Fundraising Officer - #2190987

Job Details

Title: Fundraising Officer

Reports to:  Fundraising Manager

Contract type:  Permanent

Hours: 5 days per week (37.5 Hours) Worked between Monday- Friday

Salary: Grade 5 - £27,449 - £29,686 (5% employer pension contribution,

Medicash and group life assurance, 27 days annual leave per annum for FTE plus

bank holidays)

Location: Contractually based from our Manchester or Liverpool  Office, with some flexibility to work from home, subject to business requirements and line manager approval. Regular travel to programmes in the North West and occasional travel to other areas, as required.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please download and complete the application from  our Careers webpage and email it, along with your CV, to [email protected]  by 9:00am on Friday 20th November 2026.

Your supporting statement must not exceed two pages and should cover your motivation for applying for the role and how your skills and experience meet the criteria outlined in the Person Specification. This is also your opportunity to demonstrate the written communication skills that will be necessary for the role.

Right to Succeed reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier without prior notice for reasons including, but not limited to, business needs or the identification of a suitable candidate. Candidates are advised to apply as early as possible.

If you need any advice or guidance on what to include in the supporting statement, please contact [email protected].

Timetable 

Applications invited by: 9:00am on Friday 20th November 2026

1st interview: Thursday 26th November 2026 (via zoom)

2nd interview & Task: Wednesday 2nd December 2026 (In person at our Manchester Office)

These dates may be subject to change. 

Role Summary

Working as part of a small but ambitious team to support the fundraising for Right to Succeed, a fast-growing national charity, working to deliver place-based and educational change in the most disadvantaged communities.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide high-quality administrative support

• Providing day-to-day administrative support to the Fundraising Team, including: diary management, scheduling meetings, creating agendas, taking minutes, coordinating logistics, preparing briefing materials and ensuring relevant information and actions are organised and followed up.  
• Supporting general department administration to ensure the smooth running of the fundraising function. 
• Maintaining responsibility for the accurate and timely management of application and reporting trackers, ensuring all key deadlines, submission dates and reporting requirements are recorded and kept up to date across calendars and the CRM. This includes regularly reviewing upcoming deadlines, updating records as applications progress, and making sure the wider team has clear visibility of priorities, actions and upcoming requirements. 
• Leading on the administrative support of our Individual Giving funding stream.
• Working collaboratively with other departments, such as Programmes, Finance, and Communications, to ensure the effective flow of information needed to support the day-to-day running of the fundraising function. 
• Contributing to the management of the internal database (CRM) to ensure that all funder activities and engagement are captured.
• Managing the fundraising email inbox, ensuring enquiries are directed to the appropriate colleagues and responded to promptly and professionally. 
• Supporting the arrangement of funder events, including ‘Frontline’ visits for funders, roundtable events and other external-facing events in the calendar.

Undertake in - depth prospect donor research

• Researching potential funders for Right to Succeed using funder databases, online searches, sector information and Meet the Funder events, and recording relevant funding opportunities and information to support the wider fundraising team. 
• Maintaining accurate research records across HubSpot, our CRM, and the fundraising research tracker, including updating research prospects, recording warm connections and relevant relationship information, and capturing actions and key notes from research meetings. 
• Creating research briefings on funders of potential interest to Right to Succeed and storing them in the relevant folders/area of our CRM database.
• Sharing findings of funder research to the Fundraising team to support decisions on next steps in approaching the funder(s).

Work collaboratively on funding applications and reporting

•  Preparing and coordinating supporting documents, budgets and attachments for grant applications and reports, ensuring all materials are accurate, complete and ready for submission. 
• Taking administrative responsibility for funder portals, including setting up applications and reports, uploading documents and information, monitoring completion, and checking all submission requirements and deadlines are met. 

Take on other responsibilities where appropriate 

• The responsibilities identified above are not exhaustive and the successful candidate is required to be flexible in line with the business needs of a fast-growing charity environment, taking on other responsibilities where appropriate.

Person Specification

Experience required (essential)

• Experience of working effectively in a growing, fast-paced environment, managing competing priorities and tight deadlines.
• Experience of collaborating effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience of using Microsoft and Google Workspace applications, including documents, spreadsheets, presentations and shared file management.
• Experience of using digital tools and systems effectively, with the ability to learn and adapt quickly to new software.
• Experience of managing and prioritising a varied workload with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Experience of planning, organising and supporting the delivery of events and/or complex projects involving multiple tasks and stakeholders.

Experience required (desirable)

• Recent experience of working in the voluntary or charity sector.
• Experience of interpreting complex information and translating it into clear, concise and compelling written communications.
• Experience of using CRM and/or fundraising databases.
• Experience of developing and maintaining relationships with a range of stakeholders.

Skills & Personal Qualities (essential)

• Proven organisational, prioritisation and administrative skills
• Excellent relationship management skills and ability to work with a wide variety of stakeholders
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team working on a larger project
• Ability to be highly self-motivated, flexible and effective as a professional
• Effective communication skills including strong written English skills
• Excellent ICT skills (as a user), ability to support others in understanding ICT platforms
• Numerate with the ability to collate simple financial information, such as budget templates
• Proactive in approach, thinks ahead and anticipates and deals with issues without being prompted. 

Knowledge & Qualifications (desirable)

• Understanding of bid writing and/or monitoring for Trusts, Foundations, Statutory and/or
• Institutional donors
• An understanding of fundraising across different revenue streams