Job summary
- Main area
- Communications
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Occasional out of hours work)
- Job ref
- 166-W&OD-6997605
- Employer
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital
- Town
- Chesterfield
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Charity Fundraising and Engagement Lead
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Charity Fundraising and Engagement Lead – Chesterfield Royal Hospital Charity – employed by NHS Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Trust
Are you a natural at making friends and persuading people? Do you have the drive, enthusiasm, and compassion to engage our communities? If so, we have the perfect role for you!
We're looking for a Charity Fundraising and Engagement Lead who will work alongside the Communications Team to develop engagement and build relationships with our Trust charity – Chesterfield Royal Hospital Trust Charity.
Your mission: To 'make friends and influence' businesses, community groups, colleagues, and individuals – anyone who will listen (and even those who aren't interested… yet!).
Why You'll Love This Role:
- Make a real difference as part of a small, friendly, and dedicated team.
- Enjoy a full-time role (37.5 hours per week) that's primarily office-based, but with flexibility for home working and community engagement – this must include working out-of-hours and being open to this.
- Work with a variety of stakeholders, from businesses and community groups to volunteers and donors.
- Get a real kick out of receiving donations and supporting corporate social responsibility agendas.
Join Us and Make a Difference!
If you're ready to bring your enthusiasm, compassion, and strategic thinking to our team, apply now and help us shape the future of our charity!
Main duties of the job
Main Duties of the Job:
- You will have applied knowledge of what fundraising really means and have experience of following/delivering against strategies and plans – not necessarily for the charity sector but ideally with some working experience.
- You will have a view on how to maximise donations, legacies, and gifts to support the charity in achieving its objectives.
- Support the development of the fundraising function, working with both volunteers, colleagues, the local community, and partners.
- Develop relationships with, and secure financial support from, key high-value prospects, including corporate partners.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation including the Charities Act and Data Protection.
- Together with the small team, manage and support all trust charitable fundraising activities including reporting developments and progress to the Charitable Funds Committee.
- Help to prepare funding proposals, ideas, and submit relevant documents and materials to potential donors.
- Lead fundraising campaigns targeted at the public to raise revenue into specific funds as well as general charitable funds.
- Be an important link between the Trust charity and the local community, inspiring patients, visitors, and the local community to choose the charity as their preferred charity to support.
- Support the Charitable Funds Committee and Board of Trustees with reports about progress aligned to the strategy and other activities. Produce associated reports to evaluate work and results.
Working for our organisation
Why You'll Love This Role:
- Make a real difference as part of a small, friendly, and dedicated team.
- Enjoy a full-time role (37.5 hours per week) that's primarily office-based, but with flexibility for home working and community engagement – this must include working out-of-hours and being open to this.
- Work with a variety of stakeholders, from businesses and community groups to volunteers and donors.
- Get a real kick out of receiving donations and supporting corporate social responsibility agendas.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for the full duties and responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree-level or demonstrable equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of successful stakeholder engagement at scale including actioning strategies to engage an audience at all levels both internally and externally.
- Corporate experience and professional and a track record of understanding a corporate environment – following due system and process.
Desirable criteria
- Fundraising experience in a registered charity, with a track record of achieving ambitious fundraising targets.
- Experience of grant applications including horizon scanning and successful completion of bids
- Working knowledge of the NHS or similar large-scale organisation with a significant public-facing remit.
- Good understanding of key issues facing the NHS.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ms Karlie Thompson
- Job title
- Associate Director of Communications
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07939402335
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