Charity fundraiser
Charity fundraisers organise events and activities to encourage people to donate to causes and to support organisations.
Typical Salary
£23,000 – £36,000
per year
Working Hours
37–39
hours per week
Day-to-day tasks
As a charity fundraiser, you could:
- research, develop and plan fundraising ideas and activities
- manage street and door-to-door collections, and online appeals
- recruit and train volunteers
- keep admin records up to date
- manage high street charity shops and online stores
- assess campaigns to see how effective they've been
- build and manage partnerships with donors
- give talks to the public and organisations about your charity's work
- create online content, write reports and issue press releases
Skills needed
- customer service skills
- the ability to use your initiative
- persistence and determination
- to be thorough and pay attention to detail
- persuading skills
- the ability to work well with others
- sensitivity and understanding
- business management skills
- to be able to use a computer and the main software packages competently
How to get into this role
You can get into this job through:
- a university course
- an apprenticeship
- working towards this role
- volunteering
- applying directly
- specialist courses run by a professional body
Career progression
With experience, you could move into policy work, communications, partnership development and charity management, or become a self-employed fundraising consultant.
You could also take professional qualifications through the Chartered Institute of Fundraising.