Head of Fundraising in Oxford

Closing date: Monday 1 December 2025.

Salary: £51,818 - £57,575 per annum.

Contract: Permanent.

Working hours: Full time.

Location: Based at any BBOWT Office with travel to other sites as required. Hybrid working available.

We're looking for a Head of Fundraising who's passionate about helping nature recover. In this role, you'll take the lead on shaping and delivering our voluntary fundraising strategy - covering everything from philanthropy and membership, to trusts, grants, and business partnerships.

Hours: 35 hours per week. Flexibility in working pattern, in agreement with line manager.

The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust has a vision for "more nature everywhere, for everyone". We're working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. This includes you being comfortable bringing your whole self to work, and us co-working with the diverse communities we serve to ensure we are meeting everyone's needs.

As a key member of our leadership team, you'll play an important part in driving our strategy and ensuring the organisation continues to grow in a sustainable way - so we can make an even bigger impact for nature.

What you'll be doing:

• Taking the lead on raising both unrestricted and restricted income.
• Shaping and delivering our fundraising strategy.
• Supporting and growing a high-performing fundraising team.
• Planning and launching creative campaigns, while exploring new income opportunities.
• Act as the main fundraising advisor to the Director team and Trustees.

What we're looking for:

• Proven experience raising income in a charity or membership-based setting.
• Demonstrable track record of successfully leading more than one fundraising income stream in a membership-focused organisation.
• Confidence in growing high-performing teams and great at building relationships.
• Brings empathy, positivity, and a collaborative leadership style.

Rewards:

• Generous annual leave entitlement with paid birthday leave, balance days, urgent personal business leave and generous occupational sick pay.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and family-friendly policies.
• Flexible working to achieve work-life balance.
• Salary exchange pension with generous employer contribution.
• Wellbeing initiatives including qualified Mental Health First Aiders, YuLife benefit package - access to immediate and confidential help for any work, health, or life matters; 3x life assurance, online GP access, discounts and trade YuCoin points for gift cards.
• Salary sacrifice Cycle scheme & Electric Vehicle scheme.
• Membership to BBOWT's, and The Wildlife Trusts' Staff Network Groups for social interaction, peer support, mentoring and personal development.

How to apply:

For full details, please read the job description and T&Cs below. To apply, please follow the application link. The closing time and date for applications is 11.59pm on Monday 1st December 2025. Stage 1 interviews will take place the afternoon 10th December and 12th December 2025.

BBOWT values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We want every candidate to have the best chance of success as part of this process. We know that some candidates will need reasonable adjustments. Contact us if there are any reasonable adjustments we can provide during the recruitment process, including completing your application.

When applying for the role you can expect to answer a few questions online relating to the skills required and what you would be doing in the role. Your responses will be anonymised, randomised, and scored by a panel of reviewers. We don't use an application form, or CVs - your answers to our situational based questions will be scored against a review guide and scores from these will decide which candidates go through to the interview stage.

We want to hear your perspective written in your own words. If it is clear that any of your answers are not your own work, we reserve the right to reject your application on that basis. You'll also be asked for information about your background; anything you feel comfortable sharing will be anonymised and will not be shared as part of the selection process; it will only be used to help us understand how we are performing against our equal opportunities metrics.

All candidates will receive feedback on their application. We want our people to be as diverse as nature, so we particularly encourage applications from people who are underserved within the communities in which we operate. This includes people from visible ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities (including those who are neurodivergent), the LGBTQ+ community, those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, and younger people. We are committed to creating an organisation that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, The Lodge, 1 Armstrong Road, Littlemore, Oxford Oxon OX4 4XT