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We’re not just talking about change — we’ve lived it.
We’re looking for a Fundraising Officer to help power our pre-treatment work.
Location: Woolwich Service Users Project (WSUP), Woolwich, SE18 6BJ
Salary: £30,000 per annum, pro-rata
Hours: Minimum 24 hours per week
Contract: Part-time, fixed-term (with potential for extension)
Reporting to: CEO
Closing date: 28th April 2025
About Woolwich Service Users Project (WSUP)
WSUP is a grassroots charity providing holistic support to individuals experiencing homelessness, poverty, addiction, and mental health challenges in Woolwich and Greenwich. With a focus on lived experience and implementation of trauma-informed practice, we offer a range of essential services, from haircuts and healthcare screenings to wellbeing activities and community advocacy.
In recognition of our work, WSUP won the Best of Royal Greenwich Business Award 2024 in the Health and Wellbeing category, highlighting our commitment to tackling health inequalities and improving community wellbeing.
We are seeking a Fundraising Officer to help us grow our income from trusts, foundations, corporate donors, and individual giving.
Fundraising Officer - Job Description
Key Responsibilities
1. Fundraising & income generation
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Trusts & grants: Research, write, and submit compelling funding applications to trusts, foundations, and grant-making bodies to secure new and repeat funding.
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Corporate & individual giving: Work alongside Business Relations Manager to develop relationships with corporate sponsors and individual donors, creating engagement opportunities.
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Donor stewardship: Manage and nurture relationships with funders, ensuring timely reporting and impact updates.
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Donor stewardship: Provide timely and effective follow-up communications with supporters, ensuring they feel valued and engaged.
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Fundraising strategy: Support the development and implementation of WSUP’s fundraising strategy, identifying new opportunities for income growth.
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Event fundraising: Assist in planning and delivering fundraising events to engage supporters and raise unrestricted funds.
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Financial oversight: Work with the CEO to develop fundraising budgets and ensure accurate income tracking.
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Financial oversight: Process cash and cheque donations for Community & Events income, including ensuring this income is processed and recorded accurately on our database which may include batch uploads.
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Campaigns & appeals: Develop and implement online fundraising campaigns, such as Winter Appeal or emergency appeals.
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Storytelling & impact reporting: Work with guests (with their consent) to share real-life stories that showcase WSUP’s work.
Person Specification
Essential skills & experience
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Fundraising knowledge: Understanding of trust, foundation, and corporate fundraising, with experience writing successful grant applications.
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Communication skills: Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to craft compelling proposals and reports.
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Relationship management: Ability to build relationships with funders, donors, and stakeholders at various levels.
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Organisational skills: Ability to prioritise workload, meet deadlines, and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
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Social media: Experience using social media for fundraising and engagement, with an understanding of digital marketing principles.
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IT proficiency: Strong skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), databases, and social media scheduling tools.
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Financial literacy: Ability to create fundraising budgets and financial reports.
Desirable skills & experience
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Experience in a small charity setting, ideally within the homelessness or health-related sector, understanding the challenges and opportunities of grassroots fundraising.
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Knowledge of fundraising legislation, including Gift Aid and GDPR compliance.
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Experience organising donor engagement events or corporate sponsorship opportunities.
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Proven ability to use videos and infographics to enhance fundraising campaigns.
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Experience with volunteer management or coordinating fundraising volunteers.
Personal attributes
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Passionate about social justice and WSUP’s mission to support people in crisis.
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Self-motivated and able to work independently, with a proactive and creative approach.
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Adaptable and willing to take on a variety of tasks in a small but dynamic team.
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Resilient and resourceful, with a problem-solving mindset.
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Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment where flexibility is key.
What we offer
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The opportunity to make a real impact in a grassroots charity supporting local communities.
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Flexible working arrangements (some remote work possible).
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Professional development and training opportunities.
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A supportive and inclusive team culture, with a strong emphasis on lived experience and trauma-informed practice.
How to apply
To apply, please use Quick Apply and add your CV and a cover letter of no more than two A4 pages outlining your suitability for the role (in response to person specification).
WSUP is committed to being an inclusive and equal opportunities employer. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, and we particularly encourage individuals with lived experience of social exclusion to apply.
The role is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at the appropriate level, proof of the right to work in the UK, and receipt of two satisfactory references.
Registered Charity
Our mission is to support people in crisis with compassion and dignity, using lived experience to build healthier, more resilient communities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job purpose
To support and deliver effective communications, including marketing and digital engagement activities, which raise awareness of Dementia Carers Count and foster connections with our community of carers, campaigners and donors. Your work will help us reach and support more carers, raise funds and campaign for changes which will ensure that no dementia carer feels isolated, invisible or alone.
Key responsibilities
•Understand our cause, linked issues, and how these are publicly perceived
•Horizon scan to spot social and news trends as well as potential influencer targets
•Manage our social platforms, keeping abreast of media and public zeitgeist about our cause and related issues. You will design and deliver paid advertising campaigns and monitor, respond, share, engage, comment on posts, according to our guidelines and with responsibility for reputation management
•Share audience insights with colleagues to ensure effective stewardship of all our defined audiences
•Support development of media relationships. You will curate press and media lists and respond to media queries, with shared out of hours responsibility.
•Draft statements and press releases and pitch ideas for articles and features, developing copy as needed and tracking coverage
•Support user-led story telling as part of content creation, including interviewing carers about their experiences and identifying opportunities to share carers’ voices in our materials
•Draft website copy and develop assets for digital use and printed materials which communicate our key messages and brand and which support specific campaigns
•Review and monitor evaluation and reporting metrics to provide regular and campaign-based management information relating to the success of digital and media activity
•Support effective cross-organisational internal communication
•Adhere to all relevant legislative and regulatory obligations relating to marketing, digital and communications
•Carry out other duties commensurate with this post as requested.
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- Join a small, supportive and passioante charity to help make a real difference in peoples' lives.
- Work in an efficient and proactive team advocating for hospital patients through thr discharge process.
Advocacy First has a simple purpose, about which we are all passionate, and hope you will be - to help our clients leave hospital in the way and to the place they wish, with all issues resolved and an aftercare plan in place. .
If you care about helping people, are a good listener and organised with mountains of common sense, then you will enjoy working with us.
- The role involves working closely with hospital patients. You will be listening to the patient's issues that need to be resolved before they are able to leave hospital, taking action with hospital staff and other organisations to put solutions in place and communicating clearly with all involved and of course the patient to ensure their wishes and needs are met.
- More specifically, you will be making dure patients are aware of their rights, empowering them to make their own decisions, and advocating for a discharge plan that is in accord with their wishes.
- You will be representing them and speaking up as if you were them on their behalf. ,
- In this role, you would work with other hospital services and local charties and other organisations to resolve the patient's issues.
- If you want a job where no two days arethe same, then this is for you.
- If you are living in Bromley or a nearby Borough then you are far more likely to be able to join us.
- A full job description is avaialble on request.
How to apply
Click on quick reply on the job page.
Closing date April 29th April 2025
You would report directly to the CEO, and day to day to the Senior Advocate.
Person requirement:
If you have many of these slkills then we would like you to apply
- Great listener
- Ability to explain complex information simply
- Experience in health or Social care, or Advocacy, negotiation and /or research
- Good at solving problems
- Adaptable
- Experience of confidentiality and safeguarding.
- Confident IT and paperwokr skills
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.