Strategic Projects Executive

We are a multi-award winning, creative and innovative organisation and the Strategic Projects Team is as the heart of the fundraising we do. Working on critical cross-department initiatives, you will help to drive innovation across War Child’s highly ambitious and successful fundraising operations. You will work on a range of events and projects, help to identify new fundraising opportunities and develop meaningful solutions that maintain the values, creativity and entrepreneurialism of War Child UK.

If you share our values and believe that children’s lives should not be torn apart by war, we want to hear from you.

About us

War Child, the specialist charity for children affected by conflict. For more than two decades we’ve delivering high-impact programmes that are rebuilding lives across Afghanistan, Iraq, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Central African Republic and Yemen. We understand children’s needs, respect their rights, and put them at the centre of the solution – from reintegrating children formerly associated with armed groups and armed forces in the Central African Republic to reuniting children with their families in Afghanistan. We look forward to a world in which the lives of children are no longer torn apart by war. This is a vision that can only be realised through the collective actions of children themselves, communities and their leaders, organisations like War Child, governments and key decision makers.

Child safeguarding and Adults at Risk

Our work with children and at-risk adults to keep them safe is the most important thing we do. We are committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults in all areas of our work. We have zero tolerance for any behaviours and practices that puts children and/or vulnerable adults at risk of abuse and/or harm

Your role

We’re looking for a creative, driven and highly organized team player to help plan and deliver a range of exciting projects and innovative fundraising activities. You’ll play an integral role in the Strategic Projects Team and work closely with our Music and Communications Teams to engage new audiences with War Child’s mission and generate sustainable income.

Sometimes you will proactively lead initiatives, at other times you will support the delivery of big cross-departmental projects, from War Child’s Shop for Good to our legendry entertainment events. You will also support departmental learning and strategic planning, collecting insights and evaluating activities to ensure that the Fundraising and Communications Directorate remains innovative, ambitious and successful.

Your responsibilities

• Deliver small-scale projects across fundraising, working within budget, meeting income targets and achieving strategic objectives.
• Support the implementation of large-scale events and initiatives, giving superb project support to the Strategic Projects Team.
• Support a culture of continuous improvement and innovation across the department by collecting insights and testing new products to maximize the impact of our fundraising.
• Support the assessment of new fundraising initiatives, identifying risks and opportunities to determine the best way of moving these forwards, ensuring project documentation and budgets are in place.
• Support regular reviews of Project Management tools and processes to enable colleagues to deliver successful projects.
• Build and maintain trusting, open and effective relationships with colleagues in order to deliver collaborative projects and events.
• Deliver excellent relationship management with external stakeholders, including a range of Influencers who support our marketing campaigns. This will include cultivation planning, written correspondence, personal meetings, proposal writing, making presentations and representing War Child at networking events.
• Proactively use Salesforce database to maintain up to date records and work with data team to ensure continuous improvement in this area.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current activities of War Child and be an advocate of the War Child brand
• Contribute to creating a culture committed to the safeguarding of children and adults and compliant to WCUK’s Child Safeguarding and Adults at Risk Policies.

These duties provide a framework for the role and should not be regarded as a definitive list. Other reasonable duties may be required consistent with the grade of the role.

You are

• Experienced in working in a target-led environment, ideally with exposure to fundraising
• Highly resilient, with the ability to work in ambiguous circumstances, managing multiple priorities
• Experience of project management, working within budget, managing your workload to meet deadlines and hit targets
• Experience using data and insight to inform decision making and product and/or process improvement
• Experienced in working as part of a team to deliver an event or activation with the ability to work calmly under pressure in a fast-paced event environment
• Able to work effectively and appropriately with Influencers and high-profile supporters
• Able to manage the expectations of stakeholders internally and externally whilst building and maintaining long-lasting, mutually beneficial relationships
• Creative and entrepreneurial with the confidence to negotiate deals with stakeholders, put forward new ideas and approach potential new partners in line with the team’s plan
• Knowledge of trends in the fundraising industry with the willingness to stay up to date on the latest developments that could create opportunities for War Child
• Experience using Salesforce or similar CRM database
• Up to date knowledge of fundraising regulation and GDPR, and its implications for fundraising policy and practice.