Children’s Heart Surgery Fund - Charity 

FAMILY SUPPORT WORKER

JOB DESCRIPTION

Title of post:                      Family Support Worker

Hours:                                37 hours

Location:                            Leeds

Reporting to                       CEO

Salary                                 £25k

Interview date                     Monday 16th March 

Apply with covering letter and CV - deadline to apply Monday 2nd March.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The Children’s Heart Surgery Fund

The Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) is an award-winning regional charity supporting children and adults, and their families, born with congenital heart defects across Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. 

The charity was established in 1988 to support the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit at Leeds Children’s Hospital, which treats more than 20,000 patients each year. The Charity supports the Leeds Congenital Heart service by providing the funding and resources to support: 

• The Heart, by providing revolutionary medical equipment and funding training for the medical employees within the congenital heart service.

• The Mind, by creating a restful environment on the wards and funding play and distraction equipment.

• The Family, by contributing towards living expenses, offering accommodation to parents and giving exceptional grants.

• The Future, by funding research, clinical posts and projects.

History

The Children’s Heart Surgery Fund was created in 1988 by Duncan Walker, then a heart surgeon at the old Killingbeck Hospital in Leeds. Thanks to his fundraising efforts, in 1990 Duncan was given the accolade of Yorkshireman of the Year. Since 1988, CHSF has awarded around £3 million in grants to the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit, its patients and their families.

There are many vital grants – both large and small – within CHSF’s work, and one of the most important was the award of almost £250,000 between 1999 and 2002 donated to Leeds University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. The initial grant was grown into much greater funding and helped established a project that led to the creation of a York-based company called Tissue Regenix. This organisation are now leaders in the development of medical devices, including replacement heart valves.

Over recent years, CHSF has invested significant funding into family accommodation based near the Leeds Children’s Hospital. This has included £525,000 being awarded to the Sick Children’s Trust first to build and now maintain parental housing at Eckersley House.

CHSF campaigned against NHS proposals to end children’s heart surgery in Yorkshire – a move that would have meant the region’s young patients being relocated to Newcastle, Birmingham or Liverpool for heart surgery. After an extraordinary award-winning, a campaign that united the people of the region – including a 600,000-signature petition that was delivered to the Prime Minister – the NHS proposals were rejected by the Health Secretary in 2013.

CHSF has made countless grants that have paid for ground-breaking new equipment; resources for the unit; staff training; family accommodation and support; and, many, many more projects. This is thanks to the staff, trustees, supporters and fundraisers who have made this possible.

CHSF are proud of their record of impact against the charity’s main objective to help the region’s congenital heart patients and hopes to fulfil their aim which is to help support the Leeds Congenital Heart centre become a recognised ‘World Class’ centre of excellence. In 2018, CHSF’s latest appeal, keeping the Beat, successfully raised £700,000 towards a state-of-the-art children’s heart theatre.

THE ROLE 

Job Summary

The newly created role of Family Support Worker is designed to provide a dedicated resource for children, siblings and parents, offering practical and emotional support while they are in the hospital, and potentially beyond the period of the child’s hospital stay. 

The role objective is to bridge the gap between the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit and the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund, ensuring wrap around care and support for the whole family unit. 

The Family Support Worker will deliver a programme of holistic care for families of children with congenital heart disease treated in the Congenital Heart Unit at Leeds Children’s Hospital. 

This new holistic care programme, including welcome packs, well-being treatments and family camps, is designed to increase wellbeing and reduce the stress on the whole family from the impact of a child having congenital heart disease.

The need for this role and holistic care programme bore out of collated research gathered directly from focus groups, workshops and direct feedback from a variety of people, including Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust clinical and non-clinical staff and parents of patients with congenital heart disease.

Key Responsibilities

• To be a dedicated resource for children and their families, bridging the gap between Leeds Children’s Hospital and the CHSF

• To build trusting relationships with the children, siblings and parents on the ward and outside the hospital, through coffee mornings. 

• To provide practical help and emotional support for children and families, by signposting particularly during times of stress

• To work closely with clinical and nursing staff at Leeds Children’s Hospital, developing positive working relationships

• To facilitate clear communications between families and clinical and nursing staff

• To plan, deliver and assess an annual holistic care programme for children and families

• To identify the needs of children and families and develop new work or initiatives to meet these needs

• To create and provide welcome packs to families

• To help families access support from the CHSF and other agencies and services

• To manage the delivery of group sessions by the Hospital’s Psychology and Counselling Service to help families overcome issues around coping with a baby suffering from congenital heart disease

• To manage the partnership with, and delivery of, Over the Wall Family Weekend Camps for children with serious health challenges

• To manage and work in delivering holistic support for families, focusing on wellbeing, and complementary therapies.

