Head Of Philanthropy And Special Events

The important stuff 

Location: Hammersmith, London

Contract: Permanent, Part-time (full-time may be possible depending on skillset)

Hours: 3 days per week,  Monday - Friday, 9.30am-5.30pm with some out-of-hours work needed for events such as our Spear Celebrations

Salary: from £27,000 dependent on experience

Closing date: Friday 12th April, 12:30pm (We are interviewing on a rolling basis and might close the application early if we find the right candidate).

Please feel free to let us know if you may require any reasonable adjustments to participate fully in our recruitment process.

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays (including Christmas gift days)
• Excellent personal development and training opportunities, including our iLM-accredited 5-day Coaching for Leadership programme (valued at £3,000)
• Regular staff prayer meetings, conferences and retreats (one residential)
• Employee Assistance Programme (a confidential support service) and the option to take advantage of Give as you Earn (GAYE) and Cycle to Work schemes

Person Specification 

• An active Christian, passionate about personally representing the values and beliefs of Resurgo, and our mission to equip and support organisations to play a meaningful part in catalysing social change
• Experience of organising large and small events highly desirable, and experience of high value/event fundraising is advantageous
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build good relationships with people at all levels, particularly donors or clients
• Effective administration and organisational skills, with good time management and high attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal skills with high emotional intelligence and a sense of fun
• Self-motivated with the ability to work under pressure and use initiative in a fast-paced environment

Key Responsibilities

Philanthropy Events

• Work closely with team members to organise and manage the logistics for our major and mid-level donor event programme, comprising around 4-5 events a year, including the Rooftop Summer Drinks Party and November Private Dinner.
• Event management will include liaising with venue managers and suppliers both in the run up and during the event
• Work with the Philanthropy Executive to project manage on cross-income stream events, including sponsored challenge events such as the Impetus Triathlon, and Christmas Celebration Drinks.

Events Communication

• Support the Philanthropy team in putting together relevant event-related comms to all donors as required
• Manage systems and processes for fundraising events and actively look to improve and develop these alongside the Philanthropy Executive
• Manage the event side of the Salesforce database including guest list campaigns, pulling reports, creating mailing lists etc. Update the database with donor interactions, and other details in a timely and efficient manner.

Research

• Research and identify trends and news from the Events sector including new relevant venues, styles and fundraising event formats.
• Support the Philanthropy Executive in identifying trends and news from the wider fundraising sector.

Wider Philanthropy Support

• With the Philanthropy Executive, project manage relevant fundraising projects such as the June match funding appeal, and community fundraising projects including from schools and churches
• Provide ad hoc support to the Philanthropy team as required e.g. support with applications and reports, and hosting volunteers at Spear sessions.