Philanthropy Executive (North)

We are working with a national health charity to recruit a Philanthropy Executive (North) to cover maternity leave for 12 months, you will be joining an experienced, high performing and ambitious team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to grow your experience in fundraising by working with a portfolio of funders, predominantly across the North of England.

BasedBradford Hospice/Hybrid/Home working considered

The Role
Responsible for generating donations of 10K+ from major donors; defined as individuals, grant-making trusts and foundations.
Responsible for identifying and initiating relationships with prospective donors.
Manage a calendar of approaches and donor interactions, ensuring that donors timetables are met.
Initiate contact with donors through face-to-face meetings, telephone calls, events, written communications and project visits to meet agreed KPIs.
Produce well written project proposals, briefings and pitches and make asks in writing or in person as appropriate.

The Candidate
Excellent relationship building and communication skills, with the ability to produce consistently high quality, imaginative and compelling written materials.
Some experience of major donor fundraising or related account management role.
Able to demonstrate how to apply current skills for use with a philanthropic audience.
Understand the process of soliciting and stewarding philanthropic donors and how to utilise a database effectively for fundraising purposes.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.