• To organise leisure and other vouchers for long-term inpatients and their families.

• To run and manage focused events for families such as coffee mornings in regional areas of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire

• To manage the charities parental accommodation, ensuring all rooms are cared for

• To help promote CHSF fundraising opportunities, where appropriate and work with the community fundraising team on new initiatives 

• To manage grant applications which are currently run by the cardiac nurse specialist team to support families seeking financial assistance while their child is in hospital

• To help plan creative and innovative responses to families’ needs 

• To ensure that recording of work with children and families is maintained to a high standard, accurate and up to date

• To monitor, evaluate, and produce reports that demonstrate the effectiveness of the work.

• To work flexibly as required by the needs of the service and carry out any other reasonable duties as required 

• To engage further with the Child-Friendly Leeds initiative. 

General Responsibilities 

• Respond to complaints promptly, both external and internal

• To demonstrate a commitment to ongoing training and development and participate in any training needed to fulfil the duties of your role

• Promote and sustain a responsible attitude towards equal opportunity and diversity

• To ensure all communication is conducted under GDPR guidance 

• To keep accurate and comprehensive records through CHSF’s CRM system

• Play a key role within the senior management team and report to the CEO

• To be able to evidence CHSF values at all times

(a)   Trust

(b)  Compassion

(c)   Openness

(d)  Respect

(e)   Dedication

PERSON SPECIFICATION 

Skills and abilities

·       Excellent skills, knowledge and aptitude for building and maintaining relationships with children, young people, parents, colleagues and partners

·       Ability to communicate with children and adults with compassion and empathy 

·       Ability to exercise discretion and confidentiality

·       understanding of the developmental needs of children and young people

·       Excellent verbal and written communication skills in formal and informal settings - face-to-face, on the telephone and informal presentations

·       Excellent organisational skills with a high level of attention to detail 

·       Ability to work on own initiative and to effectively manage and prioritise workload

·       Ability to write comprehensive evidence-based reports

·       Highly professional with a self-motivated approach and drive to support

·       Influencing skills

·       Good IT skill, word, excel, CRM experience

·       Project management skills 

·       Excellent relationship management skills 

Knowledge 

• Relevant childcare, education, social care or health qualification to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent or considerable experience. 

• Training in community work, counselling skills, or similar advantage

• Thorough knowledge of relevant and up-to-date children’s legislation, particularly child protection and safeguarding 

Experience

• At least three years’ experience of direct work with children and young people up to 18 years of age, and their parents

• Able to set up and deliver programmes of family support work

• Knowledge and experience of direct work with families in the health sector an advantage

• Experience of working with people in their homes an advantage

Personal attributes and other requirements

• Ability to work hours in a flexible way, including evenings and weekends to meet the needs of the holistic care programme

• Ability to work flexibly and as part of a team

• Clean current driving licence and car needed 

• Commitment to training and continuous learning and professional development

This post is subject to a higher-level check with the Disclosure & Barring Service 

We want to hear from all interested candidates, and to be considered for the position we strongly recommend submitting a detailed covering letter along with your CV, outlining why you're right for the role.

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Part time – 14 hours per week

Birmingham, Bradford, London or Manchester with frequent travel across the UK

Permanent

We’re looking for a Facilities Manager to lead on all facilities related activities across our UK offices.

At Refugee Action, we have a vision of a UK in which refugees and people seeking asylum will be welcome, can get justice, live free of poverty and successfully rebuild their lives.  We empower refugees and people seeking asylum to influence both our work, the issues that matter to them and decisions made by government and we are a trusted partner for others who share our vision.
 

Over the last 3 years, we have provided life-changing support to more than 3,000 resettled refugees and 8,000 people seeking asylum, strengthened the work of more than 140 charities, and secured important changes in government policy and practice on English language provision and support for asylum seekers at risk of destitution.  We want to do far more to learn from and shift power to refugees and people seeking asylum. It's an exciting time to be part of Refugee Action as we work towards achieving our 3-year strategy objectives (2019-22) through securing systemic change through our campaigns to change government policies, our direct services, and our work to strengthen and connect other service delivery organisations.

