Role Fundraising Intern description Location: Tower Hill, London Work pattern: 3 days per week for 3 months. Job purpose: To provide support to Refuge’s busy Fundraising team while gaining experience of working for a national domestic violence charity. Responsible Senior Individuals and Events Direct N/A to: Fundraiser reports:
Main duties: 1 Maintain and update the Raiser’s Edge database, ensuring all individual records are accurate. 2 Process donations and new regular donor sign-ups. 3 Assist in Refuge’s donor care programme by sending out thank you letters to supporters, including taking responsibility for regular donor ‘anniversary’ thank you letters. 4 Provide support on running events, including sending out packs and materials to runners and helping with running recruitment. 5 Work with the Fundraising Assistant to deal with offers of gifts in kind (non financial gifts) from members of the public, ensuring that these items are distributed to women and children supported by Refuge. 6 Provide support on fundraising projects as and when necessary, including specific administrative support relating to fundraising events. 7 Take ownership of a small fundraising initiative (for example Refuge’s mobile phone recycling scheme or Buy.at webshop) and assist in seeking new ways to promote and use these schemes to Refuge’s benefit. 8 Maintain and update the Raiser’s Edge database, ensuring all individual records are accurate. 9 Conduct research into prospective new major donors and corporate supporters as required. 1 Conduct research into prospective new charitable trusts and foundations as required and assist 0 with the development of project proposals. 1 To distribute post to all staff 1 1 To maintain confidentiality in relation to employee and service user data and other sensitive 2 information. 1 Work in accordance with Refuge’s code of conduct, equality and diversity policy, health and 3 safety policy and other policies as applicable
Note: this job description is written in broad terms and is intended to outline the main duties of the post. This may change as the post, function and organisation develops.
August 2012 1 Personal qualities and Volunteer Refuge Worker skills
Criteria Essential / How desirable measured? (Application form/intervie w/ assessment) 1 Education 1.1 Educated to degree level. Essential Application form 2 Experience 2.1 Experience of using a variety of Essential Application research resources including form/ interview online systems, specialist publications/ journals, CD ROMs, the internet and other forms of information provision. 2.2 Experience of administrative Desirable Application work and data management. form/ interview 3 Abilities/skill 2.1 Intermediate level of IT literacy Essential Application s/ knowledge including Microsoft Word, Excel, form/ interview/ email and the internet to assessment produce fundraising reports, proposals, spreadsheets, presentation documents. 2.2 Evidence of strong Essential Application organisational skills, with the form/ ability to manage a range of interview/ tasks efficiently, and to prioritise own time and workload. 2.3 Ability to write clearly and Essential Application accurately. form/ interview/ 2.4 Readiness to seize Essential Application opportunities for development. form/ interview/ 2.5 Readiness to take responsibility Essential Application for own work. form/ interview/
August 2012 2 2.6 Ability to work on own Essential Application initiative. form/ interview 2.7 Basic understanding of Desirable Application fundraising practices. form/ interview 2.8 Ability to use Raiser’s Edge Desirable Application software. form/ interview 2.9 Understanding of the Desirable Application difficulties facing women and form/ children who have experienced interview domestic violence.
Notes 1) This role is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. It will be necessary for an enhanced disclosure to be made to the Criminal Records Bureau for details of any previous criminal convictions.
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