Individual giving and trusts fundraiser jobs

Do you want to use your corporate account management experience to make a positive impact? Then look no further.

At Back Up, we have big ambitions. Over the next few years, we’re going to be transforming the lives of even more people affected by spinal cord injury.

Together we’ll be working hard to make sure everyone affected by spinal cord injury has access to the support they deserve.

Do you want to play an integral part in our journey?

About the role:

We’re looking for a Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser to proactively identify and realise new corporate fundraising opportunities and provide excellent account management of existing partners so that Back Up can help more people affected by spinal cord injury.

On a day-to-day basis, you will be maintaining relationships with key corporate supporters, keeping them updated and engaged with Back Up’s work.  This may be through signing up corporate supporters as sponsors of our events or services or encouraging them to sign up to our challenge events.  As well as seeking out new partners and helping Back Up to develop long term relationships.

It is a hugely rewarding opportunity to bring the fantastic impact of Back Up’s work to life – helping us raise more funds and support more people affected by spinal cord injury.

About you:

We’re looking for someone with experience in either corporate fundraising or possibly you are someone with corporate experience who has account or relationship management skills that can help us grow the number of corporate supporters and corporate income.

You’ll have excellent presentation skills and be confident presenting to difference audiences.  Be highly organized, with the ability to research new opportunities.  You can plan and balance competing priorities.   The role will suit a person who is confident to make an approach to a new corporate partner on one day, while writing a pitch the next.

About us:

At Back Up, we inspire people affected by spinal cord injury to get the most out of life. Each year, we reach over 1,000 people with our award-winning services that are designed and delivered by people affected by spinal cord injury.

Back Up has been voted one of the top ten charities to work for (Third Sector Best Charities 2020). The enthusiastic, inclusive and supportive spirit of our very skilled staff ensure excellence in the services we deliver.

Working with us:

We’re committed to developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.  We actively encourage applications from people affected by spinal cord injury and ethnic minority candidates.

Other Terms & Conditions

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week (Monday-Friday), permanent contract.

Some flexibility in working hours may be negotiated to enable a better work/life balance or meet particular needs as required.

Salary: £25,000 - £28,0000 per annum dependent on experience (inc. 5% London Allowance).

Location: We offer flexible working with the opportunity to work predominantly from home (in the office two days a week) or office based (Wandsworth) depending on the candidate’s preference.

Birmingham Hub, flexible working practices/hybrid working

Closing date: Monday 29th August 2022 at 11.30pm. Interviews: Friday 9th September and Monday 12th September 2022

We’re looking for a proactive individual with an understanding of community fundraising to join us as a Regional Community Fundraiser and help us maximise our local fundraising activities.
 
About Shelter
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
 
At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.
 
We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.
 
About the team
Part of our hugely successful Income Generation division, Shelter’s Community Fundraising team is a new team that has rapidly grown in 2020/21 from 4 to 12 Regional Fundraisers and a central team of 7. Community Fundraising is a key part of Shelter’s long-term fundraising strategy and investment is being made available to fund it. In April 2020 we appointed the first Head of Community Fundraising to grow the team and develop the strategy for local and national community fundraising at Shelter and Shelter Scotland. This continues to be backed by the organisation as Community Fundraising is central or our organisational and income generation strategy.
 
About the role
Developing and implementing a new community fundraising strategy in Birmingham and the surrounding areas is just one of the challenges we’ll expect you to rise to in this role. This will involve focusing on our key audiences of individuals, community organisations, faith, regional corporates, local trusts, volunteers, local events, etc. With support from the Community Fundraising Area Manager, you will shape and develop your geographical area and local community to establish a tangible relationship with Shelter and its work and provide a high standard of stewardship to add value to current and new Shelter fundraisers and volunteers. Working in the best interests of the charity by contributing to wider fundraising teams' goals whenever possible will be important too. Put simply, you’ll do everything you can to generate more income and attract new long-term supporters.
 
We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
 
About you
To succeed, you’ll need an understanding of community fundraising, experience of working on a CRM database and a proven track record of meeting and exceeding financial targets.  You’ll also need experience of developing and implementing innovative ways of engaging supporters and are confident working with volunteers. You’re committed to providing excellent customer service in all your interactions and will a positive ambassador for Shelter.

Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We're here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
 
To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
 
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
 
We will be sharing some of the interview questions with candidates shortlisted for an interview 3 days before the interview.
 
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

You will be working within the Fundraising Team to plan, develop and deliver innovative and impactful campaigns across a range of channels and to maximise retention of existing supporters.

