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Major Gifts Fundraising Officer

Employer
Harris Hill
Location
Kingston upon Thames
Salary
£33k per year
Closing date
18 Oct 2018

Job Details

We at Harris Hill are delighted to be working alongside an International development charity in their recruitment of a Major Gifts Fundraiser. This fundraiser will join their Surrey office and be responsible for securing income through HNWI's and Trusts/foundations.


Key responsibilities:


Identify and research new Major Donor and Trusts and Foundation opportunities.

Develop high quality, tailored funding applications in line with organisational priorities

Attend high level cultivation events, raising awareness and understanding of the organisations work

Identify and match appropriate prospects for core programme needs

Support the Major Gifts and Philanthropy Manager to monitor and report on income targets

Work closely with the Bid Development team to ensure strategic funding opportunities are maximised


Essential Criteria:


Experience of successful fundraising from Major Donors and Trusts

Ability to prepare robust and compelling narrative funding proposals

Experience of working in a target led environment

Ability to present complex information

Understanding of relationship based fundraising, and account management

Interest in international development issues

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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