Job Title: Lottery Canvasser Fixed term (9 months)
Location: Field based
Hours: 20 hours per week
Salary: £25,102 (pro-rata)
What we do
Compton Care provides high quality, accessible care and support for the people in our communities living with life limiting conditions across Wolverhampton, the Black Country, South Staffordshire and East Shropshire.
The charity’s annual running costs are £16 million, with 70% funded through our stores, fundraising, and donations from amazing supporters.
What will you do?
As a Lottery Canvasser, you’ll be a friendly and professional ambassador for our charity. Through face-to-face conversations at community events, shopping centres, retail locations and other agreed venues, you’ll show people the difference their support can make and recruit new Lottery players in an ethical, responsible and compliant way.
You will engage confidently with members of the public and recruit new Lottery supporters across agreed locations and work towards individual and team targets. Plan your daily routes and activity, build positive relationships with venue partners and share feedback on engagement, locations and supporter trends. You will be required to attend training and team meetings and support wider fundraising activity when required.
You will deliver an excellent supporter experience while following Gambling Commission requirements, fundraising guidance, GDPR, responsible gambling principles and internal policies.
What we want you to bring.
Experience in a customer-facing, sales, fundraising or public engagement role with the ability to confidently engaging with a wide range of people and building strong relationships with the public, businesses and community organisations.
You should have strong administration skills, experience of maintaining records, excellent communication skills with the ability to work independently and collaborate with colleagues across the business. You will have basic IT skills.
What you’ll need to be successful
A good level of education with a commitment to continued learning. Knowledge of charity fundraising, society lotteries, the local community or direct debit processes GCSE English and Maths, or equivalent qualifications.
What’s in it for you?
27 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays), increasing with long service. Salary exchange pension scheme with a 5% employer contribution from day one of employment increasing to 7% after 3 years. Death in service benefit at 2x salary, staff discount across our coffee shops Access to our employee assistance program including unlimited telephone counselling support, 24/7 GP access and a staff discount platform. We are also a Blue Light Card accredited organisation.
About our recruitment process:
Please note that we reserve the right to close a vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.
Compton Care is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure that all our staff are selected and vetted fairly so that they can provide safe, effective and compassionate care.