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Communications and Fundraising Officer

The Orchard Project
Remote with option to be based part-time in our London office in Shoreditch

Posted: 12 Feb 2025

Deadline: 5 Mar 2025

Compensation: £29,642-£31,642 pro-rata new starter salary (plus London weighting of £4,000 pro-rata if applicable) along with 5% employers pension, and additional training and wellbeing benefits. 

Paid Remote working

Job description

Role Purpose 

The aim of this role is to strengthen and enhance our joint communications and fundraising efforts. This includes sourcing compelling content from the team that highlights The Orchard Project’s impact and encourages deeper connection with our supporters. 

In this role, you will play a key part in helping to amplify the voice of The Orchard Project across social media, our website, and other channels. You will also support individual giving, donor stewardship, and digital fundraising initiatives, working closely with both the Communications Manager and the Head of Fundraising to ensure seamless coordination of communications and fundraising efforts across the organisation. 

Key activity responsibilities 

Communications & Marketing (estimated to be 60%)  Create engaging content for social media, our website, and other channels, working with the Communications Manager  

• Work with the team to help broaden the diversity of our audience and engage new supporters 
• Write a bi-annual supporter newsletter via Mailchimp, and assist project managers to create regional newsletters 
• Work as part of a team to plan marketing campaigns with the aim of either growing our supporter base or raising funds for our work 
• Develop inspiring case studies about our work and beneficiaries for use on social media, web, press, funding reports and bids 
• Support The Orchard Project’s in-person and online events 
• Assist staff with promoting events and courses via social media, Eventbrite and our website 
• Assist with content gathering at in-person events to support storytelling 
• Develop and maintain an effective, organised photo library for use across the organisation 
• Other communications tasks as requested by the Communications Manager 

Fundraising support (estimated to be 40%) 

Working alongside the Head of Fundraising, develop and implement a plan for growing and retaining our individual giving donor network 

• Co-ordinate and execute a digital fundraising plan for supporter engagement, working alongside the Communications Manager and Head of Fundraising 
• Support the creation of donor communications, such as thankyou letters and impact reports that ensure our donors feel valued and engaged 
• Gather and organise key information to support our fundraising bids 
• Provide audience insight and analysis on donor engagement and fundraising campaigns  
• Other fundraising tasks as requested by the Head of Fundraising 

Additional responsibilities 

• Other ad-hoc tasks to support the wider goals of the organisation 
• Participate in relevant training to further develop skills in communications, fundraising, and other areas 
• Attend and contribute to project meetings and staff visioning days 

Application information

To apply for this role, please send a completed Equality and Diversity form (find this on our website) an anonymised CV*, your full CV, and a cover letter explaining why you are excited about this opportunity and how your skills fit the role to orchard@theorchardproject.org.uk  by midnight on Wednesday 5th March 2025. We expect to be holding online interviews on Wednesday 19th March. 

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