum of one day a month in Sutton.
- 37.5 hrs a week, with flexible working around our core hours of 10am to 4pm
- 27 days annual leave
- Up to 6% employer contributions subject to matched contribution from you (increasing with length of service)
- Training, support and development opportunities
- Access to the blue light discount scheme
- Range of wellbeing initiatives
Inclusion Matters
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and walks of life.
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, we’d love to hear from you.
How to Apply:
Please click 'Apply' and submit your CV and cover letter.
- Closing date for applications: 9am on Monday 3 November 2025
- Interviews: 11 & 13 November 2025 (in person)
- Role starts: 5 January 2026
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are recruiting for a
Head of Fundraising and Communications
Part-time (22.2 hours per week)
Canterbury
Hybrid working arrangement available
Permanent Contract
to join the bemix team.
We are looking for a skilled and principled leader to help grow our impact and influence — while staying deeply rooted in our EPIC values. As Head of Fundraising and Communications, you will shape and lead our approach to ethical fundraising, inclusive communications, and brand stewardship. You will help ensure that our voice is clear, courageous, and reflective of the people we work alongside — building support and community around our work, and generating the income we need to thrive.
As Head of Fundraising and Communications, you will hold a key leadership role at the heart of bemix. You will build and deliver a fundraising strategy that grows our income while protecting our integrity; lead inclusive, accessible communications that amplify marginalised voices; and nurture a brand that reflects our commitment to social justice and inclusion. You will work closely with the Chief Operations Officer, Senior Leadership Team and Trustees — helping to tell the story of our work, build strong relationships, and secure support for the future.
At the core of bemix is a belief that “every single person is valued as an individual.” This belief underpins everything we do — and we’re looking for someone who shares this commitment and can help us bring it to life in our public voice. You’ll be joining a creative, thoughtful and determined team, and playing a key role in a movement for inclusion that is shaped and led by people with a learning disability and/or autistic people.
Main aim: The Head of Fundraising and Communications is responsible for developing and delivering a coherent, values-aligned fundraising and communications strategy that supports bemix’s mission, values and long-term sustainability. This includes growing diverse income streams, strengthening public and stakeholder engagement, ensuring consistent, accessible and inclusive representation of our work, and embedding strong internal communications and messaging across the organisation.
As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, the postholder also plays a critical role in organisational planning, culture, reputation and long-term development.
Hours: 22.2 hours per week to be worked flexibly as agreed with your Line Manager.
Start Date: As soon as the safer recruitment process allows.
Location: The role offers hybrid working, combining remote and office-based work. The post holder is expected to work from a bemix office for a minimum of two days each week with regular travel to other bemix locations across Kent as required. Your office will be based at the Canterbury Innovation Centre, University of Kent site. With access to great facilities, including free parking, cafe, reliable local transport connections and lovely outside spaces to explore on breaks/lunch/walking supervision. Flexibility in working hours and location may be available, by agreement, to support wellbeing and work-life balance in line with our organisational values.
Duration: Permanent Contract
Salary and benefits: £50,000 per annum, pro rata + generous 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays + Contributory Pension Scheme (5% of pay)
We seek individuals who view their work as a vocation and are committed to social change, particularly in achieving equality for autistic people and people with learning disabilities. At bemix, we recruit those passionate about making a difference.
If you have…
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A proven experience of fundraising and/or communications work in a values-led organisation.
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A strong track record of securing income from a range of sources, including trusts/foundations, individual giving and/or legacy giving.
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Experience of developing and delivering fundraising strategies and campaigns that are ethical, inclusive and effective
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The ability to produce engaging, accessible communications and marketing materials.
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Experience of working alongside people with lived experience in the co-design or co-production of fundraising or communications activity.
...we’d love to hear from you!
To apply, please download a copy of the Job Pack and fill out our online application form on our website.
Closing date for applications: Midnight, Monday, 3rd November 2025.
Interviews will take place between the 10th and 12th November 2025.
We will contact everyone by the end of the day on: Wednesday, 5th November 2025.
No agency contact please. You will be required to declare all past convictions, whether spent or not, as this post is exempt from The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1984. You will also be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS Check.
We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for people with disability, neurodiversity and/or long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us.
We are people with and without learning difficulties and/or autism, working and learning together.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Prospectus are pleased to be supporting our client in their search for a Community Fundraising Officer.
The organisation is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children. They have been at the forefront of shaping and coordinating responses to domestic violence and abuse through practice for almost 50 years. They empower survivors by keeping their voices at the heart of the charity’s work, working with and for women and children by listening to them and responding to their needs.
This is a full-time, permanent role, with flexible working arrangements with a salary of £29,450 per year (plus Inner London Weighting of £3,483.94, if eligible). This is a hybrid role and the postholder will be expected to work from their offices in either Bristol or London 1-2 days a week.
The Community Fundraising Officer will be responsible for their rolling calendar of supporter -led events and activities. You will be providing fundraisers with tailored stewardship, resources, ideas and recognition for their event to maximise income and cultivate them to become a long-term supporter of Women’s Aid. You will provide tailored support for all community group fundraisers including but not restricted to schools, universities and religious organisations.
They are looking for someone with proven experience of developing and implementing a recruitment or stewardship programme for fundraisers. You will ideally have experience of creating successful fundraising materials.
This service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to female applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1. Section 7(2) e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 apply. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process, then please contact Ariha Semontee at Prospectus.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. Please in the first instance share an up-to-date CV with us and should your experience be suitable, we will look to arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You will then have all the information you need to finalise your formal application. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
You Make It Fundraising Manager (Part-time, 4 days a week)
Are you a dynamic fundraising/ sales professional with a passion for social impact? Ready to leverage your skills to empower young women and create lasting change? Join our small, dedicated team and work closely with our Founder CEO to build meaningful partnerships that truly make a difference.
This isn't just about growth; it's about growing our capacity to transform lives. You'll secure vital brand collaborations, generate income, and create invaluable mentorships and work experiences that directly benefit our programme participants.
