Do you have a flair for innovative marketing and communications that engages and inspires people? Would you like to join one of the top 30 best charities in the UK* to work for? We are looking for a new Marketing and Communications Manager who will continue our work and bring their own vision and ideas. 

Based in the beautiful village of Bartestree, approximately 5 miles east of Hereford city, St Michael’s Hospice has been providing the highest quality care to the local community for over 35 years. This care is made possible by supporters taking part in fundraising events and activities, playing our lottery, shopping at our retail outlets, making charitable grants and donations, leaving gifts in their wills or giving freely of their time to volunteer. All of our fundraising and hospice care needs a great marketing and communications team to make sure that we are providing the best support we can to the people of Herefordshire and beyond. 

We are looking for someone with a proven track-record in marketing and communications management, who can take the best of what we have and build on it to increase our reach in all forms of media. We are looking for someone who is ideas orientated, a creative thinker who is not afraid to step outside the box and challenge conventional thinking.

Alongside this you’ll need to be a strategic planner, able to manage your own workload whilst overseeing our small marketing and communications team and empowering everyone to achieve their goals. You’ll take the lead on implementing our challenging Marcomms strategy and inspire others in the team as well as the wider hospice setting. You’ll be someone who can hold the big picture and have an eye for the details at the same time. 

To be successful in this role, you need to have an in-depth knowledge of marketing and communications, ideally from a charity or not-for-profit background. You’ll need excellent interpersonal skills and you’ll also have to bring enthusiasm and drive and ensure that we are constantly improving in all our marketing and communications. 

You’ll bring significant experience in both online and offline channels of communications, with experience of social media, web development, print publications and audio-visual content creation/commissioning. You’ll be creative and innovative in your approach and you’ll need to be someone with their finger on the pulse when it comes to advances in marketing and communications.

You’ll need to be an enthusiastic self-starter with a hands-on approach and a flexible attitude, no two days are the same, so being able to adjust to meet particular needs as they arise is essential. In taking on the Marketing and Communications Manager role you will be just as happy working independently as you are as part of a multi-disciplined team. You will be an inspirational leader and provide direct line management to the Senior Marketing and Communications Officer. 

As well as joining an enthusiastic friendly and committed team, our location is hard to beat – nestled in the stunning Herefordshire countryside, in a state-of-the-art facility with free on-site parking, discounted delicious meals snacks and drinks. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package including 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, (rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years), a Hospice pension, discounts with local suppliers, generous study leave and support for ongoing personal development.  Flexible home working will be considered. 

If the Marketing and Communications Manager role sounds like what you’re looking for in your next career move and you want to join us then we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now and help St Michael’s Hospice continue caring to make a difference to patients living with a terminal illness and their families across Herefordshire and beyond. 

*Best Companies 30 Best Charities to work for 2021

Finance Manager – Farms for City Children, Exeter

Salary: £30,000 to £35,000

Contract: Full time; Permanent

About Farms for City Children

Farms for City Children is a vibrant Charity that welcomes groups of children from cities and disadvantaged communities to experience the adventure of working together on our farms in the heart of the British countryside. Whether they stay for a whole week or come for a day visit, this unique experience can be life changing. Visiting children are immersed in the natural world of countryside, food, and farming life where they participate in the seasonal tasks of the day: sowing, growing and harvesting in our kitchen gardens; caring for livestock and looking after the land; and cooking up a home-grown feast in the farmhouse kitchen. Spending time working alongside real farmers fosters children’s independence and helps them to grow in confidence, develops their self-esteem, and encourages them to become more resilient. At our heritage farms - and in partnership with our commercial farming neighbours - children experience the benefits of collaboration, enjoy plenty of physical activity, good food, and fresh air, and discover the magical rural environment that is full of new words, sounds and experiences to inspire their creativity.