To succeed in this role you will have:
 

• Insight into the needs hopes and experiences of refugees and asylum seekers.
• A thorough understanding of facilities management
• Strong project management skills
• Two years’ experience of office administration including using computer systems (Word, Excel, database), bespoke databases and setting up and maintaining effective administrative systems and procedures (computerised and manual)
• Working knowledge of finance payment and invoicing systems
• Experience of successfully managing and prioritising own workload

For more information and to apply, please visit our website.

Those with lived experience as a refugee are encouraged to apply.

Closing date: 09:00am, Monday 2nd March 2020

Interviews: Friday 13th March 2020 in London

JOB DESCRIPTION

Title of post: Community Fundraiser

Responsible to: Senior Community Fundraising Manager

Location: Leeds

Salary: £23,000 -£25,000 per annum depending on experience

Closing Date: 24/02/2020 – Interview Date 05/03/2020

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Established in 1988, the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund is a charity providing support for children and adults born with Congenital Heart Defects and their families.  Since then, we have awarded around £6 million in grants to the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit, its patients and their families, as well as funding important research proposals.  It’s all thanks to the overwhelming generosity of the general public and our corporate supporters, and by the amazing efforts of our fundraisers.

CHSF provides valuable equipment, resources and research, as well as providing a support service for both the children and their families along the way.

THE ROLE

Job Summary:

As Community Fundraiser you will be responsible for developing professional fundraising relationships with our family supporters, individuals and groups across the community of Yorkshire. This includes supporting and retaining existing supporters and being proactive in developing new opportunities to increase funding.

You will promote the charity and its fundraising initiatives as well as encourage others to participate in CHSF Events or encourage them to create their own fundraising events. Acting as an ambassador for CHSF by attending cheque presentations and presenting to various community groups in order to raise awareness and develop fundraising in the local/regional community.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop key relationships with family supporters, groups and individuals across the local region. 
• Plan, organise and manage community opportunities.
• Proactively work in the community to develop relationships and secure income.
• Recruit, support, develop and motivate volunteers and fundraising groups to raise income for the charity.
• Raise awareness of the charity and highlight the valuable work of CHSF throughout the region.
• Manage your time effectively and work collaboratively with others in the fundraising team.
• Organise and promote CHSF events on social media. Inc Facebook Instagram and Twitter.
•  Assist fundraisers with their events and ensure that the necessary help, support and advice is provided throughout.
•  Develop effective working relationships across the charity. It is essential for the Community Fundraiser to work collaboratively across teams.
• Carry out ward visits to meet families/ patients.  Develop relationships with medics and nursing professionals on the ward.
• Work as part of the wider fundraising team to increase participation on CHSF’s annual “Wear Red Campaign”  
• Deliver against fundraising targets and manage budgets effectively.
• Database management.  Record all relevant information on the database as required and maintain up to date records. To acknowledge all donations and support as required.
• Always adhere to data protections rules

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Skills and experience

• A minimum of 2 years fundraising experience
• Proven experience in volunteer management
• Experience of working to and achieving financial targets

Personal Qualities

• Excellent communication and organisational skills with a high level of attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Highly professional with a self-motivated approach and drive to achieve targets
• Ability to work autonomously but also as part of the wider team
• Available to work flexibly as and when required to cover events at evenings and on weekends etc.
• Available to travel throughout the Yorkshire region
• Able to work creatively and innovatively to provide new ideas
• Excellent relationship building skills and ability to empathise with families and patients

Maggie's - Head of Leadership Giving North

With 23 individually designed centres, this innovative cancer charity is the fastest growing in the UK. Its aim is simple, to ensure that everyone with cancer can get the emotional and practical support it has pioneered for more than 25 years. Each centre is exceptional in both design and programme and this organisation has worked with the world's leading architects and oncologists to achieve this.

Charity People is heading up the search for an inspirational Head of Leadership Giving North who will be a key member of the Leadership & Major Gifts team, working to generate income against an ambitious annual target. A skilled communicator who is able to put others at ease, you will be responsible for leading major donor work in the North of England and Wales, an area with significant fundraising potential. This promises to be an extremely rewarding position where you contribute strategically and will manage a portfolio of prospects at a range of stages, all with the capacity to make transformational gifts.

You'll ensure the effective cultivation of prospects identified through volunteer leadership networks, existing networks of warm supporters and prospect research. You will also be able to identify opportunities for a programme of stewardship events which will discover and nurture relationships with new prospects and donors. In addition, you will work with major donor colleagues to develop solicitation plans and take a donor led approach to relationship building.

