You will be passionate about sharing USPG’s vision with a variety of existing and potential supporters.

Your role

• to increase engagement and gifts from churches currently supporting USPG; to engage new churches and supporters; and to re-engage churches whose support has lapsed.
• to increase engagement from individuals and recruit new individuals to become USPG supporters.
• to deliver fundraising appeals and campaigns ensuring that supporters go on a meaningful journey with USPG and become lifelong supporters
• to work closely with the with the wider Mission Engagement Team to ensure there are a growing number of engaged individuals and churches with an awareness of both fundraising and Mission Engagement activity

USPG is looking for someone with

• experience of managing fundraising or marketing campaigns and appeals
• ability to write compelling fundraising copy
• experience of managing a supporter CRM
• experience of and understanding of fundraising within the church context

You will be

• highly organised and efficient
• able to work in collaboration with a small staff team
• excited about engaging with a variety of supporters in order to help USPG achieve it’s mission

This appointment is subject to safer recruitment procedures, including an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Applications must be recieved by 9am on Friday 24 July 2020,  using our application form, CVs will not be accepted.

Interviews will take place on Thursday 30 and Friday 31 July 2020.

Fundraising Manager – Individuals

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust, taking the reins of Individual Giving fundraising.  This is your chance to join a passionate local charity that is committed to safeguarding the Severn Valley Railway.  In 2012 the Charitable Trust was established to help future proof this much loved major tourist attraction, and eight years on we have raised over £5million. We are now embarking on our next chapter, to raise £10million, would you like to come on board?

Overview

Post: Fundraising Manager, Individual Giving

Reporting to: Director of Development

Employer: Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust

Salary:  £30,000 to £35.000

Primary location: Number One, Comberton Place, Kidderminster

Hours: Part-time (30 hours)

Holiday: 31 days (inclusive of Public holidays)

Summary of Role

This is a fantastic opportunity to bring your proven fundraising experience in individual giving to this driven and passionate heritage charity. The Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust is a separate entity to the SVR Holdings Company who operate and run this much loved attraction.  The Trust’s focus is to help secure the future of the Severn Valley Railway through donations, grants and sponsorship.  This position is a hands on role and initially comes with line management of a part-time Fundraising Co-ordinator and 3 volunteers.  We envisage this area of the business growing as the successes of your initiatives are realised.  We have been extremely successful in our individual giving thus far, but it is time for a new experienced fundraiser to take it to the next level, focusing on both acquisition and retention, and building a stronger fundraising volunteer base to assist you in delivering your plans.  Your remit will involve a mix of fundraising techniques, including 1-2-1 fundraising to our high value donors.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Strategy and Planning

• To increase income generated from individual giving fundraising activities.
• To create and execute a donor acquisition and retention strategy.
• To manage the individual giving budget in line with objectives and KPIs, reporting to the Director on income and expenditure and highlighting variances in a timely manner.
• To test, monitor, evaluate and implement existing and new channels and key messages that allow two-way engagement with donors.
• To develop long term sustainable income through identifying the audiences, channels and messages that will maximise effectiveness and efficiency.
• To develop high quality supporter care including responsive and prompt donor care and stewardship and to support the Fundraising Co-ordinator to implement these.
• To develop a volunteer-led model of fundraising.

Direct Marketing

• To manage and deliver integrated online and offline campaigns.
• To manage the design, print and production of direct marketing activity, negotiating bought in services and ensuring invoices are in accordance with quotes.

Administration and Reporting

• To manage the Individual Giving budget and provide monthly updates to the Director.
  • To keep accurate and up to date records of all activities, using ThanksQ CRM database, extracting reports for the team as required, and maintaining high standards in customer care and record keeping.

Managing Relationships

• To provide management and guidance to the Fundraising Co-ordinator to ensure that KPIs and objectives are achieved and a clear personal development plan is in place.
• To build strong internal working relationships with colleagues and externally with supporters.
• To work with the SVR Holdings Marketing and Communications team to gain support and cross selling opportunities within the different SVR audiences.

Development

·To work with the Director to review the Trust’s CRM database and consider an Organisation wide CRM system.

Other

·Proactively ensure all materials produced are accurate and compliant with relevant GDPR protection and Gift Aid legislation.

·To undertake all activities in line with best practice standards and processes as set out by the Fundraising Code of Practice and industry regulatory bodies.

·To keep abreast of all developments in Individual Giving and ensure charity compliance.

