Harris Hill are delighted to be supporting St. Martin-in-the-fields Charity to recruit an Individual Giving Manager. The Individual Giving Manager will be tasked with developing and delivering strategy against individual supporters. It will take a product and channel neutral approach, looking at opportunities to raise sustainable income both within and outside current offers.

In addition to developing and implementing plans for individual supporters for key campaigns (Summer Newsletter and Christmas Appeal), the role holder will be responsible for developing a 365 approach to supporters which delivers the right asks, at the right time, to the right supporters. The right applicant will demonstrate the ability to take an insight-driven, supporter-centric experience as well as a focus on results. This role would suit someone who can take a strategic approach, whilst not being afraid of getting into the detail as required.

We are looking for a strategic, energetic, and insight-focused individual giving expert who can help us continue to grow our support from individuals. If you fit this bill, are passionate about supporting people experiencing homelessness and would like to join a supportive team delivering exciting income growth, we would love to hear from you.

For more information about this vacancy please apply here now or contact Hayley Wilson at Harris Hill on 02078207306.

Harris Hill Charities Recruitment Specialists operates an equal opportunity policy and commits to treating all of our candidates and jobseekers fairly. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Prospectus is excited to be supporting Barnardo's a UK children's charity with their search for a home-based Individual Giving Manager.

Barnardo's runs over 1,000 UK projects that transform the lives of almost 300,000 children and young people every year. They believe they can bring out the best in every child regardless of the issues they face. Their work supports children living in poverty, children that have been sexually exploited, children living with a disability, children living with domestic violence, and young carers who look after an ill parent or relative.

As the Individual Giving Manager, you will be responsible for driving individual giving growth through the retention and stewardship of regular givers and individuals. You will also work with the Senior Individual Giving Manager to support the delivery of individual giving strategy, and using insights to create informed decisions to increase loyalty with regular donors. Joining an established team of six, you will work collaboratively and contribute to a seven-figure team income target. With several exciting campaigns planned throughout the year, this role will oversee telemarketing, direct marketing, digital, DRTV, raffles, and weekly lottery campaigns.

The successful candidate will have proven experience in individual giving fundraising and be confident in delivering a range of individual giving campaigns and developing strategies. You will also have previous budget management experience and be confident collaborating with a small team. You will have good knowledge of individual giving trends and be able to use audience insights to make strategic decisions to encourage income growth and donor loyalty.

We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know whether you require any reasonable adjustments for any part of the recruitment process, we are committed to ensuring that all interested candidates are able to apply. Barnardo's is committed to building an inclusive workplace and welcomes all new employees to be part of this important journey.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. Please in the first instance share an up-to-date CV with us and should your experience be suitable, we will look to arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You will then have all the information you need to finalise your formal application. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

The role will lead the development and management of Severn Hospice Individual Giving programmes and activities including; legacies, in memoriam giving, regular giving, general donations, and appeals, increasing income from these sources.  The key skills for this role are having excellent communication skills and empathy, together with an ability to plan and organise numerous projects and campaigns at the same time, along with a strategic overview of the key income streams within this role, the Individual Giving Manager is a team player who is also capable of working independently when required.

The Individual Giving Manager will develop relationships with new and existing supporters to raise the profile of Severn Hospice locally.  Ensuring all donors are stewarded with effective donor pathways to maximise income and lifetime value, budgetary management and exceptional communications skills are all important parts of this post. The job demands enough knowledge, experience, and judgement to be able to carry out key responsibilities without constant supervision but also to know when decisions need to be escalated to a more senior level.

Principal responsibilities:

• Regularly review, analyse and evaluate all Individual Giving activity undertaken to help to ensure targets are met and supporter engagement is effective.
• Initiate, research and present new fundraising ideas, assessing their feasibility and income generation potential against likely expenditure including staff time.
• To promote and market Individual Giving using a sensitive and professional approach.
• Assist the Director of Income Generation and the Head of Fundraising with preparing the annual budget and forecasts for Individual Giving income and report regularly on performance against targets.
• Achieve the annual strategy and income targets agreed for all areas of Individual Giving.
• To monitor and feedback regarding Individual Giving trends and ensure continual growth in Individual Giving to Severn Hospice is in line with national trends.
• Working with colleagues in Communications and any external agencies, contribute to the marketing and promotion of Individual Giving to develop creative, innovative and targeted fundraising campaigns, to engage new and existing supporters and maximise all fundraising opportunities.
• Develop a detailed understanding of Severn Hospice and all of its services and give presentations, talks and pitches to a variety of audiences, both within the hospice and externally in order to increase awareness of Severn Hospice and generate support for our cause.
• Carry out effective communication to increase supporter engagement and retention, focusing on excellent supporter stewardship at all times.
• Work closely with Income Generation colleagues to increase levels of supporter engagement and stewardship, to maximise the donor journey.
• Work with the wider hospice team to maximise income generation opportunities
• Ensure all regulatory and legal requirements and best practice are followed at all times.
• Update and maintain records contemporaneously on ThankQ database in line with procedures set out by the CRM Officer.
• Report any complaints received to the Head of Fundraising in a timely manner.

