As Individual Giving Fundraiser, you will be responsible for cultivating and managing relationships with individual donors to the RSC and our linked charity, the Chemists' Community Fund, both in the UK and internationally. By leveraging your deep understanding of the RSC's mission and the broader scientific landscape, you will maximize income and support for our charitable activities.
Responsibilities:
* Cultivate and Build Relationships: Identify and engage potential individual donors who have the capacity to support the RSC's mission. Develop meaningful relationships by understanding their needs and aligning them with our goals.
* Achieve Income Targets: Take ownership of fundraising targets, working closely with colleagues across the RSC to develop compelling proposals and secure material, financial, and strategic support for key projects in priority regions.
* Donor Stewardship: Ensure that all donors, both new and existing, receive an exceptional level of stewardship, fostering long-term relationships and ongoing support.
* Manage Legacies and Bequests: Oversee the management of legacies and bequests, ensuring their effective use to support the RSC's charitable objectives.
Are you a skilled fundraiser with a passion for building strong, lasting relationships with individual supporters? The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is seeking an experienced Individual Giving Fundraiser to join our small fundraising team. In this pivotal role, you will lead the growth and development of our individual giving programme, inspiring donors to support our mission of helping the chemical science community make the world a better place. Your work will play a crucial part in enabling the RSC to achieve its ambitious strategy for growth and diversification.
Minimum Qualifications:
* Proven Fundraising Experience: A successful track record in individual giving and/or major donor fundraising, with experience in securing significant donations or gifts.
* Expertise in Prospect Cultivation: Significant experience in identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donor relationships.
* Strong Negotiation Skills: Excellent at handling objections, navigating difficult conversations, and securing key gifts.
* Educational Background: Educated to degree level, with a demonstrable passion for the role of science and technology in addressing global challenges and driving societal progress.
* Credibility and Influence: Ability to quickly establish credibility with our members, fellows, and influential individuals, using a consultative approach to engage and influence others.
* Cultural Awareness: An openness to learning about and engaging with diverse cultures, particularly as this role involves working with international donors.
At the RSC we embrace flexibility and offer hybrid working, which means our teams come together when they need to collaborate. Although this role is contractually based at our Cambridge office, you will have the opportunity to also work mostly from a UK location other than this. Applicants should be aware that there is an expectation that employees will attend our Cambridge or London office on a weekly basis (at least once a week).
As a part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we endeavour, where possible, to offer an interview to candidates meeting the essential criteria of the role, who have a substantial physical/mental impairment which impacts their ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.
You may have experience of the following: Individual Giving Manager, Donor Engagement Manager, Philanthropy Officer, Supporter Engagement Manager, Fundraising and Donor Relations Manager, Major Gifts Fundraiser, Development and Fundraising Officer, Donor Stewardship Lead, Supporter Engagement and Fundraising Lead, Legacy and Individual Giving Officer, etc.
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