MAIN PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE JOB To develop and manage a calendar of both MDD owned and community led events in order to maximise income and raise awareness of the charity. To support MDD volunteers in delivering their fundraising activities by ensuring best practice at all times and working closely with the Volunteer Manager to provide guidance and training to ensure compliance. To develop an effective programme of support for individuals taking part in third party challenge events in aid of MDD. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone committed, passionate and full of ideas about how to grow community fundraising at MDD. Reports to: Head of Fundraising Overall Responsibilities To deliver a range of community activities and events, maximising engagement of supporters and achieving income targets. Develop appropriate processes, procedures and guidelines to ensure that community fundraisers receive a consistently high level of support. Plan, support and deliver events and activities organised directly by MDD and promote the charity at external events. Work with Head of Fundraising on developing income and expenditure plans, with responsibility for monitoring and reporting regularly on individual event budgets and income targets. Community Engage with local communities, groups and societies, building new relationships and strengthening existing ones, to raise awareness of MDD with the objective of increasing income in line with targets Provide support, advice and encouragement to groups and individuals wishing to raise funds in aid of MDD Regularly review quality and success rates of MDD merchandise, helping to maximise sales through community events and ensuing that promotional material is distributed to volunteers and accounted for. Events Lead and develop the calendar of events, taking responsibility for the delivery and provide onsite management on the day Manage any volunteers required to support the safe delivery of all events Work alongside the Marketing and Communications Team to develop and implement plans to promote all events Challenge Events Develop and produce supporter materials and provide excellent one to one support for all event participants (individuals and teams participating in third party and / or hosted challenge activities). Working closely with the Corporate Fundraising Manager to engage with teams of corporate participants. General Administration Act as first point of contact for Fundraising Team, offering exceptional customer service to supporters. Update the Harlequin CRM database as required to ensure all information on our supporters and their activities on our behalf is as accurate and up to date as possible. Take responsibility for health and safety, events insurance, liability, safeguarding and data protection for all events, including managing risk and maintaining event data in line with legislation and data governance. Other tasks or ad hoc duties agreed with your line manager required to ensure the successful running of the charity. EXPERIENCE ESSENTIAL Experience of fundraising, preferably within a community or events team Experience of planning, organising and delivering events Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritise multiple tasks to meet deadlines. An ability to work unsupervised and within a team to demonstrate a high level of innovation Confident and self-motivated individual with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people at different levels. Enthusiastic and able to inspire people who want to raise funds for the charity A good level of competency is required in MS Office packages such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. DESIRABLE Prior experience of using CRM systems An understanding of the legal obligations of Charity Law and regulation Experience of public speaking and presenting to a diverse range of audiences PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS A full current driving license Flexibility to work evenings and weekends You will be required to have a criminal record check carried out by the Disclosure & Barring (DBS) when you first join the charity and at regular intervals thereafter. Comfortable with dogs in the workplace/office