Fundraising & Communications Assistant

EarthPercent; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Cycle to Work Scheme

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

EarthPercent, the music industry’s environmental charity, invites a Fundraising & Communications Assistant to join a small, ambitious team in a hybrid role based in West London. You will support fundraising, communications and community activities, helping manage partnerships, campaigns and events while ensuring strong donor engagement.

You’ll coordinate admin, maintain CRM records and assist with content creation for social media and newsletters.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating fundraising, campaigns or events.
• Experience supporting relationships with partners, supporters or other external stakeholders.
• Experience creating communications content, such as social media, email newsletters or website content.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day administrative and project coordination, ensuring activity is well organised and progress is smooth.
• Support collaboration across teams, ensuring information and materials are shared.
• Help identify and develop fundraising opportunities through prospect research and proposals.
• Act as first point of contact for enquiries and direct requests to colleagues.
• Support planning and delivery of fundraising campaigns, events, activations and community initiatives.
• Coordinate communications across digital channels, helping celebrate partnerships and demonstrate impact.
• Prepare fundraising and communications materials, including proposals and reports.
• Maintain CRM records, fundraising pipelines and donor reporting.
• Coordinate donation processing and acknowledgements.
• Contribute ideas to strengthen partnerships and grow EarthPercent's impact.

Skills

Organisational skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Relationship building

Project coordination

Multi-tasking

Collaboration

Tools

CRM systems

Mailchimp

Canva

Job description

Job title: Fundraising & Communications Assistant

Reports to: Head of Fundraising

Key working relationship: Head of Communications & Community

Location: Hybrid; working from our West London office two days per week

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £30,000 per annum (please note that as this is a grant-funded role we are unable to negotiate on salary)

Right to work in the UK: Please note that applicants must already have the right to work in the UK as we unable to provide visa sponsorship.

Recruitment timeline

Application deadline: 2pm, Tuesday 22nd September

First interviews: Expected to take place week commencing 5th October

Second interviews: Expected to take place week commencing 12th October

About EarthPercent

EarthPercent is the music industry’s environmental charity, co-founded by Brian Eno to harness the power of music in service of the planet.

We bring together artists, music companies, festivals, and fans to put Earth at the heart of music, making environmental giving and action a normal part of the industry while supporting some of the world’s most impactful environmental organisations.

We’re a small, entrepreneurial team that values curiosity, creativity and collaboration. Our people come from across the music industry, creative, and charity sectors, united by a shared belief that music is one of the most powerful forces for environmental change.

Joining EarthPercent is an opportunity to work at the intersection of music and environmental action alongside artists, environmental organisations and the world’s leading music companies. As we continue to grow, we’re looking for someone who shares our ambition to connect more artists, organisations and fans to environmental action through music.

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join EarthPercent at a pivotal stage in our growth.

The Fundraising & Communications Assistant is a brand-new role designed to support a more joined-up approach across EarthPercent’s activity. Working across fundraising, communications and community, you’ll help ensure these closely connected functions are aligned, enabling EarthPercent to build and strengthen relationships with artists, partners, donors, supporters and the wider music community.

The role provides essential administrative, operational and project support, helping deliver partnerships, campaigns, events, communications and engagement activities that advance EarthPercent’s mission. You’ll play a key role in keeping projects organised, ensuring information flows effectively across the organisation and enabling colleagues to build and steward successful relationships.

You’ll support the planning and delivery of live fundraising shows, industry events and campaigns; assist with partnership materials and communications; maintain key systems; and help ensure colleagues have the information they need to deliver high-quality work.