·To contribute to the Fundraising Team’s strategic planning and budget process.

·To carry out any other tasks as reasonably requested.

·To actively implement the principles of Equality and Diversity.

Person Specification

Educated to degree level and / or an accredited fundraising qualification such as Certificate or Diploma in Fundraising.

Experience

• Developing and implementing an Individual Giving strategy.
• Managing and developing team members.
• Increasing income through donor acquisition and retention.
• Using a fundraising database to record data and extract intelligence accurately.
• Implementing donor segmentation, targeting and positioning strategy.
• Knowledge of a range of fundraising products, recruitment channels and engagement channels.
• Managing income and expenditure budgets.
• Presenting to internal and external stakeholders.

Skills and abilities

• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Able to engage audiences using a range of communication tools.
• Strong direct marketing skills; skilled at devising and delivering social media and print campaigns.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and to secure resources and support from colleagues in different business areas.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills; confident and personable with the ability to manage and build strong relationships with key individual donors and organisations.
• Strong organisation and time management skills. Able to plan / prioritise own work and meet agreed deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail and methodical approach to tasks.
• Competent use of MS Outlook, Excel, Word and the Internet.
• Strong numerical / budgeting skills.
• Strong data processing skills.
• Experience of social media campaign management.

Attitude and Personal Qualities

• Motivated, reliable and professional.
• Flexible, able and willing to respond to changing priorities.
• Strong team player with collaborative working style, who enjoys individual and team working.
• Willing to participate in all activities relevant to the role.
• Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends.
• Commitment to GDPR and Fundraising Code of Practice.
• Commitment to the principles of Equality and Diversity.

Be part of Team Rescue and work for a growing dynamic group of fundraisers and marketing professionals dedicated to rescuing animals from cruelty and suffering around the world.

We are looking for someone who can support our fundraising and marketing team and who likes to make things happen. This role would suit someone with specific experience in digital marketing, particularly social media marketing, and who is passionate about animal welfare and conservation.  We are committed to welcoming people from the widest possible diversity of background, culture and experience.

International Animal Rescue (IAR) is an award winning charity based in Uckfield, East Sussex, committed to animal welfare and conservation.  At IAR we do exactly what our name says: we save animals from suffering around the world. We rescue and rehabilitate orangutans in Indonesia, release bears in Armenia from caged captivity, treat injured howler monkeys in Costa Rica and care for dancing bears in India - and so much more. Whenever we can, we release rescued animals back into the wild; and when that's not possible, we give them a safe haven for life.

A national and well-established charity that provides services to vulnerable people are seeking an Individual Giving Officer on a permanent basis. The role is based in London and offers flexible working. This role is able to offer remote onboarding.

The role is responsible for large scale communications to a range of supporters. The role will be focusing on some of there most exciting income generating activities. The successful candidate will be managing direct marketing activity across different channels to help promote bespoke events & products. You will manage campaigns from planning, to implementation and evaluation.

To be successful in this role you will have experience working on fundraising initiatives/campaigns and have sound direct marketing skills (online and offline). You will have effective communication skills with excellent attention to detail. You will be competent at interpreting data to report on campaign results.

Closing date: 20th July

If you are interested in this role or wish to register with TPP to hear about future posts, please contact Patrick - patrick.du[email protected]

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

The brilliant Individual Supporters Team at Crisis plays a key role in our successful and innovative Fundraising Programme – raising in excess of £30m per year. The team is vital to the long-term income growth of the organisation, recruiting new individual supporters and increasing the engagement of existing supporters through an audience – led communications programme of diverse channels and products.

About the role
As Year Round Giving Manager, you will develop and deliver strategies informed by insight to achieve increasing levels of net income and lifetime value for the Individual Supporters Team, through year-round activities. This will be delivered in accordance with the organisation’s plans for growth in sustainable income from new and existing supporters, through a planned programme of targeted acquisition and retention activities.

About the role
As Year Round Giving Manager, you will develop and deliver strategies informed by insight to achieve increasing levels of net income and lifetime value for the Individual Supporters Team, through year-round activities. This will be delivered in accordance with the organisation’s plans for growth in sustainable income from new and existing supporters, through a planned programme of targeted acquisition and retention activities.

About you
To be successful in this role you will be comfortable working in a fast paced environment and have extensive experience of strategy and planning of large-scale direct marketing programmes including donor acquisition and retention programmes across a range of media. As well as a detailed knowledge of print production and mailing techniques.