This job description is intended as a guide to the range of duties covered and should not be regarded as inflexible. There is a mutual obligation to modify the description when changes in the work situation occur.

Supplementary information

All new hospice employees are on a six-month probationary period.

In accordance with Severn Hospice’s Health & Safety Policy all employed persons while at work are required by Section 7 of the Health & Safety at Work Act to take reasonable care of their own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.

All employees are required to participate in the hospice’s appraisal process.

The role is primarily based at our Telford Hospice with some travel between hospice sites and out in the local area.

Person specification:

The candidate must demonstrate, with examples and evidence, that they meet the criteria outlined below

Essential: 

• Good level of education – minimum A Level standard or equivalent
• GCSEs in Maths and English

Desirable: 

• Institute of Fundraising Certificate and/or Diploma

Experience and Abilities - Essential:

• Proven experience in a similar role or strong transferable skills
• Experience of developing propositions and asks
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Demonstrable experience of identifying and securing new support from a variety of sources
• Demonstrable experience of communicating clearly and positively with a range of audiences and developing and implementing donor pathways and /or stewardship plans
• Working with and understanding detailed budgets, operational plans, strategies and financial reports
• Demonstrable powers of persuasion
• Ability to think strategically and contribute effectively to business planning

Desirable:

• Experience of working in the charity sector
• Experience of public speaking
• Experience of working with volunteers
• Developing operational and business plans and strategies

Skills & Knowledge - Essential

• Proficient IT skills including MS Office
• Exceptionally organised with excellent time management and planning skills, able to work to deadlines and hold others to deadlines.
• High level communication and presentation skills
• Understanding the principles of marketing/PR
• Conscientious and meticulous approach to accurate and timely record keeping
• Ability to use data to make informed decisions
• Knowledge and understanding of data protection, fundraising legislation and relevant codes of practice

Desirable:

• Understanding of the work of Severn Hospice
• Previous experience of using a supporter database and / or knowledge of ThankQ CRM database
• Knowledge of the Severn Hospice catchment area
• Legacy admin experience

Personal Qualities, Aptitudes and Attributes - Essential

• Passion and empathy for the cause and our supporters. Self-motivated and willing to take on new challenges
• Committed to building good relationships, with staff, volunteers and supporters
• Practical, flexible and calm under pressure
• Creativity, thinking outside the box
• A proactive ‘go-getter’ with a ‘can-do’ attitude
• People person who understands customer care
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Professional attitude and appearance at all times

Desirable: 

• Good sense of humour
• Empathy with bereaved and ability to handle emotionally charged situations.

Other requirements

• Willingness to work outside agreed hours occassionally
• Willingness to train and learn new skills
• Driving license and own car

Prospectus is delighted to be supporting our client in its search for a Senior Individual Giving Manager (12-Month FTC) to join their supportive and ambitious development team.

This organisation is the UK's largest arts centre and one of the UK's top five visitor attractions. It exists to present great cultural experiences that bring people together, creating a space for artists to create and present their best work. They look to take people out of the everyday, every day. Stretching back to 1951, this organisation has a site has an extraordinary creative history, made up of the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, and Hayward Gallery, as well as being home to the National Poetry Library and the Arts Council collection.

As the Senior Individual Giving Manager, you will take a leading role in developing and delivering the individual giving fundraising strategy. Managing a team of three including, an Individual Giving Manager, Membership Executive, and Individual Giving Officer, you will motivate the team to ensure excellent supporter stewardship and create engaging campaigns using audience insights. With three clear products to engage supporters with, this role will ensure the retention and acquisition of regular givers and individuals capable of giving four-figure gifts each year.

