Fundraising and Events Officer

Position Title:                   Fundraising and Events Officer

Responsible to:                Head of Fundraising, Development and Communications.

Salary:                               £25,000 - £28,000

Location:                           Home based

Term:                                  Full Time

Closing Date:                    30^th September 2019

Interview Date:                  8^th and 9^th October 2019

DAME KELLY HOLMES TRUST

Dame Kelly Holmes Trust is UK youth sports charity which supports 11-25-year-olds who are harder to engage in both education and in the community. We use the power of world class athletes to train and mentor young people to achieve their potential through personal, social and emotional development programmes. In partnerships nationally and locally, our programmes increase young people’s self-esteem, confidence and resilience which enables them to move into employment, become leaders within their communities, achieve in education and to improve their well-being through sport and physical activity.

Over the next 3 years, we will support at least 3,000 young people who are harder to reach, to achieve their potential. Each of these 3,000-young people, will inspire 5 more people within their community through their social action projects. 

Over the last ten years we’ve helped more than 2,300 into employment as a result of our flagship Get on Track programme and in total our programmes have generated more than £23 million in social value since 2012 London Games.

For more information on our work and the programmes we run, please visit: www.damekellyholmestrust.org.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please email a letter outlining how you meet the person specification and a copy of your CV to: hayleya@damekellyholmestrust.org

The Dame Kelly Holmes Trust recognises the value that a diverse workforce can bring to our organisation and strives to reflect this among our employees, athletes, volunteers and other stakeholders.  To help us measure how well we are doing against this, please could you complete our online Monitoring and Diversity form - HERE

Job description:

It’s a very exciting time for the charity and this role will play an important part as we look to increase our income over the next 3 years.

The charity is recruiting a Fundraising & Events Officer to join the team, someone with demonstrable experience and who will come with fresh insight to help us diversify and grow our supporter base and ultimately increase our funds.  We are looking for a bright, enthusiastic individual who can demonstrate a commitment to the charity’s goals as well as a keen interest in developing a career in charity fundraising.

You will be a key resource for the Trust’s Fundraising, Development and Communications team and will need to work closely with the Programmes Team and CEO. The role requires a motivated self-starter with excellent communication skills, who has experience in delivering a range of events as well as building new relationships with both individuals and corporate bodies. You will be integral to our aim of raising £200K from Events and Corporate Support over the next 12 months.

Key tasks

• To support the Trust’s overall Fundraising, Development and Communications plan.
• To help design and deliver new corporate and community fundraising initiatives.
• Maintain and develop the existing portfolio of corporate and partnership relationships, providing excellent account management to maximise income.
• Secure the retention of current corporate supporters.
• Identify and secure new corporate partnerships and individual supporters including HNWI.
• Plan and deliver existing and new corporate events (e.g. challenge events, private dinners).
• Act as an ambassador of the Trust, representing us at external events, including a wide variety of networking events and undertake public speaking.
• To liaise with other members of the fundraising team and support their activities.
• Be responsible for your own administration and efficiently organise all your own activities with support from the Finance Manager and volunteers wherever possible.
• To ensure that all financial & non-financial targets are achieved.
• To promote, event participation and other corporate and community products.
• To work closely with the communications officer in promoting the charity’s brand.

Finance and Administration

• To ensure the effectiveness of administrative systems and procedures, including the maintenance of records, the receipt and expenditure of funds and the development of the Dame Kelly Holmes CRM database system.
• To adhere to the charity’s financial systems, policies & procedures.

Other Tasks

• To represent Dame Kelly Holmes Trust in a variety of different contexts and to a variety of different audiences.
• To maintain a current knowledge of changes in legislation affecting charities and carry out fundraising activities in line with the Institute of Fundraising Codes of Conduct.
• To ensure that a positive image of Dame Kelly Holmes Trust is projected at all times.
• To contribute to other activities undertaken by Dame Kelly Holmes Trust.
• To contribute to organisational effectiveness through positive team-working.
• To adhere to Dame Kelly Holmes Trust Health and Safety Procedures.

Person Specification:

                                               

Criteria

 

How Evidenced and Assessed

Knowledge and Experience

   

• Experience of delivering different types of events for both a corporate or individual audience.

E

Interview/ Application

• Experience of using interpersonal, communication and relationship management skill to develop relationships

E

Interview/ Application

• Experience of managing a budget and achieving agreed income targets of more than £150K per annum

E

Interview/ Application

• An excellent eye for detail and proof-reading skills.

