Community Fundraiser
My Name’5 Doddie Foundation
At My Name’5 Doddie Foundation, we want to change the world. We believe motor neuron disease is not incurable. It’s just underfunded.
Building a community is at the heart of everything we do. Every conversation and every person has the potential to be a part of that community and bring us closer to a world free of MND.
This is the first time we have sought to recruit a fundraiser based outside Scotland. Alongside the other community fundraiser, you will work with supporters across the UK. We are keen to further grow our presence and visibility, and you will be a core part of this.
You will be a crucial part of a dynamic team, working closely with our Senior Development and Engagement Manager within the fundraising team. You will be a first point of contact for fundraising enquiries, build meaningful and lasting relationships and actively seek fundraising opportunities.
Our ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role or in a role focused on relationship building with fundraising, volunteering or events experience. You will have excellent communication and organisational skills, the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and be dedicated to improving people’s lives.
Job Description
- Alongside our other Community Fundraiser, the post holder will be the first point of contact for the Fundraising team. The broad responsibilities will be:
- Building and maintaining strong fundraising relationships
- Provide 1 to 1 support with our fundraisers and help them maximise the activities and continue that support throughout their stewardship so we retain their support.
- Help with the delivery and development of an exciting and busy events programme.
Key Responsibilities
People-focused
- Providing outstanding supporter care as the key contact for fundraising enquiries at the Foundation.
- Coaching and supporting fundraisers to ensure they can maximise their efforts and that they enjoy their experience.
- Building strong networks and relationships with supporters to increase long term repeat support.
- Ensuring Foundation stewardship processes are followed throughout the supporter journey.
- Attending events to represent My Name’5 Doddie Foundation.
- Support on larger special project events e.g Great North Run
Behind the scenes
- Working with our Fundraising Administrator help collating and sending fundraising packs, auction items and event materials.
- Maintaining the Foundation’s supporter database and keeping their details up to date.
- Maintaining the fundraising calendar of activities and tasks.
- Maintaining confidentiality of information, observing data protection laws, and adhering to fundraising code of practice at all times.
- Actively seek new fundraising opportunities across the UK.
- Work with the Senior Community, Volunteering and Events Manager to deliver annual operations plans.
- Support with other incomes streams including corporate fundraising, regular giving, legacy and in-memory. Along with our volunteer programme.
Skills and Experience
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate others
- Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office and online platforms
- Experience in a customer service
- Excellent inter-personal and communications skills
- Experience working in a busy and diverse team
- Effective at building relationships with people
- Ability to manage multiple tasks
- Ability to use own initiative
- Ability to manage time effectively
- Comfortable to work with minimal supervision, but as part of the fundraising team
- Professional and hard-working team with a positive and collaborative work ethic
- Driver’s licence and access to a car
- Desire to learn and develop a career in fundraising
Strongly Desirable
- Community Fundraising experience
- Experience working with volunteers
- Experience in engaging an audience.
- Experience using a customer database
- Awareness or understanding of motor neuron disease
Salary – £30k-£35k
Duration – Full-time – 2 years fixed term
Annual Leave – 25 days (plus 8 days bank holiday)
Working Hours – 37.5 hours per week. Some weekend work will be required.
Location – Home-based – In the Bristol/ Bath/ Cheltenham/ Gloucester
About My Name’5 Doddie Foundation
Our vision is a world free of MND. We will leave no stone unturned in the relentless pursuit of this goal as we fund, guide and enable the smartest, most efficient MND research to catalyse a cure for motor neuron disease.
Since we were founded in 2017, we have committed over £23.5 million to world class MND research, funding dozens of research projects across our four funding programmes. This is only possibly through the generosity and determination of our supporters.
Registered Charity
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We are My Name'5 Doddie Foundation and we're absolutely committed to our goal: A World Free of MND
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Company Description
Marie Curie is the UK’s leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness, they’re likely to die from.
Team and role overview
At Marie Curie, our Case for Support team plays a vital role in the delivery of our strategy and supporting fundraising growth, by creating compelling cases for support and innovative propositions for our highest-value campaigns. Working alongside passionate, purpose-driven professionals, you’ll help us maximize impact and create meaningful connections with our supporters.
As a Case for Support Lead, you will be instrumental in developing impactful narratives that resonate with our supporters and drive our mission forward. Your work will provide essential, up-to-date information about our clinical services, research and policy work. This will support all fundraising teams to build accurate and inspiring fundraising campaigns. By identifying funding opportunities and crafting tailored cases for support, you’ll ensure that our high-value fundraising teams continue to achieve transformational impact.
What you will be doing:
- Create compelling case for support narratives about all aspects of Marie Curie’s work, articulating the need, solution, and impact for various audiences.
- Collaborate with service, policy, and research teams to gain a deep understanding of their work and goals, gathering insights to support funding applications and campaigns.
- Work closely with high-value income streams, supporting Trusts & Foundations, Philanthropy and Corporate teams by coordinating with internal stakeholders to develop compelling propositions.
- Provide all fundraising teams with accurate, self-service information, including writing narratives and interpreting data.
- Delivery of online Discovery Sessions with fundraising teams to improve their understanding of our cause.
What we are looking for:
- Proven experience in fundraising, service delivery, cause-led communications, or evaluation work.
- Creative thinker with an independent, autonomous approach to work.
- Strong communication skills to inspire others and positively influence opinions, with the ability to gain respect at all levels and drive practical, meaningful change.
- Skilled at understanding and interpreting complex information and data and articulating it in a compelling way, both in writing and verbally.
- Excellent people skills with a proven ability to integrate quickly into complex organizations.
- Financial literacy with experience in interpreting budget information.
Please see the full job description
Additional Information
Application & Interview Process
- As part of your online application, you will be asked for a CV and supplementary details. Please review both the advert and job description and outline your most relevant skills, experience and knowledge for the role.
- Close date for applications but may close early: 2nd July 2026
- Interviews due to take place 9th and 13th July2026
** Important we encourage you to apply early as we may close the job advert sooner after receiving a sufficient number of suitable applications**.
Salary: £36,900 to £39,900
Contract:Permanent Full-Time 35 hours per week
Based: Remote based within the United Kingdom, occasional travel may be required travel costs covered
Benefits you’ll LOVE:
- Flexible working. We’re happy to discuss flexible working at the interview stage.
- 25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays)
- Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (we will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
- Loan schemes for bikes; computers and season tickets
- Continuous professional development opportunities.
- Industry-leading training programmes
- Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes
- Enhanced bereavement, family friendly and sickness benefits
- Access to Blue Light Card membership
- Subsidised Eye Care
At Marie Curie, our values are central to everything we do. They guide how we care for people, how we work together, and how we make decisions every day. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe for everyone — staff and volunteers alike — supportive, inclusive and rewarding. We take stringent steps to ensure that anyone who joins our organisation are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. We actively consider our impact on the planet, embedding sustainability into everyday decisions to create a lasting, positive difference for the individuals we care for and the world we share.
We believe everyone should have the opportunity to thrive and fulfil their potential. Marie Curie is deeply committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, recognising both the social justice imperative and the strength a diverse workforce brings. We actively encourage applications from people of all cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.
We are happy to make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. If you require any support, please contact us at .
Every application we receive is personally reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team, and in return, we ask that your application authentically reflects you — your experience, perspective and voice.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.