The Outward Bound fundraising team raises £6m a year to provide charitable funding support for disadvantaged young people to participate in our residential courses and towards capital requirements across the Trust. The team of 18 is based across three locations at Waterloo, London, Head Office in Hackthorpe, Cumbria and Glasgow, Scotland.

The Job

As a Fundraising Executive, you will be part of a team working together with the Head of Scottish Partnerships to raise £750,000.

Here's a bit more detail…

• Fundraising, donor stewardship and administration of Scotland’s Next Generation Project.
• Supporting the Head of Scottish Partnerships in the stewardship of Corporate and Major Donors.
• Responsibility for your own portfolio of smaller Trusts.
• Meeting and hosting visits for donors at our residential centres (some visits may require overnight travel).
• Maintaining accurate records on The Trust’s CRM database system (Microsoft Dynamics).
• Providing support for the planning and execution of fundraising events.
• Supporting the social media activity of the Scotland fundraising team.
• To be an active member of the team offering support with other associated tasks in line with the broad remit of the post.

You'll need

• Excellent communication skills by email, letter, phone, face-to-face and on social media to engage donors, make the ask for funding and liaise with project partners, young people and wider stakeholders.
• Excellent literacy to produce meticulously presented copy for proposals, applications and any other donor communications as required.
• Good research skills
• Working knowledge of MS Office applications, Word, Outlook Excel and good IT skills.
• Ability to understand young people’s needs with empathy.

You'll get

• 24 days holiday (rising by a day a year to a maximum of 30 days) plus bank holidays
• Life assurance (from start date)
• Employee assistance programme
• Personal healthcare plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Pension scheme
• Berghaus uniform items provided plus other benefits