Job Title: Community Fundraising and Events Executive

Reports to: Head of Fundraising

Location: Make-A-Wish Ireland ,

Hours: Full-time

Contract: Full time, permanent

Background

Make-A-Wish Ireland grants the wishes of children aged between 3 and 17 years living with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Since 1992, Make-A-Wish Ireland has granted wishes for more than 3,250 brave children across the country.

Make-A-Wish Ireland is hiring a Community Fundraising and Events Executive to join their team. This role will play a key role in our community fundraising programmes.

Salary depends on previous experience.

To apply, please send a cover letter and CV to David Burns davidb@makeawish.ie

Key Responsibilities:

As the Community Fundraising and Events Executive, your key responsibilities will include:

·      Developing and executing community-driven fundraising campaigns aligned with Make-A-Wish Ireland's fundraising strategy.

·      Oversee and project manage selected mass participation, challenge and digital events.

·      To assess and proactively steward registered participants as per their supporter journey. This could include undertaking welcome calls, sending supporter communications, providing ongoing fundraising support, following up non-payments, personalised thanking, and supporter surveys. This can be done across a range of channels including mail, email, and telephone, online and face to face.

·      Creating compelling content strategies encompassing videos, social media posts, and communication materials to enhance engagement and drive fundraising efforts within the community.

·      Ensuring proper data management, including CRM logging of fundraisers, efficient communication, and prompt acknowledgment of their contributions.

·      Recruit and coordinate volunteers for events.

·      Represent Make-A-Wish at donor meetings, conferences and events.

·      To produce high quality analysis reports for activities, including recommendations to inform and improve future fundraising.

Experience/Skills:

Your qualifications and skills should include:

·      1+ years' fundraising/marketing experience

·      Relevant fundraising or marketing qualifications.

·      Experience collaborating with external agencies and basic IT skills.

·      Strong communication (written, verbal, and interpersonal), organizational, and administrative capabilities.

·      Enthusiastic, self-motivated, team-oriented, detail-oriented, flexible, and adaptable.

·      Robust, confident, 'can-do' attitude that thrives on challenges and remains calm under pressure.

·      Target driven & focused on results

·      Full clean driving licence