If you have a proven track record in strategic partnership creation and maintenance, sales and business development, with a knack and thirst for hitting financial targets, ideally for social impact causes, we want to hear from you! Bring your exceptional relationship-building skills, creative mindset, and passion for justice to a role where your work truly matters in a world that can feel and is unfair to so many.
We offer a wonderful work-life balance (part-time, hybrid, flex time), accelerated growth opportunities, invested professional development, and a strong well-being focus (therapy/wellness allowance).
Ready to ignite your purpose? Then email your CV and cover letter to recruitment@you-make-it-org. While the deadline is 5pm on Wednesday 05th November, interviews will be rolling as and when we receive relevant applications - please note we're eager to welcome the new post holder by 01st of December if not sooner
Empowering women and progressive employers
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you an imaginative and inspirational team player with a passion for engaging and effective fundraising and an interest in the arts? As Development Manager for Perth Theatre and Concert Hall you will take the lead role in developing and implementing our fundraising strategy and growing our charitable income across Trusts & Foundations, Individual Giving and Corporate Sponsorship.
A natural people person and confident communicator you will build relationships with key funding partners and donors to identify the most impactful fundraising opportunities and maximise returns.
You will collaborate with departments across the organisation to understand their fundraising needs crafting creative and compelling propositions that support our vision: ensuring everyone in our communities experiences the transformational power of the performing arts.
Working closely with the Leadership Team, with responsibility for two Development Officers, you will:
Fundraising Management and Development
- Review the fundraising strategy to achieve the agreed annual fundraising targets;
- Act as a lead ambassador for fundraising across the organisation;
- Engage key funding partners and donors to build long-term relationships;
- Identify/manage fundraising campaigns, creating impactful storytelling for supporter engagement;
- Lead high-value fundraising bids nurturing relationships to ensure the best outcomes.
Individual Giving
- Develop and manage the individual giving schemes and major donor fundraising in support of cultural programmes;
- Implement a legacy giving scheme, working across departments to create support material and identify communication channels;
- Collaborate with the Director and Board to build a major donor pipeline;
- Grow the donor base and average gift size through communications, events, and stewardship;
- Liaise with the Development Officer, Marketing and Box Office, Director and Programming team, and Learning & Engagement to effectively promote and manage individual giving and supporters;
- Maximise Gift Aid income and promote tax-effective giving.
Trusts & Foundations
- Develop and manage PTCH’s Trusts & Foundations pipeline for cultural programming and Learning & Engagement projects;
- Research/identify a wide range of income sources to increase the number of funders and grant size;
- Oversee the database, maintaining accurate records to plan and prioritise funding applications;
- Work with the Director, Programming,Head of Learning & Engagement and others to devise high-quality applications and cases for support;
- Oversee the preparation of timely, accurate funder reports in collaboration with relevant teams;
- Nurture relationships with Trusts & Foundations contacts.
Corporate Sponsorship
- Review the sponsorship offering and create a pitch pack for prospective partners;
- Proactively seek company partnerships and increase sponsor numbers and fees;
- Collaborate across departments to identify projects with sponsorship potential.
Person Specification
- Experience in the charity sector, ideally in an arts or cultural environment;
- Team player;
- Outstanding communicator and persuasive storyteller;
- Enthousiastic about new fundraising opportunities and sector trends.
Essential:
- Experience in developing and delivering a fundraising strategy for a similar-sized organisation;
- Proven track record of raising at least £250,000 annually through Trusts & Foundations and individual giving;
- Thorough understanding of the arts fundraising landscape;
- Excellent interpersonal, organisational and budget management skills, with the ability to motivate others and deliver against deadlines/targets;
- Experience in developing relationships with partners, major donors and individual supporters;
- Proficiency in accurate fundraising income forecasting ROI assessment.
Please see the attached Recruitment Pack for further information.
The full recruitment pack is also available on our website in the Work With Us section.
Our mission is to use the performing arts to inspire, explore, connect, and educate, as sustainably as possible.




The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Do you find your heart singing when you tell the stories of amazing people? Do you want to feel inspired knowing you’re improving the health and happiness of patients in our hospitals? And do you have a passion for marketing and communications that will motivate our supporters?
Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity raises funds for all ten hospitals in the University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW). Millions of patients pass through the doors each year and 15,000 NHS staff care for them.
We’re looking for a Communications Manager to work in our small but mighty Brand & Marketing team (who were shortlisted for Communications Team of the Year at last year’s Third Sector Awards, no biggie) to raise the charity’s profile, drive income and demonstrate the impact our charity makes across the hospitals.
Job Summary
Ensure effective delivery of the charity’s marketing and communication plans to raise the charity’s profile, generate income, achieve our fundraising targets and demonstrate the impact the charity makes to its beneficiaries.
Working with the Head of Brand & Marketing, you will play a key part in activating our new five-year strategy and successfully communicating our new organisational purpose. You’ll master the art of engaging with a wide range of stakeholders in both University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) and the wider community to join us in doing great things.
You are our lead press contact and will work with local, regional and national media and partner PR teams to amplify the charity’s voice further and generate increased coverage of Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity (BWHC).
You’ll lead on key marketing activity, including fundraising events, campaigns and appeals, including the annual Christmas campaign.
Central to the role is ensuring we have excellent relationships with our NHS colleagues and hospital staff to enable us to identify storytellers, building on our “one team” approach and delivering impact reporting.
You’re our go-to person for our celebrity champions ensuring they are well looked after and engaged with our campaigns and appeals for additional reach and endorsement.
