Full job descriptionFundraising Executive - Graduate
Contract: 12-month fixed-term contract (with a view to a permanent position)
Hours: 35 hour per week
Location: London office, hybrid
Salary: £26,000 - £28,000
Benefits:
*Hybrid working opportunity (2 days in the office)
*25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays + Extra gifted days at Christmas
*Extensive Private Health Care
*Employee Assistance Programme
*Employee benefits scheme
*Access to L&D Platform Mapal One
*Supportive work environment
Kick-start your fundraising career with a well-established charity, Springboard, that’s changing lives across the UK. Perfect for a graduate with a passion for the charity sector, this role offers the chance to learn from experienced fundraisers while making a meaningful contribution from day one.
At Springboard we...
Futureproof the talent pipeline for hospitality and tourism.
Nurture people into careers in hospitality, leisure, and tourism by equipping them with the inspiration, knowledge, skills, advice, and guidance they need.
Help transform the lives of people and breakdown barriers to work and can benefit from our support, so that they get sustained employment in hospitality, leisure, and tourism, whatever their age or background.
Provide specialist careers information, advice, and guidance to inform and guide young people, adults and key influencers about the industry and facilitate quality work experience opportunities.
Promote hospitality and tourism as a great place to work, providing worthwhile and inspirational careers.
The Role
*Contribute to researching and identifying potential funding opportunities aligned to our charity’s regional or national priority programmes.
*Contribute to and/or construct bids to local, regional and national trusts & foundations with the support and guidance of the existing bid-writing team.
*Contribute to our public funding work as and when appropriate.
*Learn and then have the ability to build first draft programme budgets.
*Supervise and administrate relationships across a core group of funding accounts, ensuring reports and funding applications are delivered on time.
*Maintain an accurate record of fundraising activity on our CRM database Sales Force.
*Support our evaluation processes and evidence of impact requirements.
*Support Liaison with delivery teams to brief on successful bid requirements and timeframes.
*Contribute to internal and external stakeholder meetings related to funding and reporting requirements including: research; profiling; design; income targets, budgets and operations.
*Undertake 121s, personal development and performance reviews in line with Springboard procedures.
This job is for you if you:
*A genuine interest in working within the charity sector and developing a career in fundraising.
*Have research skills, are IT literate/can use Microsoft Office packages.
*Can be creative in matching Springboard services with suitable funders.
*Are task driven and able to meet deadlines.
*Have excellent verbal, written skills and attention to detail.
*Are able to work on your own and as part of a team.
*Understand data protection and GDPR.
*Desire to work in a highly focused, results driven fundraising team
All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation.
If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruitment process please include this in your covering letter.
*Springboard is an equal opportunities organisation, and we are serious about our compliance with legislation and GDPR.
*Please note: By submitting your details in relation to this role you are giving Springboard permission to retain your details on our database of job seeking professionals for future reference.