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Fundraising Officer (Research)

Employer
Alzheimer's Society
Location
London
Salary
From £27,782 to £32,326 per annum (depending on location)
Closing date
30 Sep 2018

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Function
Fundraising
Sector
Health & Medical
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent

Fundraising Officer (Research) 

Join our team, take on dementia 

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia. 

Position: Research Fundraising Officer 
Location: Flexible across England Wales and Northern Ireland 
Contract type: Permanent, Full Time 
Hours: 35 hours per week 
Salary: From £27,782 to £32,326 per annum (depending on location) 

Closing date: midday on Thursday 30 August 
Interview date: TBC 

About the role: 

Fundraising at Alzheimer’s Society is thriving. We raised nearly £77m last year, 11% more than in 2016/17, and are aiming for £100m by 2022 – enabling us to deliver our New Deal on Dementia. As part of this strategy, we’re catalysing progress in research like never before: investing in cutting-edge projects to explore dementia care, cure, cause and prevention – all taking us closer to our ultimate vision of a world without dementia. 

To help achieve this, our talented fundraisers are generating an increasing number of five, six and seven-figure funding opportunities. We need to secure as many as possible to fulfil our pledge to spend £150m on dementia research over the next 10 years. And once we have secured these gifts, we need to ensure our supporters feel fully invested in our work: understanding what their money is helping our researchers to achieve. 

In this specialist role, you’ll act as a vital bridge between our research and fundraising directorates: demystifying our diverse research portfolio, and continuously enhancing the impact, accuracy and accessibility of fundraisers’ research communications. Based in a dedicated proposal and report-writing team, you’ll help to ensure that fundraisers can clearly, confidently and persuasively discuss all aspects of our research funding – including our landmark contribution of £50m to the UK’s first ever Dementia Research Institute. Day-to-day, you’ll help them to pick the perfect research proposition for whichever prospect comes their way. You’ll then play a key role in the creation of compelling funding proposals and reports for our Philanthropy, Development and Corporate teams.. 

About you: 

With a flair for science communications and good familiarity with key principles of biomedical research, you’ll be a passionate advocate of research in all its forms – equally at home putting your knowledge directly to use as upskilling others. You’ll be a big thinker – drawing out common themes across projects to suit different prospects – while also being comfortable delving into complex scientific and budgetary detail. Above all, your creativity and writing skills will enable you to create communications which are not only accurate and accessible, but expertly pitched to have the greatest possible impact. 

A highly collaborative and strategic thinker, your background could be in research, journalism, fundraising or other medical charities. Either way, you’ll be someone who relishes a challenging, varied, fast-paced workload – all driven by the desire to make a lasting difference to people living with dementia. 

You may have experience of the following: science communications, sci comms, biomedical research, health research, health journalism, science journalism, medical journalism, healthcare research, proposal writer, bid writer, report writer, copy-writing, copy-editing, corporate fundraising, major donors, trusts and foundations, marketing, charity, not for profit. 

Our employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people's lives. We are proud to support them with a range of benefits and recognition as well as agile working and flexible working options. All contributing to a strong work life balance. Each role has its unique learning pathway helping our people to develop their skills and engage with the wider development opportunities and build their expertise regardless to help them grow and realise their potential to shape a career with Alzheimer's Society. 

Alzheimer’s Society is committed to equal opportunities. 

You may have experience of the following: Research Fundraising Officer, Dementia Research, Biomedical Science, Scientific Research, Charity, Not for Profit, Third Sector, Events Fundraising Officer, Fundraising Coordinator, Fundraiser, Marketing, Business Development, Donor Management, Third Sector, Fundraising Assistant, etc.

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