Job summary
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced charity manager to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to patients and their families.
The Three Wishes Charity Officer is responsible for coordinating and managing fundraising activities, and community engagement efforts to support the charity's strategy. They will develop and implement fundraising initiatives, oversee event planning, and ensure compliance with relevant regulations. The role involves supporting relationships with staff, patients, service users, businesses, and volunteers, as well as promoting the charity's initiatives through effective communication and marketing. The Three Wishes Charity Officer will work closely with internal teams and external stakeholders to maximise support and enhance the charity's impact on patient care and experience.
Please note there may be occasional evening or weekend attendance requirement to manage Three wishes charity events.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will manage the development and implementation of a corporate fundraising strategy. The role is instrumental in securing and developing new relationships within our local town and communities whilst maintaining existing ones from corporate businesses and explore new charity partnerships and fundraising opportunities for the Trust. You will be an ambassador for the Trust, its values and goals, working to raise awareness of the Three Wishes charity and its impact.
About us
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.
People at the Heart
Listen and Involve
Kind and Respectful
ONE Team
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. We are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Develop and implement diverse fundraising initiatives, including events, campaigns, and support grant applications.
- Maintain relationships with individual donors, corporate sponsors and local businesses.
- Ensure timely and appropriate acknowledgement of donations and ongoing communication to build donor loyalty.
- Plan, organise, and deliver fundraising events, ensuring they are well-promoted and effectively managed.
- Work together with volunteers and staff to ensure events run smoothly and achieve their financial and engagement goals.
- Support marketing and communication materials to promote the charitys mission, events, and achievements.
- Use social media, websites, and other platforms to enhance the charitys visibility and reach.
- Ensure all fundraising activities comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
- Engage with patients and their families to understand their needs and how the charity can assist.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Develop and implement diverse fundraising initiatives, including events, campaigns, and support grant applications.
- Maintain relationships with individual donors, corporate sponsors and local businesses.
- Ensure timely and appropriate acknowledgement of donations and ongoing communication to build donor loyalty.
- Plan, organise, and deliver fundraising events, ensuring they are well-promoted and effectively managed.
- Work together with volunteers and staff to ensure events run smoothly and achieve their financial and engagement goals.
- Support marketing and communication materials to promote the charitys mission, events, and achievements.
- Use social media, websites, and other platforms to enhance the charitys visibility and reach.
- Ensure all fundraising activities comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
- Engage with patients and their families to understand their needs and how the charity can assist.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to A-level in finance/business studies and/or social sciences or equivalent
- Diploma level qualification plus experience
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, mail merge, and standard keyboard skills
Desirable
- Certificate in Fundraising Management (Chartered Institute of Fundraising)
- An Accounting qualification
Experience, Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Significant experience of working in NHS or similar large organisation
- Experience of creating and working with spreadsheets, databases and/or CRM systems to manage budgets (income and expenditure) and communications
- Experience of providing a high level of customer service
- Excellent demonstrable organisational skills, and able to prioritise a varied workload and work to deadline to ensure timely reporting
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written, in particular experience of communicating and working with volunteers, donors or customers as well as staff of different seniority levels
- Working knowledge of charitable fundraising in relation to the healthcare context.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a busy charity or third sector environment
- Experience of working with and delivering on budgets
- Experience of working in an office environment
- Experience of working in a team
- Experience of dealing with sensitive/confidential information
- Awareness of factors affecting the delivery of organisation-wide services.
- Responsibility for aspects of governance and reporting
- Experience of working at regional and national level relevant to health and social care
Skills
Essential
- Significant knowledge and experience of online donation facilities e.g. Just giving.
- Excellent planning and time management skills, delivering to deadlines
- Workload prioritization, time management and the capacity to incorporate new challenges
- Knowledge and experience of using a database
- Understanding of data protection and GDPR principles
- Excellent interpersonal skills, able to communicate clearly, professionally and sensitively with people at all levels, verbally and in writing
- Excellent attention to detail to ensure accuracy of figures and data input
- Knowledge and experience of using social media channels
- Understanding of the Fundraising Code of Conduct
- Website editing skills
- Ability to make sound judgments and take personal responsibility and initiative.
- Fluent and effective communicator in speech and writing
- Self-assured, friendly and professional approach to working with colleagues
Desirable
- Leadership qualification
- A broad knowledge of faith groups & faith traditions
Additional
Essential
- Flexibility to the needs of the service
- Must be able to travel across WWL NHS FT services as well as off site to attend meetings, engagement
- Able to represent professionally as an ambassador of the trust.
- Adhere to the Trust values and behaviours
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to A-level in finance/business studies and/or social sciences or equivalent
- Diploma level qualification plus experience
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, mail merge, and standard keyboard skills
Desirable
- Certificate in Fundraising Management (Chartered Institute of Fundraising)
- An Accounting qualification
Experience, Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Significant experience of working in NHS or similar large organisation
- Experience of creating and working with spreadsheets, databases and/or CRM systems to manage budgets (income and expenditure) and communications
- Experience of providing a high level of customer service
- Excellent demonstrable organisational skills, and able to prioritise a varied workload and work to deadline to ensure timely reporting
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written, in particular experience of communicating and working with volunteers, donors or customers as well as staff of different seniority levels
- Working knowledge of charitable fundraising in relation to the healthcare context.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a busy charity or third sector environment
- Experience of working with and delivering on budgets
- Experience of working in an office environment
- Experience of working in a team
- Experience of dealing with sensitive/confidential information
- Awareness of factors affecting the delivery of organisation-wide services.
- Responsibility for aspects of governance and reporting
- Experience of working at regional and national level relevant to health and social care
Skills
Essential
- Significant knowledge and experience of online donation facilities e.g. Just giving.
- Excellent planning and time management skills, delivering to deadlines
- Workload prioritization, time management and the capacity to incorporate new challenges
- Knowledge and experience of using a database
- Understanding of data protection and GDPR principles
- Excellent interpersonal skills, able to communicate clearly, professionally and sensitively with people at all levels, verbally and in writing
- Excellent attention to detail to ensure accuracy of figures and data input
- Knowledge and experience of using social media channels
- Understanding of the Fundraising Code of Conduct
- Website editing skills
- Ability to make sound judgments and take personal responsibility and initiative.
- Fluent and effective communicator in speech and writing
- Self-assured, friendly and professional approach to working with colleagues
Desirable
- Leadership qualification
- A broad knowledge of faith groups & faith traditions
Additional
Essential
- Flexibility to the needs of the service
- Must be able to travel across WWL NHS FT services as well as off site to attend meetings, engagement
- Able to represent professionally as an ambassador of the trust.
- Adhere to the Trust values and behaviours
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
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Royal Albert Edward Infirmary
Wigan Lane
Wigan
WN1 2NN
Employer's website
http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