About this role

We are looking for a proactive Finance Manager whose can-do attitude is inspired by a love of problem solving. Adaptable and efficient, with experience of delivering the wide range of accounting services required by a small business or charity, the ideal candidate will be detail oriented, a proficient user of SAGE accounting software, and have strong Excel skills. Qualified to AAT Level 4 or equivalent e.g. CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting / ACCA Foundation Level, the Charity would be happy to support a candidate who is currently studying towards a professional accountancy qualification. The successful candidate will work closely with the Head of Finance and Resources, Farm Office Managers, and budget holders, as well as being the first point of contact for all Finance queries both internally and externally, so candidates who are strong relationship builders, natural collaborators, and confident communicators would thrive in this role. A working knowledge of charity SORP, restricted fund accounting and processing Gift Aid claims would be a distinct advantage. A strong connection to the Charity’s work with children, food, the countryside, and farming is essential.

This role will be based at our Huxham Barns offices outside of Exeter, Devon. Our Huxham Barns staff are currently working remotely with access to the office for essential tasks and facilities only. It is anticipated that all staff at Huxham Barns will return to the office this summer, when it is safe to do so, with flexibility for some home-working.

The successful candidate must have the ability to travel between all four remotely located sites, across Devon, Pembrokeshire and Gloucestershire, with expenses for travel reimbursed by the Charity.  Travel to the farms is expected twice each term for face-to-face meetings, some of which may require overnight stays.

Appointments will not be confirmed until the Charity has received two satisfactory professional references, evidence of the existing proof of right to work in the UK, and a satisfactory DBS check. Referees will not be contacted without candidates’ prior consent.

How to Apply

To apply please email us with an up-to-date CV and a 2-page supporting statement clearly detailing how you meet the person specification. Closing date for applications is midday on Monday 7 June 2021. First interviews will take place during week commencing 14 June 2021.

DIRECT APPLICATIONS ONLY – NO AGENCIES.

THIS ROLE IS ONLY OPEN TO APPLICANTS WHO HAVE AN EXISTING RIGHT TO LIVE AND WORK IN THE UK.

Magic Breakfast’s mission is to end child morning hunger in the UK now and for good. As part of this mission, the Project Management team works to develop, deliver and oversee projects that meet our charitable objectives, largely around fuelling children for learning, and operating responsibly, effectively and efficiently.

The role of the Gifts In Kind Project Manager is a new role to lead on improving the breakfast offer to Magic Breakfast partner schools and to help to secure thousands of pounds of Gift in Kind (GIK) donations to enable our charity to feed more hungry children a nutritious breakfast.

The post-holder will work directly with Magic Breakfast’s Corporate Fundraising, Logistics and Schools Teams to ensure that GIK opportunities are strategically identified, researched, trialled and distributed effectively and efficiently, meeting the needs of our partner schools and children. The post-holder may also liaise with Magic Breakfast’s corporate donors, suppliers and schools.

The post-holder will also plan and deliver the ‘ideal breakfast’ project in conjunction with internal and external stakeholders, including the University of Leeds. This project will identify the best nutritionally-balanced breakfast provision that Magic Breakfast can offer to our schools, which is cost-effective, deliverable via our third-party logistics suppliers, easily implementable by our partner schools, and appeals to children.

The post-holder will need to become familiar with Magic Breakfast’s vision, values, objectives, practices and procedures. 

We are seeking a Major Gifts Officer to join our High Value Giving team. This is a key role in the next phase of our growth, and we are seeking an individual with excellent communication skills to help us develop sustainable relationships with new and existing major donor supporters.

As Major Gifts Officer you’ll be responsible for engaging new and lapsed donors at all stages including prospect research, meeting with potential donors, making the ask, and leading on a variety of communications including reports and proposals.

With a wide and varied workload you will have an ability to plan and prioritise your work effectively. Experience of working in a fundraising environment and of securing gifts from major donors is desirable but more important are excellent verbal and negotiation skills, and we are looking for someone who is comfortable making personal approaches to ask for gifts of £5,000 and above. With excellent supporter or customer service skills you will develop bespoke engagement and cultivation plans and identify opportunities to engage donors in our work.

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual to be part of our major gifts programme and to make a real difference to our ambitious strategy to end HIV transmission by 2030.

