Community Fundraiser, Aldershot/Hybrid

BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR STEP BY STEP

• Up to £31,000 per annum
• 37.5 Hours per week permanent contract. With 1 evening per week and 1 day at a weekend per month required.
• Driving license and access to a vehicle is required for this role.
• A company pension scheme with Royal London.
• Life Assurance 2 x basic salary.
• 24/7 access to online GP appointments.
• A health cash plan.
• Casual inclusive dress code.
• Access to an employee assistance helpline, including a separate counselling line.
• Access to a shopping benefit platform.

WHO ARE STEP BY STEP?

Step by Step is a charity that passionately believes in supporting young people who are going through hard times. Our unique step by step approach, providing accommodation, personal development opportunities and specialist support services, identifies and fulfils aspirations. Each year we work with over 1,300 young people aged 11 – 25 and our team play a pivotal role in empowering young people and preventing homelessness.

The Step by Step team is positive, dynamic, professional, and committed to empowering young people to fulfil their full potential. Step by Step was incorporated in 1989, so have a long history of working and supporting young people.

WHERE IS THE ROLE BASED?

Our Aldershot Foyer will be your base and having a car is essential for the role as you will be travelling around the areas that SBS operates in. The role will need to work flexibly, as part of the role there will be evening and weekend work.

WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING?

Step by Step has an exciting role for a Community Fundraiser to join an experienced and well-established fundraising team. This is an existing role for Step by Step, with current community supporters. The role will need to steward these relationships as well as seek new ones. It would suit someone confident and engaging who likes to be out and about talking to people. Someone who is used to generating leads and stewarding relationships, this does not have to have been in the charity sector.

Reporting to the Head of Fundraising, you will be supporting fundraising and marketing to help drive income and raise awareness of Step by Step. You will be working alongside an established and experienced team.

As part of the role you will be undertaking awareness raising activities for example, attending county shows, conferences, village fetes and community groups/meetings e.g. WI, Scouts and visiting schools.

Being proactive in looking for opportunities to attend events, raise awareness and funds. Raising awareness of what we do to encourage the community to support us but also raise awareness of our services for young people, you come into contact with. Work closely with the marketing team to help raise awareness of Step by Step. Encouraging people to support SBS.

KEY RESPONSIBILITES

• Speaking to community groups and asking them to donate to our work
• Encouraging someone to become a foster carer or host and passing that lead across
• Secure new community supporters
• Steward and manage existing community supporters to grow the relationship and secure continued support
• Identify, approach, and cultivate new community supporters such as schools, groups, clubs etc
• Represent the charity to a range of potential and current supporters through a variety of mediums including presentations and face-to-face meetings.
• Attend events to meet potential funders and promote the work of Step by Step
• Actively seek opportunities to raise awareness of Step by Step’s work
• Identify potential major donors or regular givers and pass them to the specialist fundraiser.
• Encourage interest in becoming a foster carer or a host, generating the lead before passing it across to the specialist team.
• Encourage people to volunteer for us and maintain that relationship with them effectively managing them.
• Monitor and report on fundraising targets.
• Collaborate with the fundraising team to plan and execute annual events, including corporate sponsorship opportunities.

STEP BY STEP IS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO:

• Someone who has excellent communication and networking skills.
• Experience in account management or a relationship development role
• An understanding of a CRM database would be advantageous.
• You will need a full driving licence, business class insurance and access to a vehicle for work.
• People who have worked in customer services, sales, account management or event management and want to use their skills for a charitable cause would be ideal for the role.

• As we follow the safer recruitment guidelines applicants are required to complete a short online application form.
• Successful applicants will need to undergo a DBS check and must provide two references as well as other pre-employment checks.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for this role, please complete the Application Form and Equality Monitoring Form, and send us your CV.