Calling all Nature Lovers – It's time to get out there and make a real difference to the world we live in! Our Membership Fundraisers are our ambassadors, and each one plays a vital role in what we do. 

We are currently looking for enthusiastic people to join our growing Face to Face Membership Fundraising team, to help us in our mission of giving nature a home. 

Membership Fundraisers
Location: South East England – Cambridge, Bedford, Luton or St Albans
Salary: £18,250.00 - £22,243.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance, 26 days annual leave

Nature is in big trouble and we need your help! 
 
The UK is among the most nature-depleted countries in the world. We now have a moral obligation to save nature and this is a view shared by the millions of supporters of conservation organisations across the UK. From now until 2030 we have some ambitious plans and targets - working together with our community of members and partners to collectively change the fate of nature, building upon our land ownership to help give nature a home. 

About the RSPB 

The RSPB is the largest nature conservation charity in the UK, consistently delivering successful conservation, forging powerful new partnerships with other organisations, and inspiring others to stand up and give nature the home it deserves. Around a third of the RSPB's funding comes from memberships, which allow us to continue all of our fantastic work - protecting and restoring the wild places nature depends on. 

About the role: 
 
The role involves travelling around your local area, setting up a stand, and engaging with members of the public. Whilst your primary role would be to recruit new members, you are also there to inspire, educate, and enthuse the public with a real passion for nature. In return we will offer a competitive, living wage, and working contracts to suit. This role would also benefit anyone who is looking to develop their sales and marketing skills and/or looking to develop a career in wildlife and conservation. 
 
Essential skills, knowledge and experience: 

• Enthusiasm and passion for saving nature; 
• Enjoy working outdoors - solo as well as part of a team; 
• A good story-teller and a confident communicator; 
• A resilience to rejection; 
• Experience in a customer-facing role; 
• Comfortable asking people for monthly donations; 
• A full, manual driving licence; 
• Access to the Microsoft Office suite at home; and 
• Willing to work 3 out of 4 weekends, as well as bank holidays. 

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience: 

• Fundraising/sales experience 

We are now recruiting for Membership Fundraisers across the UK, to find out more information on the locations available, please click the apply button to be taken to our main job opportunities page where all Membership Fundraising vacancies are listed.

We run a monthly induction for all new Membership Fundraisers around the UK, and are currently recruiting for a 1st June 2021 start date. 

Closing date: 23:59, 09 May 2021

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can complete your application for this position.

No agencies please.

Calling all Nature Lovers. It's time to get out there and make a real difference to the world we live in! Our Membership Fundraisers are our ambassadors, and each one plays a vital role in what we do. 

We are currently looking for enthusiastic people to join our growing Face to Face Membership Fundraising team in Derby, Notts and Lincoln, to help us in our mission of giving nature a home. 

Membership Fundraiser
Location: Derby or Nottingham
Salary: £18,250.00 - £22,243.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance, 26 days annual leave

Nature is in big trouble and we need your help! 
 
The UK is among the most nature-depleted countries in the world. We now have a moral obligation to save nature and this is a view shared by the millions of supporters of conservation organisations across the UK. From now until 2030 we have some ambitious plans and targets - working together with our community of members and partners to collectively change the fate of nature, building upon our land ownership to help give nature a home. 

About the RSPB 

The RSPB is the largest nature conservation charity in the UK, consistently delivering successful conservation, forging powerful new partnerships with other organisations, and inspiring others to stand up and give nature the home it deserves. Around a third of the RSPB's funding comes from memberships, which allow us to continue all of our fantastic work - protecting and restoring the wild places nature depends on. 
 
About the role: 
 
The role involves traveling around your local area, setting up a stand, and engaging with members of the public. Whilst your primary role would be to recruit new members, you are also there to inspire, educate, and enthuse the public with a real passion for nature. In return, we will offer a competitive, living wage, and working contracts to suit. This role would also benefit anyone who is looking to develop their sales and marketing skills and/or looking to develop a career in wildlife and conservation. 
 
