Charity Fundraiser

A worthwhile job that gives work-life balance. Genuine work-life balance. Imagine a job where people from all kinds of backgrounds and people of all ages including people shifting careers aged 40-65 are successful.

• 80% of the staff work 3 or 4 days per week.
• Potentially work your hours at times between 9am to 7pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 3pm on Saturdays.
• Most staff vary their working hours week to week to fit in around time with family, friends, pets, medical appointments etc.
• Compress your hours over 2 weeks to get blocks of days off.
• Generally work within half an hour of your home, travel time is built into your contract, and you get a travel allowance payment.
• The company shuts down over Christmas and New Year for at least a full week.
• Training is comprehensive but done remotely by home study and is followed up with excellent ongoing support and encouragement.

We think supporting a good work-life balance for our staff is business-critical. We offer flexible local working and a culture that supports you to maximise your life outside of work. A worthwhile job that also has its rewards.

The role is working as a face-to-face charity fundraiser on behalf of Willen Hospice in Milton Keynes. Willen Hospice cares for end-of-life patients and their families in Milton Keynes and the surrounding areas. Founded in 1981, Willen Hospice now helps more than 4,000 patients per year via a combination of in-patient care, drop-in services, home visits and phone calls. The support is holistic covering specialist medical care, emotional support, and well-being services.

This care is immensely valuable and whilst it is provided for free, this requires an immense fundraising effort every year. 77% of the nearly £6 million it costs to operate Willen Hospice has to be raised each year. That means raising £11.23 every minute of the year from a combination of activities including shops, events, donations from wills and corporate sponsorships.

The role is a charity fundraiser working as a 3rd party agent, employed by The Fundraising Partnership, representing and fundraising on behalf of Willen Hospice. Your job as a charity fundraiser will be to find more people to support us with a small regular donation so that we can make a big difference to people who face end-of-life and life-limiting conditions.

A typical charity fundraiser will raise more than £400,000 for the charity every year that they work for. People of all backgrounds and ages can be successful at this.

You need to be reasonably mobile and physically fit and active. You will also be ethical and take pride in doing a job the right way. You need interpersonal skills, to be a good listener and be able to communicate effectively; however, you don’t need to be really persuasive or great at making speeches as this isn’t a typical sales job.

It is a salaried role enhanced by a commission with full-time and part-time options, travel costs payment included. You will need to have a car but will typically be working within 30 minutes of your home. Full-time OTE is between £30-40k pa. We provide full training which is delivered via a home study course and ongoing support and coaching in the field.

Click apply to find out more about what the job of a charity fundraiser is like and arrange to talk with our Recruitment Specialist.