Looking for work experience in the charity sector?

The Development and Alumni Office currently have a part-time volunteering opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated student.

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands on experience of working within a busy fundraising and alumni relations team, and to learn more about fundraising and marketing within the third sector.

The position is part-time and unpaid. The post-holder will need to commit to a minimum of 3.5 hours per week (refreshments will be provided during hours of work). The successful candidate must have excellent IT skills, a good level of accuracy and be confident working under pressure and to deadlines.

Responsibilities will include:

• Updating alumni details on the Raiser’s Edge database
• Assisting with administration of the College’s annual fundraising telephone campaign
• Contributing to the production of departmental mailing lists
• Collating attendance figures for College events
• Recording gift aid declarations on the database and assisting with the collation of data for gift aid applications to HMRC.
• Assisting at Development and Alumni events, such as graduation ceremonies

Benefits of the role:

• Significant experience of using Raiser’s Edge – a database widely used by organisations within the charity, higher education and arts sectors
• An understanding of the importance of maintaining relationships with alumni and/or members in relation to the institution’s fundraising efforts and reputation building
• Opportunity to learn more about the wider work of the External Relations department which includes the Marketing, Communications and Outreach teams
• Opportunity to learn and develop valuable and transferable skills which will benefit both your life at Birkbeck and your future career
• A unique chance to make a positive contribution to Birkbeck
• An official reference to be used for future job applications.

The Development and Alumni Office supports the strategic development of Birkbeck, University of London by raising money and support for the College from a wide range of donors, and maintaining and developing relationships with the College’s alumni. For more information about the team, please visit our website.

To apply, please send your CV and a short covering letter, of no more than 300 words, to Clare Dodds at c.dodds@bbk.ac.uk by Sunday 30^th January 2011.

Shortlisted candidates must be available to attend an informal interview and short data entry test of 30 minutes on Friday 4^th February.