Philanthropy Officer

Job title: Philanthropy Officer (Trusts)

Contract: Fixed term contract to December 2023, full time (part time considered)

Location: Home-based

**Salary**: £27,166 to £31,500 per annum

Closing date: 14th March 2023

Interview dates: Week commencing 20th March 2023

Blue Cross are one of the UK’s leading animal welfare organisations for animals. We support sick, injured and homeless pets and care for more than 40,000 animals every year through our rehoming, veterinary and education programmes.

What is the role?

At Blue Cross, major gift fundraising is a vital and growing income stream. To support ambitious growth targets, we have recently undergone a restructure to put in place the plans to help drive forward income growth. These ambitious plans are supported by a highly productive and successful working group chaired by our CEO, dedicated to supporting our work and ensuring an understanding of philanthropy is embedded in our culture.

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About you

The Philanthropy Officer (Trusts) will be an organised, resourceful individual with good time management skills and excellent attention to detail. You will be an experienced trust fundraiser and have strong persuasive writing skills and work with a high degree of professionalism, confidentiality, and discretion.

The person will enjoy being part of a team whilst also enjoy working across teams and building effective working relationships. You will have the ability to work well under pressure with excellent attention to detail and be able to prioritise work and meet deadlines.

You will have
- Extensive knowledge of trusts and statutory fundraising principles
- Flair for creative writing with the ability to produce high quality funding proposals and stewardship pieces
- Experience or strong understanding of considerations when working with data legislation e.g. GDPR
- Experience of using a CRM or other type of database
- Experience of running reports and data analysis
- Experience of developing collaborative working relationships with internal stakeholders

It would also be great if you had:

- Experience of working in a fundraising role
- Experience of working within an animal welfare charity

Why Blue Cross?

Our people are the most important part of delivering our purpose. If it were not for their amazing efforts and commitment, we would not be able to make a difference that we do today. We offer a generous benefits package that includes:

- 6 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Holiday exchange & enhanced parental leave.
- Annual volunteer days
- Long service awards, starting from 5 years.
- Vast range of discounts across high street stores, insurance services & more

To read more about the benefits Blue Cross has to offer, please visit the 'why work for us' page on our website.

How to apply

First interviews: Week commencing 20th March 2023