Individual Giving Fundraiser
Posted 8 hours 51 minutes ago by EASYWEBRECRUITMENT.COM
Permanent
Full Time
Other
London, United Kingdom
Job Description
Are you a skilled fundraiser with a passion for building strong, lasting relationships with individual supporters? Our client is seeking an experienced Individual Giving Fundraiser to join their small fundraising team. In this pivotal role, you will lead the growth and development of their individual giving programme, inspiring donors to support their mission of helping the chemical science community make the world a better place. Your work will play a crucial part in enabling our client to achieve its ambitious strategy for growth and diversification.
As Individual Giving Fundraiser, you will be responsible for cultivating and managing relationships with individual donors to our client and their linked charity, the Chemists' Community Fund, both in the UK and internationally. By leveraging your deep understanding of their mission and the broader scientific landscape, you will maximize income and support for their charitable activities.
Key Responsibilities:
• Cultivate and Build Relationships: Identify and engage potential individual donors who have the capacity to support our client's mission. Develop meaningful relationships by understanding their needs and aligning them with their goals.
• Achieve Income Targets: Take ownership of fundraising targets, working closely with colleagues across our client 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 our client s charitable objectives.
What They re Looking For:
• 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 their 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.
Our client embraces flexibility and offer hybrid working, which means their 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 their Cambridge or London office on a weekly basis (at least once a week).
If you re ready to take the next step in your fundraising career and help drive the our client s mission forward, they d love to hear from you. Apply now and join a team that is helping the chemical science community make the world a better place.
A full job description is available here. Please note that this role is called Philanthropy Lead internally.
If you are interested in this role, please apply before the end of the closing date. When applying, you will need to provide an up-to-date CV and a supporting statement (no more than 500 words) indicating how your skills/ expertise match the competencies outlined in the Job Description.
About Our Client
Our client is an international organisation dedicated to advancing excellence in the chemical sciences. They publish new research. They develop, recognise, and celebrate professional capabilities. They bring people together to spark innovative ideas and new partnerships. They support teachers to inspire future generations of scientists, and they speak up to influence the people making decisions that affect us all.
Our client recognises the benefits of a diverse workforce and welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply. They particularly encourage applications from disabled and ethnic minority candidates.
As a part of the Disability Confident Scheme, they endeavour, where possible, to offer an interview to candidates meeting the essential criteria of the role, who has a substantial physical/mental impairment which impacts their ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.
They are committed to making their recruitment processes accessible to all and as part of this, they are flexible in the ways they give and receive information. If you would like to apply using a different format, please contact the Recruitment Team and they will do their best to put any reasonable adjustments in place.
If you have any questions, please contact us.
Location: London or Cambridge
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Salary: £43,000 per annum plus benefits
You may also have experience in the following: Fundraising Manager, Individual Giving Manager, Donor Management, Fundraising, Fundraiser, Business Development, Senior Fundraising Officer, Philanthropy Manager, Philanthropy, Partnerships Manager, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, NFP, Not for Profit, Marketing Manager, Marketing Coordinator, Direct Marketing, etc.
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As Individual Giving Fundraiser, you will be responsible for cultivating and managing relationships with individual donors to our client and their linked charity, the Chemists' Community Fund, both in the UK and internationally. By leveraging your deep understanding of their mission and the broader scientific landscape, you will maximize income and support for their charitable activities.
Key Responsibilities:
• Cultivate and Build Relationships: Identify and engage potential individual donors who have the capacity to support our client's mission. Develop meaningful relationships by understanding their needs and aligning them with their goals.
• Achieve Income Targets: Take ownership of fundraising targets, working closely with colleagues across our client 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 our client s charitable objectives.
What They re Looking For:
• 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 their 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.
Our client embraces flexibility and offer hybrid working, which means their 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 their Cambridge or London office on a weekly basis (at least once a week).
If you re ready to take the next step in your fundraising career and help drive the our client s mission forward, they d love to hear from you. Apply now and join a team that is helping the chemical science community make the world a better place.
A full job description is available here. Please note that this role is called Philanthropy Lead internally.
If you are interested in this role, please apply before the end of the closing date. When applying, you will need to provide an up-to-date CV and a supporting statement (no more than 500 words) indicating how your skills/ expertise match the competencies outlined in the Job Description.
About Our Client
Our client is an international organisation dedicated to advancing excellence in the chemical sciences. They publish new research. They develop, recognise, and celebrate professional capabilities. They bring people together to spark innovative ideas and new partnerships. They support teachers to inspire future generations of scientists, and they speak up to influence the people making decisions that affect us all.
Our client recognises the benefits of a diverse workforce and welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply. They particularly encourage applications from disabled and ethnic minority candidates.
As a part of the Disability Confident Scheme, they endeavour, where possible, to offer an interview to candidates meeting the essential criteria of the role, who has a substantial physical/mental impairment which impacts their ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.
They are committed to making their recruitment processes accessible to all and as part of this, they are flexible in the ways they give and receive information. If you would like to apply using a different format, please contact the Recruitment Team and they will do their best to put any reasonable adjustments in place.
If you have any questions, please contact us.
Location: London or Cambridge
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Salary: £43,000 per annum plus benefits
You may also have experience in the following: Fundraising Manager, Individual Giving Manager, Donor Management, Fundraising, Fundraiser, Business Development, Senior Fundraising Officer, Philanthropy Manager, Philanthropy, Partnerships Manager, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, NFP, Not for Profit, Marketing Manager, Marketing Coordinator, Direct Marketing, etc.
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