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Job Title: Head of Events and Community Fundraising
Charity: The Countess of Brecknock Hospice
Salary Range: £40,000-£45,000
Location: Hybrid working – at least twice a week from the hospice
Deadline for applications: 11th October
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 200 patients. Patients are admitted to the inpatient unit, can be cared for in their own homes supported by our Community Team, Home Care and Hospice at Home services, or join us at our Day Centre on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. Our dedicated clinical team provides outstanding 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
Growing income through the delivery of a programme of ambitious events and community fundraising activities, you’ll have the opportunity to review and improve existing activity, build on the success of newly developed initiatives and identify potential areas of growth. You will also deputise for the Charity Director in her absence and play a key role in the senior management. This is an exciting new opportunity for a confident, experienced fundraiser who wants to develop their career and make a real difference to an outstanding local charity.
This is a new role which the successful candidate can make their own. Working closely with the Charity Director and team members, you will have a strong track record of delivering significant income from successful events and community programmes. You will be confident with budget management, tracking and reporting and have solid proven knowledge of the fundraising environment and best practice.
Role Responsibilities
Reporting to the Director of the Hospice Charitable Trust, you will work alongside the Charity and Clinical teams to develop, deliver and maximise significant income generation from events and community fundraising to achieve agreed fundraising targets (£200k in year 1). You will manage and co-ordinate a pool of volunteers who fundraise for the hospice or who assist with the running of event and activities.
As a member of the senior team, you will also deputise for the Director providing a great development opportunity for the successful candidate.
- Organise and deliver a programme of events to maximise income. Ensure that fundraising events and activities are planned with due care observing legal requirements, health and safety, risk assessment and best practice so that they run effectively and safely. Working with the Director, liaise with event partners and sponsors to maximise fundraising opportunities.
- Review, research and develop our events and community fundraising to create new opportunities to grow and secure additional income from new and current supporters.
- With the Director, research opportunities provided by charity shops and a lottery to maximise these income streams if appropriate.
- Promote and support community fundraisers’ involvement in fundraising, third party events and organisation/group activities to maximise income, including Gift Aid and corporate match-funding. Ensure activities planned in our name observe legal requirements, health and safety, risk assessment and best practice so that they run effectively and safely.
- Develop a third-party challenge event programme (including running, cycling, hiking, walking events or events for thrill-seekers) and enable participants to maximise fundraising from such events.
- Research and agree a programme of local third-party events which can be attended by staff or volunteers to maximise fundraising and raise awareness.
- 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.
- With the Head of People Engagement, develop and support a network of Community Champions and fundraising groups in our catchment area.
- Produce reports and supply data using our Harlequin CRM – training will be provided.
- Play a key role in delivering our strategic plan and in the development and setting of KPI’s and targets.
- 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.
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