Information Giving Officer

We have an exciting NEW opportunity to join our busy Fundraising Team as Individual Giving Officer. Do you have fundraising experience, love data and wish to utilise these transferable skills whilst contributing to the local community, then this could be the job for you!

As Individual Giving Fundraiser you will be responsible for planning and delivering appeals, campaigns and supporter journeys to recruit, retain and reward individual donors. Specifically, you will be responsible for the growth of strategically important income streams of general donations, regular giving,  and lottery

The successful candidate will be working to maximise income and develop supporter relationships across a variety of activities.

Duties & Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver a programme of acquisition campaigns to acquire new cash and regular giving donors.
• Contribute to maximising the potential of the fundraising database, segmenting and targeting supporters who have the potential to give regularly or at a mid-range level.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders, building strong relationships and providing all required information for the successful delivery of campaigns and strategies.
• Develop, implement and monitor direct response campaigns (post, email, phone and digital) to acquire new supporters and deepen our relationship with existing supporters including raffles and other campaigns and appeals.
• To carry out research and maintain awareness of the wider fundraising industry to obtain relevant information that can contribute to proposals, mailings, applications, donor strategies and fundraising communications.
• Use supporter insight, data, and external trend analysis to spot opportunities for income growth or development.
• Work with colleagues in Marketing to develop engaging case studies and beneficiary stories to support fundraising and donor relationship-building.
• Devise inspirational and exciting ways to demonstrate the impact of donations on the lives of beneficiaries and ensure that this is communicated regularly and effectively to supporters.
• Ensure all activity is compliant with any regulations and any reporting requirements completed.

This is an exciting time for the team and as a vital member of the team, you’ll work to maximise the return on investment made by the organisation in this area and achieve significant growth in revenue income – helping us to continue to bring free hospice care to everyone who needs it.

We are a community hospice charity, based near Stroud. We believe that everyone touched by a life-limiting illness in Gloucestershire should benefit from free hospice care and our strategy is to reach more of them. We support people with life-limiting conditions to live well after diagnosis through a range of wellbeing services for them and their loved ones and, when the time comes, we enable them to have the choice of dying in the comfort of their own home.

We offer a competitive benefits package which includes flexible working, 33 days holiday, increasing to 38 days with long service, Life Assurance, pension scheme or continue the NHS Superannuation pension scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, cycle to work scheme, access to discounts through the Blue Light scheme and long service awards.

Longfield is a truly wonderful place to work and we are proud of our modern, purpose-built facilities, fantastic grounds, free parking and amazing staff and volunteers. 

For an informal discussion to find out more about the role or arrange a tour of the hospice please contact our HR Department. If you think you would make an excellent and valued member of the Longfield Fundraising Team, you can find out more about the role by going to our website.

We are also recruiting a Fundraising Events Oficer, so please check out our website for further information about this role.