Individual Giving Fundraiser - Health charity
Permanent - full time
Salary: £25,000 - £28,900 per annum
Location: Nottingham
Eden Brown is currently supporting a fantastic health charity based in Nottingham in their search for an Individual Giving Fundraiser.
You will play a key part in delivering their vision to engage all our people and communities. You will focus on growing the database of regular givers through the development of direct mail campaigns, effective stewardship of donors and developing relationships with high net worth individuals. You will be responsible for growing income and continuing to grow the network of supporters who share the charity's vision.
To be considered for this role, you will be a 'people person', creative in your approach to income generation and supporter engagement. You will have a sound background in fundraising, individual giving campaigns and / or supporter engagement within a not for profit organisation. You must be a car owner/driver.
Closing date: Mid-day on Monday 11th November 2019
Interview dates: Monday 18th & Tuesday 19th November 2019
To register your interest, or to hear more about this fantastic opportunity, please contact Shabnam on [email protected] / 0113 2207 540
Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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You’ll need creativity, drive and enthusiasm to motivate people to donate funds and to come up with new fundraising ideas. These ideas can be the more traditional methods of fundraising such as bazaars, sponsored walks etc or the more modern methods such as crowdfunding using the internet as a means. Excellent organisational skills will help you to plan successful events.
As a charity fundraiser you will work to increase the amount of donations made to DA and of course our ongoing campaigs to help alleviate the suffering in Syria and Yemen. You’ll do this by contacting potential donors and coming up with new ideas to raise money. If you’ve got excellent communication skills and love the idea of supporting a charity, this could be a meaningful and highly rewarding career that offers what you’re looking for. Some of the duties you would be expected to fulfil :
- Writing - Securing Bids from local council, wards, local & national charities
- Organising events - at least 1 a month which could include treks, mountain climbs, etc in consultation with supervisor
- Publishing of Marketing material both electronic and physical during periods of particular campaigns especially during (but by no means restricted to) Ramadhan - Rabeea al-Awwal - Qurbani – Winter period - times of international disasters.
- Teaming & Coordinating with local partners to bring about local fundraisers
- Building a pool of volunteers for your charity this could include students from the Adult Courses, Madrassah and Tarbiyah Course in DA.
- Organising a roadshow which will visit various cities for fundraising for ventures with scholars from Syria based in Turkey.
- Corporate fundraising – arranging company sponsorship or setting up schemes for staff and customers to donate
- Major donor fundraising – looking for individuals that may have an interest in your charity and wish to donate a large sum of money
- Legacy fundraising – helping people to leave an amount of money to your charity in their will
- Events – organising events like charity dinners, concerts or sports events
- Make contact with individuals or companies who may be interested in donating to your charity
- Research, develop and plan new fundraising strategies
- Organise fundraising events such as fashion shows, charity auctions or fun runs
- Manage door-to-door and street collections
- Recruit, train and inspire volunteers
- Keep records of fundraising activities and money raised
- Manage the running of online campaigns via Facebook and other online mediums
- Control budgets and meet targets for the amount of money raised
- Report your performance to the director of Darul Arqam by submitting a monthly questionnaire.
- Give talks about your charity to the public and write reports and press releases