Key Accountabilities
Share meaningful content and powerful stories
- Lead the creation of specific charity key messaging and a case for support per project (e.g., Christmas, appeals) and ensure this is adhered to throughout all communications
- Understand our different audiences, utilising research and insight, and target communications accordingly
- Work closely with our fundraising teams on a content plan and delivery of communications, understanding the importance of stewardship, internal communications and our calendar of events
- Develop our impact portfolio, including the creation and design of the annual impact report
- Sensitively interview our storytellers, including patients, fundraisers and hospital staff, ensuring we’re using authentic voices throughout our communications
- Work closely with our grants team to ensure visibility around the hospitals
- Edit website content and ensure our news section is up to date
- Plan, create and post content on BWHC’s social media channels
- Create and submit content for UHBW’s Viva Engage that increases awareness and engagement with the charity, working closely with the internal and external UHBW communications teams to utilise other UHBW channels where available
- Lead on the content and design of Reach, our supporter newsletter, creating engaging and impact driven content
- Commission new photography and video, including obtaining permissions and consent for use. Monitor our image database to ensure it is compliant with GDPR.
- Create engaging video content promoting events, appeals or impact as and when relevant.
Champion our marketing campaigns
- Lead the promotion, activity and implementation of integrated marketing plans and materials as and when required across the year
- Manage the marketing materials workplan for the Brand & Marketing team
- Be the Brand & Marketing team lead on fundraising events, ensuring they have a good ROI and hit the fundraising/sign up target
- Work with the Head of Brand & Marketing to ensure any opportunities that arise from our partnership with NHS Charities Together and other charity partners are optimised
- Play a key role in the development and promotion of new ways of income generation, including merchandising.
Forge connections with PR teams and journalists
- Develop effective contacts and build personal relationships with local journalists and partner PR teams to initiate coverage and build strategic partnerships
- Lead communications activity for key national celebration/awareness days that BWHC can maximise income or engagement on
- Support colleagues with media interviews and delivering presentations, including supplying briefings or FAQs where necessary
- Monitor media coverage to ensure effective evaluation and reporting
- Lead on crisis communications planning and response and advise the Senior Management team as necessary.
Lead by example with internal communications and reporting
- Support the Head of Brand & Marketing with the quarterly team trustee report
- Provide data for analysis, KPI monitoring and internal reports
- Guide our internal communications to ensure BWHC staff are engaged and understand the activities and direction of the charity, including leading on Viva Engage
- Provide content for speeches, presentations and executive materials
- Work to continually improve internal processes to ensure they are effective and fit for purpose
- Support the CEO on LinkedIn content planning and creation
- To provide cover for colleagues during periods of absence and holiday.
Drive planning and budgeting
- Support the Head of Brand & Marketing in the development of the short and long-term Brand & Marketing strategies, business plans and budgets, prioritising workload across the year
- Manage the budget throughout the year and ensure any unexpected variance can be explained or accounted for
- In particular, lead, direct and deliver a new annual communications strategy, which includes our press and public relations strategy and our digital content/activity plan (working closely with the Digital & Communications Officer)
- Be an engaged member of the Management Team, contributing effectively to all departmental plans
- Manage and record any accompanying communications expenditure within the Brand & Marketing budget following correct ordering and purchase order procedures.
Lead and manage
- Line manage and offer direction to our two Digital & Communications Officers, ensuring they are supported in their tasks and responsibilities and meet their KPIs and performance targets
- Hold regular 121s, appraisal meetings and discuss training requirements/plans
- Support with the recruitment and management of our UHBW Charity Champions and ensure they are engaged, informed and convey key charity messaging
- Manage the relationship with our Celebrity Champions and ensure they are active and engaged with the charity and utilising their networks to maximise charity benefit and awareness.
Deadline for applications: 11:59pm, Sunday 2nd November
Interviews planned for: W/C Monday 10th November
Benefits
- 27 days annual holiday entitlement (pro-rata) plus an additional day off on your birthday and a wellbeing day. Plus an additional two days leave after five years of service.
- Commitment to hybrid and flexible working
- Competitive pension scheme. We'll match employee pension contributions up to 8% (minimum 5%)
- Additional support via our enhanced Employee Assistance Programme, including up to eight sessions with a licensed counsellor
- Life assurance cover - 4x annual salary
- Commitment to training and development with budget set aside
- Medicash health plan - claim cash towards a range of medical costs
- Free Blue Light Card that allows access to hundreds of discounts at major retailers.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you want to help improve the lives of people with disabilities through the power of assistance dogs? To help us create amazing partnerships, we need amazing people.
Canine Partners’ mission is to change the lives of disabled people using expertly trained dogs to improve physical, emotional and social wellbeing. Our amazing dogs bring greater independence and an improved quality of life to their partners, offering security, companionship, and practical help with everyday household tasks.
We are looking for a passionate and innovative individual to join our dedicated Fundraising Team as a Corporate Fundraising Officer. This is an exciting opportunity at a prominent assistance dog charity for someone who has already worked in fundraising and is ready to take on more or an enthusiastic person with strong transferable skills.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Remote with regular travel; travel is essential to the role to meet with potential and current corporate supporters. Travel requirements will vary throughout the year.
Salary: £28,000 - £30,000 (depending on experience)
You will be part of an ambitious team raising vital income and will be supporting the corporate income line through development and account management. The role is key in enhancing our corporate fundraising income by providing more capacity within the team and allowing a greater focus on attracting new corporate donors. You will undertake in depth research into target sectors, identify charity of the year opportunities, support on applications and account manage your own portfolio of corporate partners. A proactive approach is key as you will have the opportunity to be part of building up and growing our corporate fundraising for the future, as we start working on our new 5 year strategy plan.
About you:
- Proven experience of effectively managing relationships with volunteers, supporters, and/or external stakeholders/audiences.
- Excellent written communication with the ability to engage and inspire a wide range of audiences.
- A confident speaker with good presentation skills.
- A successful track record of securing and maintaining income from companies.
- Demonstrable experience in fundraising, business development or relevant transferable skills
- Ability to manage a varied workload and take initiative to prioritise.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills.
Experience working within fundraising may be advantageous, but not essential. Most importantly, you will be passionate about the transformative impact that our assistance dogs provide to our beneficiaries.
Interested?
If you are excited about this role, don’t hesitate to apply even if you don’t meet every listed requirement - we welcome applicants who bring unique perspectives and transferable skills and would be delighted to hear from you. Please apply online with a comprehensive CV and supporting statement explaining how you believe you match the requirements of the role.
