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Corporate Fundraiser (Maternity Cover - 12 months FTC)
12 Months | Full Time
35 hours per week to include occasional evening and weekend work to suit the business needs of the role
£27,000 - £29,000 per annum, depending on experience
We’re looking for an ambitious Corporate Fundraiser to join our friendly team based at our Coventry hospice on a one-year maternity cover contract. If you’re looking for an exciting and rewarding role, this could be the position for you. You’ll be joining the team at an exciting time, having lots of new fundraising opportunities crammed into the next 12 months.
Overview
We’re incredibly proud of our hospices. We provide respite, palliative and end of life care to babies and children from birth to five years old with life limiting or life-threatening illnesses, with our team of specialist nurses offering round-the-clock care and support. We’ve created a safe, caring and fun place, where parents know that their child will receive the best care possible - a home away from home. In order to continue with our specialist work, we need to ensure the charity continues to raise the funds we need.
About the role
Supporting the delivery of Zoe’s Place overall income generation strategy, by developing a portfolio of corporate supporters at Zoe’s Place Coventry to deliver long term sustainable income growth.
Key Responsibilities:
Account manage corporate relationships
- Account manage newly established and existing corporate relationships, ensuring that each one is appropriately supported and is reaching its full potential, through charity of the year partnerships, sponsorship, staff fundraising, payroll giving and event participation.
- Work with the Head of Fundraising to ensure corporate fundraising offering is consistent across all relationships.
- Plan and execute events to steward current supporters.
- Meet and exceed agreed fundraising targets for corporate supporters at Zoe’s Place Coventry.
- Identify potential new opportunities to grow current partnerships, including identifying potentially useful networks within each partner organisation, developing powerful ideas, pitches and tailored proposals.
Re-engage past Corporate supporters.
- Undertake research to identify past corporate supporters using our CRM and devise/implement plans to re-engage their support.
- Plan and execute events to re-engage past supporters.
- Devise new products to re-engage past corporate supporters.
Networking and Representation
- Represent Zoe’s Place at external corporate functions to promote the work of the Hospice by giving presentations, articulating a clear and compelling case for support.
- Attend networking events such as the Chamber of Commerce as required.
Administration and pipeline
- Use our fundraising CRM and in line with GDPR to ensure accurate and timely recording of stewardship.
- Working with an income pipeline, ensure accurate and timely financial forecasting, identifying risk to income and mitigating accordingly.
Collaborative working
- Work closely with staff across the charity to maximise opportunities to engage with high-value audiences, ensuring accurate sharing of information, such as case studies, is relevant and timely.
- Develop strong working relationships with the wider Coventry marketing, fundraising and Coventry clinical team.
- Maintain effective communication and collaboration with other members of staff in order to ‘cross-sell’ and maximise fundraising opportunities.
How to apply
To apply, please send a cover letter and current CV stating how your skills align with the job description
Applications close 5pm Friday 15th May 2026
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Senior Corporate Fundraiser
Location: Hybrid
Salary: FTE £29,000 to £32,000 (£15.93 to £17.58 per hour)
Role Status: 28 (part-time) to 35 (full-time) hours per week
Closing Date: 27 April 2026
Location: Minimum of 2 days per week from our office in Stroud, Gloucestershire. (Fully remote may be considered; must be UK based).
We are looking for a Senior Corporate Fundraiser to become an integral part of the Meningitis Now corporate fundraising team, as we build upon our longstanding, dedicated supporter base with exciting new partnerships and tremendous potential for growth.
You will provide expert stewardship of our current portfolio of corporate supporters and deliver new fundraising activities and campaigns that will inspire their employees to fundraise. These relationships will develop further by securing new support through sponsorship, company donations, payroll giving and referrals to new partnership prospects within their network.
You will work with the Corporate Fundraising Manager to identify, secure and launch new partnerships for the charity and work together to grow income from corporate fundraising incrementally over the coming years.
This role sits within Meningitis Now’s Partnerships Team, currently a team of four, which is responsible for raising sustainable income from trusts, grants, corporate partnerships and key supporters.
About the Job
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work collaboratively as part of the Partnerships Team, to deliver the annual corporate fundraising plan and income target of £224,420 in 2026/27.
- Account management to develop positive relationships with all corporate supporters with the aim of achieving long-term and sustainable support. This will include written communications, telephone conversations, face-to-face meetings and attendance at events.
- Work closely with the Corporate Fundraising Manager to develop new, creative and engaging opportunities for companies to support Meningitis Now.
- Support the fundraising team in the promotion of our events and corporate sponsorship opportunities.
- Deliver excellent stewardship to inspire supporters to take part in events and, where opportunities exist, cultivate longer-term corporate partnerships.
- Create compelling donor communications and ensure that impact reports are compiled to a high standard.
- Proactively follow up on incoming enquiries from companies who have expressed an interest in supporting the charity.
- Ensure all donations received from corporate supporters are thanked in a timely and engaging manner.
- Support the Corporate Fundraising Manager by contributing to high quality partnership applications and pitch presentations.
- Attend networking and supporter events, as a key representative and spokesperson for the charity.
- Utilise LinkedIn to identify and cultivate new connections for the charity and build upon relationships with existing supporters.
- Develop positive relationships internally across the charity, particularly where corporate supporters are involved in challenge events, mentoring programmes or providing pro-bono support.
- Keep accurate records and our database (Salesforce) up to date with all supporter communications.
- Ensure all data protection and compliance requirements are consistently upheld.
- Champion the Fundraising Regulator’s Codes of Practice.
What We're Looking For
Essential Selection Criteria:
- Relationship fundraising experience (paid or voluntary).
- Partnership working or account management.
- Strong written communication skills, including producing high quality materials.
- Confident presenting and speaking in public.
- Experience of communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, at all levels.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire and motivate supporters.
- Excellent networking skills and the ability to build rapport quickly.
- Be an effective team player.
- Strong numeracy skills and excellent attention to detail.
- Creative approach to developing and inspiring new fundraising ideas.
- Self motivated with the ability to work independently and proactively.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Empathy and sensitivity when supporting individuals affected by meningitis.
- Strong administrative skills and confident use of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Experience using CRM databases, preferably Salesforce.
Desirable Selection Criteria:
- Fundraising qualification (e.g. CIoF or equivalent).
- Knowledge of corporate fundraising principles and best practice.
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising.
- Experience coordinating or supporting fundraising events.
- Experience working with volunteers.
- Understanding of data protection requirements within charities.
- Knowledge or experience of using AI.
- Knowledge and experience of using Canva to design materials.
Ready to Apply?
Please apply by completing the application form on our HR system – you will be redirected on clicking apply.
Please note that due to using an anonymised recruitment process, only responses to the application questions will be used for shortlisting. If you choose to upload a CV or covering letter, this information won't be seen until after shortlisting has been completed.
Closing date for applications: Monday, 27 April 2026 at 10am*
Interviews: Tuesday, 5 May and Thursday, 7 May 2026
*Note: Meningitis Now reserve the right to close this advert early or extend it depending on the number of sufficient applications received. If you are interested, please apply as soon as possible.