Area Manager of the Reuse and Retail shop with sites at High Heavens and Aston Clinton.  Management leadership and retail expertise to oversee all aspects of Retail including the management of the local teams, department activities and operational requirements to delight customers. Identify and recommend retail opportunities and lead their implementation. Achievement of all agreed sales, financial and operational targets with an aim to maximise profits. 100% compliance with policies and procedures and compliance. Maintaining a presence on the sites to raise the profile of South Bucks Hospice in the community, cultivating and maintaining strong relationships with third parties.

Key Responsibilities

Key Result Areas

• Driving the achievement of all sales targets across the sites, working in close conjunction with the Managers to ensure consistency and compliance;
• Driving revenue growth and profitability across all sites;
• Appropriate management of the team to ensure operational effectiveness through the variety of management tools available to encompass all HR activities, staff appraisals, performance management, training and health and safety.  This includes the training of and coaching of the Managers to deliver for their teams;
• Overseeing the department and all activities to ensure that it complies with the Reuse Operation Manual, at both reuse sites, including:
  • Health and safety legislation (The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974);
  • Consumer law (Consumer Rights Act 2005);
  • Trading standards requirements (The General Product Safety Regulations 2005);
  • Lottery regulations (Gambling Act 2005);
  • FCC’s operational requirements;
  • Portable Appliance Testing (PAT);
  • Gift Aid;
  • South Bucks Hospice’s internal policies and procedures.

• Develop and review all retail policies, procedures and handbooks and recommend any changes to the CEO;
• Review and develop retail performance, operational needs and general capacity to streamline costs, increase income and efficiency and grow profit to that retail operates to its full potential;
• Effective management of the shops and sites to reach agreed sales targets and plans for achievement;
• Identify and recommend new retail opportunities taking into consideration local market conditions and competitor activity. Play a lead role in implementing any new initiatives once approved;
• Ensure adherence to agreed pricing policy and stock control measures, ensuring the shops are well stocked at all times;
• Fully engaged and driving the use of Gift aid sign up to maximise the available funding opportunities;
• Support the Hospice Lottery Partnership meet budgeted through the upselling of the lottery tickets with each sale;
• Support fundraising events through providing merchandise and personnel;
• Agree an annual retail marketing calendar and ensure that all stores consistently reflect this in presentation standards and promotion;
• Create effective relationships with colleagues, customers, traders and the local communities to the benefit of South Bucks Hospice;
• Motivate the team and create a positive environment resulting in a working environment that is clean, organised and suitable to support shop trading;
• Maintain effective staffing levels at all times and recruit volunteers and provide relief cover as required;
• Ensure that all staff are fully trained and training is reviewed to ensure compliance;
• Quick and successful resolution of all customer queries and complaints and escalate where necessary;
• Actively supporting the acquisition and engagement of Volunteers in all locations.

Behavioural Values

• Appreciates the impact that decisions and actions have on the business;

• Ability to ensure that objectives or tasks are delivered on time and to an agreed quality;

• Crucial front line operational role as part of team that delivers high quality services to a range of customers;

• Pro-active and responsive to requirements to customers and colleague; a team player;

• Fully understands internal and external customer expectations and requirements, and works to ensure these are exceeded and delight customers;

• Works co-operatively and productively with others, to achieve results;

• Demonstrable knowledge and interest in retail and reuse;

• Takes the initiative to work across boundaries to resolve challenges;

• Demonstrates commitment and loyalty to South Bucks Hospice;

• Self-motivated individual with strong customer focus;

• Able to choose a method of communication that is appropriate and effective for a given situation, to incorporate the difference mediums of listening, verbal and written;

• Uses original and creative thinking to make improvements or support the initiation of new approaches;

• Works with honesty and integrity and maintains the reputation of South Bucks Hospice;

• Does the right thing for the long term success of South Bucks Hospice.

