St Piers Community Development Officer

Job Title:  St Piers Community Development Officer

Department:  Fundraising

Reports to: Community and Events Manager

Location:  Hybrid (Lingfield & Home – The position will need to be onsite regularly)

Salary:  £28,000 - £30,000per annum based on 37 hours per week all year round.

Hours:  37 hours per week    

Contract:  Full-time, all year round, permanent

Closing Date: 29 September 2025

Young Epilepsy and St. Piers is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and promotes the welfare of all learners.

As part of our safer recruitment process and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, online searches will form part of this process. 

An Enhanced Disclosure with relevant Barring Service checks and full referencing will be required before employment can commence.

Your Role:

The Community Development Officer will be responsible for raising voluntary funds and developing relationships from the local area to enhance the education and social provision for the students at St Piers

The role will build fundraising, volunteering partnerships and develop reciprocal relationships with the local community, providing sustainable funding for St Piers and the wider campus.

Key responsibilities include:

Work with the Community and Event Manager and Campus Appeal Manager to develop a local and regional community fundraising plan for St Piers School and College

Proactively develop relationships & fundraising opportunities across a broad range of local audiences including; charity of year partnerships, local businesses, community groups, faith groups, individuals, schools and local grant giving organisations. ensuring they receive appropriate stewardship, communication and support

Working with others in the fundraising team, plan, organise and deliver fundraising events on the St Piers campus to engage the local community, volunteers, staff and parents of St Piers students.

What we need from you

A confident communicator who can build rapport and maintain positive professional relationships with funders, partners and community groups

Proven success of charity fundraising with companies and community organisations

Experience of working in a target-driven environment. 

Experience working with volunteers

Experience of working successfully within a team but also confident to work independently

 Your benefits

• Comprehensive training and professional development opportunities
• Generous annual leave
• Occupational pension scheme
• Subsidised dining room
• Gym membership options (on and off-site)
• Your Rewards, giving you access to nationwide discounts and benefits
• Free parking on campus
• Access to a working farm and horticultural area

We are accessible by bus, by train via the East Grinstead branch of the Oxted Line and by car

About us

Young Epilepsy is the children and young people’s epilepsy charity. Our purpose is to create a society in which children and young people with epilepsy are enabled to thrive and fulfil their potential. A society in which their voices are respected, and their ambitions realised.

We work with children and young people across the country, as well as many of those people and organisations who shape their lives - parents, health and care professionals, researchers, teachers, policymakers and more.

Informed by young people and drawing on our strong legacy of expertise in education, health

and research, we have developed and published our 2020-2025 strategy. This focuses our work around 3 key offers: health and research, voice and support and St Piers special education. Within these key offers we aim to:

• Coordinate research that improves diagnosis and treatments, and deliver cutting-edge health services
• Campaign for children’s rights, supporting them in school and college and providing innovation tools, information, and practical help for living day-to-day life
• Provide an innovative and creative environment for children and young people with epilepsy, autism, and severe learning difficulties.

For further details of these and other vacancies, please visit our website: youngepilepsy.org.uk/jobs 

 No agencies please 

Young Epilepsy strives to employ people that reflect the community it serves; therefore, applications from minority groups and people with disabilities are particularly welcomed.
Young Epilepsy is the operating name of the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy. Registered Charity No: 311877 (England and Wales).

If you do not hear anything within two weeks of the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful. 

Young Epilepsy is the operating name of the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy. Registered Charity No: 311877 (England and Wales).

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