Fundraising Assistant

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Undertake community fundraising, individual giving and legacy and in memoriam fundraising under the guidance of the Charity Director.
• Support the Charity Director in their fundraising efforts.
• Administer bids for charitable funds from the Trust’s services.
• Prepare papers for the Quarterly Charitable Funds Committee, which is a sub-committee of the main Trust board
• Prepare the Charitable Funds Committee Chair’s report to the Board of Directors.
• Keep accurate records of the charity’s income and expenditure• Formally acknowledge any donations in a timely manner and keep records of this.
• Manage the charity’s email account.
• Manage any grants received from external sources, e.g. via NHS Charities Together
• Administer and authorise the Trust’s Team Wellbeing “Big Thank You” bids.
• Liaise with the Trust’s Accounts Payable Team to ensure accurate recording of income and expenditure.
• Bank any donations the Charity receives via cheque
• Dealing with service users/donors.
• Represent the Trust/Charity in virtual meetings with external organisations.

This job description is not exhaustive, but is intended to give an overall picture of the role. Other duties within the general scope of the post may be required from time to time. The duties of the post and job description can be reviewed through the agreed process