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
• Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 25 days annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your on-going development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the 'Vacancy Details' button.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team, contact details can be found on our website.

Closing date: Sunday 26 July 2020 (23:59)

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

For more information about our work please visit our website.

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

Individual Giving Fundraiser

Salary Up to £26,000

37.5 hours per week

This is an exciting time to join Mountbatten Hampshire as we extend our services to more patients and their families throughout Hampshire and the surrounding area. To enhance our outstanding care services, we seek talented and committed people to join our fundraising team.  

About the Role

Review, manage, and increase sustainable income by developing supporter engagement and delivering individual campaigns. Successful candidate can demonstrate ability to:

• Deliver a schedule of planned fundraising and direct marketing activities to a high standard.
• Contribute to developing processes for accepting donations, ensure consistency, effective record keeping and supporter stewardship.
• Create a supporter journey to increase engagement across all areas of fundraising and the wider organisation to develop long-term supporter relationships.
• Manage multiple projects to deadlines and budgets.
• Work in accordance with the needs of the role to include weekends and evenings to support events.

About You

We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and experienced fundraiser; adept at developing and delivering fundraising activity from conception through to results analysis. Able to apply own initiative, take ownership of tasks, and contribute as a team player to achieve income targets.

What we can offer You

We offer a wide range of benefits to our employees including:

• Development and Training opportunities.
• Generous Annual Leave, Occupational Sickness and Maternity Benefit Schemes, subject to qualifying conditions.
• Pensions Schemes, including continuation of contributions to your NHS Pension scheme, subject to eligibility.

The post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check the cost of which is covered by the Hospice.

Location: Flexible, with one day a week in Birmingham

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £60-£65,000

The Canal & River Trust look after and bring to life 2,000 miles of our waterways, believing that life is better by water. The Trust is seeking a Head of Individual and Legacy Giving to develop and deliver their individual and legacy giving strategy to achieve income and donor targets.

Our canals and rivers have been critical over the last few months, providing a safe, accessible space on people’s doorsteps during the Covid-crisis for daily exercise. The Trust want to do much more in terms of delivering on health and wellbeing for local communities through our waterways, and fundraising will be key to that success.

The Head of Individual and Legacy Giving will lead the Trust’s individual giving programmes and develop existing and new propositions, products, audiences, channels and technology and will develop and deliver excellent supporter journeys that build long-term loyalty and value.

The role will lead a small, growing individual and legacy giving team and will act as an ambassador for Individual Giving throughout the Trust and to stakeholders across the country.

The Trust is looking for a confident, collaborative professional with strong interpersonal and people management skills and a track record of building, developing and managing teams of Indiviudal Giving, Legacy Giving and supporter development professionals.

You will have at least ten years of fundraising or consumer marketing experience and extensive experience of developing and implementing individual giving strategies and achieving significant results in increasing income and improving long-term supporter value. You will also have a strong track record in developing regular giving programmes and of direct marketing appeals as well as a thorough understanding of digital marketing approaches and techniques in a fundraising context. Finally, you will be a natural leader with a strategic mindset and a flair for innovation, with the drive and determination to success whilst respecting others.

For an informal conversation prior to applying to this role, please contact Anton Packheiser +44 (0) 7749 858597 or Suzie Spooner on +44 (0) 7960 932 315

THE SPITALFIELDS CRYPT TRUST

JOB DESCRIPTION

Post Title Individual Giving Manager

Responsible to Head of Fundraising and Communications

Purpose of Post To lead, review and drive forward the strategy to grow income from individual giving. Managing the recruitment and development of individual donors; maximising income through one-off and regular donations, payroll giving, warm mailings, and other donor development activities.   

Salary £19,800 - £21,000 (£33,000 - £35,000 FTE)

Hours 22.5 hours per week (3 days per week)

Location Haggerston
 

Please send a CV and a covering letter as your application.

Introduction:

Spitalfields Crypt Trust (SCT) is an East London charity providing practical help, support and training to people who have been homeless and suffering from addiction. It runs a homeless drop-in, a Recovery Hub (which includes an abstinence-based residential recovery hostel, a Primary Programme and a Training and Development Centre), two supported houses and two social enterprises supporting people into long term recovery from addiction and homelessness. Our integrative approach is based on the ‘Recovery Capital’ methodology and is a whole-person approach, which takes into account physical, cultural, social, human and spiritual factors and assets. Set up over 50 years ago, the charity was one of the first in the UK to provide shelter to homeless, alcoholic men.

