Fundraiser - Part time - UNDER OFFER

Location

Winchester, Hampshire | United Kingdom

Job description

Fundraiser - Part time - UNDER OFFER, Winchester

Job Summary

Location: Winchester

Salary: to £28,860 FTE

Hours: 24 hours per week with some flexibility

Aspire Jobs are delighted to be working in partnership and on an exclusive basis with The Winchester Beacon to recruit an experienced Fundraiser to join their small team based in Winchester City Centre.

They are an independent charity dedicated to improving the lives of people experiencing homelessness in Hampshire.  They operate a 24/7/365 days of the year service.

Their mission is to break the cycle of homelessness by enabling people to rebuild their lives through independent living.  They have been offering this vital support in the community since 1988 and have evolved over time to offer a 24-hour service which offers people access to bespoke wraparound support and the opportunity to escape homelessness for good. 

They provide more than just a bed for the night; they give hope and personalised support that their residents need to make a change and move forward. Each person is treated with respect, kindness, a smile and as an individual. The charity work as a trusted partner for the city council and other grant providers.  The Winchester Beacon has rolled out various new initiatives and successfully navigated the organisation through the challenges presented by the pandemic.

As part of their growth plans, they are now looking for an experienced Fundraiser to join their team.

With a large database of information, they have around 100 regular donors and over 150 volunteers.

This is a new role focusing on the development and stewardship of existing individual and community donors. You will also implement ways to attract new individual and community donors.  

You will work with the Senior Communications and PR Officer to create effective ways of communicating with donors to ensure they are engaged and know that they are valued.

With plans to introduce a new CRM system in 2024, experience of CRM would be very helpful but not essential.

You will have the opportunity to be part of the marketing, events and fundraising activities of the charity. This varied fundraising role is ideal for a creative individual with strong communication, organisation and time management skills.

The successful fundraiser will:-

• Experience of fundraising, including the stewardship of donors
• Experience of CRM in a charity setting
• Creative and driven to achieve results with a limited budget
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Keen attention to detail
• Organised and able to work effectively to multiple deadlines
• Reliable and honest with a can-do attitude
• Strong team player
• Personable and comfortable liaising with people from all backgrounds
• Self-motivated and hard-working
• Ideally, drive and have some experience of networking in the local business community (although this isn't essential)

Desirable:

• Experience of producing content for a range of social media channels
• Event and project management skills

£20k - £30k

Winchester

Reference: Fundraiser - Part time

Job Description

Key tasks:

Create and implement a fundraising plan for individual and community donors.

Day-to-day management of the regular giving programme and overseeing the thanking process for individual donors.

Create, plan, deliver and evaluate multichannel, compliant, insight-led, supporter-centric campaigns to engage and drive action from new and existing supporters.

Use your stewardship skills to guide, support and retain donors by demonstrating an in-depth knowledge of the donor journey and experience of developing an effective stewardship strategy.

Work with the Senior Communications and PR Officer to migrate to a new CRM system.

Assist with the creation of engaging marketing materials targeting potential and existing donors, including digital and social content and printed publications.

Develop and promote the charity’s payroll and legacy giving.

Help to plan and produce regular newsletters to current donors.

Help ensure that we comply with legal and compliance requirements including industry best practice, GDPR/PECR regulations and the CIOF code of Fundraising Practice.

Encourage individuals and businesses to fundraise for The Winchester Beacon.

Support local organisations and individuals in their fundraising including the provision of marketing materials, donation information and attending the events when possible.

Work with the Senior Communications and PR Officer and Volunteer Co-ordinator to train volunteers as Community Champions to attend local fundraising events.

Explore awareness-raising event opportunities in the local community that The Winchester Beacon could be involved in to attract new supporters.

Host and organise corporate volunteer days with the Operations Manager and Senior Communications and PR Officer.

PLEASE NOTE, ANY CV’S SENT DIRECTLY TO THE WINCHESTER BEACON WILL BE FORWARDED TO ASPIRE JOBS

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£20k - £30k per annum