Job summary
- Main area
- Charity
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR1893-24
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ipswich/Colchester Hospital
- Town
- Ipswich/Colchester
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/01/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 04/02/2025
Employer heading
Community and Events Fundraising Manager - Essex
NHS AfC: Band 5
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
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Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
We are looking for a driven Community and Events Fundraising Manager to cover north Essex, who is passionate about health charities and the role the charity plays in supporting the needs of local patients.
As a key member of the Charity Team, the Community and Events Fundraising Manager must have the creativity, skill and knowledge to deliver the best charity community fundraising, events and stewardship of our supporters, that support the wider strategy.
The post-holder will sit within the Charity team and provides an important link between the Charity and the local community, volunteers, fundraisers and hospital staff. The post holder will work closely with colleagues to deliver an effective community and events program.
The purpose of this role is to ensure that a sustainable program of community and events fundraising is in place, has a high profile and is well marketed and managed to generate funds to agreed targets and awareness of the charity.
You will require good knowledge of fundraising and considerable energy and enthusiasm that will inspire the patients, visitors and local community to choose the ESNEFT charity as their preferred charity to:
Main duties of the job
- To support specific fundraising projects and appeals (as advised by Head of Fundraising & Marketing and the Senior Fundraising Manager)
- In conjunction with the Head of Fundraising & Marketing and Senior Fundraising Manager, plan and manage the charities current events fundraising programme and contribute to its continual development.
- Research and develop new charity led events.
- Deliver planned growth of all aspects of Community and Events Fundraising.
- Monitor and feedback competitor activity in the region in relation to community and event fundraising.
- Deliver an excellent customer experience and supporter journey so that the hospital’s charity is the charity of choice for people in the trust’s catchment
- Keep up to-date with fundraising codes of practice and regulations in relation to events, fundraising and sponsorship and ensure they are implemented appropriately
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven track record for supporting the delivery of event programmes and campaigns – from initial concept to implementation and review – and in particular, strong experience in marketing of mass participation events
- Experienced in developing promotional materials
- Experience of leading projects and budgeting
- Demonstrable strong interpersonal skills and experience in a customer care setting
- Experience of working with data entry, accurate record keeping, and running database reports
- Demonstrable experience of being involved with charity work e.g. fundraising and/or volunteering
- Ability to use a range of communication channels to build relationships including face to face and social media
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using a fundraising database for data entry, data manipulation and reporting
- Experience of dealing with people who are bereaved or dealing with personal difficult health conditions
- Experience of working on in-house events
- Working knowledge of the basics for good fundraising practice eg Gift Aid, data protection
- Working with volunteers
- Marketing and communications experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Further relevant training
- Driving licence/access to vehicle
Desirable criteria
- Educated to degree level
- Not-for-profit or fundraising training
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication and presentation skills both verbal and written
- Excellent project management skills, with the ability to manage many different events simultaneously and manage priorities accordingly
- Good problem solving, influencing and negotiating skills
- Effectively establish and report against KPIs, which measure success, impact and effectiveness
- Able to use IT systems including Microsoft Office
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of best fundraising practice in relation to event fundraising
- Social media and e-communications capability
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nichola Whymark
- Job title
- Head of Fundraising and Marketing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03007701369
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