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Job Description

Job Title: Community Fundraiser – West Wales

Department: Income Generation

Reporting to: Area Manager West Wales

Location: Head Office

PURPOSE OF ROLE:

The Community Fundraiser will work with the Friends of Tenovus voluntary groups, the general public and community groups to achieve or exceed budgeted income by working pro-actively within the local community.

The post holder will be responsible for, recruiting, motivating and retaining new fundraising groups, volunteers and third parties to increase the amount and ways these individuals and groups contribute to the income and growth of the Charity.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1.  Develop an area business plan that provides appropriate strategies that link in with the Fundraising department’s three year strategy

2.  Manage, support and motivate Friends of Tenovus (FOT) groups in the area, ensuring they receive appropriate communication and support for their fundraising activities, in order to maximise their income generation

3.  Develop local fundraising volunteers and supporters, building long term relationships, to maximise income in line with local and national campaigns

4.  Research and recruit new fundraising groups within the area

5.  Ensure all fundraising activities promote the charity, provide future fundraising opportunities and results that support all parts of the fundraising strategy

6.  Deliver projects and community fundraising activities that include local funding plans, local appeals and new business generation

7.  Work with and develop relationships with the local media to help promote the key fundraising messages and raise the profile of Tenovus

8.  Deliver presentations to community groups and new potential Tenovus supporters

9.  Develop a programme that will recognise and reward the work of the FOT and volunteers.

10.  Identify and coordinate a long term strategy to ensure Tenovus has a wide range of fundraising activities to encourage support from the local community

11.  Be responsible for managing and delivering an agreed financial target

12.  Monitor and report back on any competitor activity in the area

13.  Be responsible for initial event risk assessment, health and safety of participants at fundraising events

14.  To ensure the Area Manager is kept informed through regular briefings, reports, meetings and email.

15.  Be responsible for your own administration, ensuring that the database is accurately maintained

16.  To prepare and present written reports and information as required.

17.  Take responsibility for planning, managing and delivering community fundraising campaigns

18.  Make an effective contribution to individual giving schemes such as a lottery; regular giving scheme etc.

FLEXIBILITY STATEMENT

In addition to the duties and responsibilities outlines, the Community Fundraiser must be prepared to undertake such additional duties which may result from changing circumstances, but which may not of necessity change the general character or level of responsibility to the post.

The Community Fundraiser will be subject to annual performance reviews which will incorporate a review of these duties and performance over the year.

CONFIDENTIALITY

Ensure, in the course of employment, complete confidentiality is maintained in respect of the Charity, its dealings, transactions, affairs and all other information relating to clients, participants, associates, staff etc. To ensure that all information relating to the above is processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

COMPETENCE

You are responsible for limiting your actions to those which you feel competent to undertake. If you have any doubts about your competence during the course of your duties you should immediately speak to your line manager.

RISK MANAGEMENT

It is a standard element of the role and responsibility of all staff within the Charity fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards.

HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

All employees of the Charity have a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions. Employees are required to co-operate with management to enable the Charity to meet its own legal duties and to report any hazardous situations or defective equipment.

Prepared by: Tim Finch and Andrew Hufford Date Prepared: June 2012

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