Fundraising Officer

You will be responsible for supporting Women and Children First to achieve its income targets in order to support its vital work around the work. 

The role will have a particular focus on fundraising from smaller trusts and foundations, writing proposals for unrestricted and restricted fundraising opportunities, and will additionally provide support to other areas of our fundraising and communications work.

You will have responsibility for managing existing relationships and raising additional income from our database of trusts and foundations, primarily in the UK. Supported by the Head of Fundraising and Communications, you will make a significant contribution to growing our network of active support from trusts and foundations.

Your work will also encompass other areas of fundraising, including researching and scoping out potential corporate partnerships, developing compelling propositions for mid-value and major donors, and supporting our Community and Events fundraising activities, including our runners and our regular comedy show evening.

An ambitious self-starter, you will have knowledge across fundraising, including working with trusts and foundations.

Your attributes will include having a strong commitment to the work of Women and Children First coupled with diligence, creativity, enthusiasm, and a self-starting nature.

Driven and self-motivated, you will ideally have a track record of successfully securing trust and foundation funding and experience, preferably working in the health and international development field. More important is to be an excellent writer and researcher, experienced at structuring persuasive cases for support, helping deliver the right ask at the right time.

You will enjoy working autonomously and as part of a team and will be comfortable with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders.

What’s more, you will have outstanding relationship building skills, the ability to communicate complex messages and an exceptional eye for detail. An ambitious and confident approach and the ability to quickly gain the respect of others will be critical to success in this role.

You will have an appetite to learn and develop and be keen to play a substantial role in driving the performance of Women and Children First.

In return, Women and Children First offer the following benefits:

- A values driven organisation
- 25 days holiday pro rata, plus bank/public holidays
- 10% employer pension contribution
- Funding for professional development
- Flexible working hours
- Hybrid home/office working options
- Sabbatical opportunities
- Team social events

This role is 0.6 FTE (21 hrs per week). Flexible arrangements are considered and actively welcomed around our core hours, 10am-4pm Mon-Fri. The role is hybrid, with 1 day a week (Wednesday) in our London office. We can consider home-based working arrangements: home-based workers would travel to our office about once a quarter.

Women and Children First recognises diversity and inclusion are a source of strength in achieving our mission.

We therefore welcome everyone, trusting what makes us different brings creativity, styles, and experiences to help us collectively do our best work. That’s regardless of your gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, and cultural identity.

We especially welcome those from under-represented groups in the charity sector.