Please note we may interview candidates prior to the closing date. If we find a suitable candidate or receive a high volume of applications, we may close this advertisement prior to the closing date so apply now to ensure you don't miss out! Please be assured that we contact all candidates regarding the outcome of their application, this may take longer if we receive high volumes of applications.
Closing date: 9th November 2025
Please be aware that the start date for this role will be in January 2026.
We recognise the benefit of diverse experience and welcome and encourage applications from all sections of the community. We are a disability confident committed employer.
You may have experience in the following: Business Development Officer (Charity Sector), Philanthropy and Partnerships Officer, Relationship Fundraiser, Partnership Development Officer, Corporate and Community Fundraiser, Income Generation Officer, etc.
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We will change the lives of disabled people using expertly trained dogs to improve physical, emotional and social wellbeing.





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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Connect: North Korea is a fast-growing charity supporting North Korean escapees to build new lives after experiences of systemic discrimination, poverty, and trauma.
Our organisational income has grown consistently year on year since we registered in 2018. We now have a series of multi-year grants in place ensuring that 42% of our income for 2026 is already secured. We are looking to recruit a dynamic Head of Fundraising to lead and deliver income generation as we scale our work in the UK and globally.
This is a rare opportunity to work closely with the CEO and across programme teams to map out our annual fundraising plan, craft compelling cases for support, develop funder relationships, with an aim to securing our funding base year on year.
Position: Head of Fundraising
Responsible to: Chief Executive Officer
Based at: Our offices in New Malden KT3 with some remote/home working. We will be as flexible as possible to accommodate the right candidate.
Contract: Permanent. Part-time (3 days a week). Flexible hours/days possible.
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 FTE + 5% eligible pension
Benefits: 28 days holidays exclusive of public holidays pro-rata. We also offer 2 additional days on top of this – 1 recharge day where the whole charity closes and 1 day in the week of a staff member’s birthday.
Role objective
Lead our efforts to grow and diversify CNK’s income across individual giving, trusts and foundations, corporate partnerships, and community fundraising. Diversity our income base by increasing our unrestricted income, ensure organisational sustainability by securing multi-year grants and growing individual and corporate donations and grow our annual income by identifying and building relationships with new donor
About you:
Are you passionate about helping others, interested in working with the North Korean community and excited about using your expertise in fundraising to increase our impact? We are looking for a very special candidate to join our small team: a person who knows what success looks like and the steps that need to be taken to get there. A person who rolls up their sleeves and gets stuck in, but most of all, a person who can build relationships - with our team members, our community, our donors and drive through positive change for the benefit of all.
General duties and responsibilities will be:
Work closely with Chief Executive to:
- Develop our annual organisational fundraising strategy and fundraising action plan;
- Draft fundraising targets and KPIs based on current income levels and our delivery plans for 2026;
- Lead and coordinate all CNK fundraising activity from Trusts and Foundations, corporates and individual supporters;
- Build relationships with major donors, corporates, charitable Trusts and Foundations and other institutional funders;
- Ensure all fundraising meets the Code of Fundraising Practice, safeguarding standards, GDPR compliant and CNK’s values; and
- Report quarterly on fundraising progress to Chief Executive and Board of Trustees
To apply:
Please send CVs and cover letters addressed to Michael Glendinning. Applications are rolling until we find the right candidate.
We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability (physical or learning), LGBTQI+ or relationship status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, gender or social class.
Enabling escaped North Korean people to heal, grow, and live the lives they choose.

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Who we’re looking for and why join us
At Refugee Legal Support (RLS), we’re seeking a dynamic leader to become our new Fundraising Director. This pivotal role offers the opportunity to shape the future of a values-driven legal organisation that stands in solidarity with people on the move.
Following significant growth in recent years, you’ll build on strong foundations to support the organisation’s sustainability. You’ll bring strategic vision, excellent stakeholder management skills and a collaborative approach to support the delivery of RLS’s new strategic plan.
However this role goes beyond fundraising. You’ll also be a key member of our Management Team and work closely with our Executive Director, Legal Director and board of trustees to shape the future of the organisation. This is therefore a perfect opportunity for anyone looking to develop their senior management skills.
This role combines strategic oversight with hands-on work, bridging urgent funding needs, long-term fundraising strategy and organisational leadership. For a leader passionate about migrant justice and equity, this is a career-defining opportunity to sustain and grow RLS’s impact while shaping its future.
About Refugee Legal Support (RLS)
Our structure
Refugee Legal Support (RLS) operates as a registered organisation in both the UK and Greece, reflecting our international scope and impact. Our governance structure includes a dedicated Board of Trustees and specialised subcommittees that provide oversight and strategic direction. We’re supported by a dynamic management team and dedicated, expert project teams who deliver our mission across Greece, the UK, and Northern France.
What we do
Refugee Legal Support is an international legal support organisation, with operations in Greece, the UK and Northern France. We’re committed to ensuring access to justice through expert legal information and advice to people seeking safety and family reunification. Our casework is a tool to tackle individual and systemic injustice in immigration systems.
We strive to develop inclusive, sustainable and regenerative ways of working which are directly informed by those with lived migration experience. We support the global movement that fights entrenched inequalities, racism and other forms of discrimination that force people to migrate. In doing so we recognise that immigration systems are weighted against those forced to migrate and stand in opposition to hostile policies, along with all forms of violence against people compelled to migrate.
We’re specialised and use our expertise for strategic impact. We strive to be thorough and aim for precision and accuracy in all of our work. In a fast changing environment we use our experience and expertise to move quickly to meet needs, but to also think beyond the immediate context and push for positive systemic change.
We continuously think and challenge ourselves in how we develop our anti-racist practice and empower refugee leadership. We recognise that climate justice and migrant struggles are interconnected and view our work through this lens.
