- Good standard level of education o Training and/or experience to RQF Level 4 (eg NVQ 4, Diploma)
- Microsoft Office Suite o Experience in an administrative or secretarial role o Providing support to sub board committees o Working with service users/donors
- Ability to work flexibly and to prioritise workload o Good verbal and written communication skills o Ability to work as part of a team and individually o Ability to competently use and modify a database o Good organisational skills o Ability to form productive working relationships with stakeholders
- Up to date with charity law, guidance and processes or a willingness to learn
- Fundraising experience, especially in community fundraising or individual giving o Experience of working for a charitable organisation o NHS experience
Fundraising Assistant - Borough of Tameside, United Kingdom - Pennine Care NHS FT
Description
Job summary
Make a real impact on the mental health of Greater Manchester
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's leading NHS Trusts focusing on mental health, learning disabilities and autism. We run 150 services catering to a population of million people in five of the eastern boroughs of Greater Manchester.
The charitable arm of the NHS Trust, Pennine Care Charity, has just hired its first Director to lead the organisation in significantly expanding the money and profile that it raises to support the work of the Trust. As the Fundraising Assistant, you will be the second full-time staff member and they key person supporting the Director in this exciting new venture.
The ideal candidate will be someone with who has an interest in mental health issues and would love a job that mixes efficient administration with a desire to work with people in the local community to help raise funds for Pennine Care.
If that is something that you find appealing, then we look forward to receiving your application.
Main duties of the job
This role is to provide high quality, professional fundraising and administrative support to Pennine Care Charity, acting as the main channel for communication with colleagues within the Trust and external organisations and stakeholders.
The post holder will be primarily responsible for undertaking community fundraising, individual giving, legacy and in memoriam giving under the direction of the Charity Director as well as supporting the Director in an administrative capacity for the other areas of fundraising.
In addition, you will provide a high level of administrative support to the Charitable Funds Committee and be responsible for managing all bids and donations on behalf of the Trust.
The post holder requires excellent interpersonal skills and organisational ability and must be flexible and able to work on their own initiative.
You will be expected to demonstrate high levels of integrity, independent judgement and commitment to the Trust to provide a comprehensive administrative service, and a consistently high standard ensuring professionalism, quality and integrity
About us
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's leading NHS Trusts focusing on mental health, learning disabilities and autism.
We run 150 services from 88 different locations catering to a population of million people in five of the eastern boroughs of Greater Manchester. These include child and adolescent services, psychological therapies, drug and alcohol services, psychiatric intensive care, rehabilitation services and military veterans' services. Each year, our teams provide care and treatment for 70,000 people.
The vision of Pennine Care NHS Trust is, quite simply, a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in the communities it mission, therefore,is to help maximise people's potential to live healthier and more rewarding lives and, each year, our nearly 4,000 staff work hard to achieve this mission.
Pennine Care Charity aims to raise money for equipment, programmes and research which cannot be funded within the NHS Trust's statutory remit. We are a small organisation but we have an ambitious goal to one day be a major source of extra funding to complement the excellent work Pennine Care Trust carries out each year.
The Fundraising Assistant will be a central role in helping realise this ambition through providing outstanding administrative and fundraising support under the direction of the new Director.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities Undertake community fundraising, individual giving and legacy and in memoriam fundraising under the guidance of the Charity Director. Support the Charity Director in their fundraising efforts. Administer bids for charitable funds from the Trusts services. Prepare papers for the Quarterly Charitable Funds Committee, which is a sub-committee of the main Trust board Prepare the Charitable Funds Committee Chairs report to the Board of Directors. Keep accurate records of the charitys income and expenditure Formally acknowledge any donations in a timely manner and keep records of this. Manage the charitys email account. Manage any grants received from external sources, via NHS Charities Together Administer and authorise the Trusts Team Wellbeing Big Thank You bids. Liaise with the Trusts Accounts Payable Team to ensure accurate recording of income and expenditure. Bank any donations the Charity receives via cheque Dealing with service users/donors Represent the Trust/Charity in virtual meetings with external organisations
This job description is not exhaustive, but is intended to give an overall picture of the role. Other duties within the general scope of the post may be required from time to time. The duties of the post and job description can be reviewed through the agreed process
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