Challenge and Community Executive, Global’s Make

Challenge and Community Executive, Global’s Make Some Noise

**We are Global's Make Some Noise - the official charity of Global, the Media & Entertainment Group**

Global’s Make Some Noise is a national charity that improves the lives of disadvantaged people across the UK. We believe everyone deserves to feel safe, feel well, feel included and feel prepared. We work across four key areas: providing shelter and safety, supporting physical and mental health, preventing isolation and improving life skills.

We harness the power and reach of Global, the Media & Entertainment Group to raise money and awareness for small and local charities across the UK that are supporting disadvantaged people in our communities.

**Reporting of the role**

This role is positioned in the fundraising team, who are targeted to raise income across Make Some Noise’s and Global’s platforms and partners.

Global’s Make Some Noise is part of Global Goodness, harnessing the power and reach of our brands to support small charities across the UK, raising vital funds and awareness to help the people who need it most in our communities.

**Overview of job**

This is an opportunity for an enthusiastic fundraiser to expand skills by working on various fundraising activities, engaging communities across the UK to fundraise for brilliant causes. The shape of the role will evolve across the year according to our external and internal campaign priorities.

**3 best things about the job**
- You’ll get to use your skills to make a positive difference, working with good causes and great people from charities across the UK
- You get to work closely with people right across the business, through managing Global’s passionate group of charity champions (‘Noise Makers’) - helping them to plan and implement numerous fun internal fundraising activities and events for Make Some Noise.
- You’ll have the opportunity to develop a variety of fundraising and community stewardship skills through creativity and innovative thinking.

**Measures of success - In the first few months, you would have**:

- Recruited and stewarded participants through challenge events such as the London Marathon and Ride London, supporting participants to reach their fundraising goals.
- Proactively research and pitch new fundraising opportunities to the team within the community and challenge space.
- Began discussion about the coordination and project management of all staff fundraising activities for ‘Make Some Noise Day’- the biggest day of the year for Global’s staff.

**Responsibilities of the role**
- Be a point of contact for all challenge participants and community fundraisers.
- Provide exceptional stewardship support and execute creative fundraising ideas to help participants reach their fullest potential.
- Work with fundraising platforms to create automated workflows and streamlined user journey.
- Lead the ‘Noise Makers’ to deliver Global’s staff income target by helping to implement a variety of exciting and lucrative fundraising activities in all Global’s offices across the UK
- Be the dedicated point of contact with Global’s People & Culture (HR) team to deliver internal fundraising operations relating to Make Some Noise Day.
- Work with the marketing team to design and deliver first-rate supporter care and resources for activities.
- Ensure accurate records are maintained on our fundraising databases, and assist with account administration including invoices, payments, contracts, processes and reporting.
- Write-up post-project reports and analysis, suggesting areas of improvement.
- Manage budgets, looking for efficiencies and proactively spotting fundraising opportunities.
- Oversee quarterly invoicing and stewardship of community recycling partners.
- Support with stewardship of partners and high-value-supporters, such as co-ordinating gift-in-kind donations, volunteering opportunities and studio tours for VIP guests.
- Identify, propose and develop fundraising opportunities within defined communities, such as schools and universities.
- Provide colleagues with ad-hoc administrative support, such as responding to enquiries, minute-taking, invoicing, contracts and stocktakes, and support with prizes, event materials and marketing assets.

**What you will need**
- ** Background**:Experience of challenge events or community fundraising - ideally in a charity, media or client-focused environment.
- ** Planning**:You’ll be highly organised, with demonstrable experience of working under pressure, often to tight deadlines.
- ** Community**: You’ll be able to exercise empathy, patience and consistency when dealing with supporters.
- ** Attention to detail**: An excellent level of literacy is crucial, along with an error-free ethic, double checking your work and eliminating mistakes and typos before sending on.
- ** Systems**: Ideally, you’ll have experience using online fundraising platforms (e.g. Just Giving and Enthuse) and will