Senior Philanthropy Officer

ClientEarth; London Borough of Islington; Presencial; GBP 40.000 - 49.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Flexi working

Hybrid work

Descripción de la vacante

ClientEarth’s Philanthropy Team seeks a Senior Philanthropy Officer to manage donor relationships and grow the donor pipeline. The role focuses on securing renewals and uplifts, and developing compelling donor communications in line with brand guidelines.

You will engage with major donors, trusts and foundations across multiple countries, while staying abreast of fundraising trends and collaborating across teams to maximise impact.

Formación

• Experience in best-practice donor stewardship with evidence of securing or managing five- and six-figure gifts.
• Experience in identifying, cultivating and soliciting prospects.
• Ability to write compelling donor communications including campaigns, reports and proposals.
• Experience raising funds from donors in different geographies.

Responsabilidades

• Actively manage donor relationships across an assigned portfolio, providing stewardship and reporting to secure renewals and uplifts.
• Develop the pipeline of new donors through prospect research, network mapping and external/internal events.
• Write and develop public-facing donor communications aligned with brand guidelines, in coordination with the communications team.
• Keep up to date with fundraising trends and share knowledge within the Philanthropy team and across Development.

Conocimientos

Donor stewardship

Prospect research

Donor communications

Fundraising across geographies

Descripción del empleo

Senior Philanthropy Officer

Application Deadline: 9 November 2026

Department: External Affairs

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London

Reporting To: Aisling Foster

Compensation: £44,561 / year

Description

Join ClientEarth’s talented, collaborative Philanthropy Team and help drive transformative environmental change, working closely with major donors, trusts, and foundations across multiple countries.

Important dates to note:

• Deadline to submit an initial application: 23 November 2026
• If your profile passes initial screening, you will be asked to submit additional information in the form of three additional questions.
• The deadline to submit your answers/additional information is 26 November 2026
• If we do not receive a response to these questions by the deadline we will assume you are no longer interested in the role.
• Interviews will take place on 4 December 2026

Please also review the "Our Hiring Process" section at the bottom of this advert to learn more about the stages involved for this specific role.

Key Responsibilities

• Actively manage donor relationships across an assigned portfolio of supporters, within agreed strategy and targets, providing first-class stewardship and reporting to secure renewals and uplifts.
• Develop the pipeline of new donors through effective prospect research, network mapping and connecting with new contacts at external and internal events as a representative of ClientEarth.
• Write and develop public-facing communications materials for donors, consistent with brand guidelines, in coordination with the communications team and programme staff as appropriate.
• Keep up to date with fundraising trends and ensure these are worked into internal activities and planning. Facilitate knowledge sharing within the Philanthropy team and across the Development department.

See the job description for a full list of duties for this role.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Experience of providing best practice donor stewardship and relationship development with demonstrable evidence of securing or managing five and six figure gifts
• Experience of identifying, cultivating and soliciting prospects
• Ability to write compelling communications materials including fundraising campaigns, donor reports, and proposals
• Experience of raising funds from donors in different geographies

See the job description for a full list of duties for this role.

Job Benefits

• Flexible working: We are proud to be a Flexa accredited Employer. Visit our Flexa Employer page for more information on our approach to flexible working. Our flexible working policy allows our people the choice to decide to work from home/another location in the country where their contract of employment is issued for 80% of their month, with the other 20% of their month being office-based. See our benefits page for more: Benefits | ClientEarth Careers as well as our flexible working FAQ.

ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds. See our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) at ClientEarth | ClientEarth journey page for more. Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the UK or Belgium.

ClientEarth is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or legal services to third parties.