Fundraising database officer jobs

Each year, Young Enterprise helps thousands of young people develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence they need to succeed. Through our nationwide enterprise and financial capability programmes, we give young people the opportunities and experiences to discover who they are and what they’re good at.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast moving, youth focused, charity and play a crucial role in enabling the charity to deliver innovative and exciting education programmes in partnership with a diverse range of private sector organisations that will inspire the next generation.

We are looking for an experienced Regional Fundraising Manager to research and secure new strategic funding partnerships and income streams from a range of sources across the Midlands, which will become your relationships to harness and develop. After recent successes in the team, there is space to think creatively, diversify our offer and craft bespoke partnerships that will have maximum impact for young people.

YE’s partnerships offer focuses on a rich and diverse range of volunteering opportunities, bespoke strategic education projects and programme sponsorship opportunities. YE partner with several leading Financial Services organisations, including high-value and multi-year partnerships, and as we diversify into new industries, there is real scope to shape the direction of travel for YE and its partnerships.

We are looking for:

We are seeking an experienced fundraiser who enjoys scoping and crafting innovative projects and successfully building a pipeline of potential funders in a variety of sectors. We are also looking for:

• Evidence of thinking strategically to deliver new programmes and initiatives.
• The ability to communicate and build relationships effectively at all levels, always dealing tactfully and professionally with colleagues.
• Excellent leadership skills
• Good organisational abilities with an analytical and goal-oriented approach.
• Personal resilience, with the ability to work under pressure, think on your feet, manage a varied workload and adapt to changing priorities.
• Right to Work in the UK, plus the ability to provide two professional references and to work from our London office at least 4 times per month.
• Experience within the education or training sector preferable but not necessary.

YE does not deliver COY/employee fundraising partnerships, so we are ideally looking for someone with experience of building partnerships focused around volunteer engagement and strategic projects, but we will consider candidates with transferable skills.

Why work for us?

• People-focussed with a friendly and supportive work-place culture
• An active commitment to equality and diversity
• Access to mentoring scheme with a corporate partner
• Generous holiday allowance of 7.2 weeks
• Access to NHS top-up scheme, for money back on expenses such as dental and optical
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Group Life Assurance

This is a home-based role, however, will require significant travel, including to London for team meetings.

To apply, please send your CV – with a covering letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) explaining why you think you would be right for this opportunity via CharityJob by no later than midday on 14th September 2022. Please note applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

We will be assessing applications on a rolling basis and may shortlist and invite candidates to interview before the closing date. Interviews will take place via Teams.

Although we endeavour to respond to all applications, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date you should consider your application unsuccessful.

For over 20 years, the Faith & Belief Forum has been running education, engagement, and action programmes that bring diverse communities together. In schools, universities, and community spaces we break down barriers and find ways for people to work together to improve society. We believe that young people should feel confident communicating and collaborating with anybody, regardless of their faith, belief, culture, or background.

In order to further the impact of our work we are now looking for a Design and Fundraising coordinator to drive our engagement forward

Person Specification:

It is essential to have sensitivity to the issues surrounding this area of work and a proven commitment to the aims of the Faith & Belief Forum.

We welcome experience and skills from all areas of a person’s life, including volunteering, community work, paid work, and education.

Essential

• Understanding of charitable funding streams and fundraising activities
• Experience and ability to write funding bids, including budgets
• Good organising and administrative skills
• Show own initiative to solve problems
• Experience of working to tight budgets and managing expenditure
• Willingness to travel in the UK and to be in the London office at least once a week
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Team player
• Good research skills

Desirable:

• Experience of working with High-Net-Worth Individuals
• Knowledge and experience of organising fundraising events

We are looking for an all round fundraiser to join our small, friendly team to take a lead on developing trust, grant and community fundraising activities, including researching opportunities, writing grant applications and providing support to our community fundraisers.  The ideal candidate will also have some experience of developing bids in response to tendering opportunities and working on joint bids with partner agencies.