Essential Requirements

• Previous retail management experience, ideally in a charity environment and multi-site location;
• Demonstrate a consistent high standard of work and attention to detail;

• Punctual and presentable;

• Willing to learn;

• Effective Communications with colleagues and Management team;

• Calm temperament under pressured conditions;

• Willingness to travel to other locations;

• Customer Service focussed;
• Approachable and accessible;
• Basic computer skills.

Are you passionate about creating resilient communities?

Launched in 2018 to tackle social isolation and poor mental health, Kintsugi Hope are looking for an Experienced Fundraising Manager to join their team.

Part time, 3 days a week, 7.5 hours a day.

Working from home, once a week at Kintsugi Hope Office (depending on Covid-19 restrictions)

This is a new role which will develop and manage the implementation of our fundraising strategy, working closely with the Senior Management team and Trustees, to embed fundraising work across the whole of the charity, 

Summary of main purpose of the job:

You will be responsible for the finances and accounts of Junction 42, working alongside the Finance Assistant and Income Manager, and being responsible to the Operations Manager.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• To oversee the financial administration of the charity
• Operation of Sage 50 to run payroll, budget projection and bank reconciliation
• To prepare end of year accounts for external examination
• Monthly administration of payroll, pensions and expenses
• Monthly administration of the charity bank account
• To produce financial reports for departmental spending and strategic planning
• To prepare bi-monthly reviews for trustees’ meetings
• To advise management board for strategic financial decision making
• To oversee financial contractual delivery
• To be responsible for credit control
• To proactively evaluate Junction 42 financial processes and overall effectiveness with a view to operational adjustments where necessary
• To implement new financial systems and tooling identified by a Business Consultancy and in communication with the Business Development Manager
• To be responsible for Charities Commission, Companies House and OSCR submissions
• To partake actively as a Junction 42 team member, attending all meetings, training and events as directed by line manager
• Any other duties as agreed with line manager

Skills and Abilities:

• Experience in managing financial accounts and payroll
• Experience of using Sage software
• Ability to prepare accounts to a suitable standard for external auditing
• The ability to offer a strategic oversight
• Organisational and IT skills relevant to the post
• Excellent eye for detail
• The ability to work and contribute as part of a team
• Good interpersonal skills
• Relevant qualification in accountancy

Person Specification:

• Both appreciates and models the core principles and values of the organisation, including the Christian ethos.
• Conveys maturity, confidence and credibility to other professionals.
• Identifies with the ethos and mission of Junction 42.

This post has the following special circumstances:

• The post holder will be expected to attend all Junction 42 training, team days and conferences as requested by the Director.

Confidentiality:

Any information relating to people contacted by the Junction 42 acquired in the course of duty must be treated in strictest confidence and must be discussed only within the confines of the work setting with the appropriate members of staff.

Any information relating to staff acquired in the course of duty must be treated in the strictest confidence and must be discussed only with senior staff members or with the line manager.

Note:

This job description is not exhaustive and amendments and additions may be required in line with future organisational changes.

Social Enterprise Manager

Taurus Crafts, Lydney, Glos

We are looking for a values-driven entrepreneur with a successful track record in successful social enterprise to redevelop Camphill Village Trust’s Taurus Crafts visitor centre.

Passion for delivering positive social impact for people with learning disabilities, alongside a flair for retail and hospitality, and an ability to spot opportunities will be needed to deliver transformational change. In return, we will support you with the required level of investment and the freedom to develop the centre within an agreed outline plan.

Co-production is one of our core values and you’ll work alongside people with learning disabilities to develop pathways to work, through training and work experience.

Camphill Village Trust is a registered charity supporting over 600 people with learning and other disabilities through ten communities and services in England.  We’ve been going for over 65 years.  Supporting people to make fantastic artisan produce is in our DNA, and you’ll have the opportunity to showcase the Trust to people visiting and living in the Forest of Dean.

Successful applicants for this role will require an Enhanced DBS check. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults. We will undertake checks of successful candidates before starting work, which will include an Enhanced DBS check.

