Community Fundraiser
Full Time
£25,000 – £28,000
Salary dependent on experience
Looking for Your First Job or a Career Change?
Are you enthusiastic, motivated, and organised? Do you love meeting new people, building relationships, and making a difference? Whether you’re starting your career or looking for a new challenge, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!
Join our Fundraising & Engagement Team and help raise vital funds to support people across Surrey who are Deaf, hard of hearing, blind, partially sighted, and deafblind.
What you’ll be doing:
- Building relationships with local communities, schools and businesses
- Delivering talks to groups and organisations to build awareness across Surrey
- Organising creative fundraising events, challenges and campaigns
- Supporting individuals fundraising for the charity
- Ensuring all fundraising income is recorded accurately and supporting with team administration and planning
- Attending occasional evening and weekend events as required
Who we are looking for:
- A confident communicator who enjoys meeting and inspiring new people
- A motivated and organised individual with a positive attitude
- A creative and proactive individual with excellent time management skills and attention to detail
- A team player who’s ready to learn and develop their skills, but can work independently and manage multiple tasks
- Willing to work from the Head Office near Leatherhead and have the ability to travel across Surrey with events/fundraising materials
What’s in it for you?
- Hands-on experience in fundraising and event planning
- A generous annual leave entitlement of 28 days per annum, plus bank holidays
- A friendly and supportive team to learn from and help you succeed
- Training opportunities to develop new skills
- Pension scheme – we match contributions up to 6%
- Annual flu vaccinations and contribution towards work-related glasses
This is an exciting and varied role, perfect for someone to gain new skills and make a real impact in the community. If you’re a people person with great communication and organisational skills, we’d love to hear from you.
A DBS check is required (we’ll arrange this for you).
Mileage will be paid at 45p per mile
Ready to make a difference? Apply now, download the recruitment pack below. Or, if you would like an informal chat to found out more please do contact us, see our contact details below.
Community Fundraiser – Job Profile February 2025
Application Form Community Fundraiser
Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form – Role
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Or please contact Sophia Eyre, workforus@sightforsurrey.org.uk by post to Sophia Eyre, Sensory Services by Sight for Surrey, Rentwood, School Lane, Fetcham, Surrey, KT22 9JX. For further details please telephone 07396 820717.
Interviews for this role are ongoing and we reserve the right to interview during the advertising period and make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.
Closing date: 20th March 2025
Sensory Services by Sight for Surrey is an equal opportunities employer and accredited as Disability Confident. Registered Charity No: 1121949, Company No: 06309405
Website: www.sightforsurrey.org.uk
