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Head of Fundraising & Operations

Employer
Harris Hill
Location
London
Salary
£45k - 50k per year
Closing date
1 Aug 2018

Job Details

Harris Hill is delighted to be partnered with The Winnicott Foundation in their search for a new Head of Fundraising & Operations on a permanent basis.

The Winnicott Foundation is a small and much-loved charity dedicated to improving the care of premature and sick babies and their families within Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust hospitals.

Operating across two sites at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, and at Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital, Hammersmith - the Trust runs one of the largest Neonatal Services in the UK, caring for nearly 1,000 of the smallest and sickest babies born in and around London each year.

The Head of Fundraising and Operations is an exciting role leading the Charity. It is the perfect opportunity for a self-motivated individual who has considerable experience in fundraising and wants to take to a small but successful organisation to the next level.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop a strategic and operational fundraising plan to meet revenue targets and increase support;

Implement a fundraising strategy including, but not limited to, major gifts, grants/trusts, community fundraising and external events;

Work closely with medical staff in both Neonatal Units, encouraging them to promote the Charity with parents and understand their funding priorities;

Maintain accounting software (Xero), donor software (Infoodle) and financial reporting procedures;

Lead on end-of-financial-year auditing process;

Create clear financial and Charity progress reports for Board Meetings;

Raise the Charity's profile and oversee its public relations and social media presence;

Line manage the Operations and Fundraising Executive.


Experience required:

Considerable experience as a senior fundraiser or relevant commercial experience

Excellent communication skills and experience in building and maintaining

relationships with internal and external stakeholders including volunteers, individual stakeholders and suppliers;

Proven track record in developing and implementing successful fundraising initiatives,

P&L accountability and growing fundraising revenues in a not-for-profit environment;

Experience in fundraising compliance;

Excellent Microsoft Office skills Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Personal qualities:

Motivated self-starter, who is comfortable working relatively autonomously;

Happy to be hands on and get involved in all levels of the running of a Charity;

Sympathetic and sensitive to the needs of families and staff in a stressful environment;

Please note; only suitable candidates will be contacted with further information.

Company

Harris Hill has been providing the Charity and Not-for-Profit sector with high quality recruitment solutions for over 27 years. In the past year we have worked on more than 3,000 charity vacancies (approximately 2,000 permanent and 1,000 temporary) and are continuing to grow, developing new teams to respond to the strong demand for specialist charity professionals.

Our teams focus on specific functions within charities including Fundraising, Marketing/PR/Digital, Data Management & Business Support, Finance, Human Resources, Temporary and Executive-level roles.

We are committed to delivering a level of excellence to both candidates and clients alike and have an unrivalled reputation for finding talented people their ideal charity jobs within the UK's leading national and international charities and non-profit organisations.

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Company info
Telephone
020 7820 7300
Location
1 - 2 Paris Garden
London
London
SE1 8ND
United Kingdom

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