Fundraising Officer

**Kids Village**

Creating the UK's first holiday village just for children with critical illness and their families.

Our clear aim is to support children with critical illness and their families by providing crucial respite from the trauma of being in hospitals.

**Who is for?**

Kids Village supports not only the child with a critical illness but also the family around them: the siblings, the parents and any other family members who have been there to help.

**What does it look like?**
- Kids Village provides breaks in beautiful settings in special places designed for children with childlike imagination and 'magic' at the heart.
- Kids Village is unique and special, an experience for the whole family to look forward to in their darkest moments.
- Kids Village is not a medical facility and will not look like one.
- Kids Village is a safe, compassionate and understanding bubble for children and families who may look or feel 'different' to their peers.

**What does it feel like?**

Children staying at Kids Village will feel special, safe and loved. Following prolonged periods of isolation and time in and out of hospitals away from 'normality', Kids Village aims to share the joy of what the world can offer.

Kids Village aims to create life-long memories and give children hope and confidence for the future.

**Where is it?**

Kids Village will be just north of Lichfield in the West Midlands.

Kids Village is inspired by a personal story, here our story on facebook/instagram/tiktok:
We are fun, bold and fast-paced.

Our work environment includes:

- Work-from-home days
- Growth opportunities
- Flexible working hours

**Fundraising Officer**

**Kids Village is seeking a Fundraing officer to join our team based in the West Midlands.**

An exciting opportunity to be part of a young, growing, dynamic charity with huge goals and plans; starting with building the UK’s first holiday village just for children with critical illness and their families.

Kids Village provides peaceful breaks in a countryside setting, in a place that's designed specially for children. The experience at Kids Village is inspired by childlike imagination and always has 'magic' at the heart.

**About the Role**

We are seeking a Fundraiser to join the team to support us to deliver a unique £4 million capital appeal project that will help children and their families across the UK, here in the Midlands.

This is a unique opportunity to join a charity at an exciting time of growth and possibility and to see an impactful project through conception to ongoing delivery.

We’re looking for an organised, detailed, dynamic individual to help us to manage donations and maximise fundraising opportunities alongside the CEO. The small team behind Kids Village bring energy and determination to fuelling our exciting plans and were looking for somebody to match that spirit.

With an exciting pipeline of opportunities, we need somebody to help us maximise those as well as proactively seek further solutions.

**About you**

Ideally you have some all-round charity experience and are looking to learn, grow and create a big impact.

ou are a renowned for being detailed and organised

and can support us to create structure.

You thrive in a small team environment and are flexible and enthusiastic.

You are passionate and have the desire to be a special part of creating and developing a small charity into a national charity that will create significant impact.

You are based in the Midlands.

**Responsibilities**
- You will work with the CEO and trustees to develop a fundraising strategy, one that raises the profile and builds engagement with the charity, considers multiple donor groups, and identifies diverse funding opportunities.
- You will manage a pipeline of donations and pledges, be instrumental in the creation of donor journeys and ways of working. You will be passionate about consistency when receiving, thanking and recognising donations and pledges of support, and able to identify new opportunities for support in the market (particularly the midlands) using your existing networks and by researching and networking on behalf of the charity.

**Salary**: £27,119.00-£30,297.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Flexitime

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Lichfield, WS13: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Are you based in the Midlands?

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Lichfield, WS13