Fundraising Officer

Salary: £26,915, with future progression to £30,242 (pro rata if part time)

Location: The role can be remote based at home, or office based, or a combination of office/home based, depending on your preference. Our office locations are Birkenhead, Birmingham or Cardiff

Hours: Flexible: Full time (35 hours per week), or Part time (21 hours or more) considered. Flexible working pattern available.

Contract: Temporary Position (maternity cover) for 6-12 months initially with potential to extend funding permitting.

The Vacancy

We are seeking an enthusiastic, experienced and results-driven Fundraising Officer to join our team on a temporary basis to cover maternity leave.

You will have an appreciation of the work of NYAS and the challenges faced by care experienced children and young people who NYAS support with a view to helping us change young lives. We have ambitious plans in England and Wales to secure our fantastic existing projects and to develop new projects to help more young people.

Duties include:

• Design and implement fundraising products and programmes for corporate, community and individual giving fundraising.
• Manage our portfolio of events and challenges and support entrants to reach and exceed their fundraising goals.
• Work closely with NYAS’ wider Communications and Marketing team to identify and encourage fundraisers willing to share their story, helping to facilitate PR coverage, raise awareness of NYAS, and create a loyal supporter base.
• Proactively develop and take forward NYAS’ fundraising strategy.

About you

You will have experience in a similar role and share our passion to help more young care experienced people. You will have great relationship building skills with the ability to get the best out of our existing supporters and to achieve new supporters for NYAS.

If you are looking for a rewarding role with an organisation that makes a difference to young people’s lives, we want to hear from you. Even if you feel you don’t have all the essential experience and knowledge, we’re keen to hear from people that are passionate about our cause and would like the opportunity to learn more about fundraising.

If you would like to have an informal chat about this position please contact Jennefer Whitley, Head of Income Generation & Business Development on 07762 414 233 or [email protected]

Note for candidates

When completing the application form, it is important that you refer to the person specification within the job description and detail how you can evidence the criteria.

The job description can be located on our recruitment website: https://nyas.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/3356787?cid=1837&t=Fundraising-Officer–maternity-cover—secondment-considered

This is a temporary position for 6-12 months but with potential to extend.

This role offers flexibility of office/ home working or a combination of both but requires a willingness to travel to NYAS offices when required. Our office locations are Birkenhead, Birmingham or Cardiff.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early once we receive a high number of applications.

About NYAS

As an established leading rights-based charity, NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) is well positioned to ensure that children, young people, and adults across England and Wales are fully respected, represented, and supported in expressing their views and having their rights upheld.

We work with care-experienced children, young people, and adults who are often reliant on statutory services suffering the negative impact of the cuts in public expenditure. Our combination of social care and legal services places us in a unique position to ensure that they receive the services they need and that their voices are heard.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment which means NYAS welcomes applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or belief, or any other protected characteristic.

NYAS is proud to share that we are a Disability Confident Employer and we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies.

Work with us to help change young lives.

The Benefits

• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Salary sacrifice pension contributions
• Additional sick pay
• Enhanced pay for family friendly leave
• Health care plan
• Employee assistance programme
• Cycle to work
• Learning & developing opportunities