Job Description
This is an exciting time for Parkinson s UK, we want to reach as many people as possible so we can improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson s. We are looking for people to join our network, make genuine connections, and be part of a larger team that works together to support the Parkinson s community.
About the role
In this role, you ll have responsibility for attracting new transformational gifts to the charity through planning and developing inspiring cases for support around the charity s strategic priorities, primarily for high value audiences. Working with front-line teams and colleagues across the charity you ll create compelling multi-year funding propositions, supporting teams with their ongoing use and tracking their success.
You will build and maintain expert knowledge about the charity s services, research and charitable impact, support new fundraising and partnership opportunities, and find new ways to communicate the charity s priorities and impact to a range of fundraising audiences, supporting excellence in funder and donor relations.
What you ll do:
- Plan, develop and update funding propositions for the charity s strategy and priority programmes, working with colleagues across the charity.
- Support the Head of Proposition Development to identify new and existing fundable projects, gathering financial and narrative information to maintain a portfolio of available projects.
- Devise and maintain toolkits of resources for fundraisers proposals and pitches, enabling the Proposition Development team to be a central point of reference
- Contribute to proposals and pitches while supporting the team/s with the information needed to support fundraising targets.
- Communicate inspiring outcomes and impact information and stories to funder and donor audiences.
What you ll bring:
- Experience of implementing high value fundraising plans and strategies, leading to new income and/or organisational partnerships.
- Excellent writing, editing and presenting skills for case for support and proposal development and in pitching to a range of fundraising audiences, and the adaptability to move between themes and topics.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to lead dispersed project teams, create compelling updates and reports and maintain toolkits of fundraising materials.
- Excellent numeracy and analytical skills to develop project budgets, plan campaigns and monitor delivery and outcomes / impact, and to track income opportunities across fundraising teams.
- Strong digital skills including excellent record keeping, data protection practice and GDPR compliance.
This is an exciting time for Parkinson s UK and we would love you to join us!
Please apply by sending us your CV, together with a detailed supporting statement which will fully demonstrate how you meet all the criteria of the role, as stated in the "What you'll bring" section of the job description.
Interviews for this role will be held from the 26th March 2025.
We are operating rolling recruitment for this vacancy and reviewing applications as they are received. We reserve the right to close this vacancy when we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Anyone can get Parkinson s. It s vital that the people who work for Parkinson s UK are representative of our diverse community. We actively encourage people from all sections of the community to apply, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.
