Corporate and
Events Fundraising
Officer
Winter  202 6

Havant and East Hampshire Mind

Havant  Wellbeing Centre

Dunsbury Way
Havant
P09  5BG

www.easthantsmind.org

Corporate and Events

Fundraising  Officer

Dear Applicant,

Thank you for your enquiry about the above post.

This pack contains the
s pecification.

job  advertisement,

job  description and  person

For more information about the role and our services, please see our website at
www.easthantsmind.org
Community and Communications (

mike.craft@easthantsmind.org

 the role  contact Mike Craft

 or to discuss

, Head of
).

To apply, please submit your
suitable for the role. Clearly state your address, e
number and whether you have a driving license and access to a vehicle.

application  which should outline  why you are

-mail address, telephone

Please return applications to

the HR  at  recruit ment @easthantsmind.org

•  Closing date for receipt of applications is
•  Shortlisted candidates
•

Thursday 4 th December
will be  contacted by  Friday 12 th December

Inter views  will be held on  Wednesday 17 th December  2025 .

Yours sincerely

Ross Borman
Director of Business Development

The benefits of working with Havant and East Hants Mind

Make a real difference to local people

We’re a  local  Hampshire  charity and we’re here to make a positive difference to
lives and communities.
dedicated team with a big

Y ou’ll work with a passionate, knowledgeable and

heart .

Holiday Entitlement

•  25 days annual leave rising incrementally to 30 days per year for staff on

permanent full time or part time contracts and pro

-rata for part time staff.

•  We also offer your Birthday and a winter wellbeing day as two additional

days off each year.

•  Bank holiday leave is flexible, this is added to your annual leave total and

can be taken on bank holidays or another date.

Flexible Working
Many of our roles can be offered as flexible and hybrid to promote a healthy work
life balance, enquire about role flexibility when applying.

Employee Assistance Programme
Access to our trusted Employee Assistance Programme, with Mindful Employer+
providing free wellbeing support over the phone for debt and financial
management, legal and tax advice, family care and wellbeing support.

Learning and Development
We have a dedicated learning and development budget that supports the
training of our staff. This covers both current role requirements and future
development needs identified through appraisals and supervisions.

Eye Test Voucher
We offer voucher(s) for a full eye test and help towards the cost of glasses
specifically for VDU use or a financial contribution towards an eye test and the
cost of glasses specifically for VDU use with your existing eye test provider.

Opportunity to Get Involved and Shape Our Organisation
Join working groups across the organisation and share your experiences, passions
and contribute to our policies and strategies.

Bring Your Whole Self to Work
Become part of a friendly, welcoming and understanding team where you can
truly bring your whole self to work, mental health challenges included.

Pension
If eligible you’ll be auto
based on 3% of your salary.

-enrolled into our pension scheme, and our contribution is

Corporate and Events

Fundraising  Officer

Are you passionate about
access wellbeing and crisis services?

raising funds and awareness to support local free to

Can you  engage  our local community
events and activities

?

 and  workplaces  to raise funds

through

Could you  g ene rate new leads and exciting
campaigns ?

opportunities  for future  fundraising

Could you  drive our corporate partnerships and fuel impactful growth

?

Would  you enjoy meeting people,
activi ti es and hosting important

supporting a diverse range of fundraising

wellbeing  conversations ?

If the answer to all of these is yes, we want to hear from you.

This is a great opportunity for someone who has a background in
or ev ents  and  would like to make a difference in their local community.
someone looking to transfer their existing

skillset to a new field.

fundraising  and
 Or

We are looking for  a passionate, creative
who want s  help improve access to mental health provision across H
leading our fundraising income generation

.

, organised  and committed individual

ampshire , by

If you would like to know more about the service before making your application,
please  contact  Mike Craft  for an informal chat

 (m ike.craft @easthantsmind.org

).

Job Description

:

Job title:
Salary grade:
Contract length
Contracted
hours:
Working base:
Reports to:
Responsible for:
Flexibility
required:
Checks made:

Purpose of Post

Fundraising  Officer

Corporate and Events
£ 31,106.00  FTE  (actual salary  £ 18,915.81)
Initially 12 months, with view to make
22.5 hrs  per week

permanent

Hybrid working, with expected min 1 day a week
Head of  C ommunity  & Communications
Fundraisers , Charity  Partner s hips
Regular  evenings and weekends required to support
fundraising events and promotional activity
DBS and 2 satisfactory references

 in office

The  Corporate and Event
strategy across  multiple
partnerships,  events  and sponsorship s . Inform and support
fundraising  and stewardship  of fundraisers/ supporters
in the fundraising strategy.

s  Fundraising  Officer  will  deliver  our fundraising
income streams;

 with a particular focus on

community

 for H EH Mind  as detailed

corporate

As an integral member of the
Fundraising  Officer  will  help us drive and accelerate
fundraising, income growth, and deliver unrivalled supporter experience.

Community  T eam,  the  Corporate and Events

corporate and  community

Accountability

You will be line managed by the
H avant  and East Hants  Mind but will manage your own workload, prioritising
 in line with the Fundraising Strategy
tasks and working on your own initiative

Head of  Community & Communications

 for

.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic development

•  S upport the Head of

Community & Communications

in developing  HEH

Mind’s fundraising plan, ensuring a reach that will support our strategic
ambitions and maximising income across a diverse set of revenue streams.

•  Monitor and evaluate organisational success in relation to these

strategies.

Income generation

•

Identify and develop opportunities and initiatives to expand existing
revenue streams.

•  Lead on the engagement of corporates through developing new

partnerships, stewarding existing supporters and securing sponsorship for
services , projects  and fundraising initiatives.

