Fundraiser – Community
The organisation
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) ensures the best possible quality of life and makes every moment count for children and families across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk. Our family-centred approach includes specialist nursing care, symptom management nursing, short breaks, wellbeing activities, therapies, care at end of life, bereavement support, counselling and volunteer services in the family home; all meeting the individual needs of the child, young person and whole family.
In 2020, all three of our hospices; The Nook (Norfolk), The Treehouse (Ipswich) and Milton (Cambridge) were rated OUTSTANDING by the Care Quality Commission.
Our people are central to our success. We have a talented workforce of staff and volunteers in Care, Fundraising, Retail, Facilities, IT, Finance, Marketing & Communications and Human Resources.
We employ around 400 employees and have more than 1,800 volunteers across the organisation, including 49 shops and a Retail Distribution Centre.
(Internally known as Senior Community Fundraiser)
Working Pattern:
Monday-Friday
Flexibility to work occasional evenings and weekends based on business needs.
*A full UK Driving License and use of own car is essential for this role*
Fixed Term Contract Duration: 12 Months (to cover maternity leave)
The role:
As a member of the Community Fundraising Team, you will contribute to the development and implementation of the wider Community Fundraising strategy, working with colleagues to embed a culture for fundraising success and support across the wider organisation.
- You will be responsible for contributing to the team income target, growing and maintaining relationships with existing supporters, and developing new relationships and opportunities within Cambridgeshire and parts of West Essex.
- You will inspire and motivate a variety of supporters to reach their fundraising goals effectively and efficiently through building great relationships and offering first-class support. You will be focused on uplifting income and spotting fundraising opportunities.
If you can demonstrate these key qualities, we would love to hear from you!
Do have:
A desire to make a difference to families in Cambridgeshire and West Essex?
Are you:
A great communicator with experience of building long-standing relationships
Enthusiastic, willing and ready for an exciting challenge where no two days are the same?
Responsibilities include:
- Organising and supporting fundraising events.
- Engaging with local communities to raise money and awareness Proactively seeking out new fundraising opportunities.
- Working as a part of a wider team, contributing ideas and examples of fundraising success.
- Meeting income targets to ensure we can continue to support families across Cambridgeshire and East Anglia Reporting on budgets for your area and keeping an up to date pipeline of expected income
- Maintaining accurate supporter records on our fundraising database
- Delivering talks and presentations to organisations to secure long term support Stewardship; through telephone calls, emails, letters, meetings and presentations you will correspond with a diverse range of fundraisers and develop an understanding of how our supporters like to be communicated with individually
Interviews: 9 April 2025
The Benefits:
- Enhanced holiday plus holiday purchase scheme
- Flexible / hybrid working
- Employee health cash back and wellbeing support schemes
- Free eye tests & Cycle to work scheme
- Employer pension scheme (up to 7% employer contribution) inc. life assurance cover
- Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
If you are interested in learning more about this role, or to apply, please visit EACH’s website here.