D

Interview/ Application

Communication and people skills

   

• Excellent communication skills: tailoring oral and written communications for the intended audience, ability to adopt a variety of styles, ability to listen to, influence and persuade others 

E

Interview/ Application

• Experience of communicating easily with a wide range of audiences on a face-to-face basis as well as by post, telephone and by any other appropriate methods.

E

Interview/ Application

• You will be a competent and effective communicator, with the ability to influence and persuade, have high attention to detail, be resilient and tenacious.

E

Interview/ Application

• To be willing to become conversant with all forms of voluntary giving, current charity legislation and codes of practice

E

Interview/ Application

Organisational skills

   

• Excellent project management skills (accuracy, attention to detail, scheduling, problem solving and monitoring)

E

Interview/ Application

• Excellent organisational and time-management skills, able to prioritise and work to tight deadlines

E

Interview / Application

• Capable of working effectively without direct supervision

E

Interview

• Competent IT skills (all Microsoft Office packages)

E

Application

• Experience of database management

D

Application

• Competent to use Salesforce CRM package

D

Application

Personal qualities

   

• Be a team player and enthusiastic about working flexibly as part of a small and dynamic team

E

Interview/ Application

• Outstanding interpersonal, communication and relationship management skills.

E

Interview

• Able to handle significant confidential material and information

E

Interview

• Positive outlook, tenacious and results-driven

E

Interview

• Able to manage own time and prioritise work effectively

E

Application

• Energy and drive to improve delivery and standards across the Trust  

E

Application

• Able to travel extensively across the country as required for the job role

E

Application

• Understand and value the need to work in cooperation with colleagues and others across the charity.

E

Interview / Application

Key: E = Essential; D = Desirable

GDPR privacy notice (recruitment)

This notice explains what personal data (information) we will hold about you, how we collect it, and how we will use and may share information about you during the application process. We are required to notify you of this information, under data protection legislation. Please ensure that you read this notice (sometimes referred to as a ‘privacy notice’) and any other similar notice we may provide to you from time to time when we collect or process personal information about you.

Who collects the information

Dame Kelly Holmes Trust (‘Company’) is a ‘data controller’ and gathers and uses certain information about you.

Data protection principles

We will comply with the data protection principles when gathering and using personal information, as set out in our data protection (employment) policy.

What information

We may collect the following information up to and including the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process:

• Your name and contact details (i.e. address, home and mobile phone numbers, email address);
• Details of your qualifications, experience, employment history (including job titles, salary and working hours) and interests;
• Your racial or ethnic origin, sex and sexual orientation, religious or similar beliefs;
• Information regarding your criminal record;
• Details of your referees.

We may collect the following information after the shortlisting stage, and before making a final decision to recruit:

• Information about your previous academic and/or employment history, including details of any conduct, grievance or performance issues, appraisals, time and attendance, from references obtained about you from previous employers and/or education providers;
• Information regarding your academic and professional qualifications;
• Information regarding your criminal record, in criminal records certificates (CRCs) and enhanced criminal records certificates (ECRCs);
• Your nationality and immigration status and information from related documents, such as your passport or other identification and immigration information;
• A copy of your driving licence.
• You are required (by law or in order to enter into your contract of employment) to provide the categories of information marked above to us to enable us to verify your right to work and suitability for the position.

How we collect the information

We may collect this information from you, your referees (details of whom you will have provided), your education provider, the relevant professional body, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), the Home Office.

Why we collect the information and how we use it

We will typically collect and use this information for the following purposes (other purposes that may also apply are explained in our [set out details, e.g. data protection policy]):

• to take steps to enter into a contract;
• for compliance with a legal obligation (e.g. our obligation to check that you are eligible to work in the United Kingdom);
• for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest; and
• for the purposes of our legitimate interests, but only if these are not overridden by your interests, rights or freedoms.

We seek to ensure that our information collection and processing is always proportionate. We will notify you of any changes to information we collect or to the purposes for which we collect and process it.

How we may share the information

We may also need to share some of the above categories of personal information with other parties, such as HR consultants and professional advisers. Usually, information will be anonymised, but this may not always be possible. The recipient of the information will be bound by confidentiality obligations. We may also be required to share some personal information as required to comply with the law.

Sensitive personal information and criminal records information

Further details on how we handle sensitive personal information and information relating to criminal convictions and offences are set out in our GDPR Data Protection Policy which can be obtained by contacting our Data Protection Office, Ben Hilton on benh@damekellyholmestrust.org