Engagement Officer

at  The Fire Fighters Charity

ENGAGEMENT OFFICER - WEST

The successful candidate will ideally live within the Mid / West of England, and be able to travel across the region to visit stations and training centres regularly.
Hours 30 hours per month (equivalent 6.92 hours per week)
Salary: £5,185.66 per annum
Flexible working pattern to allow for planning visits (some evening or weekends required)
About Us
The Fire Fighters Charity offers specialist, lifelong support for members of the UK fire services community, empowering individuals to achieve mental, physical and social wellbeing throughout their lives.
We provide confidential, personalised support to the whole of the fire services community, whether that’s at our centres, over the phone, online or out in communities.
We are looking for an Engagement Officer who can inspire the Fire and Rescue communities to support Fire Fighters charity and the work it carries out.
The Benefits

As an Employee of the Charity, we pride ourselves on ensuring you have great employee benefits along with a caring and supportive working environment.

• Salary £5,185.66 per annum
• Pension: 8% pension contributions (All pension contributions are paid by the Charity on your behalf. No employee contribution is required, though can be made through a salary sacrifice scheme)
• Paid Annual leave: 25 days’ holiday rising to 27 plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)
• Life assurance: 3 x basic salary
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme, Health Care cash plan, and other support tools.

The Role
Building relationships with the fire and rescue services in your area, you’ll become an integral part of the local fire services community, you’ll work collaboratively with our national team of fundraisers and to help secure much-needed income for the Charity.
You will provide talks to new recruits, making them aware of the services the charity provides for them as new beneficiaries, and encourage sign ups to individual giving schemes. You will work with your team to maximise recruitment, re-engagement and retention of individual supporters.
With a flexible approach, you will be responsible for planning and scheduling your visits to stations, managing and maintaining personal data and recording outcomes on our Customer Relations Management software.
By generating the income we need to realise our ambitions, you will help us to be there for even more members of the fire and rescue community.
The areas covered by this role include: Avon, Derbyshire, Hereford & Worcestershire, Leicestershire, Mid & West Wales, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and West Midlands.
This role is subject to a Basic Disclosure and Barring Services Check.
About You
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and engaging fundraiser to join our team. You’ll need excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate to a wide range of audiences, with the ability to deliver PowerPoint Presentations in a confident, and clear manner.
You’ll need good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload, and work without close supervision. You’ll also need to be competent on standard Microsoft packages, have efficient time management skills and a proficient use of social media and apps.
This role requires you to be able to travel and occasionally stay away overnight.
A good knowledge of the UK Fire and Rescue Service community is beneficial, and knowledge of legal requirements relating to Fundraising and Data Protection and Information Security principles is required.
How to apply
Please apply online, via our recruitment portal.
We reserve the right to close this role early should we receive a sufficient number of applications. Due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to contact applicants who are not shortlisted for interview. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application was not successful this time.

Please refer the Job description for details