To be successful as the Senior Individual Giving Manager, you will have previous experience in delivering individual giving campaigns and strategies. You will also have a strong understanding of how to use audience insights to inform campaign decisions and strategy. This person will also have had some previous line management and be comfortable working with fundraising CRM systems. Ideally, this person will also have some knowledge of digital fundraising trends and campaigns.

This role is a full-time 12-month contract position that will have hybrid working of 2-3 days per week in their London offices and offers a salary of £40,000 to £45,000.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply. If you have any disability and would like assistance with completing an application then please contact Rhiannon Mehta at Prospectus.

If you are interested in applying to this Senior Individual Giving Manager position, please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

Do you have a solid track record in raising funds from individuals through giving/membership based schemes and campaigns? Have you produced a step change in donor numbers and income and seeking your next challenge?  We have the role for you!

You will be leading on the relaunch of our main supporter scheme, devising public fundraising appeals, planning supporter events and cultivating donors to the highest giving level, managing our work with our fundraising volunteers as well as grant applications and funding bids.

About us

Earth Trust is an environmental learning charity with 40 years’ experience in caring for and inspiring others with green spaces. We believe that connection to nature can catalyse action to protect the environment, as well as provide vital mental and physical wellbeing benefits for people.

Together with our supporters, Earth Trust is the guardian of some extremely special and inspiring places full of nature and heritage. We care for 500 hectares of woodland, farmland, wildflower meadows and wetlands, which receive 200,000 visits a year.

We use these amazing places to engage and inspire people and to demonstrate nature-based solutions to climate, biodiversity and public health crises, that we hope others will take and use elsewhere. We work to champion access to green space for everyone, deepen engagement with nature, and share our learnings about managing land in a way that is gentle on the earth.
 

The Role

As the Individual Giving Manager, you will ensure significant growth to our income through increasing individual giving activities and results.

Specifically, you will work across a variety of income streams to attract and deepen our supporter relationships, providing excellent stewardship throughout their supporter journey.

Segmenting our supporter database, you will develop strategies for targeted customer communication journeys to maximise support and income frequency.

In line with these activities, you will manage an annual public fundraising calendar to support oversight of campaigns from concept to implementation and post-appeal analysis.

About You

To be considered as the Individual Giving Manager, you will need:

- Experience of generating a step-change in income and supporter numbers for an annual membership scheme
- Experience of developing growth based annual giving appeals
- Experience of generating income through cultivating support from donors, supporters and volunteers
- Experience of CRM usage and record management
- Experience of making data selections and undertaking data analysis
- Experience of relationship development and networking
- Experience of project management and delivery of objectives for relationships with ‘mass’ audiences
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Knowledge of charity legislation and best practice guidelines for charitable fundraising activity

Pay & Benefits
- Salary of £32,000 - £34,000 pro rata
- 23 days’ holiday pro rata
- Pension Scheme
- Volunteering opportunities
- Onsite parking

Individual Giving Manager
Children's Charity, Central London
£35,000

Our client is a leading national children's health organisation who are dedicated to supporting children with severe illnesses. With an excellent reputation, their conduct pioneering research and campaign to raise awareness.

We at Charity People are delighted to be partnering with this wonderful Charity to recruit an Individual Giving Manager. In what could be a career defining role, you will lead on the development and management of Individual Giving programmes and activities including; cash appeals, raffles, regular giving, digital acquisition & retention, supporter experience, legacy and in-memory giving working to reach the Individual Giving Team's income target. This role involves line management of two Individual Giving Officers.

We are looking for someone with strong experience in either marketing, direct marketing, individual giving and fundraising. You will have excellent project management experience including planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of campaigns, along with experience of managing external suppliers and agencies. We are happy to welcome applications from candidates from both the charity sector and the commercial sector.

Charity People are managing all applications for this role; interested applicants should send their CV in the first instance.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Bone Cancer Research Trust (BCRT) has one simple vision… a world where primary bone cancer is cured.

Do you want to join this leading charity and become part of the team that is fighting primary bone cancer and making a difference through research, information, awareness and support? If so, read on to find out more about the role that you could play in saving lives across the UK.

We are looking for an Individual Giving Manager to join the ambitious, growing and successful fundraising team at BCRT.

