- Do you share our values and passion for improving mental health on Teesside and empowering people to live full and happy lives?
- Are you ready to help generate funds to secure our services in the long term?
- Do you enjoy building relationships and supporting people to achieve a goal?
- Can you inspire and motivate others to make a difference?
- Are you hard-working, creative, resourceful and tenacious?
- Do you enjoy being hands-on, organising events and activities and have a good eye for detail?
- Would you like to work alongside a dedicated team and develop new skills?
- Are you committed to Teesside Minds values and aims?
- Are you committed to treating everyone with respect, dignity and fairness, and to challenging discrimination?
- Experience of working in a fundraising, engagement team or similar background for at least 1 -2 years
- Experience of community and/event fundraising
- Experience of working collaboratively to achieve goals
- Experience of record keeping
- A commitment to understanding Teesside Minds audiences and delivering memorable fundraising experiences through excellent
- stewardship
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to adapt to and use new technologies to complete tasks
- Valid Driving License with access to a car, business insurance, and willing to travel to locations throughout Teesside and occasionally the wider region
- Proven ability to develop and maintain good working relations with a wide range of people and audiences
- Strong interpersonal skills to build authentic and effective relationships
- The ability to work with external agencies and partners to work collaboratively towards team and organisational objectives
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to deal with people at all levels and in all walks of life, on the telephone, face-toface
- and in written communication
- Excellent presentation skills
- Strong influencing skills to encourage participants to exceed fundraising targets and do more for Teesside Mind
- Excellent project management skills, including managing multiple projects simultaneously with the ability to ensure work is planned, prioritised, and organised to achieve set deadlines
- Good IT skills ( MS Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word, Mail Chimp, CRM systems etc) including social media skills
Fundraising Officer - Middlesbrough, United Kingdom - Middlesbrough and Stockton Mind Ltd
Description
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join Teesside Mind as our Fundraising Officer. Youll be an important part of the fundraising team and will play a pivotal role in the organisation, helping to ensure we have a steady stream of income and helping to raise awareness of our work.
Alongside the Fundraising Manager, youll work closely with, and be supported by, the Marketing and Communications Manager, to ensure our fundraising activities are embedded within the wider brand strategy and to maximise impact and income generation.
Focusing largely on individual and community giving, youll be supported by a group of committed volunteers to help deliver events, initiatives and campaigns.
Main duties of the job
Do you have the knowledge and personal qualities to do this job well? If you can answer yes to the questions below then wed love to hear from you
About us
Teesside Mind has been working in local communities to improve mental health and wellbeing for over 25 years. The environment in which we operate has changed hugely over this time, and the importance of good mental health has never been as widely understood.
One of our proudest achievements in the last 3 years has been collaborating with Primary Care colleagues on the development of Social Prescribing on Teesside. In addition our recent merger with Redcar and Clevelend Mind has enabled us to offer more services to more people across Teesside.
Our communities are facing real challenges because of the legacy of Covid on peoples health and wellbeing, and
pressure on resources. Some people are still less well served than others. Young people and people affected by poverty find it most difficult to get help. Our work wont stop until this has changed. Theres much more we need to do. Can you help us?
Ours is a vibrant organisation to work for and our staff are our most important asset. We are compassionate, trustworthy and determined. We use evidence-based interventions, backed up by policies, training and clinical support to help people lead full and happy lives.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
Youllbe acting as the first point of contact for fundraising enquiries, providingdonor care and stewardship, working closely with schools, community groups andindividuals, who want to support us by raising funds. Building relationships isan essential part of the role and youll support others in their fundraisingjourney offering guidance, advice and materials. Delivering an exceptionalsupporter experience and providing outstanding customer care to all donorsthrough a variety of communications methods including via the telephone,e-mail, social media, written enquiries and face-to-face meetings is essential.Youll also represent us at community events, talks and assemblies, sharing keymessages and enhancing our reputation and inspiring peopleto support us.
Youllbe responsible for delivering our own fundraising events such as our SchoolsProgramme Mental Elf Runs and Colour Runs, other Christmas campaigns andsupporting the delivery of our Bark in The Park event amongst others. Youllalso manage our involvement in third party challenge events such as TheGreatNorth Run, the Three Peaks Challenge, Sky Dives and many more.
Interms of processes and protocols, youll ensure accurate data relating tofundraising activity, fundraiser volunteers and contacts with fundraisers isentered into our data management system. In addition, youll ensure all thelegal requirements for fundraising are adhered to, following the FundraisingRegulators Code of Practice and Chartered Institute of Fundraising guidance,as wellas our own fundraising policies and procedures.
Please note that the nature of this role requires some occasional evening and weekend working.
This job description is a guide and not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities the postholder may have over time.
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Knowledge & Skills
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