Fundraising Officer

Want to join a great team for a great cause?
- Are you positive, hard working and determined to deliver objectives?
- Can you give our supporters the care they need?
- Can you support our fundraisers to reach their targets?
- Are you willing to work collaboratively in a high-performing team?
- Are you willing to learn and find solutions to problems?

You must be passionate about NHS fundraising and a collaborative colleague who can get stuck in, in whatever the charity needs to deliver the impact for our staff and patients.

Part of this role will be working with Meadow House Hospice, situated at the back of Ealing Hospital. Therefore knowledge of hospice fundraising would be desirable.

This role in the development of the London North West Healthcare (LNWH) charity will play a significant part in generating unrestricted charitable fund income for the charity to use in its various Trust wide grant programmes.

The Fundraising Officer will be responsible for increasing the income the charity receives in accordance with LNWH Fundraising strategy and London North West Healthcare University Trust (LNWHU) annual strategic plans. The post holder will be expected to be the main contact for fundraisers both internally withing the Trust and in the wider community. They will aim to sustain a fundraising income base for the charity to continue its work further.

The post holder will require proficient knowledge of fundraising and considerable energy and enthusiasm that will inspire the patients, visitors and local community to choose LNWH Charity as their preferred charity to support.

The Fundraising Officer will be required to have extensive knowledge of and proven experience in organising and co-ordinating fundraising activities ideally across multiple sites, recruiting, training, motivating and managing a volunteer workforce, marketing, database management, financial management and have excellent communication and relationship building skills in order to identify, develop and successfully conclude fundraising activities as per the fundraising targets set by LNWH Charitable Fund Management Committee and the LNWHU Trust Board.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

**We run major acute services at**:

- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

**Fundraising**:

- Lead, promote and co-ordinate local fundraising events and activities that are well planned, marketed and supported. This will require effective monitoring of the local charity environment and a visible presence within the community. Keeping within budget and reaching the desired target are key for this role. Fundraising events for the hospice would require a level of sensitivity due to the nature of the donations.
- Nurture relationships with hospital staff to encourage creation of and participation in fundraising activities and events and lifting the profile of the charity internally.
- Support the Head of Fundraising in delivering the forthcoming projects and appeals and supporting where needed.
- Suggest and assist in the development of promotional materials in support of community activity.
- Working with the department leads and their staff to help them fundraising for their clinical areas. Meadow House hospice is a fund under LNWH as its largest fund, special attention will need to be given to fundraising in a Hospice environment.

**Donor stewardship**:

- Respond to enquiries from the public, volunteers and to requests for information and materials
- Ensure that communication with supporters is timely, warm and encouraging. All communications should reinforce how grateful we are for their support and the difference their kindness makes.
- Ensure that donor records are comprehensive and are kept up to date.

**Data Management**:

- Ensure all information is recorded in full onto the Fundraising database in a timely manner.
- Data must be compliant with GDPR and Fundraising code of conduct.
- Report trends and communicate important informatio