Fundraising Officer in London

Merrifield Consultants are delighted to partner with Action for Stammering Children to find a Fundraising Officer to take forward their individual giving fundraising strategy. As part of this, the successful candidate would be responsible for planning and executing our events programme.

Title : Fundraising Officer

Organisation: Action for Stammering Children

Salary: £29,000 - £31,000/annum

Location: London Farringdon / Hybrid

Contract: Permanent/ Full-time

Fulltime office based - 5 days in the office

This is an exciting time to join Action for Stammering Children. Our ambitious new national strategy will help us to reach more of the 8% of children who stammer and their families across the UK. We are therefore expanding the capacity of our fundraising team to help us achieve our mission.

Main responsibilities

• You will be responsible for individual giving, including one-off and regular donors.
• You will be tasked with converting one-off donors and event attendees into regular donors and volunteers through a dynamic supporter journey.
• You will support the Trusts & Foundations Manager and CEO in developing our High Value Donor Network
• You will be responsible for the events and activities strand of the fundraising strategy, with an emphasis on recruiting new donors and generating income through fundraising events and sponsorship challenges.
• You will be responsible for creating an annual schedule of fundraising events that generate income and cultivate our supporter base.
• You will lead on implementation of the annual events programme from planning through to execution and evaluation.
• You will develop sustainable annual events to achieve the charity’s individual giving and corporate partnership fundraising targets.
• You will be required to develop and manage relationships with trusted suppliers and external organisations.
• You will work with the CEO on identifying external sponsorship opportunities.

Knowledge and skills

• Self-motivated and enthusiastic worker.
• Excellent communicator both written and face to face with an ability to adapt to each donor’s individual needs.
• Passionate and energetic, able to inspire and engage people in the charity’s mission
• Effective team worker.
• Ability to work on own initiative.

This role is perfect for a fundraiser looking to take a step up in an excellent charity with great plans to expand their team.

To find out more and to apply, please contact Jaini Shah at Merrifield Consultants.