Individual Giving & Challenge Events Executive

Scout Association

Hours
35 hours per week

About the Organisation

Scout Association is a global youth movement focused on developing young people's character, confidence, and skills through adventure, outdoor activities, and community involvement, aiming to build a better world by empowering youth to become responsible, self-fulfilled citizens, guided by core values and the Scout Promise and Law.

About the role

We’re looking for an Individual Giving & Challenge Events Executive to join our Fundraising team. This role supports fundraising activity that helps almost half a million young people across the UK gain skills for life. You’ll work closely with the Individual Giving Manager to deliver challenge events, supporter communications and fundraising activity, while ensuring donations and supporter records are managed accurately. You’ll be part of a supportive team where ideas are encouraged, and you’ll have opportunities to develop your fundraising skills and experience.

Responsibilities

Supporter and Challenge Events Engagement:

• Manage and grow our challenge events income stream, researching new and engaging ways for people to get involved. With the support of the Individual Giving Manager, this will include participant selection, communications, and excellent stewardship.
• Act as the first point of contact for Individual Giving supporters, managing the Fundraising inbox and responding promptly to enquiries.
• Project manage specific initiatives as agreed with the Individual Giving Manager, including managing stakeholder relationships, prioritising workload, and working flexibly to meet deadlines.

Finance and Database Management:

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date supporter records, ensuring all activity complies with GDPR.
• Process donations across multiple platforms (CAF, JustGiving), ensuring all contributions are correctly recorded and acknowledged
• Work closely with the Finance team to resolve queries promptly, giving donors confidence in how their gifts are managed.
• Act as a superuser on Raiser’s Edge NXT, producing reports and supporting the team with database tasks.
• Support the Individual Giving Manager in maintaining the database and updating the Raiser’s Edge NXT user guide.
• Work with the wider Fundraising team to maintain and refresh the annual fundraising communications plan, ensuring it reaches and engages all our supporters throughout the year

Team Administration:

• Support the Individual Giving Manager with the processing and administration of the Scouts' lottery, legacies and appeals, as and when required.
• Support cross-team working to ensure Individual Giving activity is aligned with the wider Marketing and Communications team, keeping key stakeholders informed of campaigns and opportunities.
• Assist in managing occasional supporter events.
• Undertake training as required and adhere to the Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Fundraising
• Practice, Data Protection Act, and Charities Act.

Skills, Competencies, Experience & Attributes

Skills and Abilities:

• Confidently manage and prioritise multiple projects and tasks, keeping work organised and meeting deadlines.
• Take ownership of challenge events, supporter communications, and team administration, using our fundraising database to keep everything running smoothly.
• Bring your fundraising knowledge and creativity to help grow our Individual Giving programme, developing new ideas and approaches to engage supporters and drive income.
• Thrive in a collaborative team environment, contributing to wider campaigns and sharing insights to strengthen overall fundraising impact.
• Be adaptable and solutions-focused, ready to take on new challenges and support the evolution of this growing income stream.

Knowledge, Experience and Qualifications:

• Experience managing projects, campaigns, or stakeholders, with the ability to coordinate multiple priorities and deliver to deadlines
• Experience in donor stewardship and retention through direct marketing or relationship-building communications, ideally within a fundraising context.
• Experience supporting a team to achieve income or engagement goals, with a track record of contributing to results.
• Experience of working with external agencies and suppliers
• Good knowledge of GDPR and charity law
• Experience using Raiser’s Edge NXT or a similar CRM; familiarity with fundraising databases

Personal Qualities:

• Motivated to learn, can absorb information quickly, can accept and act on constructive feedback and can change priorities
• Excellent attention to detail is key to this role
• An approachable personality who responds to stakeholders’ needs
• Ability to communicate credibly with a range of stakeholders
• Curious and inquisitive, with a mindset that considers the best way to approach a task and seeks continuous improvement
• Personally reflects the Scouts' values of integrity, respect, care, belief and co-operation

Compensation & Benefits

• 28 days Holiday
• Plus 3 days extra off  Christmas and New Year
• 2 years of service, 32 days of Holiday
• Personal Leave per year: 4 days. 
• Volunteer Leave per year: 5 days
• Sickness absence 3 months sick pay
• Simply Health scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Scout Store 25% Discount 
• Free car parking and minibus service
• Cycle to work scheme
• Perkbox discount scheme
• Personal Pension scheme 3% Contributing and Scouts 6% Contribute
• Contribution 10% Gross salary.
• Family-friendly employer and pay Maternity and Adoption leave (13 weeks full pay, 13 weeks’ half pay, 13 weeks’ SMP)
• Paternity leave 4 weeks full pay
• Death Scheme pays four times the salary pay

Working locations

• Gilwell Park, Essex, United Kingdom

How to apply

• Please submit your online application, including a CV and supporting statement outlining your suitability for the role by 11:59 pm on Monday, 12th January 2026
• Before making an application, please make sure you’ve read the Recruitment and Selection Policy.
• To help us monitor the application of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy, we’d be grateful if you'd also complete the Recruitment Monitoring questions on the Application Form. 
• If you'd like to find out more to see if this role suits you, we'd be very happy to have an informal chat; please contact [email protected] to set up a call or virtual meeting

Interviews

• Interviews will be held in person week commencing Monday, 19th January 2026.

Policies

Scouts is committed to encouraging and promoting diversity and inclusion in our workplace and services to members. This reflects our values of respect, belief, care, cooperation, and integrity, where everyone should always be treated with dignity. Scouts will take every possible step to tackle all forms of discrimination, inequality, and unfair treatment, intentional or unintentional, direct or indirect. Scouts are committed to ensuring that all employees have equal access to opportunities and removing all barriers to inclusion in the workplace.

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