Philanthropy Manager

Philanthropy Manager
Reference: MAR20240875 
Location: Flexible in UK 
Salary: £32,022.00 - £34,377.00 Per Annum 
Contract: Permanent 
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 Hours per week 
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave

Are you a successful major gifts fundraiser who is looking for a new challenge and is keen to work at Europe’s largest conservation organisation?

Our client's high-achieving Philanthropy Team is looking to recruit a Philanthropy Manager to help grow their donor portfolio and further increase philanthropic income for their organisation. They are looking for an experienced major gifts fundraiser to join their friendly and hard-working team who will help them to achieve their ambitious goals.

You will be responsible for cultivating a portfolio of prospects and donors through a range of engagement, to gain their financial support for programmes, projects and the wider organisation. Working with colleagues in relevant departments, countries and regions, you will manage donor relationships and solicitation strategies to achieve the best outcome for the charity. 

What's the role about?
As a team player with a positive and diligent approach, you will:

• Look after your own portfolio of donors as well as reaching out to prospects and new donors. You will be responsible for fundraising information to advance plans and ensure prospect and donor records are accurate, incorporating any changes, new activities, updated plans, and new information as well as adding new relationships in keeping with data protection and team procedures.
• Work closely with your team and wider organisation colleagues to implement solicitation strategies, to secure financial support either by direct solicitation, preparing a written proposal, or working with senior management to make a solicitation. 
• Be involved in the development of funding proposals for approved priority projects that will inspire potential donors to secure gifts. 
• Contribute to the planning of and participate actively in events (face to face and online) to build relationships with donors and prospects for future income and to demonstrate the impact of gifts already received. 
• Arrange meetings with individual donors at a variety of venues, including at the organisation's reserves, working closely with area and reserve colleagues to deliver an excellent experience for our supporters
• Be jointly responsible for the planning, writing, production and mailing of Philanthropy Matters, the charity's publication aimed at philanthropic supporters.
• Build effective relationships, both internally and externally, that will enhance this charity's reputation and ultimately secure funding. This includes understanding donors’ wishes and aspirations and identifying links with approved priority projects with the aim of securing substantial gifts.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Intermediate levels of fundraising as demonstrated by work successes and recognised fundraising courses
• Experience in how to research and cultivate a prospect. And understanding of how to write a cultivation strategy
• Ability to write funding proposals and prepare briefing documents in advance of meetings and events
• Competent in the use of a CRM system (Salesforce), the Microsoft suite, other databases, research tools and methods
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels
• Ability to work collaboratively with team members, and people and teams outside of the department
• Good judgement when working with donors and ability to recognise potentially sensitive areas between prospects and th to ensure reputational values are maintained
• Experience of having successfully managed and developed donor relationships leading to substantial support.

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Experience or interest in the environmental sector

Closing date: 23:59, Sunday 28th April 2024 
Please note that this position is being actively recruited. This employer will be interviewing on an ongoing basis, and the right is reserved to close this vacancy once sufficient applications have been received - so don't hesitate to apply!

Interested?

Please click 'Apply' and follow the job board process. You will receive an email from CHM Recruit containing further information on how to apply for the role.
Please note that although you may be asked by the job board to upload a CV, you are not applying at this stage.

This employer is committed to developing an inclusive and diverse organisation, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve their vision of creating a world richer in nature, they need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, they are particularly interested in receiving your application. 

Our client is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

This employer is a licenced sponsor, however this role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

No agencies please.