Vacancies

About Us

The Countess of Brecknock Hospice provides palliative and end of life care to adults
suffering from life-limiting illness who live in Andover, Ludgershall, Stockbridge, Sutton
Scotney, Whitchurch and the surrounding villages – a catchment area of 40,000
households. We are currently caring for over 250 patients. Patients may be admitted
to the inpatient unit but many are cared for in their own homes supported by our
Community Team, Home Care and Hospice at Home services. Additionally, patients
may join us at our Day Centre on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. Our dedicated
clinical team provides outstanding, round the clock care, support, expertise and
compassion for patients and their families.

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT): The Countess of Brecknock Hospice is run and managed by HHFT. The Hospice covers nine GP surgeries in our catchment area. More than 1000 individuals and their families used our services last year.

The Hospice Charitable Trust, an independent charity, was created in 1998 to financially support the hospice. The Hospice Charity also funded and equipped the new Hospice which opened in April 2020. As well as supporting running costs, the charity funds an additional Community Nurse, the Hospice at Home overnight on-call and call out service; Day Centre programme, specialist equipment purchases and repairs, as well as patient and staff support and welfare.

Both the Hospice and the Charity use the acronym CARE to share our values:

Compassion, caring about our patients, their families, staff, supporters and volunteers.
Accountable and responsible, always improving.
Respect for all.
Encouraging and challenging each other to always do our best.

For over 30 years, the charity, the hospice and HHFT have enjoyed a very special and unique working relationship which has enabled us to develop outstanding hospice services.

About the role/job purpose

This is a new role which the successful candidate can make their own. We are looking for someone who is excited at the prospect of making a difference to the lives of the many patients who come through the hospice each year. Someone who can live up to our values. An individual who can play an active and engaging role within a high-
performing team. Someone who is prepared to take responsibility for delivering a significant and sustained increase in income, confident with budget management, tracking and reporting and someone with the
skills, the experience and the energy to make it happen.

But this job is more than that; this person must also be capable of deputising for the Charity Director, operating at the most senior level of the charity, standing in for the Director, and representing the hospice within the community with professionalism and compassion. You will gain insight and experience in charity governance, charity law and best practice, compliance, HR, investments and finance at board level.

This will be a busy and demanding role, but for the right person, it will be immensely rewarding too.

Role Responsibilities

• Along with the Charity Director, you will develop and deliver our Fundraising Strategy, annual fundraising plans and income targets that will support our organisational objectives to increase our income from £850,000 to £1 million over the next 2-3 years.
• Responsible for a significant target of £250K in year one, £325K in year two and £400K in year three by leading and delivering all fundraising activities related to individual giving, events and community.
• Organise and deliver a programme of events to maximise income. Ensure that activities are planned with due care observing legal requirements, health and safety, risk assessment and best practice so that they run effectively and safely. Managing our pool of volunteers who assist with events. Working with the Charity Director, liaise with event partners and sponsors to maximise fundraising opportunities.
• Support and deputise for the Charity Director, building a working knowledge of charity governance, law and compliance. Working with Trustees, attending meetings and reporting as required.
• Build effective relationships with current and potential donors to maximise our income.
• Build relationships with teams across the organisation to gather information on hospice activities to be able to develop compelling bids and cases for support.
• Research and deliver new opportunities to grow and secure additional income from new and current supporters, this will include charity shops and a lottery.
• Part of the Senior Leadership Team and Board. Expectation of working with the Board members on prospects and partners.
• Budget control and target monitoring – reporting monthly and at Trustees meetings.
• Attend external events as a representative for CoBH and, with the Head of People Engagement, encourage members of the public to learn more about and support our work.
• We recognise that the successful candidate may not have skills in all the above responsibilities. The Trustees are invested in the development of all staff. Training and support will be provided as appropriate.