Community Fundraiser and Communications Officer

**CAIRNS COUNSELLING SERVICE**
**Job Title: Community Fundraising and Communications Officer**

**Location**: Office based, Migvie House. Remote, Flexible as required.

**Reports to**:Office Manager

**Direct Report(s)**:none

**Hours of Work: 15 **hours per week **(0.4 fte)**

There may be an element of flexible working in the role, and a requirement to work additional hours from time to time.

**Salary: £24,000 pro rata**

**Purpose**: To be the main person responsible for community fundraising and overseeing communications to the public and stakeholders in order to increase awareness of the work of Cairns Counselling. Fundraising is centred around building the profile of the charity, building links with individuals and local organisations. The postholder will coordinate community events to raise vital funds and support for our work in the community.

**Are you our next Community Fundraising & Communications Officer?**
- Do you have experience in community fundraising or a related role (sales, customer relations) and communications?
- Do you thrive in small teams where you can work with colleagues to co-ordinate a variety of projects and campaigns?
- Are you passionate about tackling issues around mental health?

If so, then you might be just the person we are looking for to join our small and ambitious team.

**About Cairns Counselling**:
Cairns registered as a trust with OSCR* in 1994 and became a SCIO** in 2014. We were established to provide emotional support to adults in need, and our service has grown from humble beginnings to the present day where we provide counselling 6 days a week, including two evenings. We are proud to have been given the Queens Award for Voluntary service in 2016. As a well-established service, we are trusted by many professionals and have a long history of enabling change for individuals.
Our strategy is to grow the service further, which in turn has an impact on our costs and fundraising strategy. As part of that strategy, we are seeking an individual to develop community fundraising, recruit volunteer fundraisers and deliver a communications plan for the service, its clients, and stakeholders.
This is an exciting phase of Cairns’ development, where you will work as part of a small team, all working towards the increased availability of counselling to those in need in Aberdeen city and shire.

**Main Tasks, Duties and Responsibilities**

**Digital Fundraising**:oversee community fundraising digital portals ensuring the appeals posted are accurate and representative of the work of Cairns Counselling as a charity. To be the main point of contact for members of the public and other stakeholders in relation to any queries and community fundraising appeals.

**Regular Giving Fundraising** - to collate details on regular donations and provide updates to regular community donors through fundraising updates, regular newsletters, and social media updates (at present our media presence is via Linkedin).

**Fundraising events - **to organise, promote and support a variety of fundraising events throughout the year to maximise community support for our fundraising. To evaluate all fundraising events to ensure they are producing a good return on investment for the time put into the events.

**Communications **- to be the lead responsible person for an e-newsletter for supporters, clients, volunteers, and trustees to raise awareness of the work undertaken by Cairns Counselling. To support volunteers in developing the content needed to ensure communications are reflective of the work being undertaken. To take a lead on managing content for social media and ensuring that Cairns Counselling is able to grow engagement with the local community and volunteers. Ensure consistency of communication across the service as a whole to ensure all projects and activity reflect the same ethos.

**Fundraising Volunteers **- recruit and supervise fundraising volunteers and provide induction and training to utilise and develop their skills. Undertake regular supervision of volunteers working in the communications and fundraising area.

**Marketing** - using feedback from service users via administrative staff and counsellors, engage with clients who may be suitable for a testimonial for Cairns Counselling to demonstrate the difference we are making to peoples’ lives for our reporting to funders and Annual Report etc. To assist in development of marketing materials with an eye to detail and seek competitive quotes for materials needed from printers.

**Training** - to take part in training as required for the post. To work with your line manager to identify strengths and weaknesses and develop a training plan to ensure you excel in this work.

**Administration** - collating receipts for any spending associated with the role and passing them for payment to the administrative staff. Follow the cash handling policy in managing funds received at events. To maintain access to the building when other staff ar