Events Organiser and Fundraiser

The role of a charity events organizer involves a variety of responsibilities aimed at promoting and managing charitable events. Key responsibilities include:

• Planning and Organizing Events: Developing and delivering a range of events that align with the charity's goals and objective. This may involve creating new events or enhancing existing ones to reach a wider audience.
• Fundraising Campaigns: Leading creative fundraising campaigns that engage the community, schools, workplaces, and individuals to support the charity's mission.
• Event Management: Overseeing all aspects of event planning, including venue selection, budgeting, logistics, volunteer engagement, health and safety, and post-event evaluation.
• Relationship Building: Cultivating strong relationships with stakeholders, acting as the key contact for donors, fundraisers, and event participants.
• Sponsorship and Partnerships: Identifying and securing sponsorships or inkind support from local businesses to contribute to the charity's success.
• Income Monitoring: Tracking fundraising performance against agreed targets and ensuring income and expenditure are effectively monitored.
• Representing the charity at community events and public engagement activities, sharing the charity's story and impact.

Skills

Whilst the skills below are important more critical is a willingness to wish to work with us and a desire to learn as training and support will be given by trustees. The role can provide good experience for the future with transferable skills.

The skills required include:

• an ability to manage budgets;
• project planning;
• select suitable venues;
• manage suppliers. market events.

In addition strong organisational skills, communication, problem solving are required and the hand on management of events creating memorable experiences which will ensure the success of future events.

The ability to identify target markets for fundraising campaigns to engage with the community at large, including schools. workplaces, community organisations and individuals to encourage support for our mission