Job summary
- Main area
- Communications & Charity
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (To cover maternity leave)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Some out of hours working will be required.)
- Job ref
- 423-6801352
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/12/2024 08:00
- Interview date
- 19/12/2024
Employer heading
Fundraiser (Band 5)
Band 5
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
Airedale Hospital & Community Charity (AHCC) is the dedicated charity of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. We support the staff, patients and communities of Airedale across 700 square miles of West and North Yorkshire and East Lancashire. The Charity operates under the corporate trusteeship of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust with a Charitable Funds Committee (CFC) to manage day-to-day operations.
The post of Community Fundraiser is an important link between the hospital charity and the local community. You are the face of the Charity in the community and, in collaboration with the wider Charity team will be responsible for developing and delivering income.
Main duties of the job
Reporting to the Head of Charity, the post holder will be responsible for developing income through effective donor acquisition; building and maintaining effective relationships; providing fundraising support and advice; attending and organising high quality events for our supporters.
The post holder will comply with both Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute of Fundraising Codes of Conduct and Codes of Best Practice.
In pursuing these duties the post holder will ensure compliance with the NHS Constitution (details of which can be found at the following websites www.nhsemployers.org or www.dh.gov.uk/nhsconstitution).
Working for our organisation
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our ‘Right Care’ behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients – we want to make these part of our DNA.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details and full details of the role please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
- 3 A levels or NVQ
- Computer literate with strong skills in Microsoft Office
Desirable criteria
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent experience)
- Fundraising qualification
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Formal or informal fundraising experience
- Experience of leading a range of events and community fundraising initiatives
- Experience of managing multiple successful relationships
- Experience of providing excellent customer care
Desirable criteria
- Experience of delivering presentations
- Experience of working to targets
- Experience of using a database
- Understanding of the NHS and NHS Charities
- Knowledge of the local area
Skills & Ability
Essential criteria
- Full driving licence and use of a transport
- Comfortable speaking in front of groups and at different levels
- Ability to enthuse and motivate
- A team player with the ability to work flexibly and independently
- Sensitive to the interests of supporters at all times
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent organisation and time management skills and the ability to work to deadlines
- Ability to interact with a wide variety of people in different circumstances, to achieve positive financial outcomes and to establish long-term relationships and partnerships
- Creative thinker, quick to respond to opportunities
Desirable criteria
- Fundraising knowledge appropriate to the role
- Experience of dealing with bereaved families, friends and carers
- Confident in the use of social media
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jodie Hearnshaw
- Job title
- Charity Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 294870
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