Philanthropy Propositions Lead

Alder Hey Children's Charity; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Alder Hey Children's Charity is seeking a Philanthropy Propositions Lead to shape fundraising propositions and secure transformational support from major donors, trusts and foundations. The role works across the charity and NHS Foundation Trust to develop strategic funding opportunities and coordinate capital appeals.

It requires exceptional writing, strategic thinking and strong stakeholder management to ensure philanthropy can transform children's healthcare and patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Write transformational cases for support which demonstrate clear patient benefit, articulate the case for charitable funding and include meaningful outcomes and impact measures.
• Produce bespoke proposals for major donors and funders.
• Create compelling donor and funder updates and reports.
• Maintain a pipeline of future funding opportunities, ensuring sufficient project information is available before entering fundraising.
• Ensure proposed projects have clear objectives, realistic budgets, measurable outcomes and defined timescales.

Responsibilities

• Develop project plans for complex fundraising opportunities and monitor progress across multiple workstreams.
• Coordinate regular project meetings with clinical, operational and fundraising colleagues.
• Build strong relationships with colleagues and clinicians in the Trust.
• Attend and support events run by fundraising teams where required, including occasional out-of-hours working.
• Gain and maintain in-depth knowledge and understanding of the charity’s work, priorities and future plans.

Job description

Job title: Philanthropy Propositions Lead

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: Mix of home working and office based (office is at Alder Hey, Liverpool). Hybrid working available.

About us

Alder Hey Children's Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey Children's Hospital a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 450,000 patients and families we care for every year.

The charity helps to fund a range of activities and projects that are designed to enhance and improve the lives of our amazing young patients. This includes the funding of specialist medical equipment to ensure our brilliant surgeons and clinical staff have the most up to date and cutting edge technology available and funding hi-tech distraction equipment designed and proven to reduce pain and anxiety in our patients. We also fund a range of programmes and special projects such as our ward musicians, our on-site magician and the play specialists we have on every ward.

About this role

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of children's healthcare by developing compelling cases for support and leading fundraising proposition development for one of the UK's most ambitious children's hospital charities.

The Philanthropy Propositions Lead will be responsible for creating inspiring, evidence-based fundraising propositions that secure transformational philanthropic support from major donors, trusts and foundations.

Working across Alder Hey Children's Charity and Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation, the postholder will develop and project manage a pipeline of strategic funding opportunities. This will include helping to coordinate the Charity's capital appeal programme, ensuring complex projects progress efficiently from early concept through to successful fundraising and delivery.

This role combines exceptional writing, strategic thinking, stakeholder management and project leadership, ensuring every fundraising proposition tells a compelling story of how philanthropy can transform children's healthcare.

Key Responsibilities will include:

Case for support and fundraising proposition development

• Write transformational cases for support which demonstrate clear patient benefit, articulate the case for charitable funding and include meaningful outcomes and impact measures.
• Produce bespoke proposals for major donors and funders.
• Create compelling donor and funder updates and reports.
• Maintain a pipeline of future funding opportunities, ensuring sufficient project information is available before entering fundraising.
• Ensure proposed projects have clear objectives, realistic budgets, measurable outcomes and defined timescales.

Capital Appeal Coordination

• Develop project plans for complex fundraising opportunities and monitor progress across multiple workstreams.
• Coordinate regular project meetings with clinical, operational and fundraising colleagues.

Internal Collaboration

• Build strong relationships with colleagues and clinicians in the Trust.
• Work collaboratively with the Charity Grants and Impact Team, Alder Hey clinicians and Trust staff and colleagues across the Charity to develop compelling funding opportunities for agreed projects and areas of work.

Other Duties

• Be an outstanding advocate for Alder Hey Children's Charity in line with the core values of the organisation.
• Be an active and supportive member of the Alder Hey Children's Charity team, contributing to the team’s development and working collaboratively with colleagues and volunteers.
• Attend and support events run by fundraising teams whererequired, including occasional out-of-hours working.
• Keep up to date with trends in philanthropy, healthcare fundraising and capital appeals, applying learning to strengthen fundraising propositions.
• Gain andmaintainan in-depth knowledge and understanding of the charity’s work,prioritiesandfuture plans.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information.

Our Values

At Alder Hey Children's Charity, our values guide how we work. Being courageous, working together, showing passion and embracing creativity enables us to support the hospital in delivering the very best care for young patients and their families.

Courage

We try new things, take risks and innovate. We speak up, take accountability and act with responsibility.

Together

We work as one team, sharing knowledge and learning. We partner with patients, families, supporters and colleagues.

Passion

We are passionate about what we do and inspire others.

Magic

We are creative, fun and child-led, creating special moments and going the extra mile.

Additional Information

In April 2025, the charity adopted a four-day working week policy. Staff previously working 37.5 hours now work 30 hours across four days, maintaining full pay while supporting a better work-life balance.

This job description outlines the general nature of the role and is not exhaustive. It may be subject to change in line with organisational needs.

Alder Hey Children's Charity will make reasonable adjustments where required and is committed to equal opportunities and safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

The post holder will be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure check.

Initial screening interviews will be held via Teams onTuesday 13th October 2026

Second stageinterviews will be held inpersonatAlder HeyonMonday 19th October2026