Essential Characteristics
1. Good general administrative and organisational skills
2. An organised and enthusiastic approach to managing workload, including
good time-management skills and the ability to effectively prioritise
different tasks
3. Confidence in communicating with colleagues and outside contacts
by telephone, in person and in simple written communications
4. Basic numeracy skills, sufficient to deal with simple financial calculations
5. Basic IT skills including confidence in using word processing and
email, together with a willingness to learn new packages and applications
6. A personal commitment
to The Vegetarian Society’s mission to
promote understanding and respect for vegetarian lifestyles; the successful
candidate must be vegetarian
Desirable Characteristics
1. Experience of working with
databases, in particular Raiser’s
Edge
2. Experience of working within a fundraising team
3. Experience of general office administration
4. Experience in a customer services environment
5. Willingness to get involved
with other areas of the Society’s
work
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