We are looking for an enthusiastic new head of development. This is a key position charged with bringing in significant income in support of the school’s bursary programme.

The school’s Head and governing body are strongly committed to development playing a major role in the life of the school, creating a sustainable, comprehensive programme which will support the school’s strategic priorities.

Fundraising
Design and develop a fundraising strategy that supports the school’s strategic objectives for approval by the Head and board of governors and thereafter leading on the implementation of the strategy as agreed. This will include the following:

• Developing a strong fundraising story and agreeing priorities;
• Establishing and achieving financial and performance measures and targets;
• Expanding the school’s pool of potential and current donors;
• Managing a personal portfolio of relationships with potential major donors and enhancing their engagement with the school (including parents, livery companies, Members of the City of London Corporation and senior officers from commercial companies in the City;
• Effectively lead and work with members of the fundraising taskforce and other staff and volunteers to build relationships with potential donors;
• Asking for gifts and supporting others in making the ask;
• Overseeing a successful regular giving programme;
• Establishing a legacy programme;
• Ensuring all appropriate fundraising policies are in place and fit for purpose;
• Working with the director of external relations and alumnae relations and development officer to develop the pool of donors amongst the alumnae;
• Event organisation with alumnae relations and development officer.

Research and data
Working with the alumnae relations and development officer to create, develop and maintain an appropriate database fit for purpose in supporting fundraising, alumnae and supporter relations activity and to ensure that:

• All data and research information are appropriately recorded and compliant with General Data Protection Regulations and other legal requirements;
• Information on donors and potential donors is up-to-date, appropriate and relevant; providing briefings for senior staff and volunteers;
• Effective systems are in place to expand, enhance, validate and analyse the data held on the Raiser’s Edge database.

Donor recognition and stewardship
Putting arrangements in place for a formal process to enhance stewardship of donors. This should include identifying potential donors, identifying occasions when the school can meet with them, and after a donation is made, to ensure that there is an appropriate response from the school to thank the donor, give formal recognition where appropriate and to build on-going links with donors at all levels.

Communication
Development of a programme of effective fundraising communications for internal and external audiences, encompassing the website and electronic and printed materials, including the Annual Fund.

Relationships
To build and maintain effective working relationships with all key stakeholders and donors in particular with a view to maximising revenues raised.

To establish a fundraising task force to work with and support the Headmistress, governors, bursar, director of partnerships and director of external relations and other senior staff to co-ordinate fundraising activities.

Do you want to be a key part of a global fundraising and volunteering campaign? Are you passionate about the difference that philanthropy can make to the lives of people across the world?

We are an ambitious and successful research-intensive University (one of the top 100 research-led universities globally) and have produced 10 Nobel Prize winners, including three who received their awards in 2016.  Academics here are tackling some of the world’s most pressing global challenges such as antibody testing and Covid-19, the impact of climate change on our woodlands and forests, issues caused by migration and displacement, the rise in youth mental health issues, and the prevention of needless maternal deaths in the developing world. Our students come from nearly 150 countries and our flagship outreach programmes mean that almost 25% of our student population come from disadvantaged backgrounds, one of the highest proportions in the UK. Philanthropy has always played an important role in shaping the University, most recently in 2015 when we closed the Circles of Influence Campaign, which raised £193 million, making it the largest HE fundraising campaign outside Oxbridge and London. Through the ‘Birmingham In Action’ campaign, philanthropy will continue to play a vital role in delivering projects to change lives locally, nationally, and internationally.

The Donor Engagement Officer role is your opportunity to join our excellent team at an exciting time.  Stewardship and donor engagement are vital activities to the success of any philanthropic campaign.  Donors of time and money need to be thanked and understand what their support has achieved, and how integral their gifts have been to making a positive and meaningful difference to the student community and to academic research. In doing so, donors are encouraged to continue their giving, and to increase and diversify their support.

The appointment of a Donor Engagement Officer will double the stewardship resource within DARO, allowing for an expansion of our donor engagement programmes.  The Donor Engagement Officer will be expected to lead and manage the stewardship activity for our regular donors, four-figure donors, and volunteers, and to support on stewardship for our five-figure donors.  The successful candidate will work with our Communications and Events Teams to deliver appropriate, meaningful, and effective activities that express gratitude and communicate impact.  They will work closely with colleagues in the Fundraising, Volunteering and Regular Giving Teams to build programmes to steward these key donor communities, and will work alongside the Data Team to help manage donor data and segmentation.   

