Part 1: JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE:Events Fundraiser

DEPARTMENT:Income Generation

TEAM: Fundraising

LOCATION:Ewell, Surrey

  1. POSITION IN ORGANISATION
  • Reports into: Events Fundraising Manager
  • Line Manages: No direct reports
  • Contacts which the post holder has within and outside the organisation: Works closely with all staff in the Fundraising Department, all other departments within Central Office and with volunteers at branch level.
  1. MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

•To achieve income and expenditure targets that will secure long term resources for Samaritans.

•To deliver a programme of participation in high profile flagship events to raise income and awareness for Samaritans.

•To achieve personal fundraising targets as agreed with the Events Fundraising Manager.

•To conceive and develop new fundraising events in collaboration with the Events Fundraising Manager and Head of Community & Events Fundraising.

•To devise and deliver an event participants care programme, with engaging content and communications that supports participants to maximise their fundraising and builds a lasting relationship with Samaritans.

  1. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Project & Events Management

  • Manage supporters’ participation in a programme of flagship sports events such as the London Marathon or Great North Run. Take ownership of participant recruitment, care and communications, and of Samaritans presence on the day at these events.
  • Negotiate best deals and obtain value for money in all aspects of your event expenditure, with agreement from the Events Fundraising Manager.
  • Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of events against Return on Investment and other targets.
  • Work with the Digital Team to take the lead on recruiting and communicating with event participants via social media channels.
  • Collaborate with branches/volunteers to support on your allocated events and other individual projects as required.
  • Work with teams from the External Affairs Dept. to create content for social media, and develop materials and resources that promote participation in all activities.
  • Maximise participant numbers and fundraising potential in all activities
  • Lead other projects and partnerships as required.

Administration

  • Maintain effective working systems for administration of own work and of the department
  • Provide support to all event participants as requested by the Events Fundraising Manager
  • Maintain and monitor a record of all enquirers, participants and income for allocated flagship events, including usingSamaritans website, on-line sponsorship systems and other tools
  • On occasion, support Branches with relevant fundraising materials
  • Ensure participant records are updated on the database
  • Lead on the update of details within the events fundraising pages of the Samaritans website/intranet.

General

  • To attend and present at fundraising events off site on occasions when required.
  • To represent Samaritans at fundraising events and social gatherings when required.
  • To work co-operatively and effectively with colleagues to ensure fundraising integration across Samaritans.
  • To assist in identifying and highlighting key external trends in community & events fundraising which could impact on your planning.
  • To assist with appropriate plans, budgets and performance measurements (including user feedback) for own areas of responsibility.

General Duties of a Samaritans’ Staff Member

  • Contribute to the effective and efficient running of the Central Office as appropriate.
  • Participate, as appropriate, in staff forums and meetings.
  • Adhere to Samaritans’ policies and procedures.
  • Represent the Central Office appropriately across the organisation and Samaritans to the wider community as appropriate.
  • Treat all colleagues, volunteers and members of the public with dignity and work within and adhere to Samaritans’ equal opportunities statement and policies.
  • Carry out reasonable requests made that are within the broad remit of the role.

Part 2: PERSON SPECIFICATION

  1. SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

Essential

•Excellent event management or community fundraising experience

•Excellent verbal, written and presentational skills

•Excellent Organisational Skills

•Demonstrable project management skills

•Experience of marketing activities through both on and offline channels

Desirable

  • Experience of working with volunteers.

•Experience of working with community organisations and societies

•Experience of working with a fundraising database

•Experience of working to budgets and income targets

  1. QUALIFICATIONS
  • Educated to A Level or equivalent is preferable but equivalent experience will be considered.
  • Proven experience of Fundraising Events.
  1. PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
  • Emotionally Resilient to sensitive information
  • Empathises with Samaritans’ values
  • Customer-focused

•Adaptable and motivated

•Friendly, outgoing personality

•Genuine interest in community and social events

•Positive attitude to community organisations and societies

•Comfortable in a social and networking environment and a great team player

•Great at relationship building.

Signed by employee:______Date: ______

LAST UPDATED:August 2017

This job description is a statement of requirements at the time of writing and is not contractual. It should not be seen as precluding future changes after appointment to this role.