Community Volunteer Lead

We are delighted to work with a leading charity playing a vital role across the UK to help people live well in their later life, through their care homes and retirement schemes. Following a restructure of the organisation a vacancy has arisen in Hampshire for a Community Volunteer Lead responsible for building their volunteer led fundraising within the county.

As the largest charity care provider in the UK, they have been delivering care and support to over 18,500 older people, for over 80 years, offering some of the highest quality care, accommodation, and support services throughout Britain. Their mission is to inspire the best care and wellbeing at every stage of later life.

Collaborating with the local team and supported by the national fundraising team, you will develop strong fundraising relationships, inspiring and empowering local volunteers, both as individuals and groups, across the area and including those within their community, to raise funds and enable those who choose to use their services to thrive. This will include supporting those who wish to fundraise In Memory and utilising the organisation’s fundraising products.

You will:

• Demonstrate your experience of delivering successful community fundraising including recruiting, supporting and motivating volunteer groups and individuals, and community fundraising supporters.
• Have excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate with a variety of audiences via a variety of methods (email, phone, in person, etc) with outstanding presentation, interpersonal and networking skills.
• Be able to create and maintain effective working relationships with people at all levels including a variety of stakeholders internal and external with positive financial outcomes.
• Work to targets, plans and budgets, having strong financial acumen including budget setting, forecasting and reporting against targets
• Be a team player, with the autonomy to work under own initiative, prioritise workload and ensure deadlines are met.

With strong IT skills, and ideally knowledge of supporter databases, Raiser’s Edge, or similar you will have an awareness of Fundraising Regulator Codes of Practice and best practice community fundraising.

An understanding of faith communities, including specifically the Methodist Church and its importance to community fundraising would be beneficial.

Please note that you will need a valid driving licence and access to a car as regular travel with occasional overnight stays will be mandatory for the success of this role, as will be the ability to work flexibly outside core working hours.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right individual. If you feel you have the skills and experience to succeed in this role, we very much look forward to hearing from you.

For more information, please contact Louise Portnall, Recruitment Consultant, Charisma Charity Recruitment. Your application should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.

Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis, so please apply without delay to avoid disappointment.

Location: Hampshire, hybridSalary: £31,495, rising to £32,995 on successful completion of probation