Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our organisation for a Director of Charity to provide leadership to our Frimley Health Charity to shape the future of healthcare philanthropy in our region. 

As well as direct oversight of our funding and fundraising team the successful candidate will join the team at a pivotal time developing a progressive and growing NHS charity onto the next steps of its journey to fulfil the Trust’s ambition to be the charity of choice in the region.

You must be an ambitious, innovative, and accomplished leader with proven success in strategy development and delivery, as well as a track record in building and leading high-performance teams and positive cultures. 

You will also have demonstrable experience of driving significant income growth through fundraising and marketing and proven communication skills are critical for engaging and developing relationships with a wide range of audiences, including NHS Directors, including non-execs, senior management, senior clinicians, hospital staff, patients, key donors, celebrities, businesses, community supporters and volunteers.

As the most senior management role with corporate responsibility for the Charity, you will work closely with the Director of Communications and Engagement and the Corporate Trustees to provide leadership, and strategic and operational management of the work of the Charity.

Main duties of the job

Playing a central to the role, you will be responsible for increasing the Trust’s charitable income from the current circa £2.4m per annum to £5m over the next 3 years.

The purpose of the role is to ensure that the Charity is well managed and that there are clear strategic and operational plans that reflect charity best practice and can allow the Charity to deliver its full potential for charitable support of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. 

If you believe you have the skills and experience, we need, and you are keen to work in a diverse and innovative trust inspiring people in support of a shared philanthropic vision, we look forward to hearing from you.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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