About this role
We are looking for a Senior Fundraising and Volunteer Executive to join our Fundraising team on a one-year fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave.
The Fundraising team is made up of skilled, committed and creative individuals working across community and challenge fundraising, philanthropy, partnerships, retail, volunteering, data, and marketing and communications. Together, they generate the voluntary income needed to ensure St John’s Hospice can continue providing free specialist palliative and end-of-life care to everyone who needs it.
Based within the charitable St John & St Elizabeth Hospital, the Hospice supports people living with life-limiting illnesses and those closest to them across North, West and Central London. Our services include inpatient care, day services, community specialist palliative care, Hospice@Home, Lymphoedema care, social work and welfare support, therapies, carer support and bereavement support, helping people to live well for as long as possible.
What are the responsibilities of the Senior Fundraising and Volunteer Executive?
- Community Fundraising Strategy: Work closely with the Head of Fundraising to devise and deliver an effective community fundraising strategy that aligns with agreed targets. This includes supporting fundraising campaigns like Light Up a Life, collection tins, and mass participation challenge events.
- Campaign Support: Provide logistical and strategic support for hospice-led campaigns, ensuring smooth execution, effective engagement with the community, and maximization of fundraising efforts.
- Engagement with Schools, Faith, and Community Groups: Collaborate with the Head of Fundraising to develop strategies and fundraising products that encourage schools, faith groups, and community organisations to support the hospice, raising funds while enhancing awareness of the hospice’s services.
- In Memory Fundraising Support: Assist with the development and promotion of the In Memory giving programme, helping families and individuals honour loved ones through donations, tribute funds, and memorial events.
- Individual Giving Fundraising: Support the Individual Giving programme by assisting with donor communications, stewardship, and the development of materials to encourage regular giving, one-off donations, and sponsorship.
- Legacy Fundraising: Contribute to the growth of the hospice’s Legacy Fundraising programme by promoting the importance of leaving a gift in wills, supporting the management of legacy enquiries, and assisting with related communications.
- Donor Stewardship: Ensure that all donors are thanked promptly and appropriately, maintaining strong relationships and ensuring that supporters feel valued for their contributions.
- General Fundraising Support: Provide additional support to the wider Fundraising team, including assisting with charity shop activities, mass mail-outs, and any other fundraising related tasks as required.
- Weekend and Evening Work: Flexibility to work on some weekends and evenings to support key fundraising activities, events, and campaigns.
Am I the right person for the role?
- Prior experience in a charity or equivalent event role in the corporate sector.
- A proven ability to deliver against targets and operational plans on time and within budget.
- Experience in dealing with administration, co-ordinating systems and structures, including schedules, databases and frequent communications.
- A proven ability to negotiate, manage and develop suppliers, participants and sponsors.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the motivations and mechanics of Community fundraising.
- Experience in Community/ event fundraising.
- Experience of working within the hospice or healthcare sector.
- Experience of managing volunteers for a variety of roles.
Why apply for this role?
At our organisation we are passionate about providing our employees with a supportive and engaging environment. As well as ongoing development and training, we offer our employees a wide range of benefits;
- Salary: Competitive pay with progressive band structuring.
- Pension: Contributory pension schemes including continuation of your existing NHS pension.
- Annual leave: A generous 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Health and well-being: Private healthcare cover of up to £20,000 per year, eye care vouchers, access to free, confidential one-to-one counselling, on-site Mental Health First Aiders and Freedom to Speak Up Champions.
- Learning and development: Ongoing training and development programmes, external study leave and grants available up to £1,500.
- Flexible working: Flexible working arrangements regardless of length of service.
- Travel: Cycle to work scheme and interest-free season ticket loans.
- Discounts: Discounts at our on-site pharmacy, charity shop and a range of local, national and online shops, restaurants and cinemas including Blue Light Card.
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