Philanthropy Assistant Coordinator
Restless Development
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Descripción de la vacante
Restless Development in London is seeking a Philanthropy Assistant Coordinator to help grow and steward its community of individual supporters. You will focus on UK‑based major donors and small family trusts, while supporting the wider giving programme and events.
You will identify prospects, manage a donor portfolio, produce compelling communications and ensure data accuracy on our CRM. Training and support are provided.
Formación
- Excellent written communication for diverse audiences.
- Confident verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong organisational skills with multiple deadlines.
- High attention to detail and accuracy.
- Good research skills; ability to summarise information clearly.
- Competence in Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Email).
- Willlingness to learn a CRM system with training provided.
- Ability to work collaboratively and take initiative.
- Commitment to Restless Development's mission and values.
Responsabilidades
- Research potential major donors and small trusts; write clear prospect profiles.
- Oversee prospect list and pipeline; plan next steps.
- Manage portfolio of 15+ existing donors with personalised communications.
- Arrange donor meetings and follow‑ups; prepare briefing notes.
- Help grow a champions network and support fundraising events.
- Draft donor communications, newsletters, pitches, and reports.
- Maintain donor data and ensure GDPR compliance.
- Generate high‑level income, pipeline and activity reports.
Conocimientos
Herramientas
Descripción del empleo
Department
Pod - Resource Mobilisation
Employment Type
Fixed-term
Minimum Experience
Entry-level
Compensation
£26,564 per annum
Philanthropy Assistant Coordinator
Closing date : Sunday 1st November 2026
Restless Development is a globally connected, locally led network incubating youth-led change. For 40 years, we’ve supported young people to take on the world’s biggest challenges. We shift power and resources directly to young people, equipping them with leadership skills, and connecting them with their peers and decision makers to drive long-term change. We run youth-led programmes to tackle the issues that young people care about the most – We also run the Youth Collective – a growing network of over 4000 local youth civil society groups and organisations in 185 countries. We are committed to creating an agency that walks the talk on power shifting, using the power shifting checklist, both internally and externally.
Restless Development considers the welfare and protection of children, young people and vulnerable adults to be an organisational imperative with primacy over the success of programmes or strategic objectives. We recognise that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and we expect all of our staff, volunteers and partners to ensure we protect the communities in which we operate from harm and abide by our Safeguarding Policy.
As Philanthropy Assistant Coordinator, you will play a key role in growing and stewarding Restless Development’s community of individual supporters. You will focus on UK-based major donors and small family trusts and foundations giving between £1,000 and £50,000, while also supporting our wider individual giving programme and fundraising events.
Working closely with the fundraising teams, you will identify and research new prospects, manage a portfolio of existing donors, produce compelling donor communications and help deliver engagement opportunities such as appeals, match‑funding campaigns and donor events. You will also ensure donor information is accurately maintained on our databases.
This role would suit someone at the start of their fundraising career who is eager to learn about philanthropy, with excellent people and organisation skills. You will get hands‑on experience across research, relationship management, writing, events and data, with training and support from an experienced team.
- Research potential new major donors and small family trusts and foundations, using online tools, public sources and our networks, and write clear prospect profiles.
- Oversee the prospect list and pipeline, qualifying and prioritising prospects, planning next steps and moving relationships forward.
- Manage a portfolio of 15+ existing donors, keeping a simple stewardship plan for each so they receive timely, personalised communications.
- Arrange donor meetings, calls and visits, and prepare briefing notes, meeting notes and follow‑up actions.
- Help set up and grow a champions network of former Restless Development staff, volunteers and advocates who want to stay involved and raise funds for our work.
- Draft high-quality, engaging content for major donors and small family trusts, including a regular supporter newsletter, fundraising pitches and proposals, and tailored impact updates and reports.
- Keep a calendar of donor communications so newsletters, updates, reports and application deadlines are delivered on time.
- Work with programme and communications colleagues to gather stories, photos and data that show the impact of donors' gifts.
- Work with the events team to organise major donor trips and networking events, from guest lists and invitations to on‑day logistics and follow‑up.
- Help to deliver match‑funding campaigns and emergency appeals, including messaging, tracking gifts and thanking supporters.
- Support school triathlons (May - June) and other community fundraising events when needed.
- Keep accurate, secure and up‑to‑date records of donors, prospects, gifts, interactions and next steps in our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software, including follow‑up from meetings and events.
- Record pledges, regular gifts and Gift Aid accurately, and work with the finance team to reconcile donations.
- Make sure information about donors is handled in line with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and our data protection policies.
- Produce high level reports on income, pipeline and activity for the team.
- Check that information about our philanthropy work shared online is accurate and up‑to‑date.
Job title:Philanthropy Assistant Coordinator
Location:
UK-based, ideally London (hybrid working available)
Salary: £26,564 per annum
Preferred start date: As soon as possible
Length of contract: 1 years fixed contract
Reports to: Senior Partnerships Manager
Expected travel: Regular travel to London for staff meetings and other areas in the UK. Evening and weekend work for which time off in lieu will be given. Expenses for travel and work outside working hours will be given according to our policy.
We are looking for people with the right competencies and skills for the role, and who demonstrate the personal qualities consistent with our values.
- Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to write clearly and persuasively for different audiences.
- Confident verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport with a range of people.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
- High attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
- Good research skills and the ability to summarise information clearly and concisely.
- Competence in Google Workspace, including word processing, spreadsheets and email.
- Willingness to learn new systems, including a CRM database, with training provided.
- The ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and to use initiative.
- A commitment to Restless Development's mission and values and to youth‑led change.
- Must have the right to work in the UK.
- Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends and to travel within the UK and overseas (time off in lieu will be granted).
- An interest in international development, youth leadership or the non‑profit sector.
- Experience in fundraising, sales, customer service or events.
- Experience of using a database or CRM system such as Salesforce.
- Experience of creating content using design or marketing tools such as Canva or Mailchimp.
Restless Development is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. Restless Development will ensure that no applicant or staff member receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital status, social status, caste, race, ethnic origin, religious belief, age, HIV status, disability, or any other factor that cannot be shown to be relevant to performance.
We are proud to commit to a transparent global salary scale, ensuring a fair and comparable system of pay across all global locations. In addition to salary, we offer pension contributions and other benefits in accordance with the local Hub.
At Restless Development, we’re proud that the strength and integrity of our Values has been recognised by staff, young people, donors and others who we work with. Beyond this, we have a culture of recognising and celebrating both our Values and our global achievements with monthly Values Champions and an annual Values Day.
It goes without saying that we work hard at Restless Development. We also recognise the importance of helping staff to maintain a positive work-life balance by offering:
- 24 days annual leave (in addition to public holidays and with an extra day of annual leave given for each full year of service, up to a maximum of 28 days).
- Birthday Leave
- Access to flexible working.
- Generous study leave, maternity, paternity or adoption leave, and other leave allowances.
Restless Development is proud to be an employer who recognises potential and invests in the development of its staff. We are committed to the professional development of our staff through:
- Empowering opportunities to work on significant projects which stretch and inspire staff – allowing them to develop on‑the‑job.
- Regular performance management.
- Training and development opportunities, including supporting our staff to identify mentors both within and outside of the agency.
- Quarterly Staff Workshops for all staff to give and receive agency updates, receive training, and socialise.
When travelling abroad with work, all staff will be covered by Restless Development’s travel and medical insurance.
See our full pay and benefits for more details.
London, Greater London (Hybrid)
Department
Pod - Resource Mobilisation
Employment Type
Fixed-term
Minimum Experience
Entry-level
Compensation
£26,564 per annum
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