Fundraising Campaigns Officer

Are you looking for a career in the charity sector? Are you creative with willingness to learn and a can-do attitude?

We have an amazing opportunity to join the team as a Fundraising Campaigns Officer. If you have a flair for marketing and fundraising, the team of expert fundraisers will teach you all there is to know.

Position: Fundraising Campaigns Officer

Location: Swindon/flexible hybrid options (circa one day per week in Swindon)

Hours: Full-time 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £26,000 to £31,000 per annum

Duration: Permanent

Benefits: Flexible Working, Pension, Employee Assistance Programme, Family Time benefits including TOIL, 25 day’s holiday (plus bank holidays) holiday trading, discounted gym membership, Health Cash Plan or Private Medical, Cycle Scheme, Annual Staff Day, Life Assurance, Tastecard, Childcare Vouchers, Loyalty Awards, Staff Events, Free tea and coffee and free car parking

Close Date: Sunday 10 July 2022

Interview Date: Wednesday 20 July 2022

The Role

We are looking for a creative and enthusiastic professional who will use fundraising and marketing tactics to inspire engagement, financial giving and committed support to the charity. Organised, effective and caring, you'll know how to engage and inspire supporters to share the vision for Bible mission.

You will join a supportive, passionate Fundraising team, working together to make a life-changing difference. This is a creative and varied role with many opportunities to learn new skills and develop professionally.

Main responsibilities include:

• Run and deliver challenge fundraising campaigns such as Bike for Bibles and Bake for Bibles
• Run and support campaigns to acquire new supporters for Bible Society
• Co-ordinate digital and PPC campaigns to acquire new supporters for Bible Society, working closely with the Digital Advertising Officer
• Seek to develop new ideas for campaigns and programmes that support income growth and supporter experience
• Support delivery and content generation for the Rooted and Rooted Juniors programmes
• Identify fundraising opportunities within wider organisational activity, being proactive and collaborative
• Analyse and report on the success of campaigns and programmes

About You

As Fundraising Campaigns Officer, you will have some knowledge or experience of a fundraising, marketing or related business or charity experience. This may have been gained in a sales, marketing or business development role or through volunteering or fundraising in your person life.

You will have knowledge of and empathy with churches and their members in England and Wales and be goal-oriented with an ability to see how work links into the bigger picture.

A self-motivated team player, you will be comfortable working with others in overcoming obstacles to achieve results with the ability to generate or commission engaging content

You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be competent with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel).

This is a really rewarding role where you will be supported every step of the way with additional training to enable your professional development.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. Please provide your CV and a 250-word statement that sets out why you’re the best person for this position.

In Return

Commitment

As a Christian organisation who believes you were created with a unique character, you have gifts and abilities that are all your own. So the charity is willing to explore how what you have might fit what is needed.

The checklist

There's no such thing as the perfect candidate. You don't have to tick every box on the job description before you can even think of applying. If you think you've got most of what is needed and you're excited about what the charity is doing, go ahead.

It's personal

You have a life outside work, and the charity want you to be able to live it well, so is happy to talk to you about flexible working hours and working from home. No one is impressed if you respond to emails at midnight.

Learn and grow

When you're trained in a new skill, or learn a different perspective, it benefits you and it benefits the charity. The organisation is committed to making it possible for everyone to flourish and be the best they can be, with a huge variety of learning resources available.

Together and apart

The charity believes in home working where it's appropriate, and during lockdown made that work really well.

Celebrating difference

Universal acceptance for everyone, everywhere is at the heart of the organisation, promoting diversity of thought, culture and background, which connects the entire charity. As such, the charity is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity and aspires to reflect this in its workforce. Applications from people representing all sections of the community are welcome.

Level ground

We want you to bring your best to the application and selection process. If you need the charity to make any adjustments for that to happen, let us know and we'll be glad to help.

About the Organisation

The charity’s mission is to offer the Bible to the world. It is a vision of a world where everyone has access to the Bible and can recognise its value for them, their families and communities. Working for a Christian charity, this is a great opportunity to work for an investor in people gold employer who have won awards for their excellence in investing in people. They are committed to the development of all staff and have fantastic charity-sector benefits to help motivate and retain exceptional people.

The charity is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity and aspires to reflect this in its workforce. Applications are welcome from people representing all sections of the community.

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