Are you a committed and passionate Fundraising professional who wants to make a genuine impact? Do you thrive on thinking creatively and have a proven track record in generating income and co-ordinating successful events and schools/community fundraising support?
If so, we would love to meet you!
St Andrew’s Hospice is looking for an inspiring and results focused Schools and Community Fundraiser to join our Schools and Community Fundraising Team.
Who are we?
At St Andrew’s Hospice we provide compassionate, specialist palliative care to those with life-limiting illnesses; ensuring dignity, comfort, and support for our patients and their families. Every year, our hospice touches hundreds of lives, and every donation we receive helps us to deliver this care. Now, more than ever, we need a strategic leader to grow and diversify our income streams, making our work possible for years to come. If you are ready to bring your energy, creativity, and expertise to a role with purpose, we would love to hear from you.
What is the role?
As the Schools & Community Fundraiser, you will be working as part of the Fundraising Team to meet organisational income targets. You will have responsibility for the co-ordination, organisation, and evaluation of existing schools fundraising events within agreed levels of income & expenditure.
You will be expected to foster and grow our links with educational establishments, the wider community across Lanarkshire and 3rd party supporters. This will involve working with all Lanarkshire Nurseries, Primary & Secondary schools, to raise awareness of the Hospice, fundraising and our role in the community. You will be required to maximise and grow the income generated from all fundraising activities related to schools and community fundraising.
In addition to your own workload, you will support the work of the fundraising department with other fundraising initiatives as directed..
What we expect of you?
· Experience working within a fundraising/sales role
· Proven experience of working to income related targets.
· Experience of liaising with young people in a formal or informal setting.
· As an important part of the Hospice team, you will also deliver Hospice educational presentations to schools & community groups that will range from three or four individuals to classes, full school assemblies or School awards nights, across all age groups
· A proven track record of success when working individually and as part of a team.
· Flexibility as occasional evening and weekend work will be required
Let's make a meaningful impact together! Your support ensures that our hospice continues to provide comfort and care to those facing life-limiting illnesses.
What can you expect from us?
We recognise that to continue to provide excellent care and services to patients and families, we need an amazing team around us. To attract, retain and reward our people, our benefits include:
· A warm and supportive working environment
· Competitive Salaries
· Generous Annual Leave Entitlement
· Induction Programme
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Counselling Services
· Occupational Health
· Contributory Pension Scheme
· Hybrid & Flexible Working Practices
· Ongoing Learning & development opportunities
· NHS Staff Benefits Scheme
For an application pack, the hospice employee benefits booklet and further information please go to our website
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We’re looking for a permanent full-time support officer to contribute their skills, experience, and personality to add value to our Blesma Support team within the Independence and Wellbeing department at Blesma, The Limbless Veterans. The role is a varied one, focusing on all aspects of welfare and support to our members.
This home-based role is to support Blesma members in the South West of England by providing a lifeline to members by delivering effective wellbeing support and advice to help reduce the negative impacts of disability and to assist them in leading independent and fulfilling lives. The role also involves representing Blesma and enhancing the charity’s profile within the local community of your area of responsibility.
The Independence and Wellbeing team works collaboratively across the Association to ensure Blesma’s programmes and services can help our service personnel, veterans and their families.
Blesma is unique as a membership Association as well as a charity. Our members are the heart of all our work – therefore, the impact of Support Officers is clearly visible in the experiences of our inspirational limbless veterans.
If you are interested, and live within the following post code areas, TR, PL,TQ, EX, TA, DT, BH, BA, BS, SN, GY, JE) please read the attached Job Description and apply with your CV and a Covering Letter detailing why you would be an ideal candidate for the role and how your experience and skills match those detailed in the Person Specification.
How to Apply
If you would like to apply for this exciting role, please read the attached Job Description and apply with your C.V. and a Covering Letter which must address the screening questions within the JD. The cover letter should demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria and competencies of the role.
If you are uncertain about your suitability for this role, we encourage you to apply and allow us to assess your fit.
Please note that we may close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of applications.
We look forward to hearing from you.