Essential skills, knowledge and experience: 

• Enthusiasm and passion for saving nature; 
• Enjoy working outdoors - solo as well as part of a team; 
• A good story-teller and a confident communicator; 
• A resilience to rejection; 
• Experience in a customer-facing role; 
• Comfortable asking people for monthly donations; 
• A full, manual driving licence; 
• Access to the Microsoft Office suite at home; and 
• Willing to work 3 out of 4 weekends, as well as bank holidays. 

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience: 

• Fundraising/sales experience 

We are now recruiting for Membership Fundraisers across the UK, to find out more information on the locations available, please click the apply button to be taken to our main job opportunities page where all Membership Fundraising vacancies are listed.

We run a monthly induction for all new Membership Fundraisers around the UK, and are currently recruiting for a 1st June 2021 start date. 

Closing date: 23:59, 09 May 2021

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can complete your application for this position.

No agencies please.

Membership Fundraiser
Location: Loch Garten / Inverness
Salary: £18,250.00 - £22,243.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance, 26 days annual leave

Calling all Nature Lovers. It's time to get out there and make a real difference to the world we live in! Our Membership Fundraisers are our ambassadors, and each one plays a vital role in what we do. We are currently looking for enthusiastic people to join our growing Face to Face Membership Fundraising team in North Scotland, Inverness, and Loch Garten, to help us in our mission of giving nature a home.

Nature is in big trouble and we need your help!

The UK is among the most nature-depleted countries in the world. We now have a moral obligation to save nature and this is a view shared by the millions of supporters of conservation organisations across the UK. From now until 2030 we have some ambitious plans and targets - working together with our community of members and partners to collectively change the fate of nature, building upon our land ownership to help give nature a home.

About the RSPB

The RSPB is the largest nature conservation charity in the UK, consistently delivering successful conservation, forging powerful new partnerships with other organisations, and inspiring others to stand up and give nature the home it deserves. Around a third of the RSPB's funding comes from memberships, which allow us to continue all of our fantastic work - protecting and restoring the wild places nature depends on.

About the role:

The role involves traveling around your local area, setting up a stand, and engaging with members of the public. Whilst your primary role would be to recruit new members, you are also there to inspire, educate, and enthuse the public with a real passion for nature. In return, we will offer a competitive, living wage, and working contracts to suit. This role would also benefit anyone who is looking to develop their sales and marketing skills and/or looking to develop a career in wildlife and conservation.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Enthusiasm and passion for saving nature;
• Enjoy working outdoors - solo as well as part of a team;
• A good story-teller and a confident communicator;
• A resilience to rejection;
• Experience in a customer-facing role;
• Comfortable asking people for monthly donations;
• A full, manual driving licence;
• Access to the Microsoft Office suite at home; and 
• Willing to work 3 out of 4 weekends, as well as bank holidays. 

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Fundraising/sales experience

We run a monthly induction for all new Membership Fundraisers around the UK, and are currently recruiting for a 1st June 2021 start date.

Closing date: 23:59, 09 May 2021

Interested?

We are now recruiting for Membership Fundraisers across the UK, to find out more information on the locations available, please click the 'apply' button to be taken to our main job opportunities page where all Membership Fundraising vacancies are listed.

No agencies please.

Role purpose

To ensure Voice 21 can support the areas, schools and young people that need us most by growing and diversifying our fundraising income.

As Voice 21 embarks on our new five-year strategy, we are looking for a Fundraising Lead to realise our non-school income target and ensure we can reach our scaling and impact ambitions. Reporting to the Director of External Relations and working closely with the Senior Leadership Team, you will be responsible for the growth and diversification of our fundraising income including: developing our approach to regional growth, managing our grants process end-to-end, introducing a new strategy for donor giving, establishing our approach to corporate partnerships and leading fundraising best practice within the organisation and beyond.

