Alder Hey Children’s Charity – Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser

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Reporting to: Corporate Partnerships Manager.
Salary: £22,007 – £27,339 (£29,338 – £36,446 FTE).
Hours: 28.13 hours per week* (Flexible Working).
Duration: 14 months Fixed Term Contract (6 January 2025 – 5 March 2026).
Location: Alder Hey, Liverpool (Hybrid).

Employer Bio

Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey Children’s Hospital a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 450,000 patients and families they care for every year.

The charity helps to fund a range of activities and projects that are designed to enhance and improve the lives of their amazing young patients. This includes the funding of specialist medical equipment to ensure their brilliant surgeons and clinical staff have the most up to date and cutting edge technology available and funding hi-tech distraction equipment designed and proven to reduce pain and anxiety in their patients. They also fund a range of programmes and special projects such as their ward musicians, their on-site magician and the play specialists they have on every ward.

They have recently closed their Surgical Neonatal Appeal, having successfully raised their £3m target towards a brand new, state of the art Surgical Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the hospital. This year they will be fundraising towards a new Same Day Emergency Care Centre, providing an unrivalled experience for their patients and their families.

Job Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy Corporate Partnerships Team. Reporting into the Corporate Partnerships Manger, the post holder will work with the Corporate Partnerships Team to deliver the corporate fundraising strategy.

The post holder will be responsible for managing a portfolio of corporate partnerships, stewarding supporters, organising and managing corporate events as well as supporting with content for corporate partner communications.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• To assist the Corporate Partnerships Team in delivering against their financial and non-financial targets as specified within the corporate fundraising strategy.
• Income generation.
• Management of your own portfolio of corporate accounts which includes providing outstanding donor stewardship to maximise supporter experience, engagement and funds raised.
• Organise, manage and execute their corporate fundraising and engagement events such as their Dragon Boat Festival and Golf Day.
• To work together as a team to grow corporate fundraising income through current partnerships and new business approaches, as agreed with the Head of Corporate Partnerships.
• Utilise the CRM database to maintain accurate records for data segmentation and for income and other KPI reporting purposes.
• Create funding reports for external partners when required.
• Support and attend third-party corporate events as well as wider charity events.
• Keep up to date with fundraising trends.
• Communication and stewardship
• Work with the Corporate Fundraising Manager and Marketing Team to develop a communication plan for corporate accounts.
• Interact with corporate partners on social media, as well as creating content for platforms such as LinkedIn.
• Create stewardship/development plans for corporate partners.
• Create and deliver presentations to raise awareness of the work of the Charity.
• Deliver tours of the hospital to supporters autonomously. To assist the Corporate Partnerships Team in delivering against their financial and non-financial targets as specified within the corporate fundraising strategy.
• Be an outstanding advocate for Alder Hey Children’s Charity in line with the core values of the organisation.
• To act as a spokesperson for the charity when required, including representing at external events as appropriate
• Be an active and supportive member of the Alder Hey Children’s Charity team, contributing to the team’s development and working collaboratively with colleagues and volunteers. Attend and support events run by the fundraising teams where required.
• Gain and maintain in-depth knowledge and understanding of the charity’s work, priorities and future plans and act as a spokesperson for the Charity when required, including representing at external events as appropriate.
• Any other reasonable duties as required by your line manager.

Values

At Alder Hey Children’s Charity, their values guide the way in which they work. By being courageous, working together, being passionate about their work, and making sure that they are creative in what they do, helps them to deliver the support necessary so that their Hospital can continue to deliver the very best care for their young patients and their families.

Their values are:

• Courage: They try new things and take risks to innovate and drive forward new ideas. They have the courage to speak up and take a stance. They are accountable, responsive and responsible. They are unstoppable.
• Together: They work together as one team, sharing their knowledge and learning. They work in partnership with patients, families, supporters and colleagues. They are respectful, celebrate diversity and empower each other to achieve their aims.
• Passion: They are passionate about what they do and why they do it. They work together to share and grow. They inspire others.
• Magical: They are fun, creative and child led. They create special moments, provide little extras and go further for their brave young patients.

*The charity is currently conducting a four-day working week trial, due to end on 31 March 2025. This means that, for example, staff previously working 37.5 hours a week are now working 30 hours a week to enable a four-day working week. The trial is monitoring the benefits of a four-day working week against productivity. They are confident that by embracing a more flexible and balanced approach to work, they can continue to create a thriving and fulfilling work environment while driving growth and success for their charity. Next steps will be agreed before 31 March 2025, based on an assessment of the trial period; the four-day working week trial may be ended, extended or adopted permanently.

This fixed term contract is for 14 months at 28.13 hours per week. As part of their 4-day working week trial (working week Monday to Thursday) working hours required will be 22.5 hours per week if you opt to sign up to the trial and its associated conditions. If the trial was to end after 31 March 2025, the working hours required would return to the contracted weekly hours for this role of 28.13 hours per week. As part of their staff charter, they have a flexible working policy and can consider accommodating a flexible working pattern such as school working hours if requested.

How to Apply

You can apply by clicking here. Applications must include your CV and a covering letter which answers the following questions:

• How do you meet the person specification? If you don’t exactly meet all of the role requirements but have transferable skills, please do consider applying and provide details as part of your answer.
• Why do you want to work for Alder Hey?

Additional information is included within the Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any questions about the role, please contact the People Team at hrcharity@alderhey.nhs.uk.

Deadline: Wednesday 16 October 2024.

Interviews: Thursday 24 October 2024.

Note: This job description is intended to outline the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. It is not exhaustive and may be subject to change or modification as required by the needs of Alder Hey Children’s Charity.

Alder Hey Children’s Charity will make every endeavour to make any reasonable adjustments for applicants who require assistance in carrying out their duties due to a disability. Alder Hey Children’s Charity is committed to equal opportunities and positively welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Alder Hey Children’s Charity is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

The post holder may be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure check.

To learn more, please click here.