We need your fundraising skills!

Through our annual award programme The Iolanthe Midwifery Trust supports midwives and student midwives to improve care for mothers, birthing people and babies. We need your fundraising skills to help us diversify our income streams

Working with our Executive Director and feeding in to our Fundraising Sub-Committee, you will help shape our fundraising online, helping us maximise opportunities and raise our profile with new donor groups. You will do this by

• Develop a rolling programme of social media content highlighting different types of fundraising for the Iolanthe Midwifery Trust
• Pro actively search for relevant fundraising opportunities (including sporting events/challenges) for The Iolanthe Midwifery Trust
• Being aware of opportunities to promote The Iolanthe Midwifery Trust

We recognise that you might not have all the skills that we are looking for but we are open to being flexible and shaping the role for you.

• Fundraising experience
• Excellent written communication skills in English
• The ability to write posts for a range of audiences
• An understanding of different social media platforms and suggestions for how The Iolanthe Midwifery Trust can maximise our fundraising presence across different platforms
• An understanding of the different types of fundraising and how The Iolanthe Midwifery Trust can engage with them
• Commitment to The Iolanthe Midwifery Trust's values of anti-racism, equity and inclusion
• Experience of contact with a wide range of people from a variety of backgrounds.
• Honesty and reliability.
• A willingness to adhere to all relevant organisational policies and procedures.

You will help us raise funds for our awards and diversify our income streams. This will to help ensure organisational resilience in these turbulent times and that the work of The Iolanthe Midwifery Trust can flourish and grow and reach even more midwives and student midwives.

This is a fully remote opportunity. If you have any questions or wish to apply please contact us on this portal. Going forward we will look to see your cv and a covering letter saying why you are interested in helping us and what skills, knowledge and experiences you have that can help us. There will then be an informal interview process. If successful this we will take up 2 references. There is a full volunteer induction programme to support, you.