Student Fundraising Executive

Student Fundraising Executive Bristol Hybrid & remote working options available £25,000-£29,000 (dependent on experience) Immediate start About us Meningitis Research Foundation is an international health charity headquartered in the UK, driven by a passionate mission to prevent the devastating impact of meningitis. Founded by individuals whose lives were profoundly affected by meningitis; we are dedicated to enabling positive change by uniting people and knowledge to save lives. Our amazing student fundraising team supports hundreds of students per year to take part in some incredible fundraising challenges. These include national and international treks and marathons, such as climbing Kilimanjaro, trekking across the Morocco High Atlas Mountains, or running 26.2 miles through Budapest. Working as one of our Student Fundraising Executives you will be joining our Events and Community Fundraising team and be involved in organising, recruiting, and resourcing students from across the UK and Republic of Ireland. You will learn to build relationships with university partners and be involved in supporting the students who sign up to become fundraisers for our charity. This is a hugely rewarding role, with variety. Full training for the position will be provided and you will join an incredibly supportive, successful and passionate fundraising team. Key tasks and fundraising activities. Attending meetings and presenting to student groups across the UK. Promoting Meningitis Research Foundation. Speaking about our student programme to universities across the UK developing and building relationships. Attending meetings and presenting to student groups. Promote student challenges and recruit students to sign up to events, engaging with students both face to face, online and via the telephone. Account manage a group of university partners. Provide stewardship and support for student challenge participants, through regular contact, and providing ideas and merchandise to aid the success of their fundraising efforts. Maintain accurate and up to date CRM records of participants and financial information relating to events. Produce progress reports to the team. Identify and implement ways of solving problems and optimising new opportunities. Help in the running of other fundraising events and activities throughout the team. Create newsletters, supporter communications and social media content. Skills and experience required. Genuine interest in working within the charity sector. Strong communication skills, both face to face and over the phone. Good organisational skills and ability to use initiative and work with autonomy. Experience working within a RAG society of within the charity sector desirable but non-essential. Ability to work anti-social hours (evening and weekends) during our student sign up season (Sept-Nov). All travel and accommodation paid for. This is a full time vacancy with opportunities for training development and progression and is a great starting point for a successful career within Fundraising. To be considered for the position, please apply with an up to date copy of your CV and a cover letter, detailing your interest and suitability for the role. This will be reviewed by our internal recruitment team, who will be in touch with you to discuss the role in more detail if suitable. 1st stage interviews will be help on the week commencing 3rd of February . Closing date for applications- 27th of January .

Location: Bristol, GB

Posted Date: 1/17/2025