Community Fundraiser

**About the Charity**:
St. George’s Crypt is Christian Charity in the city of Leeds providing shelter and support and working with the homeless, the vulnerable and those living with addiction. Our aim is to provide a safe environment with physical, emotional and religious support for those who suffered abuse, suffer from addiction or who are homeless.

**About Our Employees**:
The twin objectives of St George’s Crypt are to pursue the promotion of Christian evangelism and relieve hardship among disadvantaged people. Therefore, it is key for the employees of the Crypt to be pursuing this throughout the whole of their job role and in their personal life. This will usually be evidenced by current involvement in the life of a Christian community. As an expression of their faith and commitment, it is hoped that all our employees are willing to be involved in the activities organised as fundraising and support events within churches and organisations that support our work.

**Safeguarding Responsibilities**:
Ø Enforcing the company’s safeguarding policy.

Ø Being alert to and recognising welfare issues, being sure to challenge poor practice.

Ø Sharing appropriate information with relevant people.

Ø Continually working with the families of residents and service users, sharing information and contributing to plans if a concern is investigated.

Ø Ensuring that all staff having contact with children, vulnerable adults and/or their families have received appropriate training on safeguarding issues.

Ø To Understand and implement working practices set by the Safeguarding Adults and Children Board.

Ø To understand and implement working standards set by the domestic violence and abuse quality mark documentation.

**Charity Wide Responsibilities**:
Ø Participate in the daily prayer life of the Charity.

Ø Recognising the holistic needs of all service users and in accordance with the Trust Deed and affirm the spiritual needs of clients in their situations and either respond directly or refer as appropriate.

Ø As an expression of their Christian faith and commitment, it is hoped that all our employees are willing to be involved in the activities of the churches and organizations that support the work.

Ø Due to the nature of the role and the workplace, the post holder must be over 18 years of age.

Ø Attend training courses and conferences in order to maintain personal development as agreed with Line Manager.

The tasks and responsibilities listed above are not exhaustive and maybe amended according to the needs of the Charity. Employees are expected to work flexibly in responding to external and internal initiatives to support the needs of the Charity.

**Job Purpose**:
This role is an integral part of the Fundraising team and contributes directly to the long-term income generation strategy of the charity.

Your job is to deliver agreed income targets across the community of Leeds. Working effectively as part of a fundraising team to creatively inspire financial support for the Crypt. Increase the Charity’s profile within the local community of Leeds by executing and forming a variety of community partnerships which would cover; Schools, Churches, Festivals, Food Drives, Supermarket relationships, and Youth Groups which will contribute directly into feeding the homeless and vulnerable of Leeds. This list is not exhaustive, and we are looking for creativity around engaging the local community of Leeds securing any new initiatives.

**Key Job Role Responsibilities and Main Tasks**:
VOLUNTEER GROUPS: To work with the Charity’s Volunteer Coordinator to proactively recruit and retain Fundraising Volunteer Groups, that will feed into the general fundraising team.

PROACTIVE: Identify new fundraising opportunities and initiatives in the community whilst continuing to uphold existing relationships. Motivate and inspire individuals and groups organising events or activities on behalf of St George’s Crypt

DATA MANAGEMENT: Meticulously maintaining accurate records of donor interactions and contributions using the fundraising database (currently Harlequin). Ensuring the highest level of data integrity, confidentiality and accuracy is applied.

AMBASSADOR: Develop relationships with community networks, ensuring any new networks are identified to maximise fundraising events and opportunities, including proactively approaching groups and associations to fundraise for the Charity and support them with their fundraising activity.

COLLABORATION: Collaborate with all internal departments and volunteers ensuring the Charity maximises cross-departmental opportunities for fundraising, specifically the Nurture and Health and Wellbeing departments.

RESEARCH: Utilise databases including the review of past community fundraising events to encourage repeat fundraising. Conduct relevant research to support the Charity community events fundraising strategy.

EVENTS: Lead the organisation of existing annual community even