Philanthropy and Trusts Lead
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Description
At Dorothy House, our mission is clear - to ensure that everyone has access to outstanding palliative and end of life care. Fundraising is key to making this a reality, alongside other key goals, we need to deliver income to ensure patients and their families have access to end of life care when they need it.
Join us and become part of the Fundraising Leadership Team at Dorothy House as our Philanthropy and Trusts Lead to help continue to deliver this needed real change. We are looking for an exceptional fundraiser to take on the responsibility of developing and delivering our substantial and growing Philanthropy and Trusts Programme.
PHILANTHROPY AND TRUSTS LEAD | Band 6 £35,392 - £42,618 per annum, pro rata
As our Philanthropy and Trusts Lead, you will be responsible for:
Maximising income from charitable trusts, foundations, non-statutory funding bodies and major donors, undertaking detailed research, writing compelling applications and maintaining effective relationships with donors, including timely impact reporting.
Positioning of new activities and ongoing service provision in fresh and compelling ways is crucial. You will play a key role in helping to ensure projects and activities are in a position to present to funders, and in matching those projects to what you know through maintenance of relationships is most likely to inspire them to donate.
You will deliver innovation through ideas & creativity and be a key leader within the organisation - helping to make ambitions deliverable by securing strategic funding. You will be supporter centric in your approach putting the needs of our community above all else.
Maintain and nurture a strong relationship with other members of the Fundraising and Business Development teams to ensure information on current and planned fundraising activities is shared, and opportunities to work together are acted upon efficiently and effectively.
Support other members of the Fundraising team by regularly sharing news, stories, updates and written examples of services activity and developments, as well as supporting Hospice fundraising events and activities.
Support, manage and inspire the Philanthropy and Trusts Team, both paid and volunteers, to help them achieve their individual objectives and contribute to the overall objectives of the team and Dorothy House.
See our full detailed Job Description on our website for more information.
HOURS OF WORK
This a full time position working 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday.
Part time opportunities will also be considered, as well as flexible working and hybrid working opportunities (with an average of 60% of time spent at our Winsley office)
ABOUT YOU
In order to be successful you will have experience of developing, delivering and growing fundraising campaigns and income. You will have expertise in the current fundraising landscape, ideally with a strong major donor and trusts and grants background. You will be highly analytical, a strategic thinker and a visionary, able to deliver creative and persuasive donor communications.
Desirable requirements:
- Experience of building relationships with current and prospective major donors to achieve income targets
- Ability to take ownership of projects and work both independently and as a valued part of the team
ABOUT THE BENEFITS
Dorothy House is an incredible place to work, these are just a few of our benefits that we offer to our staff:
- Generous holiday allowance for all roles, increasing with length of service
- Fantastic refer a friend scheme
- Excellent industry leading training and development programmes with many career development opportunities
- Pension with Life Assurance
- Travel and parking - We offer 45p per mile for work travel. There is unlimited free parking in Winsley.
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Counselling and Mindful Employer Charter - providing our staff with information, advice and support for those experiencing stress, anxiety, depression or any other mental health conditions.
- Simply Health - Providing insurance against certain everyday healthcare costs such as dental and optical treatments.
If you have the experience we need, and are looking for a supportive, collaborative team environment and an opportunity to play a leading role in an exciting and growing critical programme within fundraising at Dorothy House then please get in touch.
Required skills for this position
Download Job DescriptionAt Dorothy House, the principles of equality, diversity and inclusivity are central to our work as an outstanding care provider and employer. They are inherent in our values where we care, we connect and we create. We recognise the diversity of the people who deliver our services and the people who receive them. We believe that by building a diverse workforce, underpinned by a culture of respect, we will create an environment where everyone will have access to receive outstanding care and support from Dorothy House, regardless of characteristic.
Our 2021 Services Review identified how we need to work differently to achieve our strategic mission to ensure that “everyone has access to outstanding palliative and end of life care” and has presented us with an opportunity to improve on the “community development” work of the past and engage differently with our communities for the benefit of our patients, carers and families. Put another way, this is our moment ‘to do things differently’ and we are embracing this through Asset Based Community Development. We expect all staff to embrace this strategy and we will provide training accordingly.
What happens next
Your application will be processed. One of the team from Dorothy House may contact you to discuss your application further
If selected, you will be invited to attend an interview
We will keep you informed of the progress of your application throughout the selection process
Every day is different and challenging, and I feel privileged to be let into the lives and homes of our patients
Elaine Kynaston, Dorothy House carer