Community Fundraising Officer

As Community Fundraising Officer, you'll play a key role in growing Sheffield Hospitals Charity's income, reach and relationships across Sheffield. This is a role where you'll have real ownership, managing your own portfolio of community partnerships, self-led fundraising, collections and volunteers, while building new relationships and finding opportunities to grow support for the charity. You'll develop and deliver community fundraising projects and campaigns taking ideas from planning through to delivery and evaluation. You'll be encouraged to bring your own ideas, try new approaches and look beyond what we've always done to find new ways to engage people, groups and businesses. Working closely with colleagues across the charity and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, you'll use your relationships, creativity and drive to turn opportunities into action, grow income and build long-term community support. If you're someone who loves meeting people, building relationships, spotting opportunities and making things happen, this could be the role for you. What you'll be responsible for: Income Generation

• Work to achieve agreed income targets by developing community fundraising
opportunities and relationships with new and existing supporters.
• Manage a portfolio of community fundraisers and supporters, providing advice,
resources and support to maximise income and engagement.
• Lead community fundraising activities and campaigns, including Mince Pie Morning,
ensuring they are well planned and promoted to maximise participation, income and engagement.
• Develop and manage partnerships with colleges, community groups and organisations,
securing annual and multi-year commitments and opportunities to increase fundraising and awareness.
• Act as the main contact for community partnerships, providing support and
stewardship and attending relevant fundraising activities and events.
• Develop supporter journeys for community fundraisers and partners, using
communications and stewardship to encourage continued engagement and retention.
• Manage community collection activity, developing relationships with supermarkets,
football stadiums, train stations and other partners to secure regular and seasonal opportunities.
• Identify new collection opportunities, evaluating income, resource and engagement to
focus activity where it has the greatest impact.
• Keep up to date with community fundraising trends and developments, identifying new opportunities, approaches and technologies to maximise income and engagement.
• Support fundraising activity with NHS staff, developing opportunities to engage staff
across Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.
• Use the fundraising database to accurately record and monitor community
fundraising, income, engagement and supporter relationships.
• Monitor, evaluate and report on community fundraising against agreed targets, using
learning to inform future activity and budgets. Collaborative Working
• Work with the Brand & Communications team to develop promotional activity, share
supporter stories and identify PR and awareness opportunities.
• Work with the Events Fundraising team to use community contacts to promote charity
events, encourage participation and maximise fundraising.
• Support the events programme through regular attendance, typically - but not
exclusively - as a volunteer manager.
• Work with the Philanthropy and Partnerships Manager to develop opportunities for
businesses and corporate groups to support community fundraising.
• Build and maintain relationships with colleagues across our beneficiary NHS Trusts to
increase awareness and identify staff and departmental engagement opportunities.
• Develop resources, toolkits and guidance with colleagues to support community
fundraisers, volunteers and partners.
• Share community fundraising insight and learning with the wider fundraising team to
inform campaigns, supporter journeys and plans. Volunteers
• Deliver the charity's volunteer recruitment and engagement strategy, including
effective recruitment, onboarding and retention.
• Build positive relationships with volunteers, fostering a sense of community, belonging
and common purpose.
• Recruit, coordinate and support volunteers across fundraising activities, events and
collections.
• Develop volunteer journeys, recognising contribution and encouraging long-term
involvement.
• Develop relationships with volunteer leads across corporate groups, universities and
community organisations to increase volunteer recruitment and engagement.
• Maintain accurate volunteer records and monitor engagement using the charity's
CRM. General
• Represent Sheffield Hospitals Charity at fundraising, community and networking
events, acting as an ambassador and communicating the charity's impact through presentations, speeches and cheque presentations.
• Ensure community fundraising activity complies with Fundraising Regulator
requirements, GDPR and relevant charity policies and procedures.
• Complete risk assessments for community fundraising and volunteer activity, ensuring
the health and safety of supporters and volunteers.
• Attend relevant training, workshops, webinars and networking opportunities to
maintain and develop community fundraising knowledge.
• Attend and contribute to team, project and organisational meetings and one-to-ones.
• Undertake other duties appropriate to the role and level of responsibility.
  
  Experience developing and maintaining strong relationships with individuals, groups,
organisations and partners.
• Ability to develop mutually beneficial partnerships, track commitments and identify
opportunities to strengthen relationships.
• Ability to inspire and motivate individuals and groups to achieve shared goals.
• Ability to influence and persuade others, confidently communicating the value of
opportunities and encouraging people and organisations to get involved.
• Personable and empathetic, with the ability to understand different perspectives and
adapt your approach.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to build rapport with a wide range of people.
• Confident public speaker, able to deliver engaging presentations, talks and pitches to
varied audiences.
• Confident and proactive in developing new relationships, opportunities and
partnerships.
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Able to work independently, take ownership and prioritise effectively in a fast-paced
environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, using data and insight to evaluate
performance, identify issues, assess options and implement practical solutions.
• Target-focused, with the motivation and drive to achieve agreed objectives and results.
• Experience working collaboratively with internal teams and external partners to deliver shared objectives.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and confident learning new systems.
• South Yorkshire based, with willingness to travel to events, community activities, training and regional hub teams, and work evenings and weekends when required.
• Full and valid driving licence with access to a vehicle during work time.
• Able to handle personal and confidential information in line with GDPR, data protection and safeguarding requirements.
Desirable:
• Previous experience in a charity or fundraising environment.
• Experience using CRM systems (Beacon CRM desirable).
• Understanding of fundraising principles, Gift Aid and supporter stewardship.
• Experience using project management tools such as Monday.com, Trello or Asana.
• Experience planning and delivering projects, campaigns or activities for different