Permanent Jobs in Gloucester, swindon, cheltenham

Contract Type Permanent Salary Regional £30,866 - £33,964 per annum, or London £34,358 - £37,456 per annum Job Description

Hours : Full time (30 hours over 4 days)

Location : Flexible across England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Salary : Regional £30,866 - £33,964 per annum, or London £34,358 - £37,456 per annum. (London salary applicable to candidates living in London or those who are based in the London office a minimum of two days a week)

The role :

Concerned about the climate emergency? Keen to use your fundraising expertise to protect the planet for future generations?

We are looking for an experienced and inspired fundraiser to develop and manage fundraising projects designed to meet Friends of the Earth’s income targets through multi-channel direct marketing campaigns to acquire new high-quality supporters and develop, retain and increase value from existing supporters.

As Individual Giving Officer you will also monitor performance of fundraising projects and make tactical and strategic recommendations to enhance results. You’ll join a passionate team and contribute to the development of individual giving annual plans, manage budgets and work with Friends of the Earth many internal teams, external suppliers and agency partners.

The role will hold a special focus on maintaining the positive experience of existing supporters, by providing timely campaign updates, as well as finding opportunities to ask for further donations.

Key Skills and Attributes :

This role requires a confident fundraiser and project manager with a solid grasp of fundraising from individuals, either donor recruitment or retention, or in direct marketing within the charity or commercial sector.

Experience of developing and managing multi-channel fundraising projects is essential using a range of media channels. These include telemarketing, print (supporter magazine, cash appeals, retention mailings, inserts and cold mailings), paid social media, Display, YouTube, PPC and email.

You’ll need to demonstrate a good level of organisational, time management and project management skills, and show a great attention to detail, leading on the monitoring and reporting of projects.

You’ll provide strong creative thinking, and work alongside the internal Content and Creative teams to ensure that content is accessible, inclusive, and honours our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

You’ll gain support from the Senior Individual Giving Officer on using the latest CRM database and create mailing selection lists and help take part in quarterly reforecasting. And show a good understanding of the both the charity fundraising sector and the climate crisis, in order to keep up with the latest trends and techniques.

The Individual Giving program has evolved hugely over the past few years, with a big increase in our digital activity and collaboration with campaign teams to create compelling and integrated plans. You’ll need to show a track record of engaging online audiences, with an ability to produce compelling copy and content.

The Individual Giving Officer will manage a selection of projects focused on supporter experience. You will contribute to delivering an annual calendar of communications to maintain the number of active regular and cash giving supporters, providing timely campaign updates, as well as identifying areas to ask for additional financial support.

Knowledge of relevant compliance including Fundraising Code of Practice, CAP code, UK data protection law and complaints handling requirements in relation to individual giving is essential.

The team :

The role is in the supportive and friendly Individual Giving (IG) team, which sits within the Income Generation directorate.

• The IG team consists of eight roles :
• Head of Individual Giving
• Individual Giving Supporter Recruitment Manager
• Individual Giving Supporter Experience Manager
• Legacy Manager
• Senior Individual Giving Officer x 2
• Philanthropy Officer
• Individual Giving Officer x 2

Each Individual Giving Officer will be line managed by their Senior Individual Giving Officer, and will work closely with the Individual Giving Supporter Recruitment Manager and Individual Giving Supporter Experience Manager

For more information please read the attached job description.

Closing date : Monday 28th April 2025 (23 : 59)

Interview date : Wednesday 28th May 2025.

Please note we only accept applications via the Friends of the Earth Application System.

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work / life balance including a 4-day working week with no loss of pay, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant organisational culture.

Our staff body is currently under-representative of People of Colour, LGBTQIA+ people and people with long term conditions or impairments. We are committed to eroding these historic barriers, so as to create a movement in which people from all walks of life see themselves in, and so we particularly encourage you to apply if you belong to one of these groups or sit at multiple intersections of disadvantage. We are committed to the Disability Confident standard and will guarantee an interview to any candidates who declare a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Friends of the Earth staff who publicly represent Friends of the Earth (including all campaigners) are not allowed to also represent a political party. This is to ensure that there can be no confusion in the minds of the public about Friends of the Earth's party-political independence. Affected staff should also seek permission from the Senior Management Team if they wish to hold a non-public facing official role in a political party. If this is an issue, please do raise this with us as soon as possible.

Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all.