The Role

This is an exciting new opportunity to develop and deliver an annual programme of activity across all aspects of Individual Giving to attract new supporters, develop existing supporters and nurture them on a path towards Legacy giving. You will be required to:

• Develop and implement a multi-channel Individual Giving programme, comprising of direct marketing campaigns, appeals and stewardship communications.
• Work with the Database & Supporter Care team to analyse and segment the supporter base, developing appropriate supporter journeys and propositions that elicit increased giving and engagement.
• Prepare and manage the Individual Giving annual income and expenditure budget and prepare quarterly forecasts and monthly reports
• Oversee and manage all aspects of appeals, from creative brief, copywriting, print and fulfilment management through to digital promotional and thanking
• Develop a pipeline of Legacy giving, introducing Legacy-specific materials, campaigns, and messaging.
• Manage in memoriam and digital birthday fundraising – developing an onward supporter journey to encourage repeat giving.

The Person

We are looking for creative, energetic and imaginative fundraisers with a flair for creative writing and an ability to influence others! Ideally you will come to us with 2 years’ experience in a similar role, and knowledge and understanding of Legacy and Individual Giving fundraising. Perhaps most importantly, you should be a self-motivated team player with a shared passion for the work of Bone Cancer Research Trust.

This is a truly unique and exciting opportunity to join a flexible organisation who puts the wellbeing of its staff at the core. The role will be a blend of homeworking, office-working (Leeds) and travel across the region. By joining the BCRT you will become part of an ambitious team and creative culture with big aspirations and an exciting future ahead!

To register your interest please apply here, or for more information contact Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons.

Please note: If you would like to submit an application or express your interest in an alternative format, such as audio or video upload, please contact either Charlie or Leanne who will be happy to advise on this.

Please also be aware that Charity Horizons use anonymous recruitment methods when submitting shortlists for all our roles and we only work with organisations that are happy to engage with us in this way.

Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition and pregnancy.

Do you imagine yourself developing and managing inspiring individual giving fundraising programmes for a leading human rights charity? Do you want to use your skills and experience to raise significant unrestricted income that supports LGBTQ+ people and communities? Are you creative in your thinking about how to generate new ways to engage support and increase giving to Europe's largest LGBTQ+ charity? If this is you, then apply to join our client as an Individual Giving Manager.

Our client is a human rights charity. They stand for lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, questioning and ace (LGBTQ+) people everywhere. They imagine a world where all LGBTQ+ people are free to be themselves and they can live their lives to the full.

Over the last 30 years, they have helped create transformative change in the lives of LGBTQ+ people in the UK. Their campaigns drive positive change in public attitudes and public policy. They ensure LGBTQ+ people can thrive throughout their lives by building deep, sustained change programmes with the institutions that have the biggest impact on them, whether they're learning, working, praying or playing sport.

Individual Giving Manager Responsibilities

As Individual Giving Manager, you would be a key part of a team of driven, passionate people who are working together to deliver their Free to Be Strategy (2021-25). For this role they are looking for a dynamic, passionate, well-organised person who can bring a really good practical understanding of how to manage projects within budget and on time, work closely with people in many different teams, from many different backgrounds, inside and outside the business, to create brilliant experiences for existing and potential supporters and raise money.

Their people make up a vibrant, dynamic community. Their of staff have a personal investment in the work they do, and they come from a wide range of backgrounds. They're proud of this diversity, and of their support for one another – in their teams, their network groups, and their friendships.

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Location: Farringdon
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Salary: £36,442-£40,000 in London, £34,942-£38,500 outside London

Closing Date:8 June 2022

You may also have experience in following: Fundraising Manager, Individual Giving Manager, Donor Management, Fundraising, Fundraiser, Business Development, Senior Fundraising Officer, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, NFP, Not for Profit, Marketing Manager, Marketing Coordinator, Direct Marketing, etc.

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St George's Hospital Charity is an NHS charity that works across south west London supporting tens of thousands of patients, staff, and communities. As the star of “24 Hours in A&E,” the St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the best-known hospital trusts in Britain. St George's Hospital is also one of the country's largest teaching hospitals, with an international reputation for quality care and innovative treatment.

St George's Hospital Charity seek an experienced Individual Giving Manager to lead, in line with the charity's strategy, the development and implementation of a robust individual giving programme. You will evolve the current foundational work in the individual giving function and will have overall responsibility for delivering campaigns and reaching targets. You will work also peers in other fundraising disciplines and the excellent Director of Fundraising and Communications to ensure there is adequate resource and planning for fantastic individual giving campaigns to launch and be successful.