The Survivors Trust (TST) is a UK-wide national membership organisation for 120 specialist voluntary sector rape and sexual abuse support services providing support for women, men, children and young people.  TST provides support and networking for member agencies; delivers accredited training; raises awareness about rape and sexual abuse and its effect on survivors, their supporters and society at large; promotes effective responses to rape and sexual abuse on a local, regional and national level.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Researching fundraising opportunities
• Writing grant applciations to charitable trusts and statutory bodies
• Providing funding updates for our Member Agencies
• Identifying opportunities for joint bids with partner agencies
• Supporting our community fundraisers including creating resources when needs, eg leaflets and posters
• Build relationships with doors or companies 
• Manage information on fundraising activity of donors
• Collaborate with our Communications and Campaigns Officer to provide website and social media updates and information for community fundraisers
• Support the TST staff team in responding to enquiries received through our [email protected] account and website
• General administrative duties as agreed

Interviews will be held in the week commencing 12th September 2022

Surrey Wildlife Trust is the only local organisation dedicated to ensuring Surrey is a place where both abundant wildlife and people can live and thrive together. 

Our aim is simply to connect nature.

We are looking for 2 roles - a confident, proactive and creative fundraiser to seek out opportunities and build productive relationships using excellent communication skills and an experienced marketing campaigns professional who can lead on developing and implementing fundraising campaigns.

Fundraising Officer - In this exciting and challenging new role you will be working with individuals and businesses, and contribute to building all of our income streams including Corporate partnerships, Major Donors, Membership and Legacies, to secure financial support for the Trust’s work to help the wildlife of Surrey.

Using existing leads plus building new relationships, your creative flair will generate compelling content and proposals tailored to different audiences and feed into press releases, newsletters, pitches and social media posts.  There are real opportunities to shine whilst promoting our essential aim to connect nature.

Travel across Surrey will be a necessary part of the role to visit our projects, sites, donors and other partners. 

Marketing Officer - You will have run multi-channel campaigns, targeting warm and cold prospects to generate fundraising income. You will be adept at managing campaigns for a variety of audiences including individuals and organisations and have the ability to test, learn and adapt new techniques to fundraising to optimise appeals and campaigns.

Working alongside a talented team of marketeers and fundraisers you will project manage campaigns including individual giving appeals, membership recruitment campaigns, public engagement campaigns, legacy development and Community fundraising campaigns.  

A wide range of channel marketing experience is key, including direct marketing, social media advertising, event fundraising, PR activity and digital marketing techniques.

Our head office is based in Pirbright, and our hybrid working policy aims to provide a good work/life balance which can incorporate partial home working whilst having an interesting working environment.  The salary offered to successful applicants will form part of a benefits package including: above minimum pension contributions, life assurance of 4 x salary, employee support scheme, 22 days holiday, flexible / hybrid working policy.

We are committed to having an inclusive and diverse workplace and encourage applications from backgrounds which may be underrepresented in our sector, including people from minority ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities. We aim to offer an interview to all candidates that meet the essential criteria for the post.  Please let us know if you require any adjustment to make our recruitment process more accessible.

Please look at the full job profiles on our website to see if you match our criteria and would enjoy working with motivated, passionate, wildlife friendly nature professionals and fundraising experts.

If this is the role for you, please send a completed application form, available at our website or send a full CV and covering letter to Sadie Miller, Fundraising Manager.

The deadline for applications is midday Monday 12th September 2022. 

Guided by a collaborative vision where we all play a part in connecting nature, we provide expert advice and guidance to landowners and managers, making sure the land we look after leads by example, while inspiring and educating people and organisations across the county on what they can do. By doing this we will create a Surrey that is full of diverse and abundant wildlife, where nature is at the heart of individual choices, corporate decisions, and local economic and policy making. One that helps tackle the ongoing climate emergency, while supporting the health and wellbeing of all who live here.

QEST, the leading charity supporting the training and education of professional craftspeople, is recruiting for a dynamic, resourceful and experienced individual with a passion for arts/craft/education, to help expand its fundraising activities. The Fundraising Manager will help develop the fundraising strategy to reflect QEST’s existing grant-giving, as well as for the charity’s future plans and growth strategy. 

For further details including the job description, person specification, outline conditions of employment and how to apply, please see here: https://bit.ly/3pn8TFT

We particularly welcome applications from candidates who consider themselves under-represented in the arts, crafts or education sectors.

The Edinburgh Food Project was set up with the purpose of  providing emergency food supplies and support to people in crisis, working with partners and communities to address underlying causes of food poverty. Established in 2012 and supporting the people of Edinburgh and the surrounding areas across seven foodbanks, the project also operates a money advice service and holistic all-round support to the community.

The Organisation is in the process of developing a new strategy and  expanding the services provided.  This change will reflect the Scottish Government Consultation: Ending the Need for Foodbanks, and the Poverty Commission’s Report, A Just Capital.

