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Supporter Experience and Finance Processing Coordinator

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Closing date: 16 December 2024
Interview date: To be confirmed
Location: Erdington site
Hours: 22.5 hours a week
Duration: Permanent
Salary: Corporate Band H, £23,334 – £26,105 per year (pro-rata for part time staff)

Are you a detail-oriented professional with a passion for making a difference? We have an exciting opportunity for a skilled Supporter Experience and Finance Processing Coordinator to join the Birmingham Hospice fundraising and finance team at our Erdington site. This role is part-time, working Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 9am to 5pm.

In this role, you’ll play a crucial part in ensuring the accurate and efficient processing of all donations and communications, with specific responsibilities for cash handling, banking, and financial reconciliation. Your meticulous attention to detail will be essential for maintaining accuracy in each transaction, from processing donations to updating our donor database. As a core support to our fundraising team, you’ll manage donations with precision and engage with supporters to provide an outstanding experience.

As the main point of contact for our supporters, you’ll be responsible for delivering our gold standard supporter experience, serving as the friendly and supportive face of Birmingham Hospice.

We’re looking for someone who is highly organized, proactive, and experienced with Microsoft Office and CRM systems. Strong communication skills, discretion, and the ability to handle sensitive financial information are essential for success in this role.

If you have experience in cash handling, banking, supporter care, or a related role and are ready to make a meaningful impact, we’d love to hear from you!

For further information or an informal chat, please email Jayne Caswell at jayne.caswell@birminghamhospice.org.uk

Please note: Due to the nature of this position, this is an on-site role at our Erdington office.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Finance Processing

  • Accurate maintenance of information systems relating to donors, contacts, activities and events, including gift aid recording.
  • To assist with the opening of post, and sorting and coding donations received in accordance with charity procedures.
  • To ensure that donations are consistently coded and recorded on Donorflex, in accordance with the charity’s data policy.
  • To ensure all supporter information and acknowledgment correspondence is accurate and produced within the team’s established SLA.
  • To assist in the preparation of all cash for banking
  • Participation in and contribution to the routine activities of the finance and fundraising departments and supporting with the administration of high volume fundraising activities and campaigns.
  • Responsibility for collecting box management, using the database for counting and recording income, and liaising with other departments involved in issuing and collecting back in boxes.
  • Check the Just Giving website for new pages and then create, code and prompt relevant team members

Database and Supporter records

  • Maintain the quality, accuracy and correctness of the Donorflex database by entering new and updated supporter records.
  • Import new donor details to Donorflex from the website
  • Update Donorflex with any return to sender post and email unsubscribes
  • Review data for deficiencies or errors, correcting any incompatibilities and checking output
  • Monitor external fundraising supporter sites and ensure all data is recorded accurately and acknowledgements have been processed
  • Update all mailing preferences in line with GDPR
  • Ensure the Donorflex database supports all fundraising activities gaining an in depth understanding of all specialist modules, events and campaigns.
  • Co-ordinate purchase order and invoicing processes on FocalPoint
  • Co-ordinate the department’s stationery requirements, place orders and keep a record of stock levels
  • Maintain the department’s register of materials, merchandise and gifts in kind to ensure effective distribution of equipment and prizes and correct financial information.
  • Manage the Fundraise@ email inbox and forward emails to relevant team members or respond directly when necessary, ensuring all communication notes are added to Donorflex
  • Ensure all work is compliant with the charity’s Information Governance policy and procedures

Supporter Service

  • Prioritise incoming calls and distribute to the relevant staff member and/or follow the Supporter Journey process.
  • Be the first point of contact for supporters accessing the Income Generation Department via the telephone, web, or email.
  • Following due process, manage any donations that are bought on site to either hospice building and handle any associated queries.

Brand development and reputation

  • Ensure adherence to and promote our brand and reputation.
  • Monitor potential opportunities and threats and ensure internal and relevant external audiences are aware of both.

. Expectations

  • Work flexible hours including evenings and weekends when required.
  • Ability to travel to external meetings.
  • Ability to work across both hospice sites.
  • Undertake any other duties as may be required by the Supporter Experience and Finance Processing Manager or the Head of Fundraising Partnerships and Supporter Experience.
"The work we do is not only important but also incredibly rewarding."

Trisha Maglaqui is a member of the Supporter Experience and Finance Processing team with responsibility for coordinating volunteers and supporters.

She said: “I have truly enjoyed being part of the Supporter Experience and Finance Processing team. From the moment I joined, I was warmly welcomed, and the connections I’ve built with my teammates have grown into close friendships.

Trisha Maglaqui (right), Sue Smith (centre) and Jayne Caswell (left) from the Supporter Experience team.

“The work we do is not only important but also incredibly rewarding, with every day bringing something new. It’s inspiring to know that what we do makes a meaningful difference in the lives of the people we care for.

“Being part of this amazing team and collaborating closely with our fundraising colleagues has been an absolute privilege.”

The hospice is committed to developing a dynamic and diverse workforce, representative of the communities it serves. We ask you, therefore, to complete the Equal Opportunities monitoring form to help us in this aim.

We value each person as an individual – whether they are colleagues, patients, family members, carers or supporters, every person matters. We embrace diversity of culture, background and environment knowing it enriches our workplace and our relationships with our local communities. We are committed to building a culture of inclusion and belonging. We would love to hear from you, about what makes you uniquely you and how this opportunity will support you to succeed.

Our Values

Our values are at the heart of everything we do as we continue in our mission to enable more people from all communities to access the care of their choice at the end of life.

Kindness
Togetherness
Positivity
Openness
Respect
Innovation