United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Fundraising Officer

ABOUT THE ROLE:

With support from the Director, you will be responsible for the implementation of PBI UK’s fundraising strategy.

Trusts and Foundations

• Maintain relationships with existing funders and meet reporting requirements

• Research and identify new opportunities and make plans for approach

• Maintain and update fundraising systems

• Work with the Director and Advocacy Officer to conceptualise and develop projects

• Coordinate with PBI field projects on joint proposals

• Write and submit high quality grant applications and budgets

• Evaluate and further develop fundraising strategy jointly with the Director

Individual Giving

• Implement stewardship and communication plans for individual supporters (e.g. individual givers) and fundraising events to ensure that they are receiving the highest level stewardship

• Take responsibility for donor thanking (sending thank-you emails letters, cards, making calls as appropriate)

• Ensure compliance with data protection regulations and update systems as necessary

• Help to grow our individual supporter base and reach new audiences

• Manage the installation and implementation of a CRM system and use the system effectively to manage relationships

• Analyse the activity and income of fundraisers and donors, undertake reviews and make recommendations

• Identify any major donors, trustees of trusts and organisational links that may be of interest and flag to the Director

Other

• Coordinate PBI UK’s monitoring and evaluation system and ensure timely submission of reports to the International Office

• Represent PBI UK in PBI’s fundraising working group – participate in conference calls and attend face-to-face meetings of the group

• Source and manage volunteers where needed to support fundraising activities

• Represent the charity at external events

• Keep up-to-date with fundraising practice, GDPR requirements, codes of practice and trends including contact with other charities

• Project manage supporter and fundraising events and support colleagues leading on fundraising events

• Work with finance officer to produce financial reporting and analysis for forecasts and planning

ABOUT YOU:

Qualifications

• Educated to graduate level or equivalent (essential)

• Masters in human rights or relevant field (desirable)

Experience

• Three to five years fundraising experience (essential)

• Experience of developing applications to a range of trusts and foundations (essential)

• Experience in compiling reports to donor (essential)

• Social media experience for a wide audience (essential)

• Experience of working with a database or CRM system (desirable)

Skills/Knowledge

• Outstanding written communication, a fluent style and excellent written and oral English (essential)

• Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to develop and maintain key relationships with a range of audiences (essential)

• Ability to craft simple, compelling messages out of complex issues relating to field work (essential)

• Ability to work as part of a team and ability to work unsupervised (essential)

• Good time management with ability to juggle multiple deadlines (essential)

• Impeccable attention to detail (essential)

• PC literate with knowledge of Microsoft Office (essential)

• Excellent research skills (essential)

• Working knowledge in Spanish (desirable)

• Knowledge of data protection regulations and fundraising codes of practice (desirable)

• Experience of direct marketing and data analysis ideally in the charity sector (desirable)

Values and attitudes

• Knowledge of PBI’s work and human rights issues (essential)

• Commitment to the principles and values of PBI (essential)

• Positive attitude, particularly to new tasks and problem solving (essential)

Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £27,500 + (depending on experience)

To apply, please send a CV and covering letter to admin@peacebrigades.org.uk outlining how you meet the above criteria.