In employment we actively seek to recruit people with a good combination of talent, skills and potential, promoting equality for all, and welcome applications from a wide range of candidates.  We select all candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications, experience and commitment to the values and purposes of the organisation. (Sources - Equal Opportunities Policy 2.2 (i) and (v)).  SCT is a growing organisation with opportunities for people with good motivational skills and high levels of initiative.

Role and Responsibilities:

The Individual Giving Manager is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships between SCT and individual supporters. The post holder will be responsible for identifying and maximising income through targeted communications and stewardship with potential and existing regular donors, high-value donors and patrons. They will also have line management responsibility for the Communications Officer who will be supporting the Individual Giving Manager to increase support from individuals alongside other organisational-wide tasks.

This will role will also include development of the mid level, Major donor and Legacy fundraising programmes.

At SCT the Fundraising and Communications Team works collaboratively to share ideas, knowledge, skills and experience to create a supportive culture. This is something we are proud of and believe enhances our success.

An excellent knowledge fundraising is essential together with the ability to inspire supporters to select SCT as their preferred charity.

INDIVIDUAL GIVING FUNDRAISING

• Develop and implement a strategy for Legacy, Individual, Mid level and Major Donor fundraising with the Head of Fundraising and Communications, adhering to agreed targets and plans
• Review and assess our existing supporters and produce solicitation plans depending on their giving potential.
• Work with the Communications Officer to plan and deliver a regular communications and engagements with individual supporters
• Own and manage the Etapestry database. Providing queries and reports for the team as needed, keeping abreast of improvements or developments with the system and ensuring that all relevant info is captured across the team.
• Maximise the value of current donors, offering different opportunities to engage with SCT.
• Recruit and develop committed givers, maximising income from this area, including encouraging lapsed donors to resume giving and upgrading gifts where appropriate
• Manage ongoing cold supporter recruitment
• Monitor the performance of all donor recruitment activities reporting to management and making recommendations for future investment
• Co-ordinate feedback and updates to committed and high value donors, ensuring that they are kept close to our work and continue to support us
• Work with and support a Fundraising Volunteer to achieve agreed fundraising targets
• Manage and organise relevant project information to support individual giving.
• Provide regular reports to Head of Fundraising and Communications on all fundraising activity, performance and income streams.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• To line manage the Communications Officer, ensuring they are meeting their objectives and directly supporting fundraising activities as well as their responsibilities for the wider organisational.
• To work with Head of Fundraising and Communications in developing new ideas for potential improvement or fundraising opportunities.
• Contribute to the targets and plans as agreed with the Head of Fundraising and Communications, whilst contributing to the planning process
• Maintain the security of sensitive personal and other confidential information
• Attend meetings and events as required, which may include some out of hours work
• Maintain a broad and detailed knowledge of the SCT’s services and funding needs
• Identifying own and other’s learning and development needs, liaising with the Head of Fundraising and Communications and attending training seminars, courses and study days as appropriate.
• Undertake such other reasonable duties that may be required from time to time

Person Specification

Essential

Desirable

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to influence/persuade a wide range of stakeholders, including through face to face meetings
• Excellent IT skills including MS Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
• Has proven successbuilding and  increasing income fromindividual giving programme with a range of donors, including regular givers and major donors
• Excellent writing and proof reading skills
• Strong analytical, problem solving skills and methodical research skills with the ability to think creatively and strategically

• Knowledge of the sector
• Knowledge of regulatory environment for fundraising from individuals including data protection, Gift Aid and fundraising codes of practice and regulation

Experience 

• Minimum 3-years experience working in fundraising
• Proven experience and a recent track record of success in raising funds from individuals, including major donors (£10,000+) and direct mailings (physical and/or electronic)
• Experience of developing presentations for clients
• Experience of consistently meeting or exceeding targets
• Experience of databases and audience segmentation and use of data analytics

• Experience of fundraising in the voluntary sector
• Experience of developing relationships in local community
• Experience of creation of budget / forecasting
• Experience of using eTapestry/Raiser’s Edge database
• Experience of working in an organisation supporting individuals with addiction issues

Cultural Indicators

Delivering Results

• Delivers great outcomes through our vision and strategy, effectively planning and meeting targets.
• Makes effective, data-driven decisions.

Role Model / Leading by Example

• Is an inspiring role model for others, building trust,living our Vision / Mission and principles and delivering our services accordingly.

Continual Improvements

• Consistently seeks to improve how we do things to achieve and Embraces change and innovation.

