Charities & Partnerships Manager

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Working within the Strategy & Partnerships Team within Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT), this new and exciting post will develop and support our charity strategy in the context of an integrated care system.

The successful post holder will provide a pivotal link between NHFT and the Northamptonshire Healthcare Charity (NHC). The NHC is the registered charity of Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust and Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts. NHFT also works in partnership with a range of other charity organisations.

You will be responsible for all aspects of the day to day running of the Trust's relationships with its charity partners and play a key role in developing the Trust's charity strategy and shaping the strategic direction of the fundraising work of its charity partners.

Working with a range of colleagues and internal/external stakeholders, you will be managing the profile of charitable funding in NHFT, identifying, and developing priority funding raising projects and devising reports, case studies and evidence to show how the money raised meets the charities' objectives and benefits staff and service users.

Main duties of the job

The Charity Partnerships Manager is a new role within the Strategy & Partnerships Team designed to focus on our charity partner relationships. The charity's mission is to make things better for patients, their families and staff by funding the little extras that help comfort people such as equipment, research, new facilities, training and more (over and above what the NHS is funded to provide).

NHFT also works in partnership with a range of other charity organisations. The Charity Partnerships Manager role will develop and support our charity strategy in the context of an integrated care system. This might mean facilitating collaboration across shared charity client groups or a system-based approach where this could yield higher public benefit than single organisations operating independently.

The Charity Partnerships Manager is responsible for all aspects of the day to day running of the Trust's relationships with its charity partners and plays a key role in developing the Trust's charity strategy and shaping the strategic direction of the fundraising work of its charity partners. The Charity Partnerships Manager is a single point of contact on all charity matters include charity policy, legislation and governance and develops and manages the internal framework which governs charitable fundraising and expenditure within NHFT.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Date posted

12 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£48,526 to £54,619 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-TE009-CORP-A

Job locations

St Mary's Hospital

London Road

Kettering

NN15 7PW

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Qualified to master levels in relevant field or equivalent knowledge and experience of a range of different project areas and partnership

Desirable

Relevant professional qualification

Knowledge

Essential

High caliber strategy, planning, relationship management and networking skills.
Good knowledge and awareness of communications, marketing techniques/approaches, project management, managing stakeholder relations.

Desirable

Knowledge and understanding of working within the NHS or Third Sector, how it is organized and the political environment within which it operates.
Breath of knowledge of charitable giving and fund-raising sectors, e.g., corporate, major gifts, community, events, trusts, legacy and regular giving gained through training or experience.
Specialist knowledge of charity policy and legislation gained through training or experience.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Qualified to master levels in relevant field or equivalent knowledge and experience of a range of different project areas and partnership

Desirable

Relevant professional qualification

Knowledge

Essential

High caliber strategy, planning, relationship management and networking skills.
Good knowledge and awareness of communications, marketing techniques/approaches, project management, managing stakeholder relations.

Desirable

Knowledge and understanding of working within the NHS or Third Sector, how it is organized and the political environment within which it operates.
Breath of knowledge of charitable giving and fund-raising sectors, e.g., corporate, major gifts, community, events, trusts, legacy and regular giving gained through training or experience.
Specialist knowledge of charity policy and legislation gained through training or experience.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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