Talks and community events coordinator - united kingdom, zharkent

This role would suit someone looking for an exciting and varied role within a community fundraising environment. experience within the charity sector may be beneficial but not essential. this role sits within the events and fundraising department and full support will be provided on developing an understanding of relevant fundraising processes and regulations. for over 32 years, air ambulance kent surrey sussex (kss) has been providing world-leading pre-hospital medical services to critically ill or injured patients wherever they are, whenever they need it. we serve a population of 4.8 million people plus a transient population of 90 million people, making us one of the busiest air ambulances in the uk. we are at the forefront of utilising technology and innovation to save lives and improve patient outcome, which has made us one of the world's leading helicopter emergency medical services. to support our service, team kss is looking for a talks and community events coordinator, on a fixed term 12-month maternity cover basis, to deliver all day-to-day activities around our talks and community events attendance. the role will be within our community fundraising team and you will work collaboratively with members of team kss and our wider stakeholders to building engaging relationships with individual supporters of our service. duties to include: provide day-to-day management of kss activities relating to talks and presentations as well as event attendance within the local community, acting as a key internal and external point of contact. liaise with groups, organisations and community event organisers who might like to find out more about the charity through this offering. maintain an awareness of the kss strategy for increasing funds and how talks, presentations and event attendance might play a role in this. explore and propose opportunities for kss to grow its brand awareness and income through this channel. provide day-today management of store collections attended by kss, acting as main liaison with stores and supermarkets to arrange collections for the benefit of the charity. carry out administration regarding talks, presentations, events and collections attended by the charity; including creating and updating relevant records on the charity database, booking resources, securing materials, ensuring that arrangements are there to manage donations, adding and updating donor/group records and sending relevant communications, as well as processing feedback. source volunteers to attend talks, community events and store collections, guiding new volunteers through the process of becoming a speaker for kss by organising shadowing and ensuring they have all the necessary information and equipment. liaise with groups and volunteers to ensure that talks and cheque presentations go ahead smoothly. work alongside the community team to manage the challenge event portfolio, liaising with event organisers and supporting participants as required. this is a full-time role but we will consider applications for flexible arrangements. please outline your preferred arrangements as part of your covering statement, which will then be discussed as part of the recruitment process, alongside the duties of the role please note we start screening cvs and interviewing candidates from the start of a campaign. a successful candidate could progress to offer before the advertised closing date. we encourage you to apply as soon as possible if you are interested in any roles.

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