Fundraising Officer

NHS; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity within the NHS is seeking a Fundraising Manager to develop and implement fundraising strategies to enhance patient and staff experiences. The role involves managing events, building relationships with stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with charity regulations. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in fundraising and excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in effective fundraising and event planning.
• Ability to manage online fundraising campaigns.
• Strong understanding of fundraising legislation and GDPR.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the Fundraising Strategy.
• Nurture relationships with stakeholders and volunteers.
• Ensure compliance with fundraising regulations.

Skills

Fundraising

Event Management

Communication

Relationship Building

Project Management

Education

Degree level education or equivalent experience

Tools

JustGiving

Eventbrite

Job description

Job summary

This is a key post in helping to ensure that we meet ambitious fundraising targets for our hospital Trust, developing our existing fundraising activity and creating new opportunities to raise income to enhance patient and staff experience.

The post holder must have experience in a fundraising role, including planning and delivering fundraisers to achieve targets and the motivation to research/implement new and existing activity that encourage donors to support ELHT&Me.

The post holder will work closely with teams across the charity and our Trust to ensure that our activities encourage and attract growing support.

The ideal candidate will bring not only the gravitas and innovation to deliver exceptional results but also the creativity and ambition to see the charity's support increase across East Lancashire.

Main duties of the job

In collaboration with the Fundraising Team, develop and deliver the Fundraising Strategy to raise awareness, engage support, drive fundraising and increase charitable income.

Be responsible for increasing our key stakeholders, as well as expanding our charitable engagement activities in the areas of events and fundraising. Build and deliver branded campaigns mixing traditional and online, ensuring key messages are consistently delivered.

Responsible for growing relationships with organisations, identifying and exploiting positive opportunities to ensure ELHT&Me is selected as their chosen charity.

Act as the Charity's representative with donors and supporters, delivering talks and information to engage, inform and develop support.

Responsible for capturing relevant content at events and fundraising activities for the charity's social media activity. This may also include live reporting at events.

Deliver profit and loss planning documents for fundraising activities to ensure planned and managed working. This includes volunteer planning and maximising opportunities with sourcing any required tombola, raffle and fundraising items.

Ensure online and offline fundraising campaigns are integrated and digital channels are used effectively for retention and development of supporters.

About us

The approximately 10,000 members of staff that makeup ELHT are at the heart of our trust, and look after us throughout all of our lives. ELHT&Me supports the patient journey in many different ways and being part of that small team is hugely rewarding.

Details Date posted

22 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

435-C046-25

Job locations

Royal Blackburn Hospital

Haslingden Road

Blackburn

BB2 3HH

Job description Job responsibilities

Nurture relationships with hospital staff to encourage creation of and participation in fundraising activities and events and lifting the profile of the charity internally

To build relationships internally, especially with senior clinicians and with external prospects for cultivation that will also strengthen the wider (charity) community

To build relationships with nursing staff and management, to encourage a clear and sensitive understanding of the importance of In Memory, tribute funds and legacies

Support fundraising volunteers, ensuring that their activities comply with best fundraising practice and legal frameworks, whilst building a micro-volunteering bank to support fundraising activities.

Develop and train key volunteers capable of taking a more active role in assisting in event management or other fundraising or administrative activities

Support team to recruit fundraising Ambassadors within our Care Organisations and across the communities of East Lancashire.

Administrative Duties

Effectively deal with internal and external enquiries, either in person, on the telephone or via email using initiative to redirect queries as appropriate.

Be responsible for the development and maintenance of a Charity events calendar.

Be aware and ensure compliance of relevant charity legislation, policies and procedures, Fundraising Regulators Codes of Practice and the latest GDPR regulations.

Miscellaneous

To ensure that a positive image of the hospital and the Charity is projected at all times

To hold a flexible approach to working hours (the role will require the post holder to work evenings and weekends as necessary).

To hold a flexible approach to work when asked to take on other fundraising or admin duties when the team needs to cover holidays, or at times of workload pressure.

To adopt a supportive and collegiate approach when working with the fundraising team and other colleagues within the hospital

Job description Job responsibilities

Nurture relationships with hospital staff to encourage creation of and participation in fundraising activities and events and lifting the profile of the charity internally

To build relationships internally, especially with senior clinicians and with external prospects for cultivation that will also strengthen the wider (charity) community

To build relationships with nursing staff and management, to encourage a clear and sensitive understanding of the importance of In Memory, tribute funds and legacies

Support fundraising volunteers, ensuring that their activities comply with best fundraising practice and legal frameworks, whilst building a micro-volunteering bank to support fundraising activities.

