Trust & Legacy Fundraiser

Job summary

Working: Part time 22.5 hours per week

This is a fantastic opportunity to join The Countess Charity utilising your skills and experience to further develop a strong and effective fundraising programme.

The Countess Charity is seeking an experienced Trust & Legacy Fundraiser to join the small dynamic team of fundraisers and volunteers.

The post holder will be part of the Fundraising Team responsible for generating income for The Countess Charity. The primary focus of the role is to develop the potential of Trust fundraising as a sustainable annual income stream for the charity.

In conjunction with the Fundraising Manager the post holder will also take responsibility to develop, implement and manage incoming Legacies and a legacy marketing strategy.

Good to know

• Hybrid working with 2 days a week on-site in Chester and 1 day working from home.
• 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays), with the ability to buy more

Main duties of the job

• To ensure that Trust Fundraising plays a full and integrated part of the overall fundraising strategy.
• Use excellent analytical skills to research and identify existing and prospective sources of funding from Trusts, Foundations and other Grant Making organisations.
• To develop, prepare and submit appropriate, creative, and tailored funding bids.
• To maximise income from Trusts to meet annual income targets.
• To take a leading role in developing excellent relationships with Trust Administrator contacts and provide regular feedback on funded projects.
• Take initiative to keep up to date with best practice/policies relating to Trust and Legacy fundraising.
• Working with the Fundraising Manager to identify suitable projects requiring charitable funding.
• To assist in the development and delivery of a Legacy marketing campaign.
• Project manage an annual "Make a Will Week", and other supporter events aimed at legacy givers.
• To ensure that the value of legacy bequests is promoted by working with families and solicitors.
• Record all communication relating to bids, donations, and legacy pledges on the fundraising database.
• To contribute to the overall strategy and continuing development of the fundraising team.
• To promote the Trust values into the culture of the Trust and personally demonstrate adherence to them.

About us

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.