The selected candidate will have a proven track record in a range of individual giving channels and will have demonstrable experience of delivering a multi-channel direct marketing programmes. You will ideally have experience specifically in face to face fundraising and digital fundraising and will excel in an environment with lots of creative colleagues and new opportunities for fundraising success. Reporting to the Director of Fundraising and Communications, you will ideally have the ability to develop complex financials models and forecasts and enjoy working within an NHS charity setting.

If you have any disability and would like assistance with completing an application then please contact Ryan Burdock at Prospectus.

If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application. In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to speaking with you soon.

The Talent Set are excited to be working with Tommy’s to find their new Individual Giving Manager.

Tommy’s is the largest charity funding research into the causes of miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth. Providing information and support for parents-to-be to help them have a healthy pregnancy and baby.

We are looking for a highly skilled fundraiser to join Tommy’s ambitious Fundraising team and play a key role in our new Individual Giving & Engagement team. You will be part of a Fundraising team covering Individual Giving & Engagement, Trusts & Statutory, Philanthropy, Corporate Partnerships, Sporting Events, Community Events and Data.

*Tommy’s have a highly flexible working policy in place, asking people to be in their London office a minimum of 2 days per week*

Key responsibilities include:

• Planning – Work with the Head of to produce annual plans, budgets and KPIs for Individual Giving income generation including acquisition (cash appeals, regular giving, Facebook fundraising, Payroll Giving, Legacies, in memory) and retention (cash appeals, stewardship journeys). Contribute to overall Individual Giving & Engagement strategy and team development.
  
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  • Manage the ‘always on’ digital individual giving activity.
  • Develop and deliver approximately quarterly regular giving and single gift campaigns using primarily digital channels to recruit, retain and upgrade supporters.
  • Ensure Individual Giving content is effective and up to date on all Tommy’s communication channels.
  • Work with marketing department to align fundraising activity with brand hero campaigns as appropriate.
• Stewardship – Together with the marketing team design, deliver and continually improve stewardship journeys for new and existing supporters that increase average values and long-term support.
• Legacy gifts – Be the first point of contact for legacy pledgers. Set in place a legacy programme of activities and touchpoints involving internal and external stakeholders.
• In memory gifts – work with the wider fundraising and marketing teams to develop in memory giving products and journeys.
• Payroll giving – Manage payroll giving agencies and all marketing collateral and administration to optimise income generation and profitability derived from this activity.
• Innovation & Product Development - Manage a continuous cycle of testing new channels and individual giving products, based on audience insight and sector trends
• External relationships –Negotiate contracts and account manage suppliers/agencies to maximise value and ROI for services and campaigns; ensure SLAs are met by suppliers/agencies and monitor their adherence to compliance and best practice to protect supporters and mitigate risks to the charity’s reputation.
• Internal relationships –Brief internal stakeholders on Individual Giving campaigns to ensure effective finance, data, supporter care and communications processes are followed. Identify opportunities to cross-sell Individual Giving campaigns across all existing audiences.

We are looking for someone with experience of:

• Income generation from Individual Giving campaigns (acquisition and/or retention) across a variety of offline and digital channels (3 year minimum)
• Developing campaigns (internally and/or with agencies)
• Matrix managing campaigns and objectives with internal and external stakeholders
• Developing and evaluating acquisition or retention campaigns and activity across a variety of offline and digital channels
• Project management to deliver acquisition or retention campaigns within agreed timescales and budgets
• Developing and delivering effective stewardship journeys for multiple audiences

Please apply as soon as possible to be considered, Heather Burch at The Talent Set will be conducting initial (informal) interviews ahead of shortlisting and will be able to provide further information on the role and interview process.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.

Please note any third-party CVs submitted to Tommy’s will be redirected to The Talent Set for review.

Prospectus are delighted to be supporting St James's Church Piccadilly in their search for a Major Gifts & Individual Giving Manager.

St James's is a lively, inclusive parish church in central London which draws together a diverse set of activities, projections and aspirations. St James's is at an important moment in its 337year history, they are beginning a new chapter with a major building project ('The Wren Project') which was launched towards the end of last year. They are also developing an events and advocacy programme which will involve the curation of impactful experimental events, open to people of all faiths or none.

The Major Gifts & Individual Giving Manager will work with the Director of Development to develop a major individual giving programme and with helping to raise £16 million for their capital fundraising campaign, The Wren Project. This project is a scheme to restore and rejuvenate the Grade I listed church and site, and to develop new social enterprise partnerships on site.

