Senior Fundraising Officer

Location: Hybrid – home and office-based working – primarily based working at their Morley Street office in Waterloo, London and other London offices as required.

Salary: £35,000 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Are you passionate about raising funds to help create greener, more sustainable communities and help people to achieve their potential? If you’re an experienced fundraiser with line management experience, they would like to hear from you.

The Role

As their Senior Fundraising Officer (SFO) you’ll play a pivotal role the company’s income generation, funding streams, project development and funder management activities across London and the South of England. This is a fantastic opportunity to bring your skills to a fast-paced, varied role, leading a highly motivated, lively and expanding fundraising team! The main income generation specialisms and targets of this role are charitable trust/foundation grants, statutory grants and formal contract tenders.

As a Senior Fundraising Officer, you’ll play an important part in helping them achieve their aims by securing funding, working towards their three main aims;

• Improving prospects
• Greener living and working
• Creating better places

You will be responsible for identifying and securing funds towards a wide range of social and environmental projects, as well as managing an ongoing portfolio of projects in need of funding, generating income from statutory sources, trusts and foundations. You will be responsible for the development, writing and submission of tenders and major grant applications, and for positioning the company on relevant Frameworks.

With close support from the Fundraising Manager, you will line manage and support the professional development of a small team of fundraising officers, whilst identifying, devising and implementing new systems/processes to improve efficiencies and maximise income in line with the Trust’s Fundraising strategy and annual income targets.

Skills and Qualifications

• Proven experience in writing high value, >£100k bids and tenders
• Line management experience of either junior staff and/or volunteers
• Confidence in writing creative and compelling proposals for targeted funders
• Excellent relationship building skills with both internal and external stakeholders.
• An ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise multiple tasks
• An ability to take the initiative in identifying and proactively developing new Fundraising & Development opportunities
• An interest/ passion for creating greener, more sustainable communities

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable company, please do not hesitate to apply.