Effective Communication

• Communicates clearly effectively, and honestly. Listens to others and adapts communication to suit them.

One Team

• Works with others as one team, actively collaborating to achieve a shared vision. Building relationships across SCT, sharing information and expertise.

Individual Giving Manager
7 Month Contract
Start date ASAP
£42,700
Home Based initially (Charity based in Central London)

Fantastic opportunity to join this international charity to lead their highly successful direct marketing team. Working closely with the Head of team and managing a small team of three, the key focus will be planning and implementing the flagship multi-channel Christmas campaign.

We are looking for someone with extensive direct marketing experience across both recruitment and retention with a track record of success. You should have experience of working across a wide range of channels including mail, digital and DRTV and be comfortable working with creative, print and media agencies. The ideal candidate should be motivated, enthusiastic and able to work at both strategic and operational levels - this is a very 'hands-on' and busy role.

While primarily focused on their Christmas campaign, the Manager will also be responsible for smaller appeals in Autumn and January, managing and motivating three direct lines reports, reviewing results and strategy and inputting into 2021 planning.

This is an exciting opportunity to work for an award-winning individual giving team!

While the role is initially being offered as on a temporary basis, permanent Manager roles in the team will be advertised in the next few months.

Interested applicants should send their CV in the first instance to Ben Garner at Charity People at [email protected]

This new and exciting role at MRG has been created to incorporate individual giving fundraising into MRG’s fundraising strategy. By ‘individual giving’ we mean digital fundraising (through appeals and platforms), potentially direct mail (acquisition and retention) as well as legacy work and high-value fundraising from corporate partners and major donors.

This is a unique opportunity to develop and drive digital income through platforms and channels, embedding digital skills across our fundraising function, as well as using meaningful data and insights to drive positive change across digital fundraising activities.

As a strong digital all-rounder, you must have hands-on experience in a wide range of digital marketing channels and platforms, as well as the ability to translate stats into meaningful insights to influence change and drive action.

You will contribute to the design and delivery of a donor acquisition and retention programme, helping us understand and attract new, committed supporters who are inspired by our work. You will work to develop individual supporter journeys and donor retention.

You will lead on implementing individual giving campaigns including appeals launched by the organization or responding to external opportunities such as the BBC R4 appeal or Giving Tuesday. NB: MRG will be broadcasting a BBC R4 appeal at the end of October 2020 which you will help to prepare and maximize.

You will contribute to the development of the organization’s high value fundraising efforts targeting potential corporate and major donors.

Last but not least, you will develop a legacy strategy for the organization.

To apply, please fill in the application form and the equal opportunities form from our website and return them by 9am on Monday 6 July 2020.

We have an exciting role for a creative individual who enjoys testing new campaigns. This mental health organisation is now looking for an Individual Giving Manager to join them to support with their supporter communications, with a focus on digital fundraising.

This role will line manage a small team of two people and will lead on the individual giving strategy, the role will also oversee the website and comms.  It’s a great opportunity as it’s so important to get exposure to both of these areas in your IG career. You will also work across in-memory giving, meaning that you get plenty of variety and the opportunity to be really creative in the role.

You will have:

• Experience of working in direct marketing with good experience of using digital channels to acquire new donors


• A creative approach with experience of testing new campaigns


• Some line management experience


• An enthusiastic, positive and determined personality

Salary: £31,000 - £33,000

Closing date: 9^th July

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call me on 020 30 062787or email [email protected].

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we are experts in charity recruitment and excel at matching fundraisers to charity jobs. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically and supporting people to find their perfect fundraising jobs.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

Prospectus is pleased to be partnering the Children's Society to recruit their new Supporter Giving & Engagement Officer. Working tirelessly to support vulnerable children affected in England and Wales, this organisation fights for change with a mission to build a country where children are free from facing disadvantage. This is a permanent full time role paying £29,209 per annum to be based in their new office near Old Street making it an exciting time to join the team.

This key role works closely with the Supporter Giving and Engagement Manager contributing to the delivery of innovative and exciting multi-channel campaigns which deliver across all stages of the supporter life cycle. Highly personalised, the aim is to garner supporter through channels such as direct mail, email, social media, mobile and SMS encouraging supporters to engage in a wide range of activities such as fundraising, volunteering and campaigning.

A diverse and pivotal role, the post holder will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of direct marketing campaigns, the evaluation of results and with helping to develop and prioritise testing. Working with teams across the organisation and with a range of external agencies will be key to developing communication strategies to generate voluntary income and supporter action.

