Jessica Lear is an experienced fundraising and administrative professional seeking a new role starting in June 2017. She has over 3 years of experience in fundraising and event management for the charity Children in Crisis, where she helped raise over £146,000 for charity events. She is skilled in challenge event fundraising, marketing, social media management, database maintenance, and administrative tasks. Additionally, Lear has international experience in volunteer work and community outreach through organizations like Restless Development and Star of Hope Family Organisation.

1. JESSICA ANN LEAR
17 Rosslyn Avenue
Harold Wood
Essex
RM3 0RG
07920179494
Jessica.Lear14@gmail.com
CAREER OBJECTIVE
Experienced Support Officer/Fundraiser travelling to South America for six months from
November 2016. Available to work from around June 2017.
WORK HISTORY
Children in Crisis
Fundraising and Support Officer August 2014- October 2016
• Providing administrative and fundraising support to various departments within the
fundraising team and managing a portfolio of Challenge Events.
Job Responsibilities and Skills
• Challenge event fundraising, including all marketing and recruiting participants, providing
fundraising support, event planning and om-the-day logistics (almost doubling income for
London Marathon from 2014, raising £146,000 for the London Marathon in 2016).
• Maintaining Challenge Event and Community Fundraising webpages
• Writing copy for and creating all Challenge Event eCommunications, including the
development of eNewsletters through Charity Email.
• Maintaining social media groups for Challenge Event participants.
• Providing support to the Special Events manager, including on-the-day logistics.
• Maintaining databases including batching and importing donations, bank amends, payroll
giving, adding constituents to the database and creating queries/reports
• General administrative tasks including sending thank you letters to supporters
• Administration around Board Meetings, including coordinating the meetings and writing
minutes
• Recruiting and managing interns/staff volunteers
• Answering phone and email enquiries
• Representing Children in Crisis at Events
FDM Group Jan 2014- Present
Graduate Recruitment and Events Consultant
• Recruiting graduates onto FDM’s Graduate Programme and coordinating various events.
Job Responsibilities and Skills:
• Reviewing and accessing incoming applications.
• Responding to incoming applicant enquiries in a highly professional and positive manner.
• Conducting telephone interviews.
• Facilitating internal assessment days.
• Building and maintaining relationships with allocated UK universities.
• Attending seasonal university events within the UK.
• Coordinating internal ‘Open Evenings’ at the London office.
• Establishing, building and growing relationships with internal FDM staff through effective
communication, consistency and the provision of a highly professional service.
FDM Group (part-time) Oct 2012- June 2013

2. Student Brand Manager
• Essentially a marketing role, promoting FDM’s graduate programme on campus.
Job Responsibilities and Skills:
• Delivering FDM presentations/announcements on campus.
• Promoting FDM at campus events including; graduate fairs and networking sessions.
• Blogging on behalf of FDM.
• E-promotion and social networking (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc).
• Communication with students (face to face, email).
• Market research (questionnaires, focus groups, interviews).
FDM Group Oct 2011-Sept 2012
Academy Administrator
• Providing administrative support to the Academy Recruitment and Events Team.
Job Responsibilities and Skills:
• Responding to enquiry emails sent to the Academy.
• Adding candidates and their paperwork to SharePoint.
• Screening of vetting documents.
• Answering enquiry calls and covering the reception.
• Sending candidates their “Welcome Packs”.
• Using Microsoft packages such as Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word and Publisher.
• Creating and updating the assessment rota.
• Maintaining databases (including CRM/Sales Force/Colleague and Campus).
VOLUNTARY WORK HISTORY
Restless Development/Other March 2016- August 2016
Climate Campaigner
• Campaigned on various climate issues in my spare time
Job Responsibilities and Skills:
• Taking part in “Meat Free May” to raise awareness about meat consumption and its
impact on climate change, a Friends of the Earth campaign
• Writing blogs and other social media activism
• Taking part in 350’s Break Free campaign and action in May in the UK
• Contributing to the smooth running of a pilot climate campaign developed by Restless
Development
Star of Hope Family Organisation January 2014-Present
SOH Campaign UK Founder
• Founded a campaign in the UK to raise awareness of the health issues that blight
Tanzania and support the work of Tanzanian NGO Star of Hope Family Organisation.
Job Responsibilities and Skills:
• Fundraising and awareness-raising through the organisation of various events and
starting a social media campaign. Raised a current total of £1263.
• Managing a small team of volunteers.
• On-the-field research conducted in the village, including interviewing the people.
Restless Development Sept 2013- Dec 2013
International Citizenship Service (ICS) Volunteer
• Our cross-cultural team of national and international volunteers provided employability
skills sessions in Universities in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Job Responsibilities and Skills:
• Building relationships with University management.

3. • Creating and facilitating sessions on employability skills.
• Organising a careers fair, including building relationships with businesses and facilitating
the event itself.
• Advertising both the employability skills sessions and career event to students at
Universities through face-to-face contact, posters, flyers and social media.
• Fundraising and campaigning skills gained during the ‘Action at Home’ period of the ICS
programme.
Samaritans Jan 2013-Jan 2014
Listening Volunteer
• Provided a non-judgmental, confidential and open-minded service to those in distress or
despair, on the phone or face-to-face.
EDUCATION
MA Modern History Merit Oct 2012-Sept 2013
Kings College London
• Specialised in British Social History. Dissertation looked at the impact of growing
affluence on working-class identity. Achieved a distinction, which highlights exceptional
research skills and self-motivation.
BA Modern History and Politics Upper Second Oct 2008- July 2011
University of Essex
• Completed various modules including; Introduction to Political Theory, Political Theory
and Human Rights, European Politics, and British Social History.
• First grade achieved for dissertation.
A-Levels: History, English and Politics Sept 2006- July 2008
Havering Sixth Form College
• A in Politics.
• B’s in History, English Language and General Studies.
GCSE’s Sept 2001- June 2006
Redden Court School
• Gained 11 A-C grades including an A* in History, A’s in Science and English, B’s in ICT
and Mathematics and a C in Statistics.
SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS AND SKILLS
• Half marathon completed and raised £500 for the Mental Health Foundation.
• Raised £800 for Restless Development as part of the International Citizens Service
programme.
• Attended a Community Fundraising Course with Children in Crisis.
• Raised over £3000 (inc. GiftAid) for Children in Crisis as part of training for, and
completing, the Virgin Money London Marathon 2016.
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
• Keeping fit and healthy
• Personal fundraising in the local community and for challenge events
LANGUAGES

4. Basic Spanish
REFERENCES
Excellent references available on request