Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 01 Jul 2018
This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated fundraiser with a passion for international development to join an award winning and ambitious team and help us to dramatically grow our income to reach more children in the worst conflict affected countries. With a strong understanding of relationship-based fundraising, you will work with the Philanthropy team to generate income from a portfolio of existing and prospective high value and major donors. You will help to identify new prospects to drive the pipeline for the Philanthropy income stream, and work closely with both the Philanthropy and Global Partnering team to plan and deliver cultivation and stewardship opportunities and events.
Your role
With a strong understanding of relationship-based fundraising, you will work with the Philanthropy team to generate income from a portfolio of existing and prospective high value and major donors. As part of a small team the person will have the chance to shine and really have an impact on our projects supporting children affected by war.
Your responsibilities:
• To play a key role in maximising philanthropic income for War Child
• To directly develop and manage relationships with existing high value and regular givers
• Lead on writing and delivering the quarterly Philanthropy newsletter
• Identify new prospects and devise strategies for engagement to drive the pipeline for the Philanthropy income stream
• Work with the Philanthropy and Global Partnering team to plan and deliver cultivation and stewardship opportunities and events
• To develop good relations and maintain excellent communication channels with other teams and departments
• Systematically identify, qualify, and strategize a pipeline for £1k+ gifts, including regular givers
• Develop and implement strong stewardship, cultivation and solicitation plans for prospects and donors to generate significant income from the portfolio, including identifying lapsed donors and devising strategies for re-engagement
• Attend high level cultivation events/meetings and represent War Child with commitment and enthusiasm to build new relationships and contacts for War Child, working with colleagues to ensure that new prospects are followed up and their interest capitalised on
• Actively participate in regular department and team meetings, contributing to strategy discussion and decisions that will be beneficial to the development of fundraising activities
• Work with members of the programmes team including Programmes Director, Country Directors and UK senior managers to gain their support for specific proposals and solicitation of prospects
How to apply:
For a full JD and an Application Form, please go to our website https://www.warchild.org.uk/post/philanthropy-executive