Corporate Fundraiser

Our client a hospice charity has an outstanding reputation for excellence in palliative and end of life care. They support people in Cambridgeshire, who are confronting life-limiting illnesses. Their positive and practical services deliver care, counselling and education, helping patients to live well and their families to live on.

They are currently seeking to appoint a new Corporate Fundraiser to join a well-established fundraising team at their hospice who will be responsible for developing new relationships with corporate supporters and provide outstanding donor care for existing relationships. 

Corporate Fundraiser
Based: Cambridge
Hours: Full Time
Salary: £22,000 - £25,000
Contract: Permanent

Their excellent staff survey results in 2018 helped them to achieve gold accreditation in the Best Employers (Eastern region) and in February 2019 they announced that their Cambridge Hospice has joined the success in achieving an ‘Outstanding’ CQC rating.

The successful candidate can expect to have an extremely varied and fast paced role.  You will be writing persuasive proposals, presenting in front of groups of people and motivating and inspiring the business community to fundraise in a variety of different ways.  Can you see yourself as being part of their team?

The successful candidate will be a motivated, enthusiastic and professional individual.  You will have a confident and persuasive nature, with excellent communication and relationship building skills.

The successful individual will need to demonstrate: 

• Ability to work within a busy fundraising office possessing a team work ethic 
• Knowledge of how a fundraising organisation operates 
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to persuade, influence and inspire
• Experience of corporate fundraising or a client facing role
• Track record of securing new business partnerships, develop existing ones and the ability to achieve an income target
• Strong networking and presentation skills

If you feel you have the drive and passion to succeed in this exciting and essential role, they would like to hear from you! 

Please note that driving licence and use of own car is required.

Our client values their staff and offer a range of benefits: Personal Pension Plan (with ability to retain membership of NHS Pension Scheme subject to qualifying criteria), Childcare vouchers, Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, Study leave, Lease cars (eligibility criteria applies), generous holiday entitlement, Staff Survey and staff Forum, access to Occupational Health Services, flexible working, ongoing training, Group Life Assurance, Long Service Awards and staff discounts to their in-house Bistro and Salon HD.

Deadline for applications: midnight on 31 March 2019
Shortlisting: week commencing 01 April 2019 
Interviews: 11th April 2019.

If you would like to apply for this position, please view the Job Description and click the apply button to attach your CV and covering letter. It will be sent automatically.

No agencies please.