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Major Gifts Executive

Employer
ActionAid
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
£30,079 - £30,988 per annum
Closing date
24 Sep 2019

Job Details

ActionAid UK is recruiting for a Major Gifts Executive to support the development of the major gifts programme by managing the Funding Futures Network giving product, supporting the account management of high value donors and the engagement of prospective donors.

 

ActionAid is an international charity that works with women and girls living in poverty. Our dedicated local staff are ending violence against women and girls and helping change lives, for good. We won’t stop until women and girls are out of danger, out of poverty and on track to create the future they want.

Our Major Gifts Executive will take responsibility for developing a strong engagement programme for a pool of prospective donors consisting of compelling updates and materials, selective ‘asks’ and invitations to events in order to grow income and develop donors for the wider team.

They will generate the maximum possible funds from this pool of donors, including managing asks in the eventuality of a red alert emergency or wider appeal. To be successful with this, it is essential that you have very strong interpersonal and relationship building skills.

To succeed within this role, you must have previous experience of running a successful fundraising campaign, along with a clear understanding of the factors that make up high value fundraising. You must also have a proven understanding of philanthropy trends and fundraising best practice.

Our Major Gifts Executive will also be required to have successful experience of supporting the delivery of events for existing supporters and prospects, such as private dinners, briefings and small receptions.

We are keen to receive applications from those with excellent written communications skills, along with a high level of accuracy and good attention to detail.

If you have this, along with experience of working in a fast-paced environment and of managing and prioritising a varied workload, whilst ensuring agreed deadlines are kept to, this may be the role for you.

We are especially keen to hear from those with a passion to work within an organisation committed to improving the lives of women and girls living in poverty, for good,

Please note that this is a fixed term contract to cover a period of maternity leave. It is primarily being offered for 8 months but there is potential for it to be extended to 11 months.

ActionAid is passionate about supporting flexible working. If you would like to discuss flexible working options, including the possibility of a job share for this role, there will be space to do so during the interview process.

ActionAid is committed to driving improvement through digital channels, tools and ways of working. We will ensure that we provide the technology and the training to enable all staff to perform their roles to the best of their abilities. In return, we ask that all staff are committed to continually improving their digital skills and knowledge within the working environment. Our recruitment processes will evaluate the digital skills of all applicants.  

Company

ActionAid is an international development charity which works in 45 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Founded in 1972, ActionAid is an international federation and has offices in Johannesburg, Nairobi, Rio de Janeiro, Bangkok and Washington DC, as well as London.

ActionAid UK is part of the international federation and almost all of the people and partners who run ActionAid programmes are from the developing world. This means its staff are on the ground, experiencing poverty at first hand. They see day-to-day how poverty affects people’s lives, and are uniquely placed to give a voice to the women and children who suffer most.

ActionAid’s work has several different components, unified by a commitment to place women and girls at the centre of its work. The charity aims to end hunger by giving millions of people in extreme poverty the skills they need to grow sustainable food, and campaigns to address the causes of hunger.

ActionAid also responds to emergencies and conflicts. It provided emergency assistance to more than 600,000 people in 2015 and trained nearly 46,000 others to protect lives and prepare for emergencies. In total the charity responded to 27 emergencies around the world last year.

Improving access to education is another facet of its mission. 59 million children, more than half of them girls, were out of school in 2013. ActionAid works with more than 5,000 schools across Africa, Asia and Latin America to help over a millions girls and boys get the free, quality education they are entitled to.

Women’s rights and gender equality informs all of ActionAid’s activities. The charity works with communities against female genital mutilation, gender-based violence and forced early marriage.

ActionAid also campaigns for tax justice, fairer wages and more effective aid which can tackle the roots causes of poverty. It estimates that poorer countries lose around $200 billion a year from tax dodging by companies.

A variety of different roles are available at ActionAid including policy adviser, fundraising offer and HR manager. Employee benefits are plentiful, encompassing the opportunity to develop new skills, a pension scheme, childcare vouchers and free advice services.

ActionAid also supports selected UK employees to travel to host countries in order to gain first-hand experience of its in-country work. Frequent secondments, whereby employees work, for a period, in another department or different country in the federation, take place. The charity encourages job shares.

Company info
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Telephone
020 3122 0561
Location
33-39 Bowling Green Lane
London
EC1R 0BJ
GB

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