Trusts and Major Gifts Officer

We're looking for an enthusiastic, approachable and creative Major Gifts Officer to join a team of expert high value fundraisers. You'll be an excellent relationship builder, a strong communicator and will understand Major donor fundraising and methods of cultivating and stewarding gifts of £1k and above. 

  The Major Gifts Team builds relationships with donors, creating long-term partnerships driving change for people with sight loss. We work with supporters who enable RNIB's programmes for blind and partially sighted people through their philanthropy.  

What you'll be doing -

You'll identify new donors and build relationships with existing supporters to secure philanthropic gifts for RNIB's vital work. You'll manage your own portfolio of donors, refreshing and growing The Armitage Circle (our mid-value giving programme) with creative engagement ideas, developing income from existing supporters and reaching out to new prospects. 

 Your role will includedeveloping creative cultivation plans and conducting telephone, email and face to face conversations with donors. You'll be involved in the planning and delivery of events and will be responsible for some reporting and administration tasks.   

Here's what you'll need -

This role would suit someone who is confident meeting people face to face and building lasting and impactful relationships.

You'll thrive on developing creative approaches to achieve team income targets whilst providing excellent, engaging stewardship for donors.

You'll enjoy working on a wide variety of communications and events, be an attentive listener, and will have excellent attention to detail.  

The Team -

Wherever you join us from, you'll be excited about working with an ambitious, flexible and creative team with a clear target to raise £1.35m in 2024/25 financial year. In this post you'll connect with staff working across the organisation, from roles in services and marketing and communications to relationship development, trust and foundations, legacies and individual giving fundraising. You'll relish the chance of significantly increasing levels of donor engagement and be keen to work collaboratively with colleagues and customers across RNIB. 

This role can be worked on a hybrid basis with the expectation to work from RNIB's London office at least one day a week and attend meetings and events in person when required.

 If you would like an informal chat about this role, please do get in touch. The hiring manager, Jo Clark, Senior Manager - Major Gifts would be more than happy to arrange a time to speak.

Interviews will be held on Monday 15th April.  

What We Offer

RNIB prides itself on being a great place to work with a positive, progressive culture. We offer a wide range of benefits including 26 days of holiday per year (plus bank holidays) which rises with service, enhanced family friendly benefits, a contributory pension scheme with an employer contribution of up to 11% and a rewards platform with employee discounts across over 800 retailers.

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We're the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and we're here for everyone affected by sight loss. Working for us means working for one of the UK's biggest charities, supporting almost two million people living with sight loss in the UK.