The successful candidate will have outstanding communication skills with experience in writing for impact, in creating digital content, and an understanding of the needs and expectations of different audiences.  They will be able to balance creativity and imagination with a structured, thoughtful and organised approach to their work. They will be creative and conscientious programme deliverers who value integrity and sincerity, and who will demonstrate these qualities through their work.

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.

Donor Engagement Officer

This is a fantastic opportunity to bring your donor engagement and finance administration skills to this highly effective and expanding heritage charity. The Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust is a separate entity to the SVR Holdings Company who operate and run this much-loved attraction.  The Trust’s focus is to help secure the future of the Severn Valley Railway through donations, grants, and sponsorship.  The position of Donor Engagement Officer is key to our future success, working with the individual giving manager to deliver the donor stewardship programme for the 15,000 donors we have.  You will be responsible for the thanking and processing of donations, keeping our CRM system up to date, delivering engaging fundraising asks, thanking our donors and keeping them abreast of the impact their donations have had.

You will have CRM experience, ideally with ThankQ and Tessitura, along with income processing and reporting.

Are you ready to take the next step forward in your career, to develop your fundraising expertise? We are seeking a dynamic self-starter who has oodles of passion and drive to join our highly efficient and friendly team and be part of delivering ambitious fundraising plans to future proof the Severn Valley Railway. The successful candidate will be highly organised, numerate, analytical and have strong verbal and written communication skills, have an inquisitive and creative approach and be a proactive and enthusiastic completer finisher. You will be able to demonstrate previous success with the areas of customer service, income management and reporting, donor stewardship and managing data. This is your chance to join an amazing local charity that is committed to safeguarding the Severn

Overview

Post: Donor Engagement Officer

Reporting to: Fundraising Manager – Individual Giving

Employer: Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust

Salary:  £20,000 to £24,500

Primary location: Number One, Comberton Place, Kidderminster

Hours: Full-time 37.5 hours per week

Holiday: 31 days (inclusive of Public holidays)

Summary of Role

• Deliver all areas of our donor stewardship programme.
• Banking and processing income.
• Ensure supporters feel engaged, are thanked appropriately, and communicated with effectively in order to build strong relationships maximising all opportunities for future income generation.
• First point of contact for all our donors.
• Manage the fundraising CRM and ensure the database is being utilised in the most effective way and the data we store is both accurate and up-to-date.
• Create and edit supporter records, manage mailings, record communications, produce reports analysing our performance using the Railway’s CRM system.
• Deliver the financial processing and reporting.
• Assist the Fundraising Manager in delivering the Individual Giving plan.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Deliver the day-to-day implementation of the Trust’s donor recognition programme, including donor thanking banking, processing and reconciling.
• Keep our supporters engaged with impactful updates, using all communication platforms.
• Input accurate donor and prospect data into the Trust’s CRM database, creating reports on fundraising activities.
• Deliver accurate financial inputting and reporting.
• Steward donors through the supporter journey.
• Maintain the fundraising databases, ensuring the Trust is compliant with data protection legislation.
• In conjunction with the Individual Giving fundraising manager, assist in delivering campaigns and appeals.
• Evaluate fundraising and communication impact, preparing reports and analysis.
• Work with the Finance Manager to produce Gift Aid claims.
• Identify, recruit, and manage volunteers to assist in delivering against your objectives.
• Represent and promote the Trust to internal and external stakeholders.
• Be an ambassador for the Trust and the SVR Family as a whole.
• General administrative / office duties.

Essential experience/skills required

• At least three years donor care including banking and processing donations.
• Individual giving fundraising experience, confident in communicating with supporters.
• Financial support experience within a not for profit.
• CRM, ideally ThankQ and Tessitura.
• Xero software experience desirable.
• Competent Excel user, looking to build on their skills.
• Delivering multi-channel appeals (electronic and print).
• Confident and eloquent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Strong administration and organisational skills.
• Proficient in MS Office.
• Excellent telephone manner and an ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure.

We will offer

• Free parking.
• Subsidised meals.
• Flexible working hours.

Person specification

• Ability to think creatively and apply problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrate flexibility and ability to work to tight deadlines.
• A willingness to learn and commitment to self-development.
• Accurate in data entry and a high level of attention to detail.