Key responsibilities

• Generate new funding opportunities to achieve our target of £420,000 in the next year by:
  • Growing and managing our funding pipeline, across GMTs, major donors and corporate partnerships
  • Making connections and identifying new opportunities through targeted research
  • Writing applications and proposals and leading in-person/virtual pitches
  • Organising bespoke cultivation events or experiences

• Oversee existing and new partnerships, funder relationships and projects to maintain long-term support through:
  • High-quality relationship building and stewardship
  • Report-writing and personal communications
  • Proactive project management
  • Hosting events or experiences

• Find prospects and opportunities to drive our regional area-based growth strategy

• Work closely with the Learning & Impact team to secure project-based funding for Voice 21’s identified innovation areas

• Work closely with the Senior Leadership team to further develop Voice 21’s five-year fundraising strategy and drive a focus on growth and sustainability across the organisation

• Work closely with our Communications and Engagement Manager to develop our funder messaging, profiling and engagement

• Regularly review the charity’s position within the fundraising landscape and identify opportunities and risks that may impact our work

• Be an invaluable part of the ER team, demonstrating our values of trust and integrity and contributing ideas, energy, proactivity & drive.

​Essential knowledge and skills

• A strong track record in fundraising and major donor giving

• Experience in new business development, in either a GMT or corporate context

• Experience planning and managing successful projects, partnerships and events

• A good grasp on developing and implementing multi-year fundraising strategies

• Strong stakeholder relationship skills

• Excellent organisational and time management skills, able to stay on top of multiple, varied projects and relationships

• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to capture complex ideas simply, both in written and oral communication.

You’ll love this job if...

• You are energised by unlocking opportunities, making things happen and seeing a plan through
• You love to tell a story, enjoy connecting people with a cause and are bold enough to ask for support that you know will lead to great outcomes
• You are excited to make your mark on a growing, fast-paced organisation with big ambitions
• You are passionate about Voice 21’s mission and making a change to young people’s learning and life chances.

Flexible and remote working available.  We are seeking a high achieving, proactive Senior Philanthropy Officer to join our successful fundraising team for our much-loved and highly respected hospice.

As a key member of the fundraising team, you will be able to hit the deck running. You will have a proven ability to develop and secure income from trusts and foundations as well as provide support on our wider philanthropy and partnership development. You will be comfortable in building relationships with HNWIs, working together with the Partnerships and Philanthropy Manager and Fundraising and Communications Director. 

The primary focus of the role is to build our base of trusts and foundation donors, developing and increasing our pipeline of new prospects and donors and ensuring we receive ongoing support. You will have proven experience in trusts fundraising and be used to successful delivery of four and five-figure gifts.

Set in beautiful, landscaped gardens, Katharine House Hospice couldn’t keep making such a difference in our local community without experienced and dedicated staff and volunteers.

All staff benefit from:

• generous holiday entitlement of 27 days per year, plus bank holidays
• a contributory pension scheme
• opportunities for training and development
• free on-site parking.

If you have the passion, skills and experience to take this exciting role forward at Katharine House, we would love to hear from you.  Please download the job recruitment pack for more details on the role and how to apply.

The Funding & Development Team Leader will work collaboratively with the Engagement & Impact Manager to support the fundraising cycle on behalf of Visyon. They will work with colleagues across the charity to identify appropriate funding sources, construct applications and build effective relationships with existing and potential funding providers. Lead on and research bid opportunities through grant providers, charitable trusts and foundations. We are looking for someone who wants to develop effective systems and processes to ensure Visyon runs like clockwork. 

We are Global

We’re proud to be one of the world’s leading media and entertainment groups. Whether it be on-air, via global player or through our outdoor advertising, we entertain and reach over 50 million individuals across the UK every week.

Across our entire business, we’re committed to making more moments that matter for our audiences, customers and for each other. And every moment matters…the small, the big and everything in between. We couldn’t do any of it without our talented, passionate Globallers. Everything we do is driven by our culture and the talented people who make it happen.

Here at Global, we have a saying…it’s all about how you make people feel. It’s our company ethos, our guiding belief and it’s so much more than words. It’s the vibe you get when you walk into one of our offices, it’s what keeps us honest and true to who we are, and above all, it’s the reason we all love to work here.

Job Description

Fundraising & Marketing Executive, Global’s Make Some Noise

Reporting of the Role

This role reports to the Fundraising Campaign Manager, who is targeted with fundraising across Make Some Noise’s and Global’s platforms - including Heart, Capital, Classic FM and Radio X. The role will also have a dotted line to the Marketing Manager. 

