Community Fundraising Internship Jobs
The Regular & Digital Giving Officer role is your opportunity to be a part of a dynamic and innovative team and to take our programme to the next level. We are keen to explore ways to grow our programme via crowdfunding, giving days, and by developing a mid-level/leadership giving programme. Our Regular and Digital Giving Officer will play an important role in scoping, piloting, evaluating, and establishing these new strands of income generation.
The Development and Alumni Relations Office (DARO) exists to support The University of Birmingham's academic and student community by engaging, inspiring, and celebrating alumni, individuals, and charitable funders who give their money, time, and networks to support the University’s strategic priorities. The Office, which is comprised of five teams, is focused on fundraising and volunteering from alumni, organisations and individuals who are passionate about changing lives, through funding various research projects, supporting student bursaries, mentoring students, and providing internships, as well as providing a versatile programme of engagement opportunities for our global alumni community.
We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate. We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.
Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements. We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working. In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme. We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.
As an office, we are committed to sustainability and value green working practices. The environment is an integral part of our campaign and we encourage eco-friendly ways of working in order to have a positive impact on our campus and global surroundings.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The University of Oxford is a stimulating work environment, which enjoys an international reputation as a world-class centre of excellence. Our research plays a key role in tackling many global challenges, from reducing our carbon emissions to developing vaccines during a pandemic.
Reporting to the Head of Development – Student Support, the Senior Development Executive will develop and implement plans to generate major gifts for Student Support with an emphasis on outreach, internships and postgraduate support.
About the Role
- The post holder will be expected to spend the greater part of their time identifying, meeting and stewarding current or prospective donors.
- The post holder will manage a portfolio of more than 100 major gifts prospects. The post holder will be responsible for the identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of potential donors, typically in the range of £250,000-£1,000,000.
About you
- You are a motivated fundraiser with experience of raising at a minimum six-figure gifts and a keen interest in widening access to Higher Education by gaining support for scholarships and graduate scholarships across a wide range of areas.
- You are highly motivated and will possess a strong drive towards getting out in the field, developing purposeful and effective relationships with prospective benefactors and advancing social mobility through philanthropic investment.
What We Offer
As an employer, we value the wellbeing and development of all our employees. We offer a comprehensive range of benefits, including:
- 38 days annual leave (including public holidays)
- Hybrid working arrangements for a healthy work-life balance
- Extensive personal and professional development opportunities
- Membership to CASE to support your professional development as an educational advancement professional
- Supportive childcare services and other family-friendly leave schemes for working parents, guardians and those with caring responsibilities
- Generous family leave for pregnancy, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave
- Excellent contributory pension scheme for your financial future
- Salary sacrifice scheme for additional savings
- Subsidised sports centre membership to promote well-being
- Cycle loan scheme to encourage sustainable commuting
- Discounted bus and transit travel
In addition, you will have access to a vibrant community with social groups and sports clubs fostering an inclusive atmosphere.
Application process:
- Click the link to ‘Apply’ and follow the on-screen instructions. You will be taken to our online Applicant portal.
- Applications should consist of a full CV and a letter of application in PDF format (maximum of 2 pages) outlining your motivations to apply for this role, your relevant experience and how you meet the criteria of the person specification.
Only applications received before 12.00 noon on 4 April 2024 can be considered.
Interviews are currently scheduled to take place on week beginning 15 April 2024, in person in Oxford.
Development and Alumni Engagement is committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills and experiences. We encourage applicants from all sectors of the community and are especially keen to encourage candidates from under-represented groups to apply.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Salary: £29,720 – 34,180 per annum at 1.0 FTE (or pro rata equivalent if part-time).
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Working pattern: Full-time (37.5 hrs per week at 1.0 FTE) or part-time at 0.8 – 1.0 FTE. Flexible working requests will be considered.
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Contract: Permanent with a 6 month probationary period
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Team: Campaigns Team (50%) and Fundraising Team (50%)
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Location: This role can be office-based or hybrid. Team meetings take place in-person from the London office every Thursday and availability to attend some ad hoc events and meetings around London is required too.
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Reporting to: Digital Mobilisation Manager
Safe Passage International (SPI) is recruiting a Digital Officer to coordinate key areas of our digital campaigning and fundraising work. It is an exciting time to join SPI, offering the right candidate the opportunity to drive our social media efforts and influence various facets of our digital work. As we amplify the call for routes to safety and expand our supporter base, the Digital Officer will play a pivotal part in supporting the development and delivery of strategic fundraising initiatives and shaping our new digital mobilisation strategy.
Reporting to the Digital Mobilisation Manager (DMM) and working across both the fundraising and campaigns teams, you will help develop and deliver an engaging, data-driven content strategy for our social media, using both paid and organic methods to raise SPI’s profile and engage supporters. You'll also create impactful content for other digital channels, such as email and website, and collaborate with Safe Passage’s Expert by Experience Consultants, Young Leaders, teams in the UK, France and Greece, and other international projects.
We are looking for candidates who share our hunger for a fairer system for refugees, as well as a genuine passion for social media and online activism. Prior digital experience is welcome, but this could also be your first paid position in the charity sector, or you could be returning to work after time out.
The successful candidate will be encouraged to develop and hone their skills in line with the roles’ requirements. This position will have a dedicated training budget, and you will be supported to grow and develop within the role.
We value equality and diversity in our organisation and are striving to build a workforce reflective of the communities we work with. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, or disability. People with refugee or asylum-seeking backgrounds are experts by experience and are particularly encouraged to apply.
As a refugee charity, we offer a guaranteed interview for people with direct lived experience of seeking asylum who meet most of the essential criteria outlined in the Person Specification. If you have first-hand experience of applying for asylum in any country, please let us know in your application. We respect that people’s identity is not defined by their past experiences and do not expect candidates to describe their lived experience during the interview process unless they wish to.
If you are excited by this role and working at Safe Passage but do not have all the experience you think is needed, we would encourage you to apply anyway and reach out for an informal chat beforehand to discuss why you would like to apply for the role and what skills or experiences you think are relevant.
If you would like an informal chat about the role and your experiences, please visit the job advert on our website.
How do I apply?
Please visit our website for more information and click on the attached documents to read the full Job Description & Person Specification alongside our ‘How to Apply Guide’ below.
Closing date: Sunday 7th April at 11.59 pm.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Could your communications skills help graduates feel close to their university? Do you believe in helping young people from disadvantaged backgrounds get to university, and want to get people interested in life-changing research into healthcare, environmental protection and more?
The Development and Alumni Relations Office exists to support our academic and student community by engaging, inspiring, and celebrating alumni, individuals, and charitable funders who give their money, time, and networks to support the University’s strategic priorities. The Office, which is comprised of five teams, is focused on fundraising and volunteering from alumni, organisations and individuals who are passionate about changing lives, through funding various research projects, supporting student bursaries, mentoring students, and providing internships, as well as providing a versatile programme of engagement opportunities for our global alumni community.
An excellent communications professional with experience developing social media campaigns and writing for print, web and social media, the Communications Officer (Digital) will work as part of the Development and Alumni Relations (DARO) Communications Team to deliver our overall strategy, and to champion our digital activity. You will be expected to follow a brief and produce high quality impact-driven copy, video, email newsletters and digital content, appropriate for target audiences, for print and online publication, email newsletters and individual communication and will creatively and effectively use social media platforms and the DARO web presence. In addition to the core alumni audience, you will be responsible for the student and young alumni audiences. Experience in producing content for young people and international audiences, and in fundraising communications would be highly desirable.
We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate. We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.
Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements. We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working. In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme. We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.