Charity Operations Officer

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a Charity Operations Officer to enhance charitable expenditure and manage projects. This role requires excellent project management, communication, and negotiation skills, facilitating collaboration between charity and finance teams to effectively utilize donations. Benefits include access to the NHS Pension Scheme, generous holiday, relocation support, and continuous learning opportunities.

Benefits

Access to NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Generous relocation package

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Discounts on various services

Qualifications

• Experience in driving charitable expenditure and managing fundraising projects.
• Ability to liaise with different teams effectively.
• Strong organisational skills for project completion.

Responsibilities

• Drive charitable expenditure within the Trust.
• Engage with Trust staff for charitably funded projects.
• Monitor project progress and communicate updates.

Skills

Project management skills

Excellent communication

Organisational skills

Negotiation skills

Job description

Overview

Working as an integral part of the Charity team, the post holder will help to drive charitable expenditure within the Trust. They will ensure that effective processes are designed and managed to guide the charity's expenditure ensuring donations are utilised in a timely and effective manner. The Charity Operations Officer is an important link between the Charity, Charity Finance and Capital teams and will take the lead on behalf of the charity to engage with Trust staff and proactively generate charitably funded projects that meet the strategic priorities of the Trust, the needs of patients and the expectations of donors. The postholder will monitor progress of the projects and liaise with the Communications Team to promote the projects via case study and media release and with the Fundraising team to ensure donors are kept updated. The Charity Operations Officer will have excellent project management skills to facilitate these projects through to completion. The post holder will also assist the Head of Charity in stewarding relationships with key charitable partners including Friends Groups and NHS Charities Together. This role requires excellent communication, organisation, and negotiation skills.

Benefits

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
• For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.