Fundraising Officer

Contract type:
12-month (Fixed term contract)

Hours:
Full time, 35 hours a week, flexible hours possible

Application deadline:
9am Friday 12th December 2025

Expected interview date
: Wednesday 17th December 2025

About Tree Aid:

Tree Aid works with people across Africa to tackle poverty and the effects of the climate crisis by growing trees and restoring and protecting land. We work where trees are needed most, where temperatures are soaring, and fertile land is vanishing at a terrifying rate. Our pioneering approach has been developed over 38 years of operating. We believe in empowering local communities with the tools and training they need to restore and maintain their environment.

About the role:

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Fundraising Officer to join our dynamic Fundraising and Communications team at a growing international development charity based in Bristol, delivering transformational change for some of the world's most vulnerable people, living on the frontlines of the climate crisis.

As part of a vibrant Individual Giving team, you'll deliver exciting fundraising campaigns to existing and new supporters through a variety of channels.

Main duties:

• Supporter fundraising and marketing:
  Project manage and deliver IG campaigns and work closely with the Individuals Fundraising Manager to ensure the delivery of the IG work plan to raise unrestricted income from existing and new supporters.

• Data and analysis to support fundraising:
  Provide data and analysis on fundraising campaigns to assist with planning and budget setting, plus researching of costs and income projections.

• Supporter Care & donation processing:
  Ensure excellent delivery of Supporter Care for our donors, ensuring effective communication and stewardship, efficient reconciliation of donations, management of financial systems for donation processing and development of donations pages on the Tree Aid website.

About you:

As our Fundraising Officer you will be a passionate fundraiser, with excellent project management skills, and a creative, persuasive copywriting style. You'll be a team player with the ability to delegate effectively.

You will also bring the following knowledge, experience and skills:

• A passion for fundraising and a results-oriented outlook with a proven track record of delivering against income targets and KPIs.
• Excellent project management skills, deadline-driven and ability to delegate effectively.
• Excellent copywriting skills with a high level of attention to detail.
• Commitment to, and alignment with, Tree Aid's values (see below).

Benefits:

Optional benefits of working at Tree Aid include:

• A contributory pension scheme (you contribute at least 2% and we will contribute 6%)
• 33 days holiday (inc bank holidays) +1 more day per year up to 38 holiday days
• Flexible, hybrid working
• Quarterly social events
• Opportunity to take free weekly French lessons to support communication with our colleagues in West Africa

Key documents:

Fundraising Officer – Individual Giving description and person specification

How to apply:
To apply, please send your CV and a supporting statement setting out how you meet the person specification to

Our approach to recruitment:

We recruit with openness and transparency. We employ people on the basis of their ability to carry out the role being recruited for. We ensure that no applicant receives less favourable treatment than any other on the grounds of disability, gender, race, religion or belief, age, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, caring responsibilities or hours of work.

Our Values

• We stand together and respect the people we work for and with
• We are bold, ambitious and determined
• We are professional. We work effectively and efficiently to a high standard and are experts in our field
• We have integrity. We are honest, transparent and accountable
• We are always learning. We review and adapt to maximise our impact for the people we are helping