Senior Fundraising Officer

We’re looking for an exceptional Senior Fundraising Officer

About Global Witness

Our goal is a more sustainable, just and equal planet where humanity is propelled forward, away from the toxic practices of the past. This means fossil fuels staying in the ground, climate-critical forests standing tall and those on the frontline fighting the climate crisis, who defend our planet, are protected from persecution and attacks. 

For us to succeed, we need to embody the principles we fight for. Global Witness strives for cohesion, solidarity, and inclusion as only together can we protect one another and the planet to build a better and more just future.

About the role

Working closely with the Head of New Business and furthering our fundraising strategy, you will identify, establish and nurture relationships with targeted potential new funders.

You’ll develop persuasive proposals to excite donors about our work as well as manage a pipeline of prospects to create a diverse portfolio base, allowing us to deliver on our ambitious fundraising targets and ultimately our successful campaigns.

You’ll expand on both existing networks and advance new donors, providing a robust picture of the opportunities for new and diversified funding.

About you

You’ll bring your experience in building funder relationships, with Trusts and Foundations and institutional/statutory funders.

As a skilled communicator, you have a proven ability to write and edit compelling concept notes, funding proposals and news updates for a variety of audiences.

Finally, you’ll have a strong affinity to Global Witness’ values. You’ll thrive in an environment where you frequently collaborate well to achieve our ambitions.

Working for us

Global Witness has a talented team of people worldwide with offices in London, Washington DC, and Brussels. We aim to be a diverse and inclusive place to work. We value new perspectives, original ideas, and different ways of working. We believe that diverse views and experiences improve the way we do our work. We do our best to make our jobs accessible to all regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or identity.

We are currently operating within a 4-day working week as part of a Shorter Working Week Trial. All our full-time employees work a 30-hour week with a Friday off as standard until May 2025. 

We offer an excellent benefits package including a competitive salary and annual leave days. We also offer healthcare insurance and policies to support you during key life events.

This role is open to be based in London U.K. To be considered for this role you must be able to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the relevant location.

Applying

Please send in your CV (max 2 pages) and your responses to the shortlisting questions below to by Midnight 12th January 2025.

Shortlisting Questions

1) What do you see as the key elements to building long-term, successful funder relationships?

2) Please provide an example of how you successfully secured a grant from a Trust, Foundation or Statutory/ Institutional funder. (The funder can remain anonymous, but please provide details including size and length of grant, and be clear about the role you played).

3) What fundraising challenges do you see over the course of the next 12 months for an organisation like Global Witness?

200-250 words each question

To help us track your application please use the following in the subject heading of the email: Senior Fundraising Officer and please use the following file name protocol for your CV: ‘First Name_Last Name_CV’.

Interview

Virtual interviews will be held virtual on week commencing 27 January 2025 but if anything changes, we will let you know. You will receive the interview questions 1 week ahead of the interview via email to enable you to prepare.

There will be a short writing assignment/test, to be completed alongside the first interview. This will be sent in advance.

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make any reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend any interview, please let us know.

Equality and Diversity

We would appreciate your participation in completing our Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form.

Global Witness wants to meet the aims and commitments set out in its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion strategy. This includes not discriminating under the Equality Act 2010 and building an accurate picture of the make-up of the workforce and candidates in encouraging equality and diversity.  

We need your help and co-operation to enable us to do this, but filling in this form is voluntary. The information provided will be kept confidential and will only be used for monitoring purposes.