To support this transition the Edinburgh Food Project are looking to appoint a new Fundraising Manager who will be the strategic and operational lead for fundraising in the organisation.

You will have the following key responsibilities:

• Oversee and develop all areas of the fundraising operation to ensure that support is maximised from all income streams
• Through the development and monitoring of robust plans and strategies, deliver on all agreed fundraising objectives and financial targets
• Recruit, lead and effectively manage the fundraising team in accordance with EFP’s policies and best practice
• Develop stewardship and engagement programmes that increase lifetime value of current supporters and recruit new supporters
• Embed a fundraising culture throughout EFP that maximises all opportunities for engagement and support

You will be passionate about supporting an organisation that provides all-round support to the community and vulnerable people in need. Demonstrable experience of all aspects of fundraising and management is necessary as well as achieving targets and managing a portfolio of funders and supporters. You will be hands on and proactive and willing to be part of a small but supportive team, working closely with the Director to ensure the sustainability of the organisation

The post holder will be the key contact with our current and new donors and will focus on maintaining and developing long term relationships, raising funds and increasing the profile of the School’s Bursary Fund and Capital Appeals.

Reporting to the Director of External Relations, this outward facing role will also involve managing fundraising events and supporting the External Relations Team with school-wide projects.

A pro-active, positive and dynamic individual, you will:

• Have experience of fundraising and understand the different ways that people make donations
• Provide support and be adept at engaging different audiences
• Be an excellent communicator with an understanding of how to use and write for social media channels and websites
• Experience of using databases and data management would also be useful

The ability to be flexible is essential as this post will require that hours are sometimes worked during evenings and weekends as determined by school events.

You will join us on a full-time or part-time (minimum 4 days per week), permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a salary of up to £26,700 p.a. pro-rata. The role allows for a hybrid working model, where your time will be split between working remotely and working on site. We would be happy to discuss any flexible working requirements at interview.

An applicant information pack is available from our website.

An application form is to be submitted to the Human Resources Department by 8am on 22 August 2022.

Overall purpose

The post holder is responsible for growing income from the general public through Gingerbread’s individual giving programme, community and events fundraising, and legacy income. This contributes to delivering our overall fundraising income that enables Gingerbread to deliver our vital work.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• To raise funds from individuals against agreed annual targets and grow income year-on-year
• To develop and implement plans that grow Gingerbread’s individual supporter base through inspiring and engaging fundraising appeals, community fundraising activities and challenge events, using effective digital fundraising techniques
• To use digital acquisition techniques to bring on board new supporters, increasing both the number of supporters on our database and their support for the charity
• To provide excellent stewardship to all supporters, developing supporter journeys that build relationships, grow their connection to Gingerbread and keep them engaged with our work
• To implement an annual legacy marketing plan that brings on board new legacy pledges each year
• To use data and insight to evaluate performance, report on activities and provide learnings for the future

• To work collaboratively to achieve success
• To work with the Head of Fundraising to develop the fundraising budget (income and expenditure) relating to individual supporters and provide regular reforecasts
• To work collaboratively with other members of the Fundraising team to maximise overall income and efficiency
• To work with the Communications team to
  • maintain fundraising content on the Gingerbread website
  • manage digital communications with supporters
  • produce and update assets that encourage individuals to support us (e.g. Fundraising Pack)
  • gather powerful, emotive stories to be used in fundraising appeals that capture why Gingerbread’s work is so important and the difference we make to single parent families

• Administration, support and general activities 
• To ensure all donations and supporter relationships are kept up-to-date on our CRM Salesforce and administer all online and digital mechanisms for donations, event places and legacies
• To carry out all other relevant administration relating to individual supporters, including looking after the Fundraising email inbox
• To ensure all income and expenditure for individual supports are accurately coded and regularly reconciled with finance.
• To ensure we comply with data protection regulations
• To keep up to date with best practices in fundraising, identifying trends, developments, opportunities, regulations and legal requirements that impact the organisation’s individual supporter income

Do you want to use and develop your fundraising and communications skills and passions in a small but dynamic and growing charity?  We are entering an exciting time as we merge with our sister charity BSRF (British Scoliosis Research Foundation).

Scoliosis Association UK (SAUK) is the only UK wide patient support organisation for people with scoliosis and their families.