To be successful in this role, you will possess excellent project management capabilities, will be a strong communicator with superb oral and written skills along with a good grasp of numeracy and data analysis. Experience of delivering income generation communications in a business or charity is essential.

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 will then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to speaking with you soon.

Supporter Giving & Engagement Officer

Permanent contract

35 hours per week

£29,209 per annum / pro rata (plus allowances)

Benefits

Holidays:

28 days, rising to 30 days after 5 years, 32 after 10, 34 after 15 and 36 days after 20 years' service.

Pension:

Stakeholder pension scheme starting at 4% with company-matched employee contributions to a maximum of 8%.

Training and development:

Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities is available including courses, conferences and coaching/mentoring.

Death in service benefit:

Four times annual salary offered for all employees regardless of pension membership.

Discounted health scheme:

Simplyhealth cash plan covering e.g. dental, optical and chiropody etc at a 20% discounted rate.

Season ticket loan:

Interest free loan for an annual or quarterly season ticket for public transport to and from work.

Bicycle loan scheme:

Loans up to £1000 for bicycle purchase.

You Star:

Voluntary employee discount scheme offering a range of savings across groceries, fuel, clothing and holidays.

Family friendly policies:

Including Flexible Working, enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave.

Free 24hr confidential counselling service

Location

Whitecross Studios. 50 Banner Street, London EC1Y 8ST

The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 130 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.

This role sits within our Supporter Giving & Engagement department and works to raise vital funds to provide our services for children and young people. Your role will contribute to the delivery of multi-channel campaigns that are highly personalised and engage supporters in a wide range of activities including fundraising, volunteering, campaigning and spiritual engagement, to increase their life time value (LTV) a supportive supporter experience.

We are currently looking for an experienced fundraiser in direct and digital marketing to join our dynamic, ambitious team.

A key part of this role will be your proven ability to:

-Manage a programme of end to end campaign supporter facing communications, using insights, to budget and time.

-Be a strong communicator with; excellent written and oral skills, attention to detail, write, evaluate and proof-read audience and channel-specific copy, including copy writing to meet a brief.

-Display good numeracy and data analysis skills. Understanding of end-to-end data processes including segmentation, interpret data to spot trends & adjust fundraising activity to build learnings.

-Bring together internal and external stakeholders to deliver projects to meet objectives in a positive and cohesive way and to agreed SLA's.

The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

The closing date for applications is 11:59 on 10th of July.

Interviews will be held on 17th & 20th July.

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

Since the coronavirus outbreak began, our society has pulled together to achieve extraordinary things. Thousands of people sleeping rough have been temporarily housed in a matter of weeks, and many more were prevented from becoming homeless due to emergency changes to legislation.

As we begin to emerge from lockdown, we now stand at a crossroads: we can build on the incredible progress that has been made by helping everyone move into a secure and permanent home; or we risk seeing thousands of people being forced into homelessness.

We are recruiting for a Philanthropy Manager to join our expanding Partnerships and Philanthropy team, to work alongside our inspirational supporters and beneficiaries to bring an end to homelessness in Great Britain.

About the role
As Philanthropy Manager, you will lead on launching and growing our new philanthropy Giving Club. We are working with an excellent consultant now to design this new offer and the new post holder will take over the reins to establish this exciting new supporter journey. We have a well-established and loyal supporter audience already giving at this level and we want to provide them with an exceptional supporter experience, whilst also providing the engine room to grow our partnerships and philanthropy networks.

The philanthropy team have already grown income by 124% in recent years with a number of new team members in place, so now is a brilliant time to join now that we have clear plans in place for further growth, a great energy in the team and an incredibly urgent cause.

About you
To be successful in this role you will have

• Some experience of philanthropy fundraising, building strong relationships and securing gifts of 4 to 5 figures
• A natural flair for relationships and the ability to work equally well with a wide range of people
• Excellent communication skills, written, verbal and listening
• Knowledge of planning, monitoring and evaluating success in fundraising
• You will be a team player, with a flexible approach and the ability to collaborate well with others

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
• Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your on-going development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online. For the supporting statement section, please address how you meet points 1-5 of the person specification, which can be found on our website by clicking on the 'Vacancy Details' button.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team, contact details can be found on our website. 

Closing date: Tuesday 14 July (23:59)

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

For more information about our work and to see our work in action, please visit our website.

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094