Fundraising Officer

Fundraising Officer Salary c£26,000 pa dependent on experience Surrey Wildlife Trust is the only local organisation dedicated to ensuring Surrey is a place where both abundant wildlife and people can live and thrive together. 

Our aim is simply to connect nature.

Our small fundraising team needs a proactive, experienced fundraiser who will seek out opportunities and build productive relationships using creativity, quick thinking and thorough research.  Working at an individual and corporate level, confidence is essential with a desire to succeed by securing financial support for the Trust’s work.

Communication skills are essential so that both oral and written material is compelling, detailed and tailored to each audience approached then reflected in press releases, newsletters, pitches and social media posts.

Our office base is at our HQ in Pirbright and travel across Surrey will be a necessary part of the role, visiting sites, donors and other partners. 

Our hybrid working policy aims to provide a good work/life balance which can incorporate partial home working whilst having an interesting and challenging working environment. 

We are committed to having an inclusive and diverse workplace and encourage applications from backgrounds which may be underrepresented in our sector, including people from minority ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities. 

We aim to offer an interview to all candidates that meet the essential criteria for the post.  Please let us know if you require any adjustment to make our recruitment process more accessible.

Please look at the full job profile to see if you match our criteria and would enjoy working with motivated, passionate, wildlife friendly nature professionals and fundraising experts.

If this is the role for you, please send a completed application form, available at our website or send a full CV and covering letter to Sadie Miller, Fundraising Manager.

The deadline for applications is midday Monday 15^th August 2022. 

Guided by a collaborative vision where we all play a part in connecting nature, we provide expert advice and guidance to landowners and managers, making sure the land we look after leads by example, while inspiring and educating people and organisations across the county on what they can do. By doing this we will create a Surrey that is full of diverse and abundant wildlife, where nature is at the heart of individual choices, corporate decisions, and local economic and policy making. One that helps tackle the ongoing climate emergency, while supporting the health and wellbeing of all who live here.