Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity is going through an exciting time where we are growing, with the aim of reaching more families in need.
The Individual Giving Executive will play a key role in growing and retaining our community of supporters, and will be responsible for supporting the growth of our Individual Giving Programmes and ensuring our supporters feel valued and engaged.
Working closely with the Individual Giving Manager and external partners, the post holder will contribute to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of fundraising campaigns across multiple channels, including direct mail, digital, and telemarketing.
The Individual Giving Executive will live the Rainbow Trust values, working collaboratively towards our "One Team Approach" and will effectively communicate with our employees, volunteers
and supporters over the telephone, email and face to face.
About the role:
This Best Companies Top 25 Charity is looking to appoint a passionate Individual Giving Executive to support the growth of our Individual Giving Programmes.
Reporting to the Individual Giving Manager, and working closely with external partners, the Individual Giving Executive will play a key role in growing and retaining our community of supporters, ensuring they feel valued and engaged. The post holder will contribute to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of fundraising campaigns across multiple channels, including direct mail, digital, and telemarketing.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to develop expertise in direct marketing and individual giving fundraising, working on a variety of campaigns designed to attract, retain, and inspire donors.
You will gain hands-on experience in supporter communications, project management, and data-driven fundraising, helping to shape effective appeals and engagement strategies.
Your creativity and attention to detail will help ensure our messages reach the right people in the right way, building lasting relationships with supporters.
Location: Head office in Leatherhead, Surrey
What we’re looking for:
- A motivating and persuasive communicator – you have the ability to motivate others and build and maintain effective working relationships with customers/supporters. You are passionate about inspiring people to support our work and you understand that building rapport and developing relationships with supporters, suppliers and stakeholders is essential
- You thrive working in a busy environment on multiple priorities simultaneously – results-oriented and a fast learner, you respond quickly to pressure and a changing environment.
- Excellent and creative written communication skills
- Confident use of MSOffice and some experience of using a database would be beneficial but not necessary – you are organized, have strong attention to detail, are comfortable working with data, and produce high quality accurate work.
Applications will be particularly welcome from those who have some experience of working within individual giving fundraising or who have interned/volunteered in a fundraising or marketing department
What we offer:
We have a range of fantastic benefits that we offer our employees, which includes:
- Flexible working hours to balance home and working life
- Access to the Blue Light Discount Card Scheme, and other rewards and discounts
- Time off in lieu
- 25 days of annual leave plus public holidays – rising to 26 days after 1 year, 27 days after 5 years and 30 days after 11 years, with an additional 5 days to use in your 10th or 20th year of service (pro rata for part time)
- Bike to work, season ticket loan and payroll giving schemes
- Family friendly policies, focused on employee wellbeing, and an active cross-organisational wellbeing group running a number of initiatives throughout the year
- Pension scheme (we will contribute 5% of your salary and you will contribute at least 3%)
- The option to buy/sell annual leave, as well as additional leave for your birthday, wedding/civil ceremony and half day Christmas shopping
- A recommend a friend recruitment referral bonus
If you’d like to find out more about these benefits and working with us, click here. More information can also be found in our Candidate Pack.
About us:
Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity enables families who have a child with a life-threatening or terminal illness to make the most of time together, providing expert, practical and emotional support, where they need it for as long as it is needed.
How to apply:
To apply please send your CV and a covering letter highlighting why your application should be considered above others to [email protected]
For a detailed job description visit rainbowtrust.org.uk or call 01372 220073.
Please disclose in your cover letter if you have used AI for any part of your job application.
Interviews will take place in person. We will only contact those applicants who have been successful. If you require any adjustments during the interview process, please let us know.
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.
An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this post.
Rainbow Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment.
Rainbow Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are a Best Companies One-Star rated organisation. www.rainbowtrust.org.uk Registered Charity No: 1070532