You will assist in developing and delivering an Individual Giving fundraising and communication strategy that ensures St Helena hospice supporters are at the core of everything we do and that every supporter understands the impact their gift has made to patients and loved ones.

You will be working within the team to maximise the effective use of insight, data and knowledge in building and maintaining long-term relationships with supporters.

This post works on a standard working pattern 37.5 hours a week.

St Helena may elect to bring forward the closing date for this vacancy in the event we receive the desired volume of applications. You are therefore encouraged you to submit your application early if you wish to express an interest in this opportunity.

About us:

St Helena provides a friendly, supportive and positive working environment across all our sites and diverse teams. We are an ambitious organisation determined to make a difference to local people across north Essex who face incurable illness and bereavement. That means working with us is a demanding but hugely fulfilling experience. 

In return we offer;

· A competitive and progressive salary

· Group Pension Plan

· At Least 27 days Annual Leave, plus statutory Bank Holidays

Schwartz Rounds

· Employee Assistance and Wellbeing support

· Free on site parking

You will be working as part of a team to plan, develop and implement a successful Individual Giving fundraising strategy in line with strategic objectives and financial and non-financial KPI’s to realise organisational goals.

You will provide an outstanding supporter experience to ensure that every supporter feels valued and understands the impact their gift has made to patients and loved ones.

This post works on a standard working pattern 37.5 hours a week.

This exciting new role is a chance to be part of establishing an Individual Giving programme at Endometriosis UK, helping the charity raise more money to support those affected by endometriosis. You’ll work closely with the Head of Income Development to develop and deliver asks to increase income from individuals, including the acquisition and retention of regular donors. Activity will primarily be email and digital fundraising initially, though there will be opportunity to test new channels as the role progresses. As well as delivering one-off and regular gift asks and great stewardship communications to donors, you’ll also be responsible for providing effective stewardship to Endometriosis UK’s members and growing the organisation’s membership base.

If you’re an experienced Individual Giving, Direct Marketing or Digital Fundraising professional looking for your next opportunity and a chance to make a big difference to fundraising at a growing charity, we’d love to hear from you.

In this role, your key responsibilities will include:

• Work on increasing income from individual donations below £1,000, primarily through email and social media, and the retention and acquisition of supporters
• Promote and grow cash donations and regular giving amongst warm and cold audiences
• Develop and deliver effective supporter journeys for each audience
• Coordinate and deliver a schedule of stewardship, cash and regular gift mailings, working with the Digital Communications Officer, Communications Manager and Head of Income Development on content
• Monitor the results of mailings and fundraising campaigns, optimising for best results  
• Test and grow fundraising through sponsored social media, text to donate and cash appeals
• Manage the set-up, troubleshooting and delivery of campaigns on social media platforms and CRM systems
• Review and develop our Membership offering, stewardship and journey
• Deliver effective promotion and marketing of the Membership scheme, leading to a growth in Membership
• Working with the Communications Manager/Digital Engagement Officer, deliver regular communications to Members
• Support Community Fundraising colleagues with the development of effective stewardship mailings and supporter journeys

The role of volunteers is integral to our work at Endometriosis UK, and paid staff are required to underpin this in their attitude and actions.

We are a small, busy charity, and all staff help with the general running of the organisation in addition to their specific role activities.

Department/Team: Development

Responsible to: Head of Individual Giving

Contract: Permanent

Location: Flexible mix of home working and from The Old Vic, 103 The Cut, London, SE1 8NB

Hours: Full-Time - 40 hours per week, inclusive of breaks, Monday-Friday. Additional hours will be required occasionally on some evenings and weekends to attend events. TOIL will be awarded in line with our TOIL policy.

The Old Vic offers the ability to work these flexibly under the guidelines in our New Ways of Working policy.

Salary: £35,000 - £37,000 per annum, dependent on experience

Direct reports: Individual Giving Officer

Benefits:

• Flexible working and a company culture that promotes good work/life balance
• Access to mental health support
• Commitment to learning, education and development
• Complimentary tickets for you and a guest to Old Vic preview productions
• Enhanced annual leave, starting at 25 days per year, increasing by one day per year up to 30 days (plus bank holidays)
• Festive day – discretionary additional day off around Christmas to spend with loved ones
• Time to volunteer – one day per year to support a charity or project of your choosing
• Cycle 2 work scheme
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/shared parental pay
• Staff social events

Role Summary

The Senior Individual Giving Manager efficiently manages the day to day running of The Old Vic’s individual giving scheme, working with the Head of Individual Giving and Individual Giving Officer to implement and carry out a yearly strategic plan to retain and increase support across all levels of membership and wider areas of giving.