As part of a small, ambitious team, you'll have the opportunity to contribute across a range of our fundraising, communications and engagement activity, gaining broad experience while helping shape a growing organisation. This varied, hands-on role is ideal for someone who is highly organised, proactive and keen to build a career at the intersection of music and environmental action.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day administrative and project coordination, ensuring activity is well organised, priorities are managed effectively and projects progress smoothly.
• Support collaboration across teams, helping ensure information, materials and activity are shared effectively across the organisation.
• Help identify and develop partnership and fundraising opportunities through prospect research, proposal development and relationship support.
• Act as a first point of contact for enquiries, responding where appropriate and directing requests to the relevant colleagues
• Support the planning and delivery of fundraising campaigns, events, creative activations and community initiatives that inspire action for people and planet.
• Support the coordination of communications across digital and partner channels, including social media, email newsletters, website content and partner updates, helping celebrate partnerships, demonstrate impact and inspire action.
• Prepare and maintain high-quality fundraising and communications materials, including presentations, partnership proposals, impact reports and other supporter-facing content.
• Maintain accurate CRM records, fundraising pipelines, supporter data and reporting, helping track engagement, monitor performance and support effective relationship management.
• Coordinate donation processing, acknowledgements and reporting, ensuring supporters receive a positive and professional experience.
• Contribute ideas that strengthen partnerships, improve supporter experiences and help grow EarthPercent's impact, engagement and income.

General Responsibilities

• Represent EarthPercent professionally and positively with artists, partners, donors and supporters.
• Build strong working relationships across the organisation, contributing to a collaborative and supportive team culture.
• Continuously look for ways to improve processes, systems and supporter experiences.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties that support EarthPercent’s mission and growth.

Person Specification

You might currently work in the music industry, in a partnerships or account management role, or within the charity sector. Whatever your background, you’re motivated by building meaningful relationships, helping raise funds and generating support for environmental action through music.

You’re highly organised, detail-oriented and proactive. You take pride in delivering high-quality work, managing competing priorities and supporting others to succeed. While you’re excited by the opportunity to work with artists and partners, you’re equally happy rolling up your sleeves with the coordination, administration and behind-the-scenes work that makes it all possible.

Most importantly, you’re eager to learn, develop your skills and help EarthPercent deliver on its mission.

Experience

Essential

• Experience coordinating fundraising, business development, campaigns or event activity.
• Experience supporting relationships with partners, supporters or other external stakeholders.
• Experience creating communications content, such as social media, email newsletters or website content.

Desirable

• Experience working in the music, creative, cultural or charity sectors.
• Experience using CRM systems
• Experience using Mailchimp, Canva or similar digital communications platforms.

Skills and approach

Essential

• Excellent organisational skills and strong attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Confidence building relationships with a wide range of people.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities and work calmly in a fast-moving environment.
• A proactive mindset, with confidence to contribute ideas and identify opportunities.
• A collaborative approach and willingness to work across fundraising, communications and community.

Knowledge and motivation

Essential

• A genuine interest in fundraising, supporter engagement and relationship management.
• Enthusiasm for EarthPercent’s mission and environmental action.

Desirable

• A passion for music and a good understanding of the music industry.

Benefits of working with us:

• Small, friendly team that are passionate about our mission
• Flexible working hours
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• 24/7 access to Employee Assistance Programme for you and a family member / spouse

EarthPercent as an employer:

We are an equal opportunities employer and seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.

As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of staff within the EarthPercent team we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from groups that are underrepresented, including people from the Global Majority* and D/deaf and disabled people. We believe diversity and inclusion in our team is critical to our success. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010.

*Global Majority is a term that refers to people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, Indigenous to the Global South, and/or have been racialised as ‘ethnic minorities’.

Reasonable Adjustments

At EarthPercent we want to make sure everyone feels welcome and supported to apply. If you have any access requirements or require reasonable adjustments, please let us know so we can help make the recruitment process more accessible for you.

This could include an accessible interview location, an alternative format for an application or additional time to complete interview tasks. We believe everyone should have an equal opportunity to demonstrate their skills and personality during the recruitment process, and that traditional recruitment processes don’t suit everyone. Please feel free to get in touch and we’ll do our best to help.