Job summary
The Events and Community Fundraiser plays a key role in securing income and raising awareness of the charity and the local community. They will work autonomously to organise and manage fundraising activities including major events, third party events, raffles and lotteries, and engage, enthuse and support community fundraisers such asschools, groups and individuals to achieve agreed income targets in each of these areas.
The post holder will be responsible for managing volunteer community fundraisers who are vital to the success of this fundraising.
The post holder will require reasonable knowledge of fundraising and considerable energy and enthusiasm that will inspire the patients, visitors, staff and local community to choose London Ambulance Charity as their preferred charity to support. He/she will also engage and maintain relationships with individual fundraisers, local businesses, staff and volunteer networks.
The purpose of this role is to ensure that fundraising ideas and events are in place that will have high profile and will generate funds to agreed targets. The post holder must be inventive and highly organised in order to initiate and then deliver highly successful events. Working closely with groups and individuals, the ideal candidate will have an outgoingpersonality, keen for direct contact with people, good at motivating and self-confident.
Main duties of the job
Act as an ambassador for and represent the charity in a professional and efficient manner.Regularly review the current programme of events and community fundraising, identifying key growth areas and opportunities for development, and sharing insights and recommendations with senior staff.Ensure the charity provides excellent supporter care to all fundraisers and supporters taking part in an event or organising their own activities.With the Head of Charity Development, develop a community and events fundraising strategy, maximising income from community and events fundraising streams and delivering/exceeding financial targets.Lead the growth of our existing network of community supporters, further developing a pool of proactive individuals and groups raising money in aid of the charity's work.Manage the delivery of new fundraising activities in the events and community programme, setting income and expenditure targets for these, including product and campaign development.
About us
Our strategy 2023-2028 outlines how we plan to achieve this, and is centred upon three missions focused on:
- Our care- delivering outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed.
- Our organisation- being an increasingly inclusive, well-led and highly skilled organisation people are proud to work for.
- Our London- using our unique pan-London position to contribute to improving the health of the capital.
To achieve these three missions we have set ourselves 50 commitments to deliver over the next five years. In developing these ambitious commitments, we have engaged extensively both inside our organisation, with our partners and with our patients, and we have analysed population trends and horizon scanned the future.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Maintain accurate records for stakeholders, including communication history, adhering to our data protection obligations and records management principles.Take an active part in department and whole charity team meetings, contributing agenda items and undertaking assigned actions as required.Take an active part in and collaborate with colleagues across the charitys work, bringing your own experience and perspective so that we harness the value of our shared contributions.Keep up to date with relevant fundraising practises, techniques and laws and disseminate,where appropriate, the information to the rest of the charity team.Ensure the effective and efficient use of the charitys resources.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Maintain accurate records for stakeholders, including communication history, adhering to our data protection obligations and records management principles.Take an active part in department and whole charity team meetings, contributing agenda items and undertaking assigned actions as required.Take an active part in and collaborate with colleagues across the charitys work, bringing your own experience and perspective so that we harness the value of our shared contributions.Keep up to date with relevant fundraising practises, techniques and laws and disseminate,where appropriate, the information to the rest of the charity team.Ensure the effective and efficient use of the charitys resources.
Person Specification
Qualifications, Accreditations, Education
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent level experience
- Knowledge of current fundraising legislation, including Data Protection Act and Gift Aid
- Knowledge of the charity sector
Experience
Essential
- Extensive & demonstrable experience and understanding of charity & community and events fundraising best practice
- Excellent track record of setting and meeting fundraising targets, and generating new income
- Working within constrained budgets
- Experience of developing new donor and fundraiser relationships
- Negotiating with suppliers to obtain services or products free of charge or at the best possible rate
- Proven experience of planning and running events
- Leading teams of staff and volunteers independently and contributing to team plans and activities
- Planning, prioritising and managing a number of projects simultaneously
- Experience of using a contact management / supporter database
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent planning and time management skills, delivering to deadlines
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with good attention to accuracy and detail
- Excellent interpersonal skills and experience of communicating with a wide variety of different people
- A full understanding of the key factors of successful event planning and delivery
- Ability to use initiative to generate and implement fundraising ideas
- Ability to influence, persuade and interact effectively at all levels
- Good organisation skills
- Strong interpersonal skills with ability to relate to donors & staff
- Strong relationship management and networking skills to identify, build and nurture relationships both internally and externally
- Confident presentation skills and public speaking to large audiences
- Project management
- Production of risk assessments
- Competent to a high standard in MS Office, able to use the internet, appropriate databases and other research sources to find appropriate market intelligence and partner information
- Understanding of data protection and GDPR principles
- Understanding of the Fundraising Code of Conduct
- A willingness and ability to work un-sociable hours where required in order to attend events or other work associated with the post
Person Specification
Qualifications, Accreditations, Education
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent level experience
- Knowledge of current fundraising legislation, including Data Protection Act and Gift Aid
- Knowledge of the charity sector
Experience
Essential
- Extensive & demonstrable experience and understanding of charity & community and events fundraising best practice
- Excellent track record of setting and meeting fundraising targets, and generating new income
- Working within constrained budgets
- Experience of developing new donor and fundraiser relationships
- Negotiating with suppliers to obtain services or products free of charge or at the best possible rate
- Proven experience of planning and running events
- Leading teams of staff and volunteers independently and contributing to team plans and activities
- Planning, prioritising and managing a number of projects simultaneously
- Experience of using a contact management / supporter database
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent planning and time management skills, delivering to deadlines
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with good attention to accuracy and detail
- Excellent interpersonal skills and experience of communicating with a wide variety of different people
- A full understanding of the key factors of successful event planning and delivery
- Ability to use initiative to generate and implement fundraising ideas
- Ability to influence, persuade and interact effectively at all levels
- Good organisation skills
- Strong interpersonal skills with ability to relate to donors & staff
- Strong relationship management and networking skills to identify, build and nurture relationships both internally and externally
- Confident presentation skills and public speaking to large audiences
- Project management
- Production of risk assessments
- Competent to a high standard in MS Office, able to use the internet, appropriate databases and other research sources to find appropriate market intelligence and partner information
- Understanding of data protection and GDPR principles
- Understanding of the Fundraising Code of Conduct
- A willingness and ability to work un-sociable hours where required in order to attend events or other work associated with the post
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
