Role Summary
Main duties of the role:
Help to coordinate and proactively develop community fundraising activities with a variety of stakeholders (NHS staff, patients, their families, visitors, and community groups (including schools, faith organisations and membership organisations).
- Negotiate and work collaboratively with a variety of different supporters to deliver maximum potential of each activity.
- Carry out administrative tasks
- Supervise and train fundraising volunteers
- Provide data and maintain our CRM (data management system)
- To increase year on year funds raised by an agreed level
- To work with other team members to organise events
About the Role
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
Assistant Fundraising Officer.
Royal Devon Hospitals Charity (RDHC) is on the lookout for a super-star fundraiser to help rally supporters and power up our NHS.
If you love getting out and about chatting to people, and like the idea of inspiring them to do brilliant things for their local hospital, then we want to hear from you!
It’s the perfect time to join our small fundraising team based at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. The charity (formerly the RD&E Charity) has recently joined forces with our friends in Northern Devon (Over and Above) and we’re ready to roll!
We’re about to hit play on exciting plans to help the newly-crowned Royal Devon Hospitals Charity become a household name for anyone wanting to support the NHS in Northern, Eastern and Central Devon.
As the official charity of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, the charity supports 2 acute hospitals, 17 community hospitals and a range of community, specialist and primary care services.
We help fund new state-of the-art equipment; create world-class patient and staff environments; support additional staff development, training and wellbeing projects; and fund cutting-edge research.
With your enthusiasm, passion and amazing people skills, and by championing our cause in the local community at fundraising events, with local businesses, and with patients and staff at our hospitals, you can make a difference and help push the limits of what’s possible with NHS funding.
Working Pattern: 37.5 hours per week. Monday to Friday with occasional evenings and weekends
Interview Date: To Be Confirmed
For more information about the role please contact: Ian Roome, Head of Fundraising, on 01392 402040 or email ianroome@nhs.net
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more
It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
