Join Our Fundraising Team and Make a Difference! At Dorothy House we work to ensure that everyone in our community with a life-limiting illness has access to the best possible end of life care for free when and where it is needed the most. Without the generous donations from our supporters, our care and services would not be possible. "Giving is not just about making a donation, it's about making a difference." - Kathy Calvin An exciting opportunity has arisen at Dorothy House for an enthusiastic, motivated, and relationship-driven individual to join our passionate and incredible Fundraising Team as a Challenge and Events Fundraiser CHALLENGE AND EVENTS FUNDRAISER | £35,000 - £38,000 per annum Working closely with the Relationship Fundraising Lead you will be responsible for developing our award-winning event portfolio, including our growing set of challenge activities. Developing and delivering events and challenges is critical to ensuring we are maximising our community engagement and delivering vital income. As our Challenge and Events Fundraiser, you will: Plan, support and deliver events and activities organised directly by the organisation (including overseeing volunteers) and encourage participation in events organised externally. Support, encourage and maximise all Dorothy House led fundraising activities, ensuring they are all correctly branded, well marketed and reach full fundraising potential for income generation and brand awareness. To ensure that all external activities are warmly recognised, acknowledged and thanked in accordance to the Dorothy House process. To ensure that all income and expenditure is correctly accounted for and all cash handled in accordance with the Hospice's procedures and to ensure that all fundraising activity is legal, ethical and conducted to the highest possible standards. See our full detailed Job Description on our website for more information. HOURS OF WORK This is Full Time working 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, with occasional evenings or weekends required), with Hybrid working opportunities available. ABOUT YOU Essential requirements: Good standard of English and Maths. Confident using databases and Microsoft Office tools to generate and present reports Previous fundraising or sales experience A passionate leader, able to motivate and lead by example Excellent organisational skills. Results driven with a creative and innovative approach to problem solving Full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle* * due to the community responsibilities of the role. Regularly traveling door to door of local businesses or to events. In some cases outside of public transport times and areas. Desirable requirements: Experience in working towards and delivering revenue targets Experience of working with volunteers In return you will be supported in post to grow and develop your career! You will be encouraged to offer ideas and innovation to deepen supporter engagement and you will receive a competitive remuneration package, all whilst knowing that you are helping to really make a difference. ABOUT THE BENEFITS Dorothy House is an incredible place to work; these are just a few of our benefits that we offer to our staff: 25 days plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service. Plus, the additional ability to buy or sell up to 5 days holiday each year! Excellent training and development from day one, to support and grow you through your career! Pension with Life Assurance. Colleague discount across our 30 retail stores. 45p per mile for work travel. Mindful Employer Plus Charter - supporting our colleagues with access to impartial, confidential advice when you need it most. If this sounds like your ideal job, then we'd love to see your application. Please note that our vacancies can close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. We therefore encourage early submission of your application .