Fundraising Coordinator

**We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion**

Your potential to learn and grow in the role is important to us. If you know that you would be an asset to our fundraising team we want to hear from you even if your CV isn’t a 100% match with the job description. We nurture our work culture, creating a community that is safe, open, inclusive, and where all team members are valued and feel a sense of belonging.

**Job context and purpose**

We are looking for a compassionate and creative human to become an essential part of our Fundraising team, supporting us in achieving our fundraising strategy and financial targets. They will be passionate about building trusting and meaningful relationships which generate and grow income and committed to telling the story of how youth work changes lives.

Our work is intentional and impactful, and you will need to be confident working and communicating with a lot of people and a lot of different kinds of people. Being self-aware and emotionally attuned will help with this.

Fundraising is human oriented and often reactive. We enjoy a high degree of flexibility and variety in our work. You will have projects of your own to manage autonomously, and regular space to voice what work you would most like to be involved with. Therefore, we are looking for someone with great time management and problem solving skills.

As a team we are excited about our work. Sometimes we have crunch periods, and we need someone who is willing to roll up their sleeves and be proactive and accountable, however we do not typically work over our contracted hours. We deeply value work life balance and support all members of the team to feel fulfilled in their role and ensure that their life outside of work is equally a priority. Time off in lieu will be arranged for any evening or weekend work and we expect and plan for all members of the team to fully utilise and enjoy their annual leave.

You will be reporting to our Fundraising Manager who has over 20 years of international revenue generation experience, and is a supportive and expressive manager. Good work in this role looks like work that is aligned with our strategic objectives, well prioritised, communicated to the necessary people, and includes time to learn and train. We will value and celebrate your creativity, the care and pride that you take in your work, and how you remain balanced in the workplace.

The Innovation & Growth Team, which includes marketing, communications, and content generation functions, works across the entire organisation and is led by our Director and Deputy CEO who has two decades of experience in the voluntary sector and is an energising and kind figure. Our team is committed to role-modelling to ourselves, each other, and young people the very best versions of ourselves and the very best work that we can deliver, which creates positive outcomes for young people.

This is a great opportunity to work across a wide range of fundraising projects within a group that values the contributions, ideas, and wellbeing of each member of our team.

**Responsibilities & objectives**
- To develop into an essential point of contact for Oxfordshire Youth’s fundraising function and Innovation & Growth team

○ Building relationships with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders

○ A strong story teller able to communicate passionately and persuasively in writing, verbally, via reports, and presentations

○ Collaborate with marketing, communications, youth led content, Youth Development and YPSA programme leads

○ Exercise good judgement

○ Be comfortable talking about money and handling sensitive information and situations with discretion
- To increase the efficiency and accuracy of Oxfordshire Youth’s donor stewardship capabilities

○ Collaborating on improvements to administrative systems, operations, processes, and policies

○ Taking ownership of ensuring that pledges, donations, payments, gift aid, thanking messages, impact statements, and other touchpoints are actioned and recorded in a detail oriented, thorough, reliable, and timely fashion
- Successfully manage a mixed fundraising portfolio, with training and support given as required

○ Community fundraising

○ Individual giving

○ In-kind donations

○ Support the Fundraising Manager in implementing Oxfordshire Youth’s corporate fundraising strategy

○ Feed in to target setting and opportunity and risk assessments

○ In time, meet and exceed your individual fundraising targets
- Support the delivery of donor-centred events in conjunction with the Fundraising Manager and our Events team, for example:
○ Private dinners

○ Challenge events like the Oxford Half Marathon

○ Connecting young people with positive activities made possible by our kind partners and donors such as trips to Blenheim Palace and the Cotswold Wildlife Park

**Our Culture**

Everyone at Oxfordshire Youth agrees to:

- Attend meetings reliably and p