As part of the Community Fundraising Team, the Fundraising Assistant will provide essential support to ensure the team is well supported and the Sport Relief campaign is delivered successfully.

Key Accountabilities / Objectives

• Support the Community Fundraising Associate with multiple fundraising stewardship campaigns across the Community & Schools teams

• Work closely with the Workplace Fundraising Manager to cultivate ‘High Value’ community accounts through support with idea generation, effective stewardship, caseload management and facilitating fundraising donations

• Deliver proactive outbound communications with fundraisers in the public, as well as schools, face to face, on the phone, over e-mail, by post and confidently using our database

• Support the Community Fundraising Team to identify interesting and engaging fundraisers and stories for potential media and promotional use, and gather and store the appropriate permissions

• Undertake any appropriate work as delegated by the Community Fundraising Associate, and assist the wider team with administrative support as required

• Coordinate any School and Community Fundraising Team meetings, events and internal communications

Essential Education and Skills

• Experience of working as an administrator or assistant desired

• Experience of using MS Windows (Excel and PowerPoint) and databases

• Effective Communications, written and oral, with experience of communicating with the public in a professional setting desirable

• Strong interpersonal skills and customer care orientation

• Strong attention to detail and time management skills