Head of Individual Giving
We are looking for an experienced Head of Individual Giving to focus on growing the active supporter database and income generation across all individual giving activity for an important charity.
If you feel you have the skills and experience for this varied and extremely rewarding role, then apply today!
Position: Head of Individual Giving
Location: Cambridge/Hybrid
Salary: circa £50,000 (depending on skills and experience)
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: 4th August 2024, however, we reserve the right to close this vacancy once enough applications have been received or a successful candidate is found.
About the Role
The Head of this team will recruit and look after all fundraisers and donors giving up to £10k. You will drive an ambitious step change in donor acquisition and donor experience, embedding a culture of innovation, business process, responsiveness, and ambitious growth. You will continue and grow our acquisition strategy to ‘recruit' patients and loved ones to support the organisation.
You will develop and lead a fundraising and stewardship strategy for all of the organisation's fundraisers and donors giving up to £10k. You will proactively grow our patient fundraising programme by developing a mass recruitment and engagement strategy for the organisation's patients and staff. You will also develop a loyal supporter base by providing an efficient gold star service to all supporters from the first point of contact, through systems-driven operations.
The role will allow you to have a strategic and practical impact, and you will lead a small team (with the potential to grow) including functions that cover income generation through our appeals, and supporter acquisition through new and existing products. This role will work collaboratively with colleagues in the communications team, community team, and data and insight.
Key skills required for this role include:
- Leadership experience at Head Level.
- Constantly evaluates performance through measurement, KPIs and targets
- Strives continually to drive change ensuring that the charity is efficiently discharging its duties
- Strong leadership skills; able to make tough decisions
- Ability to write board reports, and present at various meetings, committees, and Board meetings as and when needed.
- 5 years' experience in DM campaign management.
- A curious but meticulous mind!
- With confidence in your skills to both plan and analyse activities across the database to maximise income generation and opportunities to cross-sell activities and products.
- A creative flair and experience in creative development and proven success in donor acquisition and/or donor development campaigns.
- A leader who gets excellent results within agreed budgets and on schedule.
In return
This is an amazing place to work! Recently voted one of the top 100 hospitals in the world and a leader in the field of healthcare innovation, recognised across the world as a pre-eminent teaching hospital.
You will receive a fantastic benefits package including:
- Pension Scheme
- Group Life Assurance @ 4 x Salary
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
- Annual Eye Tests + £65 (towards Computer Use Glasses)
- Leisure Centre on site
- NHS Discount Schemes
- Health Cash Plan - Medicash
- Employee Assistance Programmes
- Health Assured
- WeCare
- Medicash
- 25 days of Annual Leave + Bank Holidays – Annual Leave increases by one day each year after 2 years' service up to 29 days
- Your Birthday off
- Cycle 2 Work Scheme
We strongly encourage candidates of different backgrounds and identities to apply. Each new team member is an opportunity for the organisation to bring in a different perspective and further diversify the charity.
Other roles you may have experience with could include Individual Giving Manager, Charity Fundraising Manager, Senior Fundraising Manager, Interim Fundraising Manager, Trusts Fundraiser, Foundations Fundraiser, Fundraising, Partnerships Manager, Fundraising Partnerships, Income Generation etc. #INDNFP1
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.