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1 Dear candidate, Re: Fundraising Officer Thank you for your interest in this great opportunity with the Medical Research Foundation. I hope that you find the information in this recruitment pack interesting and that you decide to apply for the role. The following pages describe the role and its place in the Medical Research Foundation, and provide the information that you need to apply. To apply, please: provide an up-to-date CV which includes your contact details, education and vocational qualifications, memberships of professional bodies, career history and explanation of any breaks in your employment history. provide a brief supporting statement setting out why you are the right candidate for this role making reference to the job description and the person specification. The case that you make and the way that it is presented will form a key part of the shortlisting process. complete our equal opportunities monitoring and declaration form. let us know if you are not able to make any of the assessment or interview dates (the prearranged dates can be found in the application pack). We acknowledge all applications within two working dates of receipt. If you have not heard from us within two days of your submission, please call me on or to confirm that your application has been safely received. You should use a secure address for submitting your application as our system will filter out s that it believes have the potential to be spam. Please send your completed application to my colleague Heather Taylor, at heather@foresthr.co.uk by noon on Monday 19 th March. We look forward to receiving an application from you. Kind regards Sue Manning Director, Forest HR Ltd

2 Fundraising Officer Recruitment Pack January 2018

3 Dear Applicant I am delighted to you are considering applying to join the Medical Research Foundation. If you work for us you will play a key role in advancing medical research, improving human health and changing people s lives. I think that there could not be a more important job to do. Many of the diseases and conditions that affect human health have been cured or overcome as a result of medical research. But there will always be more to do. Although significant resources are being spent around the world developing exciting new treatments and therapies, there are areas of medical need that receive little or no support and people s lives that see no improvement. That s where we step in. The Medical Research Foundation is an independent charitable foundation. Formed by the Medical Research Council (MRC), we grow and nurture people and ideas wherever we see opportunities with great potential. Investing the power of our donations to change medicine and change lives. We fund and support the most promising health research wherever we discover great opportunities that are not being pursued. We use our donations responsibly and ensure we make the greatest impact where it is most needed. We meet the highest research standards through our unique connection with the MRC. I hope that you will be as inspired by our vision to improve human health as we are and can relate to our values: Daring We dare to be different. We invest in promising medical research receiving little or no support. Diligent We spend every penny wisely. We ensure all donations are directly invested in medical research. Human Our shared humanity underpins all medical research. We have an unwavering conviction in our responsibility to change lives. Smart We will rise to any challenge. We fund the most promising medical research whenever and wherever we are best able to. We have a talented and committed team who care deeply about and who all contribute to fulfilling our mission. If you are successful in securing a role with us you will be play an important part in: Changing medicine today. Changing lives tomorrow. Angela Hind PhD Chief Executive

4 The role and our requirements Fundraising Officer Role Purpose The purpose of the Fundraising Officer role is to help deliver the first ever fundraising strategy, with the Head of Fundraising, and to help build on this strategy going forward. You will provide excellent donor experiences at all touch points and help us to test a variety of fundraising activities with a range of new audiences. This role is vital to the achieving our fundraising vision of doubling voluntary income to 2m by ABOUT US Why the role is important to us This is an extremely exciting time to join our team as we begin to deliver our new fundraising strategy for to support the Foundation s vision. In order to advance medical research, improve human health and change people s lives, we have an ambitious aim to double voluntary income by You will play a crucial role in helping us to implement the new fundraising strategy so that we can fund even more promising medical research. We use our donations responsibly and ensure they make the greatest impact where they are most needed. You will help to motivate and engage our current donors by providing tailored and engaging reports, updates and information on the impact of their support. You will also help to engage new donors by identifying those interested in medical research and inspiring them to support the charity. What you will do As a member of a small, but growing, team you will help us create an environment for successful fundraising activities and excellent donor experiences at every stage of their journey. You will: Research potential prospects for funding including Trusts, Foundation, indviduals and companies in order to build on the prioritised and segmented prospect list that grows year on year Make funding applications to a range of identified prospects to help meet the fundraising targets each year Devise and implement bespoke stewardship plans for your portfolio of donors Monitor, evaluate, update and report on our online fundraising platforms incl. Just Giving, Charity Choice and MuchLoved Help to prepare bespoke, engaging donor reports Support the test and learn strategy for challenge event fundraising including support for the

5 marketing and administration of challenge events and the development of stewardship plans for all participants Support the marketing and information management of legacy and in-memory giving Support the delivery of 2-3 successful cultivation events per year Seek and maximise additional fundraising opportunities and raise awareness of the organisation s work where possible Support and work with colleagues to update fundraising areas of the website. In addition, you will carry out any other reasonable duties to deliver the fundraising strategy identify opportunities to continually improve the foundation. Who you will work with You will report to and work closely with the Head of Fundraising. As a small team, you will work across the whole team, interacting closely with the Grants Officer and the Finance & Estates Manager. ABOUT YOU You are inspired to help us to deliver our vision to advance medical research, improve human health and change people s lives. Our vision is so important that we need the very best people to help us achieve it. Our team is proud to work for the Medical Research Foundation. We are ambitious for the Medical Research Foundation and for ourselves. We are approachable - providing advice to everyone and explaining our work. We are dedicated and committed to achieving the most for our donors and our researchers. And we are involved constantly looking for new ways to engage and improve. We love our work and we will be looking for this in you too. WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE ROLE You will have experience of successfully securing income from voluntary sources including Trusts, Foundations, individuals or companies with a minimum of three years experience providing detailed and engaging reports for a variety of funders researching funding prospects and creating prospect pipelines building relationships with donors and trustees organising or supporting cultivation events using charity databases You will be able to Communicate clearly and build relationships with people from a range of backgrounds Demonstrate a high level of accuracy and attention to detail

6 Conduct high quality research and analysis work in an organised and methodical manner with excellent attention to detail work under pressure and meet deadlines multi-task and prioritise your work find solutions to problems by reviewing best practice elsewhere demonstrate high level of IT skills, specifically excellent M/S Word, and good M/S Excel. respond flexibly to work priorities and requests work confidently in a team and be self motivated to work alone provide excellent customer service. Education Undergraduate degree. Personal attributes You will be: Ambitious - for the organisation, yourself and for human health Approachable - ready to engage, talk and explain to anyone Dedicated - willing to go the extra mile Involved - constantly looking for ways to engage and improve. Attractive extras Experience of organizing or supporting challenge event fundraising Experience of working in a medical research charity or university fundraising environment Experience of using Microsoft Office 365 Member of Institute of Fundraising.

7 WHAT WE ARE OFFERING (for information purposes only) Salary 28,000-30,000 (depending on experience) Pension Medical Research Foundation offers an auto-enrolment pension scheme with Standard Life. On employment, Medical Research Foundation double-matches employee contributions to a maximum 10% (employer contributions) 36 hours per week usually worked over 5 days per week. Medical Research Foundation operates a flex time system and core working hours are 10am to 4pm. Working hours This role will occasionally require the post holder to work additional hours to cover events, donor meetings and travel. No additional salary is paid. Annual leave 30 days plus public holidays January to December holiday year. Location MRC s head office, One Kemble Street, London. Probation period Six months Notice period 1 month, after successful completion of a six-month probation.

8 Key dates Shortlisting date 20 th March 2018 Online Test 26 th March 2018 Interview and assessment date 28 th March 2018 Test dates 28 th March 2018