St Catherine’s Hospice

Individual Giving Fundraising Manager

The closing date is 23 October 2025

Job summary

Please apply for this vacancy via the St Catherines Hospice Website where you can find a detailed Job Description.

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Main duties of the job

Are you an experienced and passionate fundraising professional ready to lead a busy team and make a meaningful impact?

About us

When you join St Catherines, youll be joining a supportive team all working towards abig ambition: that will be here for you through the joyful memories, final goodbyes and moments after.If that sounds like something youd find fulfilling, please apply today.

Details

Date posted

08 October 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£39,860 to £44,952 a year Grade NN6a-c

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

B0271-VA199

Job locations

St. Catherines Hospice

Grace Holland Avenue

Pease Pottage

Crawley

West Sussex

RH119SL


Job description

Job responsibilities

Youll be a strategic thinker with a strong track record in individual giving, campaign management and team leadership. Youre driven by results but equally committed to delivering exceptional supporter care. You thrive in a collaborative environment and are confident managing multiple income streams with creativity and insight.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Youll be a strategic thinker with a strong track record in individual giving, campaign management and team leadership. Youre driven by results but equally committed to delivering exceptional supporter care. You thrive in a collaborative environment and are confident managing multiple income streams with creativity and insight.

Person Specification

Attitude and Behaviours

Essential

  • Flexible approach to change, innovation and progress in the work environment
  • Proactive, motivated, organised with strong time-management skills.
  • Compassionate and human approach to building and maintaining relationships.
  • A positive assertive attitude to all aspects of work and development.
  • Professional, confident and compassionate approach to work.
  • High standard of diplomacy, integrity and reliability.
  • Ability to work across teams and departments, inspiring, engaging and enabling colleagues to achieve results.
  • Able to work calmly under pressure and deliver results to a high standard.
  • Excellent attention to detail with high levels of accuracy.
  • Flexible, adaptable and able to work on own initiative.
  • Problem solver and open minded creative thinker.
  • Self- reliant and able to take initiative and work well as part of a team
  • Ability to deal sensitively with patients, carers and supporters while meeting the needs of the hospice.
  • Willingness and ability to work occasional unsociable hours when required.
  • Ability to demonstrate and model St Catherine's values in all aspects of work.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a hospice/healthcare setting.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to A level or equivalent, with grade A-C GCSE level in English and Maths.

Desirable

  • Fundraising qualification
  • Management training
  • Professional fundraising training
  • Chartered Institute of Fundraising membership/qualification or equivalent
  • Full driving licence and access to vehicle for business use

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in a management level role
  • Significant experience in a fundraising role.
  • Experience in at least two of the following fields: Regular Giving, Lottery, Appeals, In memory giving, Legacy Marketing, Mid Value programmes
  • Demonstratable experience of developing and maintaining a customer or donor focused environment, with the ability to provide excellent donor care to supporters.
  • Demonstratable experience of developing plans for and delivering exceptional stewardship and/or donor care.
  • Demonstratable experience of leading or managing multiple projects at the same time.
  • Demonstratable experience of identifying a donor or customers potential and acting to maximise this potential.
  • Demonstratable experience of delegating tasks in order to achieve objectives.
  • Experience of developing plans, strategies, objectives, targets and budgets.
  • Experience of using insight to inform decisions or work.
  • Excellent team skills, including leadership skills, with an ability to work across teams and in project groups.
  • Ability to inspire, motivate and manage colleagues and volunteers.
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including experience of making asks.
  • Experience of being an ambassador and building strong working relationships, internally and externally.
  • Experience of producing compelling and impactful written materials which inspire and motivate.
  • Demonstratable experience of managing suppliers, ensuring a cost-effective service is delivered.
  • Experience of monitoring, tracking and reporting on income and expenditure.
  • Proficient in using Microsoft Office packages and databases

Desirable

  • Experience of using Raiser's Edge.
Person Specification

Attitude and Behaviours

Essential

  • Flexible approach to change, innovation and progress in the work environment
  • Proactive, motivated, organised with strong time-management skills.
  • Compassionate and human approach to building and maintaining relationships.
  • A positive assertive attitude to all aspects of work and development.
  • Professional, confident and compassionate approach to work.
  • High standard of diplomacy, integrity and reliability.
  • Ability to work across teams and departments, inspiring, engaging and enabling colleagues to achieve results.
  • Able to work calmly under pressure and deliver results to a high standard.
  • Excellent attention to detail with high levels of accuracy.
  • Flexible, adaptable and able to work on own initiative.
  • Problem solver and open minded creative thinker.
  • Self- reliant and able to take initiative and work well as part of a team
  • Ability to deal sensitively with patients, carers and supporters while meeting the needs of the hospice.
  • Willingness and ability to work occasional unsociable hours when required.
  • Ability to demonstrate and model St Catherine's values in all aspects of work.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a hospice/healthcare setting.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to A level or equivalent, with grade A-C GCSE level in English and Maths.

Desirable

  • Fundraising qualification
  • Management training
  • Professional fundraising training
  • Chartered Institute of Fundraising membership/qualification or equivalent
  • Full driving licence and access to vehicle for business use

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in a management level role
  • Significant experience in a fundraising role.
  • Experience in at least two of the following fields: Regular Giving, Lottery, Appeals, In memory giving, Legacy Marketing, Mid Value programmes
  • Demonstratable experience of developing and maintaining a customer or donor focused environment, with the ability to provide excellent donor care to supporters.
  • Demonstratable experience of developing plans for and delivering exceptional stewardship and/or donor care.
  • Demonstratable experience of leading or managing multiple projects at the same time.
  • Demonstratable experience of identifying a donor or customers potential and acting to maximise this potential.
  • Demonstratable experience of delegating tasks in order to achieve objectives.
  • Experience of developing plans, strategies, objectives, targets and budgets.
  • Experience of using insight to inform decisions or work.
  • Excellent team skills, including leadership skills, with an ability to work across teams and in project groups.
  • Ability to inspire, motivate and manage colleagues and volunteers.
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including experience of making asks.
  • Experience of being an ambassador and building strong working relationships, internally and externally.
  • Experience of producing compelling and impactful written materials which inspire and motivate.
  • Demonstratable experience of managing suppliers, ensuring a cost-effective service is delivered.
  • Experience of monitoring, tracking and reporting on income and expenditure.
  • Proficient in using Microsoft Office packages and databases

Desirable

  • Experience of using Raiser's Edge.

Employer details

Employer name

St Catherine’s Hospice

Address

St. Catherines Hospice

Grace Holland Avenue

Pease Pottage

Crawley

West Sussex

RH119SL


Employer's website

https://www.stch.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

St Catherine’s Hospice

Address

St. Catherines Hospice

Grace Holland Avenue

Pease Pottage

Crawley

West Sussex

RH119SL


Employer's website

https://www.stch.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

HR Manager

jobs@stch.org.uk

Details

Date posted

08 October 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£39,860 to £44,952 a year Grade NN6a-c

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

B0271-VA199

Job locations

St. Catherines Hospice

Grace Holland Avenue

Pease Pottage

Crawley

West Sussex

RH119SL


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