2022 Telephone Fundraising Campaign Recruitment

Are you looking for a summer job?

Would you like one which will give you a range of transferrable skills, which are useful for almost any future career?

And would you like to do a job that really makes a difference?

If the answer to these questions is ‘yes’, then the 2022 Pembroke Telephone Fundraising Campaign is for you!

Every year we recruit around thirteen students callers (undergraduates and graduates) as Fundraising Ambassadors, asking Pembroke alumni to support their College by donating to the Annual Fund. The fund supports everything from the supervision system to the maintenance of the College site; everyone who comes here will have benefited from the generosity of the fund’s supporters in one way or another. Read more about the Annual Fund and the College’s Development Programme.

For the first time since 2019, the Telephone Fundraising Campaign (TFC) will take place in College. All calling will taking place in our dedicated call room (N8), which means you’ll benefit from having a great group of students working around you.

We’ll cover the cost of your College accommodation during this time period and you’ll also get a daily meal allowance so you can make the most of being in Cambridge. 

The 2022 TFC will run from Monday 12 September – Monday 26 September inclusive, with comprehensive training (paid) provided.

You will learn about alumni relations, fundraising and running a campaign from start to finish. You will also learn negotiation skills, increase your confidence and improve your telephone manner.

This is an excellent job to put on your CV and the Development Office will be happy to act as a referee (and/or as a recommendation on LinkedIn) for anyone who completes the training and calling successfully.

If you have a particular career in mind which you are interested in pursuing after you graduate, the Development Office will also try to pair you with one of our alumni working in that area to offer free mentoring and advice.

Apply now. The application deadline is midnight on Monday 27 June.

If you have any questions, please contact Nami Morris.

You can also download a PDF of the job description.

Testimonials from our previous callers

“A great learning opportunity, and a fantastic way to hear about real-life experiences of people who have been in the same position I am in now."

“A wholly unique opportunity that gave me an insight into the lives of so many fascinating people, while helping me to do some good for the College."

 “I really loved working on the telephone campaign last summer. I thought talking to strangers over the phone would be difficult, but it was surprisingly natural and I learned a lot throughout the campaign. Talking to alumni about their time at college, and what they have done since was really interesting. Hearing the connection they still felt to college, sometimes years and years after graduating, reassured me about graduating myself. There were some really interesting people who I would never have gotten the chance to talk to if it weren’t for the telephone campaign.”

“I’d heard great things about the campaign from a couple of friends who’d done it the year before, so took a chance and applied, and I’m really glad I did. I had some very entertaining conversations about literally life, the universe, and everything. There are some wonderful alumni out there, and in some cases it felt like a real privilege to be able to hear about their experiences. The working hours also gave plenty of time to enjoy Cambridge before the term kicked off as well. All put together, it made for a fantastic couple of weeks!”

“I am really glad I took part in the telephone campaign. Besides the obvious benefits of free accommodation and kinder eggs for successful calls, I had some really interesting conversations. After you get over the initial strangeness of having alumni tell you their life story, it is so lovely to hear about what Pembroke used to be like and what alumni have gone on to do (and also makes ‘the real world’ feel a lot less scary). I would really recommend it.”