Community Development Officer, Winchester
About This Role
The Henry Beaufort School is dedicated to fostering strong relationships with alumni, parents, and the wider community to support the school’s values and growth. Our purpose is to secure income streams through:
fundraising initiatives, sponsorship and advertising opportunities
developing our community lettings programme to ensure the continued enhancement of educational and leisure programmes for the wider community.
developing Alumni relations and relationships with local businesses.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, approachable professional to join our team. You will need to be able to think strategically to develop opportunities; building strong relationships which benefit the school, its students and our community.
Essential skills:
Good GCSE grades (including English and Mathematics at grade C/4 or above)
The ability to be flexible with the hours worked.
To have excellent administrative and organisational skills
To have excellent ICT skills
An ability to use initiative, be self-motivated and work under pressure
Good interpersonal and communication skills
A good sense of humour and the ability to work as part of a team
The ability to see opportunity and to think outside the box.
Desirable skills:
Experience of working in a fast-paced education setting
Experience of relationship management and/or experience of sales or marketing
Experience of line management and managing other people’s workload
Advanced Microsoft Word skills and knowledge of management information systems and databases
This is an excellent opportunity to join a very successful secondary school where students thrive academically and culturally.
Benefits
On site nursery available
Free on-site parking
Local Government pension scheme
Become part of a supportive and sociable team
We provide staff with a range of free access to Education Mutual benefits to support well being
Roles and responsibilities
Develop and sustain funding generation through sponsorship, advertising and philanthropic giving to secure a sustainable income stream to support educational experiences for our students.
Review the schools’ current lettings, alumni and business offer with a view to improving the customer experience.
Develop and maintain a database of key stakeholders and partners wishing to engage with the school
Promote the school, its ethos and reputation to inspire community links to engage with the school
Develop a suite of opportunities for investment in the school and engagement in education and development opportunities.
Prepare and draft key fundraising communications and related literature, both in print and online, in collaboration with colleagues.
Liaise with current community users to understand customer satisfaction and potential for further investment to the school
In conjunction with the Social Media coordinator write articles and contribute to PR and social media posts that demonstrate the impact of donations that encourages further sponsorship for student activities at The Henry Beaufort School
Organise engagement events as required, occasionally on evenings, weekends and the school holidays
Establish positive and professional working relationships with other departments within school to ensure that the work of the Community Development Officer is well-received and understood
Generating financial and engagement reports, as required, for the Senior Leadership Team and the Governing Body.
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