Charity Fundraiser - Local Cycle Paths

Job Details

Salary: £12.60 per hour basic wage, paid weekly (This is not a commission‑based role), plus bonuses.

Hours: 25 hours, 5 shifts a week, Monday–Sunday (part‑time considered).

Shift length: 5 hour shifts between 10.00 and 19.30.

Location: Working in Manchester and surrounding cycle network.

Job Type: Fundraiser.

Charity: Walk Wheel Cycle Trust.

The Role

Do you love walking, wheeling or cycling? Have experience in hospitality, customer service or enjoy speaking with people? Enjoy spending time outdoors? If so you could be part of a team of passionate and well‑informed face‑to‑face charity fundraisers, who will be out on the National Cycle Network helping raise our profile and inspiring new donors to help make it easier for people to walk, wheel and cycle. We give excellent training, so you are ready, confident and prepared to approach people on the Network. In addition to a basic hourly rate, high‑performing fundraisers can benefit from career progression and a competitive bonus scheme.

Please note this is a contract with external staffing agency Inspired People on working assignment with Sustrans.

About You

• You will be passionate and enthusiastic about the benefits of making it easier for people to walk, wheel and cycle.
• You’ll love talking to new people and have excellent communication skills.
• You’ll be a great team player.
• You’ll be resilient with a can‑do attitude.
• No experience needed, just charismatic, confident communicators; as a paid charity fundraiser, you will develop the transferable skills you need to boost your career progression.
• The locations our fundraisers work are often in green spaces with nature around you. Having access to a bicycle to travel to the fundraising location is advantageous.

Key Benefits

• Competitive basic pay (Real Living Wage) paid weekly plus bonus scheme.
• Enrolment onto the EAP health, mental and emotional well‑being scheme for you and immediate family which includes a 24‑7 helpline, six therapy sessions a year, debt and legal advice.
• Opportunities to grow your own team, gain line management experience, acquire valuable charity sector experience and sales skills for your CV.
• Excellent training, coaching and career progression opportunities.
• Work outside, often surrounded by nature.
• Make friends for life while you get paid.

Contact

Call the office on 01275 370 320 (option 1) to discuss the role in more detail.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion. We welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under‑represented, including people who identify as having a disability, and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.