Job Description and Person Specific Requirements
Position:
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Start date:
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Corporate Partnerships and Events Assistant - Volunteer
Head of Corporate Partnerships and Head of Music & Entertainment
Tuesday 1st September 2015
Friday 21st August 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 Volunteer 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
Assist Music & Entertainment team in delivering successful events
Work on festival activity where War Child is the charity partner and help recruit and manage a team
of festival stewards for relevant events
Represent Music & Entertainment team at War Child events (may require working some evenings
and weekends)
Help in the planning and implementation of War Child events in 2015/2016 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 & Entertainment 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 & Entertainment support:
 Assist Music & Entertainment team to deliver a successful BRIT Awards concert (February 2016)
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Assist Music & Entertainment team to deliver a successful series of Passport: Back to the Bars concerts
(February 2016)
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Work on festival activity where War Child is the charity partner and help recruit and manage a team of
festival stewards for relevant events
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Represent the Music & Entertainment team at War Child music and entertainment events (may require
working some evenings and weekends)
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Help in the planning and implementation of War Child events in 2015/2016 (including but not
exclusively Aviate Trading Day, Winter Wassail)
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Help in the planning and implementation of newly developed War Child fundraising concepts within
entertainment
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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Ability to follow direction and report on progress to line manager
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Passion for music and entertainment
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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
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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 21st August 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 August 2015
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After your interview you will be asked to complete a short written test
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Start date: Tuesday 1st September