About the role
The best bits!
- Flexing your excellent research skills, supporting an ambitious team of high value fundraisers to achieve their strategic goals.
- Working on strategic projects including developing and delivering prospecting strategies.
- Working with incredible prospect development colleagues passionate about using data and to make a real difference and give our supporters the best experience possible.
Your main responsibility will be working with High Value Fundraising teams to complete high quality research, plans and network maps to deliver outstanding prospect acquisition and intuitive supporter journeys.
Flexing your attention to detail and methodical acumen you will streamline and evaluate our processes and procedures (including wealth-screening & data protection). Sitting as part of our High Value Operations Team, you will work together to become an expert on the work of Alzheimer’s Society, ensuring we are consistently spotting the most current & exciting opportunities to further our fundraising ambitions.
About you
You could be a researcher looking to broaden your skillset, who regularly asks – “how can we do this better?”
You may be a fundraiser with a passion for horizon scanning and research looking to hone your technical skillset; or you could be someone who fits this description:
Are you curious with a thirst for knowledge?
Do you enjoy using research and data to problem solve?
Are you an excellent communicator with an analytical brain looking for a new challenge?
- You will share your knowledge, experience, and expertise through your excellent network of internal relationships.
- You will be innovative, but detail orientated, and be able to present complicated information to a range of audiences.
- You will be motivated by delivering truly transformational positive impacts for those affected by dementia, and you will learn how to weave this pivotal impact into every piece of work.
As a successful Prospect Development Officer at Alzheimer’s Society, you will work on an exciting variety of projects and with a broad range of internal stakeholders. You will have the opportunity to learn from a diverse array of fundraisers – including corporate, philanthropy, trusts, foundations, and communications experts. The role will be a fantastic opportunity to enhance your technical skillset, using news aggregations tools, CRM databases and other software to build high quality research outputs.
Working as part of a close knit but geographically dispersed team, there will be regular opportunities to discuss professional strengths and development needs, learning from peers and leadership teams alike. The successful candidate will be encouraged to pursue project work playing to their strengths, as well as benefit from robust development plans to support areas for further upskilling. If you feel professionally fulfilled by becoming a subject matter expert and deploying this alongside your technical skills to achieve ambitious income and supporter experience targets- this is the role for you!
Our employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people's lives. We are proud to support them with a range of benefits, recognition and many options for working agilely, all contributing to a strong work life balance. We also have various learning programmes to support you in your development and help you grow to realise your potential and shape a career with Alzheimer's Society.
About You
About Alzheimer's Society
Dementia is the biggest health and social challenge of our time.
There are currently estimated to be 900,000 people in the UK with dementia. Many are undiagnosed and facing the realities of their condition alone.
At Alzheimer’s Society we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. We do this by giving help to those living with dementia today and providing hope for the future. We’re here for everyone living with dementia.
As a Society, we are made up of people with dementia, carers, trusted experts, campaigners, researchers and clinicians. We are the UK’s largest collective force of people with unparalleled knowledge and over 40 years of experience addressing the biggest challenges facing people living with dementia.
Our Values
We are Determined to make a difference when and where it matters most, by being passionate, focussed and making a lasting impact for people affected by dementia.
Every one of us is a Trusted expert, listening, learning and using evidence and experience. We are Better together by being open, combining our strengths, helping us to achieve more together. We are Compassionate, we are kind and honest, and we don’t shy away from challenges.
Through our values we will make the greatest difference for people affected by dementia.
Equal Opportunities
We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society.
We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do. During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and be at your best.
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