Job Vacancies

Fundraising Lead
£36,300 pa plus excellent benefits
London Bridge London
35 hours per week, full-time

As Fundraising Lead, you will play a pivotable role in supporting and delivering the College’s Fundraising strategy, integrating fundraising activities and campaigns into core College business to build the charity’s profile as well as raising funds in line with the expectations of the strategy.

The Fundraising Lead is an important role as you will work closely with colleagues across the College to gather information that underpins campaign messages and fundraising initiatives, ensuring compatibility with objectives. You will also develop the use of digital channels to effectively promote College fundraising activities.

Reporting to the Head of Membership, you will work closely with the Chair of the Fundraising Advisory Board (FAB), the College’s fundraising consultants and associated stakeholders to develop and submit high quality, compelling grant and funding applications. You will also identify and implement a range of corporate, legacy and major donor fundraising opportunities, building and maintaining relationships with charitable trusts, corporate partners and foundations, as potential sources of income for the College’s fundraising work.

Educated to a good standard, ideally with a demonstrable background in a grants or fundraising environment, you should have experience of stewarding donors through a fundraising journey and building relationships with charitable trusts as well as experience of writing bid and grant applications.

With a background of collaborative working with internal and external stakeholders , you will have the ability to effectively plan and deliver compelling communications and engaging campaigns  that contribute to both raising the charity’s profile as well as attracting funds and donors.

Excellent relationship management and interpersonal skills are essential, as you aim to establish and build relationships with donors, advocates as well as charitable trusts, corporate partners and foundations.

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine was established to advance education and research in Emergency Medicine. The College is responsible for setting standards of training and administering examinations in Emergency Medicine for the award of Fellowship and Membership of the College as well as recommending trainees for CCT in Emergency Medicine. The College works to ensure high quality care by setting and monitoring standards of care and providing expert guidance and advice on policy to relevant bodies on matters relating to Emergency Medicine.

For further information and to apply, please send your CV and covering letter, ensuring you cover details outlined in the Person Specification above , to recruitment@rcem.ac.uk

Closing date: 08 June 2022.