To apply for this role, you'll need to be a passionate about donor stewardship, with extensive experience within major gift fundraising including a proven track record of personally securing gifts in excess of £500,000. You'll also have experience of recruiting and leading volunteer boards; and proven experience of working successfully with wealthy and influential individuals. Skills wise, you will be highly organised and able to remain focused in a dynamic environment; you will be adaptable, flexible, and able to work under pressure; and will have outstanding communication ability.

This is a flexible, family and life-friendly organisation with an unparalleled reputation for staff engagement and loyalty. Excellent benefits package and huge investment in professional development.

This role involves a mix of homeworking, considerable travel across the North and regular time spent in the London office.

Please apply with a copy of your CV to receive more information. Amelia and Alice feel very lucky to be leading on this role: [email protected] or [email protected]

Final deadline is 9am on Monday 24th February, but please apply ASAP to avoid disappointment as we've been asked to move as quickly as possible. Interviews likely to be held 2nd and 3rd March.

35 hours a week, including some evenings and weekends

Martin House is a well-established, leading regional charity providing care and support to children and young people with life-limiting illnesses and to their families. We care for children and young people across West, North and East Yorkshire at our hospice, based in Boston Spa, and also through our work in the community.

We are entering an exciting period of growth which has seen recent investment in the fundraising team. Many of the children and families that we care for live in West Yorkshire and we are expanding our existing fundraising activity in this region.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual who will be able to connect with these communities, assisting them to develop fundraising activities to support the hospice and raise our profile in the area. You will be responsible for developing, delivering and sustaining a network of individual supporters and supporter groups across West Yorkshire, in addition to securing and stewarding low level corporate partners.

We are looking for candidates with a proven track record of delivering against set targets, experience of recruiting and motivating volunteers, and someone who is a confident speaker who can present to a diverse range of audiences.  Working as part of a successful fundraising team, this role is key in the development of our fundraising activities across our region. 

Benefits include 40 days annual leave including statutory holidays, and recognition of NHS pension scheme for candidates who are currently in the scheme (alternative stakeholder pension also offered).

If you are interested in this position, please complete an Application Form, referring to the Job Description and Person Specification available on Martin House website.

• The closing date for applications is 12pm on Monday, 24th February 2020.
• Interviews will take place at Martin House on 6th March 2020. 

We try to keep our postage costs down so if you have not heard from us by 28th February, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Registered Charity No. 517919
Company Registration No. 2016332, England

About us

The Bone Cancer Research Trust (BCRT) is the leading charity dedicated to fighting primary bone cancer. Our mission is to save lives and improve outcomes through research, information, awareness and support. In July 2019 we were awarded 'National Healthcare & Medical Research Charity of the Year' at the national Charity Awards and earlier in the year the Yorkshire & Humber Institute of Fundraising awarded our Fundraising & Communications Team with 'Fundraising Team of the Year'. We are a small but incredibly passionate and driven organisation that is proud and supportive of our people - together we make the biggest impact for our community. 

The Role

The Challenge Events Fundraising Officer will contribute to the overall fundraising strategy by delivering a programme of activities that maximise income generation and recruitment and retention of supporters.

You will operate as a key member of the Challenge Events Team and will have the opportunity to explore new exciting opportunities for the charity. You will also lead on existing events which form part of our core income programme and help grow our expanding portfolio of Challenge Events.

To deliver on our strategy through to 2022 we need to deliver high quality, meaningful events that help meet our income and charitable objectives. This role will have a direct impact on the primary bone cancer community through Challenge Events by empowering and involving patients, carers, friends, relatives, healthcare professionals and researchers.

About You

The ideal candidate will bring experience of successfully building events fundraising streams through different challenges and bespoke events as well developing meaningful relationships with professional event organisers. They will be results-orientated with a passion for first-class supporter care. They will build excellent working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders as they pull together new ideas for events that will help to ultimately save lives.

As we are a small team, a team-player attitude is a must, as well as a positive and can-do approach.

If you have excellent communication and event management skills, a natural ability to liaise with stakeholders, and determination to succeed, we would like to hear from you.

Application Process

1. Application Form & CV submission closing date: 1st March

2. Shortlisting and telephone interviews: W/C 2nd March

3. Interviews: W/C 9th March

Citizens Advice won a grant from the Ministry of Justice to run the Witness Service from April 2015.  The Witness Service has nearly 300 staff and 3000 volunteers and offers free, independent, impartial and confidential support and information to 15,000 witnesses each month to give evidence in every criminal court in England and Wales.