Develop and train key volunteers capable of taking a more active role in assisting in event management or other fundraising or administrative activities

Support team to recruit fundraising Ambassadors within our Care Organisations and across the communities of East Lancashire.

Administrative Duties

Effectively deal with internal and external enquiries, either in person, on the telephone or via email using initiative to redirect queries as appropriate.

Be responsible for the development and maintenance of a Charity events calendar.

Be aware and ensure compliance of relevant charity legislation, policies and procedures, Fundraising Regulators Codes of Practice and the latest GDPR regulations.

Miscellaneous

To ensure that a positive image of the hospital and the Charity is projected at all times

To hold a flexible approach to working hours (the role will require the post holder to work evenings and weekends as necessary).

To hold a flexible approach to work when asked to take on other fundraising or admin duties when the team needs to cover holidays, or at times of workload pressure.

To adopt a supportive and collegiate approach when working with the fundraising team and other colleagues within the hospital

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Educated to degree level or significant equivalent experience within a professional fundraising role.

Experience Essential

• Experience of effective fundraising including pro-active events and campaigns and reactive reputation management
• Experience of planning and executing targeted fundraising
• Experience in developing online fundraising activities that both promote the charity and generate the income needed to meet the charity's annual income target
• Experience in creating new fundraising events
• Ability to deliver clear and promotive verbal communication
• Experience of managing online campaigns
• Experience of working with clubs and groups to deliver fundraising or awareness activity
• Strong understanding of database systems
• Experience of working in the professional charity sector in the fundraising environment
• Experience of working with donors and fundraisers to generate income
• Dealing with challenging situations where tact and sensitivity is required

Desirable

• Worked within a professional charity/fundraising environment

Knowledge and skills Essential

• Experience in project documentation
• Excellent planning and organisational skills and ability to remain efficient under pressure.
• Skills in developing and executing an events calendar
• Knowledge of fundraising/charity legislation and GDPR regulations
• Demonstrative skills in online platforms JustGiving / Eventbrite and In Memory Giving
• Advanced keyboard skills for the creation of platform appeals and fundraisers
• Ability to travel throughout the East Lancashire area to meet the needs of the post.

Desirable

• Knowledge of healthcare sector
• Creative skills for designing publications and presentations and working knowledge of design packages

Personal Attributes Essential

• Team player able to engage with others in own team and colleagues in the organisation
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team
• Creative thinking and positive attitude
• Strong interpersonal stills and relationship building

Other Essential

• A team player with a flexible approach. Available to work out of hours if required
• Access to a vehicle/transport for work purposes

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Educated to degree level or significant equivalent experience within a professional fundraising role.

Experience Essential

• Experience of effective fundraising including pro-active events and campaigns and reactive reputation management
• Experience of planning and executing targeted fundraising
• Experience in developing online fundraising activities that both promote the charity and generate the income needed to meet the charity's annual income target
• Experience in creating new fundraising events
• Ability to deliver clear and promotive verbal communication
• Experience of managing online campaigns
• Experience of working with clubs and groups to deliver fundraising or awareness activity
• Strong understanding of database systems
• Experience of working in the professional charity sector in the fundraising environment
• Experience of working with donors and fundraisers to generate income
• Dealing with challenging situations where tact and sensitivity is required

Desirable

• Worked within a professional charity/fundraising environment

Knowledge and skills Essential

• Experience in project documentation
• Excellent planning and organisational skills and ability to remain efficient under pressure.
• Skills in developing and executing an events calendar
• Knowledge of fundraising/charity legislation and GDPR regulations
• Demonstrative skills in online platforms JustGiving / Eventbrite and In Memory Giving
• Advanced keyboard skills for the creation of platform appeals and fundraisers
• Ability to travel throughout the East Lancashire area to meet the needs of the post.

Desirable

• Knowledge of healthcare sector
• Creative skills for designing publications and presentations and working knowledge of design packages

Personal Attributes Essential

• Team player able to engage with others in own team and colleagues in the organisation
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team
• Creative thinking and positive attitude
• Strong interpersonal stills and relationship building

Other Essential

• A team player with a flexible approach. Available to work out of hours if required
• Access to a vehicle/transport for work purposes

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details Employer name

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Royal Blackburn Hospital

Haslingden Road

Blackburn

BB2 3HH

Employer's website

http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Royal Blackburn Hospital

Haslingden Road

Blackburn

BB2 3HH

Employer's website

http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)