Fundraising Officer

Black Country Women's Aid

Let us introduce ourselves…

Black Country Women's Aid (BCWA) is an established charity working across the Black Country and wider West Midlands, providing accommodation and community support services to victims of domestic abuse, sexual abuse and human trafficking.

Services range from advocacy, civil remedies, support in court, individual and group support and access to a range of therapeutic interventions.

All services are client and needs-led.

The team:

You will be joining an award-winning fundraising team and charity with strong brand recognition, loyal supporters and exciting plans for the future as we enter our 40th year in 2026.

Job Role

Job Title: Fundraising Officer
Position available: 1 full-time position (37.5 hours), based across the Black Country
Salary: £25,525 - £28,141.86 dependent on qualifications/experience
Closing date: 10th November 2025
All interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams

Is this you?

We are looking for a resourceful, enthusiastic and confident fundraiser.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who may have been a voluntary fundraiser for a school or community group, has come from a sales or marketing background, or someone who is looking to grow their career in charity fundraising.
You will play a key role in identifying and developing community fundraising opportunities, supporting with events, campaigns and appeals and building lasting relationships that maximise fundraising income.

The Role:

You will be high-profile, professional and target-driven community fundraiser and all-round advocate for Black Country Women's Aid.

You will identify and grow community fundraising opportunities across the Black Country, including in schools, faith and community groups.

The role encompasses every step of the donor journey, from targeting and prospecting, conversion and onboarding, and stewardship and uplift.

As such, we need a warm and engaging communicator, creative fundraiser and a great team player.

This is a pivotal role in the fundraising team, and you will be working on exciting and far-reaching donor campaigns, including capital projects.

If you are self-driven, conscientious, hardworking with lots of ambition we would love to hear from you.

To be considered for this position, click 'apply' and you will be emailed a link to an application form, job description, and equal ops form, plus details on how to complete your application.

CVs will not be accepted.

Important information for all positions

Black Country Women's Aid is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All posts are subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.

It will be necessary for an enhanced disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service for details of any previous criminal convictions.
Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

The post holder must be female.

Employment checks

As a responsible employer, we adhere to safer recruitment practice and all our employees are subject to the following recruitment checks:

Right to work in the UK
Under Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act, we, as a responsible employer, need to ensure that we do not employ anyone illegally.

To avoid discrimination, we treat all job applicants equally.

We therefore ask all candidates selected for interview to bring original documentation to show their Right to Work in the UK.

A copy of these will be taken.

Once the successful candidate has been appointed, the unsuccessful candidates' documents will be destroyed confidentially.

You may be refused an interview if you do not bring the correct documents with you.

References

Following your interview, two employment references will be sought.

One of these should be your current or most recent employer.

If you have finished full-time education and you have no employer reference, we will accept a reference from:

, a professional from your centre of study, for instance, a teacher, lecturer or headteacher
, GP or health visitor
, a character reference from a person who knows you
, a civil servant from a government agency
, a bank manager

DBS

All positions are subject to DBS checks at the relevant level.