Job summary
- Main area
- Fundraising
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 249-6563520
- Employer
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Great Western Hospital
- Town
- Swindon
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Major Gifts Manager
NHS AfC: Band 5
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Job overview
As a pivotal member of our fundraising team, you will be responsible for developing strategies to generate major gift funds and manage the various stages of their implementation. In consultation with the Fundraising Manager and Associate Director of Charitable Funds and Voluntary Services you will continually raise the profile of the charity in order to develop and nurture relationships with our supporters.
The post of Major Gifts Manager is an important link between the hospital’s charity and its high-net-worth supporters and will require knowledge of fundraising and considerable energy and enthusiasm that will inspire donors to continue to support Brighter Futures through engaging applications, communications, project updates and reports.
The role will also be responsible for researching appropriate trusts, foundations and other grant making bodies. Managing and developing the major donor programme and stewarding donors all in line with the Trusts strategic objectives for income growth.
Main duties of the job
A key element of the role will be to create compelling, creative, and persuasive applications and cases for support and to maintain excellent engagement, to develop and grow major gift income.
A key task of this role would be to create tailored presentation materials that evidence the need and impact of certain bids and raise income with a focus on securing five and six figure major gifts from individuals and charitable trusts and foundations by initiating and developing long term relationships.
Working for our organisation
Brighter Futures is the charity for Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust which includes Great Western Hospital in Swindon and community sites in and around Wiltshire. With supporters help we fund that extra special level of care in order to make a real difference to patients, their families and staff who treat them, above what the NHS is able to provide.
The Charity is one of more than 280 NHS Charities in the UK, which between them hold assets of £2.2bn and raise over £330m per annum used to enhance and support patient care and provide grants for projects that are over and above those served through government funding.
Brighter Futures helps improve the hospital environment, fund ground-breaking research, support the development and training of hospital staff and provide state-of-the-art equipment. We are committed to encouraging a diverse and inclusive working environment for our people, our business and the communities we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. In consultation with the Brighter Futures Manager, develop and implement a strategy for Major Gifts with agreed targets and plans, to be reviewed on a regular basis.
2. Working with the Brighter Futures Manager, identify suitable projects within the Trusts plan to build cases for support and wish lists for new and existing donors. Create tailored presentation materials to evidence
the need and personal, timely reports to evidence the impact.
3. Raise income with a focus on securing five and six figure major gifts from individuals and charitable trusts and foundations by initiating and developing long term relationships.
4. Working with the Donor Development Manager, undertake an audit of the supporter database to identify and research major donor prospects and insights.
5. Develop, manage and implement all aspects of the major giving strategy such as the case for support, prospect research, engagement and donor recognition opportunities.
6. Develop, manage and implement solicitation and stewardship plans for a portfolio of major givers - donors and prospects.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree qualified or equivalent level of experience
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of fundraising practices
Desirable criteria
- Certificate in Fundraising/IOF qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of planning and managing fundraising approaches
- Experience of meeting or exceeding financial targets
- Experience of working as part of a team and actively contributing towards team plans and activities
Desirable criteria
- Ability to respond quickly to and provide a high level of support to donors/supporters
- Can effectively report on and manage data in order to target particular markets for fundraising asks
- Ability to respond quickly to and provide a high level of support to donors/supporters
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate an empathy and understanding of the needs of patients and their families who come into contact with the charity
- Ability to absorb complex information and use this to persuade and motivate stakeholders
- Ability to plan and manage own workload
- Strong IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a fundraising environment
- Knowledge of Harlequin or equivalent fundraising database systems
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
- Lisa Utting
- Job title
- Brighter Futures Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01793 605631
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