Fundraising Officer

Make a Smile; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 25,000 - GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organisation is seeking a Fundraising Officer to ensure steady income through organising events and promoting fundraising initiatives. The role involves working closely with volunteers, local businesses, and managing compliance for fundraising activities. Ideal candidates should be proactive, organised, and experienced in event planning or community engagement. This position plays a crucial role in sustaining the charity's mission to support children in need and requires a commitment to community collaboration.

Qualifications

• Event planning or coordination experience is essential.
• Experience working with volunteers or community groups is required.
• Basic understanding of fundraising or charity operations is beneficial.
• Administrative tasks and paperwork experience is advantageous.
• Experience liaising with local businesses or organisations is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan and organise fundraising activities including events like quizzes and bake sales.
• Liaise with local organisations and manage donation campaigns.
• Support volunteers in their fundraising efforts.
• Manage administrative and financial tasks including compliance with charity law.
• Promote online fundraising tools and charity merchandise.
• Explore opportunities for donations from local businesses.

Skills

Proactive and self‑motivated

Confident communicator

Organised and able to manage multiple tasks

Enthusiastic about fundraising

Reliable and committed

Job description

Overview

The Fundraising Officer ensures a steady income for the charity by organising events, supporting volunteers, promoting online fundraising, managing collections, and ensuring compliance. Ideal for someone enthusiastic about community engagement and fundraising opportunities.

What difference will you make?

Make a Smile brings joy to children affected by illness, disability, or hardship through hospital visits, community events, and volunteer activities. The Fundraising Officer ensures a steady flow of income so the charity can cover costs for volunteers, costumes, travel, and events; support chapter growth; run seasonal and special fundraising campaigns; and build partnerships with supermarkets, local businesses, and other organisations.

Key qualifications

• Proactive and self‑motivated.
• Organised and able to manage multiple tasks.
• Confident communicator and team player.
• Enthusiastic about fundraising and community engagement.
• Reliable and committed to seeing projects through.

Experience

• Event planning or coordination experience.
• Experience working with volunteers or community groups.
• Basic understanding of fundraising or charity operations.
• Comfortable with simple administrative tasks and paperwork.
• Experience liaising with local businesses or organisations.

What will you be doing?

• Plan and organise fundraising activities
  • Develop an annual fundraising plan with the committee.
  • Execute events such as quizzes, bake sales, charity sports matches, raffles, and seasonal campaigns.
• Liaise with local organisations and businesses
  • Collaborate with supermarkets, other societies, and businesses to join their fundraising schemes.
  • Manage and monitor counter‑top donation buckets in local businesses, ensuring collection, monitoring, and donor appreciation.
• Support volunteers
  • Help chapter members with their individual fundraising efforts.
  • Promote charity‑wide initiatives like Survival Games.
• Manage administrative and financial tasks
  • Complete relevant paperwork for each fundraiser (e.g., Post‑Event forms).
  • Work with the Treasurer to count, bank, and record funds.
  • Ensure compliance with charity law (sealed buckets, card readers, etc.).
• Promote fundraising channels
  • Encourage use of online tools like Easyfundraising.
  • Advertise charity merchandise and centrally‑run fundraisers.
• Explore additional opportunities
  • Seek donations of prizes, products, or services from local businesses.
  • Collaborate with other groups for joint fundraising initiatives.