Senior Fundraising Officer

Black Country Women's Aid (BCWA) is an established charity working across the Black Country and wider West Midlands providing accommodation and community support services to victims of domestic abuse, sexual abuse and human trafficking. Services range from advocacy, civil remedies, support in court, individual and group support and access to a range of therapeutic interventions. All services are client and needs-led.

The team: Corporate Services is the "business hub" of BCWA. All work ensures contract compliance and that legal, financial, and quality standards are met. The areas of business covered include:

• Governance including management of the Board of trustees
• Financial management and accounts
• Contract management and performance
• Community and corporate fundraising and sponsorship
• Human resources and workforce development
• Fundraising and Training
• Communications/Marketing
• Strategic planning/development including individual service plans
• Central administration

The work undertaken by Corporate Services also underpins the direct services provided by our operational resources. Since expansion and the successful award of contracts over the last few years, Corporate Services have become ever more integral to the development and success of the organisation.

Job Role: The Senior Fundraising Officer will provide day-to-day support to the fundraising team, contribute new ideas for fundraising and develop, implement and oversee robust processes for identifying potential donors, funders and fundraising as well as providing updates to contributing partners.

If you are self-driven, conscientious, hardworking with lots of ambition we would love to hear from you.

Important information for all positions: Black Country Women's Aid is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. It will be necessary for an enhanced disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service for details of any previous criminal convictions. Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies. The post holder must be female.

Employment checks: As a responsible employer we adhere to safer recruitment practice and all our employees are subject to the following recruitment checks: Right to work in the UK Under Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act, we, as a responsible employer need to ensure that we do not employ anyone illegally. To avoid discrimination we treat all job applicants equally. We, therefore, ask all candidates selected for interview to bring original documentation to show their Right to Work in the UK. A copy of these will be taken. Once the successful candidate has been appointed the unsuccessful candidate's documents will be destroyed confidentially. You may be refused an interview if you do not bring the correct documents with you.

References: Following your interview, two employment references will be sought. One of these should be your current or most recent employer. If you have finished full-time education and you have no employer reference, we will accept a reference from:

• a professional from your centre of study, for instance, a teacher, lecturer or headteacher
• GP or health visitor
• a character reference from a person who knows you
• a civil servant from a government agency
• a bank manager

DBS: All positions are subject to DBS checks at the relevant level.