Our Vision:

Backup North West believe no young person should experience homelessness. For the young people that do, Backup aims to be an outstanding provider of high quality, holistic housing and support services.

Purpose:

The charity’s services are funded through statutory contracts and the future of this income is always uncertain. This post is therefore crucial in order to ensure that we can continue to provide ’ added value ’ to our commissioned services and maximise the support we offer to our service users.

The post holder will have experience of working within an events or fundraising environment and is responsible for supporting the Director in:

• Planning and delivering all the events from planning agreed, to a high quality and achieving sales targets
• Act as an ambassador for BACKUP in the wider community
• Engage, build and maintain relationships with community organisations and community partners to maximise income and awareness of or charity.
• Increasing the charity’s income and making the organisation more sustainable across all income streams including our Social Enterprise - the coffee van.
• Identifying and seeking support from corporate and individual donors.
• Building on the fundraising that is already in place within the charity - regularly looking at ways to improve and increase support and income.
• Building upon (providing content) the Marketing Strategy for the charity - promoting its work and the need for support through social media.

For more information and an application pack, visit:

https://backup-charity.org.uk/about-us/join-the-team/fundraising-and-event-coordinator/;

or email businesssupport@backup-charity.org.uk OR telephone 01204 520183.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the fundraising income target, which is agreed each year by the Director. This will be done through event planning, management and delivery of the key fundraising events. The activities and events need to secure £100k income, annually.
• Carry out phone / email campaigns to secure opportunities
• Support the Director in maximising income from the charity’s Guardian Scheme.
• Speak and present about Backup in a variety of environments as required.
• Manage and deliver the charity’s on-line merchandise business.
• Manage the charity’s facility hire
• Regularly research fundraising opportunities and report these to the Director.
• Fundraising admin including monitor invoicing and payments for events, on-line shopping and other activities and operate within the Financial Procedures, Cash Handling and other processes in place within the charity to monitor and manage spend.
• Keep abreast of relevant issues and key changes in fundraising, charity fundraising and the wider voluntary sector.
• Ensure that all fundraising activities are carried out in a manner which meets Charity Commission, Institute of Fundraising and legal requirements (i.e. compliant with all relevant legislation and the standards, policy and values of BACKUP).
• Operate within the Financial Procedures, Cash Handling and other processes in place within the charity to monitor and manage spend.
• Recruit, manage, support and supervise volunteers to assist in fundraising activities and events.
• Adhere to processes that safeguard the health, safety and well-being of individuals attending fundraising activities and events, where this falls to BACKUP.
• Maintain office, information, recording and administration systems as required.
• Attend, support and/or enable fundraising activities held for Backup by external third party fundraising.
• Support the social Enterprise where needed

The work will include creating flyers, ticket sales, promotions, events management, securing sponsors, delivering brochures and everything required to complete any event being produced by Backup.

Other:

• Develop effective and professional working relationships internally and externally within the community promoting a positive image of the Service and of BACKUP.
• Provide training and / or assistance to colleagues as necessary including delivering workshops.
• Be flexible in approach to work in order to meet the needs of the charity.
• Adhere to all BACKUP systems, policies and procedures.
• Support the Charity values, behaviours and ethos.

To undertake any other duties as may be requested by BACKUP, any member of the Senior Management Team or the Board of Trustees, broadly consistent with the job description and level of the post.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From £28,681.57 per year

Benefits:

• Bereavement leave
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Private dental insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Sabbatical
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 22/04/2025
Reference ID: Fundraising and Events Co-ordinator