Senior Fundraising Partnerships Officer

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Senior Fundraising Partnerships Officer

Are you passionate about environmental issues, in particular nature restoration, climate resilience and biodiversity Can you bring about a step change in individual major donor income

If you have knowledge of major donor fundraising and experience of building and maintaining relationships with high net worth individuals, then join the team in this exciting new role!

Position: Senior Development/Partnerships Officer (Fundraising)

Location: Remote

Hours: Part time (22.5 hours per week)

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £38,591 - £42,787 pro rata

Closing Date: 5pm, 2 April 2025. We reserve the right to interview candidates and close the ad ahead of the closing date, should a strong candidate be identified.

Interviews. On Zoom - 16th April 2025. 

About the Role 

You won’t be starting the major donor programme from scratch but it’s still quite new. Fundraising is a team effort, so you will be working alongside and sharing responsibility with the Senior Fundraising Officer (SFO),  who is responsible for trusts and foundations, corporate fundraising, mid-level giving and public campaigns. The CEO is also active in maintaining relationships with donors.

Key responsibilities include:

• Identifying prospective individual major donors

• Relationship management

• Solicit major gifts

About You

You will have knowledge of major donor fundraising and a high level of skill and experience in building and maintaining relationships with high net worth individuals.

You will have outstanding interpersonal and communication skills – including active listening, and the ability to interact confidently and persuasively.

Your interest in environmental issues, especially nature restoration, climate resilience and biodiversity and your ability to communicate persuasively translates into creating and sustaining strong, lasting relationships with individual major donors and soliciting five and six-figure gifts.

You will have:

• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills.

• The ability to interact confidently and persuasively with existing and prospective major donors.

• Excellent prospect research skills.

• An understanding of the motivations of donors and how to use this insight to create persuasive propositions.

• The ability to move people along a donor journey.

• The ability to ask for and secure gifts or financial commitments.

• Experience of representing an organisation’s interests and advocating for them.

• Knowledge of all relevant fundraising, data protection and other regulations.

• An interest in environmental issues, in particular nature restoration, climate resilience and biodiversity.

About the Organisation

Join a nature restoration charity, restoring beavers to regenerate our landscapes. Beavers were once a common and influential part of the British countryside, and as such, the team wants to reconnect people to this part of our heritage. As we continue to reintroduce beavers and support their expansion across Britain, it has never been more important to help people learn to coexist with this dynamic and impactful species.

The charity strives to be diverse and inclusive and a place where we can all be ourselves and we positively welcome applications from people from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and encourage applications from individuals regardless of their religion, beliefs, age, gender, race, disability or sexual orientation.

You may also have experience in areas such as Major Donor, Philanthropy, Major Donor Officer, Philanthropy Officer, Major Donor Fundraising, Philanthropy Fundraising, Major Donor Fundraiser, Philanthropy Fundraiser, Corporate and Philanthropy, Partnerships Fundraising, Major Donor Partnership. #INDNFP

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation

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