Overview
We are looking to recruit a Giving Day Officer to join our graduate/training scheme within our welcoming and friendly Digital Fundraising Team. A Giving Day is a fundraising campaign allowing our clients to reach a wide range of their institution’s community within a short space of time using social media and email communication. A Buffalo Giving Day is project managed from start to finish by one of our Giving Day Officers.
As a Giving Day Officer, you’ll take the lead on planning, coordinating, and delivering impactful Giving Days from start to finish. Each project runs over several months to allow for the set up process, with weekly collaboration alongside your client (a University or School) and external partners such as graphic designers, and Buffalos in-house teams. Clear communication and strong relationship-building are at the heart of this role, as you’ll work closely with your client to design their bespoke Giving Day website and shape the events to celebrate their institution and drive social media engagement.
You’ll need confident IT skills to manage and prepare client data ahead of the Giving Day. Experience with Excel, Access, CSS coding, or Mailchimp is a plus, but not essential. A flair for writing is also important, as you’ll draft compelling emails and create engaging social content. Creativity and organisation go hand-in-hand here; you’ll develop imaginative challenges and events to energise giving and the community.
An intrinsic part of the role is to see it all come together on the Giving Day itself. This will be a busy time, so you must be happy to work under pressure. You may need to go onsite to assist your client with activities and events, and ensure emails and social content are sent out at the correct times.
Following the Giving Day you will help wrap up by importing the correct information back onto the client’s database and presenting a data-driven report of the processes involved during the campaign.
Role details
This role is currently offered as a fixed term, 2.5 year scheme which would see you run 12-16 Giving Days in total with the following proposed salary and progression structure:
* Training period (approx. 3-6 months) salary of £24,000
* To complete training and qualify as a Giving Day Officer you will shadow one Giving Day and be the key contact for another while being supported by another team member
* Salary rise to £24,500-£25,500 after qualifying to run 6-8 Giving Days per year
* Approx. 12 months from running first Giving Day – salary rise to £28,500-£29,500 to run 6-8 Giving Days per year
* Company benefits including 24 days holiday, flexible working hours, casual dress, paid volunteering days, Employee Assistance programme and regular staff social events
Qualifications and skills
* Strong planning, coordination, and project management abilities
* Excellent written and verbal communication
* Ability to build and maintain client relationships
* Proficiency with data management and willingness to learn new tools
Equality and privacy
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