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Fundraising Administrator

4 months ago


Buckingham, United Kingdom University of Buckingham Full time

**Salary Range**
- £24,290 per annuM/Full-time (35 hours per week)**Location**
- Buckingham**Application Deadline**
- Friday, May 17, 2024**Job Profile**

**Job Profile document
**Job Summary**

**DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL: Fundraising / Vice Chancellor’s Office**

**JOB TITLE: Fundraising Administrator**

**SALARY & HOURS**:£24,290 / Full-time (35 hours per week)**

The University of Buckingham was founded over forty years ago, the first independent university in Britain. Underpinned by strong ideals - liberty, independence and academic excellence - the University has thrived ever since.

Despite being the UK’s smallest university and the only independent university to hold a Royal Charter, Buckingham has staff from over 60 countries, making it a truly distinctive work environment. Whichever of our locations you find yourself working in, you will be sure to feel a part of our friendly community. Our size enables us to foster a very personalised, supportive, inclusive and collaborative environment, with lots of opportunity for development, something which we are very proud of.

**Job Purpose**

This is a great opportunity to join the University of Buckingham in a pivotal role. The expanding Fundraising team is looking for an experienced team administrator to provide excellent service to the University alumni and donor communities.

**Role Purpose**
- Support the team to maximise donation revenue and fundraising and alumni engagement
- Be the first point of contact for donor or alumni queries, and perform a key central coordination role for the team
- Support with alumni and donor communications, including via social media
- Provide overall administration and project/event support

**Skills & Experience**

**Experience & Knowledge**
- Sound working knowledge of standard IT packages, CRM systems and/or databases
- Experience of working in a customer facing environment
- Experience in standard financial management processes
- Comfortable with using graphic design software, e.g., Canva, to create visuals for social media posts and to promote events
- Experience in Higher Education a plus

**Skills & Qualities**
- Excellent written and oral communications skills with attention to detail
- Good team working skills and the ability to work collaboratively
- Good time management with the ability to organise and prioritise
- Comfortable in a fast-growing, complex environment
- Self-motivated, proactive and organised
- Able to contribute ideas to help shape informed decisions
- A high degree of numeracy
- Graphic design, photo and video editing skills desirable
- What can we offer you?_

We might be small, but we can still offer plenty of perks In addition to an Aviva Pension scheme, we offer:

- Beautiful working environments across our campuses in Buckingham and Crewe, with plenty of space
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Christmas closure
- On-site gym and exercise classes
- On-site catering facilities
- University bookshop with staff discount (Buckingham)
- Free access to LinkedIn Learning courses
- Free on-site parking
- Excellent opportunities to network and continue learning across a variety of departments
- Nursery on-site at our Crewe campus
- Discount of courses for staff and their families