Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Head of Charity Development

The closing date is 04 November 2025

Job summary

Are you passionate about making a meaningful impact through strategic partnerships and charitable development? Sherwood Forest Hospitals are seeking a dynamic and visionary individual to lead the growth of our Hospital Charity and forge high-impact, long-term relationships with mid to large-sized companies. This is a part time, fixed term role for 18 months.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Shape and deliver the strategic direction of the charity.
  • Identify and realise new revenue streams, including events and corporate/commercial partnerships.
  • Oversee the development and implementation of innovative fundraising projects.
  • Advise the Charitable Funds Committee and Corporate Trustees on emerging opportunities.
  • Provide regular progress reports against project milestones and KPIs.
  • Lead stakeholder engagement and communications to maximise impact.

Join us in making a difference to our patients, staff, and community through impactful charitable initiatives.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Details

Date posted

21 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

214-CEN-7531745

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • A high-level understanding of English grammar in conjunction with language
  • Excellent time management skills
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment handling challenging issues on a regular basis
  • Ability to manage conflicting priorities
  • Ability to identify main points from documents and to communicate these to a wide variety of audiences

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to masters level or equivalent experience

Desirable

  • Certificate in Fundraising from Institute of Fundraising or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience in liaising with stakeholders at all levels
  • Significant experience of fundraising, ideally in a charity setting in a target-based environment
  • Excellent, well-developed communication and interpersonal skills
  • Receive and provide highly complex, sensitive or contentious information and ideas
  • Competent in the use of Microsoft Office products

Desirable

  • Event management experience
  • Established contacts with donors
Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • A high-level understanding of English grammar in conjunction with language
  • Excellent time management skills
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment handling challenging issues on a regular basis
  • Ability to manage conflicting priorities
  • Ability to identify main points from documents and to communicate these to a wide variety of audiences

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to masters level or equivalent experience

Desirable

  • Certificate in Fundraising from Institute of Fundraising or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience in liaising with stakeholders at all levels
  • Significant experience of fundraising, ideally in a charity setting in a target-based environment
  • Excellent, well-developed communication and interpersonal skills
  • Receive and provide highly complex, sensitive or contentious information and ideas
  • Competent in the use of Microsoft Office products

Desirable

  • Event management experience
  • Established contacts with donors

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Non-Executive Director/Chair of Charitable Funds

Andrew Rose-Britton

andrewjames.rose-britton@nhs.net

01623622515

Details

Date posted

21 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

214-CEN-7531745

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


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