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Due to the success of a new strategic direction, leading to an increase in income and impact, Newcastle Hospitals Charity has a fantastic opportunity for the right person to succeed in the new role of Major Gifts and Legacies Lead. This new role will join a collaborative and energetic team who raise funds from a variety of sources including trust and foundations, corporate partnerships, major donors, events and community fundraisers and individual giving.
One of the largest NHS charities in the UK, Newcastle Hospitals Charity (NHC) works in partnership with Newcastle Hospitals to fundraise for and to support a range of projects that go beyond public funding and enable the Trust to deliver its ambition and deliver goals that the NHS can’t do alone. Projects supported by NHC include the purchase of specialist clinical equipment; capital infrastructure and initiatives that support the health and wellbeing of patients and staff. We are proud to make a genuine difference to people’s lives each and every day.
The Major Gifts and Legacies Lead will create, implement and drive our Major Giving strategy, supporting, nurturing and growing our fantastic network of high net worth donors. Responsible for all major gift and legacy fundraising operations, you will report directly into the Associate Director of Fundraising.
Closing date: 13 June 2024
Interview Date: 19 July 2024
Working pattern: 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will be responsible for developing and implementing a fundraising strategy to raise awareness and achieve agreed income projections across targeted revenue streams and platforms, including digital appeals/campaigns
- Lead on maximising growth opportunities for current partnerships and supporter networks
- Lead on the identification and engagement of potential new supporters across targeted fundraising programmes
- Grow, nurture and manage a range of external relationships to achieve income generation goals
- Oversee an effective programme of supporter stewardship
- Ensure fundraising activity is managed within agreed income and expenditure budgets and delivers on agreed return on investment (RoI)
- Oversee fundraising performance to ensure income projections are achievable and quality is maintained, producing monthly reports for the senior team and the Charity Committee
- Adhere to the fundraising code of conduct, ensuring donor support, messaging and tactics meet the agreed fundraising governance and quality standard and is cost effective
- Continually identify and develop opportunities for growing income
- Lead, inspire manage and support the fundraising team to meet fundraising projections and goals, and to achieve their potential
- Agree objectives and monitor progress, identifying and agreeing development opportunities
- Nurture and develop fundraising volunteers
- Represent Newcastle Hospitals Charity at key meetings internally and externally
- Deputise for the Associate Director as required
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
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Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Degree level education
- Postgraduate qualification, or demonstrable equivalent level experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Highly developed specialist knowledge in relation to charity regulation and professional fundraising standards
- Experience in working at a senior level and strategic thinking
- Experience of relationship management and effective engagement of a range of stakeholders, at all levels, both internal and external
- Knowledge of information and data protocols
- Knowledge and experience of gift aid and tax effective giving
Desirable
- Leadership experience of working in a charity and/or healthcare setting
- Volunteer and/or Line management
- Use of CRM database packages or similar
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
- Highly skilled negotiator with effective skills in influencing and persuasion
- Proven ability to develop, direct and deliver successful fundraising programmes and campaigns
- Practical statistical, analytical, visualisation and numerical skills
- Proven ability of working both independently and in large teams within a charity, business development or healthcare environment
- Proven ability to analyse and assess charity performance and inform decisions about future income generation potential based on market analysis, performance data and financial information
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