We Are Hiring: Fundraiser
The Feminist Library is looking for a new proactive fundraiser to research and apply for funding opportunities with short and long-term programmes with funding bodies, to assist the Library in continuing their charitable activities.
Role: Fundraiser
Hours: 15 hours per week
Term: 6 months with potential to extend
Remuneration: £13.5/h (new LLW)
Location: Hybrid
Deadline: Friday 15th March 2024
Responsibilities
- Research and apply to trusts, foundations and other grant-making organisations across the UK appropriate to the library.
- Create a 6-month fundraising plan for the library.
- Collaborate with working groups in the library to obtain input regarding funding applications.
- Develop templates and funding lists for long-term applications
Person Specification
- Experience of research and applying for grants, trusts and foundations
- Ability to occasionally work from our premises at the Feminist Library
- Excellent administrative skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Confident working independently
- Having an interest and commitment to intersectional feminism
- Familiarity with the Feminist Library OR other collective & community organisations and how they work.
The Feminist Library is a large collection of Women’s Liberation Movement literature based in London. We are a library and community space and support research, activist, and community projects. In 2020 The Feminist Library celebrated 45 years of archiving and activism. Mainly volunteer run, we have created and looked after one of the most important collections of feminist material in the UK and provided an inspiring learning and social space for thousands of people. We currently have no consistent public funding, relying on donations, occasional grants, and voluntary labour. We are grassroots and experience a lot of precarity, and want to work towards a more stable position while retaining our ethos.
The Feminist Library is an anti-sectarian, intersectional feminist space. We will not tolerate sexism, homophobia, racism, transphobia, nor oppressive language or behaviour based on any structural inequality, including disability, socio-economic status, sexuality, age, education, religious affiliation, or gender expression.
To apply for this role please send an email to admin@feministlibrary.co.uk with a CV and a few words (max 500) regarding how you approach fundraising and working with grassroots organisations like us. If you prefer, you can send this in a video or recorded audio format, at the same email address (please use weTransfer or a cloud service). Please let us know of any accessibility requirements in advance via email.