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Location: The Lighthouse, Woking, Surrey GU21 6BG
Hours: Flexible, 30 – 37.5 hours per week
Reporting to: The Lighthouse Directors
Salary: £26,000 - £30,000 FTE per annum (dependent on experience)
Leave: 25 days FTE
About us
Emmaus Transformation Trust is a local charity, working in the community to support the residents of Woking, Guildford, and Aldershot. The charity works from buildings we call Lighthouses. Each Lighthouse is a vibrant hub that hosts a range of free projects to support, encourage and empower anyone in our community who may find themselves in need.
This is an exciting time of growth for the charity. We are looking for a dynamic and confident Fundraising Officer to coordinate and help to grow our fundraising function and income streams.
About the role
The role will report into the Lighthouse Directors and will work alongside Lighthouse managers, project leaders and external fundraising consultants.
The full responsibilities can be found in the job outline, some key responsibilities are:
* Be the first point of response for community fundraising queries, ensuring that all communications are responded to in a timely and appropriate way.
* Coordinate community fundraising activities, developing an annual rhythm of fundraising events, and providing support to individuals and organisations who would like to fundraise on our behalf.
* Support, develop and supervise volunteer Fundraising Champions.
* Run a minimum of two appeals/campaigns a year, including communications, publicity, and engaging with local individuals, businesses and organisations.
* Grow the number of regular givers and support the growth of legacy pledges, through appeals and communications.
* Accurately input information and data on the CRM database.
* Support two fundraising consultants, providing information and assistance where needed.
About you
We are looking for candidates with:
* Experience in a similar role, or a complementary role such as business development.
* Experience and proven ability to lead and develop volunteers.
* An ability to confidently network, speak to groups and deliver presentations.
* Strong communication skills, in person and in writing.
* Confidence to take initiative, be resourceful and make decisions.
* Organised and efficient, with excellent attention to detail.
* Able to work occasional planned evening and weekends to support community events and fundraisers.
* Familiarity with Surrey and North East Hampshire and able to travel in these areas as required.
* An understanding of fundraising good practice and GDPR.
* The Lighthouse is a charity built with a Christian ethos and values. The consultant doesn’t need to share this faith, but they should support the charity’s values within their Fundraising Officer role.
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