Philanthropy Manager – NHS Charity 

Edgware Road, London 

Are you a dedicated fundraising professional seeking your next step? Want to support the success of a charity that strives to enhance the patient experience and enable hospitals to perform at their best? If so, read on. 

The Charity

Our client is an organisation that helps our hospitals do more through grants, arts, volunteering and fundraising. They support the five hospitals of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust: Charing Cross, Hammersmith, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea, St Mary’s and the Western Eye. 

The charity’s fundraising initiatives, including major appeals, philanthropy, corporate partnerships and community events, make their essential work possible. As such, our client is looking for a Philanthropy Manager to maximise their fundraising income. 

Your Benefits 

- Salary of up to £36,000 per annum 

- Free hospital gym membership and access to yoga classes 

- Interest-free season ticket loan 

- Pension (with contributions of 10%)

- Life insurance 

- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave 

- Staff arts club – including free entry to London galleries 

- 25 days’ holiday (increasing with service) plus Bank Holidays 

- An extra day’s holiday to be taken one week either side of your birthday 

Our client is passionate about making a positive difference to patient care in their hospitals and to do that, they need fantastic people in their team. 

In this important role, you will have the chance to challenge yourself, collaborate with a dedicated team and directly contribute to the charity’s ongoing success. 

So, if you have the ideas and drive to make a tangible, lasting impact with a forward-thinking organisation, our client would love to hear from you. 

Your Role 

As the Philanthropy Manager, you’ll oversee a major gifts portfolio and develop income streams for the charity. 

Supporting the Director of Development, you’ll help to hit our client’s target of raising £2.1 million in 2019/20. 

Specifically, you will: 

- Work with the Fundraising and Communications Teams to oversee the major gifts portfolio

- Deliver bespoke fundraising events

- Develop prospects lists, relationships and approaches across major donors, trust and foundations 

- Create cultivation and stewardship plans

- Ensure compliance with fundraising best practice  

- Develop and implement mitigation strategies to overcome identified risks 

- Represent the charity externally at events

About You 

To be considered as a Philanthropy Manager, you’ll need: 

- Experience of managing fundraising committees/groups, creating donor materials, delivering donor events and cultivating major donor relationships 

- Previous experience of managing and developing information on a CRM database

- A track record of meeting and managing annual budgets and providing management information and reports

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to speak, present and write with clarity and precision 

Experience of fundraising in the NHS or other health-related organisations would be beneficial.

Our client is eager to hear from you if you’ve worked as a Fundraising Manager, Charity Fundraising Manager, Fundraising Appeals Manager, Fundraising Development Manager, Communications Manager, Marketing Manager or Senior Fundraising Officer. 

The closing date for applications is the 4th November 2019, with interviews taking place in mid-November 2019.

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