About the role:

The role of fundraising officer is a crucial one, engaging local communities to maximise income generation by developing a plan to gain more supporters, as well as developing and maintaining such relationships through effective communication, partnership working and stewardship.

You will provide fundraising and administrative support and will have a hands-on role within a busy fundraising team, focussing on supporting CRM activity, individual giving, stewardship, and events.

Duties of the role include, but are not limited to:

Develop an annual plan to maximise income from community fundraising and individual giving

Implement an ongoing campaign to attract, recruit and retain community fundraisers and individual givers

Maintain a research programme to identify and approach potential corporate partners and supporters

Ensure that all community fundraisers, supporters, corporate partners and event participants receive an excellent standard of customer care and feel that their contribution is recognised, valued and actively acknowledged to encourage and develop long term relationships

Develop and nurture relationships with all community fundraisers and supporters including providing support, advice and motivation to help ensure their fundraising is successful

Oversee and develop the charity’s events programme and recruit participants

Maintain accurate income and expenditure records for each event to ensure events are organised cost effectively and within agreed budget

Work with the PR and Marketing Team to develop fundraising materials suitable for the different target groups and that they are recognised on our social media channels

Person Specification:

Please note that this is not a fully exhaustive list

Essential:

A good general level of education including GCSE English and Maths

Experience of communicating with a wide range of individuals and organisations and across a variety of channels or media

Experience of using a fundraising or commercial CRM database

Experience of building supporter/customer relationships

Good IT skills including using word, excel and outlook packages

Desirable:

Experience of working in a charity or fundraising environment

An understanding of digital and social media channels

Basic understanding of fundraising regulations, data protection and best practice in capturing and recording data