Fundraising Lead

Are you an experienced and ambitious fundraiser who shares our values and passion to make life better for people with eczema? This exciting new role at National Eczema Society will lead our work building engagement and support from the UK eczema community. See below for the Fundraising Lead recruitment pack.

We are a relatively small and agile charity with big ambitions to grow our work. Our vision is a world free of eczema. Until that’s achieved, we’re fully committed to making life better for people with eczema and their families and put their needs first. We do this by providing information and advice, supporting eczema research, raising awareness and campaigning for better medical care. Around eight million children and adults have eczema in the UK, so lots of people look to our charity for hope and support!

Fundraising underpins all our work and is crucial to our success. As Fundraising Lead, you will be responsible for driving donations and supporter engagement using personal, story-led communications.

Some key responsibilities include:

• Managing individual giving activity – including regular giving, one-off donations and appeals and payroll giving

• Developing a supporter engagement programme – create a multi-channel communication programme to optimise supporter retention and deepen engagement

• Leading on supporter appeals – working with other function leads to ensure activity is integrated and optimised

• Managing challenge events – including promoting and allocating National Eczema Society Gold Bond places in key events

• General management – such as budgeting, planning, strategy development.

This is a great opportunity for ambitious fundraiser to take ownership of and drive the future direction of fundraising for National Eczema Society.

Benefits include

Salary – £40,000 per annum
Full-time, permanent role
Hybrid working – 2 days in the office, 3 from home
Office oocation – near London Bridge, in shared office space
Benefits: 28 days holiday, including 3 mandatory days over Christmas, plus bank holidays
Professional development opportunities

Application instructions:

If this role sounds like it’s right for you and you’d like to apply, please send us:

• An up-to-date CV outlining your employment history, academic and professional qualifications.
• A Supporting Statement (no more than two A4 pages please), explaining how you meet the criteria outlined in the Job Description and why you’re interested in leading on fundraising for National Eczema Society.
• Please email your CV and Supporting Statement to the email ID (by clicking) on 'How to Apply', to arrive by no later than 9am on Monday 3 March 2025.
• Do reach out to Andy Proctor, Chief Executive if you’d like an informal and confidential conversation about this position, via the above email address.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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