Job Details

Corporate and Challenge Event Fundraiser

The Orpheus Centre

Expires in 4 days

Overview

We are looking for an energetic, organised and enthusiastic challenge event and corporate fundraiser to join our ambitious fundraising team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with experience in fundraising, ideally working within the corporate or challenge event fields.
£26,000 to £30,000
Per year depending on experience.
Full time, Permanent
(35 Hours per week. Hours may be altered on occasions according to the needs of the curriculum and organisation.)
Godstone

Key information

You will play a key role in growing our corporate income by stewarding existing relationships and cultivating new ones. Working closely with the Partnerships Manager and Deputy Head of Fundraising, you’ll help the organisation prepare for significant planned growth and an upcoming capital appeal. 

If you are passionate about relationship building, motivated by targets, and want to make a meaningful difference to the lives of disabled young people, this could be your next step.

About the role

  • Deliver against corporate income targets in line with our fundraising strategy.
  • Identify, cultivate and secure new corporate partnerships, including Charity of the Year opportunities, sponsorships and corporate fundraising campaigns.
  • Steward existing corporate supporters with high quality engagement, communication and reporting.
  • Plan and manage corporate supporter engagement opportunities including meetings, volunteering days and events.
  • Recruit and engage participants to sign up for fundraising challenge events.
  • Provide excellent supporter care by guiding participants before, during, and after their challenge.
  • Identify opportunities to grow income, including upselling participants to larger events or encouraging repeat participation.
  • Maintain up to date and accurate records using our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system.
  • Contribute to industry insight by monitoring trends, opportunities and sector developments.

For the full job description, including the keys areas of responsibilities and accountabilities, please click the 'apply now' button.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people. Reasonable adjustments will be made to the recruitment procedure as required in consultation with the applicant to ensure no one is disadvantaged because of their disability. If a disabled person is selected for a position, reasonable adjustments will be made to the workplace, including premises and equipment, work duties and practices or policies, as appropriate. All disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role as set out in the role profile and person specification will be considered for interview.

Requirements

  • Experience in fundraising or Business to Business account management.
  • Ability to build strong, positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
  • Experience working to income targets and managing pipelines.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including report and proposal writing.
  • Good negotiation, influencing, and presentation abilities.
  • Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage a busy and varied workload.
  • Confident user of Microsoft Office packages and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems.
  • Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
  • This role is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check and satisfactory references.

For the full person specification, please click the 'apply now' button.

Disclaimer: We will be interviewing for this role as suitable applications are received and may close this role before the closing date upon a successful candidate being appointed.