Job summary
This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a developing charity, utilising your skills and experience to develop a strong and fruitful corporate fundraising programme. The London Ambulance Charity has a growing annual income and a short history of pro-actively fundraising and seeking support from the broader community. The Trust Board has recently approved an ambitious 5-year strategy for the Charity, which includes creating a dedicated Charity team to oversee the charitable funds.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an experienced corporate fundraising professional with hands on experience of securing five figure partnerships to join our team. As a small, dynamic team, we have big ambitions to build on this income stream and grow our corporate partnerships portfolio in the coming years.The role will entail identifying, researching, managing, and growing a portfolio of corporate partnerships to help us deliver our fundraising ambitions. You will need to be a confident new opportunity-seeker, and by joining us you will find yourself working with amazing teams across London Ambulance Service.The successful candidate will need to be proactive, well organised and with a strong interest in developing new business pitches and ideas. You will require excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to work effectively with multiple teams across the charity and wider organisation. You will have a wide range of experience in securing different corporate income and support, from Charity of the Year and strategic partnerships to sponsorship and pro bono support.This role is a wonderful opportunity to hone your skills and experience in corporate fundraising to make a huge impact on staff, volunteers and patients of London Ambulance Service.
About us
London Ambulance Service serves one of the worlds most dynamic and diverse cities and is the busiest ambulance service in the UK. We handle over 1.9 million emergency calls from across the capital every year as well as delivering a 24 hour NHS 111 Integrated Urgent Care Service in South East and North East London that we estimate will respond to around 1.4million urgent care calls by the end of the year.
We employ over 9,000 people who work or volunteer, across London to respond to the health needs of over 8 million people who live, work and travel in the capital.
We work closely with our NHS partners and are commissioned by 32 clinical commissioning groups spread across 5 STPs and NHS England for our specialist services.
As the only pan-London NHS provider we have a unique opportunity to play a leading role in integrating access to emergency and urgent care right across London.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The Corporate Fundraising Manager will work with the Head of Charity Development to plan and deliver the growth of fundraising income in line with the plans and ambitions of the Charity Strategy. They will be dynamic and committed, with successful experience of relationship management and charity fundraising.
- The post of Corporate Fundraising Manager is an important link between the London Ambulance Charity and the local business community. With such a wealth of industries operating within the catchment area of the charity, the role is to engage these businesses to play an active role in providing resource for fulfilling charitable objectives. Key responsibilities will include strategic development, new business development, account management, budgetary control, networking to help build an active profile for (the charity) as an excellent partner for local businesses and producing income.
- The post holder will require good knowledge of corporate fundraising and considerable energy and enthusiasm that will inspire local companies and their staff to choose (the charity) as their preferred charity to support.
- The purpose of this role is to devise and implement fundraising ideas and activities that will generate funds to agreed targets. The post holder must be able to go out to businesses, create and network with senior management and individuals, offer appropriate high quality fundraising options and lift the profile of the charity. Working closely with other charity colleagues, the ideal candidate will have an outgoing personality, enthusiasm and confidence in working within a corporate environment.
- See Job Description for further details
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The Corporate Fundraising Manager will work with the Head of Charity Development to plan and deliver the growth of fundraising income in line with the plans and ambitions of the Charity Strategy. They will be dynamic and committed, with successful experience of relationship management and charity fundraising.
- The post of Corporate Fundraising Manager is an important link between the London Ambulance Charity and the local business community. With such a wealth of industries operating within the catchment area of the charity, the role is to engage these businesses to play an active role in providing resource for fulfilling charitable objectives. Key responsibilities will include strategic development, new business development, account management, budgetary control, networking to help build an active profile for (the charity) as an excellent partner for local businesses and producing income.
- The post holder will require good knowledge of corporate fundraising and considerable energy and enthusiasm that will inspire local companies and their staff to choose (the charity) as their preferred charity to support.
- The purpose of this role is to devise and implement fundraising ideas and activities that will generate funds to agreed targets. The post holder must be able to go out to businesses, create and network with senior management and individuals, offer appropriate high quality fundraising options and lift the profile of the charity. Working closely with other charity colleagues, the ideal candidate will have an outgoing personality, enthusiasm and confidence in working within a corporate environment.
- See Job Description for further details
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level experience
- Knowledge of current fundraising legislation, including Data Protection Act and Gift Aid
- Knowledge of the charity sector
Desirable
- Knowledge of fundraising in NHS Charity or emergency service environment
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of developing fundraising plans through a number of income streams with a track record of delivering results
- Significant fundraising experience of community fundraising
- Experience of developing new donor and fundraiser relationships
- Proven experience of planning and running events
- Experience of using a contact management / supporter database
Desirable
- Experience of working and consulting with patients and/or medical staff
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent planning and time management skills, delivering to deadlines
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with good attention to accuracy and detail
- Excellent interpersonal skills and experience of communicating with a wide variety of different people
- Ability to influence, persuade and interact effectively at all levels
- Competent to a high standard in MS Office, able to use the internet, appropriate databases and other research sources to find appropriate market intelligence and partner information
- Understanding of data protection and GDPR principles
- Understanding of the Fundraising Code of Conduct
Desirable
- Understanding of the NHS and wider health and patient issues
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level experience
- Knowledge of current fundraising legislation, including Data Protection Act and Gift Aid
- Knowledge of the charity sector
Desirable
- Knowledge of fundraising in NHS Charity or emergency service environment
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of developing fundraising plans through a number of income streams with a track record of delivering results
- Significant fundraising experience of community fundraising
- Experience of developing new donor and fundraiser relationships
- Proven experience of planning and running events
- Experience of using a contact management / supporter database
Desirable
- Experience of working and consulting with patients and/or medical staff
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent planning and time management skills, delivering to deadlines
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with good attention to accuracy and detail
- Excellent interpersonal skills and experience of communicating with a wide variety of different people
- Ability to influence, persuade and interact effectively at all levels
- Competent to a high standard in MS Office, able to use the internet, appropriate databases and other research sources to find appropriate market intelligence and partner information
- Understanding of data protection and GDPR principles
- Understanding of the Fundraising Code of Conduct
Desirable
- Understanding of the NHS and wider health and patient issues
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.
