Permanent (35 hours per week)
£29,394.04 per annum (London) / £26,269.74 per annum (National)
The Children's Society is currently undertaking a pay and grading review - this review is intended to improve our current approach; we are currently consulting with our recognised trade union and any changes are due to be implemented in April 2025.
Flexible location within the UK, however preference is for this role to work from our London office twice a week
The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.
This role sits within Community Mobilisation in our Social Impact domain. Our work is carried out in activity groups. As our Community Mobilisation Officer, you'll play a pivotal role in many of these groups.
This exciting role will play a vital part in driving forward mass participation activities such as challenge events, community products and DIY fundraising. Working collaboratively, you will manage key activity and build meaningful relationships with supporters to generate new levels of income for The Children's Society.
What we're looking for:
-Experience delivering mass participation activity - you have planned, managed and executed various fundraising events from start to finish, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets and income goals.
-Experience delivering stewardship journeys- you have a passion for building relationships, particularly with supporters to help them develop and maximise their support through exceptional experiences.
-Experience engaging a range of stakeholders - you have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal and understand how to inspire and motivate different audiences.
-Experience managing a busy workload with attention to detail - you are self-motivated, adaptable, can work to tight deadlines and meet your objectives successfully both as an individual and as part of a team.
Here are just some of our benefits:
-Flexible working hours: 8 to 4, 9 to 5, 10 to 6, or in between (to be agreed with your manager).
-Family-friendly policies: Including enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
-Pension: Stakeholder pension scheme: with company-matched employee contributions of up to 8%.
-'Xtras': Employee discount scheme offering a range of savings across groceries, fuel, clothing, and holidays.
-Free confidential counselling service: Available to all staff and volunteers.
-28 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays.
About us
The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.
Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.
The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.
The closing date for applications is 11:59pm on Sunday 16th February. If, after 14 days, we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy from Tuesday 11th February onwards.
Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 24th February.
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