Mary’s Meals is a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. We offer more than just a career, we offer the opportunity to support our global movement in a dynamic and inclusive environment with a real focus on personal development.

We are seeking an experienced, Northern Ireland based fundraiser to join us as a Regional Development Officer. In this role, you’ll be a confident, visible champion for Mary’s Meals, someone who knows the city, understands its communities, and can build relationships that spark action. You’ll bring boldness and creativity to your work, whether delivering inspiring talks in churches and schools, making fundraising asks or forging genuine partnerships with local businesses and networks.

Using your deep knowledge of communities in Northern Ireland, you will identify high‑potential opportunities, grow income and participation, and cultivate a committed local movement of supporters and volunteers. Through strategic, outward‑facing work, you’ll turn first conversations into committed, long‑term support that strengthens our movement and fuels our mission.

Working closely with the Head of Northern Ireland, you will co‑design and deliver a local growth plan shaped by the pulse of your region. You will represent Mary’s Meals across faith communities, schools, community groups, business networks, and key connectors, bringing energy, authenticity, and a passion for our mission.

Highly autonomous, you’ll combine insight, data, and local intuition to focus on areas of greatest opportunity. You’ll collaborate across the organisation to create seamless supporter journeys and tell compelling, meaningful stories. Everything you do will reflect Mary’s Meals’ warmth, simplicity, and dignity.

Key responsibilities:

Work with the Head of Northern Ireland to design and deliver a clear, local growth plan with defined priorities, income drivers, volunteer mobilisation efforts, and visibility activities.
Use local knowledge, data, and community insight to focus your time on the strongest opportunities for growth.
Balance relationship‑building with a proactive, opportunity-led approach, identifying new supporters, networks, and partnerships and developing them from prospective supporters into committed donors.
Actively network across Northern Ireland to initiate new meetings, build connections, and follow up purposefully.
Represent Mary’s Meals with authenticity and enthusiasm across schools, churches, parishes, universities, community groups, and local businesses.
Deliver engaging talks, assemblies, parish visits, small events, networking sessions, and partnership meetings that increase income, participation, and visibility.
Build a diverse pipeline of leads and partnerships that reflect Northern Ireland's communities and faith landscape.
Create the environment for a strong volunteer network and empower volunteers through thoughtful delegation, coaching, encouragement, and recognition.
Strengthen local visibility by nurturing community connectors and supporting appropriate local media engagement.

About you:

Fundraising qualification or relevant experience.
Access to a car to attend talks, events and meetings.
Based in Northern Ireland, using local knowledge to provide a consistent, active presence in the region.
Confident in making asks – converting interest into giving, participation and volunteering.
Confident in engaging with a wide range of people and organisations, including faith groups, schools, community groups, businesses and more.
Confident and experienced in developing and deepening empowering relationships with volunteers.
Inspiring and engaging relationship builder with strong interpersonal and networking skills and the ability to deliver growth.
Capable of tailoring key messages to different audiences, and comfortable in speaking in many different settings, from schools and churches to conference halls and boardrooms.
Entrepreneurial self-starter: plans and prioritises independently, focuses on high-return opportunities.
Deep alignment with Mary’s Meals’ values and relationship-led approach.
Good IT skills and administrative skills. Previous experience of using a database.

Please view our recruitment pack for full details on the role and requirements.

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Closing date for applications is Sunday, 6 September

Interviews will take place on Thursday, 17 September and Friday, 18 September.

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