Individual Giving Manager
Salary £ 33,000 - £37,000
Vacancy listed 29/01/2026
Application deadline 05/02/2026
Details
Overall purpose of job

To continue to grow unrestricted income to support the delivery of the Trust’s strategy in line with charitable objectives through membership and supporter recruitment initiatives, delivered alongside an excellent supporter experience that builds long-term supporter loyalty and increases member retention.
 

Main responsibilities

·      Lead individual giving fundraising activities, including segmented seasonal appeals, upgrade campaigns, lead generation, in-memory giving, and developing new areas.

·      Retain membership support by delivering a high-quality supporter experience and effective supporter journey, leading a donor-centric approach across the Trust’s fundraising activity. 

·      Maximise income through membership recruitment, supporting our face-to-face membership recruiters and liaising with supporter care officer to ensure members’ on-boarding and ongoing experience is high quality.

·      Develop our membership recruitment programme, for example through digital channels and through our nature reserves and venues.

·      Raise Avon Wildlife Trust’s profile through materials and content at our reserves and provide opportunities for donations and memberships.

·      Review and develop our gift in wills and in-memory programme.

·      Support development of mid-value giving and related stewardship activities including events.  

·      Manage the Individual Giving budget, reporting on income and expenditure. 

·      Analyse and report on performance of appeals and other fundraising campaigns, using data to inform future plans and improve results.

·      Liaise with Supporter Care colleagues to identify and access data required for reporting, stewarding, supporter journeys, appeal segments, etc. to maximise fundraising opportunities.

·      Collaborate with our Communications, Marketing and Campaigns team to develop content and materials for member and supporter stewarding, recruitment and engagement.

·      Support development of communications plans, integration of The Wildlife Trusts and Avon Wildlife Trust’s campaigns into communications and production of bi-annual members’ magazine.

·      Build relationships across the sector, and within the Wildlife Trust movement to keep abreast of trends in fundraising, making recommendations for new or adapted fundraising activity and implement as resources allow. 


·      Support the Head of Development and stand in with other duties as and when required.

Benefits

• Pension with 5% employer contribution
• Life assurance
• Hybrid working
• Wellbeing support including Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Discounts
• Wildlife Trusts Diversity networks
• Paid volunteering day
• Training and development
• One free AWT course day per year
• Minimum 33 days of holiday (25 annual leave + bank holidays) plus long service loyalty scheme (pro rata)
• The opportunity to make a real and positive difference to nature

Notes

PLEASE READ BELOW BEFORE CONTINUING: Please ensure you have completed an application form (found on: https://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/jobs/) before continuing. You will be asked to upload this document.

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Apply by filling in the application form, please fill this out paying particular attention to the details of your relevant experience, knowledge and skills, which is used for shortlisting against the person specification. It is best not to assume prior knowledge and higher scoring is more likely if you explain carefully why you meet the person specification in the Job Description.
This process will produce a shortlist of candidates.

CVs may be supplied as additional information but will not be used for initial shortlisting, rather used in subsequent steps.

Deadline: 11.59pm Thursday 5th February 2026.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an online interview by an initial selection panel. First interviews may be online on W/C 9th February 2026.

Second interview for leading candidates will be in person on W/C 16th February 2026

Attached documents
Title File
Application form Individual_Giving_Manager_-_Application_Form.docx
Application form Individual_Giving_Manager_-_Application_Form.pdf
Equity & Diversity Monitoring Individual_Giving_Manager_-_Equity_and_Diversity_Monitoring_2026.docx
Equity & Diversity Monitoring Individual_Giving_Manager_-_Equity_and_Diversity_Monitoring_2026.pdf
Job Description Individual_Giving_Manager_-_Job_Description.pdf
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