Senior National Fundraising Officer

Senior National Fundraising Officer.

Salary: £35,000 per annum.

Location: Homebased

Contract: Permanent, 35 hours per week.

Benefits:

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer's discounts.

Why Action for Children?

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

A bit about the role

We are seeking a dynamic, innovative and talented Senior National Fundraising Officer to join our team during an exciting time while we grow our Individual Giving programme.

This pivotal role works with a range of colleagues across our income and engagement teams to manage key projects and develop innovative and compelling multi-channel fundraising campaigns.

The successful candidate will be responsible for retention and acquisition campaigns that talk to thousands of individuals, using their direct marketing and fundraising skills to effectively generate income and build relationships with supporters across a wide range marketing channels and different activities. You will also manage the delivery of specific new products and will work collaboratively with other teams on our integrated campaigns e.g. a Christmas appeal (Secret Santa).

How you'll help to create brighter futures

• Planning and delivering inspiring integrated campaigns and contribute to the development and delivery of a multi-year cash growth strategy.
• Leading the development and growth of new fundraising product(s) or income generating opportunities.
• Managing key projects to help us grow and develop our individual giving programme.
• Delivering income targets to contribute to team income targets and against other supporter metrics.
• Increasing and diversifying revenues streams and deliver greater value from existing revenue streams.
• Contributing to the development and implementation of supporter journeys for all new supporters/prospects acquired.
• Leading the Project Management & creative development of campaigns and other marketing materials.

Let's talk about you

An innovative, dynamic and experienced direct marketer, you use your insight-based decision making to plan and deliver exceptional fundraising campaigns. You have experience working with different direct marketing channels such as direct mail, telephone fundraising and sms.

Highly collaborative, you are used to working with a range of internal and external colleagues to efficiently deliver projects and campaigns which maximise income.

You use insight and your strong analysis skills to test and optimise your campaigns and take learnings along the way. You are innovative and use creative thinking to see different ways to elevate your campaigns and look for new ways to raise income to support vulnerable children and young people.

You will have:

• Relevant fundraising & substantial direct marketing experience and can demonstrate has been applied to drive revenues in a complex organisation/charity.
• Specific experience of acquisition & loyalty funnel management to a public audience (mass).
• Experience of setting up and ongoing managing relationships with external suppliers.
• Extensive experience of project management, including delivering to timescales and budgets.
• Excellent IT skills particularly including using CRM system and excel.
• Experience with digital marketing platforms such as content management systems, email marketing systems, social media tools and web analytics would be an advantage but not essential.
• Ability to work independently and proactively, to prioritise work and meet deadlines with well-developed time management skills.
• An understanding of other channels (such as digital channels) and the wider marketing mixes impact on fundraising & marketing.

Please see the Job Description for the full list of accountabilities and requirements.

Contact: David Simpson on 01923361732 or email us at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 10226.

Good to know

Application Process

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.

Diversity, equality, and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.

We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Closing Date: Monday 28th October 2024.

Interviews dates are around the 4th and 5th November 2024 by MS Teams