Our aim is to provide advice, support, and information to people affected by scoliosis and their families and raise awareness of scoliosis among health professionals and the general public.

You’ll need to be a warm and friendly communicator, both verbally and in writing, and be excited about raising support and awareness for SAUK’s work with those affected by scoliosis. We’re looking for a proactive person with an eye for detail and a can-do attitude who is willing to learn, grow and take ownership of this newly created and unique role.

As the Fundraising and Digital Marketing Co-ordinator, working with the Charity Director, you will manage relationships with regular donors and support individuals to fundraise effectively for SAUK. You’ll be the first point of contact for anyone engaging with SAUK by email, be responsible for thanking fundraisers and communicating the impact of their donations.

You’ll also work with the Charity Director to support our wider fundraising efforts - including from trusts and foundations - through compelling writing and administrative support, and you’ll help to write and schedule social media posts.

You’ll work with the Communications Officer to create engaging assets for use across our digital marketing and bring a creative, proactive approach to our engagement with supporters. You will work with her to create engaging newsletters and correspondence to our members as well has having an input into Backbone, our twice-yearly magazine.

A significant part of your role will be to respond to Helpline enquiries, either by phone or email. You will be trained by the Communications Officer and Membership Officer on this.

You will need database experience. We use E Tapestry, but Raisers Edge or other charity database experience is relevant.

There is scope to take greater responsibility across all areas of the job description depending on your experience and personal development ambitions.

Once you are fully trained on the Helpline there may be some scope to work remotely, by arrangement with the Charity Director.

Apply by submitting a cover letter and CV to Lesley McGinty, Charity Director.

In your cover letter, please tell us:

1. Why you would like to work at SAUK and why this role appeals to you.

2. Referring to the person specification,  how your skills and experience make you a suitable candidate for this role.

3. When you could start the job if you were to be offered it.

4. Contact details of two references, one of which must be your most recent employer.

Applicants will be required to complete a task in advance of  interview and references will be taken up prior to appointment. Interviews will be held in our offices on Latimer Road, London W10 6RA

Please note that you must have the right to work in the UK.

We’re looking for a skilled fundraiser with experience across a variety of income streams, to join a team of passionate and committed fundraisers to generate future income for Thrive. You’ll take primary responsibility for our direct marketing and digital acquisition campaigns as well as working closely and collaboratively with the team to build Thrive’s bi-annual newsletter, with a focus to gain financial support from new donors.

A natural self-starter, you’ll be supporting the Fundraising Manager to develop Thrive’s celebratory giving offer and corporate pay roll giving initiatives. This varied role will give you the opportunity to further your fundraising skills across a broad range of income generating activities as well as build strong, professional relationships to benefit Thrive’s charitable objectives.

If you are a confident communicator and collaborator with proven relationship building and marketing skills, we can offer you a new and rewarding challenge to help Thrive reach our ambitious charitable objectives.

Broad Outline of Key Responsibilities 

• Deliver and develop our Direct Marketing and digital acquisition campaigns
• Lead on The Charity’s bi-annual newsletter, gathering and creating engaging content
• Monitor and analyse the performance of digital fundraising campaigns by compiling regular reports.

Develop Thrive’s celebratory giving offering to appeal to current and new supporters

To Apply:

Please send your CV and a covering letter explaining how you meet the person specification to recruitment at Thrive.We’ll be considering applications on a rolling basis as they arrive, so, should you meet the criteria for the role, we’d love to hear from you as soon as possible.

Thrive are a Disability Confident Employer and as such we are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people and will offer an interview to give you the opportunity to demonstrate your abilities at an interview, if you declare that you have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the job.

By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required for each competency as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential.

Successful appointment to this post will be subject to satisfactory references and Disclosure & Barring Service checks.  Thrive complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice.  Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an individual from working for Thrive.

WR Fundraising Recruitment is very proud to be working with an inspirational medical charity. This organisation has been at the forefront of helping people adjust after life changing injuries for over thirty years. This support and guidance is provided by people who have been there themselves and have the life experience and understanding to help.

This amazing charity are looking for an experienced trusts and grants fundraiser to become their Trust Fundraising Manager to assist them in raising the income they need to continue with their important and necessary mission. Through managing the trusts team, this role is instrumental in making sure people get the support they need.