Your Team

The Senior Individual Giving Manager works within the Development Department which fundraises for The Old Vic Theatre Company and The Old Vic Theatre Trust, which is a registered charity. Its aim is to raise voluntary funds for the theatre from individuals, companies and charitable trusts and foundations.

The department currently consists of: two Co-Directors of Development, Associate Director of Trusts and Foundations, Trusts and Foundations Officer, Head of Corporate Partnerships, Corporate Partnerships Officer, Head of Events, Events Assistant, Head of Philanthropy, Head of Individual Giving, Individual Giving Officer and Development Assistant.

Areas of responsibility

Individual Giving

• To develop of a yearly strategic plan for individual giving at The Old Vic, to include year-on-year giving (Membership), small and mid-size donations across channels, including online, and community or challenge led fundraising.
• To assume responsibility for The Old Vic’s philanthropic individual giving Membership scheme, OV Together.
• To retain and increase support by overseeing the delivery of an excellent programme of customer care, include the delivery of a range of benefits, priority booking and events.
• Together with the Head of Individual Giving, retain and increase support and generate and convert new prospects, to meet agreed annual individual giving targets of c. £1 million to contribute to the overall Development team target.
• To monitor progress against targets, ensuring fundraising costs stay within budgeted expenditure and Gift Aid restrictions.
• To work with the Head of Events to ensure a comprehensive Events strategy is delivered, in line with membership benefits, and to assist and attend events run by the Development Department to include individual events as required and corporate and sponsorship evenings as needed to support the wider team.
• To oversee and draft communications going out to individual supporters including season announcements, updates and invitations and segmenting mailing lists when necessary.
• To oversee ticket bookings and catering reservations for supporters, handing over processing to other members of the team as necessary, and to innovate time-saving new processes for automating bookings and reservations.
• To line manage the Individual Giving Officer, monitoring key performance indicators and objectives to ensure that targets are met.
• To lead on the implementation of all membership/individual philanthropy updates on the website, including the crediting of donors, and liaise with Marketing to ensure this is properly administered.
• To innovate and implement new fundraising projects, such as Tap to Donate scheme, creating supporting documents (e.g. case for support and rebrand of membership scheme).
• To oversee, with support from the Individual Giving Officer, the tracking of membership retention rates and other data analyses to inform the Individual Giving strategy and to mitigate against any downturn in renewal rates.

American Associates of The Old Vic

• To support the administration of the American Associates of The Old Vic membership and provide support to the Head of Individual Giving with the delivery of the scheme as necessary.

Database, Finance and Gift Aid

• To monitor weekly fundraising income and reporting progress to the Individuals team on a regular basis. Liaising with Finance and work to ensure management accounts reflect expected, received and forecasted income.
• To oversee the use The Old Vic’s database, Tessitura, for recording donations, memberships, prospects and events and with support from the Individual Giving Officer, making sure that records are fully up-to-date.
• To maintain and improve Tessitura functionality, training other members of the team as necessary.
• To ensure that all data complies with procedures for data integrity (e.g. Gift Aid, GDPR and PCI compliance).
• To oversee the use of The Old Vic’s database for recording donations, memberships, prospects and events, Tessitura and attend regular Tessitura User Group Meetings regarding issues, best practice etc.
• To set up Gift Aid for all individual memberships on Tessitura and support the processing of Gift Aid claims submitted to HMRC for all individual donations each quarter, ensuring that this income stream is maximised fully.
• To oversee the processing of monthly and annual Direct Debits and Tessitura.

Prospects and New Support

• To support the Head of Individual Giving on the maintenance of a team-wide prospect tracking system and help monitor the solicitation process.
• Together with the Head of Individual Giving and Head of Philanthropy develop new ways of giving e.g. Legacy Giving and contactless giving and take an active role in the roll-out, promotion, marketing and administration of these schemes.
• To identify new routes, channels and audiences to promote other ways of giving amongst existing Old Vic contacts, our database and new prospects.
• To support the Head of Philanthropy to develop integrated stewardship activities for legacy supporters – e.g. supporter newsletter, invitations to events, electronic and direct marketing and face to face meetings, ensuring all activities are in tandem with the overall stewardship communication programme for Individual Giving.
• To identify opportunities to further develop relationships with our existing supporters (e.g. cross-sell) and feeding this in to strategic plans for Individual Giving.
• Alongside the Head of Individual Giving and the Head of Philanthropy, implement strategies to acquire an increased number of gifts £10k+ to the theatre.

