Senior Major Gifts Officer

Based at our Head Office in Leatherhead, KT22 0BX Status : PermanentSalary : Band 6, £37,052 - £44,761, per annum, dependent on experience, plus 5% Outer London Fringe AllowanceHours : Full-time, 37.

5 hours per week, Monday - Friday, 09 : 00 - 16 : 30, hybrid working, 2 days in office, 3 days at home. About Us : Combat Stress is the UK's leading mental health charity for veterans.

For over a century we've been helping former servicemen and women deal with issues like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression.

Today we provide specialist treatment and support for veterans from every service and conflict, focusing on those with complex mental health issues related to their military service.

We provide a range of community, outpatient and residential mental health services to veterans with complex mental health problems.

We provide services in-person, and via phone and online.About the role : New job alert! ?? If you are looking to continue to develop your career in fundraising, this is the perfect role for you.

We are looking to recruit a Senior Major Gifts Officer (Philanthropy) to join the wonderful fundraising team at Combat Stress, the UK's leading charity for veteran's mental health.

You will work across the organisation with our passionate supporters to enable us to provide life-changing treatment to former servicemen and women.

In this exciting role, you will cultivate, steward, and develop the donors in your portfolio, moving them along the Major Gifts pipeline.

You will be tasked with securing gifts of £5,000 and upwards from individuals and helping to build a revenue 'pipeline' of new supporters.

To be successful you will need to demonstrate, proven success in raising five figure gifts and above from Major Donors, experience of managing a portfolio of supporters and soliciting new support.

You will be reporting into the Head of Major Gifts and joining colleagues who are passionate, knowledgeable and great to work with.

This role is subject to a DBS check.As a healthcare environment, and for the health and wellbeing of our staff, veterans and visitors, we encourage everyone at Combat Stress especially professionals that are veteran facing to take up the offer to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19What we offer : You will work within a reputable charity that is constantly evolving to meet the needs of our veterans, that has a fantastic cause and a committed follower base.

Benefits : * 27 days paid holiday plus bank holidays. After 5 years continuous service, this will increase to 30 days paid holiday plus bank holidays and after 10 years continuous service, this will increase to 33 days paid holiday plus bank holidays* Competitive stakeholder pension scheme - contributions matched up to 11% of salary* Discount shopping vouchers* Cycle to work scheme* Access to the Employee Assistance Programme* Flexible working* Access to Blue Light Card scheme* Death in Service SchemePlus many more.

How to apply : To apply, please provide a CV and supporting statement. Please include the below in your supporting statement : Please tell us about what interests you in joining the fundraising team at Combat Stress.

Please give an example of a time when you used your strong communication skills, verbal or written, to convey information in an engaging and persuasive way.

Please provide an example of a time when you have built, or maintained, a strong working relationship? Please note, we reserve the right to close this advert early, should we receive a sufficient amount of applicants Recruitment Privacy NoticeCombat Stress is the data controller for the information you provide during the recruitment process unless otherwise stated.

If you have any queries about the process or how we handle your information, please head to our website.All of the information you provide during the process will only be used for the purpose of progressing your application, or to fulfill legal or statutory requirements if necessary.

We will not share any of the information you provide during the recruitment process with any third parties for marketing purposes or store any of your information outside of the European Economic Area.

The information you provide will be held securely by our data processors whether the information is in electronic or physical format.

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You do not have to provide what we ask for, but it might affect your application if you don't.We do not collect more information than we need to fulfill our recruitment process and will not retain it for longer than is necessary.

Applications sent speculatively will be retained for a maximum period of six months, unless you contact us and ask us to delete your application sooner.

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