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Flexible hybrid working to support work-life balance
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Generous annual leave entitlement with additional leave for long service
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Enhanced sick pay
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Enhanced maternity pay
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Employee assistance programme and lifestyle savings
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Free flu jabs
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Cycle to work scheme
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Charity events events throughout the year
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Employer enhanced auto-enrolment pension scheme with 8% employer contribution
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Ongoing commitment to education and professional development
Current vacancies
Regional Fundraiser
Job description
The purpose of this role is to develop incredible relationships with new and existing fundraising supporters within your region helping them to network, influence and fundraise to have a significant impact on the work of the charity. Through your network and creating new opportunities you will increase income in your region across multiple income streams including Education, Individuals, In Memory Supporters and Community Organisations.
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have previous experience in income generation – leading and inspiring networks in order to generate long term income and partnerships
- Be self-motivated, independent, and target-driven
- Possess a natural confidence in talking to people and encouraging their support
- Have excellent communication and relationship building skills – be friendly, approachable, inspiring and engaging
- Full clean driving license, with access to a car
Principle Responsibilities
- Proactively recruit high-calibre supporters, volunteers, and community groups, inspiring and leading these networks to generate sustainable income
- Manage a portfolio of regional donors, ensuring excellent stewardship and long-term engagement. Enabling supporters to maximise their fundraising potential
- Monitor and report on income, expenditure, and key performance indicators, including volunteer recruitment and event registrations, managing an income budget of approximately £600k PA
- Deliver presentations and pitches to schools, community organisations, and businesses
- Act as “the face of BWCHC” within your region, developing and acquiring meaningful, long-term relationships
- Grow and strengthen volunteer and ambassador programmes in line with charity processes and procedures. Enhance fundraising volunteers’ skills to act on behalf of the Charity
- Spend at least 50% of your time working within your region. Plan effectively, develop fundraising products, and collaborate with colleagues across departments to ensure excellent donor stewardship
- Maintain strong communication and collaboration across the fundraising department and hospital, balancing relationships effectively while working remotely
- Drive the regional fundraising strategy with energy and creativity, identifying and nurturing long-term supporter relationships to secure sustainable fundraising and volunteering opportunities
- To be part of a project or appeal working group, such as Christmas, In Memory Fundraising or Facebook Challenges ensuring all information is shared across the team
To find out more and apply, visit Charity Jobs.
Legacy and In Memory Manager
A fantastic opportunity has arisen within our award-winning fundraising team, to join us in an exciting new role of Legacy and In Memory Manager (Lead).
At Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital Charity, we believe there’s always more we can do for our sick kids and women, and that’s why we will always strive to do more for our patients and families. It’s our mission to raise the vital funds needed to make a real difference to all who use our hospitals, and to make our hospital feel just like home.
This role requires someone with experience in legacy administration and promotion and/or in memory fundraising, as well as excellent communication skills and a strategic mindset. We need someone with previous experience in relationship management and income generation – ideally within a legacy and/or in memory setting – who is able to lead and inspire our supporters and staff in order to generate long term income and awareness for the charity.
To be successful in this role you will:
- Lead the development and delivery of legacy marketing and in-memory fundraising strategies to drive sustained income growth and supporter retention
- Be self-motivated, independent and target-driven
- Act as the subject matter expert on legacy administration and in-memory giving, providing guidance, training, and mentoring while promoting a strong culture of philanthropy
- Manage all aspects of legacy casework, including complex and contentious cases, ensuring effective stakeholder relationships and full compliance with legal, regulatory, and best practice standards
- Oversee data management, reporting, and analysis to generate insights, improve processes, and support accurate forecasting and long-term financial planning
- Collaborate across teams to maximise fundraising opportunities, enhance donor engagement across channels, and deliver impactful events and integrated giving initiatives
- Posses a natural confidence in talking to people with high emotional intelligence and resilience due to the sensitive nature of the role, with excellent communication and relationship building skills.
To find out more and apply, visit Charity Jobs.
Events Coordinator
The Events Co-ordinator has a pivotal role in coordinating and executing various events and initiatives to support the Charity’s objectives. This position demands meticulous planning, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to manage event logistics effectively. They will work as part of the Events Logistics Team, supporting the senior members of the team, and work with and manage a number of both internal and external stakeholders.