As a volunteering organisation, we ask staff to volunteer 5 days per year to support our operational staff in the busy season.

SVR Family

The SVR Family consists of the three separate companies

1. Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) Plc (Company number 01046274) is a not-for-profit company limited by shares.  No dividend is paid to shareholders with all profit used to support the running of the Railway. It owns the infrastructure and assets of the SVR, employs the paid staff, and is responsible for the governance, operation, finance, planning, customer service and management of the SVR.

2. Severn Valley Railway Company Limited, (Company number 00906842), a company limited by guarantee, supported by a paid membership of 12,500 members and provides volunteer staff who assist in the operation of the Railway from a working volunteer membership pool of 1,700.

Both organisations are led by Helen Smith, Director and General Manager.

3. Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Limited, a company limited by guarantee (Company Reg, No.04341280) Registered with the Charity Commission (Reg.No.1092723).

The focus of the SVR Charitable Trust is to generate funds:

• To enhance, maintain and restore SVR rolling stock and infrastructure.
• To provide educational and interpretive displays for the SVR
• To provide educational and heritage skill training used in the restoration, repair, and operation of the SVR.

The Charitable Trust is led by Shelagh Paterson, Executive Director.

Our Staff

Volunteering

The Severn Valley Railway is run by a team of 150 full-time equivalent paid staff and 1,700 volunteers.  As part our commitment and recognition to our volunteers, we request that all paid staff give five volunteer days to the Railway every year, this may involve supporting key events, to include Santa Specials, Halloween, and Gala’s.

Our Objective

SVR is recognised as an outstanding visitor attraction, with great days out and inspiring events, all with consistently high standards of customer service. SVR provides an authentic heritage railway experience where you can let your senses take you on a journey through history, with learning opportunities in abundance.

The organisations to support this are professionally led, values-based, and commercially strong. While it may be old on the outside, on the inside, SVR uses 21st century technology to run its activities effectively. It is able to recruit, train and retain the Staff and Volunteers it needs, and brings in the wide range of Financial and other support required to develop further. SVR is known for having good and enduring relationships with its stakeholders, from the diverse local communities in which it sits, to the Loco and Rolling stock owners, the Regulators and Industry partners.  On a day-to-day basis the 3 key areas of Management focus for SVR are Safety, People and Heritage. In addition, SVR has an industry-leading approach to the issue of Sustainability.

A great opportunity has arisen for a for a Donor Engagement Officer for a fantastic heritage charity in order to help secure the future of the charity through donations, grants, and sponsorship.

The position of Donor Engagement Officer is key to the charity future success, working with the individual giving manager to deliver the donor stewardship programme for the 15,000 donors they have. You will be responsible for the thanking and processing of donations, keeping our CRM system up to date, delivering engaging fundraising asks, thanking the charity s donors and keeping them abreast of the impact their donations have had.

Contract type: permanent, hybrid working
Salary: 20,000- 24,500 per annum

Please Apply ASAP!

Key responsibilities:
Deliver all areas of our donor stewardship programme.
Banking and processing income.
Ensure supporters feel engaged, are thanked appropriately, and communicated with effectively in order to build strong relationships maximising all opportunities for future income generation.
First point of contact for all our donors.
Manage the fundraising CRM and ensure the database is being utilised in the most effective way and the data we store is both accurate and up-to-date.
Create and edit supporter records, manage mailings, record communications, produce reports analysing our performance using the Railway s CRM system.
Deliver the financial processing and reporting.
Assist the Fundraising Manager in delivering the Individual Giving plan.

Person specification:
donor care including banking and processing donations experience
Individual giving fundraising experience, confident in communicating with supporters.
Financial support experience within a not for profit.
CRM, ideally ThankQ and Tessitura.
Xero software experience desirable.
Competent Excel user, looking to build on their skills.
Delivering multi-channel appeals (electronic and print).
Confident and eloquent communication skills both verbal and written.
Strong administration and organisational skills.
Proficient in MS Office.
Excellent telephone manner and an ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure.

Development Officer

Salary: c £26,500 plus company benefits

Location: Northampton (agile working)

Hours: Full Time, Permanent

The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association has an exciting opportunity for a Development Officer to join our Fundraising Team at the Motor Neurone Disease Association on a permanent full-time basis, working from our National Office in Northampton, where we operate an agile working policy.

