Senior Philanthropy Officer

Our client, the national charity for children in care and young care leavers have an exciting opportunity for a creative and self-driven specialist in major donor fundraising who has already demonstrated success in this field.

Senior Philanthropy Officer
Salary: £35,190 per annum
Hours: This role is full-time (35 hours per week). They offer flexible working options such as compressed hours and job-shares.
Location: Team members mostly work remotely but have access to office space in London and are expected to attend team meetings in London (usually once or twice per month).

They offer a wide range of employment benefits to all Team Members including generous annual leave, flexible working from the start, life insurance, and a rewards package which includes a Health Cash Plan. They're proud that they support their staff and want to see everyone who works there thrive in their personal and professional life.

About the Role

Building networks and understanding what motivates their supporters, and aligning their activities with philanthropic interests, are crucial to their growth plans for this income stream. A primary focus of this role will be to identify potential donors capable of making transformational gifts. The post holder will work closely with the Trusts and Philanthropy Manager and Director of Fundraising, focusing on securing and nurturing long-term relationships with new major donors.

As a key member of their Fundraising team, you'll play a pivotal role in driving high value fundraising performance and making a significant contribution to their ambitious plans to reach more children and young people to help them to believe in themselves and shape the future they want and to tackle the structural and systemic issues holding young people back.

The deadline for applications to be received is 9am on Wednesday 16th October.

Interview details

Interviews will have two parts:

• A session with young people;
• A panel interview with Become staff.

Interviews may be held virtually using a video calling app (Microsoft Teams or Zoom) or in person at our location in Central London. If access to technology/WiFi is difficult for you, please contact us so we can assist in making suitable arrangements.

Become also wants to ensure fairness in all of our interviews so all successful shortlisted candidates will be sent the interview questions in advance.

Interviews will take place:

• Young people's panel: Wednesday 23rd October 2024
• Staff panel: Tuesday 29th October 2024

Interested?

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Please note: Before continuing with your application, you must have a Right to Work in the UK. Although the role is hybrid, they do not offer work visas or sponsorship for any candidates based outside of the UK.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

As an organisation serving children in care and care leavers, they are keen to receive applications from people with experience of care. They actively seek to bring diversity of perspectives and experience, and especially welcome applications from those from racially marginalised communities and people with disabilities. They also ask all applicants to fill in an Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form as part of their application so they can better understand the diversity of applicants. This is anonymous and will not be connected to your application.

Please also tell them if there are any reasonable adjustments they can make to assist you in your application.

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