SAILORS’ SOCIETY JOB DESCRIPTION – Events Fundraiser (EF)
Title: Events Fundraiser
Reporting to: Events Manager
Budget Responsibility: Responsible for meeting Financial and Key performance targets
Based at: Head Office, Southampton
Hours of Work: Full-time (9 – 5.30pm, with one hour for lunch, 37.5 hours)
The Society also operates a flexi-hour scheme
(core hours 10am -4pm)
Team: Fundraising Events Team
Team Purpose: The fundraising events team raise financial resources from a planned schedule of international events and promotion of in aid of events.
Job Purpose
· To be responsible for selected Fundraising events including recruitment, logistics and collection of funds
· To obtain corporate sponsorship to financially support fundraising events
· To provide necessary support for all fundraising events within the Society
Key Responsibilities
· Responsible for leading and co-ordinating designated fundraising events, locally, nationally and internationally.
· Securing teams/table holders to attend Sailors’ Society events through emails, telephone calls, face to face meetings and group presentations.
· Securing corporate sponsorship for each event
· Research, identify and make contact with new companies to develop meaningful relationships.
· Motivate supporters to maximise the funds they raise.
· Encourage supporters to organise their own events to raise money for our cause.
· Ensure donors are thanked and receive updates on how their donation has helped.
· Ensure funds pledged are collected within the designated time frame.
· Contribute to preparation of budgets and financial reports.
· Contribute to identifying and developing new opportunities for events.
· To promote all areas of fundraising including individual donations and program sponsorship.
· Work with the communications and Advocacy department to ensure all marketing/ PR opportunities are fulfilled for each event.
· To develop a good understanding of the Shipping industry we fundraise in.
· Maintaining administration systems to record proper record keeping and allocation of donations
· Supporting the Events Manager and other team members as required.
· To gain an understanding of current legislation, policies and the main issues that may affect event fundraising within the charity sector and bring these to the attention of your line manager.
· Recording financial and personal contact data to the standards and requirements of the Data Protection Act, with a high level of accuracy using the Society’s database Raiser’s Edge (RE).
· To operate within the Institute of Fundraising Code of Practice and the Society’s formal policies and requirements concerning fundraising as issued from time to time.
Person Specification
Essential
- Absolute confidence to ‘ask’ for donations and close a deal
- ‘Can-do’ attitude
- Strong team ethos
- Experience in organising and delivering successful fundraising events
- Strong track record of working to financial targets
- Ability to work with a high degree of motivation and initiative
- Good and clear writing skills
- Ability to manage a evolving workload of multiple events
- Excellent IT Skills
- Enthusiastic personality with the ability to proactively respond to new opportunities
- Passionate about fundraising and events
- Ability to attend events out of office hours and travel internationally when required
Desirable
- Experience of a fundraising database (training given in Raisers Edge)
Produced by Sofie Bennett and Jan Webber 30.5.15
Society Hire for character
As well as looking for ability, experience and expertise the Sailors’ Society is also interested in the character of its staff and would want to know how you demonstrate the following:
Awareness
You will be self-aware and able to recognise both your strengths and weaknesses as you grown personally and professionally. You will demonstrate awareness for colleagues, enabling you to help them flourish and achieve positive outcomes.
Teamwork
You will demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, personal loyalty to colleagues and a collaborative style of solving problems though a shared sense of common mission and purpose.
Leadership
You will recognise that the trustees look to the executive of the Sailors’ Society to develop the cultural, relational, intellectual, spiritual and physical capital of the organisation and you’ll be supportive in enabling this structure to operate effectively.
Vision and Values
The mission of the Sailors’ Society is Christian in essence. At its heart is a vision to transform the lives of seafarers and their families. Our values inform how we work and we look to you to uphold and promote these values as you help us in our work.
Society values
Integrity – Innovation – Collaboration – Compassion - Inclusivity