Salary: £28,700 Hours: 37.5 hours Responsible to: Senior Regional Fundraiser Benefits: Entry into Peoples Pension, death in service benefit (3 x salary), out of pocket expenses, free on-site parking, free access to confidential and extensive wellbeing support, generous holiday entitlement (26 days plus bank holidays rising to 31 days after 5 years for a full time employee, pro rata for part time), day off for your birthday!, free tea / coffee, sight tests and flu jabs and excellent learning and development opportunities. OVERVIEW OF ROLE Confident, outgoing and looking to put your talents to good use? This could be the role for you! This year, we have to raise over 80% of the £6.5 million we need to fund our vital work ourselves. Which means that our local community – the people, groups and organisations who support us by fundraising, holding events, volunteering and raising awareness – are vital to enable us to care for children with life-shortening conditions and their families across West Yorkshire. And that’s where you come in. Covering the south of Leeds, you’ll build strong and long-lasting relationships with local organisations, groups, schools and individuals and support them to raise money for our charity. Managing your own time and diary, you'll be out and about encouraging donations, getting people involved in an activity or a challenge, helping a group organise their own fundraising, gaining sponsorship for an event or working with volunteers to man stalls or collect shoppers’ spare change. Previous fundraising experience is welcome, but not essential as we can help you develop those skills. What is essential is that you’re self-motivated and driven, someone who will embrace the opportunity to meet new people and build positive relationships that will help us raise the funds we need and help our supporters get the most from their involvement with us. If you're bold, up for a challenge and excited by the chance to build a network of supporters who are just as passionate as you about making a real difference to children and families living locally, then we want to hear from you! For an informal chat about the role, please contact Alex Chanteleau 07515 574233 JOB DESCRIPTION Role Summary Our vision is to deliver pioneering care through pregnancy, childhood and loss, wherever families need us, whatever the future holds. This role supports our vision by engaging with local communities, businesses, organisations and groups to generate the funds needed to support the delivery of our services for our families. We welcome flexible and hybrid-working and while this role might require weekend and evening work at times, you’ll have the autonomy to manage your own time and activity. To find out more about working for Forget Me Not Children's Hospice please see our recruitment pack Main Duties and Key Responsibilities Generate income from a targeted part of the region, maximising all opportunities in order to grow and sustain individual, corporate and group support. Responsible for achieving agreed fundraising targets through the support and cultivation of both existing and new individual donors and supporters including volunteer led events, community groups, religious groups, businesses and local organisations. Develop a strong network of individual, community and corporate contacts to help with the development of new relationship/fundraising opportunities. Represent Forget Me Not at local events and cheque presentations utilising volunteer support where applicable. Raise awareness of the work of the hospice with the aim of securing financial support. Own, develop and drive a specialist area of fundraising in line with the income generation strategy for growth, for example schools fundraising. Build and maintain links with care team colleagues in order to articulate the work of Forget Me Not to supporters and support families who may wish to fundraise. Support the events fundraising plan, promoting ticket sales and challenge event places. Work with the corporate partnerships fundraiser to secure new business club members and move current members through the tiers, encourage other corporate support/activity and secure sponsorship for our events. Communicate effectively with supporters, utilising the database to record activity and respond promptly to donors to thank them for their support and maintain excellent relationships Work collaboratively with all members of the income generation team and nurture a culture of respect and consideration between all staff. Person specification Essential Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with ability to present to a diverse range of audiences Confident and personable with an ability to influence and persuade Able to work under pressure, managing and prioritising a busy workload Organised and able to meet deadlines and targets Excellent time management skills Excellent attention to detail IT literate including databases Full UK driving licence, access to own vehicle and willingness to travel. Desirable Previous fundraising experience Knowledge of Fundraising Codes of Practice Awareness of current trends and developments in fundraising Education / qualifications Essential Good standard of education – GCSEs minimum Desirable IoF qualification – certificate or diploma IoF Membership Skills and experience This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Equality and Diversity Please note that we are committed to equality and diversity and make the following pledge in relation to our recruitment practices; We will actively encourage and support under-represented groups to join us as employees We will always interview you if you are an applicant with disability who meets the essential requirements of the job and will provide adjustments to the recruitment process if required. We are committed to supporting part time and flexible working; we will consider part time working requests for all our roles Please click here to view our full equality, diversity and inclusion pledge