Executive Development Manager (Principal Gifts)

University of Sussex

Location flexible, with weekly travel to Brighton required

Salary: From £54,131 plus a Market Forces Supplement (to £70,338) dependant on skills and experience

Full-time, permanent role

This is an outstanding opportunity to lead principal giving activities at one of UK’s most respected modern universities. 

In support of Sussex 2025, an ambitious, bold and distinctive strategic framework for the University, the Development and Alumni Relations Office (DARO) has been steadily building strong momentum and support for the institution, through engaging alumni and friends of the University both at home and across the globe.  True to Sussex’s values and strategic aims, the team’s priority is to grow philanthropic income in support of world-leading research with societal impact and the student experience in its broadest sense, with a particular focus on enhancing provision of scholarships for the best and most underrepresented groups in higher education. This truly is an exciting time to join the University of Sussex and a chance to make a real impact.

Reporting to the Director of Development and Alumni Relations and with access to the Vice Chancellor, University Executive, and key academics, the Executive Development Manager (Principal Gifts) will deliver the University of Sussex’s strategic vision and plan, by securing principal gifts for key institutional priorities.

You will work across the UK and international markets to cultivate and solicit gifts from global philanthropists.  Leading by example and providing fundraising best practice, advice, support and resource across the University, you will be an exemplar expert to fundraising colleagues and its most senior faculty and officers.  You will bring a track record of securing philanthropic support at the 6-figure level (or more), as well as excellent interpersonal skills and a collegial approach to getting things done.  You understand the power of philanthropy for higher education and believe in our mission to be a better university for a better world.

For further information on this rewarding opportunity, please contact our recruitment partners at Richmond Associates on +44 (0)20 3617 9240, or visit their website to download further details.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 12:00 TUESDAY, 8 JUNE 2021

Stewardship America is a new and growing service as part of Stewardship’s award winning Philanthropy Services Team, focusing on clients with dual tax liabilities. We are looking for someone to lead the efforts in attracting new donors and in serving our existing clients with innovation and excellence. Ideally you will be well networked into the American community in the UK. If you have sales, or wealth management experience and are motivated by challenging targets this could be the perfect fit for you. We are looking for someone who is driven by new opportunities and is an excellent communicator. As a Christian you will be comfortable discussing giving in the context of faith and willing to create content to support our clients in their philanthropic pursuit.

This role is for a Relationship Manager for Stewardship America to work as part of our growing Philanthropy Services team to promote and increase take-up of our Stewardship America service both for existing and prospective HNW/UHNW donors.

Main responsibilities

1. Accountability for Service Growth

This includes:

• Delivering realistic targets for new business for Stewardship America and hold the responsibility for the development and achievement of KPIs for Stewardship America.
• Taking responsibility for the marketing of the product line and innovation in researching and reaching the available markets. You will create the communication strategy for the service.
• Develop and nurture relationships with networks in the ex-pat community and wider partners.
• Representing the interests of Stewardship America in wider projects run by Stewardship.
• Working closely with and assisting the Head of Growth and Relationships to achieve our agreed income & donation targets.

Reporting progress to the Chief Philanthropy Officer and Stewardship America Trustees, as required

2. Relationship Management:

Providing a personal, holistic, excellent service to prospective and existing Stewardship America clients. This includes:

• Providing timely and professional responses to client and potential client queries, and equally as timely referrals where further technical expertise is required.
• Accurately tracking the progress of these enquiries, to positively close as many opportunities as possible.
• Taking ownership of client relationships, ensuring their healthy development and using our knowledge of the client to determine where additional, more bespoke support services are required. Our contact with the client should result in an accurate picture of the client and their values/ giving aspirations to build their profile, which will assist in tailoring the support that we offer.
• Be pro-active in engaging the client with the mission of Stewardship at a core level, where appropriate. This will entail being able to clearly communicate our organisational mandate, and identify how they can meaningfully partner with us, or signposting them to other partners.

We are looking for a Finance Manager to provide high-quality financial services using Sage 50 Cloud Accounts and Sage Payroll to enable Prison Fellowship to deliver excellent programming and meet its objectives.

