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Join Samaritans as a Marketing and Fundraising Officer and make a significant impact while growing professionally in a supportive and flexible environment
Overview
Salary £32000
Location Ewell, Surrey, UK - Hybrid
Nomad Friendly? 
Expires Expires at anytime
Samaritans, a critical organization dedicated to offering emotional support to those in need, is seeking a passionate Marketing and Fundraising Officer to join their Donor Engagement team. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the organization's mission by raising essential funds through innovative marketing campaigns and managing key fundraising initiatives. As part of a small, ambitious, and collaborative team, you'll have the chance to learn about legacy and in-memory giving while building meaningful relationships with supporters.
- Organize marketing campaigns to increase income from gifts in Wills and in-memory giving.
- Build and maintain relationships with a diverse range of supporters.
- Be part of a growing team employing creative new approaches to fundraising.
- Experience in managing marketing campaigns, fundraising products, or customer-facing roles.
- Strong organizational, relationship-building, interpersonal, and data analysis skills.
- Knowledge of gifts in wills and in-memory giving, or willingness to learn.
Samaritans offer a competitive salary, flexible and hybrid working options, family-friendly policies, wellbeing support, and opportunities for professional development. The organization values diversity and inclusion, encouraging applications from under-represented groups. Join a team where your well-being is a priority and contribute to a mission that saves lives.
Samaritans is looking for a Marketing and Fundraising Officer to join their Donor Engagement team on a fixed term contract covering maternity leave. This role raises vital funds for the future by organising marketing campaigns and managing key fundraising products to grow income from gifts in Wills and in memory giving.
Why this role at Samaritans You’ll build relationships with supporters in person and remotely, ranging from individual supporters to large scale campaigns, across different channels. Join our team as we are growing our work and testing creative new approaches.
Internally this role is called Legacy and In Memory Marketing Officer. Our small team is friendly, ambitious and collaborative. You’ll get to learn what legacy and in-memory is all about, as part of a supportive team.
Skills and experience you’ll bring We’d welcome applications from candidates either in or outside of the charity sector. There are many other roles with great transferable skills for example around managing marketing campaigns, fundraising products, or other customer facing roles.
Key skills you’ll need • Great organisational skills which will help you to manage projects and develop supporter journeys. • Relationship building skills which will help supporters to feel connected to our cause, and inspired to support Samaritans. • Interpersonal skills for working well with colleagues, suppliers and volunteers. • Data analysis skills so that you can assess and report on how activities are performing, and optimise your approaches. • Knowledge of gifts in wills and in-memory giving (or a willingness to learn).
What’s in it for you – our benefits We offer competitive salaries, flexible and hybrid working to suit your needs, family-friendly policies, 28 days annual leave inclusive of wellbeing days and a matched pension contribution up to 5%. You’ll have a structured induction and ongoing projects, secondments & learning opportunities. We also have colleague-led affinity groups made up of people with shared identities.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority. We have a staff community of Mental Health First Aiders, a Health Cash Plan and an Employee Assistance Programme. You’ll have free subscriptions to Headspace (your personal guide to mindfulness, sleep, focus, movement, and more) & Perkbox (an employee benefits platform with online exercise classes).
We are a flexible organisation, and we embrace hybrid working – a mix of connecting in person and remotely. We’re aware that the world is changing, and we all want and need different things from our work and home lives. So, if you need to walk the dog, go to the gym, or have commitments outside of work, we’re open to talking through flexible working options that work for you and us.
We recognise the enormous benefits and the social justice imperatives of ensuring diversity at every level of our organisation. Samaritans is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are. To ensure Samaritans is representative of those we support and who support us, we particularly welcome applications from Disabled, BAME and LGBTQ+ candidates, as these people are under-represented at Samaritans.
