Events and Community Fundraiser

Get Jobs; Chipping Norton; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

SpecialEffect is a UK charity dedicated to helping people with severe physical challenges enjoy video games and technology. We seek a dynamic fundraiser to develop and implement a community fundraising strategy, nurture supporters, mobilise volunteers and raise vital income for our life-changing work.

The role focuses on building relationships with supporters, local groups and businesses, delivering engaging community fundraising activities, and shaping donor journeys to drive long-term

Qualifications

• Proven fundraising experience and event organisation.
• Excellent relationship-building with diverse groups.
• Understanding of the Fundraising Code of Practice.

Responsibilities

• Help organise and deliver SpecialEffect’s annual events programme.
• Lead and grow community fundraising initiatives and donor journeys.
• Build relationships with supporters, groups, and local businesses; promote campaigns.

Skills

Fundraising

Events management

Relationship building

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

SpecialEffect is an award-winning UK charity that exists to help people with severe physical challenges to get more out of life by giving them access to video games and technology. Known as The Gamers’ Charity, the games industry and gaming communities are at the heart of both our work and those who make that work possible – our invaluable supporters.

This is a truly exciting time to join SpecialEffect as we prepare to celebrate our 20th anniversary. Working closely with our Events and Community Fundraising Manager, this role will help nurture and grow our events programme, inspire supporters and raise vital income for and awareness of our life-changing work. It is also an exciting opportunity to be the driving force behind our community fundraising at SpecialEffect.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic fundraiser who will help develop and implement a community fundraising strategy, and become the face of SpecialEffect in the local area – building relationships with supporters, mobilising volunteers, and working on creative fundraising initiatives.

This role will form strong and lasting relationships with our existing community and local business supporters, with a focus on sustained engagement, retention and growth. They will also be involved in identifying and developing new community partners to ensure a reliable source of income for the future.

What you’ll be doing:

• ·Help organise and deliver SpecialEffect’s annualevents programme
• ·Lead and grow our challenge events programme
• ·Help shape and deliver a new communityfundraising strategy
• ·Build strong relationships with communitysupporters, groups and volunteers
• ·Promote events to local businesses and communityaudiences
• ·Develop and deliver engaging communityfundraising activities and events
• ·Represent SpecialEffect at networking andcommunity opportunities
• ·Design and implement donor journeys that inspirelong-term engagement
• ·Work with Marketing and Communications topromote campaigns and fundraising activities
• ·Collaborate with the Partnerships team toidentify local business opportunities and manage key handovers
• ·Ensure all activity reflects fundraisingregulations, best practice, SpecialEffect’s values and internal policies

What you’ll need:

• We’re looking for someone who brings:
• ·Proven fundraising experience, with the abilityto organise events and grow support from community groups and local businesses
• ·Excellent relationship-building skills and confidence engaging with a wide range of people
• ·The ability to build trusted relationships with colleagues, supporters and key stakeholders
• ·A collaborative, adaptable approach and the confidence to support change
• ·A good understanding of the Code of FundraisingPractice
• ·Genuine enthusiasm for SpecialEffect’s mission and the impact of our work

To learn more about SpecialEffect, visit www.specialeffect.org.uk.

SpecialEffect is committed to valuing diversity and inclusion through seeking to embrace and celebrate the unique differences employees offer. We have zero tolerance towards any form of discrimination against any person on any grounds, including all candidates that apply to our vacancies.

We are a disability confident employer; please let us know if you need to make your application in a different format. If you are selected to attend an interview,we will ask you if we need to make reasonable adjustments as part of theinterview process

SpecialEffect permits reviewing the social media profiles of candidates for recruitment purposes. Checks will be carried out in accordance with the Charity’s policies.

NB. SpecialEffect will start interviewing applicants immediately and reserves the right to close this vacancy early should the right candidate be found, so we encourage anyone interested in the role to apply as soon as possible to be considered for shortlisting.