Philanthropy Manager

1 month ago


Oxford, United Kingdom Helen & Douglas House Full time

Come join us at this exciting time and help us bring our new and ambitious fundraising strategy to life

You will work in an external facing role and the work will include managing existing donors, internal prospecting and pipeline development, building new, external relationships, and creating a network of local significant support. The area of major gifts has been identified as a key growth area and therefore is an organisational priority: you will have plenty of opportunity to develop in this area, whilst being supported by our friendly Philanthropy Team.

To succeed in this role, you will be confident in deal with varied individuals and contacts at all levels, in varied situations. Your excellent communication skills will shine through when projecting yourself in meetings and other situations where you may not know anyone. You will possess the ability to create cultivation and management plans for donors, bearing in mind the interests of the donor, what is appropriate communication and what is the appropriate level of financial ask.

This is a hybrid full-time role with 2 day per week spent working in our office in Cowley, Oxford. Some travel across Thames Valley will be required. Pay range for this role is £35,923 to £46,026 per year, dependent on skills and experience.

Helen & Douglas House offer the following benefits:

- 27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays, rising to 28 days after 3 years, and 29 days after 5 years of service.

- Flexible Annual Leave: buy or sell up to 5 days of Annual Leave per year.

- Life assurance x4 your annual salary.

- We are a direction agency for the NHS Pension Scheme.

- Group Personal Pension scheme with 7% employer contribution.

- Eye care voucher scheme.

- Cycle to work scheme.

- Octopus electric vehicle leasing scheme.

- Occupational sick pay and maternity pay.

- Enhanced maternity leave and shared paternity leave.

- A flexible working environment.

- Investment in your Continuous Professional Development.

- Employee Assistance Programme.

- Recommend a friend scheme.

- Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion. We welcome applications from all areas of the community and run regular in-house EDI-focused events and workshops.

Helen & Douglas House is a registered hospice charity based in Oxford, providing palliative, respite, end-of-life and bereavement care to life-limited children and their families. We foster a climate where team members feel able to openly question, debate and appropriately challenge their own and the practice of others; as such, we welcome new ideas and strive to constantly improve our delivery of care to our patients.

Please note that everyone working for Helen & Douglas House are required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Helen & Douglas House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer and value the benefits of a diverse workforce. We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community.


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