With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

Senior Marketing Officer

Salary:                 CIRCA £36,576.00 per annum plus good range of benefits

Contract:           Permanent – 36.5 hours per week – Monday – Friday

Based:                 Milton Keynes – Hybrid (2 days per week)

Fundraising and Marketing Directorate: As part of the newly formed Integrated Fundraising and Marketing department you will manage our team of Supporter Care Specialists to engage proactively and reactively with our supporters across the UK.  Our goal as a directorate is to support impacting 5.5 million lives and raising £100m in sustainable income by 2029.

By coordinating with various income-generating strategies, the department aims to enhance the impact of World Vision's work, bringing hope and sustainable change to vulnerable communities worldwide.

Looking to take your fundraising and marketing career to another level and use your skills where they really matter? 

We have an exciting opportunity for an exceptional direct marketing professional to join the Supporter Engagement team within our Fundraising group.  

With strategic oversight of core fundraising campaigns, you’ll inspire our supporters and raise vital funds to change and improve the lives of millions of vulnerable children around the world. And you’ll develop a nurture journey to ensure our supporters feel valued and see the impact of their giving.  

Working across a range of campaigns, each day in this role will be different – from developing testing strategies based on insight and analysis, to input on creative development, agency management, mapping supporter journeys, through to coaching team members in fundraising fundamentals. 

As a senior member of the team, you'll be a strategic thinker who can shape and execute fundraising strategies and line manage marketing team members. You’ll see the bigger picture but have an eye for detail and fantastic relationship-building skills. You'll be confident working with data and carrying out rigorous testing and detailed data analysis to understand campaign results. And you’ll understand digital and multi-channel marketing to maximise fundraising income. 

To perform well in this role, you’ll need: 

Experience gained in a fundraising, direct marketing, or digital marketing role Strong project management skills in order to deliver end-to-end marketing campaigns  A track record in analysing direct marketing results and using insight to drive innovation and improve campaign performance Experience of delivering integrated marketing campaigns across a range of channels including direct mail, online, email, and social media The ability to work independently to drive innovation, creativity and results Experience of line-management, supervision or coaching of staff. 

Why World Vision:

This is your chance to be a part of something big. You will be working closely with teams across the organisation that directly impact the lives of some of the world's most vulnerable children. If you are excited about using your customer service experience to create real change, then we want to hear from you!

As an active Christian, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations. Inspired by our Christian faith, we serve alongside children of all faiths and none through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy in almost 100 countries.

In addition to the salary offered, we offer good benefits including, Pension, generous holiday entitlement, Length of Service Awards and free parking (MK only). 

  

Please upload your CV of full employment history. This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in this advert.

Closing Date for applications: 2nd April 2025

Interviews: W/C 7th April 2025

**Please note that you MUST be holding the Right to work in the UK documentation as unfortunately this role is not sponsored**

We reserve the right to interview candidates and close the ad ahead of the closing date should a strong candidate be identified.

World Vision UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people representing all sections of the community. Universal acceptance for everyone, everywhere is at the heart of our Christian organisation.

As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

World Vision UK is a registered organisation operating the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS) and we shall check with your previous employers about your behaviour and conduct. We will be

requesting they complete a form known as a Statement of Conduct. For more information see: The Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (misconduct-disclosure-scheme.org)

By submitting your application, you understand and accept that World Vision UK will process the data you provide for the purposes of your application with World Vision UK.

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only