Board Member/Charity Trustee/ Fundraising

• Saving and rehoming Strays

• VO101135

This is a key role within our team as an unfunded rescue we rely on our events and donations to support the continued running of the charity.
We are currently recruiting for volunteer(s) to join the board as a Trustee to lead our fundraising efforts and take responsibility for our fundraising/events and be involved in management activities. In addition the Trustee will sit on our Board to ensure the charity is run efficiently and in accordance with our constitution and purpose. Please request a copy of the fundraising Trustee Job Description if you are interested.
The successful applicant will be expected to commit a minimum of 6-8 hours per week to their
volunteering and trustee duties.

Volunteer Role Summary
You will be a passionate individual with experience in fundraising and/or event management and an interest in animal welfare.
You will be organized with excellent communication skills, able to write engaging and professional appeals and be confident picking up the phone to follow-up on potential leads.
You will be confident using social media platforms to research and promote our events. You will be confident working with a team of enthusiastic volunteers and ensuring individuals are completing actions as promised.
You will be a team player, communicating and obtaining feedback from the trustees and our general manager.

Volunteer Responsibilities
• Investigate and bring creative ideas for fundraising to the table
• Oversee and promote fundraising campaigns establishing the actions required for success of the event and where these are delegated, providing oversight.
Bring feedback for each event back to the trustee team.
• Liaise with General Manager to ensure appropriate staffing levels are available for events and that preparations are completed in a timely manner
• Commit to organizing and hosting at least one local event per quarter – includes booking locations, advertising, coordinating with volunteers, venue set-up and promotion of the event.
• Outreach to organisations for donations to be used at charity events for auctions, tombolas, prizes etc.
• Able to visit Ayr site at least every 2 months (and prior to/ following events) to sort, collect and return event supplies.
• Ensure updates and trackers are maintained on the charities online workspace

Skills
• IT competence (including Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Publisher etc.)
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills,
• Fundraising/event experience preferred
• Marketing experience (not critical but must be competent with social media)
• Ability to operate within a small, passionate leadership team,
• Ability to motivate and encourage volunteers.

Experience required

Skills
• IT competence (including Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Publisher etc.)
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills,
• Fundraising/event experience preferred
• Marketing experience (not critical but must be competent with social media)
• Ability to operate within a small, passionate leadership team,
• Ability to motivate and encourage volunteers

Travel details

Our rescue can be a little tricky to reach by public transport and therefore access to a car would be preferable (which would also be beneficial to running local events).

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