Community Fundraising Manager

Community Fundraising Manager
37.5 hours per week
Permanent
Based at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Aintree

THE CHARITY 

The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity is in the most exciting phase of its history. Alongside funding the latest treatments, vital research and life-changing support services for around 30,000 patients each year at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, one of the largest cancer hospitals in the UK; we are currently building Liverpool's first dedicated cancer hospital, due to open in 2020.

This is an incredible opportunity for an experienced Community Fundraising Manager to be part of something truly special, as this role is instrumental in our £15m public appeal to transform cancer care for people across Merseyside and Cheshire. You could be at the heart of our dedicated Fundraising Team to help make this happen.

THE ROLE 

The focus of this role will be to generate income and positive publicity for The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity through the development of an effective Community Fundraising Programme on Merseyside & Cheshire. 

This will involve:
- Recruiting and managing volunteer fundraising groups across Merseyside.
- Working with community groups and local organisations
- Working with schools
- Working with high street corporates
- Representing the charity within the local community
- Managing volunteers
- Proactively recruiting new supporters and providing them with excellent donor care.

The successful candidates will have a natural ability to inspire others to achieve the best possible fundraising outcome for the charity. You will devise and implement a robust action plan for your dedicated area which draws upon your own experience and abilities, in partnership with team members and based on our current fundraising strategy, to ensure success within your own income stream.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in community fundraising or appropriate transferable skills. You will thrive on the challenge of developing new and diverse methods of attracting support for the charity, with an ability to adapt to social and economic trends in giving. Your drive, commitment and personality will allow you to grow income through excellent relationships with supporters and potential partners.

Please ensure that you meet the person specification before applying for this post.

THE HOSPITAL

This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic and forward thinking Trust.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s leading cancer centres, providing high quality care to the population of Merseyside and Cheshire and beyond. 

Consistently rated one of the best-performing hospitals in the country, we deliver compassionate and effective, specialist care and in February 2017 were rated as ‘Outstanding’ by The Care Quality Commission.

We provide a comprehensive range of inpatient care, advanced radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other systemic anti-cancer therapies including gene therapies and immunotherapies for the treatment of solid tumours and blood cancers. We are also the only facility in the UK providing low-energy proton beam therapy to treat rare eye cancers. 

We are currently embarking on an £162 million investment in facilities including a new cancer hospital in the heart of Liverpool due to open in 2020. Based on the same thriving research and healthcare campus as the University of Liverpool and Royal Liverpool University Hospital, the new hospital will ensure every patient receives truly outstanding care and can access the most advanced treatments and clinical trials for generations to come.

We’re here to deliver the best cancer care to the people we serve and we’re looking for applications from those who share that commitment and our values: Putting people first; Achieving excellence; Passionate about what we do; Always improving our care; and Looking to the future.

If you want to be part of a fantastic team and help support the Trust with our vision for providing the best cancer care in the country, then we want to hear from you.

Interview Date: week commencing 5th March 2018