General Administration

• Support the team in researching and compiling information on prospects, writing supporter/prospect biographies for events and meetings and maintaining these on the database.
• Support the team in providing benchmarking research within theatre, the arts and the wider fundraising sector.

General Duties

• To keep the Development calendar up-to-date for forthcoming events and projects (OV Evolve and higher level support) and alert the team to pending dead-lines and to do’s.
• To ensure The Old Vic’s programmes, website and social media are regularly updated with Development information and liaise with Marketing as appropriate in achieving these tasks.
• To contribute proactively to Development team activities.
• To undertake training deemed necessary by the Directors of Development.
• To carry out any other duties as requested by the Directors of Development.
• To comply with The Old Vic’s Equal Opportunities, Sustainability and Health & Safety and Staff Handbook policies at all times.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties and the Theatre's management may, at any time, allocate other tasks which are of a similar nature or level.

Person Specification

Essential

• Experience as a front-line fundraiser, with a proven record of cultivating gifts and making successful asks for donations up to five figures and ideally knowledge of Membership schemes.
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills and the ability to build good relations both internally and externally.
• Highly skilled and confident communicator, both written and verbal.
• Creative thinker and a flexible and adaptive worker.
• Self-motivated and proactive, ideally with line management experience.
• Able to manage multiple, conflicting priorities in a busy and vibrant workplace.
• Meticulous attention to detail, excellent proof reader.
• Demonstrated commitment to teamwork.
• Experience of using venue software Tessitura or other fundraising software.
• Knowledge of Gift Aid, Data Protection and PCI compliance regulations
• Availability to work additional hours occasionally to attend events or complete urgent work as required

Application Deadline

The closing day for this position is Monday 29 August 2022, 11.59pm.

I am delighted to be working with national charity Carers Trust to recruit a new Individual Giving Manager to join its passionate Team. It will be responsible for recruiting, retaining and cultivating relationships with donors including cash, regular gifts and legacy giving and managing a challenge event programme. The organisation is looking for a direct marketing fundraiser to deliver an individual giving strategy that includes print and digital acquisition and retention.

This role will be responsible for the operational delivery of the Individual Giving business plan, using proven fundraising techniques across print and digital to grow and diversify the charity’s programme, engaging with both new and existing audiences. This role will plan, manage and deliver impactful campaigns, looking after relationships with suppliers to ensure smooth delivery of campaigns. The postholder will line manage the Fundraising & Donor Care Assistant.

The successful postholder will have experience in:

• Developing an Individual Giving programme across acquisition, retention and/or legacy
• Understanding and experience of utilising data and databases
• Analysing and interpreting results and trends to inform future planning and campaigns
• Managing integrated campaigns including digital and offline channels

Salary: £32,899 (plus £3,000 Inner London Weighting)

Location: London, SE1 with hybrid working options available

Deadline: applications reviewed as received

Hours: Full-Time

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Christina on 02030 062787 or email [email protected].

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here. We proactively welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

Are you an aspiring Individual Giving leader? Do you have experience in fundraising and want to break into an emerging Individual Giving fundraising team? If so, then you should consider this role and be part of a high-performing team and organisation to ensure everyone affected by ovarian cancer is supported.

We are an ambitious charity, building on our achievements and working to transform the lives of women with ovarian cancer. We are also investing in our future. This is an exciting time to be joining Target Ovarian Cancer as we continue to grow as an organisation. Join us to raise awareness, fund research and save lives.

We are looking for an Individual Giving Officer following an internal promotion. You will have overall responsibility for the stewardship and development of our in-memory fundraisers, through direct donations as well as tribute funds. You will lead on the implementation of a new in-memory welcome pack, to ensure that our in-memory supporters receive the best possible experience with us whilst going through a naturally difficult time. You will also support the Senior Supporter Engagement Manager with the development, launch and management of an exciting new Regular Giving product, as well as the execution of our legacy marketing plans.

This role is a full time, 37.5 hours per week, permanent position. We currently offer a hybrid-working model. This means you may usually work from your home or remote location, but are expected to attend meetings and pay for your own travel to the office in Angel, London when required.

Please submit your application by 23:59 on Monday 29 August 2022.

Interviews will be held on a rolling basis.

