Community Fundraising Executive

**Region**
London
**Vacancy Type**
Permanent/Full Time
**Job Summary**
**Community Fundraising Executive**
**£31,342 per annum**
**Permanent**
**Full-time (37.5 hours per week)**
**Based at our London Bridge office and remote working**

**What the job involves**
Our high performing Events and Community Fundraising team raises funds through a range of fundraising activities such as Sporting Events (Third party and bespoke), ‘organise your own activity’ (Community) across walking, golf, treks and cycle rides, in addition to a collection of charity-owned products developed in-house - The Month Series and the Big Golf Race.
We are looking for a dedicated individual to join our established, experienced and successful community fundraising team. As a team, we work hard to combine our strengths and motivate each other. We’re enthusiastic, open, supportive and driven. We’re looking for someone who shares our passion to achieve success.
You will be a customer-focused individual who has a talent for cultivating relationships and have an eye for spotting new opportunities. You will also be a pro-active individual who has the drive to grow and develop particular income areas.
To do this, you’ll have first class relationship building skills, excellent writing skills and the ability to truly connect with supporters through emotive and compelling interactions - both verbal and written. You’ll be working with supporters over the phone, online, face-to-face and in writing. You will help donors receive the ultimate supporter journey and the get the absolute most out of their fundraising experience.
You’ll also contribute significantly to identifying new trends and testing ways to grow engagement and understanding of our supporters. You’ll work with your manager to develop and deliver our plans.
You will have the energy and passion to provide crucial input to this sector-leading team. This is a fantastic opportunity for the right person to grow, develop and gain valuable skills and experience in a fundraising role within a progressive and innovative organisation. You will be part of a passionate team fighting to stop prostate cancer from being a killer.

**What we want from you**
This is an exciting opportunity for a bright, personable, and enthusiastic individual to really make their mark. You’ll ideally have a solid community fundraising background to enable you to hit the ground running. We want you to make the most of the opportunities given to you to flex your creative side whilst still delivering on the day-to-day practices, and to enable to the team to grow and be efficient. You’ll be joining a fun and experienced team who’ll help you grow your strengths and support your development.

**Why work for us?**
We’re here to stop prostate cancer killing men and damaging bodies and lives. We unite the brightest minds in science and healthcare and the most passionate and caring people to help men live long and live well. As the number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer continues to rise, we continue to make advances in research to focus on radical improvements in diagnosis, treatment and support so that we can build a future where lives are not limited by prostate cancer.
Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we fight for a better future for men.

**What we offer**
Join our team and you’ll be working at an award-winning charity that will support you to develop your skills and expertise. We’re particularly proud of our agile working arrangements which allow (as appropriate to the role) for flexibility around where and when we carry out our work to ensure we can achieve the best results for the charity, at the same time as balancing our working lives with life’s other commitments

We also offer a competitive benefits package including generous leave entitlements, season ticket loans, a cycle to work scheme, an enhanced contributory pension scheme, life insurance and group income protection as well as a Health Cash Plan and free advice and support on pretty much anything via our Employee Assistance Programme.

**Our commitment**
Our teams, supporters, partners, and those living with prostate cancer, come from all walks of life. We draw upon the difference in who we are, what we’ve experienced and how we think to build a future where lives are not limited by prostate cancer. Not only is it the right thing to do, it makes our charity stronger and helps us reach more people. If you share our ambition we would love to hear from you.

**Next steps**

**Interviews**:By arrangement.
Prostate Cancer UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1005541) and in Scotland (SC039332). Registered company number 02653887.