Fundraising Officer

Do you want to work for an ambitious & supportive employer within a beautiful rural setting? Seeking the opportunity to make your mark on the fundraising world? Are you a friendly and efficient individual able to provide the best experience to supporters?

If the answer is yes to all of the above, then Hooray may have the role for you!

Hooray are delighted to have been retained by Read For Good to recruit a Fundraising Officer to join their team on a full-time, permanent basis! Read for Good is a national charity, proudly nurturing a love of reading within schools, communities and hospitals. 

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave, Christmas to new year closure
• Open plan, colourful office environment
• Book swap
• Regular Office Socials
• Continuous professional development
• Passionate and dedicated staff team
• Family Friendly Policies
• Free 24/7 counselling service

As a Fundraising Officer, you will:

• Act as the first point of contact for the individuals who support us, through emails, phone and face to face contact
• Proactively identify, research, evaluate and pursue community fundraising opportunities
• Develop and manage relationships with companies that support us, to ensure out partnerships are promoted and income is maximised
• Provide administrative support for to the whole fundraising function, including logging individual donations

To be successful as a Fundraising Officer, you will:

• Be passionate & ambitious about a career in the charity sector
• Have experience in fundraising (either paid or voluntary)
• Be interested in professional development and enhancing learning
• Be computer literate and able to work with a variety of programmes

In return, we are offering an annual salary circa £26,000 per annum. Please note, this is a full-time (35 hours a week), permanent position. 

If you are interested and have the relevant skills and experiences, please apply with an up to date copy of your CV and we promise to get back to you. As champions of diversity and inclusion in the workplace, Hooray commit to reviewing every application we receive with complete fairness and equality. 

• Hooray is acting as an agency on behalf of the client for this position.
• Our purpose as a business is to pioneer ethical recruitment for a better working world.
• Hooray is proud to be a corporate member of the REC, the recruitment industry's leading professional body.
• DO YOU KNOW A FUNDRAISING OFFICER WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED? EARN A £150 GIFT VOUCHER FOR ANY SUCCESSFUL REFERRAL! *T&C's APPLY!