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Digital Fundraising Executive

Employer
Sightsavers
Location
Haywards Heath, West Sussex
Salary
£29,000 - £33,000 per annum
Closing date
3 Mar 2019

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Our vision is of a world where no one is blind from avoidable causes and where visually impaired people participate equally in society. Each year, we improve the lives of millions of people in the poorest parts of the world. Sightsavers offers a great place to work within easy reach of London and Brighton.

Digital Fundraising Executive

Location: Haywards Heath, UK

Salary: £29,000 - £33,000 per annum

Sightsavers is looking for an enthusiastic Digital Fundraising Executive to join our friendly, award-winning Digital Fundraising Team who ensure we have the resources and expertise to set up and run campaigns from start to finish.

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing specific assigned digital fundraising projects and working with colleagues across fundraising to ensure digital support for the relevant campaigns. The role will entail managing e-mail campaigns, supporting colleagues and helping implement an ongoing testing programme across digital platforms.

The role also has a global remit and will involve working across several countries to ensure a consistent and efficient approach, whilst also recognising the nuances and unique opportunities in each market.

Other duties will involve identifying and developing website improvements, optimising online journeys, working with our international teams to add value to offline fundraising, proactively consider the global perspective and working with the Digital Fundraising Manager and the Head of Digital Fundraising.

Our friendly, highly motivated team is an exciting place to have a big impact on a growing and evolving area of fundraising, and ultimately, on the lives of people with visual impairments and disabilities in some of the poorest parts of the world.

If this role and our organisation interests you, please complete the application and we will look forward to receiving it.

For an exhaustive list of duties, for further information, please see the Job Description attached to the advert.

Closing date: 3 March 2019

Company

Sightsavers Head Office

35 Perrymount Road,
Haywards Heath,
West Sussex RH16 3BW

Postal Address

Bumpers Way,
Bumpers Farm,
Chippenham SN14 6NG

Sightsavers is an international charity that works in more than 30 countries around the world to eliminate avoidable blindness and support people with visual impairments to live independently. Sightsavers is headquartered in the UK and has over 400 employees. It also has branches in Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Italy, India, the United States and the United Arab Emirates.

Sightsavers works with partners in order to provide a comprehensive range of eye care services. In 2013, Sightsavers' projects provided eye health examinations for nearly 14 million people, performed 300,000 eye operations, and treated over 100 million people for neglected tropical diseases.

People are also referred for treatment to prevent blindness or restore sight. Through community volunteers in developing countries, Sightsavers distributes medication to prevent blinding diseases. The charity also trains eye care workers and surgeons and funds operations.

Of the 30 countries Sightsavers works in, 23 are in Africa. These include Mozambique, Mali, Liberia and Kenya. Sightsavers is also present in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Caribbean.

In addition to its medical work, Sightsavers works with partners in order to train specialist teaching staff and supply glasses, Braille kits and other learning tools. The charity aims to educate communities and reduce stigma around visual impairment and blindness. Through its work, people with visual impairments and other disabilities are supported to live independently, get an education and earn an income.

Sightsavers is also a campaigning organisation, working with national governments to tackle the root causes of avoidable blindness, such as lack of access to clean water and sanitation facilities. The charity’s ‘Put us in the Picture campaign calls on the international community to make global development inclusive of the world’s 800m people with disabilities. The campaign’s vision is for all people to have equal access to employment, education, healthcare and participation in society.

Backing up Sightsavers’ work around the world is a strong research capability. Research and policy work revolves around three priorities – health, education and social inclusion. Gathering and disseminating sound research evidence helps to ensure the charity’s programmes meet the needs of the people they are designed to serve. Research evidence is also a strong tool when advocating for policy changes with governments.

Sightsavers has many partners that assist with its aim of eliminating avoidable blindness and may also provide funding. Partners include the UK government’s Department for International Development, the European Union and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Read our latest article on Third Sector: Sightsavers: Work for an award-winning charity tackling blindness worldwide

Company info
Website
Telephone
01444 446600
Location
35 Perrymount Road,
Haywards Heath,
West Sussex
RH16 3BW
GB

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