Job Title: Fundraising Officer

Location: Bristol

Salary: £27,121 per year

Job Type: Full time, Permanent

The Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) is a Bristol-based national charity that supports people and organisations across the UK to tackle the climate emergency and end the suffering caused by cold homes. We do this by sharing our knowledge, practical experience and policy insights.

The Role:

Collaborate closely with our Senior Fundraising Manager to identify funding opportunities, develop compelling proposals, support individual giving and contribute to bid writing for projects that align with CSE's strategic goals.

Pay and conditions

The role is full-time (37.5 hours per week) but will consider a minimum of 30 hours.
The salary for the role will be £27,121 to £32,486
You will be entitled to 25 days paid holiday (plus statutory holidays).

CSE offer a range of benefits including, subsidised bike purchase and Tech Scheme, Life Assurance, Health Cash plan, retail discounts and discounted breakdown cover and many more.

We will pay fees and expenses on relevant training courses.

Specific responsibilities

An applicant appointed to the role will be expected to:

Write compelling funding pitches for projects or fundraising campaigns.
Represent CSE at external events to promote our work, support horizon scanning and identify future partners for the fundraising team to work with.
Maintain accurate and up to date fundraising content on website, all other CSE communications channels and third-party platforms.
Support the running of online and in-person events to raise awareness of CSE's work with key stakeholders and potential funders.
Steward current individual supporters, building engagement through a supporter journey.
Develop campaigns and appeals to engage with new audiences and encourage new supporters.
Ensure all income and donations are processed, and acknowledged appropriately, including using systems for accurately managing supporter data.
Research Trusts and Foundations to identify prospects with objectives which align with CSE's strategic goals. Collate this information in an appropriate, accessible format.
Develop creative ways of presenting CSE to engage corporate partners leading to mutually beneficial relationships with social purpose.
Write content for sections of bids.

To see a more detailed list of responsibilities please see the supporting documents attached. These documents are also available to download from our website.

Essential attributes for this role include:

GCSE Maths and English or equivalent.
Competence with MS Office programmes - in particular Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.
Excellent verbal and written communication expertise, able to communicate complex ideas to a range of audiences.
Empathetic and communicative - able to nurture and build relationships with a wide range of donors and supporters.
Self-motivated with ability to work independently and with limited supervision and as part of a team.
Good time management skills, including priority setting, multi-tasking and problem-solving.
Understanding of trust and foundation funders.

Please note, the above is an overview of the skills required for this role. To see the full list of essential and desirable skills please see the attached job description.

How to apply

To apply, please download and complete the application form available from our website. Your application should demonstrate your suitability for the role against the criteria outlined in the person specification.

The closing date for applications is 12pm on Tuesday 29 October 2024

Interviews are expected to take place Tuesday5 or Wednesday 6 November 2024, though this is subject to change.

If invited to interview, we will ask you to provide evidence of eligibility to work in the UK.