Digital Fundraising Officer

Location: London / Hybrid
Department: Supporter Engagement
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 35 per week
Salary: £31,500

About Amref Health Africa

Amref Health Africa is the largest Africa-based international health development organisation. We work to bring about lasting health change in Africa. Headquartered in Nairobi, Amref works in 35 countries to improve access to healthcare and to help create an environment that is conducive to good health. Amref’s programmes focus on: child health and nutrition; communicable and non-communicable diseases; health financing; maternal, newborn health; neglected tropical diseases; sexual and reproductive health and rights; and water and sanitation and hygiene. Our programmes align with our Global Strategy objectives: to increase primary healthcare access for all, and to address the social determinants of health, such as access to education, gender, and the impacts of climate change.

Amref Health Africa UK (Amref UK) is an independent UK-registered NGO that exists to support the programme and policy activities of Amref. With a UK-based Board of Trustees and staff team, our main purpose in the UK is to develop and manage partnerships with UK donors who want to support Amref’s work in Africa. Amref UK’s Strategy 2024–2030 will deliver growth to support the work towards Africa’s health transformation. The Supporter Engagement team, where this role sits, raises unrestricted funds and works mainly with individual supporters, as well as some trusts and corporates.

About this Role

This is a key post in the Supporter Engagement team and will play an important part in our strategy to triple Amref UK’s unrestricted income in the next few years. The Digital Fundraising Officer will deliver flexible, cost effective and class-leading digital marketing, fundraising and communications to enable Amref UK to achieve its unrestricted fundraising objectives. They will use targeted and effective profiling in a variety of media to deliver quality marketing communications. They will be responsible for Amref UK’s digital presence, developing the website, social media channels and email programme through the production of compelling and timely content, driving improvement to maximise inbound traffic, improve user journeys and optimise conversion to donations.

In addition, they will manage campaigns working with external agencies to create engaging content that is tailored to the individual giving and major donor audiences. They will work closely with the rest of the team, providing a supportive role to other fundraisers, and getting involved in a variety of projects where there is need and capacity.

View the full job description at the bottom of the page in the "Associated Files" section.

How to Apply

To apply, please review the job description and submit a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) that demonstrates your interest in and suitability for the role, and a CV (maximum 2 pages), through the Hireful Platform. We will undertake a rolling recruitment process until the position is filled, with interviews arranged as and when candidates are shortlisted.

Amref UK champions inclusion, diversity and equal opportunity in every aspect of our work. We appoint our staff on merit, respecting and valuing the wide range of ways in which they can demonstrate the potential, experience and skills we seek.  Unfortunately Amref UK is not able to support UK work permit sponsorship for this role, so all candidates must already hold UK Right to Work status.

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