Interim Community Fundraiser

Interim Community Fundraiser - 6 months fixed term

Location: North Support Centre, Leeds

Salary: £24,284 – £25,746 per annum

Hours: 35 per week

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has been at the forefront of animal welfare since 1824. We are the largest animal welfare charity in the UK. It is our vision to work for a world in which humans respect and live in harmony with all other members of the animal kingdom.

Building on our strong and successful heritage, we are now significantly investing in our Community and Events Fundraising. This position is a fixed term contract to provide additional support to the North Fundraising team during a busy fundraising period, to maintain and grow existing events & activities and to identify and develop new fundraising opportunities.

This is a full time position and you will be based at our North Support Centre in Leeds. This post will require extensive travel.

You will develop and deliver the national community fundraising plan at a local level. Responsible for agreed fundraising activity and events within the North region, you will deliver significant income through excellent donor development and support. This will include establishing new groups of fundraising volunteers, as well as forming and building new key relationships with individuals, local businesses, groups and associations as well as local media.

You will be an energetic, passionate, self-motivate and enthusiastic fundraiser with demonstrable experience of managing events and raising funds in a community setting. In addition, you must have the ability to build practical, beneficial and productive relationships with all areas of the community as well as internally in the RSPCA. You must be able to work to and deliver significant budgets, targets and plans.

An application form and job details can be downloaded from this web page.

Alternatively, please contact Amy Smith, Regional Fundraising Manager, RSPCA North Support Centre, Aston Court, 3 Town End Close, Bramley, Leeds, LS13 2AF, or by e-mail to: amy.smith@rspca.org.uk

Closing date: 5 April 2013

First round interviews will take place on 16 April 2013, with the final interviews taking place on 18 April 2013

Please send completed application form to the above address. Please note we do not accept CVs.

Charity No: 219099

Promoting kindness and preventing cruelty to animals.

The RSPCA offers excellent benefits including private healthcare, defined contribution pension scheme, childcare vouchers and employee assistance programme.

We value diversity and encourage applications from all sections of the community.