Events & Partnerships Volunteer
Posted on July 29th, 2010
Employer
Volunteer Centre Kensington & Chelsea
Job Description
Volunteer Centre Kensington & Chelsea is looking for a volunteer to help develop local partnerships and oversee fundraising through a programme of events. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive this role will help you build experience in event planning, fundraising, networking, marketing and communications. Working with all our projects you’ll help us raise thousands this financial year and establish a series of annual events that can be replicated in the future.
You must be creative, self-motivated committed to seeing projects through to completion. You’ll be enthusiastic about the voluntary sector and have a real belief in the power of volunteering to change lives.
In return for three months commitment, we will pay all travel expenses within London and meet reasonable lunch costs each day. You’ll also get a reference and a letter of recommendation from the Volunteer Centre.
Job title: Events and Partnerships Volunteer
Duration: 13 weeks (Flexible)
Working hours 3 days per week (flexible)
Salary: Unpaid. Reasonable travel (within London) and lunch expenses will be reimbursed
Specific responsibilities
- To work closely with Sainsbury’s Ladbroke Grove to build and maintain the local charity partnership.
- To devise and implement a series of fundraising events to generate unrestricted income.
- To develop and maintain links with the local business community as a means of generating income.
- To suggest fundraising and income-generation ideas
- To work closely with all projects to identify how they might be used to generate additional income.
Person spec
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Motivated self-starter |
Previous experience of fundraising |
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Commitment to the voluntary sector |
Experience as a volunteer or staff member within the voluntary sector |
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Excellent interpersonal skills |
Experience of working as part of a team |
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Ability to work successfully with a wide range of people |
Experience of designing publicity for events |
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Able to generate innovative ideas |
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Able to work on own initiative |
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Highly organised and able to juggle many tasks at once |
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills |
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Previous experience of organising events |
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Computer literate across Microsoft Office |
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