St Margaret's Somerset Hospice

St Margaret's Hospice Care - Head of Engagement

Location: Taunton
Contract: 12 months maternity cover
Salary: £46,000 – £48,000 per annum
Working pattern: 37 hours per week, with options for part-time and hybrid working.

St Margaret’s Hospice Care are looking for an interim Head of Engagement (Corporate, Community & Events), to take the lead on delivering our public fundraising programme during our 45th anniversary year. 

It’s a great time to join the hospice. As well as celebrating a milestone anniversary, 2025 will see the launch of our new five-year strategy. At the heart of this, is the need to challenge perceptions and build greater awareness of what hospice care is today. We want to help people to understand how people can access St Margaret’s and benefit from our outstanding range of services.

This is where you come in! Joining our outstanding team of fundraisers and communication professionals, you will play a key role in engaging with the local community. You will steward our existing brilliant supporters, raise awareness of the hospice’s work, and generate vital funds for our clinical services

If you would like to join us for the next chapter of St Margaret’s story, we’d love to hear from you.

What can you expect to be doing? 
You will play a crucial role in building brand awareness through our interactions with the community during our 45th anniversary year. You will also put the foundations in place for the next generation of fundraisers.

We have an exciting schedule of events, campaigns and community engagement activities planned for 2025 – and you will be a key part of that.

Your day-to-day work will include:

Managing a team of 5. Leading by example, you will motivate and inspire colleagues, helping them achieve success through a shared vision. Ensuring a joined-up, collaborative approach across the fundraising directorate, prioritising the supporter experience. Helping to embed relationships both within the hospice (including with our 31 charity shops and clinical teams) and externally to maximise our community engagement across Somerset. Developing and delivering strategic action plans to generate income for the hospice. Oversee engagement with our local community, whether that’s individuals, groups, schools, churches, and local businesses who want to support the hospice.

What can you expect to be good at?
You will:

Be an experienced line-manager, who knows how to get the best out of people. Have experience in organising and overseeing a range of mass participation and challenge events. Thrive on new challenges, always with a positive outlook about what can be achieved. Be comfortable building relations, whether it’s with local business, schools or individuals fundraising on our behalf. Understand the value of delivering gold-standard supporter experiences. Have a good grasp of the regulations that govern fundraising. You will ensure all of St Margaret’s events, campaigns and products are delivered safely and effectively, while maximising impact for the hospice and the wider community. 

What can we offer you?

Holiday entitlement

33 days holiday including bank holidays rising to 35 days after 1 year, and increasing with length of service (pro-rata if part-time) Ability to buy and sell annual leave

Pension scheme

NHS employees eligible to continue with their NHS pension scheme* Non-NHS employees will receive 5% employer and 5% employee contribution

Award-winning Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family offering:

Vitality & wellbeing health portal for non-emergency care Unlimited access to 24/7 online GP Consultations for employees, their partners, and dependent children as well as Expert Case Management Confidential and free 24-hour Employee Assistance Counselling and support Legal, financial, and medical information and advice 

And more…

Life assurance cover – 2x salary Health Cash Plans – help with covering the cost of healthcare needs by providing cashback on a range of health benefits Blue Light Card – Discounts on retailers and restaurants saving up to 35% Enhanced maternity/paternity leave* Excellent learning and development opportunities Volunteering and fundraising opportunities

*Eligibility criteria applies

If you want to get to know our team or have a chat before applying, we'd love to hear from you. Just reach out to Amy Garland at amy.garland@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk

Unfortunately, we are not able to offer visa sponsorship at this time. 

For any questions about our recruitment process or to request an application form is sent to you, please contact recruitment@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk

We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact us for a chat if there's anything you want to talk about before you apply.

If you have all the information you need, just click apply. We can't wait to hear from you!

Closing date: 8th December 2024

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