About the role

You will be working with the Head of Development and other colleagues within the Development Team plus volunteers, to help grow high value income - primarily major donor and corporate. You will deliver stewardship and other activities related to these supporters and programmes. Key responsibilities include:

• Pro-actively identify, research, cultivate and solicit prospects and supporters to generate high value gifts of 4 and 5 figures.
• Establish and maintain personalised relationships with prospects and supporters to help create a sustainable partnership culture that maximises financial and non-financial support over time.
• Support colleagues from across the Association to develop engaging proposals, stewardship and related materials and deliver events and other activities to achieve the team's objectives.
• Travel throughout the country to attend meetings and events to cultivate prospects, present proposals, manage partnerships and support colleagues as necessary.

What are we looking for?

We are a looking for someone with Fundraising experience, ideally with high value supporters or through direct prospect cultivation and stewardship - or demonstrable experience in a similar new business / relationship role. You must be an excellent communicator with the ability to write and present in a creative, clear and inspiring way.

Excellent Stakeholder development and management skills are essential.

A Full Driving Licence is required for travel around the UK.

How to apply?

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, apply online now and submit a supporting statement and CV.

About Us

The MND Association was founded in 1979. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We also fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND. The Association also campaigns and raises awareness so the needs of people with MND, and everyone who cares for them, are recognised and addressed by wider society.

We operate an agile working environment within a flexible office space using the latest technology and digital infrastructure. This, together with a high level of trust and performance driven culture, gives staff the freedom and flexibility to work in the best way for them, the Association and, most importantly, people with MND.

We are committed to equality and value diversity. We are working hard to remove perceived and actual barriers to participation for people with and affected by MND, current and future staff, volunteers, and stakeholders.

Important Notices

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

Our selection process will be multi-stage; this may include video call screening, psychometric assessments, and competency-based interview/s.

We request that recruitment agencies do not contact us in relation to this role. We work hard to fill our roles directly and if assistance is required, we operate a PSL, which currently closed for review. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies/ head-hunters.

We are an ambitious and successful research-intensive University (one of the top 100 research-led universities globally) and have produced 10 Nobel Prize winners, including three who received their awards in 2016. Academics here are tackling some of the world’s most pressing global challenges such as: antibody testing and Covid-19, the impact of climate change on our woodlands and forests, issues caused by migration and displacement, the rise in youth mental health issues, and the prevention of needless maternal deaths in the developing world. Our students come from nearly 150 countries and our flagship outreach programmes mean that almost 25% of our student population come from disadvantaged backgrounds, one of the highest proportions in the UK. 

Philanthropy has always played an important role in shaping the University, in 2015 we closed the Circles of Influence Campaign which raised £193 million, making it the largest HE fundraising campaign outside Oxbridge and London. 

In 2019 we launched the Birmingham In Action campaign, which aims to transform lives for our generation and the next by tackling some of the world’s greatest challenges. The campaign is truly global (having launched in Birmingham, London, Hong Kong, New York and San Francisco) and aims to raise £400 million, and secure 1 million hours of volunteering, making it one of the largest campaigns in the UK Higher Education sector.

The Donor Experience Manager role is your opportunity to join our established team at an exciting time. Stewardship and donor engagement are vital activities to the success of any philanthropic campaign helping us to bring the impact of donations to life. In doing so, donors are encouraged to continue their giving, and to increase and diversify their support. This role will also oversee the management of several of our giving circles as well as being responsible for thanking content and impact reports. 

Although the role sits within the major giving space the Donor Experience Manager will lead the programme of activity from planning to implementation, supporting all areas of fundraising and actively collaborating with our Insight, Campaign Management, Communications and Events Teams at every opportunity, as well as building internal connections across the University to delivery donor engagement activity. 

The successful candidate will have a real passion for stakeholder management, outstanding communication skills with experience in writing for impact, leading on creating digital content, and an understanding of the needs and expectations of different audiences. They will be able to balance creativity and imagination with a structured, thoughtful and organised approach to their work and importantly manage upwards as well as matrix working across the office.

here at the Rowans Hospice an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Donor Relations & Development Manager who will manage donor relations and activities, primarily focusing on acknowledgement, recognition and impact so as to enable the Charity to offer an exceptional donor experience.

