Community and Events Fundraiser

Job Description

Job Title: Community & Events Fundraiser

Reports to: Fundraising Manager

Location: Hybrid & Borough High Street, London SE1 (2 days a week in the office)

Salary: £31,000

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 hrs per week. Office hours are 9 5

Background and purpose

We are the only UK-wide charity for everyone affected by a genetic and acquired bleeding disorder.

At the Haemophilia Society (THS) we want to empower everyone affected by a bleeding disorder to live life to the full, whatever your stage in life.

One in 2,000 men, women and children in the UK have a diagnosed bleeding disorder, which are a group of conditions, including haemophilia and von Willebrand disorder, that result when the blood cannot clot properly.

As many as a third of bleeding disorder diagnoses have no known family history and can be the result of a random gene mutation. This means a bleeding disorder diagnosis can come completely out of the blue.

THS brings together people with bleeding disorders and their families to share experiences and understand more about how to live well with a bleeding disorder. Together, we can all make a difference.

What we do:

Support each other

We understand each other. We offer advice and support from personal experience. Our growing community is there for each otherbecause we re in it together.

Raise awareness

We rally together because every little thing we do makes a difference and gives hope to people living with a bleeding disorder.

Make a lasting difference

We influence and advocate on what matters to our community. Health and social care policy, access to treatment and much more.

What we offer:

Competitive Salary

Generous Pension Contribution Agile Working

25 days holiday (pro rata) plus an additional day for each year of service up to 5 years

Well located office very close to Borough Market.

About the role

We re incredibly lucky to have a generous and dedicated community who are always looking for new ways to support our work. We are looking for a passionate fundraiser who can take ownership of our community fundraising and empower our members and supporters in their fundraising ventures. You ll act as the face of THS for people looking to raise money in a variety of wonderful ways ensuring they have what they need to be as successful as possible. This will include managing a number of key events such as the London Marathon, Ride London and Swim Serpentine.

This role would be ideal for someone with 2-3 years experience and looking to take the next step in their fundraising career. As part of a small team, you ll be excited about getting involved in all areas of community and events fundraising, building relationships with our members and driving our fundraising strategy forward.

The purpose of the role is to:

Community Fundraising

Supporting and running the community fundraising activities - engaging our centres, signing up new members, stewarding our donors, being the key point of our enquiries

Organisation and delivery of mass participation events

Providing guidance and supporting participants in promoting their efforts on social media

Spotting opportunities for business development with organisations

• Provide guidance and support for supporters undertaking community fundraising and act as a key first point of call. Developing and improving the supporter journey with new materials.
• Organise and project manage events and fundraising campaigns. Add new fundraising campaigns and events to the calendar.
• Develop key materials needed to promote events and fundraising campaigns. Source case studies we can use to promote events, as well as the charity and use them in publications and socials.
• Keeping up-to-date records and giving timely recognition of donations using our CRM system
• Creating fundraising communications to encourage greater participation, working with our Communications Officer and liaising with members and volunteers.
• Working to strict deadlines to ensure that fundraising activity is widely promoted and the success of fundraisers is celebrated to encourage greater take-up of fundraising activities.
• Representing the charity at events hosted by community and corporate supporters. Representing the charity at services events promoting fundraising.
• Showcasing the work of the organisation and speaking confidently at events about our work to connect fundraisers to our cause and encourage fundraising.
• Developing engaging national fundraising campaigns.
• Thinking creatively, developing action plans and budgets to support national campaigns like World Haemophilia Day and TalkingRed. You will be able to understand the diverse needs and abilities of our community and create accessible fundraising initiatives that work for a geographically dispersed supporter base.
• Understanding and maintaining relationships with external suppliers for fundraising e.g. Great North Run, Just Giving, London Marathon etc. to ensure that we are abreast of any new trends and developments, or promotional opportunities.
• Working on two annual appeals, helping sourcing case studies and overseeing thanking process

Social Media

Use our social channels to support your work

Monitoring social media accounts

Keep on top of social trends particularly around fundraising

Creative flair to create compelling content for marketing/comms/campaigning

• Work with our Marketing Manager to develop social media to support fundraising, including promotional videos and graphics.
• Produce content for social media, e-news and the website. Adding materials to the webpage promoting other ways to support us COTY, payroll giving, legacy and in memory giving.

Person Specification

Experience, Qualifications

Essential qualities, skills and experience

• Experience of organising and supporting events and/or community fundraising in a voluntary or paid role.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to plan ahead, keep records, manage deadlines, prioritise workload and maximise your use of time.
• An outgoing, enthusiastic and helpful personality.
• A creative approach to fundraising and events.
• Great customer service skills, the ability to recognise and meet the needs of individuals and to manage expectations when required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Numeracy and the ability to understand basic financial information.
• Ability to work in a team as well as to use individual initiative and judgement.

• Good level of IT literacy, including a good knowledge of standard business software, Google Suite and social media.

• A commitment to the vision and values of The Haemophilia Society
• Experience in using CRM systems.

Desirable qualities, skills and experience

• Completion of a professional fundraising programme or training course.
• An understanding of long term health conditions, their impact on patients and families, and how being affected might act as a motivation for fundraising.

Experience of managing a charity s accounts for fundraising suppliers like Just Giving or other fundraising sites.

A good knowledge of data protection (GDPR) legislation and good practice in information management.

Well-developed IT skills with the ability to write engaging content for the website and social media.

• A good understanding of safeguarding principles when working with vulnerable people and the need for professional boundaries

Ability to gain the trust and confidence of members and supporters.

Excellent project planning skills and ability to work on cross-organisational projects from design to delivery.

Personal qualities

A warm, compassionate and empathetic personality with the ability to develop positive relationships with people from all backgrounds including members and health professionals.

Be an effective member of the team, recognising, respecting and promoting the different roles and diversity of the individuals in the team and presenting a positive impression of the team and The Society.

Enthusiastic and fun with drive and determination to meet targets.

Good attention to detail and accuracy in preparing communications and events.

A highly motivated, supportive and collaborative team worker.

Values-driven with a proven commitment to social inclusion and equal opportunities.

Other requirements

• Must be prepared to occasionally travel throughout the UK and to work varying hours including evenings and weekends as required.
  
• Due to the nature of our work with children and vulnerable adults, this role will require a DBS check and checks on previous employment.

The Haemophilia Society are an equally opportunity employer.