To get a fuller picture of our financial health and impact, have a look at our most recent accounts on the charity commission website. (Refugee Legal Support, Charity number: 1191680)
Our ethos
We have a strong commitment to consultative decision making and strive to be non hierarchical. We’re rooted in our foundational values of solidarity, anti-racism, independence, openness and transparency.Our colleagues play a central role in shaping our work and how we respond to need. They are dedicated to our mission and have the best interests of our clients at heart. We enable each other to fulfil our individual and collective potential in a work environment of mutual trust and respect.
Working at RLS:
The wellbeing of our colleagues is of paramount importance. We foster a friendly, supportive and collegiate working environment, and we practise consultative ways of working. We work flexibly and prioritise effective recuperation.
Some of our benefits include:
- Generous annual leave: 28 days (pro rata for part time employees) plus bank holidays and additional days at Christmas;
- Flexible working schemes, compressed hours and remote working are available;
- 8% pension scheme with ethical pension provider. RLS contributes 5% with minimum 3% staff contribution;
- Wellbeing offering: access to specialist individual counselling, group clinical supervision or alternative means of wellbeing support (body and mind classes of choice);
- Enhanced maternity and partner leave;
- Enhanced sick leave and pay;
- Wellbeing leave;
- Learning & Development: each member of staff has access to training resources and courses and shadowing opportunities;
- We work in a purpose built office environment near Old Street Station, shared with two like-minded organisations.
Role Overview: Fundraising and Operations Director
The successful candidate will lead RLS’s income generation through our next phase of development. You’ll oversee our relationships with key funders, individual giving, our approach to major donors and our communications. You’ll work closely with the Management Team and trustees to set and implement fundraising strategy and highlight and manage risk.
As a member of the Management Team, you’ll be involved in the day-to-day leadership and oversight of the organisation, with involvement in decisions from strategy to HR, project design and many other aspects of our work.
Core Responsibilities:
Fundraising strategy and development
- Lead the development and delivery of RLS’s fundraising strategy to meet our funding targets and deliver our strategy.
- Meaningfully involve and guide the Management Team, trustees and Fundraising Officer in strategy development and delivery.
- Develop new funding sources as appropriate.
- Ensure that funding sources fit with RLS’s values and our moral and ethical fundraising policy.
Organisational leadership
- Work with the Management Team and trustees to lead on the delivery of RLS’s strategic objectives.
- Work with the Management Team to lead RLS, including finding creative solutions to issues as they arise and ensuring the smooth running of the organisation.
- Foster a supportive work environment that’s true to RLS’s values.
Lead on funder relationships
- Develop and cultivate relationships with potential funders.
- Develop and maintain a strong pipeline of funding opportunities to meet our targets and fulfil our strategy.
- Lead relationships with existing funders, ensuring that they’re regularly engaged and that all reporting deadlines are met.
- Support the Fundraising Officer to lead on certain funder relationships.
Proposal and application development
- Lead the development of compelling applications and proposals for funders.
- Work closely with internal stakeholders to ensure that all funding applications meet the needs of RLS and align with our strategy.
- Support the Fundraising Officer to deliver high quality proposals and applications.
Individual giving and major donors
- Work closely with the Fundraising Officer to develop and deliver a high quality individual giving programme to meet our fundraising targets.
- Manage relationships with major donors and further develop this income stream.
Communications and events
- Work closely with the Fundraising Officer to develop and deliver RLS’s communications strategy.
- Work with the Fundraising Officer and CEO to oversee and continue to develop RLS’s website.
- Organise and deliver events from time-to-time to support the delivery of RLS’s fundraising strategy.
Risk management, reporting and record keeping
- Ensure that the Management Team and board have an accurate picture of RLS’s financial position, including a clear picture of risk.
- Oversee accurate records of funder and donor relationships and income through our CRM.
Representing RLS and occasional travel
- Represent RLS at events from time to time.
- Occasional travel, potentially including international travel.
Line management
- Provide high quality line management to the Fundraising Officer.
- In future, there may be other line management responsibilities as RLS’s staff changes to meet our new strategy.
Person Specification
- Senior leadership experience in income generation
- Proven success in securing significant, multi-source funding, including trusts and foundations.
- Expertise in developing long-term financial strategy and sustainability
- Experience in shaping and overseeing individual giving campaigns
- Excellent relationship-building and communication skills
- Ability to find creative, innovative solutions and problem-solve.
- Strong leadership skills, including the ability to foster a team-wide understanding of and involvement in fundraising.
- Have a strong commitment to advancing migrant justice.
- Be an active listener and a progressive leader.
- The successful candidate will be required to obtain an enhanced DBS certificate (we cover the cost). A criminal record is not necessarily a barrier to recruitment but should be disclosed on application
- Have the right to work in the UK.
- Fluent in English.
- Have lived experience related to migration and/or experience of and relationships in the migrant justice sector (desirable).
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Imagine This is the only UK charity solely dedicated to supporting the mental wellbeing of seriously ill children and their families. Founded in 2014 by actors Sarah Parish MBE and Jim Murray MBE in memory of their first daughter Ella-Jayne, the charity has rebranded from The Murray Parish Trust to Imagine This in 2025. The charity is now leading a national movement to address a hidden mental health crisis in seriously ill children.
There are one million children in the UK facing life-limiting, life-threatening, and serious chronic conditions. These children are at much higher risk of long-term mental health difficulties that can become more complex and difficult to treat, on top of living with often complex medical needs. Imagine This provides imaginative, innovative and empowering projects to help them navigate their journey with connection, resilience and hope. Our vision is to reach every seriously ill child, and their families, across the UK by 2035, delivering diverse and impactful projects in hospitals, hospices and community settings.
This role will be responsible for the development and delivery of public fundraising and engagement activities, building new and existing relationships with community, individual and business supporters. You will be the first point of contact for the charity, providing exceptional administration and an outstanding supporter experience. You will also proactively secure new support, and be involved in wider campaigns and events, to help the charity significantly grow income year on year.
