Campaigns Project Executive

As the team behind Darkness Into Light, Pieta’s flagship fundraising event, the Campaigns Project Team drives some of the most impactful campaigns in Ireland. The Fundraising & Campaigns Project

Executive will take responsibility for several core areas relating to the planning and coordination of Darkness Into Light and other fundraising events.

Aligning with Pieta’s fundraising goals, the primary purpose of the post is to plan, coordinate and manage the delivery of campaign merchandise, websites and supporter touchpoints to ensure bestin-class execution. The role will involve working closely with external suppliers, digital vendors, and Pieta’s internal Campaigns, Marketing, Finance and Fundraising teams. It will also contribute to the annual development and launch of the Darkness Into Light website and other campaign platforms, ensuring excellent supporter experience, accurate back-end reporting, and Salesforce integration.

The Fundraising & Campaigns Project Executive will also manage Pieta’s online shop, including developing new products, evaluating merchandise options, and overseeing ordering and stock control through Shopify.

This role is critical in ensuring Pieta delivers an outstanding supporter experience and deepens engagement with all who take part in our campaigns. There may also be a requirement to undertake other duties as reasonably assigned by the Campaigns Manager in support of successful fundraising campaign delivery.

• Planning and coordination of campaign materials, merchandise and logistics, including ordering, stock control, supplier liaison and fulfilment.

• Account management of campaign websites, liaising with vendors to ensure excellent supporter experience, including

website testing, feedback, and uploading of content/images.

• Cross-functional coordination: working with internal teams, suppliers and volunteer committees to ensure smooth planning

and delivery of Darkness Into Light and other fundraising campaigns.

• Monitoring and communication of schedules, costs, and quality standards, with regular updates to the Campaign Manager

and escalation of issues where required.

• Development and management of Pieta’s online shop, including identification of new product opportunities and oversight of

Shopify stock management.

• Familiarity with fundraising platforms (e.g. JustGiving, iDonate, bespoke campaign systems) to support integration,

reporting, and supporter troubleshooting.

• Proactively identify opportunities to improve campaign processes and supporterexperience, showing strong initiative and

problem-solving ability.

• Provide general project support across the Campaigns Team and undertake other duties as may reasonably be assigned by

the Campaign Manager during campaign cycles.

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a relevant fundraising, administration, logistics or project coordination role.

  • Demonstrated experience implementing new processes to tight timelines and within agreed budgets.

  • Familiarity with online fundraising platforms and/or CRM systems (e.g. Salesforce, JustGiving, iDonate).

  • Strong analytical skills and ability to identify trends and opportunities from data.

  • Strong IT systems and MS Office skills, particularly Excel (formulas and functions)

  • Experience with website administration and content management

  • Excellent organisational and coordination skills with the ability to work on own initiative and demonstrate problem-solving

  capability

  • Strong presentation and communication skills for engaging a range of stakeholders • Full clean Irish driving licence

• Competitive salary and 24 days annual leave entitlement per year

• Access to training & development opportunities including annual CPD allowance

• Access to contributory pension scheme

• Life Assurance benefit

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Travel Pass/Bike to Work Scheme