Community Fundraiser

Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People

Do you thrive on building meaningful relationships? Are you passionate about making a difference through fundraising, marketing, or customer service? If so this could be your perfect role!

Main duties of the job

Now, as our service continues to grow, we're looking for a passionate and people-focused Community Fundraiser to join our friendly, driven and dynamic Supporter Relations Team and help us reach even more families. Location: You will be based at the Hospice in Loughborough full time with the requirement to travel around the East Midlands for events and meetings. Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday 9:00am 5:00pm with requirement to work evenings/weekends for events and fundraising activities.

About us

Here at Rainbows Childrens Hospice, we provide specialist palliative care and end-of-life support to over 750 Babies, Children, and Young People living with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, as well as approximately 3,000 people, including families, siblings, and carers, across the East Midlands. Simply put, we're here to brighten short lives and support families, wherever they are.

Job responsibilities

As Community Fundraiser, you will be responsible for delivering relationship fundraising activity within a defined geographical area. This includes building and managing relationships with:

• Community Groups
• Schools
• Local Authorities
• Community-based Businesses
• Individual Supporters

With a focus on generating income, you'll work to strengthen connections and inspire people to support Rainbows through donations, events, and volunteering. Some of the key responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Growing income by developing relationships with supporters in your area.
• Maximising donor engagement, retention and loyalty through meaningful relationship management.
• Coordinating and delivering community fundraising activities and supporting third-party fundraisers.
• Ensuring compliance with the Fundraising Code of Practice.
• Maintaining accurate records and data using our CRM system.
• Collaborating with colleagues to deliver tailored communication and cultivation strategies.
• Recruiting, training and supporting proactive volunteers to represent Rainbows in the community.

Further responsibilities in the role can be found by downloading the Job Description.

Requirements

A fundraising, customer-facing sales, or marketing role. Building relationships with individuals from all walks of life. Delivering presentations or speaking confidently to groups. Communicating clearly and effectively both in writing and verbally. Further requirements can be found by downloading the Person Specification.

Our Benefits include:

• Free onsite parking at the Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough.
• Eligibility to join blue light card discount scheme and Company Shop.
• Healthcare Cashback plan.
• Life Assurance.
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Contributory pension scheme or Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme.
• Affordable meals at the Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough.
• Free Tea, Coffee and Fruit whilst at the Hospice.
• Free access to an employee assistance programme.
• Wellbeing support and access to Mental Health First Aiders.
• Unofficial benefits: All staff away days, Guest visitors.

For further information about this role and the responsibilities, please contact Gary Farnfield, Community Fundraising Manager, on gary.farnfield@rainbows.co.uk. To apply for the role please click apply now to complete an online application form. If you require an alternative method of applying or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments further, please contact the people team at recruitment@rainbows.co.uk. This role is subject to a standard DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service Check) and pre-employment checks. Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Experience:

• Working in a fundraising role, customer-facing sales or marketing role.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build and develop relationships with a variety of people from different backgrounds.
• Organising and planning own work, identifying conflicting demands and establishing clear priorities to meet agreed objectives.
• Giving presentations/speaking to groups of people.
• Good working knowledge of all Microsoft Office software including Outlook, Internet Explorer, Word and Excel.
• Administrative and record-keeping skills.
• Accuracy, consistency and attention to detail.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to meet deadlines.
• The ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Car Driver - valid UK driving licence.
• A willingness to travel within the East Midlands.
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends.
• Physically capable of handling, setting up, and dismantling equipment at Rainbows events, in accordance with Manual Handling training and guidelines.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People

Address

Rainbows Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough.