Volunteer Fundraising Group Co-ordinator | Guide Dogs South East

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Update day: 07-05-2024

Location: Chelmsford East

Category: Marketing / PR Planning / Projects

Industry: Marketing Advertising Nonprofit Organization Management Financial Services

Job type: Volunteer

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As the Fundraising Group Coordinator, you are a key member of your local fundraising group. You will organise and manage local fundraising volunteers, meetings, events, collections and keep group members up to date with news and events.

What will you be doing?
  • Organizing and attending events such as the Great Guide Dogs Tea Party, Pub Quizzes and collections in your local area
  • Encouraging local businesses, schools and groups to name their own guide dog puppy
  • Building relationships with local networks, socials groups, schools and businesses
  • Encourage them to host their own event in support of Guide Dogs
  • Working as part of Guide Dogs’ fundraising team with staff and volunteers
  • Liaising with Community Fundraiser informing them of events in your area
  • Making sure your fundraising policies and procedures are followed
  • Being a passionate local ambassador for Guide dogs work
  • Ensuring that any information provided by Guide Dogs is cascaded to relevant supporters or volunteers
  • Ensuring income raised from events is banked in a timely manner
What are we looking for?
  • Able to generate enthusiasm
  • Good communication and team-working skills
  • Able to motivate people
In addition, we are looking for professionals who have people, project and event management experience who are able to remotely organise and manage a regional group of volunteers (up to 100 people).

What difference will you make?

Guide Dogs is a volunteer led organization and without the hard work and dedication of our 22,000 volunteers across the UK we would not be able to provide the life changing support that we do to people living with visual impairments and their friends and families.

You would be helping to support a local fundraising group full of passionate dedicated volunteers which help to raise vital funds to support the work we do and the services we provide.

What’s in it for the volunteer?
  • Sense of satisfaction in seeing donations generated
  • Work with committed and passionate people
  • Support us to provide guide dogs and other mobility services to support blind and partially-sighted people
  • Make a difference in your local community
  • Opportunity to learn new skills
  • Ongoing support and training
  • Payment of out of pocket expenses in line with Guide Dogs volunteer expenses policy
Before you apply

After online application, a telephone conversation to discuss role will follow then an interview

Causes
  • Animals / wildlife
  • Campaigning
  • Health and well being / research and care
  • Local / community
  • Physical disabilities
Guide Dogs is a charity which provide a wide range of services to support blind and partially sighted people.

Our ambition is for a future where every person with sight loss has the...
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Deadline: 21-06-2024

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