Events & Community Fundraiser
Salary: £32,000 – £35,000 depending on experience
Location: Hybrid/ 2 days a week from Stoke Mandeville Stadium
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Annual leave: 25 days + bank holidays
Maternity allowance: Statutory
Pension: 3% employer contribution
Other benefits: Free access to Stoke Mandeville Stadium’s gym, swimming pool and fitness classes, plus free parking.
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Fundraising team at WheelPower, a friendly, close knit supportive team.
This is a varied role and the successful applicant will organise a range of events, source runners and participants for a range of third-party events including the Great North Run and help them reach their fundraising targets, identify and develop opportunities for community groups and local companies to support the charity and lead and manage our schools fundraising programme.
Reporting to the Head of Fundraising, Data & Communications, you’ll be an integral member of our fundraising team who are committed to providing an excellent supporter and donor experience.
You will be part of the wider WheelPower staff team aiming to provide disabled people with the opportunity to transform their lives through movement, activity and sport.
About You
We are looking for a friendly and organised individual with a proven track record of meeting or exceeding targets from sponsorship-based events or community fundraising along with experience of preparing activities to recruit, engage, inspire and retain supporters.
You’ll be confident at building relationships with volunteers and supporters with a keen interest in supporter care. You’ll be an engaging communicator, have excellent multi-tasking skills and attention to detail, be happy working within a team as well as on your own and have a flexible and collaborative approach to your work.
WheelPower is seeking a proven successful events and community fundraiser so that we can get more disabled people active. This is a fantastic time to join us in pursuit of our vision to transform lives through sport.
Further Information
How to Apply
Please provide a CV detailing your skills and experience and a supporting statement outlining how your experience matches the person specification and why you are the right person for the job. We recognise that some of your experience may be from unpaid roles as well as paid employment – please include any voluntary work if it helps to show why you are the right candidate for the job.
We do understand that Artificial Intelligence platforms can be a useful tool in assisting with research for an application, however we request that your supporting statement is not written using AI to ensure that your authentic voice and communication style is present.
Any personal statements found to be AI generated will be discounted and a new version requested in order to progress an application.
Please email your supporting statement and CV to info@pollysymondsonrecruitment.co.uk quoting ref: 2672
