Fundraising & Events Assistant

Based at our Head Office in Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 0BX

**Status**:Permanent

**Salary**:Band 4, £26,945 - £29,569, per annum, dependent on experience, plus 5% Outer London Fringe Allowance

**Hours**:Full-time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 16:30, hybrid, 2 days in office, 3 days at home.

**About Us**:
Combat Stress is the UK’s leading mental health charity for veterans. For over a century we’ve been helping former service personnel deal with issues like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression. Today we provide specialist treatment and support for veterans from every service and conflict, focusing on those with complex mental health issues related to their military service. We provide a range of community, outpatient and residential mental health services to veterans with complex mental health problems. We provide services in-person, and via phone and online.

**About the role**:
To support the charity’s income generation and stewardship of donors by working with the fundraising and events teams. There are a variety of annual special events that include but are not restricted to: Annual Charity Dinner, Armistice Address, Carol Service and Clay Shoot as well as Open Days, virtual events, AGM and the Secret Postcard Auction. To further support other fundraising teams in the logistics, stewardship and administration of events, activities, data management and input and donor engagement tasks.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Support the Senior Events Officer with all fundraising and stewardship events including the production, delivery, logistics and administration of our key special events
- Work with Income stream Heads, when required, to manage their donor engagement and cultivation events and activities
- Update the events section of the Combat Stress website
- Assist in researching venues and suppliers for events
- Liaise with and relationship manage external suppliers (caterers, printers, florists, venues) regarding events
- Help manage all printed materials related to events including designers, printers and advertisers
- Help source prizes for the live and silent auctions
- Raise and manage invoices as directed
- Input and manage event administration on Raiser’s Edge, always ensuring accurate records are maintained
- Attend events and assist the Senior Events Officer to ensure everything runs smoothly and all attendees at the event are well looked after. Some out of hours work is required
- Collaborate and support other fundraising teams as and where required
- As a healthcare environment, and for the health and wellbeing of our staff, veterans and visitors, we encourage everyone at Combat Stress especially professionals that are veteran facing to take up the offer to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19_

**What we offer**:
You will work within a reputable charity that is constantly evolving to meet the needs of our veterans, that has a fantastic cause and a committed follower base.

**Benefits**:

- 27 days annual leave, with an increase to 30 days annual leave upon 5 years of continuous service, plus bank holidays and an additional increase to 33 days annual leave upon 10 years continuous service, plus bank holidays.
- Competitive stakeholder pension scheme - contributions matched up to 11% of salary
- Discount shopping vouchers
- Access to the Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible working
- Access to Blue Light Card scheme
- Death in Service Scheme

Plus many more.

**How to apply**:
To apply, please upload a CV and covering letter on our recruitment portal here.

If you have been informed about the role by a current employee, please state this and the employees name in your covering letter.