Regional Fundraiser - Northern Ireland

Location (UK): Office Hybrid* - Belfast

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week. Part-time considered (pro-rata) 28 hours or above per week

Salary: £41,504 (pro-rata if applicable)

Benefits: Read more about the excellent benefits we offer

Contract type: Fixed-term for 24 months

Travel: Regular travel in and around Northern Ireland. Travel to London on an occasional basis for team meetings or training. Travel to events including occasional weekends or evenings.

Closing date: 23:59 hours, Sunday 23 August 2026

Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us achieve a future free from arthritis. We are looking for an experienced fundraiser who has strong experience of raising money in Northern Ireland. This is a relationship-led role that would be ideal for someone who loves working with people and understands network mapping to maximise connection to cause to accelerate income growth. You will have experience of creating strategy, winning new business, and be happiest spending significant time out and about meeting people. While you will be based in Northern Ireland with strong connection to other colleagues based in and out of the Belfast office, this role is part of the Public Fundraising team who are based across England and you'll have regular contact with colleagues in the corporate fundraising and trusts teams.

About the role

In this role you will build strong relationships with volunteers, community groups, clubs, local businesses and others to inspire and motivate them to invest in a future free from arthritis. This is a new role for the charity, and it gives someone the opportunity to shape this area of work and lead on the income opportunities in Northern Ireland. But you won't be starting from nothing; our Northern Ireland based staff and volunteer group have strong networks and brilliant ideas for supporting your success. You'll also have support from the wider Public Fundraising team as well as the Philanthropy and Partnerships team. There is so much potential in this area and we're looking for someone who is excited and has the skills to turn that potential into a strategy for success. And this work has never been more crucial; Arthritis UK Northern Ireland have recently published a landmark report calling for immediate action to tackle the growing musculoskeletal (MSK) health crisis in Northern Ireland, where people are waiting in pain for years to access a diagnosis and life changing surgery.

About you

• Experience in partnership fundraising.
• Experience in public speaking, such as giving presentations and talking at events.
• Experience and a keen interest in building long-term relationships with supporters.
• Experience of winning new business, able to make the ask for support and to influence/negotiate.
• Experience in working with volunteers to fundraise.
• Proactive and confident self-starter, able to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Skilled at supporter stewardship.
• Skilled at building excellent relationships with a wide range of people.
• Able to spot opportunities and maximise them for income growth.

*As a hybrid worker the expectation is that you will spend around 40% of your working time in our office spaces or working in community settings. As an inclusive employer we will consider home-based working for anyone where office-based hybrid working would be a barrier to being able to work for us, for example for someone living with a long-term health condition or disability.

Benefits

• Flexible hours, environments and working practices to promote a healthy work/life balance.
• Health and wellbeing support including the Employee Assistance Programme (free confidential 24/7 support with mental health, legal and financial queries).
• Simplyhealth cash plan.
• Supportive and inclusive culture, with a wide range of employee networks and support groups available to join.
• Learning and personal development opportunities.
• Employee supported volunteering.
• Competitive annual leave, with the option to buy/sell up to five days per year.
• Generous pension plan, with employer contribution of up to 10%.
• Life Assurance plan (4 x salary).

How to apply

You must be based in and hold the right to work in the UK to apply for this position. To apply you MUST submit: a completed Application Form, clearly demonstrating how you meet the key requirements and competencies set out in the job description and person specification for the Regional Fundraiser - Northern Ireland, along with a fully completed Equality Monitoring Form. Email both documents as Word or PDF attachments by 23:59 hours, Sunday 23 August 2026.

If you have a health condition that prevents you from following the steps above, please email us regarding alternative ways to apply.

Application deadline and shortlisting

We advise candidates to apply early as we reserve the right to close applications ahead of the advertised date. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We do not wish to receive contact from agencies or media sales.

Please note that we do not use Artificial Intelligence (AI) during our recruitment and selection processes, and we would respectfully ask that you also refrain from using AI during the selection process. Whilst we do recognise that AI may be a beneficial tool for some when aiding research and preparation for an application or interview, we want to maintain a fair, inclusive and positive recruitment experience at Arthritis UK where candidates can feel supported to demonstrate their experience, knowledge, and skills without the use of AI generated answers.

Interviews

Interviews expected: First interview expected on Thursday 10 September 2026 in our Belfast office. As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee you will be offered an interview if you disclose a disability and demonstrate sufficient evidence within your application that you meet the essential criteria for this role. We will also make any reasonable adjustments you may require for your interview.

About us

We have made a commitment in our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy to increase the diversity of our charity and we welcome candidates from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. We want our employees, volunteers and trustees to represent the broad diversity of the communities of which we are a part. There are over 10 million people living with arthritis. That's one in six, with over half of those living in pain every single day. The impact is huge as the condition slowly intrudes on everyday life affecting the ability to work, care for a family, to move free from pain and to live independently. Yet arthritis is often dismissed as an inevitable part of ageing or shrugged off as just a bit of arthritis. We don't think that this is OK. Arthritis UK is here to change that.

Arthritis UK is committed to keeping children, young people and vulnerable adults safe from harm. During the recruitment process we will undertake safer recruitment practices and relevant checks to ensure applicants are suitable to work with children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Read more about working for us.

Animal Research

We are committed to developing new treatments for arthritis. To achieve this, we fund a broad range of medical research, and this includes research which uses animals.