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Job description

Are you ready to make a real impact every day? We're looking for a passionate and driven Fundraising Officer to join our dynamic Fundraising Team working from home, 37.5 hours a week.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in growing vital, non-statutory income for Victim Support across a range of fundraising streams, including legacies, corporate partnerships and trusts.

If you're someone who thrives on building relationships, developing compelling fundraising materials and working collaboratively to drive meaningful change for people affected by crime and trauma, then we want to hear from you.

What we offer

At Victim Support we believe in attracting and retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards and benefits package including:

  • Flexible Working Options: Including hybrid working.
  • Generous Annual Leave: 28 days plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 33 days plus Bank Holidays, with options to buy or sell annual leave.
  • Birthday Leave: An extra day off for your birthday.
  • Pension Plan: 5% employer contribution.
  • Enhanced Allowances: Enhanced sick pay, maternity, and paternity payments.
  • Exclusive Discounts: High Street, retail, holiday, gym, entertainment, and leisure discounts.
  • Financial Wellbeing: Access to our financial wellbeing hub and salary-deducted finance.
  • Wellbeing Support: Employee assistance programme and wellbeing support.
  • Inclusive Networks: Access to EDI networks and colleague cafes.
  • Sustainable Travel: Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loans.
  • Career Development: Ongoing training and support with opportunities for career progression.

About the role

In this role, you'll support and deliver fundraising activity across multiple income streams, with a particular focus on developing and growing income from legacies, corporate partnerships and trusts.

You'll build and manage relationships with prospective and existing supporters, develop high-quality applications and proposals, and contribute to effective supporter stewardship and engagement. You will play a key role in strengthening Victim Support's fundraising activity across the organisation, working collaboratively with colleagues and partners to maximise opportunities.

The role also involves supporting legacy fundraising activity, including responding to enquiries, stewarding pledgers and contributing to legacy marketing activity. Alongside this, you will support the development of corporate partnerships through prospect research, pitching, proposal writing and relationship building.

You'll ensure all activity is delivered in line with fundraising best practice, relevant legislation and organisational policies, while helping to embed a strong fundraising culture across Victim Support.

We're looking for someone who is proactive, organised and a strong communicator, with the confidence to build relationships and work both independently and as part of a team.

We're seeking candidates with the following competencies and attributes:

  • Experience of securing income or contributing to fundraising activity (e.g. legacies, corporate, trusts)
  • Excellent written skills, with the ability to develop clear, engaging and accurate fundraising content
  • Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence and engage a wide range of stakeholders
  • Ability to work independently, take initiative and manage competing priorities effectively
  • Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
  • Good research skills, with the ability to identify and assess funding opportunitie

If you're ready to take initiative and grow your career in a supportive, values-driven environment, we'd love to hear from you.

This role is home-based (within England and Wales) with some national travel and overnight stays.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

About Us

Victim Support is an independent charity dedicated to supporting people affected by crime and traumatic incidents in England and Wales. We put them at the heart of our organisation and our support and campaigns are informed and shaped by them and their experiences.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.

At Victim Support, we're proud to celebrate diversity and create a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We're committed to being an antiracist organisation, and we actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including those from Black and Asian and other minoritised communities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet all essential criteria for a job where it is practicable to do so. We are also happy to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment and selection process.

How to apply

To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date. If you have already registered & started an application, then we will contact you to advise of the amended closing date wherever possible.

Organisation
Victim Support View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size More than 1000
Posted on: 11 June 2026
Closing date: 09 July 2026 at 13:33
Job ref: 6805
Tags: Fundraising