At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead fundraising efforts to protect the UK's wild songbirds and engage with supporters.
- Company: Join a passionate conservation charity making a real difference.
- Benefits: Flexible working, training opportunities, and a supportive team culture.
- Other info: Remote work with monthly co-working days and excellent career growth potential.
- Why this job: Make an impact in conservation while developing your fundraising skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in fundraising, strong communication, and relationship-building skills.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 34000 £ per year.
This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and grow individual giving for a specialist conservation charity dedicated to protecting the UK’s wild songbird populations. You will lead on planning and delivering multichannel fundraising appeals, maximising income from individual giving, membership and selected fundraising products. You will develop engaging donor communications, improve supporter journeys and champion a data‑led approach to fundraising. Working closely with colleagues in fundraising, supporter care, communications and operations, you will play a key part in stewarding supporters, increasing regular giving, strengthening membership retention and supporting the charity’s growing corporate partnerships and weekly lottery activity.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead on individual giving activity and deliver multichannel appeals from concept to evaluation
- Develop and implement plans to market individual membership and reduce attrition
- Support the delivery and promotion of the weekly lottery
- Contribute to developing corporate partnerships activity
- Test and implement new fundraising ideas to diversify income
- Create and deliver engaging donor communications and stewardship journeys
- Use data and digital tools to optimise campaigns and target key audiences
- Represent the charity at events and uphold fundraising regulations and best practice
About You
You will bring energy, creativity and a confident grasp of individual giving. You enjoy using data to shape decisions, you write well and you are comfortable managing multiple projects at once. You will thrive in a small, supportive team and be confident working independently. You will have:
- Experience running fundraising appeals from planning through to evaluation
- Strong relationship building and supporter stewardship skills
- Experience using CRM systems and digital marketing platforms
- Knowledge of fundraising regulations and best practice
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing deadlines
- A flexible, positive approach and a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
- Experience with membership schemes or donor stewardship programmes
- Experience developing regular giving propositions or testing new fundraising activities
- Familiarity with corporate partnerships
About the Organisation
The charity is dedicated to protecting and conserving the UK’s wild songbird population through scientific research, public engagement and evidence‑based solutions. A small and ambitious team, they foster a friendly and supportive working culture focused on achieving meaningful impact. Staff are encouraged to bring new ideas, test approaches and help shape the future of the organisation. Benefits include flexible working patterns, a TOIL policy, pension scheme and training opportunities.
Fundraising Officer in Diss employer: SongBird Survival
At SongBird Survival, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer, offering a supportive and friendly work culture that empowers our team to make a meaningful impact in conservation. With flexible working patterns, opportunities for professional development, and a commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, we ensure that our employees thrive both personally and professionally while contributing to the protection of the UK's wild songbird populations.