Citizens Advice provide free, independent and impartial advice and information to help people resolve their legal, money and other problems. In the past year we have helped over 2.5 million people solve over 6.2 million problems. Our national network delivers services from over 3,000 locations in England and Wales. In 2015 we won Charity Times Charity of the Year for our work. Now we want to do even more.

The role

Our trained volunteers provide practical and emotional support and information to prosecution and defense witnesses in criminal cases.

We are looking for someone with the ability to develop and motivate volunteers and who has administrative skills and is computer literate to a high standard.

As the Deputy Team Leader (Court Services), working alongside Team Leaders you will be responsible for the delivery of the Witness Service within the courts, remote link sites and Witness Service provision. You will share responsibility for the effective coordination and development of approximately 50 volunteers who support witnesses in their journey through the criminal justice system.

In this role you will also be responsible for general service administrative tasks within the courts, as well as inputting service data.
Experience of the non-profit sector is desirable, but not essential.

Citizens Advice values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non-binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profile.

This role, approx 3 days per week, will provide the management and day-to-day oversight of the charity’s finances.The Finance Manager will produce timely management accounts on a monthly cycle to enable the CEO and the team to make financial decisions and should work closely with the Operations Manager and the CEO and will include;

• Financial Reporting, recording and forecasting
• Producing Annual statements
• Prepare and submit corporation tax and VAT returns
• Provide sound financial advice to Trustees and the Chief Executive

We require the post holder to be female - Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR), Schedule 9 (Work; Exceptions), Part 1 (Occupational Requirements), of the Equality Act (2010) applies. RCEW and local Rape Crisis Centres provide a women-only safe space in which women and children who have experienced sexual violence are supported and can access services.
 

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual to provide high quality governance support at a senior level to Leeds Cares. The role will bring additional resources, leadership and expertise to the delivery of a best in class governance function for the charity, which in turn will help deliver excellent quality services.

The post of Company Secretary plays a key role in enabling the charity to discharge its constitutional and legal duties. You will work closely with the Chief Executive and senior leadership team as well as the Board of Trustees to provide effective management, probity and transparency of the charity’s governance arrangements.

You will be a governance professional with demonstrable senior experience of servicing Boards and committees and have excellent communication and leadership skills. You will be forward-thinking, proactive and enthusiastic, able to bring excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills to the role and quickly establish your credibility with both internal and external stakeholders through your effective management of relationships and high standards of work.

You will have excellent organisational abilities and a proven track record of delivering in a similar role with a demonstrable understanding of governance and risk management processes in either a health or charity related setting.

This role will provide day-to-day oversight and management of the charity’s operations and projects. This will include general project and programme management, reporting to funders, producing budget reports in liaison with the Financial Manager and general HR management. The Operations Manager should provide strong programme leadership to ensure effective and efficient management and administration of all aspects of the organisation’s operations.

We require the post holder to be female - Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR), Schedule 9 (Work; Exceptions), Part 1 (Occupational Requirements), of the Equality Act (2010) applies. RCEW and local Rape Crisis Centres provide a women-only safe space in which women and children who have experienced sexual violence are supported and can access services.
 

This role will be responsible for all aspects of bookkeeping and associated financial administration for the charity. The Bookkeeper will support the Finance Manager to monitor the finances and ensure the financial information is up to date and accurate 
 
Role specific responsibilities;

• Record all purchase orders, invoices and payments
• Ensure all payments are authorised by the relevant Trustees/staff prior to payment.
• Enter all income and expenditure on QuickBooks and send out remittances
• Reconcile the bank and petty cash
• Support the Finance Manager to monitor income and expenditure, cash flow, and risks
• Support the Finance Manager to report to funders, the CEO and the Board of Trustees

We require the post holder to be female - Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR), Schedule 9 (Work; Exceptions), Part 1 (Occupational Requirements), of the Equality Act (2010) applies. RCEW and local Rape Crisis Centres provide a women-only safe space in which women and children who have experienced sexual violence are supported and can access services. 

Parents Against Child Exploitation (Pace) is the lead national charity that works alongside parents and carers of children who are, or who are at risk of being exploited by individuals from outside of the family. We provide guidance and training to professionals on how child sexual exploitation, modern slavery, human trafficking and the criminalisation of exploited children affects the whole family.

We are looking for someone to work with multi-agency partners in Wakefield tackling child sexual and criminal exploitation, to act as an independent source of support and contact for parents whose children are being sexually and criminally exploited, and to liaise between statutory agencies and families in order to maximise the ability of all parties to safeguard a child a risk of, or being exploited by individuals from outside the family.

