Senior Fundraising Administration Officer

Key information

Closing date: 12pm, Tuesday 18th March 2025

Salary: £35,320 per annum

Hours of work: Full-time, 35 hours per week (Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00)

Contract Type: Permanent 

Location: Based in Vaughan House, 46 Francis Street SW1P 1QN

Interviews: 24th and 25th March 2025

 

Please click below for the job description:

Senior Fundraising Administration Officer Job Description

 

We are looking for a strong administrator with great interpersonal skills to join our friendly Fundraising team!

 

What you’ll be doing

We are recruiting a Senior Fundraising Administration Officer for our Fundraising department who will work with diocesan supporters, maximising income and loyalty, through developing supporter relationships, improving supporter experiences and providing excellent standards of service.

You will be responsible for assisting with the ongoing processing of income and claiming of Gift Aid, maintaining the database system, running analysis, and ensuring excellent customer service is offered to parishes, volunteers and donors.

This means there’s lots to get involved in – and to be excited about

What we’re looking for

We are looking for a strong administrator who is able to build relationships and provide a good service to our supporters, colleagues and clergy.

Experience working in a fundraising role is preferable but not essential.

You’ll have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, together with a high degree of accountability and a “can do” attitude.

Additionally, you will have solid organisational and time management skills as well as discretion and tact when dealing with confidential information.

The successful candidate will have a minimum of one year of office work of a financial or transactional nature.

We welcome applications from those with a Catholic faith, those of other faiths, or none. What we require above all else is that you respect the values we share to help others and support decent and dignified work for all without prejudice.

 

What we offer you

In return for your hard work and commitment to us, you will receive a competitive reward package which will include, but is not limited to:

  • 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Discounts scheme: shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets gift cards and much more!
  • Life Assurance
  • Access to Healthcare Cash Plan
  • Season Ticket Loan
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Access to low cost loans with Churches Mutual
  • Employee assistance programme– free, independent 24/7 help and advice for work-related issues as well as problems affecting home life

 

Who are we?

We are the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster, a faith-based charity with offices close to Victoria Train and Underground Station and just a short walk from St James Park and Westminster Underground stations.

We are home to the Archbishop of Westminster (Cardinal Vincent Nichols) & our beautiful Westminster Cathedral. We are one of the leading Catholic dioceses in the country, delivering our charitable mission through our network of 208 schools in which over 90,000 pupils attend daily, 212 parishes and several hundred social justice initiatives. We seek to positively impact the lives of all members of society.

Our core values are Competence, Reliability, Honesty, Perseverance & Love.

Our values are at the centre of everything we do and as such we are looking for a Senior Fundraising Administration Officer who is able to clearly demonstrate and evidence them

 

Application details

Our people are our most important asset and we value and respect diversity in all its forms (seen and unseen). We particularly welcome applications from those from Black and Asian backgrounds, as well as candidates with disabilities and from the communities in which we work. We would like to increase representation of these groups among our staff as we know greater diversity will lead to an even greater impact for our work.

To be considered for the role, please complete an online application. CVs will NOT be considered, therefore, please do not send them. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Please note that you will need to be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this position. You must provide proof of Right to Work in the UK.  We reserve the right to remove the vacancy before closing date.