Fundraiser

_**JOB DESCRIPTION**_

**JOB IDENTIFICATION**

Job Title: Community, Corporate & Events Fundraiser

Responsible to: Community, Corporate & Events Manager

Department(s): Fundraising and Supporter Relations

**Salary**: £26,000 per annum

**JOB PURPOSE**

To inspire the communities of Renfrewshire and adjoining North Ayrshire to support the Hospice.

Working collaboratively with the Community, Corporate and Events Manager and the wider income generation team to secure the much-needed income for the Charity.

Building relationships, coordinating events, supporting fundraising initiatives and implement new ideas, as well as working with local businesses and developing Charity of the Year partnerships

Building and sustaining our supporter base and provide excellent stewardship at all times.

To always be a St Vincent’s Hospice ambassador creating the best brand experience at point-of-sale.

**DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE**

**Community Fundraising**
- Develop ways to recognise and encourage those who already support the hospice
- Motivate and encourage new and existing supporters with their fundraising activities and goals and seek to re-engage lapsed supporters
- Identify and develop fundraising opportunities with local groups and associations e.g. clubs, schools, businesses
- Undertake an on-going programme of talks, both in person and virtual which will raise the charity’s profile and ensuring that the breadth and importance of the organisations work is effectively conveyed to key target audiences

**Corporate (and organisational)**
- To be responsible for maintaining the prospect pipeline, ensuring information is accurate and up to date and risks to the pipeline are flagged
- To manage smaller corporate/organisational partnerships and provide excellent stewardship, using innovative ways to keep all parties engaged and informed
- Support corporate/organisational partners in their fundraising endeavours as well as signposting to existing opportunities within the wider income generation team

**Events**
- Implement, deliver, and manage a selection of St Vincent’s Hospice fundraising events
- Build on existing events, thinking creatively to develop innovative ideas and new opportunities
- Prepare and agree event budgets and annual programme with Community, Corporate and Events Manager
- Review all events and expenditure against budgets
- Maintain detailed records of events including relevant feedback to promote continuous improvement
- Support and maximise all third party led event and challenge fundraising initiatives.
- Proactively approach past third party fundraisers to encourage repeat fundraising
- Develop and implement an effective marketing plan to actively promote both hospice and third party events across existing and new potential supporters to maximise event participation

**Information Management**
- Take responsibility for ensuring that supporter data is maintained on the organisational database Raiser’s Edge, in line with GDPR best practice
- In conjunction with the Community, Corporate & Events Manager establish appropriate means of monitoring and evaluating activity

**General**
- There will be a requirement to work some evenings and weekends supporting and developing community fundraising initiatives and events, attending donor meetings, supporting and attending events
- Occasionally working alone, in charge or with assistance, at out-of-hours activities.
- Have a flexibility to work on own initiative as well as with other team members and volunteers.
- Work with volunteers, including delegating and supervising tasks and managing their time
- Take responsibility for all administration associated with key tasks, monitoring any work delegated
- Work proactively across the organisation through business partnering to keep abreast of new developments within the hospice and new funding opportunities
- Assist with other specific projects, as detailed by the Community, Corporate and Events Manager
- Confident in pitching and presenting to a wide range of audiences such as groups and associations, corporates and schools.
- Travel within the local community area where required in the performance of the role, when leading on a project, or for training activities and meetings
- Undertake such other duties a may be reasonably allocated by the Community, Corporate and Events Manager, Director of Fundraising and Supporter Relations

**ROLE OF ORGANISATION**

**Our Vision**

St. Vincent’s Hospice is a charitable organisation at the heart of the community, offering specialist care and services to all those affected by life-shortening illness; we are known as “the little hospice with the big heart”.

Care for all is at the heart of everything we do. We achieve this by:

- Being passionate about delivering high quality palliative care and support;
- Working with patients, families and those closest to them to ensure that care is right for everyone, every time;
- Having appropriately skilled teams who a