We are looking for a proactive individual to join our small team. Someone with an eye for detail in data and administration. You will be ambitious and entrepreneurial, with real vision and a passion for the cause. You will be resilient and collaborative, someone who is highly organised with the ability to juggle a diverse and high workload. We are looking for someone who prides themselves on delivering exceptional stewardship to build new and long-lasting relationship with supporters, whilst also continuously seeking new opportunities to grow income.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Engagement
- Build rich relationships through exceptional and inspirational stewardship to increase retention, average gift and supporter experience.
- Organise acquisition/engagement events and campaigns (online and in-person), showcasing our projects and creating a deeper connection with the charity.
- Serve as the primary point of contact to the public, responding promptly to all enquiries, providing information, advice and support.
- Identify fundraising stories to enhance marketing/communications activity.
Fundraising
- Proactively secure new support from businesses, individuals and community groups using a planned process of cultivation, conversion and stewardship - including: 1. Businesses: charity of the year, staff fundraising, sponsorship. 2. Community: individual fundraising, schools, groups, official charity for third party events. 3. Individuals: one-off/appeals, regular giving, in-memoriam/celebration and legacies
- Create engaging fundraising campaigns that increase profile, secure new support and increase income.
- Proactively identify opportunities for retaining, growing or diversifying income from existing supporters.
- Actively network to raise the profile of the charity and identify opportunities for new support.
- Recruit, support and coordinate volunteers to support for fundraising and engagement activity.
Data/administration
- Ensure prompt and effective supporter communications, particularly when thanking donations.
- Maintain accurate, compliant data in our CRM (Donorfy), growing the database and improving data quality.
- Use data insight to prepare reports and analyse performance to identify trends and opportunities.
- Monitor/evaluate income and KPIs making recommendations for remedial action or growth opportunities.
- Prepare Quarterly reports for the Board, and upon request.
- Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and the Fundraising Code of Practice.
To apply, please share your CV and a supporting statement sharing why you are interested in this job, and how you meet the job description/person specification with evidence/examples wherever possible.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Make-A-Wish UK is seeking a visionary leader to drive public fundraising and supporter engagement at scale. This strategic role oversees all public income streams, including: individual giving, legacies, events, and innovation, while leading a high-performing team and sector-leading Supporter Care function.
You'll shape long-term growth, deliver significant income targets, and champion a supporter-first culture across the organisation. As part of our Extended Leadership Team, you’ll influence board-level decisions and help ensure Make-A-Wish UK continues granting life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.
Core Purpose:
The Head of Public Fundraising is a pivotal strategic leadership role at Make-A-Wish UK, responsible for the strategic direction, planning, delivery, long-term growth and performance of all public fundraising and supporter engagement activity.
This includes strategic oversight of all public income streams - individual giving (cash, regular giving, lottery, payroll), legacies, in-memory giving, challenge events, community fundraising, owned products, and innovation—as well as operational leadership of the Supporter Care team, which manages supporter care, income processing, data imports, and inbound queries for the whole organisation.
The role leads a multi-disciplinary team of around 20, across four core public fundraising and engagement functions, who are responsible for delivery of a high-performing public fundraising programme and sector-leading supporter care function - acquiring, engaging, and retaining supporters at scale, growing income sustainably and ensuring every interaction reflects Make-A-Wish’s values and drives long-term income growth.
This role contributes to over 50% of the charity’s total fundraised income, plays a critical role in long-term sustainability, and operates at cross-organisationally to embed a supporter-first culture, championing segmentation, stewardship and integrated journeys that drive lifetime value. The role is responsible for delivering significant and growing income targets, developing multi-year investment plans, and influencing organisation-wide strategies to ensure we are equipped to serve a growing supporter base. The postholder is part of the Extended Leadership Team (XLT), reporting to the Director of Income & Engagement, and influences decisions at Board level through strategic investment planning and performance reporting.
Essential Criteria:
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in public fundraising, with a strong track record of income growth across a broad portfolio of income streams (e.g. individual giving, legacies, community, events, innovation, lottery).
- Experience of leading the development and implementation of organisation-wide strategies, and aligning team plans to broader strategic priorities.
- Demonstrable success in a senior leadership role of similar scale and complexity, with full accountability for strategy, delivery, performance and people management across multiple teams and functions.
- Proven experience in designing and delivering large-scale fundraising strategies, investment plans, and innovation pipelines which supports the organisational vision, mission and strategic objectives.
- Significant experience of leading both income-generating and operational functions (e.g. supporter experience or donor services).
- Highly experienced in developing and delivering multi-channel and multi-product acquisition, engagement and retention strategies to engage a range of supporter audiences to grow a supporter database and increase lifetime value.
- Highly experienced in using different direct marketing techniques across a range of channels including DRTV, DM, F2F, TM and digital marketing, with a proven track record of income growth within a fundraising environment, developed and delivered with a focus on future sustainability.
- Strong background in managing multi-million-pound budgets and long-term ROI models, including regular Board-level reporting.
- Strong external representation skills, including managing relationships with key suppliers, agencies, and sector partners.
- Demonstrable ability to lead insight-driven innovation, with experience of testing, scaling and refining audience-led approaches.
- Comfortable using digital tools, automation or CRM platforms to optimise supporter journeys and improve operational efficiency.
- Deep understanding of UK fundraising regulation, supporter data compliance, and charity governance. Awareness of organisational risk and compliance, including how regulatory or reputational risks impact strategic decision-making.
Skills, knowledge and behaviours required for this role:
- Strategic and commercial thinker, able to balance short-term results with long-term growth and sustainability.
- Inspirational leader with experience managing large teams, including senior managers, across income and service functions.
- Flexible and adaptive leadership style, able to support a range of personalities and development needs across the wider team.
- Confident leading across the full employee lifecycle, from recruitment to performance management and succession planning.
- Excellent communicator and presenter, able to engage, influence and motivate stakeholders at all levels, including Board.
- Highly numerate, with experience in multi-year investment modelling and income forecasting across multiple programmes.
- Skilled in insight-led decision making, journey optimisation, and integrated campaign delivery.
- Strong understanding of digital marketing tools and supporter engagement across online channels.
- Experienced in designing and improving supporter journeys to increase satisfaction, retention and lifetime value.
