Applied skills/knowledge and expertise

Essential

• Educated to degree level or with equivalent experience
• Three years’ fundraising, marketing or supporter/customer service experience
• Demonstrable experience and knowledge of either mid value, legacy and trusts and foundations fundraising.
• Experience of producing high quality and compelling donor facing proposals, reports and other materials.
• Proven ability to communicate complex messages creatively and effectively to diverse audiences through a range of different media, including face to face and in writing.
• Knowledge of the principles of good donor management or customer care, and understanding of the principles of relationship building.
• Ability to work flexibly, manage a number of activities simultaneously, and maintain a varied and busy portfolio, responding promptly to changing priorities when needed.
• Experience of working both under pressure and unsupervised to meet agreed deadlines and standards of work.
• A proactive and enquiring approach to work, and an instinct for investigative work.
• Superior attention to detail
• Ability to work flexibly, manage a number of activities simultaneously, and manage a varied and busy portfolio, responding promptly to changing priorities when needed.
• Experience of using a CRM database.
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Commitment to Christian Aid Ireland’s culture and values of, dignity, equality, justice and love.

Desirable

• Experience of working within the fundraising or international development charity sector
• Fundraising qualification
• Marketing qualification / equivalent experience
• Experience in legacy administration
• Experience of undertaking prospect research within the charity sector
• Knowledge of GDPR and data protection relating to fundraising