RNIB has an exciting opportunity to join their award-winning, fast paced, dynamic and innovative Individual Giving team. This is a key role in helping RNIB's growth and development.

You will focus on acquiring new donors across regular giving and lottery programmes through the successful execution of multi-channel campaigns including face to face, telemarketing, DRTV, print and digital.

The Role -

• Managing the end-to-end delivery of individual giving campaigns; from briefing, concepts and execution to evaluation and insight.
• Involved in the development and creation of our traditional and digital marketing campaigns. This involves creative and copy development.
• Sourcing compelling stories, imagery and information to develop innovative, relevant and captivating fundraising propositions.

Who we are looking for -

• You will have a passion for direct marketing to individuals - keen to understand what motivates and inspires future donors.
• The ability to manage multiple and complex projects simultaneously so that they are delivered on time, within budgets and to agreed standards.
• Knowledge of key marketing principles and techniques.

If you have a passion for marketing but do not have the direct experience within the field, please do get in contact as we would love to support your application for similar roles within the Individual Giving Team.

In return

We offer a competitive salary, a stimulating and supportive working environment and a benefits package including:

• 26 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays - pro rata), which increase with service
• Excellent pension schemes
• RNIB Rewards - Our employee discounts platform gives you access to offers at over 800 in-store and online retailers
• In-house training and development opportunities
• Flexible working arrangements - Each new member of staff will be given a laptop to make working flexibly easy

We're the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and we're here for everyone affected by sight loss. Working for us means working for one of the UK's biggest charities, supporting almost two million people living with sight loss in the UK

If you'd like to apply for this great opportunity, please apply online, uploading your CV and cover letter, telling us how you meet the skills, knowledge and experience for the role and why you think you'd be a great fit for RNIB.

RNIB is committed to being an Equal Opportunities organisation and we welcome applications from people with sight loss.

Really pleased to once again be working with an excellent disability charity that is recruiting for an Individual Giving and Legacies manager to join its dynamic Fundraising Team. Primarily focusing on the delivery of its Individual Giving and Legacies revenue streams, this role will have one direct report in the Fundraising Assistant.

This role will suit someone passionate about the charity sector, that is well-versed in supporter engagement and the ability to get creative in finding innovative ways to connect with the charity’s audience and grow fundraising revenue. Currently there is a strong Individual Giving platform and robust Legacies programme. This role will make use of earned, owned and paid platforms with a vision for using Digital marketing to reach supporters.

This role will have proven experience in:

• Developing and implementing acquisition strategies; including audience communication plans and digital marketing activity
• Project managing campaigns run across offline and online channels
• Using data, audience insight and analysis to optimise messaging and campaign effectiveness across channels and audiences, focussing on print ROI and digital analytics

Salary: £36,000-£38,000

Location: Old Street, London with flexible working options available

Hours: Full-time and compressed hours considered

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Christina on 02030 062787 or email [email protected].

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here. We proactively welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

Ambitious about Autism have a fantastic opportunity in our fundraising department for a Trust Fundraiser to join the team.

As a key and reliable member of the Trusts team, the Trust Fundraiser will join a focussed, friendly and very successful team who represent our organisation's largest voluntary income stream, with exciting plans to become a £1million team next year.

This person will be responsible for relationships with donors and prospects giving up to the £30,000 level. The role offers the opportunity of a broad remit which includes securing new gifts and managing relationships with existing donors, as well as project managing and being responsible for our small trust mailing programme. By joining our high-performing team, you will have the opportunity to learn, grow and build your credibility in this fundraising stream as well as developing your project management, impact and influencing skills.

We value candidates with transferable skills for example from a sales, marketing or customer-facing background with strong writing abilities.

In return, we offer great benefits including a generous holiday allowance and commitment to continued perfectional development (CPD), flexible and hybrid working and more.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual who would like to work for a forward-thinking, open and honest organisation and make a real impact to the young people we work with. Please find our full recruitment pack on the link below.

If you have any questions around the role or would like to have a confidential chat, please contact Stephen Vickers 

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. 

The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.

We’re working with a fantastic disability charity who is looking for a Trusts Fundraiser to join their team. You’ll develop a targeted portfolio of small and medium Trust donors, creating impact and long-term relationships. You’ll submit tailored and compelling applications, whilst also streamlining current business processes and support with maintaining the team’s prospect pipeline. You’ll manage a portfolio of medium-sized Trusts that give up to £20,000, demonstrating a commitment to maintaining relationships.

