Senior Fundraising Associate
Comic Relief
- Closing: 12:00pm, 2nd Dec 2022 GMT
Perks and benefits
Flexible working hours
Work from home option
Life Insurance
Wellness programs
Employee Assistance Programme
Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
Paid emergency leave
Sabbatical Opportunities
Professional development
Mentoring/coaching
Paid volunteer days
Payroll giving
Salary sacrifice
Team social events
Extracurricular clubs
Cycle to work scheme
Free fruit
Candidate happiness
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Job Description
PURPOSE OF JOB:
This role is responsible for the delivery of high value activity in support of the fundraising strategy for community and schools audiences, supporting the Senior Fundraising Manager. This will be in the course of Red Nose Day, Sport Relief, and other year-round fundraising activity.
Key responsibilities:
Deliver against the communities and schools fundraising strategy, working across the organisation to deliver materials, products, digital fundraising activations and propositions that will inspire fundraising in these audiences
Work with the Senior Fundraising Managers to deliver impactful multi-channel acquisition, conversion and retention supporter journeys
Prospect and pitch to new high value fundraising partners and accounts, and provide high-quality relationship management to existing high value fundraisers
Work with the Corporate Partnerships team to maximise employee fundraising and engagement from corporate partners
Oversee the collection and sharing of inspiring fundraising stories from supporters, working with the Fundraising Associates
Work with the Supporter Care Supervisor to ensure all fundraiser enquiries and complaints are managed effectively and within the agreed timeframes
Brief and manage creative resource for creation of fundraising tools and materials
Monitor and report on activity such as registrations, conversion and income, working closely with data and audience teams to identify trends and insight, and to proactively suggest new forms of engagement
Recruit and line manage campaign support staff as needed
Skills and Competencies:
Essential: Experience of providing high-quality fundraiser relationship management
Essential: Excellent communication skills – written and verbal
Essential: Strong project management experience with proven organisational and time-management skills
Essential: Experience of delivering fundraising strategies and propositions that engage fundraisers and drive support
Essential: A proactive and positive individual with a “can do” attitude
Desirable:
Experience of presenting and pitching to new prospects
Experience delivering digital fundraising activations
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Comic Relief we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Removing bias from the hiring process
Applications closed Fri 2nd Dec 2022
Removing bias from the hiring process
- Your application will be anonymously reviewed by our hiring team to ensure fairness
- You’ll need a CV/résumé, but it’ll only be considered if you score well on the anonymous review
Applications closed Fri 2nd Dec 2022