You will have outstanding financial accounting skills, strong attention to detail and the ability to show initiative and flexibility in a fast-changing environment.

If you would like to be part of a small and passionate team of people supporting the work of thousands of volunteers in prisons across England and Wales, we would love to receive your application!

This role is currently home-based due to the ongoing pandemic. Once it is safe to do so, the post will be flexible home-based / Westminster SW1 office.

Please apply with a full CV and covering letter.

Major Gifts Officer - partnerships

We are searching for a Major Donor Officer to focus on partnerships. The Charity has ambitious plans to bounce back from the pandemic and raise significant income from companies, organisations and institutions in order to support our work rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming horses at risk of abuse or neglect. You will be joining a strong fundraising team that is focused, ambitious, enthusiastic and committed to raising as much net income as possible to enable us to carry out our work.

Reporting to the Director of Fundraising, you will lead on proactively identifying, researching and approaching a range of prospective funders to achieve a long-term strategy for growth in income.

We are looking for a driven individual who has excellent relationship building and communications skills and the ability to develop long term strategic partnerships.

The role is based at our head office in Norfolk but working from home for part of the week is currently available due to the current Government restrictions. You will be required to attend events around the UK and at our four centres located in Norfolk, Somerset, Lancashire and Aberdeenshire. You must have a flexible approach to your work and be willing to work outside of normal office hours. Equine knowledge would be advantageous but is not essential. 

World Horse Welfare is an international charity that improves the lives of horses in the UK and around the World through education, campaigning and hands-on care.

World Horse Welfare takes great pride in being realistic, compassionate and forward-thinking and the successful applicant will be expected to share these values.

Major Gifts Officer - partnerships

Head of Major Gifts

Starting salary £50K, plus civil service pension and other benefits

37 hours per week based in Edinburgh/remotely

Fixed-term – 7 year contract

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is one of the world’s top four botanic gardens based on the quality, breadth and depth of our science, plant collections, public engagement and education. We are at a hugely exciting time in our 350 year history as we look to deliver the Edinburgh Biomes project, a seven year capital build programme to restore our heritage glasshouses, create a stunning new public glasshouse, and build new research facilities.

As part of this we are looking to significantly expand our dynamic fundraising team, and have created an exciting new role of Head of Major Gifts to help lead us in delivering the Biomes project. The postholder will work alongside our Director of Development to shape and implement a series of ambitious fundraising campaigns to maximise our income and engagement and deliver against targets.

This is a key post in our fundraising team and will be critical to the success of the project. Applicants will need to have experience of managing high level prospects across mixed portfolios, and a strong track record in securing significant gifts and grants.

More information on the role, including a full job description and person specification, can be found on our website. Further information on the Edinburgh Biomes project can also be found on the website. . 

Interested candidates should send a CV and covering letter outlining the skills and experience you could bring to the post , along with a completed equal opportunities questionnaire from our website, by 5pm on Mon. 31st May. Interviews will be held on 17th & 18th June.

If you haven’t heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume your application hasn’t been successful on this occasion.

No recruitment agencies please.

Summary

The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Major Gifts Officer. This role is a critical part of the Wikimedia Foundation’s fundraising team, focused on raising current and planned gifts for the Wikimedia Endowment. 

The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia – one of the most popular websites in the world. In 2016, we launched the Wikimedia Endowment in order to support Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects in perpetuity. To date, we have grown the Endowment to over $90 million through a mix of individual, corporate, and planned gifts. 

The Major Gifts Officer will report to and work closely with the Director of Endowment to develop and execute Endowment fundraising strategies. You will manage a dynamic portfolio of major gift prospects, serving as one of the front-line fundraisers for the Endowment team. Succeeding in this environment requires comfort with both highly personalized cultivation strategies for individual donors in your portfolio as well as email outreach to a broad array of donors at scale. 

The Major Gifts Officer will travel occasionally for donor meetings and events. You can work remotely from any location within convenient travel to major metropolitan areas of the United States, or may work from the Wikimedia Foundation’s headquarters in San Francisco or our Washington, DC office. (Note that the Wikimedia Foundation’s offices are currently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Travel and in-office work will resume when it is safe to do so.)

