Community Fundraising Officer

Job summary

South Central Ambulance Charity is looking to recruit a proactive and dynamic Community Fundraising Officer. This role is focused on creating opportunities to fundraise within our local communities and to raise money through community engagement and third party fundraising.

With just seven NHS ambulance charities across the UK this is a rare opportunity to be part of a developing ambulance charity. We are the charitable arm of South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. This is a regional role covering the key counties SCAS serve (Hampshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire).

The role of Community Fundraising Officer is an important link between the NHS charity, the communities we support and our large cohort of over 1000 volunteers. The Community Fundraising Officer for the Charity will be expected to actively support the current strategy to raise funds for the Charity's key objectives and to support our communications plan both internally and externally.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Tammy Angus - Senior Fundraising Officer on 07795237516 or tammy.angus@sca-charity.org.uk.

We will close the advert as soon as we reach the required number of applications - so don't delay apply now!

Main duties of the job

The Charity is ambitious to grow the support it can give SCAS in funding projects, equipment and programmes that are not funded by the NHS. The role of Community Fundraising Officer is key to us achieving this by raising unrestricted funds through an engaging community fundraising programme.

We are looking for someone who:

• Enjoys working as part of a small team and relishes achieving ambitious targets.
• Has a passion for meeting new people and building relationships with a wide variety of people.
• Has an interest in developing fundraising within the NHS.
• Is self-motivated and able to work on their own initiative.
• Has experience of working with fundraising CRM databases & Microsoft Office skills.
• Enjoys organising and planning.
• Enjoys and is good at building and retaining relationships with supporters, volunteers, and local community groups.
• Can see the bigger picture and think outside of the box.

The successful candidate must be able to prioritise workload and manage own time effectively to meet deadlines while ensuring good working relationships with donors, volunteers, and colleagues.

About us

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) covers the counties of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Hampshire. South Central Ambulance Charity is the charitable arm of SCAS. The Charity's vision is to inspire people to volunteer, donate or fundraise to ensure we are always here serving patients, their families and wider communities when they need us. Our dedicated team of around 1000 volunteers are funded by the Charity to make a difference to the lives of those living in our communities.

As part of a small Charity team you will also work closely with our Community First Responder volunteers and the Community Engagement and Training Team. You will be able to build excellent relationships with fundraisers and donors and will be able to deliver an excellent level of donor stewardship to all our supporters.

You will need to be flexible and able to travel across our region with the ability to work from various sites as required. There will be a requirement to work evenings and weekends to support fundraising events and activities for which time off in lieu will be available.

This is a hybrid working position with homeworking and regular (at least one day a week) attendance at the Charity's office in Thame, Oxfordshire. Further information about the Charity can be found at www.scascharity.org.uk or www.scas.nhs.uk for information about SCAS. Registered Charity 1049778.