The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual with experience of community fundraising to join our team as a Community Fundraising Officer.

This role sits within the Children’s Cancer North charity team, raising funds to make life better for children with cancer. This is a professionally rewarding role that has real-world impact and if you have experience in community fundraising and events delivery, we want to hear from you! Charity sector experience is essential.

The role is designed to deliver a programme of excellent stewardship, on-going support and motivation to individual fundraisers and community groups supporting our cause. Because of this, empathetic communication skills are essential to this role.

Having the confidence to represent the charity in a range of settings is a key aspect of this position. This includes delivering talks to audiences ranging from small groups to community-based organisations of several hundred, building relationships with bereaved families or those with a child in treatment, and working independently to resolve sensitive queries.

You’ll be joining a small team of 8 colleagues and 1 regular volunteer, with varying experience levels, who have worked for the charity between 1 and 9 years.

You’ll report to Adam Greenwood, Events Manager, who has been with the charity for 18 months.

In this role, you’ll be based at our Newcastle Upon Tyne campus that has fantastic transport links and state of the art facilities, and we offer a hybrid and flexible working model.

A driver’s license and access to your own car is essential as this job requires you to travel to events throughout the UK with merchandise that would not be possible to transport on public transport.

To apply for this position, we’ll need a copy of your CV which should outline how you are suitable for the role, with a particular focus on the essential criteria in the knowledge, skills and experience as listed in the job description. We encourage you to submit a supporting covering letter, which should focus on example of the below bullet points.

• Excellent interpersonal communications skills, including tact and assertiveness, and the ability to communicate at all levels in a complex environment,
• Ability to confidently represent the charity in a range of settings and to a broad range of audiences,
• Flexibility to a range of changing tasks, including income generation, supporter stewardship, volunteer management, budgeting and reporting, events management support, and brand development and reputation,
• A history of creating new partnerships with community groups and organisations,
• A general understanding of fundraising regulations and charity law in the UK,
• A driver’s license and your own car.

If you have any questions prior to applying, please contact Abigail Hewison, Head of Charity, via abigail.hewison@newcastle.ac.uk for further information.