•  Support  the development and stewardship of community fundraising

-led events, fundraising from schools,

relationships including, supporter
groups and clubs.
•  Continue to establish

 a robust fundraising events calendar to engage a

diverse range of supporters.

•  Support  all aspects of individual giving including appeals, regular giving

and crowdfunding campaigns.

•  Working closely with the

Community Team , identify and implement

opportunities for digital fundraising and online giving.

 Processes and systems

•  Update and manage donor information on the

Fundraising Tracker

system,

identifying trends, patterns and potential income generating
opportunities.

•  Research funding opportunities relevant to
•  S etting clear objectives and targets to deliver high performance levels.
•  Co -Manage a portfolio of existing fundraising supporters across all income
streams, providing exceptional supporter care, maximising funds, building
relationships, motivating, stewarding and nurturing all donors, in line with
nd the Fundraising code of Practice.
HEH Mind’s fundraising strategy a

HEH  Mind.

•  Ensure that essential information of a sensitive or personal nature is not

disclosed to or discussed with inappropriate persons.

Stewardship and relationship building

•  Review, inform and  implement supporter journeys to improve engagement

•

and maximise donor loyalty.
Inform a nd s upport  the development and maintenance of effective
relationships with funders, donors

, partners  and supporters.

•  Raise local awareness and fundraising support of HEH Mind and its work
within the county, through proactive work with community groups,
organisations, educational institutions, and key local contacts.
to groups, seeking photo opportunities with the media and attending
business networking events.

G iving talks

•  Recruit, train and supervise fundraising volunteers
•

Inspire, motivate and develop the HEH Mind’s staff and volunteer
workforce and maximise their contribution to fundraising activities.

Marketing and promotional activity

▪  Work with the  C ommunications  L ead to develop creative and innovative
marketing materials e.g. case for support, to engage supporters and build
high value sustainable relationships.

▪  Work with the Communications Lead to use social and traditional media
effectively to create and deliver insightful and engaging fundraising
communications and drive key messaging using local case studies, to raise
brand awareness and target areas with grea

test potential.

Regulations and governance

•  Work to standards outlined by the
fundraising  strategy, objectives

F undraising  R egulato r, HEH Mind ’s

 and best practice.

•  Ensure all fundraising and marketing activity meets GDPR and data

compliance.

Reporting

•  Ensure that

 all  supporter information and data is stored using the

Fundraising  database and used in compliance with the latest guidelines at
all times.

•  Fulfil requirements of all H
including CRM, compliance

EH Mind  systems relevant to fundraising
 and  databases .

•  Provide data for  quarterly  reports  in line with KPI’s outlined in our

fundraising strategy

; to inform our  t rustees and  s enior  leadership  t eam.

•  Work with the finance officer monitor

income  generation streams and

identify supporter profiles and progress.

•  E nsure that all necessary risk assessments are completed and followed

before, during and after any fundraising activity.

Colleagues (Team)

▪  You will be part  of a small passionate
▪  Ad d support or cover

for  colleagues in other community roles

, with

, hybrid  community  t eam .

opportunities to learn and develop within your role.
.

▪  Attend  biweekly  T eam  meetings as required

General

▪  E nsure compliance with legal, ethical

 values  and  regulatory requirements

across fundraising activities.

▪  Ensure all duties are carried out in line with our polices in a manner which

promotes safety, equity, inclusion and diversity.

▪  Maintain full accountability through supervision, working professionally and

with integrity.

▪  To work flexibly and where needed across H

EH Mind  Centres and

Community

locations, and partner

venues .

▪  To work outside of normal office hours (including evenings and weekends)

where needed to attend supporter events as appropriate.

▪  Undertake other duties as may be reasonably determined by the

Head of

Community & Communications.

Person Specification

Experience

Experience  of fundraising, including
fundraising

Experience of fundraising marketing

community and or corporate

Up to date knowledge of fundraising principals, practices
Fundraising Code of Practice).

(including

Experience delivering a fundraising project

, campaign  or event

Experience contributing to a fundraising strategy

Building and sustaining donor relations
monitoring)

(including record keeping and

Building and sustaining partner and supplier relations

Working towards deadlines
budget

, income targets

 and project aims

 within

Monitoring and regular reporting against targets

Working with external agencies and senior management towards
achieving organisational goals

Experience of using digital marketing and social media for fundraising
promotion

Voluntary sector experience and working with volunteers

Writing or supporting project/campaign reports and
recommendations

Skills, abilities, understanding and knowledge

Certificate in Fundraising (Chartered Institute of Fundraising)

Ability to engage, inspire and enthuse a range of supporters to raise
funds and nurture relationships

Strong ability to prioritise and manage workload, working
autonomously

Able to use social media and post management tools,
attract and  promote supporters.

to effectively

Essential/
Desirable

E

E

E

D

D

D

D

E

E

D

D

D

D

D

E

E

D

Excellent communicator in formal and informal communications, both
verbally and in writi ng, including delivery of presentations to a range
of stakeholders.

Excellent level of literacy, communication, organisational, time
management , attention to detail

 and problem -solving skills

Excellent IT skills (Publisher, Word,

Excel,  Teams, Mail Chimp)

Understanding of the wellbeing needs of people with mental health
needs.

Valid driving licence and access to a car for work

Personal Circumstances

Ability to work unsocial hours to

support planned fundraising activity

Show flexibility  and adaptability
project needs, donor/ supporter needs

).

(linked in  working environment,

Lived experience of mental ill health

Alignment with HEH Mind vision and values

An understanding of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

E

E

E

D

E

E

E

D

E

E

Havant and East Hampshire Mind
Havant Wellbeing Centre
Dunsbury Way
Havant
Hampshire
P09 5BG

www.easthantsmind.org