You will have good active listening skills, be able to give non-judgmental emotional support, have the ability to empathise and engage with affected parents, and respect their vital role in safeguarding their child.  You will be able to liaise and develop a good rapport with partner agencies in Wakefield, and offer advice on good practice relating to working in partnership with affected parents.  You will maintain your own professional practice and ensure ongoing development through use of supervision and training.  You will adhere to Pace ethos and policies including equal opportunities and diversity. 

This post is funded by Wakefield Council and the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office for West Yorkshire until 31 March 2021, with a commitment to find further continued funding. 

Closing Date: Sunday 1 March 2020

Interviews: Thursday 12th March

Interviews will be held in Wakefield, venue tbc

We're over the moon to be heading up the search party for an experienced Corporate Fundraiser and Account Manager to develop, plan and deliver an innovative programme of campaigns and products for a fantastic health charity that supports and provides care for the local community.

You'll take the lead on corporate engagement in all its many forms. The charity already runs a successful business network with almost 50 active members ranging from multinationals to small, local businesses through a range of events and activities.

You'll maximise current potential through the business network, as well as building brand-new relationships from scratch, including strategic partnerships and Charity of the Year.
You'll take ownership of the income stream and have plenty of autonomy to be creative in terms of trying fresh things and leading new campaigns.

A happy team is waiting to welcome you and you'll be supported by leadership that encourages and invests in people and their development. This role would suit either a seasoned corporate fundraising specialist or someone from the commercial sector looking for greater job satisfaction.

Plenty of flexibility with working hours and would consider some homeworking too. A special opportunity for the right person to make their mark with amazing foundations already in place.
If you're as excited by this exciting opportunity as we are, please send a copy of your CV to our regional consultant, Amelia Lee: [email protected]

We'll be meeting candidates on a rolling basis so please apply ASAP to avoid disappointment.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

We are looking for an ambitious individual to join our team for a one year period to cover maternity leave, playing a key role in leading and managing our fundraising team, ensuring strategy and income targets and other KPIs are met and high standards of fundraising practice followed. As Head of Community Relationships (Fundraising) you will have the opportunity to embed the strategy and area business plans and ensure they are successfully implemented and deliver net income growth across all our brands.

Head of Community Relationships Fundraising

22.5 hours per week over 3 days

1 year Maternity cover

£24,000 per annum

You will play a lead role in a developing and delivering the strategic aims of the organisation as well as driving improvements in the way we fundraise and maximising opportunities for growth and development. You will build strong working relationships across the organisation, representing fundraising in a number of internal and external forums.

Successful candidates will have a strong track record in supporter or customer relations; in leading large complex teams with a range of specialisms and handling change and challenge and have experience driving income growth and continuous fundraising improvement across an organisation or team. Ideally the successful candidate will also have good knowledge of Fundraising regulation and best practice.

For a full job description and person specification follow the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Applicants are welcome to call for an informal chat or to arrange a visit.

We are looking for someone with experience of working across a broad portfolio of income streams and a proven track record in generating income against targets. You will have exceptional interpersonal skills, and the ability to influence a wide range of stakeholders. Working collaboratively and being a team player are essential skills. The successful candidate will understand the balance of being hands-on in order to get things done and working strategically so that Saint Michaels meets its long-term objectives. 
 

The role is will work across our bases in Harrogate and Northallerton with other travel required as necessary. Our Harrogate offices are based at Hornbeam Park, just a few minutes’ walk from Hornbeam Park train station and well located for commutes from Leeds, York and surrounding areas via train or car. Our Northallerton office is based in Omega Business Village on Thurston Road. 

Successful applicants are required to provide an enhanced disclosure. Disclosure expense will be met by employer.

Harrogate District Hospice Care is a registered charity in England and Wales (518905) with a family of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’, Saint Michael’s Hospice and Talking Spaces.

Benefits include:-

• Competitive rates of pay

• 21 days paid holiday per year for full time

• Comprehensive Induction Programme

• Contributory Pension Scheme with employer contribution of 8% and variable employee contribution

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Free Car Parking/Walking distance from Hornbeam Park Station

• Free DBS/CRB check

Successful applicants are required to provide an enhanced disclosure. Disclosure expense will be met by employer.

Please click Apply and you will be forwarded to our recruitment website. Alternatively please call Helen/Alison in the HR team at Saint Michael’s Hospice.

Completed applications to be received by 9am on 5th March 2020

Interviews will be held on Thursday 12th March 2020.