- Proficient in CRM and insight tools (e.g. Salesforce, Power BI, Google Analytics).
- Highly organised, analytical and outcome-focused, able to manage multiple complex workstreams and competing deadlines.
Strategy and Planning
- Develop, own and drive the Make-A-Wish Public Fundraising strategy and roadmap, aligning it to organisational goals and strategy, and ensuring long-term scalable, sustainable income growth.
- Shape strategy and long-term plans across all public income streams: individual giving (cash, RG, lottery, payroll giving), legacy, in-memory, third-party events, community fundraising, owned products and innovation.
- Use insight, segmentation, and lifetime value data to inform fundraising planning across acquisition, engagement, and retention. This includes owning the Make-A-Wish supporter segmentation model.
- Ensure the team adopts a test-and-learn culture grounded in insight, continual improvement and audience understanding.
- Lead the development of scalable propositions, product strategies and audience approaches across all public income channels.
- Set up and model new income streams from scratch (e.g. lottery and regular giving programmes), with robust 10-year financial investment cases to inform Board-level decisions.
- Oversee the development of the engagement strategy for these supporters—defining its purpose, positioning, and role in supporting income growth, supporter satisfaction, and operational excellence.
- Oversee the development and delivery of a comprehensive Supporter Care Roadmap, ensuring all inbound supporter touchpoints are high quality, timely, compliant, and aligned with Make-A-Wish’s tone, values, and fundraising activity.
- Provide strategic leadership to the Supporter Care function, ensuring it is fully embedded into the public fundraising model and capable of scaling as supporter volumes grow, including future-facing processes, tech use, and journey mapping.
- Lead strategy on audience journeys and supporter touchpoints, including Make-A-Wish’s Contact Strategy, driving joined-up experiences and consistent messaging.
- Contribute to the overall organisational strategy through Extended Leadership Team (XLT) engagement, ensuring public fundraising is fully integrated. Act as a senior leader within Income & Engagement and across the organisation, contributing to cross-functional strategy and planning.
Operational Delivery
- Oversee the delivery of public fundraising programmes across all channels and products, ensuring alignment to income, supporter volume, and ROI targets.
- Lead the development and testing of new fundraising propositions, programmes and products, in line with audience needs and market opportunities.
- Oversee the team to deliver multi-channel campaigns across DRTV, direct mail, F2F, telemarketing, digital and social - working closely with agencies and internal teams.
- Ensure all supporter journeys across fundraising and experience are aligned, data-driven, and optimised to deepen engagement and improve retention.
- Oversee the operational performance of the Supporter Care Team, ensuring efficient income processing, compliant data handling, and prompt responses across phone, inbox and other inbound channels.
- Deliver continuous improvement across supporter care workflows—introducing training, process optimisation, documentation and KPIs.
- Ensure fundraising and supporter care functions meet all regulatory requirements (Fundraising Code, Gambling Commission, GDPR), including acting as the lead for the Gambling Commission.
- Lead strategic projects at XLT level that improve supporter engagement, fundraising effectiveness and operational scalability.
Financial Management
- Hold responsibility for multi-million pound income and expenditure budgets across the department.
- Lead business planning, investment proposals, budgeting, and reforecasting across all public fundraising and supporter care activity for 5 to 10 year plans.
- Build and manage multi-year investment models to inform income planning, particularly for high-potential streams like regular giving and lottery.
- Monitor and report on financial performance, providing insight, variances, and recommendations to senior stakeholders and the Board. Monitor return on investment across products and channels to inform future strategic decisions.
- Support senior managers to manage their budgets effectively and adapt where needed to maintain financial performance.
- Ensure all activity within supporter care operations is cost-effective, accurate and delivers strong value for money.
People Leadership and Culture
- Provide strategic leadership to a multi-functional team of approximately 20 colleagues, including four senior direct reports across core fundraising and supporter servicing functions.
- Set a clear team vision and ensure that performance, culture and development support organisational ambitions and create a supportive, inclusive culture focused on shared goals and continuous improvement.
- Embed a high-performance culture through clear goals, coaching, accountability, and personal development plans.
- Champion coaching, cross-team collaboration and a test-and-learn culture - empowering staff to innovate and drive impact.
- Ensure Supporter Care staff are resourced, trained and empowered to deliver a high-quality supporter experience that aligns with strategic goals.
- Lead on culture change within the Supporter Care function, embedding shared purpose with fundraising and a deep understanding of how supporter experience contributes to retention and long-term income growth.
- Shape the future structure and capability of the team to support long-term growth, including the integration of the Supporter Care function into the public fundraising model.
Stakeholder and Supplier Management
- Lead strategic supplier relationships across fundraising and experience (media, creative, F2F, print, fulfilment), negotiating contracts and ensuring high-quality delivery.
- Build strong internal relationships with stakeholders in Brand, Digital, Tech, Finance, Data and Wishgranting to deliver joined-up strategy and planning. Collaborate with key internal stakeholders to deliver integrated, insight-led supporter journeys and ensure shared accountability for audience experience
- Collaborate with the Head of Brand & Comms to ensure fundraising communications reflect the brand and improve audience engagement.
- Represent Public Fundraising at the Extended Leadership Team (XLT), contributing to cross-charity strategy, insight sharing and project delivery.
- Act as a key internal ambassador for the supporter, using insight and feedback to shape fundraising propositions and operational improvements.
Data, Insight and Innovation
- Work in partnership with Data & Impact to develop insight tools and reporting dashboards to track performance across both income and supporter experience.
- Oversee use of segmentation, audience journey mapping, and predictive analytics to inform both fundraising and operational planning.
- Lead on Make-A-Wish’s innovation pipeline within Public Fundraising, identifying opportunities for new product development and managing test-and-learn pilots through to scale.
- Monitor market trends and competitor activity to ensure fundraising and supporter care stay relevant and responsive to audience expectations.
- Own delivery of the supporter care improvement programme, embedding measurement of satisfaction, service levels, and team performance.
