Join the Fight Against Climate Change as an Individual Giving Supporter Recruitment Manager
Overview
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Flexible across England, Wales and Northern Ireland,
Expires at anytime
Friends of the Earth is a leading environmental advocacy group seeking a skilled fundraiser to spearhead our individual giving recruitment programme, utilizing a range of innovative strategies and digital platforms to secure a sustainable future. This is your chance to contribute to a pivotal cause while benefiting from a supportive work environment that values diversity and work/life balance.
Organisation summary:
Friends of the Earth is an impactful international community committed to protecting the planet and improving the wellbeing of all its inhabitants. Engage with us to lead campaigns, offer educational resources, and implement real solutions to pressing environmental issues.
Role Summary:
- Develop and execute a strategy to optimize donor recruitment activities.
- Manage and innovate on digital recruitment tactics, including social media and search engine marketing.
- Enhance the onboarding experience to improve donor retention.
- Collaborate with various teams to create integrated and compelling campaign plans.
Role Requirements:
- Proven track record in individual fundraising and direct marketing acquisition.
- Expertise in various recruitment channels and knowledge of fundraising regulations.
- Ability to lead direct marketing activities and manage a diverse range of fundraising techniques.
- Experience in digital marketing and ability to test new recruitment activities.
Application Process Details:
- Apply exclusively through the Friends of the Earth Application System by the specified deadline.
Hours:Â Full time (30 hours over 4 days)
Location: Flexible across England, Wales and Northern IrelandÂ
Concerned about the climate emergency? Keen to use your fundraising expertise to protect the planet for future generations?  Â
We are looking for an experienced and inspired fundraiser to manage our individual giving supporter recruitment programme. As IG Supporter Recruitment Manager you will manage the programme, leading the development and implementation of the strategy to maximise the value of our donor recruitment activity.  Â
Key Skills and Attributes:Â
This role requires a confident fundraiser with a solid grasp of all supporter recruitment channels and an understanding of retention and development channels.Â
You’ll need a track record of successful recruitment fundraising from individuals, with experience in donor recruitment or in direct marketing acquisition within the commercial sector.
Experience of driving effective direct marketing activity is essential, as is knowledge of fundraising compliance and best practise in line with evolving regulations.
The programme covers a diverse range of activities and techniques to recruit regular givers, cash donors and product donors, with a strong focus on digital platforms. This includes recruitment activity such as Meta paid social, Performance Max, paid search, and converting supporters to donors through post action asks and emails, as well as a testing programme for new activity. Additionally, this post would be responsible for optimising welcome journeys to improve retention, Value Exchange products, inserts, Out of Home and Connected TV.
Our supporter experience programme includes cash appeals, upgrade, reactivation, a biannual supporter magazine, cash to regular giving conversion activity, e-appeals and retention activity.Â
The Individual Giving programme has evolved hugely over the past few years, with a big increase in our digital activity and collaboration with campaign teams to create compelling and integrated plans. Â
Each Individual Giving Officer manages a selection of projects across recruitment or experience, rotating project management to support development and learning across the team.
The team:Â
The role is in the supportive and friendly Individual Giving (IG) team, which sits within the Income Generation directorate.
The IG team consists of eight roles:  Â
- Head of Individual Giving Â
- Individual Giving Supporter Recruitment Manager  Â
- Individual Giving Supporter Experience Manager  Â
- Legacy Manager Â
- Individual Giving Officer x 4Â Â
The Supporter Recruitment Manager line-manages two Individual Giving Officers and works closely in alignment with the Supporter Experience Manager.
Closing date: Thursday 10th October 2024 (23:59)
Please note we only accept applications via the Friends of the Earth Application System.
We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance including a 4-day working week with no loss of pay, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant organisational culture.Â
Our staff body is currently under-representative of People of Colour, LGBTQIA+ people and people with long term conditions or impairments. We are committed to eroding these historic barriers, so as to create a movement in which people from all walks of life see themselves in, and so we particularly encourage you to apply if you belong to one of these groups or sit at multiple intersections of disadvantage. We are committed to the Disability Confident standard and will guarantee an interview to any candidates who declare a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the role.
Friends of the Earth staff who publicly represent Friends of the Earth (including all campaigners) are not allowed to also represent a political party. This is to ensure that there can be no confusion in the minds of the public about Friends of the Earth's party-political independence. Affected staff should also seek permission from the Senior Management Team if they wish to hold a non-public facing official role in a political party. If this is an issue, please do raise this with us as soon as possible.
Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all.Â