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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Digital Fundraising Assistant
£115.86 per day + £19.22 daily holiday pay (PAYE) | 4-Month Contract | Remote (UK-based)
The Talent Set is delighted to be working with a respected UK charity to recruit a Digital Fundraising Assistant.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy fundraising team, supporting the delivery of engaging digital fundraising campaigns and providing an excellent experience for supporters. You'll play a key role in helping to deliver digital fundraising activity, managing supporter communications and ensuring campaigns run smoothly from start to finish.
The Role
As the Digital Fundraising Assistant, you will:
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Support the planning, delivery and administration of digital fundraising campaigns and virtual fundraising activities.
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Help manage supporter communications across email, social media and other digital channels.
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Create and schedule engaging digital content to promote fundraising campaigns and encourage participation.
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Provide excellent supporter care, responding to fundraising enquiries and ensuring supporters feel valued throughout their journey.
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Assist with digital marketing activity, monitoring campaign performance and identifying opportunities to improve engagement.
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Maintain and update supporter records within the CRM, ensuring accurate data management.
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Coordinate fundraising resources, supporter packs and recognition materials where required.
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Support relationships with internal teams, volunteers and external partners to ensure campaigns are delivered successfully.
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Assist with financial administration, including processing invoices and tracking expenditure.
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Keep up to date with digital fundraising trends and contribute new ideas to enhance future campaigns.
About You
To be successful in this role, you'll have:
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Experience supporting fundraising, marketing or digital campaigns, ideally within the charity sector.
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An understanding of digital fundraising and supporter engagement.
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Excellent written communication and copywriting skills.
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Experience managing social media content across a range of platforms.
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Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
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Excellent attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem solving.
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Experience using CRM systems and maintaining accurate supporter data.
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A collaborative approach and a passion for delivering excellent supporter experiences.
What's on Offer
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£115.86 per day plus £19.22 daily holiday pay (PAYE).
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4-month contract.
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Fully remote working (UK-based).
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The opportunity to join a collaborative and supportive fundraising team.
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The chance to contribute to meaningful work within a respected UK charity.
How to Apply
To apply, please submit your CV by clicking the "Apply Now" button.
The Process
If your experience aligns with what we're looking for, a member of our team will be in contact to discuss the role with you in more detail before presenting your profile to the client. We will also ensure that all applicants receive an email to inform them of the outcome of their application.
To avoid any potential delays or your application being missed, please apply solely via the "Apply Now" button.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
The Talent Set are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability, or age. We actively encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds and are always happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.
Thank you!
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
This is a new role within the Individual Giving team, supporting our ambition to grow and develop unrestricted income. The Fundraising Assistant will help plan and deliver high-quality print and digital communications that recruit new supporters, engage existing donors, and promote a range of ways to give, including regular giving, gifts in Wills, and DIY fundraising.
Working closely with colleagues across Individual Giving and the wider organisation, you will gain hands-on experience of a broad range of fundraising and marketing techniques. You will support the delivery of fundraising activity while contributing ideas that help shape future Individual Giving approaches, improve supporter experience, and maximise long-term giving.
This role is ideal for someone looking to build a career in fundraising, with opportunities to develop skills across campaigns, communications, events, and supporter stewardship
About you
Experience / Qualifications:
· Educated to degree level or able to demonstrate relevant transferable experience in fundraising, marketing, communications, administration or a related field.
· Experience supporting projects or campaigns within fundraising, marketing, communications or events, either through paid employment, volunteering or placements.
· Experience working collaboratively as part of a team to deliver activities to agreed deadlines.
· Experience following administrative processes, managing multiple priorities and maintaining accurate records.
· Experience using Microsoft Office and confidence learning to use new systems and digital platforms. Experience of working with databases or CRM systems would be an advantage.
· An interest in fundraising, marketing and the charity sector, with a willingness to develop knowledge of Individual Giving.
Behaviours / Personal Attributes:
· Well organised and agile, able to manage competing priorities with appropriate support.
· Motivated and enthusiastic, with a proactive approach to learning and personal development.
· Collaborative and supportive, with the ability to work effectively across teams and with a range of colleagues.
· Friendly and professional, with a positive approach to building relationships.
· Curious, creative, and open to new ideas, with a willingness to contribute suggestions and learn from others.
Why join us?
The opportunity to work for an organisation that is taking practical action against poverty and the environmental crises to start the big changes the world urgently needs. A friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged colleagues, work life balance and flexible working – these are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.
In the UK, our open plan offices are located in the centre of Rugby and near to Rugby train station but we also offer free parking.
In addition, we offer the following benefits:
· Full time roles are contracted at 35 hours per week.
· It is our normal practice to operate a hybrid working policy, where flexible working hours are enabled as well as remote working.
· 27 days holiday rising with continuous service, in addition to public holidays
· Pension scheme - employer contributes 10.5% of salary and the employee contributes 5%.
· Enhanced family friendly policies, including maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave.
· Life assurance (3 x annual salary).
· Cycle to Work scheme
· Employee Assistance Programme – access to our Wellbeing platform
· Learning and Development Opportunities
· Sit / Stand desks available in our modern offices.
About us
We are a global community taking practical action against poverty and today’s environmental crises. Across Africa, Asia and Latin America we partner with people experiencing these challenges, especially those who are unheard and excluded. Our approach is to identify what works on a local level, then adapt and amplify it across different regions, countries and continents. All of Practical Action’s work is focused on two connected areas for action - livelihoods and climate resilience – and we’re working to deliver three big, global changes:
Big change on food – to sustain people and planet
Big change on energy – clean and accessible for everyone
Big change on climate risk – safer lives, stronger livelihoods
Registered Charity
101 - 500
Practical Action exists to change the systems that keep people in poverty and vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, nature loss and pollution.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.