Person Specification

Essential

• Experience in a fundraising, communications or supporter care role.
• Experience leading, supporting on, and coordinating high value donor events.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a flair for storytelling.
• Strong interpersonal skills, a passion for relationship building, and a donor-centric mindset.
• Highly organised with attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Familiarity with CRM databases and donor stewardship principles.
• Interest in science, research, education and/or public engagement.
• A good understanding of GDPR and best practices in donor data management.

Desirable

• Agile in your ability to project manage and adapt to last minute opportunities and changes.
• Comfortable presenting information in written and verbal formats to colleagues.
• Demonstratable experience delivering multiple projects in a timely and efficient manner.
• Experience working within a dynamic team environment, in a fast-paced organisation.

Competencies

Self-management

• Works unsupervised and can motivate self.
• Produces results under pressure.
• Can manage in stressful situations.
• Pushes for the best results.
• Can be innovative and offer solutions and suggestions when not initially obvious.
• Keen to be involved in organisational and corporate working groups informally or formally.
• Can represent section on some duties.
• Works within the Royal Society Values at all times.

Working With Others

• Contributes ideas and identifies opportunities to work with others both within the team and across the organisation.
• Willing to provide and accept feedback to and from sectional colleagues when requested.
• Produces succinct presentations and papers for senior colleagues, is a capable presenter and can explain topics and projects to a range of audiences.
• Understands when to seek senior advice on a wide range of matters and act upon it.

Resource management

• Makes the best of internal/external resources and coordinates well with external partners to best meet the needs of the Society.
• Builds contingency into projects taking into account possible outside factors.
• Sets and monitors performance against quality and results orientated targets.
• Focuses on both short and long-term goals.

Critical thinking

• Determines and clarifies the exact requirements of any situation.
• Checks information for accuracy and raises concerns if information is inaccurate.
• Extracts the key points succinctly, clearly and accurately.
• Puts forward suggestions for improvement concerning current processes or systems.
• Tries different ways of doing things to get the best results.

Adaptability

• Overcomes obstacles and is not deterred by setbacks; checks assumptions and first principles and works out alternative approaches.
• Reacts proactively to new challenges and works in a flexible manner to produce solutions.
• Provides feedback and participates in discussions surrounding new ideas approaches or projects.

Managing people and relationships

• Can delegate effectively if needed setting clear expectations and authority.
• May line manage or supervise others.
• Monitors results and feedback to own team on a regular basis constructively.
• Recognises others' contributions and acknowledges their strengths and limitations.
• Helps others to identify ways to improve their performance and encourages learning from others in the team.
• Prioritises supervisory responsibilities and carries them out in line with organisational policies.
• Understands and can identify client/stakeholder/staff needs and looks for opportunities to improve their experiences.