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Assistant Philantropy Officer

Employer
Harris Hill
Location
London
Salary
£24k per year
Closing date
11 Oct 2018

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Function
Fundraising, Trusts & Foundations
Sector
Disability
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent

Job Details

Harris Hill are recruiting an Assistant Philanthropy Officer on behalf of an international disability charity. This organisation provide support to individuals to help them live and work as independently as they choose.

Based in London this role is responsible for providing support and assistance to the trusts and philanthropy team in order to maximise income generation opportunities from grant giving trusts and foundations.

Key responsibilities
- To identify and research Trust and Foundation fundraising opportunities under the direction of Trusts Officers and Managers
- To use the whole range of research tools to identify Trust and Foundation funders and help build relationships with prospects
- To support the team in developing, preparing and submitting funding applications to Trusts and Foundations as part of the overall strategy of the Trusts and Philanthropy Team
- To provide feedback where needed/appropriate, to funders and contribute to the monitoring of projects
- To provide support to the Regional Fundraising Team in their work with Trusts and Foundations to ensure efficient coordination between the two teams

Experience and skills
- Previous knowledge and experience of working in a fundraising team or department would be advantageous for this role
- The preferred candidate must have strong verbal and written communication skills
- The role requires someone to be computer literate with knowledge of MS Word, Outlook and Excel
- The successful candidate must be self motivated and with the ability to work on under their own initiative
- The preferred candidate must have strong relationship building skills with the ability to build relationships with internal colleagues from different deartments

Company

Harris Hill has been providing the Charity and Not-for-Profit sector with high quality recruitment solutions for over 27 years. In the past year we have worked on more than 3,000 charity vacancies (approximately 2,000 permanent and 1,000 temporary) and are continuing to grow, developing new teams to respond to the strong demand for specialist charity professionals.

Our teams focus on specific functions within charities including Fundraising, Marketing/PR/Digital, Data Management & Business Support, Finance, Human Resources, Temporary and Executive-level roles.

We are committed to delivering a level of excellence to both candidates and clients alike and have an unrivalled reputation for finding talented people their ideal charity jobs within the UK's leading national and international charities and non-profit organisations.

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Company info
Telephone
020 7820 7300
Location
1 - 2 Paris Garden
London
London
SE1 8ND
United Kingdom

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