The Events Co-ordinator will work closely with the Head of Events and colleagues across the team to support the delivery of both the Events Logistics and wider Fundraising Team strategic plan, including:
- Event Planning: Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to plan, organize, and execute a diverse and often complex range of events including Sponsored Walks and Challenge events such as Abseils, Charity Galas, Stewardship/Cultivation events and a range of charity engagement events
- Events Logistics Management: Coordinate all logistical aspects of events (venue booking, supplier co-ordination, transportation, accommodation, catering, equipment, and staffing requirements); and liaising and negotiating with external stakeholders to ensure our charitable ROI target is achieved. Possess specialist knowledge regarding events policies and procedures including complex event planning, risk assessing and mitigation/emergency planning contracts, manage deliveries, and ensure timely and cost-effective services for events. This includes ensuring compliance with legal, health, and safety obligations, including acquiring necessary permits and licenses for events
- Budget Oversight: To ensure events are delivered in line with specific delegated expenditure budget, and achieve the key objectives established at outset. Develops, manages and tracks delegated budget for own events with input into the overall budget across the year, to assist the Head of Events with budget planning, cost estimation, ensuring events are executed within the allocated financial parameters
- Volunteer Management: Recruit, train, and supervise volunteers, ensuring their roles and responsibilities are clear and well-coordinated during events
- Event Evaluation: Supports, facilitates and monitors progress of each event and initiates and supports performance improvement. Conduct post-event evaluations to assess the success of each event, collect feedback, and implement improvements for future initiatives
- Stakeholder Management & Communication: Collaborates with the marketing and communication team to create promotional materials, advertising campaigns, and social media content to maximize event attendance and support; and the wider income generation teams to create event working groups with shared responsibilities to deliver successful outcomes. Additional stakeholders that would be communicated with on a regular basis include; charity supporters, event attendees, Trust Staff, Charity Board Member and general members of the public
- Sector Insights : To scope and research potential new event opportunities across the region/UK/Internationally as well as keep abreast of sector trends and opportunities
- Personal Attributes: Passionate about the Charity; Proactive, resourceful, and able to solve problems independently. An excellent team player with strong interpersonal skills who is adaptable and open to learning and implementing new strategies.
To find out more and apply, visit Charity Jobs.
Philanthropy Officer
Job description
The role is primarily based at the fundraising office at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, with the requirement to work at Birmingham Women’s Hospital, sometimes from home and some travel for meetings/events.
Working closely with the Philanthropy Manager in our recently established Philanthropy and Partnerships (P&P) team to help us develop and nurture a range of philanthropic or prospect relationships, deliver excellent stewardship to our supporters and help grow the major donor pipeline.
Principle Responsibilities
As an integral member of the fundraising team, the Philanthropy Officer will be expected to work with a range of internal and external stakeholders to:
- Support the Philanthropy Manager in growing the mid-level/major donor pipeline
- Inspire, motivate and maximise the giving potential of the existing small portfolio of donors
- Deliver income targets, in line with annual budgets for the department
- Provide a holistic supporter journey relative to the level of the donor
- Help create compelling cases for support and build relationships with donors and colleagues across the Hospitals
- Work effectively as a member of the Philanthropy and Partnerships team to help foster and strengthen long-term relationships with supporters and effectively steward donors
- Be proactive in researching and identifying opportunities, developing supporters and contacting representatives
- Provide assistance to the wider P&P team in initiatives such as growing/retaining our Changemaker community
- Support and develop new engagement and stewardship events, activities and communications
- Work effectively with operational and clinical staff to develop and implement opportunities to foster and strengthen long-term relationships with corporate partners
- Attend external networking events to grow the supporter base
- Ensure the database is accurately updated and prepare regular activity reports and updates on activities that clearly indicate progress on goals related to donor engagement and support
- Develop and lead on seasonal project-based income generating activity
- Work effectively with operational and clinical staff to develop and implement opportunities to foster and strengthen long-term relationships with corporate partners.
To find out more and apply, visit Charity Jobs.
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