Global’s Make Some Noise is part of Global Goodness, harnessing the power and reach of our brands to support small charities across the UK, raising vital funds and awareness to help the people who need it most in our communities. 

Overview of job

This is a hugely exciting hands-on role which combines a marketeer’s audience-focused thinking and digital skills, along with an understanding of fundraising. The postholder will be responsible for the delivery of fundraising campaigns and activities, as well as the day-to-day running of our social media channels and websites. The postholder will also be required to cover the Marketing Manager as needed. The shape of the role will evolve across the year according to our external and internal campaign priorities.

3 best things about the job

• You’ll get to use your skills to make a real and positive difference, working with amazing, good causes and great people from charities across the UK.
• You’ll work alongside some of the biggest radio stations, high profile talent and with a range of teams across Global’s portfolio.
• You’ll have the opportunity to develop a variety of skills through creativity and innovative thinking.

Measures of success – 
In the first few months, you would have

• Developed your knowledge of our supported charities and found compelling and innovative ways to share their stories online.
• Built great relationships with the Global’s Make Some Noise team and other stakeholders.

• Become adept as using the digital platforms and tools for creating social and web content.
• Designed brilliant assets and crafted copy which helps bring our campaigns to life.
• Collaborated on fundraising initiatives that you can feel proud of. 
   

Responsibilities of the role

Fundraising: Leading and supporting fantastic fundraising initiatives across the year, including project managing aspects of our main appeal. 

• Be a point of contact and support to allocated radio brands to facilitate their on-air appeal activity and year-round events.
• Provide exceptional project management and administrative support for Global’s Make Some Noise activity and events. 
• Design and deliver first-rate supporter care for activities.
• Ensure accurate records are maintained on our fundraising databases, and assist with account admin including invoices, payments, contracts, processes and reporting.
• Support the Fundraising Campaign Manager and team as and when required.
• Write-up post-project reports and analysis, suggesting areas of improvement.
• Manage budgets, looking for efficiencies and proactively spotting fundraising opportunities.
• Assist with data and the day-to-day running of the Make Some Noise shop and take ownership of shop brand guidelines.

Marketing: Lead key marketing areas and provide support across the organisation to deliver effective communication and fundraising activities. 

• Support the delivery of the marketing strategy and implement communications plans for fundraising and awareness-raising activities. 
• Manage and schedule social media activity and website content.
• Maintain a monthly marketing plan and create engaging storytelling content for our platforms.
• Find new and exciting ways of telling our story, promoting activities and engaging with our audiences across digital platforms. 
• Write compelling communications and proof copy, ranging from community fundraising to corporate partner activities.
• Write detailed briefs for our in-house design and video teams and provide creative direction to develop a range of marketing content.
• Create high quality assets to support activity using photoshop.
• Act as a brand guardian, ensuring all internal and external stakeholders have the resources and support they need to meet brand guidelines.
• Ensure all output is compliant and in-line with the latest rules and industry guidelines.
• Maintain Google Ad Grants, SEO and SMO tactics and analyse data to optimise future marketing, content and design.
   

What you will need

The ideal candidate will be proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions, capable of the following:

• Background: Relevant experience in digital, marketing or communications environment. Previous charity experience is an advantage. 
• Social and Digital: You’ll have a an excellent grasp of social and digital marketing and experience of using digital platforms to engage audiences.
• Writing: You’ll be experienced in writing content for a variety of media, with a brilliant style that can range from punchy to emotive, to suit different audiences and activations. You’ll have a high standard of literacy and strong attention to detail.
• Planning: You’ll be highly organised, with demonstrable experience of working under pressure, often to tight deadlines. The role is split between fundraising and marketing, so you’ll need to be comfortable working closely with two managers.
• Systems: Ideally, you’ll have significant experience in the use of social media scheduling platforms, Adobe Photoshop, website content management systems, e.g. WordPress, Pardot CRM platforms and analytics software. 
• Creativity: You’ll be a creative, innovative thinker and storyteller. 
• Learning: You’ll have a desire for continuous learning of best marketing practice. 
• Numeracy: Strong numeracy with experience of using formula in Excel; managing budgets, on the look-out to raise the maximum amount of money for the greatest return, and the sense to take action when figures don’t look right.
• Proactivity: A proactive thinker, always looking to spot opportunities and using your initiative to spot issues before they occur. 
• Team player: Seeing a project right through to the end – and staying late when needed. We’re looking for a supportive, enthusiastic and proactive team member with the drive and determination to help out and get things done and who is always looking to spot opportunities.

