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  • Position:
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  • Hours Per Week:
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  • Advertising End Date:
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  • Internal Advertising End Date:
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  • Vacancy Type:
    Permanent
  • Job Advert

  • We are seeking an experienced Senior Community Fundraising Officer to join our Community Fundraising England and Wales team. This role reports to the Senior Community Fundraising Manager.

    The Senior Community Fundraising Officer will play a key role in developing and delivering the Community Fundraising strategy, with a particular focus on growing income from community groups, corporates, trusts, grants and restricted fundraising. This is a full‑time (37.5 hours per week), permanent role. The postholder will be required to work from Mencap’s London office two days per week, with the remaining days worked from home or remotely, recognising the importance of flexibility and a healthy work–life balance

    You will lead on the planning, delivery and project management of the Community Fundraising team’s products and campaigns, ensuring they are delivered to a high standard and aligned with strategic objectives.

    The core purpose of the role is to implement and deliver the community fundraising strategy, while identifying opportunities for growth and building a strong and sustainable pipeline across all community fundraising income streams.

    The postholder will also be responsible for the management and delivery of mass participation fundraising products, including oversight of both financial and non‑financial KPIs.

    Performance will be measured against agreed targets, including income, budgets, KPIs, number of approaches made, sign‑ups and conversions, with success defined by the achievement of income and strategic objectives.

    You can see full details of the experience and skills on the attached Job Description. 

    If you’re passionate about Community Fundraising, apply now. Applications close on 21 April
    • First‑stage interviews (via Teams): Monday 27 April and Tuesday 28 April
    • Second‑stage interview (in person, London): Tuesday 5 May

  • Benefits

  • Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated.

    Our benefits package offers 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings.

    For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document outlining all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team!

  • About Mencap

  • Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.

    We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in.

    At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.

    Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.

    · Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.

    · Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes

    · Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.

    We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long- term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies.

    We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for.

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