You’ll adhere to the grant cycle, ensuring you meet the needs of individual funders and managing those relationships effectively. You’ll be aware of the charity’s wider strategic themes and ensure all information is utilised in order to develop high quality proposals and reports. You’ll ensure sustainability by prioritising multi-year bids, as well as being the main point of contact for the team’s day to day finance requirements, ensuring income and expenditure is appropriately recorded.

You will need:

• Experience of developing multiyear funding proposals
• Experience in writing compelling applications and reports
• Experience in having strategic discussions with funders
• To be ambitious, innovative and target-driven

Salary: £37,447

Location: Stratford (one day a week in office)

Contract type: Full-time, Part-time (4 days) and compressed hours can be considered

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Christina on 02030 062787 or email [email protected].

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here. We proactively welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

Trusts Fundraiser

Job reference: REQ001865

Application closing date: 21/08/2022

Salary: £37,447 per year

Contractual hours: Permanent - 35 hours per week

Location: London / Hybrid worker

Do you have experience building Trust relationships and managing prospective donor pipelines that deliver income, reach and impact? Can you provide excellent supporter stewardship? Do you want to be part of our ambitious charity and develop your Trust fundraising skills? If so, then join Scope as a Trusts Fundraiser and become part of our growing team at Scope.

Job description

The Role

Developing a strong Trust portfolio of small and medium Trust donors to deliver growth for FY 22/23 and beyond. 

Identify new Trust prospects who are aligned to Scope's aims and develop actions for strategic growth to attract and secure new income form multi-year funders.

The development and implementation of a tri-annual small Trust mailing.

Providing excellent supporter stewardship, ensuring everything from prompt acknowledgements, tailored updates, reports, regular mailings, formal funding applications, invitations and creating and delivering engagement opportunities.

Working with services as well as Strategy Impact and Social Change colleagues to develop high quality applications and reports.

Utilising our new CRM capabilities to record supporter engagements and maximise team efficiencies.

Please note: This role will require regular travel across the designated area.

About you

• You should have previous Trust fundraising experience.

• Be familiar with the donor cultivation cycle.

• You will need to be organised, methodical and accurate in a busy environment.

• Strong proofreading and persuasive writing skills.

• Show strong interpersonal skills and be able to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.

• You will bring drive and enthusiasm to your role and can show that you care passionately about improving disabled people's lives.

• Knowledge and appreciation of Scope’s values and our ambition of everyday equality for disabled people.

Our Values - Pioneering, Courageous, Connected, Open, Fair

By living our values and trusting each other, we give our colleagues freedom and space to be creative, push boundaries and change minds.

Disabled candidates

Equality and inclusion are at the heart of our mission, and we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, and guarantee interviews to disabled applicants who meet the minimum job criteria.

Please let us know in your application if you are applying under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

We encourage applications from underrepresented groups including minoritised ethnic and LGBTQ+ communities.

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We are working in partnership with The Fire Fighters Charity, who provide specialist, lifelong support for members of the UK fire services community, empowering individuals to achieve mental, physical and social wellbeing throughout their lives. They exist to support all fire and rescue service personnel, whatever their role in the service, including all those who have retired, as well as for spouses and qualifying dependants.

They are now seeking an Individual Giving Officer to contribute to the delivery of an established income generation programme to recruit, retain and uplift individual donors across a range of audiences, giving products (including Lottery and Raffle) and channels (including phone, email, and face to face).

This is fantastic opportunity for individuals already in the sector, but we are also keen to speak to candidates looking to crossover into the charity sector, who have experience in sales or marketing, and who are ready to make a difference to people’s lives.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate:

• Experience of direct and relationship marketing or fundraising
• Knowledge of fundraising procedures and techniques and/or digital skills would be advantageous
• Experience in developing and maintaining successful working relationships with a range of stakeholders
• Experience using standard Microsoft packages (including Excel) and Salesforce would be advantageous

We are seeking an individual with excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines and prioritise workload, with excellent organisational skills and the ability to understand and interpret complex data. Ability to travel and occasionally stay overnight is expected.

For more information, please contact Katherine Anderson-Scott, Senior Consultant, Charisma Charity Recruitment. Your application should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

Applications should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.

Closing date: 21st August 2022. However, applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis, and the role will be closed sooner than the closing date if a successful appointment is made. Please apply without delay to avoid disappointment.

Location: Hybrid (60/40 split, with a minimum of 2 days in the office a week) or Office based (Basingstoke)