Everyone is welcome at Global  

Just like our media and entertainment platforms are for everyone, so are our workplaces. We know that we can’t possibly serve our diverse audiences without first nurturing and celebrating it in our people and that’s why we work hard to create an inclusive culture for everyone. We believe that different will set us apart, so no matter what you look like, where you come from or what your favourite radio station is, we want to hear from you.

Although we cannot make guarantees, we welcome conversations about flexible working for all roles at Global.

Trusts and Foundations Officer

Our client is seeking an experienced Trusts and Foundations Officer with a proven track record of successfully securing funds through high-quality written and verbal communications.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the development and delivery of an annual portfolio of Trust and Foundations applications and bid proposals; provision of excellent stewardship of existing funders; and, the identification and cultivation of new prospects to ultimately bring in long term, significant funding to support the Trust.

Trusts and Foundations Officer Responsibilities:

• Work directly and cohesively with the other Trusts and Foundations Officer, Head of Fundraising and the rest of the fundraising team to maintain and expand the their existing portfolio of Trusts and Foundation applications.
• Work with colleagues across the organisation to identify projects of interest to potential funders and develop attractive cases for support for use across all income generation streams.
• Develop a dynamic trust fundraising programme to meet agreed annual targets and secure sustainable income through repeat and multi-year grants, ensuring all applications and post-donation requirements are submitted on time.
• Plan and implement a rolling programme of trust funding applications, ensuring a healthy balance of large (five and six figure) and small, restricted and unrestricted funding applications to achieve the agreed income target.
• Complete application forms as required using pre-existing standard content, request or develop additional content where required, and create personalised cover letters for grant applications to accompany funding proposals.
• Monitor income and expenditure targets and provide regular progress reports and updates on performance against target.
• Develop and manage high quality cultivation, engagement and stewardship plans for trust prospects and existing priority donors.
• Coordinate and lead on the post-grant reporting needs of donors.
• Working with the Head of Fundraising and wider team to organise donor receptions or thank you days/events as part of their donor stewardship and ensure key donors and stakeholders are invited to suitable events of importance throughout the year.

Trusts and Foundations Officer Requirements:

• Direct experience of preparing high quality written work in a professional environment - Essential
• Proven experience and a recent track record of success in raising funds from trusts, foundations and other funders - Essential
• Ability to understand budgets and summarise financial information accurately - Essential
• IT literate and able to maintain and develop effective administration and information management systems - Essential
• Excellent organisational skills, including the ability to manage a high volume workload and manage conflicting priorities, whilst using own initiative - Essential
• Experience of preparing and monitoring work plans and budgets - Essential
• Experience of using a range of fundraising researching tools and techniques - Essential
• Working knowledge of current fundraising legislation, including GDPR - Essential
• Successful experience of applying to Statutory Funders.- Essential
• Flexible can-do attitude, including willingness to work outside normal office hours when it might be needed at events or on board the ship. - Essential
• Excellent presentation skills, including a keen eye for detail - Essential
• Good working knowledge of Salesforce - Desirable

About our client:

Their Vision is of an inclusive world where we can all contribute and feel valued. They have a unique Mission, to give people of mixed abilities and circumstances the freedom to explore their ability, potential and place in the world through inclusive adventures at sea.

Location: Home Based

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time, 40 per week

Salary: £36,000 per annum, plus benefits

You may have experience of the following: Trusts Officer, Fundraising Officer, Foundations Officer, Fundraising Assistant, Trusts and Foundations Officer, Fundraising Executive, Fundraiser, Fundraising, Foundations Fundraising, Trusts Fundraising, Charity, Charities, NFP, Not for Profit, etc.

