Job Description and Person Specific Requirements
Position:
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Start date:
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Corporate Partnerships and Events Assistant (Voluntary Role)
Head of Corporate Partnerships and Head of Music & Events
Monday 2nd February 2015
Friday 23rd January 2015
1. Overview
1.1. Background & Description of the role
War Child’s mission is to support and strengthen the protective environment for children who, as a result of
conflict, live with a combination of insecurity, poverty and exclusion.
Over the next five years War Child will develop its organisational capability to benefit, directly and indirectly,
10% of the most marginalised children, living in ten of the worst conflict affected countries in the world. War
Child will campaign to persuade decision makers to begin allocating the level of financial and political
commitment needed to reduce the number of children dying and suffering from the effects of war. We will
harness the credibility and learning from the increased scale of our programmes work to make a significant
contribution to the conditions, in which others are encouraged, enabled and compelled to benefit those children
marginalised by conflict that War Child is unable to help directly.
The Corporate Partnerships and Events Assistant voluntary role is crucial for our award-winning, creative
Fundraising Division, in supporting the team in raising funds to continue this rapid growth and expansion of our
impact. The Corporate & Events Assistant role will have a focus on supporting War Child’s corporate accounts
and supporting the Events team with our annual fundraising gigs.
1.2. Key Responsibilities
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Provide support in account managing War Child’s existing partnerships
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Maintain individual corporate contacts and organisations on War Child’s fundraising database
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Utilise War Child’s fundraising database as a relationship management tool to record, monitor and
report on existing partnerships.
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Assist Music and Special Events team in delivering successful concerts.
Work on festival activity where War Child is the media partner and help the Challenge
Events team recruit and manage a team of festival stewards for relevant events.
Represent Special Events team at War Child music events (may require working some
evenings and weekends)
Help in the planning of War Child events in 2015 including music and comedy gigs, trading
day fundraisers and a Christmas gala dinner.
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1.3. Responsible to
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Head of Corporate Partnerships and Head of Music and Events
1.4. Working With
The role involves working closely with the following stakeholders
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All staff in the Fundraising Directorate
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All staff in the Programmes Directorate
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Other War Child colleagues
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War Child’s Corporate Partners
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War Child’s Key Supporters
1.5. Responsible for
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Providing indirect support to the Corporate Partnerships and Music team.
1.6. Contractual Terms
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This role will be a 4-6 month placement, working 5 days a week.
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This role involves working in War Child’s offices in Kentish Town (NW5)
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This is a voluntary position, with lunch and travel costs provided (for travel within zones 1-6 of London
Underground)
2. Job Description
2.1. Corporate Fundraising
Support the Corporate Partnerships team in developing War Child’s portfolio of corporate partners committed
to supporting the charity in a wide range of corporate fundraising activity (including but not exclusively Charity
of the Year, CRM, sponsorship, trusts)
Corporate account support:
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Provide day to day support for current corporate partnerships working with Corporate Partnerships
Manager to maximise income.
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Support in the development of corporate fundraising activity on a project by project basis.
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Build excellent working relationships across the organisation, with teams who help to deliver War
Child’s corporate partnerships
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Build excellent working relationships with staff who work for War Child’s corporate partners
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Support at corporate events as required
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Maintain information on corporate contacts and organisations on War Child’s fundraising database
Music and Events support:
 Assist Music and Special Events teams deliver a successful Brit Awards concert (Feb 23)
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Assist Music and Special Events teams deliver a successful series of Passport: Back to the Bars concerts
(Feb 16 - 24)
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Work on festival activity where War Child is the media partner and help the Challenge Events team
recruit and manage a team of festival stewards for relevant events
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Represent Special Events team at War Child music events (may require working some evenings and
weekends)
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Help in the planning of War Child events in 2015 (Aviate Trading Day, Winter Wassail, Classic Brits,
Comedy night, Rock Show)
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Working with the MAMA Group on various War Child related events like the Great Escape and warmup shows leading up to the Great Escape Festival.
3. Essential Requirements
War Child’s office is a fun and lively environment made up of small group of extremely dedicated staff and
volunteers. We’re looking for someone who can fit in well and bring their own personality and creativity to our
fundraising and the wider charity.
3.1. Experience
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Conducting desk research
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Excellent written and verbal communicator
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Some understanding of charity fundraising mechanisms
3.2. Expertise
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Confident to work independently
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Relationship development
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Attention to detail
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Ability to effectively organise and prioritise your own workload
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Demonstrate a flexible attitude to working, including some weekend working and occasional visits to
the network
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IT literate with good knowledge of Microsoft Office and databases
3.3. Legal
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Eligible to work in the UK
4. Desirable
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Involvement on a marketing or fundraising project
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Involvement in music event management
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Experience of using/managing relationship databases
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Experience of managing own projects
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An understanding of or experience of delivering fundraising events
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Interest/knowledge of the charity sector
5. Application Process
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Please send your CV and a brief covering letter which outlines how you meet the person specification, to
Elisabeth Little, Head of Corporate Partnerships Elisabeth@warchild.org.uk by Friday 23rd January 2015
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Due to limited resources at War Child, HR will contact only the shortlisted candidates
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Interviews will be held during week commencing 26th January 2015
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After your interview you will be asked to complete a short written test
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Start date: Monday 2nd February 2015