Events and Community Fundraiser: Sponsorship Available

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Job summary

The Events and Community Fundraiser plays a key role in securing income and raising awareness of the charity and the local community. They will work autonomously to organise and manage fundraising activities including major events, third party events, raffles and lotteries, and engage, enthuse and support community fundraisers such asschools, groups and individuals to achieve agreed income targets in each of these areas.

The post holder will be responsible for managing volunteer community fundraisers who are vital to the success of this fundraising.

The post holder will require reasonable knowledge of fundraising and considerable energy and enthusiasm that will inspire the patients, visitors, staff and local community to choose London Ambulance Charity as their preferred charity to support. He/she will also engage and maintain relationships with individual fundraisers, local businesses, staff and volunteer networks.

The purpose of this role is to ensure that fundraising ideas and events are in place that will have high profile and will generate funds to agreed targets. The post holder must be inventive and highly organised in order to initiate and then deliver highly successful events. Working closely with groups and individuals, the ideal candidate will have an outgoingpersonality, keen for direct contact with people, good at motivating and self-confident.

Main duties of the job

Act as an ambassador for and represent the charity in a professional and efficient manner.Regularly review the current programme of events and community fundraising, identifying key growth areas and opportunities for development, and sharing insights and recommendations with senior staff.Ensure the charity provides excellent supporter care to all fundraisers and supporters taking part in an event or organising their own activities.With the Head of Charity, develop a community and events fundraising strategy, maximising income from community and events fundraising streams and delivering/exceeding financial targets.Lead the growth of our existing network of community supporters, further developing a pool of proactive individuals and groups raising money in aid of the charitys work.Manage the delivery of new fundraising activities in the events and community programme, setting income and expenditure targets for these, including product and campaign development.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Accreditations, Education

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent level experience
  • Knowledge of current fundraising legislation, including Data Protection Act and Gift Aid
  • Knowledge of the charity sector

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive & demonstrable experience and understanding of charity & community and events fundraising best practice
  • Excellent track record of setting and meeting fundraising targets, and generating new income
  • Experience of developing new donor and fundraiser relationships
  • Proven experience of planning and running events
  • Experience of using a contact management / supporter database
  • Desirable criteria Maximum score 2

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Excellent planning and time management skills, delivering to deadlines
  • Competent to a high standard in MS Office, able to use the internet, appropriate databases and other research sources to find appropriate market intelligence and partner information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 27 October 2026

To apply for this job please visit londonambulance.tal.net.