Charity Fundraising Professional

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join our skilled Fundraising Team at the Centre for Alternative Technology Ltd. As a Fundraising Officer, you will play an essential role in raising vital funds for our core and project work from individuals, trusts, and foundations, statutory bodies, and companies.

Main Responsibilities

• To develop and support fundraising projects and programmes by writing fundraising letters and emails, arranging in-house mailings if required, and helping organize and run the annual CAT Conference, regular free webinars, and other events.

Fundraising Skills and Experience

An important aspect of this role is to support the team's income generation activities in various ways, such as developing skills in copywriting, managing creative design work, data analysis, community fundraising, digital fundraising, major donor and legacy fundraising, events fundraising, and corporate partnerships.

About Us

The Centre for Alternative Technology Ltd is an internationally renowned environmental charity and world-leading eco centre based in Mid Wales.

We provide inspiration, education, and training in solutions to the climate and biodiversity emergency through various key activities, including a visitor centre, residential courses, online short courses, vocational training, and postgraduate degrees.

Our Zero Carbon Britain team publishes research and works directly with councils, communities, and other organisations to help transform economic, social, and political systems.

Benefits

• A competitive salary of £23,405 per annum.

• 25 days' annual leave allowance, plus bank holidays (usually 9-10 days), plus additional allowance at Christmas (usually 3 days), plus 1 extra day for every year worked (up to 5 days).

• An attractive package of employee benefits, including a free cooked lunch and hot drinks from the café, 40% discount on retail goods purchased from CAT, opportunities for CPD training, qualifications, and professional memberships, and more.

Work Arrangements

Staff are working remotely as much as possible, subject to individual roles, and working arrangements comply with all current applicable COVID-19 guidance and are updated as and when the guidance changes.