We wish to recruit a Full time (36.25 hrs) (job share positions would also be considered)

Community Fundraising Co-ordinator, who will help support our life-changing work with Blind and Deaf people in the North East of Scotland.

We are looking for someone with the drive, creativity and focus to raise vital funds, deliver great events, develop productive relationships and persuade people to donate.

Based in Aberdeen but covering the North East of Scotland from Moray to Tayside, success in this post will be determined by achieving agreed income targets from a range of sources including fundraising events, personal donations and corporate giving.

All posts at NESS require membership of the PVG scheme and a disclosure check.

A Job Description and Person Specification and are available to download on our website

The NHS Grampian Endowment Fund exists to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of people in Grampian. They use their resources to enhance NHS provision, but not substitute it, by investing in projects which promote better physical health, mental health and wellbeing. To keep pace with the modernisation and delivery of healthcare, the charity is about to undergo significant change in terms of its strategy and vision.

The Endowment Fund has strict criteria to make sure that donations are only used to enhance the services that NHS Grampian provides. Everything the Endowment Fund supports must be for the benefit of the patients. Their patients are at the heart of everything they do.

As part of NHS Grampian Endowment Fund’s period of growth, they are looking to introduce a new Supporter Engagement Officer to strengthen the income generation arm of the charity. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a charity which is determined to maximise its input to the health of the people across Grampian through increasing grant giving which is innovative, supports preventative health interventions and is community focused. The main focus of the role is to cultivate and develop the charity’s database, adopting a more planned approach and pro-actively fundraise across multiple income generation streams. You will work with colleagues to strategically identify areas of need and create targeted campaigns and strategies to raise funds.

In order to become the new Supporter Engagement Officer, The new Supporter Engagement Officer must have experience in fundraising or possess a fundraising qualification. You should have experience-based knowledge of charities, as well as the ability to identify opportunities with stakeholders. In order to develop a wider variety of income streams, you will be confident and comfortable with public speaking, able to present to a variety of stakeholders, as well as planning and organising events to win over hearts and minds.

NHS Grampian Endowment Fund is looking for a capable and pro-active people person, with strong written and verbal communication skills that you can utilise in this customer focused role. Your time management and planning skills should be excellent, and you should hold strong values as well as being passionate about both the NHS and fundraising.

This is your opportunity to be part of something big from its inception. The successful candidate will be joining a new team with a fresh vision and direction, working on a new strategy aimed at propelling the NHS Grampian Endowment Fund forwards. Along with this, you are offered a secure job within an arm of the NHS, where a job is for life. You will also receive a generous 7.3% employer contribution towards your pension.

Do you have experience of supporting bereaved children and adults? Do you have the ability to engage and work alongside families, volunteers and other professionals?

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic person who has previous experience of delivering bereavement support to children, young people, adults and families to join our new bereavement team.

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced bereavement worker to take their development to the next level - supporting our bereavement co-ordinator to develop and deliver our bereavement service to meet the individual needs of family members across Scotland.

You will be an innovative and tenacious individual with a real team-working ethic who identifies with CHAS’s core values, vision and purpose.

Benefits

• Continuation of NHS pension scheme if you are an existing member
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Superb training, clinical and professional development
• Regular externally facilitated supervision sessions
• Employee assistance programme
• Opportunity to join Lothian Pension fund

The CHAS service:

• Two children’s hospices, Rachel House, Kinross and Robin House, Balloch.
• An Outreach Service providing support to children and families in their own homes, hospitals and communities across Scotland
• Co-partnership working with Scotland’s three children’s hospitals.

The job:

To work alongside colleagues in the bereavement team and family support team to deliver a range of evidence based, high quality supportive interventions, and bereavement programmes, to meet the individual needs of family members, through:

• Service delivery
• Service Development
• Leadership
• Volunteer Engagement

Are you an experienced bereavement co-ordinator with a passion for ensuring families receive the best possible bereavement care? Do you have experience of leading a team of staff and volunteers?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly skilled practitioner who has significant experience of leading and delivering bereavement support interventions, working with volunteers and with external partners. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced bereavement co-ordinator to take their development to the next level – leading on the development and delivery of a new bereavement team, transforming the delivery of bereavement care to families across Scotland.

You will be an innovative and tenacious individual with a real team-working ethic who identifies with CHAS’s core values, vision and purpose.

Benefits

• Continuation of NHS pension scheme if you are an existing member
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Superb training, clinical and professional development
• Regular externally facilitated supervision sessions
• Employee assistance programme
• Opportunity to join Lothian Pension fund

The CHAS service:

• Two children’s hospices, Rachel House, Kinross and Robin House, Balloch.
• An Outreach Service providing support to children and families in their own homes, hospitals and communities across Scotland
• Co-partnership working with Scotland’s three children’s hospitals.

The job:

To co-ordinate the operational and strategic delivery of the CHAS bereavement service. The post holder will also develop a counselling and emotional support service for families, ensuring that all counselling services are delivered in line with the BACP code of ethical and professional conduct. This will be done through;

• Counselling
• Service Development
• Staff Leadership and Management
• Volunteer Engagement