Role title –Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser

Department: Fundraising and Communications

Responsible to: Trusts and Major Gifts Manager

Salary range:  £35,000 FTE pro-rata (3 days per week)

Hours of work: 36 hours per week

Location: Putney, Southwest London (Hybrid working will be considered)

Closing date: 17th February 2023

A rewarding role, changing the lives of disabled people. Even experienced trust fundraisers will have the chance to grow in the post. We are looking for a trust fundraiser to manage a portfolio of gifts of all sizes and secure four, five and six figure gifts.

About us

The RHN is an independent hospital and medical charity. We care for people who have brain injuries and require assessment and intensive rehabilitation for conditions such as Huntington’s disease and prolonged disorders of consciousness. Our specialist services include a ventilator unit and a neuro-behavioural unit.

We help those with the most complex of health needs and disabilities including degenerative or progressive conditions as well as providing palliative care. The patients we support usually have complex physical challenges alongside their neuro-disability. 

Our vision for the future is that we will be the national centre of excellence for neuro-disability. Our mission is to provide outstanding care and empowering individuals with neuro-disability, enabling them to live their lives to their fullest potential. We are pleased to have been awarded an overall rating of ‘Good’ by our regulator, the CQC, in 2021 and we are proud to be delivering areas of outstanding practice.

We fundraise to pay for vital therapies and services that improve the quality of life experienced by people with severe or complex disabilities caused by brain injury.  This includes: a chaplaincy service, music therapy, therapeutic art, leisure and family services, assistive technology, research, medical equipment and capital refurbishment projects.

About you

You will need a minimum of 18 months’ experience of working in a grant fundraising environment and a proven track record in securing five figure gifts. The work will cover a full range of the responsibilities a Senior Trusts officer typically has: research, engaging with trusts, engaging with the charity’s services to ensure the required project details are secured, applications, building relationships including reports.

The role

This is an excellent opportunity to expand your fundraising experience. If you wish, you will have opportunities fundraising for: medical research; major capital appeals; social welfare, health and even heritage services. You can work alongside a major donor programme and sometimes use face to face fundraising techniques with charitable trusts. The training opportunities are exceptional.

You will rarely be closer to the cause than at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability (RHN). Sited right where a wide range of services are happening, you get a powerful sense of being a part of something important and the difference you are making will be obvious.

In return

The RHN offers a range of benefits including: positive work-life balance; on-site free parking and we are situated outside of the ULEZ and Congestion Zones; onsite staff accommodation; staff cafeteria; collaborative team-working; staff pension scheme; blue-light discount card; and many more fantastic benefits.

Earlier this year, a trust fundraiser left us after 13 years. RHN is somewhere you will never forget working, where you can grow and have a fulfilling role, doing important work.

RHN is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer that respects and values the differences of our people to achieve their full potential.

To apply, please submit your CV via the Apply button!

Please refer to the job description and person specification or email recruitment@rhn.org.uk to obtain a copy. For any additional information on the role please contact, Jonathan Ashton (Trusts and Major Gifts Manager) at jashton@rhn.org.uk