Senior Fundraiser

4 hours ago


London, United Kingdom Your City and Metropolitan Hospitals Charity Full time

About the role

We have a brand-new role, a Senior Fundraiser for our healthcare and hospitals charity based in the West Midlands. The role is responsible for achieving fundraising targets for specified areas as set out within the charity’s strategy and KPIs, including securing five and six-figure gifts. The role will also deliver specific targets set out within existing and future charity fundraising campaigns. 

In addition, the role will manage the Charity Administrative Support Officer, as well as volunteer fundraisers where applicable. They will utilise the charity’s donor database to identify volunteers wishing to support the individual, fundraising events and campaigns aspects of the charity’s strategy. 

About you

Can you be our senior fundraiser? With fundraising experience within a charity setting, you’ll have a track record of securing five and six-figure gifts. 

With an ability to work independently and flexibly as part of a team, you will be able to use your own initiative in a complex & fast-moving charity facing setting. 

A donor focused individual, you will be able to demonstrate integrity and considered, informed, judgement, sensitive to the needs of our individual donors, volunteers, and community fundraisers. 

With excellent written and confident communication skills, as well as good numerical and analysis skills, you will be able to liaise effectively with our donors, including being sensitive to the needs of bereaved families and individuals. 

As a creative thinker with excellent organisation and effective decision-making skills, you will develop our fundraising campaigns and deliver specific targets, in order to fulfil the values, purpose and vision of the charity.

Job description and benefits

Please download the job description and person specification for further information. 

We offer a range of benefits including:

  • Hybrid and flexible working
  • 27 days holiday (pro rata if part time), plus bank holidays
  • An opportunity to receive an annual incentive payment
  • 8% matched pension contributions
  • Annual training budget
  • Opportunities to see how our charity helps transform lives (visiting projects before/after, speaking to our patients, families and staff)
  • Being part of a very supportive and helpful team, with weekly meetings, regular socials and annual away days to feel connected

Primary location of role and hybrid working

This role is primarily based from our hospital sites in the West Midlands. We encourage hybrid and flexible working, allowing our team to work on average 3 days per week at home.   

When applying

We welcome you to apply for this role. Please email trustcharity@nhs.net for an application form, which includes a request to complete a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. 

Please email your completed application form before the closing date to trustcharity@nhs.net with the subject title: ‘Private & Confidential - Senior Fundraiser’. 

Please submit your application as soon as possible. We will be assessing applications on a rolling basis therefore this role may close before the advertised closing date.

If you have any immediate questions please email trustcharity@nhs.net

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

Our charity has a clear commitment to its equal opportunities policy, and it is the duty of every employee to comply with the detail and spirit of the policy.

Closing date: 12pm on Friday 31 January 2025

Interview date: Thursday 6 February 2025 

Further information on this vacancy

Job Description
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