Students Unions are amazing membership organisations with unique structures and ever-changing leadership. The fundraising and partnerships coordinator will play a critical role in the SU working with a range of external partners to deliver new opportunities to our members whilst simultaneously developing new revenue opportunities for UoGSU.
The post holder will work closely with senior leaders and other departments to ensure that we maintain excellent relationships with our external partners as well as supporting the development of new partnerships.
A full job pack including more details about the role and the person specification we'll be shortlisting against is available to see via our website.
Important Dates
Closing Date: Wednesday 26th February: 17:00
Interview Date: Friday 7th March
Start Date: ASAP
Candidates are able to arrange an informal conversation with Josh Clare, Chief Executive Officer in advance of submitting an application. To arrange an informal conversation please head to our website and see the job pack for details.
You can submit your CV/application via email which is detailed in the job pack. Please note, we will not accept applications which arrive via an alternative route.
Job Details
* Job Title: Fundraising and Partnerships Coordinator
* Location: Across all of the main UoGSU sites, with a flexible working policy
* Department: Partnerships
* Reports to: CEO
* Salary: £23,060
* Contract Type: Negotiable between 0.6FTE and Full Time
* Hours: Full time, normally 9am-5pm. Some flexible hours required to meet demands of the Students Union.
* Working Days: To be negotiated with the successful candidate
* Benefits: Generous leave entitlement (including closure during Christmas period), contributory pension scheme with an employer contribution, access to discount schemes.
Main duties and responsibilities
Maintaining and developing partnerships
* To work alongside the CEO to seek out and develop new partnerships with commercial and non-commercial partners including charitable grant giving organisations/funders.
* To play an active role in researching and developing applications to charitable grant giving organisations and other potential partner organisations.
* To reach out to the wider community, enhancing the reputation of UoGSU and strengthening key relationships.
* To maintain and develop key commercial and non-commercial partnerships with external organisations (such as those who attend on site activations.)
* To lead on the development of bespoke arrangements for commercial partners to deliver the best experience for our members.
* To work with others across UoGSU to ensure that all obligations from arrangements with partners are met. This may include the scheduling of communications, data collection, facilitating of on campus visits or other similar actions.
* To create impactful and data rich reports on the work we do to share with partners and funders.
* To monitor, evaluate and improve our range of partnership opportunities to deliver quality experiences for our members and best return on investment for partners.
Student sales and internal communication
* To lead on the sale of UoG merchandise at key events such as Welcome and Graduation.
* To support the running of a suitable online shop offer.
* To lead on stock management for UoG merchandise including ordering, stock control and sales reporting for key SU events.
* To act as the first responder to inbound enquires via the SU email inbox.
To view our full job pack and person specification please visit our website.