Philanthropy Lead
We are looking for a Philanthropy Lead to join an ambitious and dynamic team at a leading Healthcare charity.
Position: Philanthropy Lead - Stewardship
Location: Cambridge/hybrid (2 days per week in the office)
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 per annum (depending on skills and experience)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
About the Role:
The Philanthropy Lead will join an energised and committed major gifts team covering trusts and major donors. You will have significant ambitions for developing and sustaining relationships with new and existing donors giving up to seven figure gifts.
This role will lead excellent stewardship of ultimately leading the charities philanthropy stewardship programme through establishing slick systems, sympathetic and thoughtful donor engagement and a pragmatic approach to project management.
About You:
To be successful in this role you will have experience of fundraising writing for a philanthropic audience. Primarily, you will need to understand how to make donors feel valued and ensure that everything you do is considered from their perspective.
Key responsibilities:
- Strategically develop a thoughtful and intelligent stewardship plan for the charity's most
- significant donors.
- Plan and deliver the stewardship programme to engage our donors, so that they
- feel appreciated and well-looked after.
- Work with relationship holders to ensure the personalised and efficient care of the charity's
- donors within our philanthropy team.
- Be responsible for the development, coordination and quality of all stewardship.
- materials e.g. letters / emails / newsletters in order to deliver first class donor
- stewardship.
- Review and recommend changes to the charity's donor management systems, ensuring
- impeccable standards.
- To ensure the effective and efficient use of the charity's resources
- To ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard.
- To work in line with the Institute of Fundraising Code of Practice and other relevant
- legislation and guidance
- To perform any other duties that may be required from time to time as specified by
- the Director of Philanthropy.
- To participate in team meetings, planning and any corporate development
- activities and initiatives as may be identified from time to time.
Essential skills:
- Minimum of three years fundraising experience
- Experience of communicating professionally, thoughtfully and
- sensitively with high-net-worth individuals.
- Ability to project manage with evidence of applying this to a
- philanthropic audience.
- Experience of managing multiple senior stakeholders.
- Strong administrative skills, with superlative attention to detail
- Excellent written skills with experience of writing for a
- philanthropic audience.
- Competent on Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, design
- software and relational databases
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