Donor engagement

Identify, research and make contact with new prospects and organisations, securing individual meetings or their attendance at donor events, and then converting them into donors.
Draft donor communications, proposals and prospect research briefs.
Plan and oversee an engaging programme of donor events throughout the year, with the administrative support of event volunteers.
Manage relationships with key donors, ensuring they renew or repeat their annual subscriptions/donations each year.
Undertake prospect research and due diligence into potential donors to ensure they are appropriate and eligible supporters.
Build a group of ambassadors to grow our network and prospect pipeline
Support the volunteer-led local party Executive to develop a membership fundraising strategy to support our political goals, including through a programme of members events, fundraising campaigns, and a legacy fundraising scheme.
Organise and track thank you letters from the MP
Process all incoming donations and add to our database.
Update the incoming donations tracker & banking report.
Perform the PPERA checks on all donations where relevant (training will be provided)
Produce monthly reports to track the donations against the predicted income and to support the MP to declare all registrable interests.
Draft and send out event invitations for all events
Produce regular fundraising communications and achieve sign off before deadline
Manage 1-1 donor communications (such as thank you cards) and catch up meetings
Data cleaning and management of donor databases
A Covering Letter; no more than 2 pages of A4 in length, indicating clearly how your experience and skills meet the criteria stated in the job and person specification. Please also write your name on top of your supporting statement.

At least 2 years of experience of fundraising, marketing or sales
Confident communicator who is able to approach donors and prospects, engage them effectively and make a direct ask
Experience of meeting agreed milestones and targets
Self-starter with strong organisational and time management skills
Excellent writing skills and experience in drafting materials and
communications for donors
Flexibility to work some evenings throughout the year
Research experience
Sympathy with the aims and values of the Liberal Democrats
Experience of fundraising with major donors
Ideally has an existing network of potential donors
Experience of managing volunteers and board members
Knowledge of legacy fundraising.

Hours: Part-time role (0.4 or 0.6 FTE considered); some evening and weekend work may be required from time to time in particular to support events.