Fundraising Officer

Fundraising Officer

London

The Organisation

Our client manages green spaces across London.

They are now looking for a Fundraising Officer to join their team on a full-time basis on a permanent contract, working 36 hours per week.

The Benefits

- Salary of £33,666 - £37,176 per annum, depending on experience

- 26 days' annual leave plus public holidays, increasing to 29 days after 3 years' service

- Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)

- Hybrid/agile working options

- Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan

- Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders

- Learning and development opportunities

- Cycle to work scheme

- Offices in a beautiful location

If you're an empathetic individual with fundraising experience and fantastic administrative skills, this is an excellent opportunity to join a prestigious organisation.

As the Fundraising Officer, you will deliver existing campaigns but will also have an opportunity to lead, shape and drive results. You will spot opportunities to develop appeals to support specific projects and create engaging content to steward supporters. You will have to be motivated to look for new opportunities, engage with various stakeholders and take initiative to introduce new tests.

Not only will you help our client to their core mission but you'll be rewarded with an exceptional array of benefits that include flexible working options, career development schemes and wellbeing initiatives!

The Role

As a Fundraising Officer, you will lead on all individual giving activity. You will manage two annual appeals through a mix of email and direct mail, as well as the supporter journeys for all new and existing individual giving supporters.

You'll help the Corporate Volunteering team with the administration and development of corporate volunteering pipelines.

Additionally, you will:

- Develop the Marketing Plan for individual campaigns with all stakeholders, to meet agreed objectives

- Review artwork and edit copy to ensure it meets both campaign objectives and brand guidelines

- Ensure best value for money for campaign production and prepare detailed campaign management reports

- Ensure that all supporters are adequately thanked and receive the best supporter experience

- Manage and steward relationships with existing corporate volunteering partners

About You

To be considered as a Fundraising Officer, you will need:

- Fundraising experience, ideally in a small to medium-sized charity

- Experience of, or that would be transferable to, handling sensitive conversations with people who have been bereaved with empathy and tact

- Excellent administrative skills with the ability to accurately maintain large quantities of data

- Excellent writing skills

- Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills

Other organisations may call this role, Fundraising Operations Officer, Events and Community Fundraising Officer, Fundraising Assistant, or Development Officer.

Our client wants to put everyone in the best possible position to succeed and uses Recite-me accessibility software. At the top of the application page, there is an "Accessibility Tools" button which you can use to complete the application form in a way that works for you.

Our client is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. They value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. They believe that the more inclusive they are, the better their work will be.

So, if you are interested in this unique opportunity as a Fundraising Officer, please apply via the button shown. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.