Events Fundraiser

Orpheus; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Orpheus is seeking a driven Events Fundraiser to create and manage engaging fundraising events that enhance supporter connections and boost charitable income. This role requires excellent communication and organizational skills, with a focus on planning events from concept to execution, in a supportive charity environment.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Enhanced pension contributions

Employment Assistant Program (EAP)

Paid days off for dependants

Free staff lunches

Qualifications

• At least 2 years experience in fundraising or events.
• Experience in planning and managing events.
• Ability to work unsocial hours and manage a diverse workload.

Responsibilities

• Develop, coordinate, and deliver charity fundraising events.
• Design and deliver events for key contacts related to the Capital Appeal.
• Manage a range of tasks with minimal supervision.

Skills

Communication

Organisational

Interpersonal

Attention to detail

Networking

Education

5 GCSEs Grade C or above including Maths and English

Tools

Microsoft Office

Email

Data recording

Job description

Do you have excellent communication, organisational and interpersonalskills? Do you enjoy interacting with supporters and building lastingrelationships?

Based inSurrey, the Orpheus Centre is an independent specialist college and charitythat focuses on developing independence skills through performing and visualarts and makes dramatic improvements to young disabled adults’ lives. We are currently looking for a driven and pro-active Events Fundraiser to develop, coordinate and deliver the charity’sfundraising events and orchestrate experiences from initial concept to postevent analysis. This includes pre-event planning and development, conceptdevelopment and proposal.

Working closely with the Head of CapitalAppeal and Senior Philanthropy and Partnerships Manager, you will design anddeliver events which steward and develop key contacts as part of our CapitalAppeal.

The role holder will have strong administration skills, attention todetail and work as part of a team. Youwill be self-motivated and able to work with little supervision, managing awide range of tasks.

35 hours per week / 52 weeks per year

Excellent benefits include (butnot limited to) 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, enhanced pensioncontributions, Employment Assistant Program (EAP) paid days off for dependants,bereavement leave, death in service, free staff lunches and training anddevelopment opportunities.

Essentialqualifications, knowledge and experience:

• 5 GCSEs(Grade C or above) or equivalent including Maths and English OR demonstrableliteracy and numeracy
• Willing toundertake training as required and identified in supervision/appraisals
• At least2yrs experience of fundraising, marketing or events in a paid or voluntarycapacity
• Has workedas part of a team
• Has setand worked to budgets, targets and plans
• Practicalexperience of planning and managing events
• Experiencecoordinating projects and people
• Knowledgeof different methods of fundraising
• Awarenessof how to motivate and support volunteers and supporters
• Basicawareness of PR and social media
• Goodcommunication and presentation skills
• Highlevels of accuracy in written materials and data entry
• Excellentorganisational skills with ability to work on own initiative under pressure& without direct supervision
• Excellentinterpersonal and networking skills
• Able tobuild and maintain good working relationships with people
• Able toprioritise, plan and organise own workload including demonstrable experience ofmanaging a diverse workload and working to strict deadlines under pressure
• Numerate
• Good ITskills including Microsoft office, email and data recording
• Able andwilling to work unsocial hours
• Carowner/driver (full, clean UK driving licence)
• Able towork some evening and weekends.

Orpheusis a charity that delivers high quality services for young disabled adults. Wehave jobs for support workers, teachers, administrators and many more. Wetrain, nurture and support our staff and offer a welcoming and friendly workingenvironment. If you share our passion for changing the lives of disabledpeople, then we would love to hear from you.

Orpheus iscommitted to safeguarding and promotes the welfare of all service users. Aspart of our safer recruitment process and in line with Keeping Children Safe inEducation 2024, online searches will form part of this process. We arecommitted to the promotion of equal opportunities.

This post is classed as having a high degree of contactwith vulnerable adults and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act1974. It is therefore subject to an Enhanceddisclosure through the Disclosure Barring Service.

In order to be considered you must be eligible to work inthe UK.

For a full job description and person specification, please see below:

The Orpheus Centre is proud to be a disability confident employer.

We have made a positive commitmentto employing disabled people. Reasonable adjustments will be made to therecruitment procedure as required in consultation with the applicant to ensureno-one is disadvantaged because of their disability. If a disabled person isselected for a position, reasonable adjustments will be made to the workplace,including premises and equipment, work duties and practices or policies, asappropriate. All disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the roleas set out in the role profile and person specification will be considered forinterview.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are:

• Challenging attitudes towardsdisability
• Increasing understanding ofdisability
• Removing barriers to disabled peopleand those with long-term health conditions
• Ensuring that disabled people havethe opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspiration

At least 2yrs experience of fundraising, marketing or events in a paid or voluntary capacity; Has set and worked to budgets, targets and plans; Practical experience of planning and managing events