Corporate Partnership Research Volunteer

Housing for Women (H4W) is a charity and a housing provider with a mission to empower women and challenge inequality. We support women through affordable housing, help women and children escaping domestic abuse, survivors of trafficking, women leaving prison and older women.

We are looking for someone to support our Fundraising Consultant with researching to determine the potential for developing new key relationships with enthusiastic and appropriate corporate partners. This will involve desk research and developing a database of potential contacts for our Fundraising Consultant to follow up. Research will be conducted on the internet but may also involve telephone work. Attention to detail will be important for this role and great research and verbal and written communication skills.

What skills do I need?

• Experience with spreadsheets or CRM systems for organizing and tracking contacts

• Ability to verify information and maintain data integrity

• Computer literate and good working knowledge of MS Office packages, i.e. Word and Excel as well as Salesforce or other CRM systems

• Some experience or understanding of fundraising is preferred but not essential as training will be given

• Clear and professional telephone manner for occasional outreach

• Competence in structuring data for easy follow-up by the Finance Consultant

• Motivated self-starter with the ability to work independently on own initiative and as part of a small team

• Excellent customer care skills

• Strong planning and organisational skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines

• Flexible, creative and proactive approach to work

• Resilient, able to handle conflict and remain calm under pressure

When do I need to be available?

	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Details

This role will involve desk-based research and an such the timing of activities would be largely down to the volunteer. We are looking for input of one to two days a week though and the successful candidate should be available for office-hours meetings with our Fundraising Consultant from time to time.