Community Fundraising Executive

The Air Ambulance Service; Dethick; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced annual leave

Enhanced sick pay

Life assurance

Blue Light Card eligibility

Employee Assistance Programme

EDI networks access

Job summary

The Air Ambulance Service is seeking a Community Fundraising Executive to grow awareness and drive regional fundraising income. You will build relationships with community groups, volunteers and supporters to create new income streams.

You will recruit fundraising groups in your patch, manage donor databases, and work with the Supporter Care team to deliver a consistent donor journey while aiming to exceed income targets.

Qualifications

• Identify new opportunities and leads within the region to generate income.
• Recruit and steward community fundraising groups in your patch.
• Develop and leverage relationships to maximise income for the charity.
• Present to local organisations and groups within the region.
• Manage the database to ensure accurate reporting.
• Collaborate with Supporter Care to create a consistent donor journey.

Responsibilities

• Grow community awareness of the charity and drive fundraising activity across the region.
• Develop relationships with community groups, volunteers and supporters to generate funding.
• Identify new opportunities and leads within the region for income streams.
• Present to local organisations and groups within the region.
• Meet and exceed income targets by building relationships with individuals, businesses and communities.

Skills

Fundraising

Relationship building

Networking

Communication

Donor stewardship

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

Are you looking for a role where every conversation can make a difference? Ready to empower supporters, grow fundraising income, and strengthen community connections? We're on the lookout for a Community Fundraising Executive to support the Fundraising Team. If you are passionate about fundraising, and thrive at the prospect of raising funds for a charity that saves lives, then this could be the perfect role for you.

What We Offer:

• Enhanced annual leave, with even more added as your service grows
• Additional annual leave purchase options
• Enhanced sick pay
• Life assurance
• Blue Light Card eligibility and access to generous discount schemes
• A supportive, purpose-driven team
• Access to our comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
• As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, our people are encouraged to get involved in our internal EDI networks. Want to find out more? visit our website www.theairambulanceservice.org.uk.

What You'll Be Doing:

The role is responsible for growing community awareness of the charity and driving fundraising activity across the region to meet income targets by proactively seeking out creating new opportunities and relationships. The key areas of activity the role is responsible for include generating and building relationships with community groups, organisations, volunteers and supporters, identifying new opportunities and leads within the region that will generate new income streams for the charity, and presenting to local organisations and groups within the region.

What We're Looking For:

• Identify new opportunities and leads within the region that will generate new income streams for the charity.
• Recruit and steward community fundraising groups in your geographical patch.
• Develop and leverage existing relationships within the defined region to maximise income for the charity.
• Build relationships with volunteers in the region to support income generation targets.
• Present to local organisations and groups within the region.
• Manage the database effectively to ensure access to accurate and robust reporting.
• Work with the wider Supporter care team to create a consistent supporter journey across the function.
• Meet and exceed stretching income targets by creating opportunities through building relationships with individuals, businesses, and communities in the region.

Compliance Responsibilities

In addition to specific compliance requirements within your area of expertise, you also hold responsibility in your specialism for:

• Health & Safety and Environment
• Safeguarding
• Data Protection
• Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
• Quality

You are expected and encouraged to raise and escalate appropriately any potential breaches or areas for improvement regarding the above.

TAAS is an inclusive working environment where Equality, Diversity and Human Rights are guiding principles, individuals are respected and a value of having a diverse workforce is recognised.