About the role

  • High Value Communications Officer producing engaging donor communications and funding proposals. Supporting funding opportunities within Action for Children's ambitious fundraising team.

Responsibilities

  • Ensuring high value fundraisers have a suite of ‘off the shelf’ content they need to inspire and engage potential and existing supporters.
  • Write high quality proposals, concept notes and other fundraising materials for major donors, trusts and foundations and corporate partners.
  • Provide high quality stewardship, grant management and reporting materials for strategic grants.
  • Advise fundraisers on the funding priorities across the organisation.
  • Maintain an up to date, fit for purpose list of cost examples for use by teams across Fundraising.
  • Build excellent working relationships across key teams, acting as the ‘go to’ for programmatic information.

Requirements

  • Experience of producing high quality written materials that are tailored to the needs of internal or external audiences.
  • Experience of working both independently and as part of a team.
  • Excellent inter-personal and relationship-building skills.
  • Ability to translate technical programme information into compelling donor communications for different audiences.
  • Ability to interpret and analyse financial information.
  • Demonstrable organisational skills.
  • Initiative-taking and self-organised.

Benefits

  • 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
  • Excellent training/development opportunities.
  • Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
  • Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer's discounts.

Job title

Communications Officer

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£25,973 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

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