The role will involve the development of donor and corporate opportunities through evaluation and research and the development and promotion of the Charity within the corporate audience. The role will act as custodian of the RHC Brand, developing brand awareness internally and externally alongside recruitment and management of the RHC’s group of Ambassadors. The candidate will need proven management experience in an income generation role and solid knowledge of donor relationship management and commercial awareness.

The Rowans Hospice Charity has provided specialist palliative care and support to patients with life limiting illnesses in Portsmouth and South East Hampshire for more than 27 years. Following a very challenging period, throughout which the Charity has continued to provide clinical care, we will be developing our Income Generation team to meet new challenges in the coming years.  

In addition to an enjoyable working environment with a Charity that makes such a difference to so many people, we offer:

• A competitive salary
• Contributory Pension
• Generous annual leave allowance
• Free on-site parking (as available)
• Health & Well-Being initiatives, including an Employee Assistance Programme and Health Plan.

Do you want to be part of creating a more just and equitable society? Facing History and Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate. Join our growing team to help us ensure more young people grow up to be critical and empathetic thinkers who are equipped to stand up against injustice and play their role as active responsible citizens. With a focus on individual donors and corporate giving, this role is critical to our fundraising success.

Role Overview

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Development Officer plays a critical role in our effort to meet and exceed our ambitious annual fundraising goals, set at just over £400,000 for the current financial year (commenced 1st July 2021). The post holder will have responsibility for the day-to-day management and implementation of our individual giving and corporate partnerships plans, as well as being a contributor to fundraising through other sources (for example, trusts/foundations and events). Generating income and new sources of support for our work is central to the role, as is nurturing and developing our partnerships with existing funders and supporters.

We are looking for an inspiring, passionate individual who relishes building and maintaining relationships. Your experience is likely to come from working in a fundraising role in another charity or from working in either a Corporate Social Responsibility or direct sales role in a commercial setting. You will bring a strategic approach and enjoy being part of a small, passionate team committed to growing our work.

Facing History and Ourselves is an Equal Opportunity Employer and proudly values diversity. Based on the current profile of our workforce and our commitment to being a diverse and inclusive workplace, which we believe makes an organisation more effective, we particularly welcome applications from people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, people living with a disability and people from the LGBTQ+ community.

Your Core Competencies, Skills and Experience

(E is essential, D is Desirable)

• Minimum of 3-5 years of donor cultivation, stewardship and solicitation experience or ability to demonstrate transferable skills and experience from other roles.  Must be able to demonstrate past successes (E)

• Engaging relationship-builder with excellent interpersonal skills and strong oral and written communication skills; experience building relationships with Board members preferred (E)

• Creative and flexible self-starter able to work both individually and as a member of consensus-seeking teams (E)

• Organised and effective project manager, with the ability to manage multiple needs and assignments in a fast-paced charity setting (E)

• Genuine commitment to the mission of Facing History and Ourselves and ability to articulate the importance of the organisation’s work to a variety of audiences (E)

• Demonstrable commitment to working in an inclusive way (E)

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google office suite; experience with Salesforce or other fundraising databases preferred (E)

• Maintain a high level of confidentiality due to the nature of work (E)

• Understanding of the motivations for philanthropy (E)

• Excellent networking skills, with the ability to make connections between our work and potential donor interests (E)

• Experience of working with corporate social responsibility and/or diversity and inclusion teams to develop partnerships (D)

• Knowledge and experience of fundraising from trusts and foundations, statutory sources and events (D)

• Familiarity with educational communities (D)

There will be a requirement to work outside normal working hours due to evening events and the fact that we work closely with Facing History and Ourselves Inc. in the United States who originated the work and provide support and guidance to the team in the UK. It is expected that this is likely to average one day a week with a later start and finish than usual working hours with reasonable notice given.

Key Duties and Accountabilities

The role will involve six key areas:

• Planning and research; including helping to shape the development plan, identifying new sources of funding and researching potential prospects. 

• Donor solicitation and support; including developing and nurturing relationships, securing repeat funding, managing communication with donors and growing our grassroots fundraising activity year-on-year.

• Administration and Information Management; including managing due diligence processes, ensuring reporting is accurate and compelling, overseeing fulfilment of any employee engagement/obligations to our corporate sponsors. 