Ref: 98980

We are a leading charity and the UK’s expert voice for children with cancer and we have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic relationships fundraiser to join our growing team.

You will have solid experience of community fundraising, relationship fundraising or other relevant fundraising disciplines. You will support our flagship Special Named Funds programme, which supports families to undertake ongoing fundraising for our work (particularly medical research). You’ll build excellent relationships with supporters and help them to reach their fundraising goals.

Our work

Each week in the UK and Ireland, more than 30 children are diagnosed with cancer. Our network of dedicated professional members work together in treatment, care and research to help shape a future where all children with cancer survive and live happy, healthy and independent lives.

We fund and support innovative world-class research and collaborate, both nationally and internationally, to drive forward improvements in childhood cancer. Our award-winning information resources help lessen the anxiety, stress and loneliness commonly felt by families, giving support throughout the cancer journey.

We are a registered charity and fundraise for our important activities through campaigns, donations and family involvement.

Main purpose of the job

This role is to provide support to families engaged with our Special Named Funds programme, developing relationships and supporting fundraising activities. You’ll contribute to the development and growth of the Special Named Fund programme and offer one-to-one support, ensuring an outstanding supporter journey.

This role is offered as home working during COVID restrictions. As restrictions are lifted, we anticipate moving towards a flexible working pattern, with a mix of home working and office working from our offices in Leicester city centre.

Closing date: 23 May 2021

Major Gifts Officer -- Trusts Fundraising 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an aspiring individual to join a great team of fundraisers.  The aim of this role is to support the Director of Fundraising with the development and expansion of the charity’s major donors the main focus of this role being charitable trusts and grants. You will be required to engage and retain current and new high level supporters as well as assisting with the coordination of a programme of high value fundraising and engagement events and working with individual supporters.

We are looking for a driven individual, ideally with experience of trust and grant applications within the UK and internationally, or in a fundraising or marketing role within a non-profit organisation. You must possess excellent research and writing skills, show meticulous attention to detail, and be confident and personable with diplomacy in order to deal positively with some of the charity’s most valuable supporters.

 You will be required to attend events around the UK and at our four centres located in Norfolk, Somerset, Lancashire and Aberdeenshire. Equine knowledge would be advantageous but is not essential.  You must have a flexible approach to your work and be willing to work outside of normal office hours.

World Horse Welfare is an international charity that improves the lives of horses in the UK and around the world through education, campaigning and hands-on care.

World Horse Welfare takes great pride in being realistic, compassionate and forward-thinking and the successful applicant will be expected to share these values.

Major Gifts Officer - trusts

Development Officer (Trusts and Corporates)

Full time, permanent

Salary - £25,000 per annum

The Edinburgh International Festival is looking for an experienced, passionate and dedicated Development Officer (Trusts and Corporates) to join the team. We want you to help us deliver this unparalleled celebration of the performing arts, which brings some of the most exciting and creative artists working today to audiences from around the world. 

To manage a portfolio of Corporates, Trusts and Foundations and assist the Corporate Partnerships Manager and Trusts and Foundations Manager secure new support for core activities and projects to enable the International Festival to deliver its vision for the future.

This is an exciting role for an ambitious fundraiser to develop and hone their fundraising skills within a dynamic and successful team.

We believe that being inclusive and diverse across all areas of our work helps us bring the best international festival to Edinburgh.

For a full job description and to apply online visit our website

Closing date for applications is 5.00pm on Thursday 20 May 2021

Interviews will be held on 1/2 June 2021.

Funded by The City of Edinburgh Council and Creative Scotland.
Registered charity number SC004694.

Be the first dedicated high-value fundraiser at this lovely health charity.

The role will focus on trusts, corporate and major donor fundraising. These areas are at various stages in development and all show great promise, hence expanding the team to focus on them.

The Senior Philanthropy Fundraiser will join the Fundraising and Comms team of 6, and will bring in £220k funding for the charity each year.

