Fundraising Lead
| Posting date: | 11 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £29,800 per year, pro rata |
| Additional salary information: | 7% employer pension contribution, staff welfare fund and uniform contribution, additional leave days over Christmas, enhanced parental leave. |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 05 January 2026 |
| Location: | Eynsham, Witney |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | FarmAbility |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | FgLDec25 |
Summary
Salary: £29,800 (FTE) pro rata
Contract: 2 years fixed term – subject to extension funds allowing
Reports to: CEO
Reports: None
Annual Leave: 25 days + bank holidays (pro rata)
Since 2013, FarmAbility has been supporting learning disabled and autistic adults in
Oxfordshire, running an outdoor day service for co-farmers (our participants), across
multiple sessions each week throughout the calendar year on various farm and garden sites.
Role description:
This role will support FarmAbility in developing our fundraising capacity. Currently, the majority of this work is carried out by the CEO and we are looking for an experienced fundraiser to support with the creation and delivery of a fundraising strategy, and with the practical work of submitting grant applications and stewarding current and potential new donors. Together with the CEO the Fundraising Officer will develop a comprehensive Fundraising Strategy for the charity incorporating major donors, trust & foundations, corporate support and community fundraising. The postholder will be engaged with our mission and eloquent in their expression of our work and its impact to external audiences. They will work closely with our Impact team to present our outcome messaging to funders and will also work closely with our Communications & Events Officer (C&EO) to plan and deliver community-based fundraising activities for our supporters to engage in, helping to
deliver online and social media focused campaigns and community events.
We are open to this role operating largely remotely with a hybrid workplace for the right candidate, with the expectation of a regular in person presence on site to understand our work, connect with the team and meet our wider community of participants and supporters at events and celebrations.
This is a multi-faceted role, with opportunity to grow and develop. You’ll work with colleagues across the organisation. FarmAbility is a warm and friendly place to work and we put a lot of store on creating strong team relationships and a flexible, accommodating work environment. All staff share our goal of a more inclusive society and a determination to enable co-farmers to achieve positive outcomes and experiences within our service.
To find out more and apply go to: www.farmability.org.uk/support-us/vacancies/
Contract: 2 years fixed term – subject to extension funds allowing
Reports to: CEO
Reports: None
Annual Leave: 25 days + bank holidays (pro rata)
Since 2013, FarmAbility has been supporting learning disabled and autistic adults in
Oxfordshire, running an outdoor day service for co-farmers (our participants), across
multiple sessions each week throughout the calendar year on various farm and garden sites.
Role description:
This role will support FarmAbility in developing our fundraising capacity. Currently, the majority of this work is carried out by the CEO and we are looking for an experienced fundraiser to support with the creation and delivery of a fundraising strategy, and with the practical work of submitting grant applications and stewarding current and potential new donors. Together with the CEO the Fundraising Officer will develop a comprehensive Fundraising Strategy for the charity incorporating major donors, trust & foundations, corporate support and community fundraising. The postholder will be engaged with our mission and eloquent in their expression of our work and its impact to external audiences. They will work closely with our Impact team to present our outcome messaging to funders and will also work closely with our Communications & Events Officer (C&EO) to plan and deliver community-based fundraising activities for our supporters to engage in, helping to
deliver online and social media focused campaigns and community events.
We are open to this role operating largely remotely with a hybrid workplace for the right candidate, with the expectation of a regular in person presence on site to understand our work, connect with the team and meet our wider community of participants and supporters at events and celebrations.
This is a multi-faceted role, with opportunity to grow and develop. You’ll work with colleagues across the organisation. FarmAbility is a warm and friendly place to work and we put a lot of store on creating strong team relationships and a flexible, accommodating work environment. All staff share our goal of a more inclusive society and a determination to enable co-farmers to achieve positive outcomes and experiences within our service.
To find out more and apply go to: www.farmability.org.uk/support-us/vacancies/
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