• Marketing and Communications; including supporting the strategy to ensure our communications in all forms inspire current and potential donors, create powerful collateral to promote our work to donors, and ensure our social media channels are used effectively for fundraising and generating ’brand’ awareness.

• Broader organisational support: contribute to the wider fundraising and community engagement activities of the charity, as required. 

Why work at Facing History and Ourselves? 

Facing History and Ourselves is a charity committed to using the lessons of history to inspire teachers and their students to build a world free from bigotry and hate. We strive to be an organisation that is respected and trusted; relevant to our audiences; evidenced as creating demonstrable impact; collaborative and supportive; willing to ask difficult questions with perspective, challenge and integrity; and Upstanding for a connected, empathetic and informed society.

We are entering the third year of an ambitious five-year strategy to drive growth and give as many schools and teachers as possible the tools and content to empower their students to become upstanding citizens whilst also excelling in their academic performance. We will be creating new materials, resources and training content for the UK, and need to be positioned organisationally to deliver on this essential work. This role will be key to generating the funding required to allow us to continue to deliver and grow. 

Facing History and Ourselves is committed to processing your personal data fairly, lawfully and transparently in line with GDPR 2016. 

Facing History and Ourselves is a registered charity, number 1103592. 

NL Recruitment is currently looking for a Major Donor Fundraiser to work for a social welfare charity.

Working closely with the Major Gifts Manager, you will be responsible for developing and implementing the mid-level major donor programme. You will also:

• Increase income from existing donors and secure new donors, stewarding their donor journey and giving potential
• Proactively prospect, generating new links through peer-to-peer approaches, and actively networking to develop a sustainable pipeline of Mid-Level donors through face-to-face relationships and cultivation events to directly or indirectly influence a higher-level financial support
• Be comfortable in securing gifts (£1K - £3K)

Our client is looking for an enthusiastic fundraiser who has:

• Experience in donor development
• Experience in stewardship and cultivation programmes
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Our new HoD will lead Talawa’s Development Team and be an active and contributing member of Senior Management helping shape and drive Talawa’s development strategy as we approach our 40th anniversary in 2026.

You will develop and implement an ethical fundraising policy to ensure that relationships with our funders benefit Talawa financially and creatively, and further our reputation and mission.

Working closely with the Joint CEOs, you will build Talawa’s fundraising reach to support our exciting growing artistic ambitions by creating innovative individual wealth networks within the Black community. With the Executive Director, you will shape Talawa’s approach to Arts Council England and major trust and foundation supporters both existing and new, to build on our position as the UK’s outstanding Black theatre company. Using leverage from Talawa’s outstanding artistic work and its relationships with young and ethnically diverse audiences, you will create plans for corporate and commercial support and longer term, explore the potential for legacy giving.

You will contribute to Talawa’s overall business and strategic planning, bringing a development perspective to the Senior Management Team by leading and managing the Development function, including management of our Development Officer and ensuring that our collective, organisation wide fundraising approach is maintained and nurtured. You will enable our Board and ambassadors to act as effective fundraisers for Talawa, particularly with regards to building individual wealth networks.

Working with the Executive Director, you will assist with our next National Portfolio funding application to be written January to March 2022. You will create and deliver fundraising events, both in person and online, bringing together new and prospective individual and corporate supporters for our work. Your role will include: shaping compelling approaches and accompanying budgets, creating and delivering donor communications; bringing insights from our company and artists to our supporters; identifying and engaging with future philanthropic trends to maintain a strong overview of the fundraising landscape and ensuring that Talawa can leverage new opportunities. You will also carry out any other duties that may arise to fulfil the main objectives of the post and Talawa’s mission.

You will contribute to the embedding of evaluation across all our programmes to support fundraising and strengthen our case for support. At all times, you will ensure that Talawa’s fundraising activities are compliant with all relevant regulations, including GDPR and Fundraising Regulator guidelines.

This work will uphold and embody Talawa’s company policies, including but not limited to our Equality, Diversion and Inclusion policy.

