Sands exists to save babies’ lives and ensure that anyone affected by pregnancy loss or baby loss receives the support and care they need.
Sands is recruiting a Virtual Fundraising Events Officer to support the promotion, organisation and delivery of 2-3 virtual events at Sands, in order to grow our fundraising income and raise awareness of our work.
The post-holder will help increase Sands’ online presence through excellent stewardship of large audiences who are both warm and new supporters.
The role also involves developing and building positive relationships with our Facebook communities.
We are looking for a candidate who can provide a world class supporter experience, helping supporters reach and exceed their fundraising targets, ensuring their continuing support and their lifetime value is maximised.
You will have relevant experience in a similar role, preferably with responsibility for generating fundraising income.
Experience of developing and maintaining positive donor/customer relationships is essential, as is experience of resolving customer/supporter queries in a timely and efficient manner.
An excellent communicator and team player, you will have a sound knowledge and experience of using a range of social media channels.
You will be able to demonstrate excellent attention to detail, have a highly organised approach and be able to meet targets and deadlines.
This is an exciting and rewarding role which will make a real difference to Sands’ work in supporting bereaved families.
Please note this is a 4-month fixed term contract.
To apply:
Please submit your CV, together with a supporting statement that demonstrates how you meet the criteria in the person specification to recruitment@sands.org.uk.
Please also complete the Diversity and Equality Monitoring Form and send this with your application.
CVs and supporting statements should be sent as attachments to an email in either Word or PDF format. The title of the attachments should be your first name, surname and either CV or supporting statement e.g. “Robert Harvey CV”
Closing date for applications: 16 June 2024
Interviews to be held online: w/c 1 July 2024
As we have limited staff resources we are unable to provide candidates with feedback about their applications.