To be successful you will have worked within a successful fundraising team and have experience of helping develop major individual giving programmes and ideally have played a significant role in an individual giving programme. The ideal candidate will be a skilled relationship builder, with good analytical, numerical and project management skills. A can-do attitude and high levels of enthusiasm is a must!

Whilst the post holder needs be able to demonstrate sympathy with St James's ethos and values, they do not need to be a person of Christian faith themselves.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply.

If you are interested in applying to this position, please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home has been supporting pets and their owners throughout east and central Scotland since 1883. Over the last 139 years, legacy and individual giving have been the backbone of ensuring we can mobilise support from our local communities to continue the successful running of our charity.

We are currently recruiting for an Individual Giving and Legacy Manager to join us on a one year contract, working alongside our existing IG and Legacy Manager to grow these income streams, support new projects and also cover their maternity leave for around six months.

This role sits within our fundraising and communications department, who help to generate over £2 million every year to run Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home. As our charity directly supports pets and their owners, many of our events are pet friendly and we work with office dogs, therefore you must be happy to work in an environment where you will be in direct contact with animals.

To apply for this role please download the job description and application form and submit by midnight on Monday 13 June 2022.

Please note, interviews will be held on Tuesday 21 June.

We are looking for an Individual Giving Officer to join our passionate and high-performing Individual Giving team at Friends of the Earth.

You’ll be an Individual Giving Officer with good knowledge of direct marketing, experience of seizing opportunities to develop products and nurturing audiences using a range of channels including digital, print and telemarketing.

Friends of the Earth has big goals this year to ensure a green and fair recovery from the pandemic so that we can build a fairer, more sustainable world for all, as well as continuing our vital wider campaigning work. As an Individual Giving team, we’ve got really ambitious plans to fulfil those goals, and we need fundraisers who are passionate about fighting for people and our planet to help us achieve them. This role will be key to ensuring we successfully diversify our channels and audiences to meet our organisational objectives. 

Key Skills and Attributes: 

You’ll have a proactive and opportunistic mindset, ready to deliver our core individual programme whilst thinking of new ideas that could energise supporters so they join us in protecting people and planet.

You’ll be confident in developing strong relationships with colleagues and suppliers, you’ll have delivered successful and compelling direct marketing campaigns from start to finish, ideally including telemarketing, print and digital. You’ll also be familiar with fundraising databases, contributing to strategy discussions, managing budgets, and drawing insight and learnings from data to make your campaigns more successful.  

The team: 

The role is in the supportive and friendly Individual Giving (IG) team, which sits within the Fundraising directorate. The IG team consists of nine roles: 

Our Individual Giving programme covers a diverse range of activities and direct marketing tactics. This includes Supporter Recruitment activity such as paid social, inserts and conversion emails as well as a testing programme for new activity. Our Supporter Experience programme includes cash appeals, upgrade, reactivation, supporter magazines, a supporter panel, e-appeals and retention activity. The programme has evolved hugely over the past few years, with a big increase in our digital activity and collaboration with teams across the organisation (including campaigns, marketing, creative and digital) to create compelling and integrated plans.  

Each Individual Giving Officer will manage a selection of projects across both our recruitment, experience, innovation and legacy programmes, with project rotations on an annual basis as agreed across the team. 

Closing date: 26 June 2022

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant organisational culture. 

Friends of the Earth is committed to equal opportunities and to continuously learning how to increase the diversity of our people. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons and encourage applications from people currently underrepresented in the environment movement and on our staff, including women in senior leadership positions, people of colour, disabled people and LGBTQI+ people.  

Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all. 

There are currently over 900,000 people living with dementia in the UK, and this is expected to increase to one million by 2025, and 1.4 million by 2040.

The Senior Individual Giving Executive works within the IG, Legacy and In Memory team, helping to play a key role in developing and delivering an inspirational and fundraising-focused Individual Giving programme to ensure Dementia UK nurses, called Admiral Nurses, can continue to provide life-changing support for families affected by all forms of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.

As Senior Individual Giving Executive, you will develop, deliver and manage acquisition, engagement and retention campaigns across a portfolio of income-generating products including our cash appeals, regular giving, digital fundraising, lottery and supporter magazine. 

You will bring your fundraising skills and experience - particularly in direct mail, digital fundraising and campaign management - to develop and monitor multi-channel marketing campaigns; create insight-led and audience-focused content; deliver effective and rewarding supporter journeys and measure the impact and success of campaigns with KPI reporting and evaluation.