Fundraising Officer

Black Country Women’s Aid (formerly known as Sandwell Women’s Aid) is a leading West Midlands Charity which has supported victims of domestic and sexual abuse for over 30 years. Our growing services include refuge accommodation, community support, counselling, prevention and outreach work. Last year our dedicated specialist teams supported over 9000 people, primarily women and children, who had been the victims of domestic abuse, sexual violence, child sexual exploitation, modern slavery and human trafficking.

An opportunity has arisen for the role of Fundraising Officer who will undertake and support with a range of activities to help us grow alternative areas of fundraising and contribute towards meeting our income needs. You will deliver a comprehensive fundraising programme to include community fundraising, trust applications, individual giving as well as corporate sponsorship and legacy donations, and be an ambassador for Black Country Women’s Aid, recruiting and maintaining donors through strong relationship building.

This is an opportunity to make your mark in a dynamic, growing organisation and make a real difference to people’s lives. The successful applicant will have experience of charity fundraising and a genuine desire to help victims of violence. We do of course expect you to have all the right skills for the post, but ability and enthusiasm are as important as formal experience. We are looking for someone who is energetic, focused and proactive, with good interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written), able to use their own initiative while being a good team player.

All posts are subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.  It will be necessary for an enhanced disclosure to be made to the Criminal Records Bureau for details of any previous criminal convictions.

Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies. Due to contact with service users the post holder must be female in accordance with the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 Part 7 (2) (e).