Key responsibilities

• Trusts: this income stream has done really well in 2020 and they have got a great pipeline. This will bring in £120k/yr.
• Corporate: aim to bring in £75k/yr through sponsorship of events and awareness months the charity runs. Maintain relationships with pharma companies.
• Major donor: this is more ad-hoc at the moment and will be a growth area for the charity. You will work with the Head of Fundraising on developing existing prospects and putting together stewardship plans for the programme.

Candidate criteria

• Someone who has experience in at least one of the above areas, and keen to gain experience in the others.
• Strong relationship manager.
• Experience of making the ask and putting pitches in.
• Someone keen to build their career in the sector, who will work hard and be proactive on behalf of the charity.

A brilliant people focused organisation are looking for a new Fundraising Manager to help lead a team of four. You will be working closely with the Director of Fundraising, working across multiple income streams. Ideally you will have a mixed income stream background; but will need to understand to a degree Trusts and Foundations, Major Donor and Legacy fundraising. However, if you have a specific area of fundraising that you specialise in please do not hesitate to get in touch to have a chat about the role.

The post holder's main responsibility is to achieve voluntary income targets, both indirectly through the fundraising team and directly through their own income generating efforts, this is a very hands on role, and will suit someone who enjoys managing, as well as generating their own results. You will enjoy managing others, but also will enjoy getting stuck in where needed too. The team works collaboratively across the organisation, so you will be able to develop and learn across the charity.

If you would like to receive a full job specification for this role or have a confidential conversation, please send your cv to [email protected] or call Hannah at Harris Hill on 0207 820 7331.

Closing Date 21st of May.

Only suitable candidates will be contacted.

We look forward to hearing from you.

As a key member of the fundraising team, the Senior Fundraiser for regional fundraising will take an active lead of all regional and community fundraising activity. 

The role will proactively engage with the local communities the hospices serve to maximise income generation by providing excellent stewardship to new and existing supporters and developing plans to gain new supporters whilst raising the profile of the charity.  They will be responsible for maintaining and developing new relationships with volunteer fundraisers, schools, community organisations and committees and small businesses.

Key Actions and Tasks

1. To develop, implement and manage regional (community) fundraising the associated income and expenditure budgets, ensuring that all budget targets are achieved
2. To evaluate regional fundraising plans on a regular basis and make changes when necessary
3. To cultivate relationships with existing individuals, fundraising committees, businesses, schools and community groups by executing exemplary, personalised stewardships in order to maximise fundraising income, and to ensure their life long support.
4. To research and identify prospective new regional fundraising opportunities and activities and to produce funding proposals for donors and prospects, ensuring that the potential of these sources is fully maximised
5. To secure charity of year adoptions for organisations, including community groups, golf clubs, schools and smaller companies.
6. To undertake talks to community groups to maintain relationships, nurture new contacts and elicit donations.
7. To work closely with the Supporter Services Team and to uplift support under £1,000.
8. To actively promote and recruit participants to the Event Programme as per event target (to be outlined) for each activity.
9. To input into the development of the Ambassador programme, working with members of the Volunteer Support Team.
10. To work in conjunction with the Marketing Team to ensure strategic marketing and communication plans are created to promote community fundraising activity effectively
11. To support the recruit and manage volunteers utilising skills and resources available, working with other Trust personnel as appropriate.
12. To develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of the region, the companies, community and events including the smaller parishes that are in the region.
13. To produce monthly activity plans and reports.
14. To monitor income against agreed targets, escalating issues as necessary and agreeing remedial actions
15. To carry out any other duties as required by the Fundraising Management Team

Skills and experience

• Proven success in a fundraising role with a minimum of 2 years fundraising experience.  
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills to deliver fundraising pitches, ideas and project updates to a range of audiences in a clear, inspiring and confident way
• Excellent written skills with a proven ability to prepare and deliver compelling presentations and engage a wide range of audiences in large group and face to face individual settings
• Well-developed ability to build, manage and develop relationships with both individual and company supporters
• Self-starter, who is creative and pro-active.
• Excellent time management skills
• A demonstrable structured and proactive approach to work
• Ability to organise and plan own work, identifying conflicting demands and establishing clear priorities in order to meet agreed objectives
• Willingness to be administratively self-sufficient.
• Sound understanding of budgeting techniques.