Merrifield Consultants are delighted to partner with Action for Stammering Children to find a Fundraising Officer to take forward their individual giving fundraising strategy. As part of this, the successful candidate would be responsible for planning and executing our events programme.
Title: Fundraising Officer
Organisation: Action for Stammering Children
Salary: £29,000 - £31,000/annum
Location: London Farringdon / Hybrid
Contract: Permanent/ Full-time
Fulltime office based - 5 days in the office
This is an exciting time to join Action for Stammering Children. Our ambitious new national strategy will help us to reach more of the 8% of children who stammer and their families across the UK. We are therefore expanding the capacity of our fundraising team to help us achieve our mission.
Main responsibilities
* You will be responsible for individual giving, including one-off and regular donors.
* You will be tasked with converting one-off donors and event attendees into regular donors and volunteers through a dynamic supporter journey.
* You will support the Trusts & Foundations Manager and CEO in developing our High Value Donor Network
* You will be responsible for the events and activities strand of the fundraising strategy, with an emphasis on recruiting new donors and generating income through fundraising events and sponsorship challenges.
* You will be responsible for creating an annual schedule of fundraising events that generate income and cultivate our supporter base.
* You will lead on implementation of the annual events programme from planning through to execution and evaluation.
* You will develop sustainable annual events to achieve the charity’s individual giving and corporate partnership fundraising targets.
* You will be required to develop and manage relationships with trusted suppliers and external organisations.
* You will work with the CEO on identifying external sponsorship opportunities.
Knowledge and skills
* Self-motivated and enthusiastic worker.
* Excellent communicator both written and face to face with an ability to adapt to each donor’s individual needs.
* Passionate and energetic, able to inspire and engage people in the charity’s mission
* Effective team worker.
* Ability to work on own initiative.
This role is perfect for a fundraiser looking to take a step up in an excellent charity with great plans to expand their team.
To find out more and to apply, please contact Jaini Shah at Merrifield Consultants.