Fundraising Officer

University of Sheffield; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Sheffield is looking for a Fundraising Officer to inspire donors and lead community fundraising efforts. In this role, you'll manage events like 'The Big Walk', support mass fundraising communications, and engage with volunteers. The successful candidate will be a strong communicator and effective project manager, thriving on delivering exceptional supporter experiences. The University offers diverse benefits including flexible working options, a generous pension scheme, and development opportunities.

Benefits

Highly competitive annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Flexible working opportunities

Retail discounts

Qualifications

• Strong communicator who inspires and motivates others.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks effectively.
• Experience in community fundraising is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead community fundraising programme and support volunteers.
• Deliver mass fundraising and donor impact communications.

Skills

Organisational skills

Engaging communication

Project management

Creativity

Job description

University of Sheffield

Donors to the University of Sheffield do incredible things. From opening-up education to talented students no matter their background, to helping researchers make life-changing medical breakthroughs.

Could you inspire more people to give? If you’re highly organised and an engaging communicator, then you could be our next Fundraising Officer.

This fundraising role is in the Campaigns and Alumni Relations department (CAR). We’re responsible for raising money and building lifelong relationships with our graduates. Within CAR, our friendly Individual Giving team works to raise gifts of up to £10,000 by mail, phone, community fundraising and by building personal relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead our community fundraising programme, supporting volunteers who fundraise for us and lead on the delivery of flagship challenge events such as ‘The Big Walk’.
• Support the team to deliver mass fundraising and donor impact communications using email, web, social media, video and mail.

This role would suit someone who is a strong communicator, able to inspire and motivate others to support the University of Sheffield. You’ll also be an effective project manager, able to juggle multiple tasks and think creatively to overcome problems and meet deadlines. Every day you’ll be speaking to donors and fundraisers, so you’ll thrive on delivering an exceptional supporter experience and making them feel valued.

What We Offer

The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and University.

Find out more at www.sheffield.ac.uk/benefits and join us to become part of something special.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.