Together, we create joy, happiness and magical memories through life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
As the Fundraising Officer you will play a pivotal role in growing individual giving through cash and regular donors and legacy giving for a local health charity.
This post would be suitable for someone with existing experience in a fundraising or volunteering setting, regularly interacting with donors and/or customers to provide an excellent service or experience. The charity are keen to hear from candidates with an appetite to start and grow a career in the charity sector.
You will be joining a passionate, hardworking, friendly team where you will be able to see first-hand the difference your role is making.
This is a hybrid role with 3 days a week in the South West London office.
The charity
A collaborative, welcoming health charity, dedicated to supporting those in need of care and their families. You would be joining a passionate organisation with a tight knit and supportive working culture, who work on site with their beneficiaries.
The Role
Lead on the operational management of face-to-face regular giving recruitment.
Implement strategies to improve the acquisition of donors.
Deliver one digital cash appeal per year.
Lead the delivery of two retention communication campaigns per year.
Develop and implement automated digital journeys across IG that improve donor conversion, support income growth and reduce donor cancellations.
With support from Fundraising Assistant, ensure administration, record keeping and thanking for all IG activity is accurate and up to date.
The Candidate
Proven experience in marketing, using marketing techniques effectively to grow income and/or engagement. This could be in a charity or commercial setting.
Experience in a fundraising or volunteering setting, regularly interacting with donors and/or customers to provide an excellent service or experience.
Experience using digital media platforms (e.g. social media, canva, mailchimp)
Experience using a donor or customer database.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful, but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.
We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.
Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.
About The Role
We are recruiting for Events Fundraising Officers to join our ambitious Third Party and Organise your Own (OYO) Events team. These are full-time roles, working 35 hours per week with four fixed-term contract options available:
- Fixed Term Contract until May 2026
- Fixed Term Contract until October 2026
- Fixed Term Contract until December 2026
- Fixed Term Contract until December 2027
As Events Fundraising Officer (Third Party & OYO) you’ll support the growth, development, and delivery of our Third Party Events portfolio. Each of the Events Fundraising Officer roles will lead on different events including the London Marathon, Manchester Marathon and the official charity partnership with the AJ Bell Great Run Series.
You’ll work across multiple events to help us to give our participants and supporters the best possible events experience. This will enable us to build lasting connections with our cause and contribute to the £12million our team is projected to raise this financial year, with the wider Events team set to raise £22million. This is a rewarding role which helps to raise vital funds to support the lives of people affected by dementia.
These roles are all home-based, however you will be asked to travel and attend events in-person and occasionally across weekends throughout the year (travel expenses paid for by the Society).
Interviews for this role have been provisionally scheduled to take place via MS Teams on the week commencing Monday 3rd November.
About you
Joining us, you’ll have experience managing projects and/or events, with the ability to stay organised and prioritise your workload effectively. You’ll have experience of financial management and budgeting in relation to a project or an event.
Crucially, you’ll be able to build positive relationships with both internal and external stakeholders and suppliers. You’ll be an effective communicator with experience producing and managing marketing or stewardship communications. You’ll also have the ability to collaborate successfully with others to deliver successful events that enable us to achieve targets.
What you’ll focus on:
- Organising, planning and delivering Third Party events successfully, providing the best possible experience for our participants.
- Building, monitoring and managing income and expenditure budgets, along with participant numbers, to ensure we hit our ambitious targets.
- Communicating with and building positive relationships with external suppliers and internal colleagues.
- Making data-led decisions and problem solving to ensure we hit our ambitious team targets, working under your own initiative whilst collaborating with peers.
About Alzheimer's Society - who are we and what’s our mission?
Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.
At Alzheimer’s Society, we’re the UK’s leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding ground-breaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.
Together with our supporters, we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. Our values make sure that our focus is clear for the challenges and opportunities ahead and remind us of what we all stand for.
Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as part of a minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Alzheimer's Society.
Our hiring process
We want you to bring your whole self to the process. Applications are anonymised until interview stage, and we’re happy to support any adjustments. Share your feedback via our candidate survey when applying to help us improve. We may close early if we receive high interest (with 48 hours’ notice). Some roles may require a DBS check as part of our safer recruitment commitment. Thinking about using AI during the recruitment process? we know this can be helpful in many ways but remember to include your personal and authentic self too. Your voice and experience are what really set you apart.
Giving back to you
At Alzheimer’s Society, we value our people and take a total reward approach to pay and benefits. You’ll enjoy a generous double-matched pension scheme, 27 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays and wellbeing days), and access to a free Bupa Cash Plan, 24/7 EAP, Thrive mental wellbeing support, and virtual GP services. Our Society Plus platform offers exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources, and recognition schemes, while our flexible working, family-friendly policies, and life assurance provide peace of mind and work/life balance. We also offer a free Will-writing service and long service awards to recognise your ongoing commitment.
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Prospectus are pleased to be supporting our client in their search for a Trust Fundraising Officer.
The organisation is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children. They have been at the forefront of shaping and coordinating responses to domestic violence and abuse through practice for almost 50 years. They empower survivors by keeping their voices at the heart of the charity’s work, working with and for women and children by listening to them and responding to their needs.
This is a full-time, permanent role, with flexible working arrangements with a salary of £29,450 per year (plus Inner London Weighting of £3,483.94, if eligible). You will work remotely from with occasional travel to their offices in London/Bristol.
The Trust Fundraising Officer will lead on the completion of core and restricted funding applications to large and small Trusts and Foundations, up to £100k, contributing to the team’s annual fundraising targets. You will assist in the development of, and help to implement, a strategy for maximising income from Trusts and Foundations partnerships.
They are looking for someone with experience of writing bids, applications or proposals. You will have demonstrable experience of working in a similar role or a desire to develop their transferrable skills
This service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to female applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1. Section 7(2) e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 apply. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process, then please contact Ariha Semontee at Prospectus.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. Please in the first instance share an up-to-date CV with us and should your experience be suitable, we will look to arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You will then have all the information you need to finalise your formal application. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.