Starting Salary: £35,002 - £36,479 p.a (London weighting included) + Excellent Benefits

Location: This role will be based in London with some flexibility to work remotely

Contract: Permanent

Work pattern: 35 hours per week

 

 Position Description

 Job Profile and Scope

CAFOD has a strong history of major donor and philanthropy engagement across England and Wales. This post will be at the heart of the programme; helping to develop, implement and actively promote a high-net-worth individual major donor and philanthropy strategy. You will establish and further expand avenues to secure a high level of giving from existing and new donors and help grow a compelling peer to peer approach to grow support for CAFOD’s mission. You will be part of a thriving major donor team and you will manage a diverse pipeline of prospects and donors, working closely with colleagues on major gifts and philanthropy income streams. You will bring expert major donor knowledge, have experience of soliciting five figure donations and have an ability to develop compelling appeal campaigns to raise both restricted and unrestricted funds.

This post is a permanent post and sits in the Major Gifts and Philanthropy (MGP) section, part of the Supporter Fundraising and Participation Group.  You will report to the Major Donor Manager (MDM) and in the interim you may report to the Head of MGP. You will be expected to work closely with other members of the Major Donor, Trust and Foundation and the Corporate Partnership teams.  You will also liaise with other fundraising teams and across teams eg Integrated Fundraising and Business Innovation, Finance, Advocacy, Regions, the International Programme as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities

Contribute to Major Donor strategy, plans and income targets

• Contribute towards identifying on major gift giving opportunities which would include developing donor journey and propositions to help achieve annual Major Donor (MD) team targets. 21/22; MD £2.6m and MGP £4.7m
• Identify new funding opportunities with stakeholders and ways of working with influential supporters which will include peer to peer fundraising and working with our senior management team.
• Identify and engage with donor ambassadors and influencers to further the funding reach including where possible working with CAFOD’s Community Participation Managers (CPMs) and Clergy close to CAFOD.
• Develop and contribute to proposals and reports that meet CAFOD’s strategy; working closely with supporter, finance and international teams.
• Prospect research your portfolio of donors and prospects, and work across the team as requested by the team lead.
• Monitor your portfolio, prepare required analysis and data for monthly and quarterly reports as well as contribute to forecast and reforecast planning and report back.
• Analyse and respond to emerging issues and trends.

Donor relationship management

• Develop lasting relationships with donors through devising and implementing online and offline plans with a clear focus on securing general restricted and unrestricted funds.
• Solicit upwards of five Figure donations from CAFOD’s donors for projects and programme themes which would include contributing to writing/ editing donor proposals and reports.
• Working with the MDM and the team, scope out the donor journey as well as the downgrading and upgrading of donors and prospects.
• Develop donor cultivation and stewardship programme with the support of the MDM and liaise with team members across MGP.
• Ensure strong relationships with CAFOD’s individual giving team so that donor plans are complementary and aligned.
• Communicate, thank and report back the work of CAFOD with donors through their preferred channel including overseas visits where appropriate, ensuring the highest standards of donor care.
• Ensure systematic data input and management to ensure information, donor relationships and communications are appropriately recorded in line with organisational systems and processes, and in compliance with GDPR and fundraising best practices.
• Alongside the major donor team develop reports and occasional data analysis to improve the donor programme
• Proactively seek out improved ways or working; particularly digitally and develop existing methodology and processes to meet the ambition of the programme.

As part of the Major Gifts and Philanthropy wider work, contribute and at times lead on successful donor cultivation events and stewardship programme

• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to implement donor events (face to face and online) as part of the donor cultivation and stewardship plans. This may include event logistics, tracking invitations and responses, completion of event evaluations and co-ordination of timely follow up from events using internal systems to inform reporting, tracking and KPIs.
• Manage your KPIs which will feed into the wider fundraising reporting.

To read more and apply, please visit CAFOD website to begin fillig out the application process.

Full time, permanent post

£27,116 - £31,406 per annum

Christ’s College is seeking applications for the full time, permanent post of Fundraising (Development) Officer to support the work of the Development team.  The Development team is responsible for fundraising and alumni relations for the College.  This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in annual fund and legacy activities and work within a well-established, successful team. 

The primary role of this post is to manage the College’s annual fund activity, including the annual Telephone Campaign and Giving Day, and to run the legacy programme.

The Fundraising (Development Officer) works closely with all members of the team, and will also be expected to build excellent working relationships with staff in other College departments, the Master, Fellows and students within the College, alumni around the world, Cambridge in America and the University’s Development and Alumni Relations Office.

The post requires some out-of-hours working so the ability to be flexible is important.

