Head of Fundraising and Communications

Job summary

Southmead Hospital Charity is the official NHS charity for North Bristol NHS Trust. Together with the local community, we raise funds to help our hospitals go beyond what the NHS can afford - supporting major innovations in healthcare, alongside the small things that make a big difference during a stay in hospital. After successfully delivering two major funding priorities in 2023 - and launching a third in March 2024 - we're on the hunt for an experienced and dynamic Head of Fundraising and Communications to help take our much-loved charity to the next level.

Main duties of the job

In this high-impact role, you will join the main leadership of the charity with responsibility for developing and implementing a fundraising strategy that enables the organisation to deliver fundraising priorities and diversify its income portfolio.

As a target-driven and highly motivated fundraising leader, you'll provide excellent leadership, direction and support for the fundraising team in the achievement of financial targets and objectives.

You will play a key role in developing a communications and engagement strategy for the charity, supporting the Marketing and Communications Lead to increase the visibility of our charity, expand our audiences and strengthen engagement across our digital platforms.

Experienced with data and financial management, you will set budgets and the annual fundraising plan. You will work with the management team to report against agreed targets and monitor KPIS and help to maintain an accurate and up to date database.

About us

We're a fun and friendly team, passionate about raising funds to enhance healthcare for our local communities. If you're a collaborative team player with experience working in complex environments and engaging stakeholders at all levels, we'd love to hear from you.