Fundraising Assistant

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Job description

*Fundraising Assistant - Full-Time (Northern Ireland) *
*Reference: NOV *
*Location: Belfast *
*Salary: £18,250.00 - £20,246.00 Per Annum *
*Benefits: Pension, Annual Leave, Life Assurance *
*Duration: 12 months*

Do you have the passion, ambition, professionalism, and enthusiasm to raise funds to help our client make Northern Ireland a better place for people and wildlife?

This conservation charity is looking for a dynamic and motivated individual with resourcefulness, initiative, and an eye for detail to prepare and submit grant claims to external funding bodies. The post holder will also provide administrative support to the wider fundraising team. If you have enthusiasm for the charity's work to save nature and can demonstrate your talents and transferable skills for fundraising, they would love to hear from you.

You will join an energetic team delivering the organisation's vision for people and nature. Our client can offer a role with variety, a friendly office environment with a dynamic team to work with and the opportunity to support work to conserve and connect people with NI's fantastic wildlife.

The post holder will work with colleagues across the organisation to help ensure their funders have an excellent partnership experience with us, increasing their understanding and awareness of the charity's work in saving nature. You will be responsible for planning and attending meetings and events to manage funder and partner relationships.

This role involves preparing and submitting grant claims to external funding bodies, securing income to support their work from grant-making trusts, foundations, and other grantmakers.

*Key role activities will include: *

* Compiling and submitting timely grant claims to funding organisations to secure funds and ensure they are received promptly against budgeted spend.
* Identifying potential external funding sources and match these to agreed priority work on our nature reserves, projects, and core work.
* Completing funding bids (majority small bids (up to £5k and occasional medium sized bids (£5k-£100k) tailored to external funding bodies in order to secure income to drive forward the charity's work.
* Providing administrative support to the fundraising team to ensure they are able to deliver the team's work programme and meet or exceed agreed key performance indicators.
* Producing regular reports to assess progress and action needed against KPIs to ensure agreed annual performance targets are met.

*The Fundraising Assistant role is an integral part of the team, and you will have: *

* A-level education or equivalent.
* Good working knowledge of Excel and financial systems and information sources (e.g., budgets, annual report, and accounts).
* An understanding of and application of project management principles.
* An ability to interpret complex information and communicate it simply to target audiences.
* Strong written and verbal communication and negotiation skills with the ability to influence.
* A demonstrable ability to organise oneself effectively and prioritise work in order to get the right things done.
* Demonstrable experience in using Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
* Experience of collating, analysing and presenting complex financial information.

*Closing date: 23:59, 07 December 2021 *
This charity is actively recruiting for this role and reserve the right to close this advert at any time.

They are an equal opportunities employer.

*To Apply and for more information*

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No agencies please.

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Reference ID: 159262

Contract length: 12 months

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Salary: £18,250.00-£20,246.00 per year

Benefits:
* Company pension
* Life insurance
Schedule:
* Monday to Friday

Work remotely:
* No