Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation (HIWCF) are seeking a Fundraising and Communications Officer to join their team.
If you are someone who has experience of fundraising, has a “can do” attitude, excellent writing skills and an eye for detail, this could be the full-time role for you.
The role
The purpose of this role is to support HIWCF to grow its income, so the tasks involved will cross over between Fundraising and Philanthropy, and Communications.
The individual
You will be a fundraiser with some experience, joining a small team with big aspirations for growth.
You will have a “can do” attitude and be motivated by HIWCF’s mission and committed to local communities.
You will instinctively know how to relate warmly to all HIWCF’s audiences – from high profile and high wealth individuals, representatives of companies or local authorities, to volunteers and clients of tiny community groups — both in person and across all communications channels.
You will have excellent writing skills and an eye for detail. If you are techy and instinctively know what works for which audience on which communication channels, that will be a big advantage.
Key tasks
Tasks involved will cross over between Fundraising and Philanthropy, and Communications.
Fundraising & Philanthropy
- Prospect research and bid writing
- Delivery of stewardship plans including reporting to and liaising with funders (also known as “Fundholders”) and associated record keeping
- Event logistics and promotion
- Managing logistics for the Development Committee and Philanthropy and Communications Committee
Communications
- Creating and delivering promotional plans focused on income generation activities including event promotion, donor newsletters, website and social media content
- Creating engaging promotional materials for print
- Attending and/or presenting at events to raise HIWCF’s profile
- Supporting the creation and development of new platforms when needed
- Any other appropriate tasks as directed
Person specification
- Committed to and motivated by equity, diversity and inclusion
- Excellent written skills and able to check own work
- Self-motivated and hard working
- Reliable, personable and well presented
- Able to occasionally work outside of normal office hours, including evenings (Time off in lieu is given)
- Able to travel around Hampshire / IW as and when required, without overnight stays — living within Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton or the Isle of Wight is strongly preferred
Essential skills and experience
- Solid experience working in a fundraising role or a communications role that had a focus on supporting income generation.
- Excellent spoken and written English, particularly being able to write engaging copy for fundraising
- Ability and confidence to work with a variety of stakeholders
- Highly proficient in MS Office products and familiar with databases (eg Salesforce) and other software
- Confident with the Meta suite of social media, and other commonly used platforms
About HIWCF
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation is an independent charitable foundation which connects local donors with local causes in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are the largest charitable grant maker based in, and focused solely on, the region.
Our vision is for communities in Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight to flourish. We enable positive social change within the poorest and most disadvantaged communities in Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight by linking local giving to local need, through our professional grant making.
We help local communities to flourish by making charitable grants to effective community groups tackling poverty, disadvantage and inequality, when and where they can make a real difference. We provide a professional route for philanthropists, funders and donors to make a lasting impact with their generosity, through our endowment model.
All our funding is made under one of six “impact themes” — Poverty & Inequality, Flourishing Communities, Employability & Skills, Health & Wellbeing, Crime & Safety, and The Environment. Poverty & Inequality is the golden thread running through all our grant making.
How to apply
On appointment, remuneration will be a gross full time salary £28K – £32K depending on experience.
Apply by sending a CV and covering letter to Jo Dakin, Office Administrator on [email protected].
HIWCF will require a minimum of two suitable referees, one of whom must be your current or most recent line manager. (They will not contact them unless you are offered the role.)
Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible, as suitable applicants will be interviewed when they apply.
Please email [email protected] to request an application form.
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