Community and Events Fundraising Executive

Job Title: Community and Events Fundraising Executive Reports to: Community and Events Fundraising Manager Hours: 0.5-0.6 FTE / 18.5 or 22.2 hours per week. Location: Hybrid – 2 days in our London office Salary: £28-32,000 p.a. FTE. Actual salary £14-16,000 p.a. for 0.5FTE depending on experience and skills or £16,800 - £19,200 p.a. for 0.6FTE. Contract: Permanent Are you an experienced community and/or events fundraiser, who loves the buzz of marathon day, and has ambitions to take their career to the next level? We’re seeking someone to join our community fundraising and events team at the Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) and help us grow our income to support children and young people with vision impairments. This role joins us at an exciting time as we are building our community and events fundraising programme and offering new ways to engage. A focus of this role will be supporting our London Marathon team – a pillar of our C&E fundraising – building on the outstanding stewardship journey we offer our runners, and crucially thinking creatively about the stewardship journey once they’ve crossed the finish line, inspiring our fundraisers to continue supporting us. We’re looking for someone who’s fun, brilliant with people, full of ideas and proactive to join our team. If that sounds like you, drop us a line. Some flexibility will be required to attend events outside of normal working hours, and around Marathon Day. Some main duties of this role include: · Leading on event planning, recruitment and stewardship for the London Marathon with the aim of maximising income and fostering long-term support from our partners and runners · Grow and develop RSBC’s London Marathon offering, expanding our appeal and reach · Working with the Community and Events Fundraising Manager to deliver the wider community and events fundraising strategy, developing and implementing new activities and sustainable income streams · Champion a first-class supporter experience, ensuring every interaction fosters connection and demonstrates value · Support the co-creation of innovative, integrated campaigns that drive unrestricted income and deepen community engagement The ideal candidate will have advanced relationship building skills and experience in community and/or events fundraising, proven ability to achieve income targets and build community networks nationally, working knowledge of CRM databases. In return we offer a competitive range of benefits including a generous annual leave allowance of 28 days (rising to 29 days after 3 years’ service) bank holidays, an option to buy an additional 2 days of annual leave, Employee Assistance Programme, Perkbox, flexible working opportunities, 3% contribution towards pension, access to 24/7 GP, mental health care and dental advice via apps if member of pension scheme, season ticket loan. We are a welcoming, diverse and inclusive workforce and are a Disability Confident Employer. We also hold the Investors in People Silver Award. For further details on the role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification. Please apply by emailing your CV and a supporting statement which details how you meet the requirements of the role and person spec Closing date: Noon, Thursday 26 June Interviews: Week commencing 30 June To apply you must have the right to work in the UK. We do not provide any sponsorship. The Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Therefore, all posts are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure check from the Disclosure and Barring Service and 2 satisfactory professional references. Registered Charity No.307892

Location: Monument, GB

Posted Date: 6/14/2025