Face to Face Fundraiser

A fantastic opportunity has arisen within our Award Winning fundraising team, to join us as a Face to Face Fundraiser. At Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital Charity, we believe there’s always more we can do for our sick kids and women. It’s our mission to raise the vital funds needed to make a real difference to all who use our hospitals and to make our hospital feel just like home.

We’re looking for an ambitious, experienced, target driven Face to Face fundraiser to join our fast-paced team. You will have strong experience in communicating and building relationships in a face to face capacity, as well as empathising, motivating and persuading members of the public to support our charity.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have previous experience in a sales or fundraising acquisition role
• Be self-motivated, independent, and target-driven
•  Possess a natural confidence in talking to people and encouraging their support, as well as strong personal resilience and experience in objection handling
• Be able to work on their own for significant periods of time, as well as acting as an effective and engaged team-player.
• Have excellent communication skills - be friendly, approachable and engaging, as well as possess strong persuasive and negotiation skills and the ability to communicate and respond sensitively to information provided by members of the Public.
• Have responsibility for ensuring all acquisition activities comply in full with Data Protection (GDPR) legislation and the Fundraising Regulator Code of Practice.
• Be a driver with a full clean driving license, and own a car preferable

What we offer:

• Flexitime
• Additional leave
• Sick pay
• Company pension
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Free flu jabs
• Paid volunteer time
• Company events

The Charity is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Successful candidates will have access to vulnerable beneficiaries and will therefore require an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

If you think you have the qualities we are looking for and the desire to contribute, please download the Job Description and Person Specification and then send us a CV and covering letter explaining how you meet the criteria for the role and making clear why you would like to be considered for it.

The closing date for return of applications is Tuesday 12th November. Interviews will be held in Birmingham on Friday 22nd November 2024.