Trusts Fundraising Manager

Hybrid Working (2 days a week in office)

Full Time – Permanent

London

Salary - £36,000 – 38,500 per Annum

Duties will include:

• Managing, supporting and developing the trusts fundraising team
• Maintaining and developing relationships with key funders
• Researching and writing applications to large trusts to secure income
• Maintain accurate database records
• Collaborate with other departments to identify fundraising opportunities
• Provide accurate and timely reports

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of applying for five and six figure grants form trusts, foundations and Big Lottery or statutory funders
• Experience of providing excellent stewardship and effectively managing relationships with funders
• Ability to create accurate project budgets
• Experience of people management
• Strong research skills and the ability to effectively identify trust, foundations and statutory funders
• Ability to be a strong team player and work collaboratively with colleagues at all levels

To apply and for further information, please email a copy of your CV in the first instance.

WR Fundraising Recruitment are passionate about bringing together talented fundraising professionals with fantastic organisations. We’d love to hear from you if you are looking for a new fundraising opportunity.

WR Fundraising Recruitment has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced individual giving professional to join the fundraising team at a children’s hospital charity.

It’s an exciting time for the fundraising team, and we’re looking for someone to rejuvenate the individual giving income stream, building on a solid supporter base and developing new campaigns.

This is a great opportunity to Support the Director in exploring, recommending and developing new individual income streams.

We’re looking for an Individual Giving Officer to join the growing fundraising team and be responsible for the timely and cost effective execution of acquisition and retention campaigns using multi channel approaches; digital, Direct Marketing, print and telemarketing (outsourced).

The role will have a strong focus on recruiting and retaining supporters and converting existing supporters to ensure continued annual growth from individual and regular giving.

Individual Giving Officer

Full Time, Permanent

Home Based / Remote with Quarterly visits to the office

£31,500 per annum

Working closely with the Individual Giving Manager, duties will include:

• Maximise effectiveness of direct mail campaigns, writing great copy and creating engaging content so supporters
• Analyse results and make recommendations for future individual giving campaigns
• Work with the leadership teams to plan and deliver an effective, balanced calendar of communications
• Plan and manage acquisition and retention activity and work with the Communications team to create effective fundraising campaigns
• Monitor, evaluate and report on all campaigns, making recommendations for improvement
• Develop and implement high quality donor care including responsive and appropriate stewardship.
• Drive the necessary changes to data collection and cleaning processes across the team

Ideal candidates will have:

• Experience of working on direct marketing campaigns, regular giving / supporter acquisition or donor retention
• Specialist knowledge of direct marketing best practices with the ability to apply theory and experience to grow income. 
• Knowledge of a range of direct marketing techniques associated ROI expectation acquired through training and experience
• Knowledge of database marketing, the importance of ensuring data integrity and data protection laws incl. GDPR
• Experience of working in a fundraising and/or direct marketing role with good knowledge of direct response across multiple channels including digital

To apply and for further information, please email a copy of your CV in the first instance.

WR Fundraising Recruitment are passionate about bringing together talented fundraising professionals with fantastic organisations. We’d love to hear from you if you are looking for a new fundraising opportunity.

Saffron Hall Trust are seeking a highly experienced and dynamic professional to join the Saffron Hall team in a brand-new role, managing all aspects of Saffron Hall Trust’s trust and foundation application process. 

Supported by the Director of Fundraising and Communications, the postholder will secure gifts from trusts and foundations and public bodies, and make a significant contribution to growing SHT’s network of active support from trusts and foundations. This will include engaging new and existing supporters with SHT’s future plans, composing outstanding funding applications and facilitating relationships with grant officers and trust representatives.

For full details, please visit our website. 

TRUSTS FUNDRAISING OFFICER
The Big House is seeking a dynamic and outgoing Trusts Fundraising Officer to support the Trusts Fundraising Manager in delivering the outcomes of our Fundraising Strategy. We are looking for an individual who is enterprising, highly organised and an excellent communicator and who has a drive and passion to develop their skills in fundraising to benefit care leavers and at risk young people to lead successful, independent lives.

To find out more, please read the job description or go to our website.

How To Apply:
Please submit your most recent CV and a Cover Letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) which outlines your experience to date, how this relates to the duties and personal specification of this role and why you are interested in working with The Big House.

Closing date for applications: rolling
Interviews will take place: As and when suitable candidates apply
Start date: ASAP / depending on notice period

The Big House is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all groups, especially those underrepresented in the arts, and actively encourage those from diverse backgrounds to apply.