Individual Giving Fundraiser

“Compared with my time in hospital, the level of one-to-one care provided by The Prince of Wales Hospice is tremendous.  The doctors, nurses and all the support staff have been so friendly, supportive and attentive of both me and my family, in a professional and a personal way.’’

The Prince of Wales Hospice provides specialist palliative care for adults with a terminal diagnosis, and those around them. The hospice offers a 14-bedroom ward for patients who need round the clock care as well as a Wellbeing service – in total The Prince of Wales Hospice cares for over 2,000 people a year!

The care provided at The Prince of Wales Hospice concentrates on quality of life and the alleviation of distressing psychological, spiritual, physical and social symptoms. It also includes support in bereavement. To provide this care, they have a highly skilled team with a wide range of specialisms.

Despite costing £12,000 a day to run the hospice and £4m a year, all of the services are entirely free of charge to patients and their families. We are looking for an experienced Individual Giving Fundraiser to join the fundraising team at this fabulous hospice.

The Role

As Individual Giving Fundraiser you will be responsible for planning and executing appropriate in-memory, legacy and general mailed appeals & marketing campaigns. Duties will include:

• Building a plan to promote in-mem & celebration fundraising
• Working collaboratively with the Fundraising and Marketing Teams delivering campaigns and communications across all channels to maximise income streams
• Managing legacy administration, building and stewarding strong, mutually beneficial relationships with solicitors, will writers, spiritual leaders and funeral directors
• Actively contributing to the development of the Income Generation Business Plan and budgets
• Working with Local Hospice Lottery (liaising with 3rd party provider) to increase the number of venues & players

The Person

To be successful in this extremely exciting role we are looking for an experienced and personable fundraiser. While previous fundraising experience would be advantageous, we are also keen to speak with people looking to transfer their skillset into this incredibly rewarding role from a marketing, communication or journalism background. 

You will possess excellent writing and communication skills, along with experience of using a customer relationship management database and knowledge of fundraising CRM. Experience of creating engaging appeals with budgets and on time is desirable as is experience line managing or supervising staff or volunteers.

You will be willing and able to independently travel to external meetings and events and have the ability to show empathy with good emotional intelligence. Maintaining a positive professional approach when representing the Hospice will be essential at all times.

Why Prince of Wales Hospice? 

The Prince of Wales Hospice pride themselves on staff development and their compassionate, collaborative culture, which creates a positive working environment. The charities strong values contribute to the huge difference they make in the local community.

In their last staff survey the result showed:

• Over 97% of employees were satisfied with their job.
• Over 95% of employees enjoy working with the people in the organisation.
• Everyone felt proud to work for the Hospice.
• Everyone enjoys the work they do in the Hospice.

This role is permanent, full time and is based in the Hospice in Pontefract. If this sounds like the type of role and charity that could suit the next phase of your career, then do get in touch.

To register your interest please apply here, or for more information contact Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons.

Please note: If you would like to submit an application or express your interest in an alternative format, such as audio or video upload, please contact either Charlie or Leanne who will be happy to advise on this. Also, please let us know if you require any adaptations for your initial engagement with us.

Please also be aware that we use anonymous recruitment methods when submitting shortlists for all our roles and we only work with organisations that are happy to engage with us in this way.

Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition, and pregnancy.