Fundraising Operations Support Officer (Maternity Cover)
Personal Learning & Development
Service Related Pension Scheme
Health Care Cash Plan
Salary: £28,403 +£4,000 London Weighting per annum (pro rata)
Location: London
Contract Type: Maternity Cover Upto 52 weeks
Hours: Full Time
This is a {Advertised Permanent / Temporary}, {Advertised Full Time / Part Time} vacancy that will close in 13 days at 23:59 BST.
The Vacancy
Are you an experienced in supporting with fundraising operations and managing administrative and operational tasks?
Do you have experience with planning, prioritising and working to tight timescales?
Are you highly organised, proactive and passionate about supporting meaningful work and being part of a purpose‑driven team?
We are actively recruiting for a maternity cover to our Fundraising Operations Support Officer position to provide a comprehensive operational and administrative support service to the Community Fundraising team.
The dynamic team develop and implement strategies to increase the funding income of Islamic Relief through a range of fundraising initiatives and through acquisition and retention supporters.
Based from our Waterloo Office, London (with hybrid working) this role offers the opportunity to make a tangible difference with supporting the regional fundraising activities, projects and partnerships to ensure maximum income is received.
About the role:
As the Fundraising Operations Support Officer, you will play a key role in providing a comprehensive operational and administrative support services and establishing and maintaining effective communication with all regional fundraising teams and other functions of IRUK
About you:
You will be an organised and proactive professional with a commitment to IRW’s mission and values.
You will ideally have:
- Degree level qualifications or equivalent
- Proven experience in working in a similar role managing day-to-day administrative and operational tasks
- Experience planning, prioritising and working to tight timescales on various projects
- Experience of setting up and maintaining management information and data retrieval systems and CRM databases such as Raisers Edge
- Experience of diary and correspondence management and maintaining financial records
- Experience using project management tools such as Asana or Trello
- Experience supporting a large, widespread and remote team with a strong initiative and the ability to understand departmental needs and move forward with them
- Excellent organisational skills
- Strong communication skills, written and verbal with high levels of computer literacy
- Knowledge and understanding of using relationship management database software and collating data and producing reports
- Work effectively on own initiative and as part of a team, without close supervision
- Strong motivation and empathy towards the aims and objective of the organisation
- Numerical skills, the ability to work accurately under pressure and pay attention to detail
- Able to demonstrate a consistent approach to others with confidence and integrity
For the full Job Description, please click on the Documents tab.
Why Join Islamic Relief Worldwide
- Be part of an organisation with a clear humanitarian mission and strong values
- Use your professional skills to make a real, meaningful global impact
- Work with passionate teams in a supportive environment.
- Excellent company benefits
If you are talented, service-minded, resilient, highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to IRW’s mission and values of sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and custodianship, we would love to hear from you!
PLEASE NOTE: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Pre-employment Checks:
Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:
- screening clearance
- proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
- receipt of satisfactory references
Please note, for UK-based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.
Our values and commitment to safeguarding
IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.
The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.
In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.
By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer
The Company
Islamic Relief is a faith-inspired humanitarian aid and development agency working to save and transform the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable people. We work in over 45 countries, assist people of all faiths and none according to need and do not discriminate in any way. Our proximity means we can often respond swiftly to emergencies and work in areas that other organisations cannot access.
We are the only UK-based Muslim faith-inspired charity to have been certified against the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS), which is designed to ensure that charities best meet the needs of the communities they serve.
Islamic Relief is a member of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), we have Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council, and we are a signatory to the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
What We Offer
Islamic Relief Worldwide recognises our staff as our biggest asset, and so we offer a range of benefits designed to support their professional development, mental and physical health, and work/life balance.
For more information click here.
Personal learning and development opportunities
Annual leave and additional leave
Service related pension scheme
Maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave and pay
Healthcare
cash plan
Employee assistance support
Occupational advanced sick pay
Mental Health First Aiders
Charity volunteering
Cycle to Work scheme
On-site car parking
Field
visits
Our Values
Sincerity
Excellence
Compassion
Social Justice
Custodianship
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