You are responsible for:

• Serving as a front-line fundraiser for a team currently tasked with raising $5M per year in direct donations to the Endowment
• Fostering strong, life-long relationships with a diverse portfolio of individual donors 
• Soliciting and securing major and planned gifts, both independently and in collaboration with colleagues on the Major Gifts & Foundations and Endowment teams
• Assisting the Endowment Director in developing the strategy and content for scaled online fundraising campaigns
• Developing intimate, high-end donor cultivation events, including building invitation lists, assisting with program content, and executing post-event cultivation strategies, in conjunction with the Events Manager.
• Creating written materials to support fundraising, including meeting/event briefings, activity reports, solicitation letters, proposals, and stewardship reports
• Managing a variety of Endowment communications, including project management, writing, and editing of these pieces, in collaboration with other staff across the Foundation
• Assisting with gift processing, acknowledgements, donor recognition, and other gift administration tasks as needed
• Tracking your contact with donors in our donor database

Skills and Experience:

• 4+ years of successful fundraising experience including at least 3 years of direct major gifts experience
• A record of personal success in raising money from individual major donors through current and planned gifts in the 5 to 6-figure range
• Broad-based knowledge of various development activities, including: direct solicitations, event planning and management, and planned giving
• Excellent relationship management skills and the ability to work with a diverse group of donors and team members across geographies
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Demonstrably strong writing skills
• Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy and accountability
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of donor information and a finely-tuned sense of discretion
• Ability to travel occasionally to meet with donors in person and attend Foundation gatherings
• Comfort and experience in a technology-driven environment
• A college degree

Qualities that are important to us:

• A mission-focused professional with an understanding of, belief in, and commitment to the open source movement, net neutrality, the benefits of the free exchange of information; a passion for communicating how these principles are important in the development of civil societies; and an ability to communicate that passion
• We are an international organization serving an internationally distributed audience. A strong international perspective with personal experience in cross-cultural communication is highly valued
• Articulate and persuasive communicator, both in speaking and writing
• Active listening and strategizing; comfortable receiving input from many sources, and able to act on information to develop increased support
• Detail-oriented, able to maintain systems, track progress, and follow-up in a timely fashion
• Sharing a culture of constructive criticism and respect
• Self-motivated professional who takes initiative and has the ability to work independently
• Gravitas and professionalism appropriate for interacting with high level donors, board members, and C-level staff

Additionally, we’d love it if you have:

• Experience working in an organization with a distributed workforce
• Experience with endowment campaigns
• Experience marketing and/or securing planned gifts
• Fluency in languages other than English

The Wikimedia Foundation is... 

...the nonprofit organization that hosts and operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge, free of interference. We host the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive. The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive financial support from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.

As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.

U.S. Benefits & Perks*

• Fully paid medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their eligible families (yes, fully paid premiums!)
• The Wellness Program provides reimbursement for mind, body and soul activities such as fitness memberships, baby sitting, continuing education and much more
• The 401(k) retirement plan offers matched contributions at 4% of annual salary
• Flexible and generous time off - vacation, sick and volunteer days, plus 19 paid holidays - including the last week of the year.
• Family friendly! 100% paid new parent leave for seven weeks plus an additional five weeks for pregnancy, flexible options to phase back in after leave, fully equipped lactation room.
• For those emergency moments - long and short term disability, life insurance (2x salary) and an employee assistance program
• Pre-tax savings plans for health care, child care, elder care, public transportation and parking expenses
• Telecommuting and flexible work schedules available
• Appropriate fuel for thinking and coding (aka, a pantry full of treats) and monthly massages to help staff relax
• Great colleagues - diverse staff and contractors speaking dozens of languages from around the world, fantastic intellectual discourse, mission-driven and intensely passionate people

*Please note that for remote roles located outside of the U.S., we defer to our PEO to ensure alignment with local labor laws.