Senior Major Gifts Officer (Maternity Cover)

at  Combat Stress

Based at our Head Office in Leatherhead, KT22 0BX
Status: Fixed-term for 12 months
Salary: Band 6, £37,052 - £44,761, per annum, dependent on experience, plus 5% Outer London Fringe Allowance
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 16:30, hybrid working, 2 days in office, 3 days at home.
For more information on our permanent role, click here.

ABOUT US:

Combat Stress is the UK’s leading mental health charity for veterans. For over a century we’ve been helping former servicemen and women deal with issues like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression. Today we provide specialist treatment and support for veterans from every service and conflict, focusing on those with complex mental health issues related to their military service. We provide a range of community, outpatient and residential mental health services to veterans with complex mental health problems. We provide services in-person, and via phone and online.

New job alert! If you are looking to continue to develop your career in fundraising, this is the perfect role for you…
We are looking to recruit a Senior Major Gifts Officer (Philanthropy) to join the wonderful fundraising team at Combat Stress, the UK’s leading charity for veteran’s mental health.
You will work across the organisation with our passionate supporters to enable us to provide life-changing treatment to former servicemen and women.
In this exciting role, you will cultivate, steward, and develop the donors in your portfolio, moving them along the Major Gifts pipeline.
You will be tasked with securing gifts of £5,000 and upwards from individuals and helping to build a revenue ‘pipeline’ of new supporters.
To be successful you will need to demonstrate, proven success in raising five figure gifts and above from Major Donors, experience of managing a portfolio of supporters and soliciting new support.
You will be reporting into the Head of Major Gifts and joining colleagues who are passionate, knowledgeable and great to work with.
This role is subject to a DBS check.
As a healthcare environment, and for the health and wellbeing of our staff, veterans and visitors, we encourage everyone at Combat Stress especially professionals that are veteran facing to take up the offer to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19