Key responsibilities:

• Management of the annual Telephone Campaign, alongside the Senior Development Officer;
• Running other annual fund initiatives, such as a Giving Day, direct mail and email fundraising, to complement the Telephone Campaign;
• Working with the Development Assistant on pledge chasing, including renewal of completed pledges;
• Running the Christ’s College Fisher Society (legacy programme);
• Working on fundraising and stewardship publications, and writing articles for The Magazine and Pieces where appropriate;
• Working with other members of the team on stewardship of donors;
• Working with the Alumni Communications Officer to maximise the fundraising impact of social media;
• Organising fundraising and cultivation events as required;
• Representing the College at events;
• Updating the fundraising-related webpages;
• Supporting the work of other members of the team as appropriate;
• Other work as determined by the Development Director.

Do you want to work for a top 10 charity fighting injustice and social inequality? Opportunity for a Major Donor specialist to join a team with ambitious plans for growth.

The TPP Fundraising and Development team is delighted to once again partner with one of the UK's best-known, faith-based organisation, to support the search to a Major Donor Manager vacancy. Working as part of a team with ambitious plans for growth, this role will manage a team of 2 (one Major Donor Officer, and one Fundraising Assistant), and will work to develop and implement a strategy for substantially growing the Major Donor programme.

The charity provides a wide range of services - for children, the elderly, those trapped in modern-day slavery, homeless people, those seeking employment, those struggling with debt and people fighting addiction. Specifically, you will:

- Be a brilliant communicator, able to inspire support for the charity by using stories of its transformational work with beneficiaries
- Work collaboratively with staff across the organisation to develop and tailor cases for support and proposals for major donors, in order to generate project and programme funding and unrestricted funding
- Identify new major donor prospects through research and networking both within and outside the organisation and develop strategies for engaging with them
- Represent the charity to potential funders often at a senior level and be capable of presenting compelling propositions and 'making the ask'
- Have strong donor relationship management and cultivation skills to nurture deep, long lasting relationships; be adept at creating unique supporter experiences and understand what makes donors 'tick' and how to engage them

An effective leader, you will manage the major donor team and be able to demonstrate a strong track record of successfully growing major donor income streams, You will have exceptional communication and relationship management skills and be adept at research and networking.

For more information about this fantastic, career-defining opportunity, please send your CV through in response to this advert in the first instance. A TPP consultant will then reply with further details about the role, organisation and recruitment process.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

WR Fundraising Recruitment has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Major Donor / Philanthropy fundraiser to develop HNWI relationships in Central London as part of a growing fundraising team.

This is a great opportunity for someone to step into a managerial position, develop a major giving strategy and build a philanthropy stream that has a long terms impact for the charity. Major Gifts has so much potential within the charity – which has close ties with a number of HNWI prospects.

A great opportunity for an experienced philanthropy fundraiser to develop and implement a strategy while making a real impact for the charity’s major giving income stream.

The charity is offering very flexible working with the option of 1 day per week in the Central London office and a range of benefits that include:

• 30 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• 35 hour working week, and offer TOIL if any additional hours are worked
• A dedicated commitment to good work/life balance.
• Hybrid working options and flexible times around core hours
• Employee assistance programme, which offers – amongst other things - support and counselling for home life and work life issues; access to qualified financial and legal professionals who will provide support on a range of personal issues; support for managers.
• Cycle to work scheme

Major Donor / Philanthropy Fundraiser

Full Time, Permanent

Central London / Hybrid Working

£36,000 - £39,000 per annum

Duties will include:

• Lead, develop and implement the Major Giving fundraising strategy
• Build on existing relationships with donors and be proactive in managing relationships
• Produce and manage detailed cultivation and stewardship plans
• Lead on the development of a network of supporters who advocate and introduce prospective donor
• Work closely with fundraising  managers to develop a joined up approach to Major Giving
• Identify, secure and manage relationships with new donors, supporters and influencers to generate income

The ideal candidate will have:

• A successful track record in initiating, developing and managing a variety of Major Donors
• Experience of working with senior individuals from both inside and outside the organisation to develop existing relationships and establish new ones
• Strong experience in building individually tailored fundraising relationships and bespoke stewardship plans with high value individuals
• Strong background in building relationships and identifying and developing new prospects
• Experience in the development of strategic and creative major giving programme
• Experience of using network mapping to develop a pipeline of prospect donors and secure high value donors.

To apply or for more information, please email a copy of your up to date CV.